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The United States of America - self-titled (Reissue) (1968)
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Fueled
by the avant-garde sonic ammo of keyboardist/composer Joe Byrd and the
haunting vocals of Dorothy Moskowitz, the United States Of America
found a way to permanently hardwire space-age electronic music to the
heart of rock and roll on their highly desirable, self-titled 1968
debut. Byrd’s kaleidoscopic musical excursions and Gordon Marron’s
searing violin orbit around the icy vocals of Moskowitz, who—with a
passing resemblance to early Jefferson Airplane belter Signe
Anderson—remains the group’s center, steady as a rock. This heady
mind-trip has been reissued on Sundazed Records with the participation of both Byrd and
Moskowitz, sports 10 amazing bonus cuts, comprehensively fascinating
liner notes by Byrd, himself, and—newly mastered from the original
analog source tapes—has never sounded better.
1. The American Metaphysical Circus
2. Hard Coming Love 3. Cloud Song 4. The Garden Of Earthly Delights 5. I Won’t Leave My Wooden-Wife For You, Sugar 6. Where Is Yesterday 7. Coming Down 8. Love Song For The Dead Ché 9. Stranded In Time 10. The American Way Of Love BONUS TRACKS 11. Osamu's Birthday * 12. No Love To Give * 13. I Won't Leave My Wooden Wife For You, Sugar [alternate version] * 14. You Can't Ever Come Down * 15. Perry Pier * 16. Tailor Man [demo recording] * 17. Do You Follow Me * 18. The American Metaphysical Circus [Columbia Records audition recording] * 19. Mouse (The Garden Of Earthly Delights) [Columbia Records audition recording] * 20. Heresy (Coming Down) [Columbia Records audition recording] * *previously unissued
Part 1 (original 10 tracks): http://rapidshare.com/files/136849075/The_United_States_of_America_-_The_United_States_of_America__Reissue___1968_.zip Part 2 (bonus tracks): http://rapidshare.com/files/136855597/The_United_States_of_America_-_The_United_States_of_America__bonus_disc___1968_.z ip
