White Mansions/Legend Of Jesse James (1999) (Cash/Jennings/Harris/Helm/Lee )

Product Summary Label: Uni/mercury Nashville UPC: 00731454079129 Release Date: 7/27/1999 Buy.com Sku: 60395533 Item#: MFQR93 Buy.com Sales Rank: 25530 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Story To Tell (Preface) ~ Various Artists 2. Dixie Hold On ~ Various Artists 3. Join Around The Flag ~ Various Artists 4. White Trash ~ Various Artists 5. Last Dance And The Kentucky Racehorse, The ~ Various Artists 6. Southern Boys ~ Various Artists 7. Union Mare And The Confederate Grey, The ~ Various Artists 8. No One Would Believe A Summer Could Be So Cold ~ Various Artists 9. Southland's Bleeding, The ~ Various Artists 10. Bring Up The Twelve Pounders ~ Various Artists 11. They Laid Waste To Our Land ~ Various Artists 12. Praise The Lord ~ Various Artists 13. King Has Called Me Home, The ~ Various Artists 14. Bad Man ~ Various Artists 15. Dixie Now You're Done ~ Various Artists Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. Ride Of The Redlegs ~ Various Artists 2. Quantrill's Guerillas ~ Various Artists 3. Six Gun Shooting ~ Various Artists 4. Have You Heard The News? ~ Various Artists 5. Heaven Ain't Ready For You Yet ~ Various Artists 6. Help Him Jesus ~ Various Artists 7. Old Clay County, The ~ Various Artists 8. Riding With Jesse James ~ Various Artists 9. Hunt Them Down ~ Various Artists 10. Wish We Were Back In Missouri ~ Various Artists 11. Northfield - The Plan ~ Various Artists 12. Northfield - The Disaster ~ Various Artists 13. High Walls ~ Various Artists 14. Death Of Me, The ~ Various Artists 15. Plot, The ~ Various Artists 16. One More Shot ~ Various Artists 17. Train Robbery, A - (previously unreleased, bonus track) ~ Various Artists (P) 1999 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. (C) 1999 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info 2 LPs on 1 CD: WHITE MANSIONS: A TALE FROM THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861-1865 (1978)/THE LEGEND OF JESSE JAMES (1981). Producer: Glyn Johns. Reissue producer: Kira Florita. Includes liner notes by Paul Kennerley and Robert K. Oermann. Digitally remastered by Suha Gur (Universal Music Studios, Edison, New Jersey). WHITE MANSIONS: Personnel includes: Waylon Jennings (The Drifter, acoustic & electric guitars); John Dillon (Mattew J. Fuller, acoustic guitar, fiddle, dulcimer, acoustic & electric pianos, background vocals); Steve Cash (Caleb Stone, harmonica, background vocals); Jessi Colter (Polly Ann Stafford, background vocals); Rodena Preston's Voices Of Deliverance (The Slaves); Bernie Leadon (acoustic, electric & pedal steel guitars, banjo, mandolin, dobro, background vocals); Eric Clapton (acoustic, electric & electric slide guitars, dobro); Tim Hinkley (piano, organ); Dave Markee (acoustic & electric basses); Henry Spinetti (drums); Paul Kennerley (background vocals). Recorded at Olympic Studios, London, England and Sunset Sound Studios, Hollywood, California. THE LEGEND OF JESSE JAMES: Personnel includes: Albert Lee (Jim Younger, acoustic & electric guitars, mandolin, background vocals); Paul Kennerley (Sherriff Timberlake, acoustic & electric guitars, background vocals); Emmylou Harris (Zerelda James, acoustic guitar); Charlie Daniels (Cole Younger, slide guitar, fiddle); Levon Helm (Jesse James, harmonica, drums); Jody Payne (Doc Samuel, background vocals); Donivan Cowart (Bob Ford, background vocals); Johnny Cash (Frank James); Rodney Crowell (The Officer); Rosanne Cash (Ma Samuel); Martin Cowart (Charley Ford); Bernie Leadon (acoustic guitar, banjo); Jesse Ed Davis (electric & slide guitars); Nick De Caro (accordion); Tim Gorman (piano, background vocals); Emory Gordy Jr. (acoustic & electric basses). Recorded at Enactron Studios, Los Angeles, California and Quadrafonic Sound Studios, Nashville, Tennessee. Personnel: Waylon