GRATEFUL DEAD – AMERICAN BEAUTY LP – Nr MINT  JERRY GARCIA

Grateful Dead – American Beauty
(Warner Bros Records   K46074  Cream/White Warners Labels)
Matrix No’s: A3/B3

Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
– a little wear along spine edge

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are 1 or 2 light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California. The band was founded in the San Francisco Bay Area amid the rise of the counterculture of the 1960s. The founding members were Jerry Garcia (lead guitar, vocals), Bob Weir (rhythm guitar, vocals), Ron “Pigpen” McKernan (keyboards, harmonica, vocals), Phil Lesh (bass, vocals), and Bill Kreutzmann (drums).

American Beauty is the sixth album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It was recorded between August and September 1970 and originally released in November 1970 by Warner Bros. Records.

Track listing

All songs written by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter, except where noted.

1. “Box of Rain” (Phil Lesh, Robert Hunter) – 5:18
2. “Friend of the Devil” (Garcia, John Dawson, Hunter) – 3:24
3. “Sugar Magnolia” (Bob Weir, Hunter) – 3:19
4. “Operator” (Ron McKernan) – 2:25
5. “Candyman” – 6:14
6. “Ripple” – 4:09
7. “Brokedown Palace” – 4:09
8. “Till the Morning Comes” – 3:08
9. “Attics of My Life” – 5:12
10. “Truckin'” (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 5:03

Personnel

Grateful Dead

• Jerry Garcia – guitar, pedal steel, piano, vocals
• Phil Lesh – bass, guitar, piano, vocals
• Bob Weir – guitar, vocals
• Pigpen (Ron McKernan) – harmonica, vocals
• Mickey Hart – percussion
• Bill Kreutzmann – drums
• Robert Hunter – songwriter

Additional musicians

• Dave Torbert – bass on “Box of Rain”
• David Nelson – electric guitar on “Box of Rain”
• David Grisman – mandolin on “Friend of the Devil”, “Ripple”
• Howard Wales – organ on “Candyman”, “Truckin'”; piano on “Brokedown Palace”
• Ned Lagin – piano on “Candyman”

Production

• Produced by Grateful Dead
• Co-producer, audio: Steve Barncard
• Artwork: Kelley/Mouse Studios
• Rear photo: George Conger