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David Peel was, and still is, a street musician and political activist from the Lower East Side of New York City. With a collection of friends who became his band, (dubbed The Lower East Side), he recorded two groundbreaking albums of social reflections, urban tales, and hippie mythology for Elektra Records. Both Have A Marijuana (1968) and The American Revolution (1970) were, as you might think from their titles, musical counterculture manifestos presented with guitars and grins.

David Peel & The Lower East Side?s And The Rest Is History: The Elektra Recordings collects both of these albums, as well as two previously unissued tracks recorded for, but not used on, the second album. It also includes an informative booklet with Mr Peel's recollections of the recording of the albums and track-by-track commentary on his composition of those albums' songs. And, for those who wanna sing along, there are also lyrics for every song [img]tongue.gif[/img]

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