I must add that I was an AVALON parton back then and their live performances were magical..One weekend evening David LaFlamme(sp?) wore a little paper heart pinned to his shirt cuz it was Valentine's day...how wonderful was that!!
I only heard this for the first time in Greece in 82. Still love it , we were on a trip there literally and figuratively the girl i was with passed away but i always think of her when i hear this. Thanx.
Ha to think i'm only 28 years old and I own this LP this is from the 60s when music was good the music today cant even come close to the music of then still one of my favorite jams thanks for posting this....
18 years old, cruising down the Pacific Coast Highway.... smoking... what a life.... I thought I was going to live forever.... what memories you've stirred with this post... Thanks.....
My feelings same as Gypsy12341000. I have both the vinyl (in it's sleeve & framed) & the CD. Remember when the song first came out: I wanted to take off for San Francisco so badly, but was only 13 at the time & too scared to head out on my own. I wanted to fly; felt like a white bird.
Saw them open for Jethro Tull at the Forum in L.A. circa '69 or '70. Was so stoned on acid. Never forget the red headed babe with the violin doing White Bird and Ian Anderson doing his best one-legged crane imitation while playing that flute. Great stuff, great times and glad my memories can never be taken from me. Peace.
I hear ya Sergio! I lived 6 blocks from the ocean in the Sunset. Best time of my life. Garage bands, Jefferson Airplane played freely in GGpark. People would ask if you needed a ride when walking down the street, there was a peaceful, free vibe. Too bad it's gone.
Thanks for sharing your memories, everyone...I was a bit on the young side and had no clue what it was about, but I still have a touch of that white bird in me...Nice to see others do as well *smiles*
Went on a road trip from Indiana to Maine with my best buddy in 1971 and I ended up with a draft lottery number of 334. Felt like me and my buddy were let out of my golden cage. However, his draft number was #1 !!!. When they drafted him he had hemmeroids (or whatever). It was the last draft before they ended it. He didn't have to report. A white bird moment.
I bought this album when home on leave, probably hasn,t been out of the jacket six times since it was new. Transferred it to cd years ago. I wish cd recorders were still being sold I am on the second one and it is getting a bit cantankerous.-----young folks------enjoy this good stuff!
My brother introduced me to this amazing group. Nights like this, this song was one of the many we reviewed, critiqued, enjoyed. He was a treasure like this song.
This was my first 'favorite' song, my big sister was a hippie and she 'turned' me on to this and to.... just pot! It was amazing, I had not heard this song in ages, and last night it popped into my head and youtube let me hear it again. I miss my sister, I do not know where she is anymore or how to find her.... If you are out there Marti, I love you and miss you... we are getting old...
Thank God for You Tube ... let us Hope that the Record Companies (with their Crappy) ("Music" - now-a-days (2011) ... :-( ... NEVER Buy out You Tube ... wers would we get out "fixx" regarding GOOD Music (???)
This song brings back so many memories from the 70's...getting loaded and trippin' out to White Bird! Loved it then and still love it to this day at the age of 61!!
I heard this in Vero Beach Fl. on my first trip there,I was enchanted,so beautiful back in the early 70s.We camped for a month on the beach.Thats impossible now.
I saw them live in Vancouver in 1972 .. they sounded really great which was no mean feat back in those days before the PA systems were as refined as they are now.... David Laflamme played the violin solo awesome.. very trippy band
Saw them Live in Folsom Stadium in Boulder Colorado with Poco, and someone else, looked just like this picture, only the flatirons were in the background, what ever happened to Music `¿`
My older brother had this album and used to yell at me because I couldn't resist singing along when he played it. In retrospect, I'd yell at me, too! Really gorgeous harmony, voices, violins, arranging, everything.
Just closing your eyes, listening to this song, and using your imagination is almost enough to take one back to that era. I was pretty young then but can still remember parts of it. Going to the Bay area with my paretns and seeing all of the long haired young people wearing sandals and leather fringes jackets. I wish I would have been old enough to really experience it. Some of my older firends tell me that it was something phenomenal.
its still a hit with me its so beautiful I will love it till the day i die may it live on forever and evoke the feelings that it does in me to everybody
San Francisco.... driven across the golden gate bridge, summer time, warm and the wind blowing....smoking and listening ITS A BEAUTIFUL DAY with the vvoices white bird simply far out....THOSE WERE THE DAYS
@tiawana1 Right,,,this is my mom's tune right here. It will always remind me of her. Great arrangement, and SO beautifully played and sang. Yes those WERE the days.
They played this at the Seattle Pop festival in 1969.
It sounded just like the album.
tnekkc 2 days ago
Long live this beautiful music!
