Music from Big Pink is the debut studio album by The Band. Released in 1968, it employs a distinctive blend of country, rock, folk, classical, R&B, and soul. The music was composed partly in "Big Pink", a house shared by Rick Danko, Richard Manuel and Garth Hudson in West Saugerties, New York. The album itself was recorded in studios in New York and Los Angeles in 1968,[3] and followed the band's backing of Bob Dylan on his 1966 tour (as The Hawks) and time spent together in upstate New York recording material that was officially released in 1975 as The Basement Tapes, also with Dylan.
Side oneNo. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Tears of Rage" Bob Dylan, Richard Manuel 5:232. "To Kingdom Come" Robbie Robertson 3:223. "In a Station" Manuel 3:344. "Caledonia Mission" Robertson 2:595. "The Weight" Robertson 4:34Side twoNo. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "We Can Talk" Manuel 3:062. "Long Black Veil" Marijohn Wilkin, Danny Dill 3:063. "Chest Fever" Robertson 5:184. "Lonesome Suzie" Manuel 4:045. "This Wheel's on Fire" Dylan, Rick Danko 3:146. "I Shall Be Released" Dylan 3:19
Rick Danko — bass guitar, fiddle, vocals Levon Helm — drums, tambourine, vocals Garth Hudson — electronic organ, piano, clavinet, soprano and tenor saxophone Richard Manuel — piano, organ, drums, vocals Robbie Robertson — electric and acoustic guitars, vocals
