{"product_id":"ost-charles-manson-live-at-san-quentin-2026-reissue","title":"OST \"Charles Manson - Live At San Quentin\" (2026 Reissue)","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLegendary 1983 prison cell recordings — raw, unfiltered acoustic folk captured on a portable cassette deck at the California Medical Facility\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLimited colored vinyl repress of one of the most notorious and sought-after outsider folk documents ever committed to tape\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCover art famously parodies the Beach Boys' \u003cem\u003ePet Sounds\u003c\/em\u003e, nodding to Manson's real-life connection to the group\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecorded in 1983 on a rudimentary portable cassette deck inside his cell at the California Medical Facility (CMF) in Vacaville,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLive at San Quentin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003estands as one of the most viscerally raw documents in the outsider folk canon.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCharles Manson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e— armed with nothing but an acoustic guitar and an unchecked stream of consciousness — delivers an hour of improvised songs and spoken declarations, all punctuated by the ambient sounds of institutional life: flushing toilets, distant inmate chatter, and the dull hum of incarceration. Originally circulated in the late 1980s on a limited run of roughly 250 cassette copies under the title\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhite Rasta\u003c\/em\u003e, the material was first given a proper commercial release in 1993 by Grey Matter Records.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album occupies a genuinely singular place in the landscape of prison recordings. Where most such documents carry historical weight through circumstance alone,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLive at San Quentin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ealso holds a strange melodic charm — its thirteen tracks ranging from the wryly pop-referential (\u003cem\u003eBoxcar Willy and Big Bad Joe\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMarilyn Monroe Was My Childhood Shame\u003c\/em\u003e) to the purely improvisatory and hypnotic. The cover art, which pointedly parodies the Beach Boys'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePet Sounds\u003c\/em\u003e, serves as a sardonic reminder of Manson's well-documented, if brief, proximity to that world — Dennis Wilson having famously housed Manson and members of his circle in the late 1960s. This Survival Research colored vinyl repress brings the album back into circulation for a new generation of collectors drawn to the outer edges of American vernacular music.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Charles Manson","offers":[{"title":"COLOR VINYL","offer_id":52349766303960,"sku":"0602561900036","price":43.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0628\/6550\/6520\/files\/4509506-3568578.jpg?v=1788359386","url":"https:\/\/loudpizza.com\/en-au\/products\/ost-charles-manson-live-at-san-quentin-2026-reissue","provider":"LOUD PIZZA RECORDS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}