What are you listening to?

[the other mike]

 

[the other mike]

 

[Mindful]

 

[okfine]

The sonics on this CD are excellent.
Terry Evans and Ry Cooder

 

[Rambunctious]

 

[Alan Stallion]

Carefree Highway - Gordon Lightfoot

 

[the other mike]

 

[Natural Citizen]

 

[Natural Citizen]

 

[Mindful]

 

[Pogo]

Mississippi Bossa Nova from Bobbie Gentry (hey, she is Portuguese...)

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This is the stripped-down demo version, where an artist just sits down with a single instrument, usually guitar or piano, and runs though the basic song before it gets produced and developed. In this case the song was grossly overproduced with overbearing and unnecessary horns that buried the singer. This comes from a "Capitol Masters" series released 2018 and leaves an impression where the listener can really appreciate the voice, composition and playing. Just a run-through on a single take to refer to later.

Her monster mystery story "Ode to Billie Joe" was recorded the same way when she was an unknown. They literally took the demo, put strings on it and sold three million records.

 

[Mindful]

 

[Rocko]

 

[Rambunctious]

 

[Coyote]

 

[Coyote]

 

[Coyote]

 

[Coyote]

 

[Coyote]

 

[SmokeALib]