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Thoughts on Henry Mancini (Never ending covers)
source: Various live cover tunes Side one: My head's in Mississippi - Oxford MI 10/25/90 (Gibbons/ Hill / Beard) And it stoned me - Rochester MI 7/6/89 (Morrison) Homeward bound - Lunsbruck, Austria 6/4/91 (Simon/ Garfunkle) Poncho and Lefty - Cava Dei Terreni, Italy 6/21/89 (Townes Van Zandt) Nowhere Man - Edmonton, Alberta 8/12/90 (Lennon/ McCartney) Side two: Hey good looking-Tuscaloosa, Alabama 10/26/90 (Hank Williams) Friend of the devil - Dayton, Ohio 11/9/91 (Garcia/Hunter) Tupelo honey revisited -Belfast, 2/6/91 (Van Morrison-vocals) (Morrison) The harder they come-Bonner Springs, KS 8/22/89 (Jimmy Cliff) Sittin' on the dock of the bay -George, Washington 8/18/90 (Otis Redding) Moon River Merriville, IN. 8/27/90 (Henry Mancini/ Johnny Mercer) Side One 1) 5 stars, throughout 6-7, but a 10-sec. dropout after 1 minute makes it worse. 2) 4-5 stars, wow & flutter, tape hiss, dropouts; bob doesn't treat the song too well... 3) 6-7 stars , dry and compact sound, although cd "olympic pleasure sounds" far far better. 4) 7-8 stars, full sound/frequency range, close & dry; catching performance, 2 little harp solos 5) 6-7 stars, distant, some distortions due to over peak recording levels (??) Side Two 1) 4-5 stars, dropouts, very distant, bassy, crowd noises; a bit uninspired . 2) 4-5 stars, distant, bassy, flaw, wows like a 5th generation tape - was it the first performance of that song? He plays a nice guitar... 3) 5 stars , flaw, bassy Bob introduces the song as .."my favorite honey...", huge crowd response (i.e. NOISE) as van steps up; he takes it away.. 4) 6 stars, crisp sound, sharp tone 5) 7 stars good sound, crowd noises; soulful performance |
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