AIR

2nd pressing! Finally REPRESSED on two-tone pink/purple vinyl!

Long before the fear, the media fixation, and cult of personality surrounding what
we've come to know publicly as CHARLES MANSON, a 27-year old inmate at
McNeil Island Penitentiary found true respite and solace in the form of a six string
guitar. Taught by fellow inmate and legendary Ma Barker Gang heavy Alvin
Creepy Karpis, MANSON was a quick study. By the time of his release in 1967
(some 6 years after his first lesson from Karpis), MANSON wandered into the
streets of San Francisco already quite the accomplished singer and songwriter.
No less than a year later, MANSON found himself both on the radar of major
producers and in front of the boards of a legendary studio session funded by
BEACH BOYS drummer Dennis Wilson. That recording would be titled LIE and
serves as MANSON's only formal studio session between his parole from
prison in 1967 and the historic death-penalty-turned-life-sentence ruling
handed down in 1970.
2010 marks a solid 40-year stint of incarceration for CHARLES MANSON under
his life sentence. Through all that time, MANSON has been by all accounts
almost monk-like in his commitment and continued work toward both his music
and a personal environmental philosophy he coined ATWA (an acronym for Air,
Trees, Water, Animals) specifically.
Air is part 1 in a seasonal album series by CHARLES MANSON on Magic Bullet
Records. Each installment features previously-unheard, authorized, and
exclusive songs. The recordings span numerous sessions and are presented in
their raw, natural, and unadulterated form. Each installment also features striking
artwork and careful presentation centered around the tenets and philosophies of
ATWA (including exclusive paintings rendered by MANSON himself). When all of
the sensationalism, fear, projection, and knee-jerk response is stripped away, all
that remains is a man named Charlie, strumming and picking away on his guitar
and sending his passions into the ether.

Why come to me... with all this dying and all this fear and all this bullshit' I'm not
into dying and fear. I'm into music. I play music. - Charles Manson c. 1988

+ ALL SONGS AUTHORIZED AND PREVIOUSLY UNHEARD BY ANYONE
OUTSIDE OF MANSON'S INNER CIRCLE
+ ALL SONGS PROFESSIONALLY MASTERED FROM ORIGINAL TAPES
+ EACH ALBUM FEATURES EXCLUSIVE WRITINGS AND AN EXCLUSIVE
PAINTING CREATED BY MANSON HIMSELF; LAYOUT FEATURES
PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN AND UNPUBLISHED PHOTOS OF MANSON
+ PART 1 OF A 4 PART ALBUM SERIES
+ AUGUST 10 FALLS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ANNUAL MANSON MEDIA
RETROSPECTIVE CYCLE
+ HIGH PROFILE AND MAXIMUM PUBLICITY TO SURROUND THE ENTIRE
SERIES

For Fans Of: AMERICAN FOLK, MISSISSIPPI DELTA
BLUES, AMERICAN HISTORY

Tracks:
01. THE MOON
02. BROTHER GUN
03. BIRD
04. GAS CHAMBER
05. WORLD PERSPECTIVES
06. HOBO POEM
07. EAST BOUND TRAIN
08. AIR IS THE KING