Talk:American Pie (Don McLean album)

CD album versions
Did anyone else feel robbed when they bought the CD of American Pie, and found out the title track was only the short version? Any one know why that was?&mdash;Copey--203.109.252.196 14:30, 29 January 2006 (UTC)


 * That's interesting, my version of the CD has the 8 minute version - I didn't know there were others. Bastie 17:49, 13 May 2006 (UTC)


 * My CD album also has the full 1971 LP album version of 'American Pie'. It supposedly dates to 1980 according to the enclosed CD booklet, but does not conform to the re-release 1980 version as described in the article because it does faithfully replicate the ten-song format of the original 1971 LP. Furthermore, my version is not listed as a Liberty Records release but as a EMI-Manhattan label issue with the catalog number 'CDP 7 46555 2'. Monoblocks (talk) 08:09, 16 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Yep, mine is also dated 1980 but faithful to the LP. Interestingly the liner notes misspell Sister Fatima as 'Sister Faima' as does the jewel case reverse cover. Thankfully the CD silkscreen is spelled correctly! Blitterbug (talk) 17:14, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 05:42, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Sister Faima
The Sister Fatima track is misspelled on the original LP, and on all the CD re-releases also. Is it just laziness?

Overall improvements
Deleted "notes" section. Information moved from there to newly created "noteworthy" section.(Bethjj (talk) 15:29, 12 April 2013 (UTC))

Added Reissue section. (Bethjj (talk) 15:25, 12 April 2013 (UTC))

Added Release and Reception section.(Bethjj (talk) 15:17, 12 April 2013 (UTC)).

Corrected reference as noted below.(Bethjj (talk) 15:17, 12 April 2013 (UTC)).

Added sections on Controversies and production. That is the bulk of the article upgrade. need a new reference to replace a url that was spam blacklisted and probably some minor edits but the bulk of it is there.Bigthud (talk) 03:04, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

Added section "noteworthy" as a place to put all the interesting facts that were removed from the lead and the backgroundBigthud (talk) 02:29, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

New background section in place. most of what was there will go into a new section.Bigthud (talk) 01:59, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

I just re-did the lead section. Shortened it a bit and will be putting the material that was removed back into the body of the article Bigthud (talk) 22:30, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

I just added recording studio dates and locations. I intend to do some research and try to improve the article. It's my first Wikipedia effort Bigthud (talk) 00:32, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Research and improvement planning is in the works. It will be a fairly major edit. Most everything that's here will stay, but may get moved around a bit and some material on album/artist background, album content, recording sessions, etc. added. Feedback is appreciated (Bigthud (talk) 23:53, 19 March 2013 (UTC))


 * Just want to thank both Bethjj and Bigthud for their work on this article. Jdcrutch (talk) 20:17, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

Who Coined the Phrase, "The Day the Music Died"?
It's not clear, either from this article, or from "The Day the Music Died", whether or not McLean coined the phrase, "The Day the Music Died". That's certainly the implication, and it seems most likely, considering McLean's gift for the poignant phrase; but neither article cites any direct authority for it. Given the number of highly-popular musicians lost on that day, it would be no surprise to learn that somebody had come up with that sobriquet long before "American Pie", perhaps shortly after the event. Probably the phrase is McLean's, but as the article now stands it's a loose end that should be tied up.

Jdcrutch (talk) 20:15, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

I never addressed the origin of the phrase for two reasons. 1) I wasn't sure if it more properly belonged in the article dealing with the song "American pie" rather than the album, and 2) I couldn't really pin down a solid source for either argument. I found sources saying both, but nothing authoritative. Thanks for your kind words above. There was a third member of our edit team, whose work was mostly behind the scenes who deserves equal credit Bigthud (talk) 00:27, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Shah of Iran - Everybody Loves Me
Was the Shah of Iran the intended object of satire for 'Everybody Loves Me, Baby" ?  Release of the album coincided with the Shah's great event at Persepolis in October 1971.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.111.185.40 (talk) 13:48, 10 April 2017 (UTC)