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1970
(2001)
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American Beauty review
American Beauty is the third consecutive album dominated by Garcia
and Hunter compositions. There were however several key
contributions from other band members such as Lesh on "Box of Rain," from Weir
on "Sugar Magnolia," and from Pig Pen on
"Operator." This album was released only six months
after Workingman's Dead and has similar tone, though,
it has less of a blues influence and more of a country and vocal
emphasis. It also features Jerry Garcia on pedal steel guitar on several
tracks and mandolin extraordinaire, David Grisman helps out on
"Ripple" and "Friend of the Devil."
The bonus material includes several rare
and beautifully played live versions of these classics songs in their infancy. There
are also single versions of "Truckin'" and
"Ripple (hidden track)."
American Beauty was an essential
album before the bonus tracks. With the addition of six
additional songs the recommendation is that much stronger.
Original Album - A
Bonus Material - A
Final Grade -
A
The remastered version of American
Beauty is available in the box set The
Golden Road.
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1. Box of Rain
(Hunter / Lesh) - 5:18
2. *Friend of the Devil (Dawson / Garcia / Hunter) - 3:24
3. Sugar Magnolia (Hunter / Weir) - 3:19
4. Operator (McKernan) - 2:25
5. Candyman (Garcia / Hunter) - 6:13
6. *Ripple (Garcia / Hunter) - 4:09
7. Brokedown Palace (Garcia / Hunter) - 4:09
8. Till the Morning Comes (Garcia / Hunter) - 3:09
9. Attics of My Life (Garcia / Hunter) - 5:14
10. Truckin' (Garcia / Hunter / Lesh / Weir) - 5:17
Bonus Tracks
Studio
11. Truckin' (Garcia/Hunter/Lesh/Weir) - 3:17 - (single
version)
Bonus Tracks Live
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| 12. Friend of
the Devil (Dawson / Garcia / Hunter) - 4:21 |
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5/15/70 |
Fillmore East, New York, NY |
| 13. Candyman
(Garcia / Hunter) - 11:37 |
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4/15/70 |
Winterland, San Francisco, CA |
| 14. Till the
Morning Comes (Garcia / Hunter) - 3:20 |
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10/4/70 |
Winterland, San Francisco, CA |
| 15. Attics of
My Life (Garcia / Hunter) - 6:31 |
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6/6/70 |
Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA |
| 16. Truckin'
(Garcia / Hunter / Lash / Weir) - 10:10 |
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12/26/70 |
Legion Stadium, El Monte, CA |
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Hidden Tracks
17. Ripple (Garcia / Hunter) - Single version
18. Radio Spot |
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Jerry Garcia - lead guitar, vocals
Bob Weir - guitar, vocals
Phil Lesh - bass, vocals
Ron "Pig Pen" McKernan - keyboards, vocals
Bill Kreutzmann - drums
Mickey Hart - drums
Guests
David Grisman - mandolin on "Friend of the Devil" (FOTD) and
"Ripple"
Dave Torbert - bass on "Box of Rain"
David Nelson - guitar on "Box of Rain," and
"Ripple"
Howard Wales - Organ on "Candyman," and
Truckin'"; piano on
"Brokedown Palace."
Ned Lagin - piano on "Candyman"
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Released
- 1970
Reissue - 2001
Tape Archivist - Davis Lemieux
Article - A great interview with David Lemieux where he discusses
The
Golden Road.
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