Just a comment on Lauderdale and most probably an unpopular one -
I really do like him but I have to complain about the vocal mix on his last
cd.
Way too out front, pretty grating on the ears. He has a nice voice, but
most of the cd sounds as though he had his lips stapled to the microphone so
it was amusing to me that it was titled "Whisper".
Tera
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Silvers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: passenger side <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 1999 12:53 AM
Subject: Jim Lauderdale Tape Offer
> Three months ago, there was a thread here about "getting" Jim Lauderdale.
A
> few of us fans felt like Jim hadn't really gotten his due as both a great
> writer and performer. At that time, I mentioned that I'd made a "best of"
> Jim Lauderdale tape for a friend, and that maybe what I needed to do was
> compile another one, and make it available to the list. At that time,
> Jerald Corder and I started corresponding off-list, and we decided that we
> cooperate on making a tape for distribution to anybody who was interested.
> Soon after, Jerald suggested we also do a tape of songs written by Jim
that
> were covered or performed by others. After Jerald put it all together,
> there's now two tapes of those songs. I've got all five of Jim
Lauderdale's
> LP's, but Jerald is the repository for Jim Lauderdale material, whether
> performed by JL or by others.
>
> Jerald has put together three cool tapes of Jim Lauderdale material. The
> first is a "best-of" Jim Lauderdale, with tracks not only from his 5
studio
> albums, but songs from an unreleased album, prior to PLANET OF LOVE, and
> some singles from promotional records that Jerald's picked up. It's a nice
> collection, 90 minutes long, with a fair amount of it from out-of-print or
> hard to find records.
>
> The second and third tapes are from various artists, too many to list them
> all here but a mix of alt and standard country types, and of course
several
> from Lauderdale-loving George Strait. These covers fill two 90 minute
> cassettes.
>
> So, here's the deal. If you're interested in any or all of these tapes,
> send me an e-mail to this address. *DON'T REPLY TO THE LIST*, but reply to
> me here at my home address, [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'll send back a complete list
> of songs and artists on the covers tapes. Jerald's wife has done a nice
job
> making up cool-looking j-cards for the cassettes, and if I wasn't already
> involved with this thing, I'd sure want copies. I'll want you to send me
> blank 90 minute cassettes to dub the music onto, and a buck to cover
> postage. That's it.
>
> This is a chance to find out more about one of the great, underrecognized
> talents in country music. Write me off list if you're interested in
getting
> a copy of these cassettes. We're not expecting a flood of responses, BTW,
> but we'll adjust if so. <g> I'll give everybody till Monday May 3rd to
> respond.
>
> b.s.
>
>
> "Time begins on Opening Day" -Thomas Boswell
>
>
