Music from Big Pink

Music from Big Pink
Studio album by the Band
Released	July 1, 1968
Recorded	Early 1968
Studio	A&R (New York) Capitol (Los Angeles)
Genre	Americana roots rock
Length	42:22
Label	Capitol
Producer	John Simon
The Band chronology
Music from Big Pink (1968) The Band (1969)
Singles from Music from Big Pink
"The Weight" / "I Shall Be Released" Released: August 1968

Music from Big Pink is the debut studio album by the Band.^[1] Released in 1968, it employs a distinctive blend of country, rock, folk, classical, R&B, blues, and soul. The music was composed partly in "Big Pink", a house shared by bassist/singer Rick Danko, pianist/singer Richard Manuel and organist Garth Hudson in West Saugerties, New York. The album itself was recorded in studios in New York and Los Angeles in 1968,^[2] 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. The cover artwork is a painting by Dylan.

In 2000 the album was rereleased with additional outtakes from the recording sessions, and in 2018 a "50th Anniversary Super Deluxe" edition was released with a new stereo mix by Bob Clearmountain.