# xmcd
#
# Track frame offsets: 
#        150
#        24100
#        39440
#        54390
#        65316
#        93358
#        112088
#        130780
#        144957
#        168526
#
# Disc length: 2552 seconds
#
# Revision: 8
# Processed by: cddbd v1.5.2PL0 Copyright (c) Steve Scherf et al.
# Submitted via: ExactAudioCopy v0.90b4
#
DISCID=7b09f60a
DTITLE=The Grateful Dead / American Beauty (Rhino Replicas Edition)
DYEAR=1970
DGENRE=Rock
TTITLE0=Box Of Rain
TTITLE1=Friend Of The Devil
TTITLE2=Sugar Magnolia
TTITLE3=Operator
TTITLE4=Candyman
TTITLE5=Ripple
TTITLE6=Brokedown Palace
TTITLE7=Till The Morning Comes
TTITLE8=Attics Of My Life
TTITLE9=Truckin
EXTD=American Beauty (Rhino Replicas Edition)\n2006 Warner Bros./Rhino
EXTD=\n\nAlbum Originally Issued As Warner Bros. #WS-1893 in November 
EXTD=1970.\nCD Edition Released 1987 ??\nRemastered + Expanded CD Edit
EXTD=ion Released As Part Of "The Golden Road (1965-1973)" on October 
EXTD=16, 2001\nDVD-Audio Edition Released October 30, 2001\nDualDisc E
EXTD=dition Released November 23, 2004\nRhino Replicas Mini LP CD Edit
EXTD=ion Released December 26, 2006 or March 6, 2007\n\nAMG EXPERT REV
EXTD=IEW: A companion piece to the luminous Workingman's Dead, America
EXTD=n Beauty is an even stronger document of the Grateful Dead's retu
EXTD=rn to their musical roots. Sporting a more full-bodied and intric
EXTD=ate sound than its predecessor thanks to the addition of subtle e
EXTD=lectric textures, the record is also more representative of the g
EXTD=roup as a collective unit, allowing for stunning contributions fr
EXTD=om Dave Torbert (the poignant opener "Box of Rain") and Bob Weir 
EXTD=("Sugar Magnolia"); at the top of his game as well is Jerry Garci
EXTD=a, who delivers the superb "Friend of the Devil," "Candyman" and 
EXTD="Ripple." Climaxing with the perennial "Truckin'," American Beaut
EXTD=y remains the Dead's studio masterpiece -- never again would they
EXTD= be so musically focused or so emotionally direct. -- Jason Anken
EXTD=y\n\nAmazon.com essential recording \nWho says discipline is a ba
EXTD=d thing? No one who's heard American Beauty, the Dead's greatest 
EXTD=studio achievement. Showcasing 10 concise, country-rooted gems th
EXTD=at sound equally good whether you're hanging on the front porch i
EXTD=n the afternoon or nursing a bottle after hours, this one could w
EXTD=in over many an anti-Jerry. Bewildered by loss both personal and 
EXTD=social--the hippie dream was quickly crashing by Beauty's 1970 re
EXTD=lease date--the band put its querulousness ("Box of Rain") and wr
EXTD=y humor ("Truckin'") into the service of a masterwork. The most i
EXTD=mpressive cut of all may be "Ripple," Garcia's spiritual credo. -
EXTD=-Rickey Wright \n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nMaterpiece, Septem
EXTD=ber 25, 2000 \nReviewer: Jinglebell Rainbow (see more about me) \n
EXTD=What else can be said about this album? Because the album is wort
EXTD=h listening to over and over, so is reading, writting and talking
EXTD= about it. The vocals on Attics of my Life are the best the dead 
EXTD=ever produced on any album. They are perfect. All the songs are e
EXTD=xpertly written and performed. Ripple is one of the best true-blu
EXTD=e American folk songs ever written. The melody meshes perfectly w
EXTD=ith the words which gives the feeling of optimisim, hope and pure
EXTD= happiness. The song Till the Morning Comes (which never made it 
EXTD=into the regular concert rotation) is an excellent rendition. The
EXTD= sound is joyful and very peppy. Box of Rain is a song by Robert 
EXTD=Hunter and Phil Lesh which was wriiten at the time of Lesh's fath
EXTD=er's dying of cancer. As a matter of fact, Garcia's mother and Bo
EXTD=b Weir's Parents had also passed away at the time. All the emotio
EXTD=n and passion for life were put into this album. This is the "Cro
EXTD=wn Jewel" of recordings in American folk music, not just for the 
EXTD=Grateul Dead. Other songs of note are Candyman and Friend of a De
EXTD=vil. Again, Garcia sings beautifully. His voice is young,fresh, a
EXTD=nd full of heartfelt passion. This album is not at all like the l
EXTD=ive concerts the band was playing at the time. Some shows had acu
EXTD=stic sets but the electric sets were like entering a war zone of 
EXTD=Fire Breathing Dragons. The sound on American Beauty is rich, war
EXTD=m and very inviting. This is a testiment to the incrediable versa
EXTD=tility of this remarkable band of very fine musicians. Special no
EXTD=te goes to David Grisman and Howard Wales for adding texture with
EXTD= mandolin and keyboards respectivly.\n\nRolling Stone (12/24/70, 
EXTD=p. 52) - "...the album is American beauty of the best possible ki
EXTD=nd....A complete contentment shines through the vocal work....The
EXTD= instrumentation is rich with sound that moves through, under and
EXTD= into the listener..." \n\nCD Connection.com Review\nGrateful Dea
EXTD=d: Jerry Garcia (vocals, guitar, pedal steel guitar, piano); Bob 
EXTD=Weir (vocals, guitar); Ron "Pig Pen" McKernan (vocals, harmonica)
EXTD=; Phil Lesh (vocals, guitar, piano, bass); Bill Kreutzmann (drums
EXTD=); Micky Hart (percussion). \n\nAdditional personnel: Dave Nelson
EXTD= (electric guitar); David Grisman (mandolin); Howard Wales (piano
EXTD=, organ); Ned Lagin (piano); Dave Torbert (bass); New Riders Of T
EXTD=he Purple Sage. \n\nRecorded at Wally Heider Studios, San Francis
EXTD=co, California. \n\nAMERICAN BEAUTY was an instant classic when i
EXTD=t was first released November of 1970. It is among the most satis
EXTD=fying and enduring of the Grateful Dead's studio recordings, expa
EXTD=nding as it does on the engaging mix of country, blues and folk m
EXTD=aterials they first coined earlier in the year with WORKINGMAN'S 
EXTD=DEAD. \n\nThe musical vision of the Dead is more sharply focused 
EXTD=on AMERICAN BEAUTY--from the serene reflection and compassion of 
EXTD=the opening "Box Of Rain" and the bluesy mysticism of "Ripple," t
EXTD=o the sensual rock of "Sugar Maganolia" and the anthemic proto-bo
EXTD=ogie of the closing "Truckin." \n\nBut then, every tune on AMERIC
EXTD=AN BEAUTY has attained a classic resonance, both from 20-plus yea
EXTD=rs of steady airplay, and the way the Dead seem to continually re
EXTD=vive these popular standards for their concert repertoire. 
EXTT0=
EXTT1=
EXTT2=
EXTT3=
EXTT4=
EXTT5=
EXTT6=
EXTT7=
EXTT8=
EXTT9=
PLAYORDER=
