The United States Of America still alive!!

06.25.2007, 07:22 AM

Dorothy Moskowitz wrote two weeks ago:

"The band actually got together for a party last month for the first time in nearly 40 years. We had a cake that read 'How Much Fun It's Been' and tried to figure out how we broke up. No one really knows. Thanks all for listening. Dorothy Moskowitz".

http://www.myspace.com/byrdmoskowitz

The sole album The United States of America was released by Columbia Records in 1968. It's the greatest achievement of an era in which rock was first explored as an avant-garde medium.

A definitive reissue CD is available from Sundazed with 8 previously unissued tracks, the 2 bonus tracks from the 1987 Edsel reissue, remastered sound, and revealing new commentary from both Joseph Byrd and Dorothy Moskowitz.

Following the dissolution of Byrd and Moskowitz's collaboration, a dramatically inferior yet still mostly brilliant successor to the album was issued by Columbia 1969: Joseph Byrd and the Field Hippies The American Metaphysical Circus. "You Can Never Come Down" is a track of USA-caliber that appears on this album and in a different version as a bonus track on the Sundazed reissue, demonstrating the compositional continuity between these projects for Byrd despite the different cast of collaborators.

After decades of absence from the global music media, Joseph Byrd was finally brought back into the public sphere by Italian journalist Beppe Colli's 2004 interview.

A Thousand Threads · 11.20.2007, 11:53 AM

sorry for the delayed bump, i just found this thread.

Cool,cool,cool
Sometimes i wish i could rep the fuck out of you, porky.
Thanks for the interesting and informative stuff you always post.

06.25.2007, 07:22 AM	#1
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	Dorothy Moskowitz wrote two weeks ago: "The band actually got together for a party last month for the first time in nearly 40 years. We had a cake that read 'How Much Fun It's Been' and tried to figure out how we broke up. No one really knows. Thanks all for listening. Dorothy Moskowitz". http://www.myspace.com/byrdmoskowitz The sole album The United States of America was released by Columbia Records in 1968. It's the greatest achievement of an era in which rock was first explored as an avant-garde medium. A definitive reissue CD is available from Sundazed with 8 previously unissued tracks, the 2 bonus tracks from the 1987 Edsel reissue, remastered sound, and revealing new commentary from both Joseph Byrd and Dorothy Moskowitz. Following the dissolution of Byrd and Moskowitz's collaboration, a dramatically inferior yet still mostly brilliant successor to the album was issued by Columbia 1969: Joseph Byrd and the Field Hippies The American Metaphysical Circus. "You Can Never Come Down" is a track of USA-caliber that appears on this album and in a different version as a bonus track on the Sundazed reissue, demonstrating the compositional continuity between these projects for Byrd despite the different cast of collaborators. After decades of absence from the global music media, Joseph Byrd was finally brought back into the public sphere by Italian journalist Beppe Colli's 2004 interview.
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11.20.2007, 11:53 AM	#2
A Thousand Threads expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,000	sorry for the delayed bump, i just found this thread. Cool,cool,cool Sometimes i wish i could rep the fuck out of you, porky. Thanks for the interesting and informative stuff you always post.
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