RockinRita45 5 days ago
I was a kid in high school when this song first played. Like it so much I bought the album. This is the first time hearing it since. Thanx.
bruddahmike1 1 week ago
I must add that I was an AVALON parton back then and their live performances were magical..One weekend evening David LaFlamme(sp?) wore a little paper heart pinned to his shirt cuz it was Valentine's day...how wonderful was that!!
chinzebo 1 week ago
These were the ♪♫♪ days...Thank you so much for sharing!!
chinzebo 1 week ago
GROOVY
annikastarr 2 weeks ago
GROOVY!
annikastarr 2 weeks ago
saw these at the albert hall with santana and taj mahal great live band
duttz52 3 weeks ago
I only heard this for the first time in Greece in 82. Still love it , we were on a trip there literally and figuratively the girl i was with passed away but i always think of her when i hear this. Thanx.
loatherd 3 weeks ago
Ha to think i'm only 28 years old and I own this LP this is from the 60s when music was good the music today cant even come close to the music of then still one of my favorite jams thanks for posting this....
MzToonz 4 weeks ago 3
18 years old, cruising down the Pacific Coast Highway.... smoking... what a life.... I thought I was going to live forever.... what memories you've stirred with this post... Thanks.....
ptorres109 4 weeks ago
My feelings same as Gypsy12341000. I have both the vinyl (in it's sleeve & framed) & the CD. Remember when the song first came out: I wanted to take off for San Francisco so badly, but was only 13 at the time & too scared to head out on my own. I wanted to fly; felt like a white bird.
passion4clay 1 month ago
I have this vinyl and I love it.
xMusicIsMyGasolinex 1 month ago
Ive loved them from the beginning and will love till the end,am 60 now and still love the muse!
GYPSY12341000 1 month ago 2
BEAUTIFUL.....Thanks.
Burt472 1 month ago
Saw them open for Jethro Tull at the Forum in L.A. circa '69 or '70. Was so stoned on acid. Never forget the red headed babe with the violin doing White Bird and Ian Anderson doing his best one-legged crane imitation while playing that flute. Great stuff, great times and glad my memories can never be taken from me. Peace.
paraleverearl 2 months ago 2
I hear ya Sergio! I lived 6 blocks from the ocean in the Sunset. Best time of my life. Garage bands, Jefferson Airplane played freely in GGpark. People would ask if you needed a ride when walking down the street, there was a peaceful, free vibe. Too bad it's gone.
mcobmc 2 months ago
brings me back to the san francisco sound/wynn
teleevangelist 2 months ago
TIMELESS
ZeusDane 2 months ago
i almost didn't buy this lp coz of the cover. bought it anyway, best ever.
54taqiyya 2 months ago
Thanks for sharing your memories, everyone...I was a bit on the young side and had no clue what it was about, but I still have a touch of that white bird in me...Nice to see others do as well *smiles*
88tigersoul88 2 months ago 2
I miss this time of my life.
mrdanboy47 2 months ago 2
Superb!!!
chairjockey1 2 months ago
Went on a road trip from Indiana to Maine with my best buddy in 1971 and I ended up with a draft lottery number of 334. Felt like me and my buddy were let out of my golden cage. However, his draft number was #1 !!!. When they drafted him he had hemmeroids (or whatever). It was the last draft before they ended it. He didn't have to report. A white bird moment.
MrJimmyjoejimbob 2 months ago 3
I bought this album when home on leave, probably hasn,t been out of the jacket six times since it was new. Transferred it to cd years ago. I wish cd recorders were still being sold I am on the second one and it is getting a bit cantankerous.-----young folks------enjoy this good stuff!
galaxybeing101 2 months ago
God the 60's were the best, what I can remember
simeondark 2 months ago 2
Great to hear again. Great violin jam.
DukeofWild 2 months ago
And I wanted to hit this wonderful record away - what a phantastic music - wonderful musicians
ringading47 2 months ago
My brother introduced me to this amazing group. Nights like this, this song was one of the many we reviewed, critiqued, enjoyed. He was a treasure like this song.
majorcadreaming 2 months ago in playlist majorcadreaming
Wonderful, wonderful. My brother introduced me to this group. He was a treasure like this song.
majorcadreaming 2 months ago in playlist majorcadreaming
From the best album of all time. I was so excited when I heard it in 1969. There was nothing else like it and that's still the case.
tomslackartist 3 months ago 2
This was my first 'favorite' song, my big sister was a hippie and she 'turned' me on to this and to.... just pot! It was amazing, I had not heard this song in ages, and last night it popped into my head and youtube let me hear it again. I miss my sister, I do not know where she is anymore or how to find her.... If you are out there Marti, I love you and miss you... we are getting old...
TheLisaLarge 3 months ago
Thank God for You Tube ... let us Hope that the Record Companies (with their Crappy) ("Music" - now-a-days (2011) ... :-( ... NEVER Buy out You Tube ... wers would we get out "fixx" regarding GOOD Music (???)
texercise 3 months ago
Noooo DISLIKE :) great!!!
FatProductionn 3 months ago
That's another I have'nt heard in a long time I'm 59 Far Out.
mecdrum7 3 months ago
This song brings back so many memories from the 70's...getting loaded and trippin' out to White Bird! Loved it then and still love it to this day at the age of 61!!
