NRPS New Riders Of The Purple Sage LP COLUMBIA 1971 USre JERRY GARCIA
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NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE
JOHN DAWSON, DAVID NELSON, DAVE TORBERT
plus JERRY GARCIA, SPENCER DRIDEN, MICKEY HART, COMMANDER CODY
For most of the early '70s, the New Riders of the Purple Sage™ (yes, the name
is trademark-protected) were the successful offshoots of the Grateful Dead.
Although they never remotely approached the success or longevity of the Dead,
they attracted a considerable audience through their association with Jerry Garcia,
Phil Lesh, and Mickey Hart, whose fans couldn't be satisfied with only the Dead's releases,
the New Riders never reached much beyond that audience, but the Deadheads
loved them as substitutes (along with Garcia's periodic solo projects) for the real article.
Their initial sound was a kind of country-acid rock, somewhat twangier than
the Dead's usual work and without the Dead's successful forays into experimental
jams, but they later acquitted themselves as straight country-rockers.
"NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE"<reissue, originally published in 1971>
LP COLUMBIA RECORDS PC 30888
PRINTED IN U.S.A. EARLY-80s REPRESSING
SINGLE COVER
THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: (scan) 0074643088817 (text) 0 7464-30888-1
LABEL: COLUMBIA - RED LABEL w/GOLD-YELLOW RIM - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: (spine & rear) PC 30888
Catalog on labels: PC 30888 (AL 30888) / PC 30888 (BL 30888)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched) PAL-30888-2K
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched) PBL 30888-2AH
On labels: rim text reads '® "Columbia", Marcas Reg. Printed in U.S.A.'
On back cover: Arranged and Produced by the New Riders Of The Purple Sage
Recorded in London at Air......Marquee......Audio International.....
All songs and Mixed at Wally Heider Recording, San Francisco
All selections Ice Nine Pub. Co. Inc. ASCAP
Cover art: Michael Ferguson and Kelley
Manufactured by Columbia Records/CBS Inc. / 51 W. 52 Street, New York, N.Y.
® "Columbia", Marcas Reg. Printed in U.S.A.
tracklist
Side A: I DON'T KNOW YOU - WATCHA GONNA DO
PORTLAND WOMAN - HENRY - DIRTY BUSINESS
Side B: GLENDALE TRAIN - GARDEN OF EDEN - ALL I EVER WANTED
LAST LONELY EAGLE - LOUISIANA LADY
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RECORD EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE NEAR EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Anyone who enjoyed the Grateful Dead's Workingman's Dead or American Beauty and wanted more,
then or now, should get the New Riders of the Purple Sage's eponymous release
and follow it with the Riders' next two albums. With Jerry Garcia and Mickey Hart in tow,
and Jefferson Airplane's Spencer Dryden playing what drums Hart didn't, plus Commander Cody
at the piano, New Riders of the Purple Sage is some of the most spaced-out country-rock
of the period. Even ignoring the big names working with John Dawson, David Nelson,
and Dave Torbert, however, this is a good record, crossing swords with the Byrds,
the Burrito Brothers, and even Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and holding its own.
Maybe a few of the cuts (especially "Henry") are predictable at times, but mostly,
New Riders of the Purple Sage was full of surprises then (the amazingly sweet, brittle guitars,
in particular) and has tunes that have held up well: "Portland Woman," "Whatcha Gonna Do,"
"I Don't Know You," and "Louisiana Lady," not to mention the eight leisurely paced
minutes of acid-country found in "Dirty Business." There are no added notes,
but they'd hardly be vital -- the album is an open book...(AllMusic)
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