An Original Musical Review Created Specifically for Stereo
Stan Freberg originally envisioned The United States of America as a four
album production, each album being 45 minutes in length. He states in
his autobiography that these four volumes were going to be:
The forty-five minute length of each volume, and hence this four volume
structure, was heavily influenced by technical limitations of vinyl
LPs, which could not contain more than 45 minutes of material.
With the advent of CD technology, in which each individual CD can contain
around 70 minutes, the same amount of material that was planned for
these four volumes will now most likely be able to fit in three
volumes.
Note that The Middle Years as it was finally
released covered the time range originally intended for Volumes
Two and Three.
The Early Years
From Columbus to the end of the Revolution
The Middle Years
From after the Revolution to the end of the Civil War
The Late Years
From after the Civil War to the end of World War I
The Late, Late Years
From after World War I to the present
