The Third World - America The Beautiful (1971 RCA)⭐

Artist: The Third World
Title Of Album: America The Beautiful
Year Of Release: 1971
Label: RCA
Country: US
Genre: Acid psych rock
Audio codec: FLAC (*.flac)
Rip type: tracks+.cue

Third World formed by Paul Alagna (Guitars), Teddy Gray-Bill (Lead Vocals), from the ashes of the east coast band "Child", a keyboard drivin' psych band, in the vein of Vanilla Fudge, other members were the keyboardist Larry Laufer, previously member of Crazy Elephant (they had the top 20 hit "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin" in 1969), Roger Mansour who played the drums and was part of Leslie West's first group "The Vagrants" (before forming "Mountain") and the Bassist David Watkins.

Of course there's no connection with the Jamaican reggae fusion band that formed in 1973. Here we have acid psych sounds, a little rougher, with sharp anti-war lyrics, a theme of perseverance through hard times of that era. The recordings took place at Electric Lady Studios, New York City.

Tracks
1. Frozen Man (Larry Laufer) - 5:22
2. Blue Rose (Geoffrey Schwartz) - 3:43
3. Steal The Guns - 3:41
4. Hitler Is Alive And Well (In You) (Gerard Kenny) - 6:36
5. Sunshine - 3:53
6. Shot Down - 4:11
7. What's It All About (Larry Laufer) - 4:17
8. All Are Free - 7:17

Personnel:
Teddy Gray-Bill - Lead Vocals
Roger Mansour - Drums
Larry Laufer - Keyboards, Background Vocals
David Watkins - Bass, Background Vocals
Paul Alagna - Guitars, Background Vocals