American Beauty | White/Green Marble LP Boston Pierce it still resonates two decades

it still resonates two decades on and remains one of the era's most influential albums

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American Beauty | White/Green Marble LP Boston Pierce it still resonates two decadesBy any measure, 1970 was a high water mark for the Grateful Dead. Hot on the heels of the incredible success of Workingman's Dead that summer, the band returned in the autumn with the equally stunning American Beauty. Those back to back classics not only introduced songs that would be a key part of the group's live repertoire for decades, but they also opened a gateway into the world of the Grateful Dead for generations of Dead Heads. Tracks 1~1~Box