Helm returned to the group, then referred to simply as "the band", as it was known around Woodstock. While contemplating a recording contract, Helm had dubbed the band "The Crackers." However, when Robertson and their new manager Albert Grossman worked out the contracts, the group's name was given as "The Band." Under these contracts, The Band was contracted to Grossman, who in turn contracted their services to Capitol Records. This arrangement allowed The Band to release recordings on other labels if the work was done in support of Dylan. Thus The Band was able to play on Dylan's "Planet Waves" album and to release "The Last Waltz", both on other labels. The Band also recorded their own album "Music from Big Pink" (1968), which catapulted them into stardom. Helm was the Band's only American member.