#112 The Grateful Dead - American Beauty

The Grateful Dead had built a massive live following through incessant touring and long improvisations, but the early 1970s saw them begin to use the recording studio a bit differently. The boys come together for America's birthday week to discuss vocal harmony stacks, dueling lead singers, and 1970s song craft.Email us your complaints (or questions / comments) at 1001AlbumComplaints@gmail.comListen to our episode companion playlist (compilation of the songs we referenced on this episode) here:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1smkUXhkzB7WEeO7qGB14c?si=987a8e3d487b4905Listen to American Beauty here:https://open.spotify.com/album/7rqgm1BnAZ8I4d6hukpkdg?si=YCXmj40OSjO0diZDc0X5AwIntro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly CrushersOutro music: After the Afterlife by MEGAFollow our Spotify Playlist of music produced directly by us. Listen and complain at homeFollow us on instagram @thechopunlimited AND @1001AlbumComplaintsCheck out the Merch StoreNext week's album: The Stooges - Fun House

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