Album
American Pie
1971 · Rock
10 collectors on Gatefold own this
American Pie is a Rock album by Don McLean, originally released in 1971. On Gatefold: 73 pressings tracked, owned by 10 collectors.
About
American Pie is the title of a 1971 music album by Don McLean, best known for its title track about The Day the Music Died. The third track, "Vincent," is a tribute to the famed artist Vincent Van Gogh. The original 1971 LP is dedicated to Buddy Holly, and was reissued in 1980 minus the track "Sister Fatima". The original United Artists Records inner sleeve featured a free verse poem written by McLean about the late William Boyd, also known as Hopalong Cassidy, along with a picture of Boyd in full Hopalong regalia. This sleeve was removed within a year.
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Tracklist
Side A
- AAmerican Pie - Part I4:11
Side B
- BAmerican Pie - Part II4:31
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Folk Rock
- warm
- wistful
- storytelling
Inspired by the 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper "American Pie" begins with the haunting lyrics "The Day the Music Died". First issued late 1971, and became a world wide hit. Subsequently reissued during 1974 on Silver Spotlight [United Artists subsidiary] in US. A further reissue on Silver Spotlight, [Capitol] occurred, after United Artists Records was bought out by EMI/Capitol Records in 1979.
Credits
The people behind it.
Production & Engineering
- Ed FreemanPRODUCER
- Ed FreemanPRODUCER [PRODUCED BY]
- Tom FlyeENGINEER
- Tom FlyeENGINEER [UNCREDITED]
Songwriting
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