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Artist:Earth Opera
Title:The Great American Eagle Tragedy
Label:  Elektra
Country:UK
Catalogue:EKL 4038
Date:1969
Format:Mono LP
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Community: 2 Want
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TrackArtistTitleComposerRating
A1Earth OperaHome To YouPeter RowanRate
A2Earth OperaMad Lydia's WaltzPeter RowanRate
A3Earth OperaAlfie FinneyPaul DillonRate
A4Earth OperaSanctuary From The LawPeter RowanRate
A5Earth OperaAll Winter LongPeter RowanRate
B1Earth OperaThe American Eagle TragedyPeter RowanRate
B2Earth OperaRoast Beef LovePeter RowanRate
B3Earth OperaIt's LovePeter RowanRate


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Produced by Peter K. Siegel

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Comments and Reviews
 
davie gordon
31st Dec 2015
 Absolutely brilliant track ... for my money nothing else comes close to capturing the sheer helpless rage so many felt at the time. It's always puzzled me that it's never referred to in the few interviews I've seen with Peter Rowan. The rest of Earth Opera's material you can live without but the title track is one of Elektra's most underrated masterpieces. I've been listening to it
since 1969, when I was in high school and found a copy in a deletions bin in Woolworth's of all places - it hasn't lost one bit of its power in all those years and is as relevant now as it was when it was recorded.

It's just dawned on me that Jack Bonus, one of the sax players is the guy who later turned up
with a solo album for Jefferson Airplane's Grunt label.
Any Velvet Underground specialists know if John Cale has ever spoken about his involvement ?
 
 
Juke Jules SUBS
28th Dec 2015
 Review
A sad and angry album by this Boston band, made at the time the USA involvement in the Vietnam War was at its height and the Communist allies were about to launch the Tet Offensive.

Peter Rowan sounds at times rather like the Tim Buckley of Goodbye And Hello, the mandolins jangle mournfully, while the bowed bass adds a morose sensuality. The lyrics can be found on this video



Mad Lydia's Waltz is unremitting tragedy; presumably she lost her reason when her husband was killed in Vietnam



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Linked Releases

USA - Elektra - 1969

Germany - Elektra - 1969

UK - Edsel - 1987


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