Jennings (vocals, spoken vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, dulcimer, fiddle, piano, electric piano); Eric Clapton (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, dobro); Bernie Leadon (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, dobro, banjo, mandolin, background vocals); Albert Lee (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, background vocals); Paul Kennerley (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals); John Dillon (vocals, acoustic guitar, dulcimer, fiddle, piano, electric piano, background vocals); Emmylou Harris (vocals, acoustic guitar); Charlie Daniels (vocals, slide guitar, fiddle); Jessi Colter (vocals, gut-string guitar); Levon Helm (vocals, harmonica, drums, background vocals); Steve Cash (vocals, harmonica, background vocals); Tim Hinkley (vocals, piano, organ); Dave Markee (vocals, double bass, bass guitar); Henry Spinetti (vocals, drums); Donivan Cowart, Jody Payne (vocals, background vocals); Martin Cowart, Rodena Preston, Johnny Cash, Rodney Crowell, Rosanne Cash (vocals); John Dillion (acoustic guitar, dulcimer, fiddle, piano, electric piano); Jesse Ed Davis (electric guitar, slide guitar); Nick DeCaro (accordion); Tim Gorman (piano, background vocals); Emory Gordy (double bass, electric bass). Liner Note Author: Robert K. Oermann. Recording information: Enactron Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Enactron Studios; Los Angeles; Olympic Studios, London, England; Quadrafonic Sound Studios, Nashville TN; Quadrofonic Sound Studios, Nashville, TN; Sunset Sound Studios, Hollywood, CA. Illustrator: Howard Chaykin. Unknown Contributor Roles: Eric Clapton; Rodena Preston & the Voices of Deliverance; Martin Cowart; Rodena Preston; Johnny Cash; Levon Helm; Rodney Crowell; Rosanne Cash. Arrangers: Brian Rogers; Nick DeCaro. The pairing of these two records in a double-CD set, both unusual country-rock concept albums steeped in history from the end of the '70s, is kind of a no-brainer. White Mansions was the better known of the two at the time of their original release, dealing as it does with the history of the American south, and it developed a strong cult following at the time, possibly as a reaction to the success of the television mini-series Roots, and the election of Jimmy Carter (the first Southerner -- apart from Woodrow Wilson -- to reach the White House since the Civil War). The presence of an all-star cast, including Eric Clapton, Jessi Colter, and Waylon Jennings, and Steve Cash and John Dillon of the Ozark Mountain Daredevils (then near the height of their popularity) didn't hurt. It's also the more raw and basic of the two -- though a concept album telling the story of the fall of the southern Confederacy and the culture behind it, it is made up of songs that stand up better on their own, and shows a bracing diversity of styles, ranging from faux-19th century popular music to modern country-rock of a century later. Legend of Jesse James is slicker and smoother, and also seems to make the transition to CD a little better on a technical level. The booklet includes full notes and background on each song, as well as bios on all of the participants and a fascinating account of Paul Kennerley, the English advertising executive whose fascination with American history led to his composing the songs for both albums, and the participation of Glyn Johns as the unifying technical force behind the two productions. The sound is excellent on both discs, and the whole set is well worth more than one listen. And this is the only way to get Legend of Jesse James on CD. ~ Bruce Eder Engineer: Doug Sachs; Glyn Johns   Technical Info Release Date : 07/27/1999 Original Release Date : 1999 Catalog ID : 540791 Label : Mercury Nashville Number of Discs : 2 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00731454079129    Product Image