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Music From Big Pink

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  • Original Release Date: August 17, 2000
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Play   2. To Kingdom Come (2000 Digital Remaster) 3:22 $1.29  Buy MP3 
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Play 18. Orange Juice Blues (Blues For Breakfast)(Outtake Demo) (2000 Digital Remaster) 3:40 $1.29  Buy MP3 
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Play 20. Ferdinand The Imposter (Outtake-Demo) (2000 Digital Remaster) 3:59 $1.29  Buy MP3 
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Music From Big Pink IS music for the soul! music lover  |  31 reviewers made a similar statement
Every aspect of this album is beautiful and every song is great, not one stands out above the rest. David Wheeler  |  28 reviewers made a similar statement
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66 of 72 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the twenty greatest albums ever October 7, 2000
Format:Audio CD
Before I bought this CD I had only heard The Weight and it was the main reason I bought this CD. To put it simply I was blown away by it. This album is the reason Eric Clapton disbanded cream and it is easy to see why. Every aspect of this album is beautiful and every song is great, not one stands out above the rest. I have since compiled a large collection of The Band, but this one will always be my favorite. The blending of the three voices is heard most on this album, with Richard Manuels standing out the most. In my opinion his voice is one of the most beautiful ever, and one listen of I shall be released should convince anyone of this. The album is a drastic departure from anything being recorded around the same time. It starts of with a slow song, Tears of Rage, very uncommon for the day. The songs all have a very old feel to them, and there is a lot of gospel flavor incoporated into them. It is basically the perfect album. Every band member was equally important to every song and each is one of the best at their respective instrument. In my opinion this is one of the best albums ever and this new remastered version is even better. The bonus tracks are pretty interesting especially if you don't already own the basement tapes. If you are looking to get into The Band start with this album and work your way through their catalog. It is the kind of album that gets better each time you listen to it and no music fan should be without it.
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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The Best of The Band December 27, 2000
Format:Audio CD
Allow me to preface this review by saying that I'm not any sort of Band scholar, more of just a casual patron of the arts...but hot damn, is this one hell of a CD. In my vast collection of albums, I can't think of one that boasts instrumentation as innovative as "Big Pink." Each song's a symphony in itself, seemingly composed by a roots-rock Phil Spector or something. There's not a single bad song on here, although they're all very different; if you're only familiar with the acoustic sound featured on "The Weight," you may be surprised to hear the lush organs, synths and strings on all of the other tracks. Believe me though, it works perfectly. The scope of this album is so vast that you wouldn't believe it was possible to achieve, but The Band really pulls it off. Truly, The Band is the superlative example of a band, where each member contributed equally to the group effort. This reissue is so clutch, too: the sound is great, and the bonus tracks add what is essentially a companion album to the original tracks. Whomever was in charge of compiling the tracks really knew his stuff. Kudos for including "Ferdinand the Imposter," a terribly recorded favorite from "The Genuine Basement Tapes," because it is such a damn fine song.
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37 of 40 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars More Than A Classic! August 29, 2000
Format:Audio CD
It's great to see such a terrific album finally get the treatment it deserves-remastered sound quality, an expanded CD booklet, and the real "gravy"-all the bonus tracks! This is the album that created a musical revolution in 1968 (no small feat for the 60's!) Influencing everybody from the Beatles to Eric Clapton (whom even went so far as to make a pilgrimage to Big Pink to hang out and jam!) This was honest, well-written (by Robbie Robertson, Bob Dylan , Richard Manuel, Rick Danko) well-played (three superb singers), just plain great music! The classics are here "The Weight", "I Shall Be Released", "This Wheel's On Fire"-but others in the original line-up are just as good: "We Can Talk", "Long Black Veil", and " Tears of Rage" also standout. The bonus tracks are reason to buy this CD alone!-These are rare songs that only collectors have been able to hear: "Ferdinand The Imposter", "If I Lose" and "Orange Juice Blues" are finally available in pristine CD quality! Can we give this album 6 stars?!!
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Buy it. September 8, 2000
Format:Audio CD
A highly respectful remix and repackaging, with great liner notes. The Band declined rather quickly once the 60s ended, but "Big Pink" and the eponymous followup album "The Band" are essential recordings that everyone should own.

