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Earth Opera (album)

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Released
  
1968

Genre
  
Psychedelic rock

Producer
  
Peter K. Siegel

Recorded
  
1968

Label
  
Elektra

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Earth Opera is the eponymous first studio album by the psychedelic rock band Earth Opera. It was recorded and released in 1968 on Elektra Records. The group featured Peter Rowan and David Grisman, who made their solo careers in much different genres than this record of mainly psychedelic music.

Contents

Track listing

All compositions by Peter Rowan, unless otherwise noted

  1. "The Red Sox are Winning" – 3:34
  2. "As It Is Before" – 7:25
  3. "Dreamless" – 2:52
  4. "To Care at All" – 3:35
  5. "Home of the Brave" – 4:51
  6. "The Child Bride" – 4:43
  7. "Close Your Eyes and Shut the Door" – 2:46
  8. "Time and Again" (Grisman, Rowan) – 5:47
  9. "When You Were Full of Wonder" – 4:00
  10. "Death by Fire" – 6:08

Personnel

  • Peter Rowan – vocals, guitar, saxophone
  • David Grisman – mandolin, mandocello, keyboards, saxophone, vocals
  • Bill Stevenson - piano, harpsichord, organ, vibraphone
  • Paul Dillon - guitar, drums, vocals
  • Billy Mundi - percussion, drums
  • John Nagy – bass

    • References

    Earth Opera (album) Wikipedia
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