American Beauty

American Beauty
American Beauty

American Beauty

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BARCODE: 075992719025
GRATEFUL DEAD American Beauty (1987 German 10-track CD the sixth album from the legendary San Franciscan rockers originally released in November 1970 innovative at the time for its fusion of bluegrass rock & roll folk and especially country music; picture sleeve) The Grateful Dead produced some of the most extraordinary and innovative music ever to fall under the general heading of "rock". In fact a blend of exploratory jazz, folk, rock & roll and world music all bound together by the purest improvisatory psychedelia, few bands have attempted music of such scope and ambition. The problem was that although they could often produce music of this stature live, their inspiration nearly always crumbled when faced with a studio setting. The exceptions that proves the rule, American Beauty and Workingman's Dead, are the band's finest studio excursions. They contain more excellent songs, better performed, than any other two albums of theirs. Featuring a smooth electric/acoustic mix of instrumentation spiced by pedal steel and mandolin, American Beauty harks back to their folk and jug-band days of the mid-60s. Besides the stunning harmonies--which owe a debt to 's coaching--and the band's outstanding songwriting ability, it's Robert Hunter's lyrics which raise this album to classic status. Songs such as "Truckin" (a true story of life on the road with the Dead in early 1970), "Box Of Rain", "Friend of the Devil", "Brokedown Palace", "Attics of My Life" and the magnificent "Ripple" contain some of Hunter's most direct and compelling verses. For those who might want to hear where the Grateful Dead could take songs like these on a good day, however, an attempt should be made to get some of the many live recordings now available. --James Swift

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Starting From $9.00

2023 Update: Unfortunately due to a large increase in shipping costs into Canada we have had to increase our shipping and remove our free shipping promotion. The delivery cost will differ depending on the weight of your order.

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Japan:

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