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Formed by departing Byrds Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman in 1968, The Flying Burrito Brothers boasted a staggering wealth of musical talent during their first half-decade set of incarnations, including The Eagles' Bernie Leadon, and pedal steel titan "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow. But by 1972, soon-to-be Firefall founder Rick Roberts needed to recruit virtually a whole band to fulfill tour dates already contracted. Enter bluegrass legend Byron Berline and Roger Bush of Country Gazette, plus others, for a magical date recorded in Amsterdam in 1972. The double vinyl set had been available in Europe in '72/'73 and hadn't ever been released in the US. Features an entire bluegrass set followed by a country-rock set including their standards of "Wild Horses", "Sin City" and 'Devil In Disguise". The Flying Burrito Brothers was marked by a 'swing door' of noted artists and musicians with virtually every member in, then out. This performance, recorded in January, 1972 at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw fulfilled their record label contractual obligations They evolved into a complete and solid bluegrass band with Berline, Bush, Wertz, Munde and Beck. This amazing performance was recorded, then pirated on vinyl and then officially released with the band's management blessings, in the Netherlands and England quickly going out of print within a year or two. The recording rights reverted back to the band's management and now re-released here.

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• This Burritos line up sometimes toured as “Country Gazette”
• Banjo/guitarist Alan Munde played with Clarence White and won the Steve Martin Banjo Prize
• The FBB concerts in February 1972 at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw were one of the last non classical concerts at the Netherlands' 135-year-old prestigious concert hall. This venue played host to such groups as McCartney's Wings and many others
• Features Rick Roberts who went on to front the country rock band Firefall
• Features bluegrass legend Byron Berline who performed with the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Elton John, the Byrds, Janis Ian and Willie Nelson
• Originally released only in Europe on LP in 1973 and has been out of print for nearly 50 years.
• The Flying Burrito Brothers were country rock pioneers, whose critical acclaim vastly outpaced their commercial success.
• First US release of this rare Burrito Brothers classic concert