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2 LPs on 1 cassette: AMERICAN BEAUTY (1970)/WORKINGMAN'S DEAD (1970). Grateful Dead: Jerry Garcia (vocals, acoustic, electric & pedal steel guitars, banjo, piano); Bob Weir (vocals, guitar); Ron "Pig Pen" McKernan (vocals, harmonica); Phil Lesh (vocals, guitar, piano, bass); Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart (drums, percussion). AMERICAN BEAUTY: Additional personnel: Dave Nelson (electric guitar); David Grisman (mandolin); Howard Wales (piano, organ); Ned Lagin (piano); Dave Torbert (bass); New Riders Of The Purple Sage. Producer: The Grateful Dead. Recorded at Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco, California. WORKINGMAN'S DEAD: Additional personnel: David Nelson (acoustic guitar); John Dawson. Producers: Bob Matthews, Betty Cantor, The Grateful Dead. Recorded at Pacific High Recording Studios, San Francisco, California. The ultimate exception-to-the-rule record for the lay public--as in "I hate the Grateful Dead, except "--AMERICAN BEAUTY and its twin and precursor WORKINGMAN'S DEAD are the band's strongest o... |