A word about the bonus tracks: in my opinion, these are rarely a good idea with CD re-releases. The artists chose a song lineup and song order with a particular flow, and the bonus songs tend to feel rather jarring. Surely a lovely silence should follow the majestic "I Shall Be Released"!

In addition, about half the outtakes here are songs that appear in very similar versions on the seminal Band/Dylan collaboration, "The Basement Tapes". In all, I would have preferred a simple repackaging of the original lineup of songs.

Having said that, this is a record everyone should have.

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Band buyers begin here March 19, 2005
Format:Audio CD
Largely influential on the currently voguish Americana and alt. country scene, this first album grew out of the music the Band were creating with Bob Dylan at the house Big Pink, near Woodstock NY in 1967, and includes several new Bob Dylan songs - I Shall Be Released, This Wheel's On Fire and Tears Of Rage, the latter two co-written with the members of the Band who sing them. Probably the best known song was the single The Weight, which also appeared in the film Easy Rider (but was not licensed for the soundtrack album). There is one cover, Long Black Veil, which was influential on Robbie Robertson's writing style, and which he learned from Lefty Frizell's version.

If you need to own one Band album, this is the one to go for. It was hugely influential, an album unlike any other, and caused huge ripples across the music fraternity, changing the way people like Eric Clapton experienced and created music.

Beautifully re-mastered this new edition has copious notes and is almost doubled in length with bonus tracks, mostly appearing for the first time. It is fascinating to hear alternative arrangements of some of the songs, such as Lonesome Suzie which turns up with a big band horn arrangement. Musically, it sounds great, but was discarded, rightly, for being inappropriate for the song. A couple of covers recorded for fun, never intended for release on the album, are included - the Stanley Brothers' bluegrass If I Lose, and a less successful stab at the Jazz Allum and Big Bill Broonzy blues standard, Key To The Highway.

Some of the songs were included on The Basement Tapes, the Bob Dylan and the Band album of demos and home-recordings made at Big Pink.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Good
This is a pretty good record. I like the Band's second album (self-titled) better, but this one may grow on me as I listen to it more.
Published 9 minutes ago by davidb
5.0 out of 5 stars The Band's Debut Album
Some say that MUSIC FROM BIG PINK is the Band's greatest album. I personally think that this is completely true. Read more
Published 3 days ago by SFTeen
5.0 out of 5 stars a different style
" big pink" is my 2nd favorite album ever, next, obviously, to" dark side of the moon". I saw the first tour when the album was debuted. Read more
Published 4 days ago by bill perrin
5.0 out of 5 stars Music from Big Pink on vinyl
One of the greatest rock albums of all time from one of the greatest bands of all time. You should already own this.
Published 1 month ago by runawayjim527
5.0 out of 5 stars Love this CD!
I had this album, back in the 70's when I was in high school, and was feeling nostalgic
so I bought the CD. If you love The Band, you can't go wrong with this CD. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Lisa in Florida
5.0 out of 5 stars Must for Fans of the BAND
Must for Fans of the BAND before all the "stuff" happened. Listen to how a great band is supposed to sound. They set the standard
Published 2 months ago by Melvin
5.0 out of 5 stars Youth recalled
Love the album. I have the original album but find the added songs a great supplement. It's a great welcome back to my San Francisco days.
Published 2 months ago by MAMA T
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Service
Good Service. I am happy with my purchase. 5 stars would buy again. words words words words words words words...
Published 4 months ago by Ryan
5.0 out of 5 stars Great classic album
My original album was very scratched on one side, and I was so happy to be able to preplace it with a new, great sounding one. The enjoyment continues.
Published 5 months ago by L. Burdett
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic
"Big Pink" was a pink house in Woodstock, New York, where the Band - Bob Dylan's backup band moved gto be near Dylan after his motorcycle accident.
Published 5 months ago by socalbiga
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