1969 - It's A Beautiful Day- It's A Beautiful Day 24bit/192khz
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- Audio > FLAC
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- 15
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- 1.45 GB
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- It's A Beautiful Day Self Titled 1969 Vinyl 1st pressing Folk Rock Psychedelic Rock Rock White Bird Hot Summer Day 1969 San Francisco
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- Feb 24, 2014
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- sidmal
This is an original vinyl rip at 24bit/192khz by Sidmal, serveral programs have been used in order to replicate the sound, split, rename and tag the LP,into flac. I won' specify them at the moment, nor will I Boast about the equipment I use. please leave comments, be they positive or negative. Enjoy!!!! P.S. This LP is 13 years my senior, You can't expect a 45 years old Vinyl to sound Clean. the crackling noise is just inevitable, I hope you do enjoy this LP even though it's been through quite an ordeal, chronologically... It's A Beautiful Day ΓÇÄΓÇô It's A Beautiful Day Label: Columbia ΓÇÄΓÇô CS 9768 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold Country: US Released: 1969 Genre: Rock Style: Psychedelic Rock Tracklist Show Credits . A1 White Bird 6:06 A2 Hot Summer Day 5:46 A3 Wasted Union Blues 4:00 A4 Girl With No Eyes 3:49 B1 Bombay Calling 4:25 B2 Bulgaria 6:10 B3 Time Is 9:42 Credits Bass ΓÇô Mitchell Holman Drums ΓÇô Val Fuentes Engineer ΓÇô Brian Ross-Myring Guitar ΓÇô Hal Wagenet Harmonica ΓÇô Bruce Steinberg (tracks: A2) Organ, Piano, Electric Piano, Celesta, Harpsichord ΓÇô Linda Laflamme Photography By [Center And Back Cover] ΓÇô Bruce Steinberg Producer ΓÇô David Laflamme Violin, Vocals ΓÇô David Laflamme Vocals, Tambourine, Bells, Percussion [Block, Gourd] ΓÇô Pattie Santos Notes First Columbia pressing on a red 360┬░ label with white lettering in the perimeter. Allmusic.com Review by Lindsay Planer [-] Although they are not one of the better-known San Francisco bands to have emerged from the ballroom circuit of the late '60s and early '70s, It's a Beautiful Day were no less memorable for their unique progressive rock style that contrasted well with the Bay Area psychedelic scene. Led by David LaFlamme (flute/violin/vocals) and his wife, Linda LaFlamme (keyboards), the six-piece unit on this album vacillates between light and ethereal pieces such as the lead-off cut, "White Bird," to the heavier, prog rock-influenced "Bombay Calling." One of the most distinct characteristics of It's a Beautiful Day is their instrumentation. The prominence of David LaFlamme -- former violin soloist with the Utah Symphony and original member of Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks -- adds a refinement to It's a Beautiful Day's sound. Likewise, the intricate melodies -- mostly composed by the LaFlammes -- are structured around the band's immense virtuosity, a prime example being the exquisitely haunting harpsichord-driven "Girl With No Eyes." The noir framework, as well as lyrics such as "...she's just a reflection of all of the time I've been high," point rather candidly to the hallucinogenic nature of the song's -- if not the band's -- influences. The same can be said of the languidly eerie "Bulgaria." The almost chant-like quality of the track slowly crescendos into an hypnotic and dreamlike sonic journey -- led by LaFlamme's brilliant violin work. By virtue of being a Bay Area fixture in the late '60s, It's a Beautiful Day could also easily double as a hippie dance band -- which they can also execute with great aplomb -- as the wildly up-tempo "Time Is" amply proves. It's a Beautiful Day remains as a timepiece and evidence of how sophisticated rock & roll had become in the fertile environs of the San Francisco music scene.