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Flying Burrito Brothers' The Gilded Palace of Sin

By Bob Proehl
Series: 33 1/3
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In 1968, the Flying Burrito Brothers released The Gilded Palace of Sin, a pioneering album in the country rock genre. Despite modest sales of 400,000 copies, the record remains an important cultural artefact, reflecting a unique moment in music history. The book explores the album not just as part of front man Gram Parsons' legacy, but as a standalone work rich with historical and musical significance.
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The Gilded Palace of Sin will appeal to readers interested in music history, especially fans of country rock and Gram Parsons. It also suits those intrigued by 1960s culture and the evolution of American music genres.

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Uses the Seven Deadly Sins as a structuring device to look at the album, "The Gilded Palace of Sin", that plays as fast and loose with its religious images as it does with its genre-borrowing.

In 1968, the Flying Burrito Brothers released their debut album, The Gilded Palace of Sin on A&M Records, selling a disappointing 400,000 copies. Bob Proehl's book uses the Seven Deadly Sins as a kind of structuring device to look at an album that plays as fast and loose with its religious images as it does with its genre-borrowing.

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In 1968, the Flying Burrito Brothers released The Gilded Palace of Sin on A&M Records, selling a disappointing 400,000 copies. Almost forty years later, front man Gram Parsons is still spoken of with almost messianic reverence. Patron saint of alt-country, emblazoned with a shining cross, dead at 26. Overshadowed by Parsons, this album remains an anomaly in the country rock genre, a map in miniature of a moment in music, and warrants discussion as more than part of the Gram Parsons legacy.

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PopMatters.com praises Proehl's detailed and original analysis of the album's eleven tracks, noting its deep reflection on America's past, present, and future. Under the Radar Magazine commends the book's blend of historical context, including 1960s culture, fashion, and groupie culture, as a captivating read. Book News noted this work in February 2009.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780826429032

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 February 2009

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.

Audience: Professional and scholarly

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Weight: 132g

Pages: 144

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Arts & Culture Bob Proehl Non-Fiction Series: 33 1/3

About the Author

Bob Proehl runs No Radio Records - a record store and label based in Ithaca, NY. He is also the publisher and editor of Tugboat Captain Press, a poetry imprint.

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