{"id":7629,"date":"2016-07-01T21:39:47","date_gmt":"2016-07-02T04:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=7629"},"modified":"2016-07-01T21:39:47","modified_gmt":"2016-07-02T04:39:47","slug":"clare-fischers-america-the-beautiful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2016\/07\/clare-fischers-america-the-beautiful\/","title":{"rendered":"Clare Fischer&#8217;s &#8220;America The Beautiful&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whatever your Fourth Of July weekend plans, the&#8221;\u00a0 understated perfection in the late Clare Fischer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s arrangement of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153America Beautiful\u00e2\u20ac\u009d will help you to a calm beginning of what can be a raucous, joyous holiday. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s from Fischer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s classic 1967 album <em>Songs For Rainy Day Lovers<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zODmeH8T6IM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/442240-1.jpg\" alt=\"442240-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/442240-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/442240-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/442240-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/442240-1-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To Columbia Records\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 discredit, the label has never reissued <em>Songs For Rainy Day Lovers<\/em> on CD. Copies of the LP may be found here and there on various websites, including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.musicstack.com\/album\/clare+fischer\/songs+for+rainy+day+lovers\" target=\"_blank\">this one<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re an American, have a wonderful holiday weekend. If you are not, please give the USA a kind thought as we celebrate our 240th birthday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whatever your Fourth Of July weekend plans, the&#8221;\u00a0 understated perfection in the late Clare Fischer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s arrangement of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153America Beautiful\u00e2\u20ac\u009d will help you to a calm beginning of what can be a raucous, joyous holiday. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s from Fischer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s classic 1967 album Songs For Rainy Day Lovers. To Columbia Records\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 discredit, the label has never reissued Songs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7629","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7629\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}