The United States of America
The United States of America
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 hard-wire 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 is reissued 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.
Tracklist:
1. The American Metaphysical Circus 4:57
2. Hard Coming Love 4:41
3. Cloud Song 3:21
4. The Garden of Earthly Delights 2:39
5. I Won't Leave My Wooden Wife for You, Sugar 3:56
6. Where Is Yesterday 3:08
7. Coming Down 2:37
8. Love Song for the Dead Che´
9. Stranded in Time 1:49
10. The American Way of Love 6:41
11. Osamu's Birthday 3:00
12. No Love to Give 2:38
13. I Won't Leave My Wooden Wife for You, Sugar 3:47
14. You Can Never Come Down 2:33
15. Perry Pier 2:38
16. Tailor Man 3:08
17. Do You Follow Me 2:36
18. The American Metaphysical Circus 4:03
19. Mouse (The Garden of Earthly Delights) 2:40
20. Heresy (Coming Down) 2:32
