The Band – Music From Big Pink｜Vinyl Monday
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Welcome (or welcome back) to Vinyl Monday! This is my series where I give the who/what/when/where/why and how I feel about classic albums in my collection. My thoughts on The Band’s rock-and-roll history-altering debut, Music From Big Pink (released 1968) Subscribe for more Vinyl Monday!
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Timestamps:
intro – 0:00
art/packaging/personnel – 1:25
the hawks: a crash course – 5:32
Big Pink (the place) – 7:55
Big Pink (the album) – 10:47
track listing/release – 15:08
my thoughts – 23:56
thanks for watching! – 39:04
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@buckfaststradler4629
August 4, 2025 at 9:53 am
"The Weight" is the only track on it I like.
@ramsesgoddeeris2175
August 4, 2025 at 9:53 am
Happy 57th birthday to Music from Big Pink!
@danielmartinez3889
August 4, 2025 at 9:53 am
Love it and love your channel
@grahamholton8542
August 4, 2025 at 9:53 am
Interesting
@williamdewhurst3205
August 4, 2025 at 9:53 am
"Music From Big Pink" is a truly great and unique album, but I think that The Band's second album is the single greatest rock album ever made. it's what rock'n'roll would have sounded like, had it somehow magically been invented in the Nineteenth Century.
@Mr3DBob
August 4, 2025 at 9:53 am
At a time when popular music was the lifeblood, brainstorm and guiding light of my generation, the Band were top rung influencers. Like the Beatles and the Byrds, the Band was al about the songs. Your enthusiasm is fetching, Abigail.
@HughMacKenzie-v9y
August 4, 2025 at 9:53 am
Very very good!! I am Canadian and have loved “The Band” for 50 years. Yours is an insightful review!
@docsavage8640
August 4, 2025 at 9:53 am
The Basement Tapes weren't really completed in 1967-68, a 3rd of the songs don't even have Dylan on them and were recorded later & the other 2/3 were overdubbed in the 70s. The whole "recorded with Dylan in 1967 and not released until 1975" story is a fabrication.
@johnkulpowich5260
August 4, 2025 at 9:53 am
Like your reviews. Got. You're the cuties
@FG1990-g1w
August 4, 2025 at 9:53 am
How can you have 3 top world vocalist in the same band ? thats crazy .. I like levon helm accent !
@gatemouthwighat
August 4, 2025 at 9:53 am
Was “synthesizer“ actually credited on Music From Big Pink? I’ve always thought the “sound effects” were more or less organic, which is why they sounded so rinky-dink. ‘Wheel’s on fire’ was at its heart a clavinet and a juiced-up banjo. Anyhoo, love your work, youngster!
@hipstereagle6050
August 4, 2025 at 9:53 am
34:38 want to a performance of Toccata that doesn’t end early? Check out Keith Emerson’s version on ELP’s Brain Salad Surgery
@danielwilliams1921
August 4, 2025 at 9:53 am
I don’t believe anyone that wasn’t there back then can truly appreciate the zeitgeist of those times, but Abby comes pretty damn close.❤️live🎶
@liamwestley8692
August 4, 2025 at 9:53 am
In a Station-Caledonia Mission-The Weight might be the best 3 song run I’ve ever heard. All members were incredible. Definitely in my top 10 albums ever.
@DavidSaum-is6xm
August 4, 2025 at 9:53 am
Come on Abbey listen to some Edgar Broughton Band
@guillermomiyares5549
August 4, 2025 at 9:53 am
I actually bought the album just for the cover back in the day and never regretted doing so. I enjoyed the piano/organ sound kind of an american folk Procol Harum
@chrismcgovern1647
August 4, 2025 at 9:53 am
Dying for you to cover "The Brown album" eventually, a major step up from MFBP
@rvmi
August 4, 2025 at 9:53 am
Hi, i wonder if you has tinking about a Pixies review. Thank you.
@ConnerFields-p7w
August 4, 2025 at 9:53 am
I'd love to see you cover Lorca by Tim Buckley. Extra Credit: Choose your favorite Gabriel Garcia Lorca poems.
@carlmassengale1027
August 4, 2025 at 9:53 am
Hope everyone has put forth the effort to research the Swan Silvertones. Look for their 1946-51 period on King Records for some of the most amazing jubilee gospel singing ever recorded. If you're into roots music, you'll love it.
@leomilani_gtr
August 4, 2025 at 9:53 am
That cracked the code for me. I always wondered why the late 60s music was so vibrant, defying and modern and what happened for it to get so boring. There's my answer.
@maddieroxx4eva
August 4, 2025 at 9:53 am
Low-key hoping for more Canadian album reviews in the future (even though this album wasn't recorded in Canada, I still think it's pretty cool that The Band had primarily Canadian members). I'm proud to be Canadian and listen to a lot of Canadian rock. I think you would enjoy a lot of the Guess Who's discography (and possibly early April Wine and Chilliwack?) I feel like Canadian rock really came into its element in the late 70s and early 80s but there were a lot of great Canadian bands up here in the late 60s and early 70s as well, in addition to artists like Neil and Joni who moved from Canada from the States to start a music career.
@madhouseradiodramatheater3057
August 4, 2025 at 9:53 am
This is good viewing, Nice job!
@luisdraper6890
August 4, 2025 at 9:53 am
good, now do the brown one
@RyanMcKennaGosling
August 4, 2025 at 9:53 am
Fun fact: During the early 60s, Robbie Lane and the Disciples opened up for Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks at the Yonge Street bars in Toronto (as I grew up here!).
Now, Robbie Lane can be heard as a host today on Zoomer Radio with his 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s show every weeknights, also his "British Invasion" show on Saturday evenings, the "Top 10 at 10" and "The Next 11 at 11" shows every weekday mornings.
@DanColeman-zt6ej
August 4, 2025 at 9:53 am
Are there any albums you don’t like by the Band?
@thegraysonzelik
August 4, 2025 at 9:53 am
This is wild!!! I was at a garage sale today and I found a copy of this AND Mountain Climbing, both albums you've featured on the show recently!
Love what you do, keep it up!! 🤟
@glennandadriansrocktalk
August 4, 2025 at 9:53 am
Hi Abby. Just want to give you props of course for the VInyl Mondays, but also for the Dolls Podcast. The podcast and even the VMs are great audio for long car trips. by. Enjoyed the recent one on Cass Elliot, enjoyed the Janis and have a bunch of others on deck. You are Emma are doing good work! Oh and Big Pink is an early favorite of mine, always enjoy the work you put into these. -G
@david.leikam
August 4, 2025 at 9:53 am
Great work AD! 👏
@saulsnitkin1622
August 4, 2025 at 9:53 am
Not to be overlooked was the cover of This Wheels on Fire by Brian Auger and the Trinity with Julie Driscoll. In the 80s it'd be rediscovered as it became the closing theme on Absolutely Fabulous. Additional reading would be Barney Hoskyns Small Town Talk About Woodstock community. As Always a really fine overview.
@robertneves1116
August 4, 2025 at 9:53 am
The Band is the greatest band ever in my book
@derekroberts6654
August 4, 2025 at 9:53 am
I got the MP3 of this album and self titled.. Instrumentaly it’s very “Dylanesque”.. (of course). It has a very “homey” feel to it.
Incidentally, i did some research about The Band. And i won’t spoil the fun of you doing research but i will say that The Band and Gordon Lightfoot are indirectly related to the death of comedian/ actor John Belushi.
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