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Title: Don McLean – American Pie
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre: 1971, Pop, Singer-Songwriter
Matrix #: United Artists Records – UAS-5535
Condition: EX

Cultural Facts:

1. A New Rochelle, NY songwriter coming out of the post–Greenwich Village folk circuit as rock audiences aged into “album listening.”

2. Built for the early-’70s FM/freeform radio era—long-form narratives became a way artists spoke to a fragmented youth culture.

3. McLean famously resisted “explaining” the symbolism, turning the record into a decades-long interpretation ritual for listeners.

Price Suggestions:
NM: $18–$28
VG+: $14–$22
VG: $10–$16
G: $5–$10
12/15/25