Marrying Maiden Explained

Marrying Maiden
Type:	studio
Artist:	It's a Beautiful Day
Cover:	Marrying_Maiden.jpg
Released:	June 1970
Recorded:	1970
Genre:	Psychedelic rock
Length:	38:31
Label:	Columbia CBS
Producer:	Brent Dangerfield, It's A Beautiful Day
Prev Title:	It's a Beautiful Day
Prev Year:	1969
Next Title:	Choice Quality Stuff/Anytime
Next Year:	1971

Marrying Maiden is the second studio album by San Francisco psychedelic band It's a Beautiful Day, released in 1970 on Columbia Records. Founding member Linda LaFlamme was replaced by keyboardist Fred Webb on this project. Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia contributed on two tracks and Charlatans member Richard Olsen guested on a track as well.

The album was the band's most successful on the charts, reaching number 28 in the U.S. and number 45 in the U.K.

Critical reception

Lindsay Planer at AllMusic gave the album three stars out of five, writing:

Track listing

1. "Don And Dewey" (David LaFlamme) – 5:16
2. "The Dolphins" (Fred Neil) – 4:30
3. "Essence Of Now" (Mitchell Holman) – 3:20
4. "Hoedown" (LaFlamme) – 2:29
5. "Soapstone Mountain" (LaFlamme) – 4:20
6. "Waiting For The Song" (Hal Wagenet) – 1:03
7. "Let A Woman Flow" (LaFlamme, Pattie Santos) – 4:04
8. "It Comes Right Down To You" (Fred Webb, Robert Lewis) – 3:14
9. "Good Lovin'" (Webb, Holman) – 3:59
10. "Galileo" (Wagenet) – 3:02
11. "Do You Remember The Sun?" (Webb, Lewis) – 3:14

Personnel

It's a Beautiful Day

• • David LaFlamme – lead vocals, violin, guitar, flute Pattie Santos – vocals, backing vocals, percussion
• Fred Webb – keyboards, French horn, backing vocals
• Hal Wagenet – guitar, vocals (spoken)
• Mitchell Holman – bass, mouth harp, backing vocals
• Val Fuentes – drums, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Jerry Garcia – banjo (track 4), pedal steel guitar (track 8)
• Richard Olsen – clarinet (track 8)

Production

• Brent Dangerfield, It's a Beautiful Day – producers
• David Brown, John Fiore – engineers

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1970)	Year	Peak position	Total weeks
US Billboard 200	1970	28^[1]	21
UK Official Charts	1970	45^[2]	2
CAN Official Charts	1970	35^[3]	10

Notes and References

1. Billboard 200 - It's a Beautiful Day. . January 2, 2018.
2. Web site: UK Official Charts - It's a Beautiful Day. . January 3, 2018.
3. Web site: RPM Top 100 Albums - August 15, 1970.