Music From Big Pink Music Cd

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Music from Big Pink      Artist : The Band      List Price : $16.98 USD        Your Price : $9.97 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 2000-08-29      Studio : Capitol      Label : Capitol      Avg. Customer Rating : (71 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Music From Big Pink      Rough edges and a soulful centre      Rating:      This is one of the most emotive, eclectic and soulful albums ever. Some who have discovered this album in recent years have complained about its (to their ears) 'under-produced' sound and raw edges. As the sleeve note explains, the album was written and recorded in the basement of Big Pink, the house that had played host to the rambling sessions now known as The Basement Tapes. This album is not the gleaming product of a TV talent show; it was not thrown together by a group of businessmen, knowing all about making money and nothing about making music. The Band were five musicians who were already veterans of The Road. This was their first opportunity to display their collective musical knowledge and virtuosity. The playing and singing throbs with passion and energy. I return to this album again and again, and I'm always enthralled. Go back to your TV stodge if you can't handle real music by real musicians. You don't deserve this.     Customer Reviews for Music From Big Pink Cd      Not too good      Rating:      I really wanted to like this CD because I'm a big fan of Robbie Robertson but I just couldn't. The music is too dated. I bought this CD because I had a flash of nostalgia for The Band. Big mistake. I doubt that I'll ever listen to this again. It's not that it's horrible. It's just really dated, in a bad way, not a good "evokes the era" sort of way. Spend your money on something else, like Rocky Votolato or Amos Lee. Editorial Reviews for Music From Big Pink Audio Cd      Amazon.com essential recordings      Music from Big Pink stands as one of those rare albums that turned the rock world on its axis. On this record, released in 1968 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 Manuel, who contributes two songs and cowrote the doleful opener, "Tears of Rage," with Bob Dylan. Manuel'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 crowning achievement. The truth is, Big Pink is the purest distillation of the Band, and their preeminent recording. This remastered reissue is generously expanded to include nine bonus tracks, a bunch highlighted by a Robertson rarity ("Ferdinand the Imposter") and a cover of the Stanley Brothers's "If I Lose." --Steven Stolder