Earth Opera (album)

Earth Opera
Studio album by Earth Opera
Released	1968
Recorded	1968
Genre	Psychedelic rock
Label	Elektra
Producer	Peter K. Siegel
Earth Opera chronology
Earth Opera (1968) The Great American Eagle Tragedy (1969)
David Grisman chronology
Early Dawg (1966) Earth Opera (1968) The Great American Eagle Tragedy (1968)
Peter Rowan chronology
Earth Opera (1968) The Great American Eagle Tragedy (1968)

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Earth Opera is the self-titled first album by the band Earth Opera, recorded in 1968. The group featured Peter Rowan and David Grisman, who made their solo careers in much different genres than this very interesting record of mainly psychedelic music.^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Peter Rowan, unless otherwise noted

1. "The Red Sox are Winning" – 3:34
2. "As It Is Before" – 7:25
3. "Dreamless" – 2:52
4. "To Care at All" – 3:35
5. "Home of the Brave" – 4:51
6. "The Child Bride" – 4:43
7. "Close Your Eyes and Shut the Door" – 2:46
8. "Time and Again" (Grisman, Rowan) – 5:47
9. "When You Were Full of Wonder" – 4:00
10. "Death by Fire" – 6:08

Personnel

• Peter Rowan – vocals, guitar, saxophone
• David Grisman – mandolin, mandocello, keyboards, saxophone, vocals
• Bill Stevenson - piano, harpsichord, organ, vibraphone
• Paul Dillon - guitar, drums, vocals
• Billy Mundi - percussion, drums
• John Nagy – bass

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