(Rock) [LP][24/96] The Grateful Dead - American Beauty (MFSL 1-014) - 1970, FLAC (tracks), lossless

Оборудование:
Nitty Gritty RCM 1.5
Technics SL-1200MK2 Turntable with KAB Fluid Damping and KAB record grip
Ortofon 2M Black cartridge
Pro-Ject Tube Box SE II Preamp
Tascam US-144 external USB 2.0 Audiointerface
Bias Peak LE 6 recording software

Процесс:
RCM>TT > Ortofon 2M Blk> Tube Box preamp> ADC> Mac Pro Dual Xeon> Peak LE @ 24/96 >
analyze (no clipping, no DC Bias offset, each side maximized to -0.3 dB) >
split into individual Tracks > Click Repair 3.02 used in Manual Mode, 30 Rev, Pitch Protection, X2 >
FLAC encoded Level 5 with XLD Version 20100518 (120.3)

All de-clicking software used in full manual mode to preserve musical transients. No music was harmed in the making of this vinyl rip. No silence been removed.

American Beauty is the fifth album by the Grateful Dead. It was recorded between August and September 1970 and originally released in November 1970 by Warner Bros. Records. The album continued the folk rock and country music explored on Workingman's Dead and prominently features the lyrics of Robert Hunter. In 2003, the album was ranked number 258 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

History
The band began recording American Beauty only a few months after the release of Workingman's Dead. An odd occurrence was that the band recorded the album without their sound crew, which was out on the road as part of the Medicine Ball Caravan tour (which the Dead were originally scheduled to join), and this led to staff engineer Stephen Barncard replacing Bob Matthews as producer -- "a move that irks Matthews to this day." Barncard mused that "I had heard bad stories about engineers' interactions with the Dead ... but what I found were a bunch of hardworking guys."

Both Workingman's Dead and American Beauty were innovative at the time for their fusion of bluegrass, rock and roll, folk music and, especially, country. Compared to Workingman's Dead, American Beauty had even less lead guitar work from Jerry Garcia, who instead filled the void with shimmering pedal steel guitar passages on both albums. It was during the recording of this album that Garcia would first collaborate with mandolinist David Grisman. "I just bumped into Jerry at a baseball game in Fairfax, and he said, 'Hey, you wanna play on this record we're doing?'" commented Grisman.[2] Phil Lesh, in his autobiography, commented "the magnetism of the scene at Wally Heider's recording studio made it a lot easier for me to deal with Dad's loss and my new responsibilities. Some of the best musicians around were hanging there during that period; with Paul Kantner and Grace Slick from Jefferson Airplane, the Dead, Santana, Crosby, Nash, and Neil Young working there, the studio became jammer heaven ... Thank the Lord for music; it's a healing force beyond words to describe."

"Truckin'" and "Ripple" were released as a single, and the songs "Box of Rain", "Sugar Magnolia", and "Friend of the Devil" also received radio play. In his book on Garcia, Blair Jackson noted that "if you liked rock'n' roll in 1970, but didn't like the Dead, you were out of luck, because they were inescapable that summer and fall." American Beauty peaked at #30 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart (North America), while the single, "Truckin'", peaked at #64 on the Pop Singles chart and achieved considerable FM rock radio airplay. It is the final album with Mickey Hart until his return to the band four years later in 1975.

Recorded: August–September 1970, at Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco, California, United States
Released: November 1, 1970
Label: Warner Bros.
Produced by Grateful Dead & Stephen Barncard

Состав:
Jerry Garcia – guitar, pedal steel guitar on "Sugar Magnolia", "Candyman", and "Brokedown Palace", piano on "Box of Rain", vocals
Mickey Hart – percussion
Robert Hunter – lyricist
Phil Lesh – bass guitar, acoustic guitar on "Box of Rain", piano, vocals
Bill Kreutzmann – drums
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan – harmonica, vocals
Bob Weir – guitar, vocals

Гости:
David Grisman – mandolin on "Friend of the Devil" and "Ripple"
David Nelson – electric guitar on "Box of Rain"
Ned Lagin – piano on "Candyman"
New Riders of the Purple Sage
Dave Torbert – bass guitar on "Box of Rain"
Howard Wales – organ on "Candyman" and "Truckin'" and piano on "Brokedown Palace"