Don McLean - American Pie
| Genre: | Rock |
| Singer: | Don McLean |
| Title: | American Pie |
| Short-info: | Label:
United Artists Records – UAS-5535
Series: The Rainbow Collection – Type: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Date of released: 1971 Category: Rock Style: Folk Rock, Acoustic |
| MP3 album size .rar: | 1481 mb |
| APE album size .rar: | 1529 mb |
| Digital formats: | MP3 FLAC WAV VOC AU VQF MIDI AC3 FLAC |
- 1481 downloads at 53 mb/s
RAR archive MP3 format
- 1529 downloads at 43 mb/s
RAR archive FLAC format
Tracklist Hide Credits
| A1 | American Pie | 8:27 |
| A2 | Till Tomorrow | 2:11 |
| A3 | Vincent | 3:55 |
| A4 | Crossroads | 3:34 |
| 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 | BabylonWritten-By – Traditional |
1:40 |
Companies, etc.
- Recorded At – Record Plant, N.Y.C.
- Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
- Manufactured By – United Artists Records, Inc.
- Copyright (c) – Don McLean
- Copyright (c) – William Boyd Enterprises
- Copyright (c) – United Artists Records, Inc.
Credits
- Accompanied By [Assisted By] – Dan Turbeville*, Trevor Veitch, W. 44th Street Rhythm And Noise Choir*
- Arranged By – Don McLean (tracks: B6), Lee Hays (tracks: B6)
- Arranged By [Strings] – Ed Freeman
- Bass – Robbie Rothstein*
- Composed By – Don McLean (tracks: A1 to B5)
- 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
- Marimba, Vibraphone [Vibes] – Mike Mainieri
- Photography By [Cover], Design – George S. Whiteman*
- Piano – Paul Griffin (tracks: A1), Warren Bernhardt (tracks: A4)
- Producer – Ed Freeman
Notes
© MCMLXXI United Artists Records, Inc.© 1971 Don McLean (tribute to Hopalong Cassidy) © 1971 William Boyd Enterprises (image of Hopalong Cassidy)
Terre Haute Pressing with variant labels from this U.S. vinyl by same catalog #.
Similar center labels to this issue, but with slightly different typeset, and 3rd resubmitted master for "One Side" and original master for "Another Side"
Custom inner sleeve contains image, and McLean's tribute to Hopalong Cassidy; reverse side credits
A BSM Production
Recorded at The Record Plant, New York, May-June, 1971
Dedicated to Buddy Holly
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (A Side Etch): UAS 5535-A-RE3 1T
- Matrix / Runout (B Side Etch): UAS 5535-B -6 1T
- Rights Society: BMI
Other versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UAS 29285 | Don McLean | American Pie (LP, Album, RE) | Liberty | UAS 29285 | UK | Unknown |
| 8E 072-93 703 | Don McLean | American Pie (LP, Album) | United Artists Records | 8E 072-93 703 | Portugal | 1971 |
| 4M 036-93703 | Don McLean | American Pie (LP, Album) | Liberty | 4M 036-93703 | Europe | Unknown |
| UAS 29285, 1A 062-93703 | Don McLean | American Pie (LP, Album) | United Artists Records, United Artists Records | UAS 29285, 1A 062-93703 | Netherlands | 1979 |
| UAS 29285 | Don McLean | American Pie (LP, Album) | United Artists Records | UAS 29285 | UK | 1971 |
