Don McLean American Pie -1980- Folk Rock, Acoustic (classic vinyl)

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American Pie is McLeans second album; his first,Tapestry, having been released to only moderate commercial success and acclaim in 1970. McLean was a protg ofPete Seeger, having played with him in the 1960s. The album American Pie was intended as a unified work, as McLean has said that he was influenced byThe Beatles’Sgt Pepperalbum and envisioned American Pie to be a similar album.[5]Believing that an artist’s work should stand by itself, McLean generally did not offer explanations for his work’s themes or meaning,[6]though he did describe thetitle songas involving “a sense of loss”.[5]The album was dedicated to Buddy Holly, a childhood icon of McLean’s, and was released in 1971 on the heels of the ’60s, the defining decade of McLeans generation. It has a melancholy feel and rather sparse arrangements.[7]At the time of the writing McLeans first marriage was failing[8]and the optimism and hopefulness of the 1960s was giving way to the nihilism and hedonism of the 1970s

Label:Liberty LN 510037Format:Vinyl, LP, Album, ReissueCountry:CanadaReleased:1980Genre:RockStyle:Folk Rock,Acoustic

Sleeve Condition (Out of 10) ~ 9 light RING WEAR
Label Condition (Out of 10) ~ 10
Vinyl Condition ~ (Out of 10)
Side 1 -10
side 2 – 10
BIN*R72

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