| Product Summary | | Label: Appleseed Recording | | UPC: 00611587104823 | | Release Date: 10/10/2000 | | Buy.com Sku: 60436611 | | Item#: MM55JV | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Prologue - Bill Frisell ~ Various Artists |  | | 2. American Trilogy, An - Midnight Choir ~ Various Artists | | | 3. How Many Times (Must The Piper Be Paid For His Song) - The Walkabouts ~ Various Artists | | | 4. Interlude (Side A) - Bill Frisell ~ Various Artists | | | 5. Future's Not What It Used To Be, The - Garry Heffern ~ Various Artists | | | 6. Mobile Blue - Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men ~ Various Artists | | | 7. Frisco Depot - Meredith Miller Band ~ Various Artists | | | 8. You're Not My Same Sweet Baby - Chuck Prophet ~ Various Artists | | | 9. Interlude (Side B) - Bill Frisell/Robin Holcomb ~ Various Artists | | | 10. Remember The Good - Michael Fracasso ~ Various Artists | | | 11. Swiss Cottage Place - David Halley ~ Various Artists | | | 12. How I Love Them Old Songs - The Hole Dozen ~ Various Artists | | | 13. San Francisco Mabel Joy - Kris Kristofferson (bonus track) ~ Various Artists | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Compilation producers: Peter Blackstock, Chris Eckman. | | Includes liner notes by Peter Blackstock, Buddy Miller & Dave Hickey. | | Personnel: Chuck Prophet (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, sitar, percussion); Kris Kristofferson (vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica); David Halley (vocals, acoustic guitar); Michael Fracasso (vocals, electric guitar); Mark Olson (vocals, dulcimer); Kevin Russell (vocals, mandolin); Gary Heffern, Meredith Miller, Robin Holcomb, Bob Neuwirth, Carla Torgerson (vocals); Chris Eckman (guitar, piano, electric piano, Wurlitzer organ, wind chime, background vocals); Rick Shea, Bill Frisell (guitar); Stephen Bruton (acoustic guitar, slide guitar, mandolin); Reed Easterwood (electric guitar, banjo, kazoo); Greg Leisz (dobro); Victoria Williams (banjo); Max Johnston, Brantley Kearns (fiddle); David Henry (cello); Lisa Mednick (accordion); Marty Jourard (piano, organ); Joe Terry (piano); Glenn Slater (organ); Brian Young (drums, percussion); Grant Eckman, Greg Beck (drums); Tim Mooney (cymbals); Terri Moeller (background vocals). | | Audio Mixer: Mark Linett. | | Recording information: Avast!, Seattle, WA (12/1999-06/2000); Bennett House Studios, Brentwood, TN (12/1999-06/2000); Butch's Barracks, Seattle, WA (12/1999-06/2000); Cabin Zero Studio, Seattle, WA (12/1999-06/2000); Florea Ave. Studios, Seattle, WA (12/1999-06/2000); Hit Shack, Austin, TX (12/1999-06/2000); Hole In The Wall, Austin, TX (12/1999-06/2000); Maui, Hawaii (12/1999-06/2000); Pigshead, San Francisco, CA (12/1999-06/2000); Sounds Horizon, Austin, TX (12/1999-06/2000); Studio Metro, Ljubliana, Slovenia (12/1999-06/2000); Your Place Or Mine (12/1999-06/2000). | | Photographers: Grant Alden; Todd V. Wolfson; Chris Eckman. | | Unknown Contributor Role: Joe Bass. | | Peter Blackstock, founder of No Depression magazine, is to be commended for organizing a tribute to Mickey Newbury's landmark early-'70s album Frisco Mabel Joy, a forerunner of the country-folk singer/songwriter movement that is also something of a lost gem despite its relative popularity (that is, relative to the meager sales of Newbury's other recordings) at the time of its release. Blackstock himself, in his liner notes, admits to not having heard the original until the early '90s, when he plucked it out of a bin in a used record store for a dollar. He has made up for lost time with this collection, even if the result doesn't really live up to the spirit of Newbury's recording. That disc was a unique suite of songs and string-filled instrumental interludes that matched the spiritual hangover from the '60s to romantic distress and a drifting ethos for a portrait of a romantic loner. Though broken down into individual songs, it was really a tone poem. But by giving different songs to different performers for their interpretations, Blackstock defeats that unity of mood, especially when the interpretation is very different, as is the Meredith Miller Band's up-tempo treatment of "Frisco Depot." Michael Fracasso on "Remember the Good" and David Halley on "Swiss Cottage Place" capture Newbury's sense of emotional exhaustion well, and the inclusion of Kris Kristofferson singing "San Francisco Mabel Joy" (despite its title a song not included on the original album) is welcome. But like many tribute albums, this one is really a showcase for a group of relatively unknown performers. Still, if it draws attention to the Newbury album, its purpose will have been served. ~ William Ruhlmann |
Engineer: Chet Himes; David Henry; Bobby Whitfield; Kevin Suggs; Mark Linett; Reed Easterwood; Shawn McLean; Stephen Bruton; Tim Mooney; Tucker Martine |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 10/10/2000 | | Original Release Date : 2000 | | Catalog ID : 1048 | | Label : Appleseed Records | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00611587104823 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Dirty Linen (4-5/01, p.80)
- "...This remains faithful to the original album's mood..." |
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