Re: Jim Lauderdale Tape Offer
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
Re: Jim Lauderdale Tape Offer
Bill, just to refresh my memory, you were recommending Planet of Love as the best Lauderdale album, right? --jr.
Re: Jim Lauderdale Tape Offer
Ph. Barnard wrote: Bill, just to refresh my memory, you were recommending Planet of Love as the best Lauderdale album, right? Dear lord, no...it's Pretty Close to the Truth by two furlongs (getting ready for the Derby). One of my fave alt.country records ever. Dave np: Tom Petty box set, disc #3 *** Dave Purcell, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Northern Ky Roots Music: http://w3.one.net/~newport Twangfest: http://www.twangfest.com
Re: Jim Lauderdale Tape Offer
Junior asked, Dave replied: Bill, just to refresh my memory, you were recommending Planet of Love as the best Lauderdale album, right? Dear lord, no...it's Pretty Close to the Truth by two furlongs (getting ready for the Derby). One of my fave alt.country records ever. Well I turned on to JL with PRETTY CLOSE TO THE TRUTH, and there are more individual songs on it that belong with his best than PLANET OF LOVE, but POL's a twangier record FWIW. It's also out of print though, and tough to find, while PRETTY CLOSE can still be found here and there. I'd say it's PRETTY CLOSE...but it's pretty closer than Dave puts it. *Two furlongs*?! Shoot, isn't 6 or 7 furlongs a standard race length below a mile or a mile and an eighth? I say PRETTY CLOSE by a length, and POL made a nice stretch run to make it a race. g b.s.
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
