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Hot Burrito No. 2: Intervention Reissues Flying Burrito Brothers' "Gilded Palace of Sin" On Vinyl and SACD

February 23, 2017 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

PRE-ORDER FROM INTERVENTION RECORDS

Intervention Records will soon be giving the deluxe audiophile treatment on both hybrid stereo SACD (playable on all CD players) and 180-gram vinyl LP to a bona fide country-rock classic.  The Flying Burrito Brothers' 1969 A&M Records release The Gilded Palace of Sin remains a landmark album, fusing genres to create something wholly new - "Cosmic American Music," as Gram Parsons memorably named it.  It will arrive on LP in May and later in the year on SACD.

Though the group's original incarnation was short-lived, The Flying Burrito Brothers inspired generations to come.  The Burritos had their roots in The Byrds, formed by guitarist-singer-songwriters Chris Hillman and Gram Parsons of that band with bassist Chris Ethridge and pedal steel guitarist "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow in 1968.  Yet this line-up recorded just one album, The Gilded Palace of Sin, before the departure of bassist Ethridge.  Gilded Palace introduced a brace of band originals blending R&B, country-and-western, and rock-and-roll, and also featured well-chosen covers of the Dan Penn/Chips Moman classics "The Dark End of the Street" and "Do Right Woman."   Though the original release only peaked in the lower reaches of the Billboard 200 and failed to yield any hit singles, artists across multiple generations took notice - from Bob Dylan to Elvis Costello, The Eagles to Wilco.  Its stature has only grown over the years.

Following Ethridge's farewell, Chris Hillman moved over to bass, future Eagle Bernie Leadon joined on guitar, and another ex-Byrd, Michael Clarke, joined on drums.  The group then recorded 1970's Burrito Deluxe, but internal strife led founder Parsons to decamp for a solo career which would be cut short by his untimely death.  Rick Roberts joined the remaining four members for 1971's self-titled album, but after 1972's Last of the Red Hot Burritos live album, the band would break up.  By the time of Red Hot, Leadon and Kleinow had also jumped ship, with Hillman, Roberts and Clarke joined by Al Perkins and Kenny Wertz on guitars.  A group that once held so much promise had crashed and burned, though the Burritos would be Flying Again in 1975, with yet more personnel changes.

The era-defining The Gilded Palace of Sin captures the original group on a stirring collection of Americana.  Intervention's reissues have been remastered by Kevin Gray from the best source available: a 1/2" safety copy of the original master tape as provided by Universal Music.  The LP (pressed at RTI) has been remastered in 100% AAA analog fashion, and the SACD was remastered directly from analog tape to DSD.  As with previous Intervention releases, the packaging will be similarly lavish.  The LP will boast a tip-on-style jacket, printed by Stoughton, and the SACD will be housed in a Super Jewel Box.

Watch this space for Amazon pre-order links once available!  In the meantime, you can pre-order the LP directly from Intervention Records at the links below, and look for a review of Intervention's recent release from Erasure soon!

The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Gilded Palace of Sin (A&M SP 4175, 1969 - reissued Intervention Records, 2017)

  1. Christine's Tune
  2. Sin City
  3. Do Right Woman
  4. Dark End of the Street
  5. My Uncle
  6. Wheels
  7. Juanita
  8. Hot Burrito # 1
  9. Hot Burrito # 2
  10. Do You Know How It Feels
  11. Hippie Boy

 

Categories: News Formats: CD, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country Tags: Chris Hillman, Gram Parsons, The Flying Burrito Brothers

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JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with Real Gone Music, has released newly-curated collections produced by Joe from iconic artists such as Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Chet Atkins, and many others. He has contributed liner notes to reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, B.J. Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, and Andy Williams, and has compiled releases for talents including Robert Goulet and Keith Allison of Paul Revere and the Raiders. Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and in 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray. Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.

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Comments

  1. Marty says

    February 24, 2017 at 2:09 pm

    Didn't the original have an artificial stereo seperation added? I hope this isn't part of the re-release.

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  2. Shane says

    February 27, 2017 at 4:36 pm

    There was no mono release so the stereo mix is the only mix. The vocals from Hillman and Parsons are hard left and right, but so far as I know that was an artistic choice in mixing.

    -Shane, Intervention Records

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    • Marty says

      February 28, 2017 at 4:59 pm

      I'm really looking forward to this vinyl. The original A&M pressing used the Haeco-CSG process which accounts for the super wide 'ultra stereo' sound. Not sure if this was done to tape first or to lacquer mastering later. Thank's Shane for re-issuing this important LP for us all to enjoy.

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      • Adam says

        March 8, 2017 at 2:11 pm

        The Haeco-CSG process was only applied on White Label Promo copies that were sent to radio stations. The normal stock LPs were not processed.

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        • Shane says

          March 10, 2017 at 10:57 am

          I can absolutely confirm that the tapes we used in mastering were not processed in this or any other fashion.

          Shane, Intervention Records

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