DON McLEAN AMERICAN PIE RARE SEALED ORIG'71 UA LP FIRST PRESS UNABRIDGED VERSION

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·       DON McLEAN - AMERICAN PIE - ORIGINAL 1971 UNITED ARTISTS STEREO LP UAS-5535

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

*** STILL SEALED GUARANTEED ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING ***

·       PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A FULL, ORIGINAL, STILL SEALED VERSION OF THE ALBUM AND NOT -- REPEAT ** NOT *** THE LATER, "ABRIDGED" REISSUE WITH TWO TRACKS MISSING

·       GUARANTEED ORIGINAL BEIGE UNITED ARTISTS LABEL WITH A DARK BROWN “UA” LOGO (EARLY 70’s STYLE) , SUCH AS THE ONE SHOWN BELOW, FROM OUR PREVIOUS AUCTION

·       THE THICKNESS OF THE VINYL, THE APPEARANCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COVER, LABEL’S LOGO AND OTHER PERIPHERAL ELEMENTS OF THE COVER, ARE ALL PERFECTLY CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL, FIRST PRESSING OF THIS TITLE.

·       TWO “BREATHE” (AIR) HOLE NOTED ON THE SHRINK WRAP

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING (SOMEWHAT UNUSUAL FOR  THIS TITLE)

(►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

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Don McLean's second album, American Pie, which was his first to gain recognition after the negligible initial sales of 1970's Tapestry, is necessarily dominated by its title track, a lengthy, allegorical history of rock & roll, because it became an unlikely hit, topping the singles chart and putting the LP at number one as well. "American Pie" has remained as much a cultural touchstone as a song, sung by everyone from Garth Brooks to Madonna, its title borrowed for a pair of smutty teen comedies, while the record itself has earned a registered three-million plays on U.S. radio stations. There may not be much more to note about it, then, except perhaps that even without a crib sheet to identify who's who, the song can still be enjoyed for its engaging melody and singable chorus, which may have more to do with its success than anything else. Of course, the album also included "Vincent," McLean's paean to Van Gogh, which has been played two-million times. Nothing else on the album is as effective as the hits, but the other eight original songs range from sensitive fare like "Till Tomorrow" to the sarcastic, uptempo "Everybody Loves Me, Baby." American Pie -- the album -- is very much a record of its time; it is imbued with the vague depression of the early '70s that infected the population and found expression in the works of singer/songwriters. "American Pie" -- the song -- is really a criticism of what happened in popular music in the '60s, and "Vincent" sympathizes with Van Gogh's suicide as a sane comment on an insane world. "Crossroads" and "Empty Chairs" are personal reflections full of regret and despondency, with the love song "Winterwood" providing the only respite. In the album's second half, the songs get more portentous, tracing society's ills into war and spiritual troubles in "The Grave" and "Sister Fatima." The songs are made all the more poignant by the stately folk-pop arrangements and McLean's clear, direct tenor. It was that voice, equally effective on remakes of pop oldies, that was his salvation when he proved unable to match the songwriting standard set on Tapestry and this collection. But then, the album has an overall elegiac quality that makes it sound like a final statement. After all, if the music has died, what else is there to say?

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY WILLIAM RUHLMANN, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

Don McLean is responsible - liable, really - for single-handedly inventing the much-abused singer-songwriter idiom of the late 1960's and early 1970's. Still, with tracks like American Pie - (a song as American as, well, Apple Pie), Vincent (gorgeous ballad dedicated to Vincent Van Gogh and Babylon (the near-Grygorian chant), and with visually captivating cover, this album defeats any and all criticism, and we are inclined to forgive McLean. A great album, for all times and all seasons.. Track listing:  American Pie - Till tomorrow - Vincent - Crossroads - Winterwood - Empty Chairs - Everybody loves me, baby - Sister Fatima - The Grave - Babylon.

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·       CONDITION:

·       THE RECORD

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(a)          THE ALBUM IS STILL FACTORY SEALED AND IS BELIEVED TO BE PERFECTLY MINT. Please note: sealed items are assumed to be mint and are sold as-is, as we have no way of inspecting them. For our policy on still sealed records ►click here (PLEASE READ BEFORE PLACING A BID).

(b)          The record is guaranteed to come in its original, custom, inner sleeve, which is UNIQUE to this album.

(c)             The record is  apparently pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(d)          Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·                               THE COVER

COVER IS STRONG NEAR MINT, STILL SEALED AND COVERED IN ITS ORIGINAL ►SHRINK WRAP

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-         Cover has one corner slightly dinged (nothing significant)

-         The cover has a few tiny pressure marks on the back side (localized on one tiny area not larger than 1 square inch)

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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