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It's a Beautiful Day (Artist) | Format: Audio CD
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Yes, the original version of that FM oldie "White Bird" is included on this CD. Formed in 1967 by former symphony violinist David LaFlamme, this popular group plowed through all of the San Francisco Sound's clichés at once: organ, fiddle and drum solos; epigrammatic sayings about love, time, and dreams that are so cheesy they would make a Hallmark hack blush; the soft-part-that-heads-steadily-toward-the-crescendo part; incongruously pieced-together prog-rock songs that plod on for way too long; off-kilter male and female singing; and a near-total lack of soul. This 1969 recording, then, is a clear blueprint of what not to do in psychedelic rock--with the exception of "White Bird," which retains a sheen of innocence and melodic oomph despite its daft, repeated utterance that "she must fly!" This reissue has a bright, clear sound and excellent separation; it will more than please fans of the original LP. However, those looking for an equal to the best works of Moby Grape, Quicksilver, and the Dead are encouraged to seek elsewhere. --Mike McGonigal

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Peace on Earth July 12 2004
Format:Audio CD
I just bought a record player so I could hear my old album! I can't wait to get it on CD!
This is one I listen to in the morning that always seems to make a good start for the day and a great mood!
When I first moved away from home, I listened to this - and with as much pain of leaving my family home there was so much joy in being able to control what I listened to in the morning.
Need I say more - this is my REAL CLASSIC mood music...
Love takes a life time for a life line has been my moto for life! I am so pleased to share this with my son at the age I was at when I first heard it (15) without a skip in the record!
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Still out there Mar 15 2004
Format:Audio CD
I have had this album and seen this group in concert back in the old days a couple of times.Now I have all their stuff on either vinyl or cd plus a couple of new ones, Creed Of Love and Workin' the Goldmine, which I got directly from David over the net. They are still around just like Brewer and Shipley. They both have web sites and interested fans should check them out.
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Whoa... what the? Oh, yeah... right... Jan 22 2004
Format:Audio CD
I still get very stoned just listening to the sounds of this album (remember that word?) It takes me waaaaaaay back. Summer, 1970, the foothills of California, groovin', movin', bein'. I mean, I really get stoned.

But on the serious side, this is some very serious music that reflects the seriousness of the artists. David LaFlame did a marvelous job, as did the entire band. It's too bad they couldn't carry on and do more. This is one of the great studio albums of that era, ranking right up there with 'Pet Sounds' and 'Abby Road'. Technically perfect.

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Most recent customer reviews
a great debut
I heard that the album took 6 months and a million dollars longer than was planned to get right. I also know that the "San Francisco Sound" label stole the tapes from... Read more
Published on Oct 15 2003 by Mark C.
Masterpiece
If you like violin, harpsichord, harmonica, piano, celeste, tamborine, incredible vocals (Thank you Linda and David Laflamme), the usuals (guitar, bass, drums), and poetry then you... Read more
Published on Sep 19 2003
Too swift for some
This is a five-star album, of the Sixties but in no way confined by them. The last three joined tracks - the three best - take you on a memorable musical journey, starting,... Read more
Published on Sep 8 2003 by Andy Agree
If you want to hear the Real IABD
Find their live stuff. You will see they were very multifacted. I have 3 different versions of White Bird, one of which has some very scorching lead guitar. Read more
Published on May 10 2003 by Brad
San Francisco Sound is the WORST reissue label
This CD was sourced from an LP record. Almost as an omen, "Bombay Calling," which opened the second side of the LP, starts with a "wow" (speed error). Read more
Published on April 25 2003
A Long Time Searching
I have been searching for a copy of this CD for what seems like decades. I had the original on vinyl and unfortunately it disappeared. Read more
Published on April 16 2003
they don't make them like this anymore
buy it, love it, timeless exellence. everyone loves this music, all ages.
Published on Feb 9 2003 by Alan O. Weeks
TIME WAS . . . . .
I still vividly remember, about 31 years on, the first time I heard "White Bird". It was early on in my first year away at university, about 2 a.m. Read more
Published on Jan 27 2003 by J. C. Bailey
White Bird Must Fly Or She Will Die
Perhaps I was simply a deluded kid, but when I first heard It's A Beautiful Day's "White Bird" in 1969, I immediately latched on to the notion that the song is an anti-war song:... Read more
Published on Nov 22 2002 by Gordon Hilgers
White Bird will live forever
I saw It's a Beautiful Day in concert several times back in the early 70's and they put on an excellent show. Read more
Published on July 19 2002 by Thomas Mazur
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