58penny 3 months ago
I heard this in Vero Beach Fl. on my first trip there,I was enchanted,so beautiful back in the early 70s.We camped for a month on the beach.Thats impossible now.
amwaitingforrapture 3 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
I still have this vinyl ! I love this music !
evolutionisus 3 months ago
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It`s A Beautiful Day Ended When
The Golden Voice Of Lead Singer
Beautiful Patti Santos Died In
Her Car Crash 12/14/1989.
RIP Patti, We Miss You
TrevorHoltzworth 3 months ago
My first ever busking song on the streets of Vancouver. Love it!
SuperCdavis 3 months ago
To my friend STUART NORM. from Huddersfield that I know he likes it as much as I do...
Many regards, Stuart!
vakisegk59 3 months ago
I always thought this was David Hasselhoff. Because of the Knight Rider episode "White Bird" that featured this song.
SSand4 3 months ago
I saw them live in Vancouver in 1972 .. they sounded really great which was no mean feat back in those days before the PA systems were as refined as they are now.... David Laflamme played the violin solo awesome.. very trippy band
splinter548 3 months ago
A classic.......great sounds of days long past.........great listening.
rlmcauliffe 4 months ago
Listening to this on vinyl via a really good stereo, stoned.
gplunk 4 months ago 5
"White bird must fly, she will die..."
gplunk 4 months ago
WIU 1973 OLSON HALL
phantom1045 4 months ago
few will know this gorgeous "day",
silvanusslaughter 4 months ago 2
The Summer Of Love...Haight Ashbury...Indian Puddin' and Pipe 1967...I saw them live...magical to this day.
hunkafunk1 4 months ago 3
what an honor to have partied with you beautiful people
WildFire0925 4 months ago
I remember smoking a joint and listening to this.....it was a beautiful day.
carolyn4827 4 months ago
"IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY"～高校時分しばらく自分の部屋机に立てかけて置いた清らかジャケット～超越曲”ﾎﾜｲﾄ･ﾊﾞｰﾄﾞ"
blackandtanful 4 months ago
I remember pulling this Album out and diving into it as a child, love this album........
Aduroyrorak 4 months ago
Bowling Green State University....AEPi house...1973.....darryl
roostertrigger 4 months ago
Saw them Live in Folsom Stadium in Boulder Colorado with Poco, and someone else, looked just like this picture, only the flatirons were in the background, what ever happened to Music `¿`
MUSESQ 4 months ago
Thanks for the posting.....I wore this album out ! :o)
Big66NTall 5 months ago 2
My older brother had this album and used to yell at me because I couldn't resist singing along when he played it. In retrospect, I'd yell at me, too! Really gorgeous harmony, voices, violins, arranging, everything.
TimeWarp60S 5 months ago
einmalig unübertroffen
alina19971234 5 months ago
Danke fürs hören, wundervoll :-)
46nette 5 months ago
My alltime favorite song. Just brings the 60's and 70's back, TURN IT UP
Thanks for listing it.
ValleyBalladeer 5 months ago
Absolutely perfect. I miss this. Almost beatnik. I used to have this exact album. Lost it. Still love this group.
MsGroove2 6 months ago
Reckon I have a few Dear John scars associated with this one....
Really liberateing peice of music
However
Makes me feel like it's me trying to get out of that cage
Bad Feeling
US Army 68' through 70'
shocktower70 6 months ago
David and Linda La Flame live was awesome!
MOTOKID50 6 months ago
Just closing your eyes, listening to this song, and using your imagination is almost enough to take one back to that era. I was pretty young then but can still remember parts of it. Going to the Bay area with my paretns and seeing all of the long haired young people wearing sandals and leather fringes jackets. I wish I would have been old enough to really experience it. Some of my older firends tell me that it was something phenomenal.
mojaveman1 6 months ago
HELLO, JEFF SAYLOR! IT'S LEAH...............?
SuperPaulieh 6 months ago
hey tiawana....I can say the same.....condolences & sisterlee
MsAnnestube 7 months ago
its still a hit with me its so beautiful I will love it till the day i die may it live on forever and evoke the feelings that it does in me to everybody
susioddball2k 9 months ago
White bird must fly, or she will die...
sibkiss2009 10 months ago
San Francisco.... driven across the golden gate bridge, summer time, warm and the wind blowing....smoking and listening ITS A BEAUTIFUL DAY with the vvoices white bird simply far out....THOSE WERE THE DAYS
Sergio59364 1 year ago 26
alone
cwolfwoman 1 year ago
I remember listening to this album with my brother. Very beautiful, I miss both those days and my brother.
tiawana1 1 year ago 22
@tiawana1 Right,,,this is my mom's tune right here. It will always remind me of her. Great arrangement, and SO beautifully played and sang. Yes those WERE the days.
thomassparks36 3 months ago
Best audio I've heard - and I've heard everything on You Tube. It's a pity not to present this treasure without great sound. Thank you!
louiseduvee 1 year ago
Angst for PEACE Yes, I had this album.
54RossB 1 year ago
i must get the album again!!!!!
indigohen 1 year ago
almost forgot what a great album this was...thanks for reminding...
ebinkley1 1 year ago
Ah memories!! BEAUTIFUL
grndpapa1954 1 year ago