legendary psych Lp UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1st press
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
legendary album
This is a stone-cold American acid classic from the '60s and is a tripped out voyage into weirdness. Joe Byrd, who master-minded this group of experimental Californian musicians, was born in Louisville, Kentucky. During high school years, he played in country-and-western and pop music bands, but by the time he entered the University of Arizona he had begun playing vibes with a jazz group.
After graduation, Byrd received Stanford University's Sollnit Fellowship for graduate study composition. But Byrd chose to split for New York, where he had already begun listening to electronic music and meeting far-out Berkeley composers. Influenced by events in California in the late sixties, he decided to quit New York and head for the University of California at Los Angeles. He worked as a teaching assistant, also finding time to study acoustics, psychology and Indian music. He eventually dropped out of UCLA to work full-time on his musical enterprises, putting together The United States Of America, whose other main asset was vocalist Dorothy Moskowitz, who possessed possibly one of the most attractive singing voices in rock. The group's sole album was erratic but often brilliant, with Byrd and Moskowitz writing most of the music and lyrics between them.
Overall the album was one of the most successful attempts to marry experimental electronic music with rock lyrics. The beauty of the lyrics was matched by the excellence of Moskowitz's voice on tracks like Cloud Song and Love Song For The Dead Che.
TRACK LISTING:
- American Metaphysical Circus
- Hard Coming Love
- Cloud Song
- The Garden Of Earthly Delights
- I Won't Leave My Wooden Wife For You Sugar
- Where Is Yesterday
- Coming Down
- Love Song For The Dead Ché
- Stranded In Time
- The American Way Of Love
CONDITION: NEAR MINT RECORD! VG++ jacket NO seam splits or writing. Actual postage on this item is 5.00 PRIORITY (1 lb. 6 oz) within the US. A media mail rate of $2.50 is also available if you want. No handling charges ever!
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