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- From: MURPH@MAINE.MAINE.EDU (M.A. Murphy)
- Newsgroups: rec.music.misc
- Subject: Re: Favorites of '92
- Message-ID: <92357.230415MURPH@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 04:04:15 GMT
- References: <1992Dec22.165818.20704@cbnews.cb.att.com>
- Organization: University of Maine System
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- >Date: 23 Dec 92 03:20:00 GMT
- >Apparently-To: att!MAINE.maine.edu!MURPH
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- >Subject: Re: Favorites of '92
- >References: <1992Dec22.165818.20704@cbnews.cb.att.com>
- >Message-Id: <MURPH.921222215219@maine.maine.EDU>
- >From: MURPH@MAINE.maine.edu (M.A. Murphy)
- >Original-To: ajw@cbnews.cb.att.com
- >Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 21:52:19 EST
- >
- >>- Chris Whitley - "Living with the Law"
- >>
- >>As usual I came to this album belatedly. He's probably released
- >>three other albums by now, won a couple Grammy's, toured eastern
- >>Europe, guest-hosted SNL, and overdosed a few times, and I wouldn't
- >>know about it. I *do* know that "Living with the Law" is one
- >>of those rare albums where a new artist comes out of the gate
- >>possessing the whole package - a great, gritty voice and eerie
- >>blues moan, superb slide guitar technique, fine, infectious
- >>songs, and intriguing lyrics. I can't wait for somebody to
- >>tell me about the box sets, tribute albums, and career
- >>retrospectives that I've already missed.
- >
- >Well, all I know about is the "Poison Girl" CD5 that has the album
- >version of the song and 5 live tracks. A couple of them were recorded
- >in Chris' living room, a couple were recorded from a spot he did on
- >a Colorado (Boulder or Denver, I think...) radio station. The live
- >tracks are all solo, no studio polish (Not that I'd consider _Living_
- >to be polished, but these tracks strip away what little polish the
- >album versions have) - just Chris and his guitar. I like _Living With
- >the Law_ a lot! I like the live tracks on the CD5 even better! As far
- >as I know, the CD5 was promo-only. I got my copy because I bugged a local
- >merchant, who gets service from Columbia, about his copy (I also spend a lot
- >of money in his store, so he's usually pretty good to me). The only other
- >copy I've seen is at the radio station I DJ at. We played the live tracks
- >on our blues shows a lot last spring. If you wish to hear this and cannot
- >locate one, I'll be happy to tape it.
- >
- > Whitley, Chris
- > Poison Girl
- > 1992 Columbia
- > Time - 21:41
- > Tracks - 6
- > Catalog Number - 44K 74247
- > Source - CD
- > -------------------------------
- > Poison Girl
- > Make the Dirt Stick (live)
- > Kick the Stones (live)
- > Poison Girl (live)
- > Living With the Law (live)
- > A Pint of Lotion (live)
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- >
- > Murph
- >
- > Michael A. Murphy
- > MURPH@MAINE.BITNET
- >
- >If you do not understand my silence
- >you will not understand my words.
- >
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