American Pie (VINYL) | Very Good Plus (VG+) Very Good (VG)

*PHOTOS ACTUAL*

LOWER GRADE VG+ W INNER, HAS A FAIR AMOUNT OF SURFACE MARKS, WILL PLAY W SOME LIGHT CRACKLE IN SPOTS / vg to vg+ sleeve w ring, fading, edge wear throughout *NO CUTS*

Label:  United Artists Records – UAS-5535, The Rainbow Collection – UAS-5535
Format:  Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Terre Haute Pressing
Country: US
Released:  Oct 1, 1971
Genre:  Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Style:  Folk Rock, Acoustic, Folk
One Side    
A1        American Pie    8:27
A2        Till Tomorrow    2:11
A3        Vincent    3:55
A4        Crossroads    3:34
Another Side    
B1        Winterwood    3:09
B2        Empty Chairs    3:24
B3        Everybody Loves Me, Baby    3:37
B4        Sister Fatima    2:31
B5        The Grave    3:08
B6        Babylon    1:40
Manufactured By – United Artists Records, Inc.
Copyright © – United Artists Records, Inc.
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
Recorded At – Record Plant, N.Y.C.
Produced At – BSM Productions
Arranged By – Don McLean (tracks: B6), Lee Hays (tracks: B6)
Arranged By [Strings] – Ed Freeman
Bass – Rob Rothstein
Concertmaster – Gene Orloff
Drums – Tom Flye (tracks: B5)
Drums, Percussion – Roy Markowitz
Electric Guitar – David Spinoza* (tracks: A1)
Electric Piano – Ray Colcord
Engineer – Tom Flye
Guitar, Banjo, Vocals – Don McLean
Lacquer Cut By – BB*
Marimba, Vibraphone – Mike Mainieri
Photography By [Cover], Design – George S. Whiteman*
Piano – Paul Griffin (tracks: A1), Warren Bernhardt (tracks: A4)
Producer – Ed Freeman
Written-By – Don McLean (tracks: A1 to B5), Traditional (tracks: B6)
"T" in runouts denote a Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute pressing.

A BSM Production
Recorded at Record Plant, N.Y.C.; May-June, 1971

Dedicated to Buddy Holly
Special thanks to Dick Cutler and Carol

Runouts are etched except for 'Λ' in variant 4 and 7 and the 'T' and 'B' in variant 2, which are stamped.
Rights Society: BMI
Pressing Plant ID (Runouts): T
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): UAS 5535-A-6 1T
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): UAS 5535-B-RE-4-1 1T
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): UAS 5535-A-RE8 1T B BB
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): UAS 5535-B-RE-4-2 1T
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 3): UAS 5535-A-RE5 2T
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 3): UAS 5535-B-RE 2 T1
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 4): UAS 5535-A-RE8 2T BB
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 4): UAS 5535-B-2 2T Λ
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 5): UAS 5535-A-6 1T Λ
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 5): UAS 5535-B-1B Λ 2T
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 6): UAS 5535-A -7 1T
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 6): UAS 5535-B -6 1T
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 7): UAS-5535-1-RE6
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 7): UAS 5535-B-2 2T 8Λ
 

• Media Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
• Sleeve Condition: Very Good (VG)
• Genre: ROCK
• Format Type: LP