Band - Music From Big Pink
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Artist: BandEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Capitol
Soundtracks:
- Tears of Rage
- To Kingdom Come
- In A Station
- Caledonia Mission
- The Weight
- We Can Talk
- Long Black Veil
- Chest Fever
- Lonesome Suzie
- This Wheel's On Fire
- I Shall Be Released
Free Music Notes for Music From Big Pink
Free Music Review: "The Weight" is over if you get the original album remastered on CD with the 9 bonus tracks!
Hit: 5 Stars
As the author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent" and a former radio disc-jockey, I am often asked to write and or discuss various music supplies and recordings from the 60's and 70's.
Come holiday time 1968 how would you like to have been a Capitol Records executive knowing the incredible publicity the label had earned for the past year with the Beatles and the debut from the Band.
July 1, 1968 the Band would release their first record. It was more than a piece of vinyl. It would signify one of the most important recordings ever. The unique sounds, the haunting lyrics, and Robbie Robertson's amazing ability to come up with the most advantageous riff, solo, and chord pattern.
The opening track "Tears Of Rage" (One of three written or co-written by Dylan) would establish a sound of Mesmerization. The combination of the lyrics delivered with pain and the comradery of the keyboards and guitar is striking. "To Kingdom Come" penned by Robbie asked in an analytical style "When you look out the window what do you see?" Can you recall your first impression of "The Weight?" We were hypnotized following the story. It offered everything of a top selling book, the plot, the darkness, and some comic relief. "Long Black Vail" has been recorded as many times as the current national debt but wouldn't you be hard pressed to find a better or more believable version? The lyrical content is devastating- "If you were somewhere else you wouldn't have to die." There will never be words that properly pay homage to "Chest Fever." The final icing on the award winning cake was Robbie's open mindedness to let the organ shine as much as the guitar on the final mix. The instrumentation is flawless and once the tune is experienced, you can never forget the five plus minutes of musical genius. "This Wheels On Fire (Co-Written by Dylan) has left at least one line in our minds to this day- "If your memory serves you well." The original vinyl LP and CD ends with Dylan's "I Shall Be Released. A perfect way to put the 5 Star stamp of approval on the material.
The news gets better. If you pick up the remaster CD please look for the version with 9 bonus tracks. It makes the journey that much more breathtaking. Can you believe the version of "Key To The Highway" didn't make the album? As a bonus track it enhances the almost forty year old diamond.
Enjoy the music and be well,
Craig Fenton
Author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent"
Music From Big Pink Poster
Limited edition mid-priced reissue of their debut album, atop 30 album when first released for Capitol in 1968. 11tracks, including the classic 'The Weight'.Music from Big Pink stands as one of those rare albums that turned the rock world on its axis. On this record released at the height of the psychedelic revolution, the five members of the Band (along with producer-sideman John Simon) eschewed spacey diversions, opting for an earthier route. Soon enough, wah-wah pedals and tape loops were making way for fiddles and mandolins. The group's most democratic effort (Robbie Robertson would soon emerge as the ensemble's mouthpiece), the debut's 11 songs come from Robertson, bassist Rick Danko, and pianist Richard Manual, who contributes two songs and cowrote the doleful opener, "Tears of Rage," with Bob Dylan. Manual's role would diminish from this point hence and the balance he brought to the quintet would be missed. Many would argue that Big Pink's sequel, The Band, represents their crowing achievement. The truth is, Big Pink is the purest distillation of the Band, and their preeminent recording. --Steven Stolder
While most critics cite the Band's self-titled sophomore release as its crowning creation, a strong case can be made that the group never surpassed this momentous 1968 debut. Robbie Robertson would soon come to dominate the group as its primary composer, but Big Pink tosses Bob Dylan covers and few cryptic Richard Manual originals into the mix. The result is one of those rare albums that have a glorious air of mystery to them. --Steven Stolder
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