''Earth Opera'' is the eponymous first

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...

by the

psychedelic rock Psychedelic rock is a rock music Music genre, genre that is inspired, influenced, or representative of psychedelia, psychedelic culture, which is centered on perception-altering hallucinogenic drugs. The music incorporated new electronic sound ...

band Earth Opera. It was recorded and released in 1968 on

Elektra Records Elektra Records (or Elektra Entertainment) is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, founded in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickolt. It played an important role in the development of contemporary folk and rock music between the ...

. The group featured

Peter Rowan Peter Rowan (born July 4, 1942) is an American bluegrass musician and composer. He plays guitar, fiddle, dobro, banjo, bass, piano and mandolin. He has a wide vocal range and yodels. He was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall o ...

and

David Grisman David Jay Grisman (born March 23, 1945) is an American mandolinist. His music combines bluegrass, folk, and jazz in a genre he calls "Dawg music". He founded the record label Acoustic Disc, which issues his recordings and those of other acousti ...

, who made their solo careers in much different genres than this record of mainly psychedelic music. www.allmusic.com– album review

Track listing

All compositions by

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

Personnel

– guitars, vocals *

–

mandolin A mandolin (, ; literally "small mandola") is a Chordophone, stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally Plucked string instrument, plucked with a plectrum, pick. It most commonly has four Course (music), courses of doubled St ...

, mandocello * Bill Stevenson – piano, harpsichord, organ, vibraphone * John Nagy – bass * Paul Dillon – drums *

Billy Mundi Billy Mundi (born Antonio Salas; September 25, 1942 in San Francisco – March 29, 2014) was an American drummer best known as a member of the original version of Frank Zappa's band The Mothers of Invention, as well as the band Rhinoceros. He also ...

– drums, percussion * Warren Smith — drums, percussion

References

{{Authority control 1968 albums Elektra Records albums Earth Opera albums