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shindell-list-digest     Monday, February 23 2009     Volume 10 : Number 028



                               Today's Subjects:
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  [RS] "lost" shindell tracks             [Carol Love <loracevoll@gmail.com>]
  Re: [RS] "lost" shindell tracks                       [<rongrittz@cox.net>]
  Re: [RS] "lost" shindell tracks         [Carol Love <loracevoll@gmail.com>]

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Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 08:50:12 -0500
From: Carol Love <loracevoll@gmail.com>
Subject: [RS] "lost" shindell tracks

I just had the iTunes "Genius" feature recommend this album to me, and lo
and behold there was a track of RS singing "On a Sea of Fleur de Lis" three
whole years before he released "Sparrow's Point".

Here's the link:

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=276711373&id=276711186&s=143441

I'm not sure that this recording is better than the versions on "Sparrows
Point" and "Courier", but what you can hear is how the song sounded before
he "tuned it up" -- literally.  Ron G is going to have to verify this for
me, but I believe he is playing his guitar in a different key/tuning for
this older version.

Check it out.

Obviously, I'm listening to my iTunes this Sunday morning and I just
listened to Janis sing "Piece of My Heart" -- I'm not so sure this is a song
for RS to cover, but I was left wondering what it might sound like if
someone like Lucy, Dar, Anjte, Jonatha Brooke, etc took it on and made it
acoustic.  It would be sort of the same thing RS did with "Born in the USA"
or like what T.V. Carpio did with "I Want To Hold Your Hand" in "Across the
Universe".  (If you didn't see that movie or listen to the soundtrack,
Carpio did a completely different tempo, tear you soul out version of this
Beatles chestnut.  It's no longer boppy and happy, but the song of someone
who never will be holding that hand and it's killing her softly....)

*Ciao!*

.....Carol

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Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 9:04:42 -0800
From: <rongrittz@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [RS] "lost" shindell tracks

>> I just had the iTunes "Genius" feature recommend this album to me, and lo and behold there was a track of RS singing "On a Sea of Fleur de Lis" three whole years before he released "Sparrow's Point". <<

I don't do iTunes, but I imagine that's the early version that was on one of the pre-"Sparrows Point" Fast Folk releases.  Somewhat faster, different tuning, and decidedly less beautiful than the version he eventually released on SP.  I personally think it's uncomfortable to listen to.

>> I just listened to Janis sing "Piece of My Heart" -- I'm not so sure this is a song for RS to cover, but I was left wondering what it might sound like if someone like Lucy, Dar, Anjte, Jonatha Brooke, etc took it on and made it acoustic.  <<

Faith Hill did a version on her debut CD.  Not sure you'd call it acoustic (if what you mean by "acoustic" is a solo ballad), but give it a listen.

RG

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Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:03:27 -0500
From: Carol Love <loracevoll@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [RS] "lost" shindell tracks

On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 12:04 PM, <rongrittz@cox.net> wrote:

> I don't do iTunes, but I imagine that's the early version that was on one
> of the pre-"Sparrows Point" Fast Folk releases.  Somewhat faster, different
> tuning, and decidedly less beautiful than the version he eventually released
> on SP.  I personally think it's uncomfortable to listen to.


.........I wasn't going to be that blunt, <g> but it is rougher than the
finished product.  I do like hearing how a piece evolves and how RS tinkered
with song over the next three years.  The "Sparrow's Point" version is
probably the definitive for me.  Richard's voice is particularly clear and
deep on that cut.  *Sometimes* he gets a little bit nasal, but his register
stays down in a wonderful baritone for the entirety of the SP cut.



>
>
> >> I just listened to Janis sing "Piece of My Heart" -- I'm not so sure
> this is a song for RS to cover, but I was left wondering what it might sound
> like if someone like Lucy, Dar, Anjte, Jonatha Brooke, etc took it on and
> made it acoustic.  <<
>
> Faith Hill did a version on her debut CD.  Not sure you'd call it acoustic
> (if what you mean by "acoustic" is a solo ballad), but give it a listen.


.........I sampled it, but it's a little too "twangy" for my tastes.  I
would like to hear something like what Jonatha Brooke did with both "God
Only Knows" (Beach Boys) and "Eye in the Sky" (Alan Parsons).  Especially
with "Eye in the Sky", JB took what had been a 70's art rock staple and
completely strips down the big production it into a beautiful and sparse
ballad with very limited instrumentation.  For me, that is an AMAZING cover.
That was no Michael Bolton remake, but a complete re-rendering of the song.
I liked the Alan Parson's version OK, but Jonatha took it to some place that
touches my soul.   Have you ever heard it??

If not, here it is on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00122JRF4/ref=dm_mu_dp_trk11

Enjoy!!

.....Carol

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