Cassette: The Flying Burrito Bros Gilded Palace of Sin Cassette A&M Records – CS-4175 Rare

The Gilded Palace of Sin is the first album by the country rock group the Flying Burrito Brothers, released on February 6, 1969.

After spearheading the Byrds' foray into country music with the influential Sweetheart of the Rodeo album, Gram Parsons fell out with the band when he refused to accompany them on a tour of South Africa in 1968. Two months later bassist Chris Hillman left the Byrds as well and joined Parsons to form the Flying Burrito Brothers. As stated in the documentary Beyond Nashville, "Gram Parsons was passionate about country music's simple poetry. He was equally passionate about rock music. At a time when they were poles apart, he alone thought they belonged together."

It continued Gram Parsons' and Chris Hillman's work in modern country music, fusing traditional sources like folk and country with other forms of popular music like gospel, soul, and psychedelic rock.

Although it was not a commercial success, peaking at #164 on the Billboard 200, The Gilded Palace of Sin has been widely regarded as an important album in 1970s rock. It was included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981).

It is also listed at number 192 in Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in the 2012 edition and number 462 in the 2020 edition.

Label: A&M Records – CS-4175

Format:

Cassette, Album

Country: US

Released:

Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country

Style: Country Rock

Track List:

A1 Christine's Tune

A2 Sin City

A3 My Uncle

A4 Do Right Woman

A5 Dark End Of The Street

A6 Do You Know How It Feels

B1 Wheels

B2 Juanita

B3 Hot Burrito #2

B4 Hot Burrito #1

B5 Hippie Boy

It’s 50 years old and looks it, but I played it through this week and it still sounds great to me.

Thought about just not letting it go but I guess it would be better to let it go before I change my mind.