THE FLYING BURRITO BROS. - THE GILDED PALACE OF SIN - A&M SP4175 (LP-1969 PRESS)

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Here is a super nice semi scare LP, the flying Burrito Bros, this is the original issue album. The jacket is very good to near excellent, and the vinyl is excellent to mint. There is good history regarding the musicians in this band back in the day and this is described below. This would be an excellent addition to your vintage LP rock music collection. Please check the pictures, thanks for looking.

THE FLYING BURRITO BROS. - THE GILDED PALACE OF SIN  (A&M SP4175)
The Flying Burrito Brothers helped forge the connection between rock and country, and with their 1969 debut album, "The Gilded Palace of Sin", they virtually invented the blueprint for country-rock.  Though the band's glory days were brief, they left behind a small body of work that proved vastly influential both in rock and country.  The Flying Burrito Brothers reunited later in the '70s, albeit without their founding members Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman, and continued performing and recording in a variety of incarnations into the '80s.
Originally, the Flying Burrito Brothers were a group of Los Angeles musicians who gathered together to jam.  Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman took the band's name when they were forming their own band after leaving the Byrds.  Parsons had helped steer the Byrds toward a country direction during his brief stint with the band, as captured on the 1968 album "Sweetheart of the Rodeo".  Following the release of "Sweetheart", he left the Byrds, followed shortly afterward by Hillman.  The duo added pedal steel guitarist "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow and bassist Chris Ethridge to the band and set about recording their debut album with a variety of session drummers.
"The Gilded Palace of Sin", the Flying Burrito Brothers' debut album, was released in the spring of 1969.  Although the album only sold 40,000 copies, the band developed a devoted following, which happened to include many prominent musicians in Los Angeles, Bob Dylan, and the Rolling Stones.  Around this time, Parsons and Stones guitarist Keith Richards became good friends, which led to Parsons losing interest in the Burritos.  Before the band recorded their second album, Ethridge left the band and was replaced by Bernie Leadon, and the group hired ex-Byrd Michael Clarke as their permanent drummer.