1968(2013) It's A Beautiful Day - Live at The Fillmore '68 (CD+DVD)
1969 It's A Beautiful Day- Self Titled LP 24bit 96 khz
1970 It's A Beautiful Day   ‎– Marrying Maiden LP 24bit-96khz
1971 It's A Beautiful Day  ‎– Choice Quality Stuff-Anytime LP 24bit-96khz
1972- It's A Beautiful Day   ‎– At Carnegie Hall LP 24bit-96khz
1973 It's a Beautiful Day -It's a Beautiful Day...Today  LP 24bit-96khz
1974(1980) It's A Beautiful Day- A Thousand and One Nights(compilation)LP  24bit-96khz
1978 David LaFlamme   ‎– Inside Out vinyl LP  24bit-96khz



It's A Beautiful Day biography

Way back in 1969, a haunting little song called "White Bird" could be heard on just 
about every classic-rock radio station across North America. The song is intrinsically
linked to this band, brainchild of David LaFlamme, a virtuoso violinist who frequently 
jammed alongside the likes of Jerry Garcia and Janis Joplin. Their original line-up 
included Patti Santos on vocals, David's own wife Linda LaFlamme on keyboards, Hal 
Wagenet on guitar, Mitchell Holman on bass and Val Fluentes on drums. Through numerous 
personnel changes, ongoing legal disputes over royalties and various setbacks 
(the LaFlamme's own divorce and then Linda Laflamme having to hand over her keyboard 
duties after being struck in the head by a bottle thrown from the audience), the 
group released three studio albums. A nasty lawsuit then saw David LaFlamme forced 
out of the band he had created. With a new violinist, keyboard player and still more 
musicians passing through the revolving doors, the band eventually issued two rather 
disappointing albums and then fizzled out of the picture. Late-period members such 
as bassist Bud Cockrell and guitarist David Jenkins resurfaced in PABLO CRUISE while 
David LaFlamme and Patti Santos enjoyed low-key solo careers. Patti (the voice of 
"White Bird") was killed in a car accident in 1989.

Their eponymous first album is an American masterpiece of finely crafted, classically 
inspired folk-rock structured around violinist LaFlamme's virtuosity. A combination 
of San Francisco Bay Area psychedelia, folk, classical and jazz, it has a very 60ish 
'trippy' feel. "Marrying Maiden", their second release, is exceedingly pastoral 
compared to the first, as the band switched to earthier, country-flavoured rock with 
cajun spices, bits of jazz and good old-time rock'n roll. By the time the third album 
"Choice Quality Stuff / Anytime" was released in '72, David LaFlamme was being ousted 
and the band altogether had seen so many personnel changes it was becoming something 
of a loose aggregate of the Bay Area 'all stars' (among whom were several members 
from SANTANA). Although not a bad album, "Choice Quality Stuff" with its distinctly 
blues-based rock'n roll is nothing remotely similar to the first. Two subsequent 
LPs, released in '73 and '74 respectively, feature yet another string of new musicians 
and don't have much to offer to progheads.

The first album is a true American classic and is highly recommended to fans of 
early RENAISSANCE and ILLUSION. The lighter "Marrying Maiden", still featuring stellar 
instrumentation and haunting vocals, is a good runner-up.