Warm Evenings

1. With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair

2. You Go to My Head

3. Summer Night

4. That Old Feeling

5. This Is All I Ask

6. He Loves and She Loves

7. All Through the Night

8. Flower Is a Lovesome Thing

9. There With You

10. Beautiful Friendship

11. Too Late Now

12. Spike's Waltz

13. Day Dream

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Average customer rating: Much more "country" than I expected. It covers as much as it misses. Lean, mean and to the point Don't Ever Call It Country Rock Essential, timeless, Cosmic American Music

Warm Evenings, Pale Mornings, Bottled Blues: 1963-1973 Gram Parsons Manufacturer: Raven [Australia] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Another Side of This Life: The Lost Recordings of Gram Parsons, 1965-1966 Live 1973 G.P./Grievous Angel Gram Parsons - Fallen Angel Sacred Hearts and Fallen Angels: The Gram Parsons Anthology ASIN: B000003IWM Release Date: 1992-04-01

Tracks:

1. Zah's Blues
2. Blue Eyes
3. Strong Boy
4. Truck Driving Man
5. Hickory Wind
6. The Christian Life
7. Reputation
8. One Hundred Years From Now
9. Hot Burrito #1 (I'm Your Toy)
10. Christine's Tune (Devil In Disguise)
11. Sin City
12. The Dark End Of The Street
13. Wild Horses
14. She
15. The New Soft Shoe
16. We'll Sweep Out The Ashes In The Morning
17. Brass Buttons
18. Return Of The Grievous Angel
19. Drug Store Truck Driving Man
20. Brand New Heartache
21. Love Hurts

Album Description

Full title - Warm Evenings, Pale Mornings, Bottled Blues 1963-1973. 1991 compilation CD is the first attempt to anthologize the whole span of Gram Parsons' solo & group career. Its generous 21 tracks & 75 minutes playing time do indeed offer the highlights & a raft of rarities. If one Gram Parsons album is all you want, Warm Evenings... should certainly be it, though it is more than likely to send you in search of some of its predecessors' - VOX. Two years in the making, this 75 minute, 21-track anthology, with exhaustive biographical notes, covers every stage of Gram's decade-on-record, with tracks by the Shilos, International Submarine Band, Byrds, Flying Burrito Bros, the Fallen Angels & Emmylou Harris. Rich, warm, revealing & absolutely endearing, a truly magnificent CD. Raven Records.

Customer Reviews:

Much more "country" than I expected........2005-02-18

I had heard about Gram Parson's influence on The Byrds, and even the Eagles. Other than the opening song, his music is much more on the country side than on the pop side. I like The Byrds, Poco, etc. But this is too country for my taste.

It covers as much as it misses........2004-08-10

Wow, what a task. To cover most everything that "Gram Parsons" ever did on one disc. Obviously it can't be done, but this is still a decent overview covering every era of his. A few tracks from his time with "The International Submarine Band", "The Byrds", "The Flying Burrito Brothers", and his solo work with "Emmylou Harris". There's too many great songs here to mention, and like I said, it's missing just as much. But this is a great way to introduce yourself to him, and to which era you like the most, even though it's all great. Somewhere through these ten years, a genre was born, and "Gram Parsons" fathered it.

Lean, mean and to the point.......2001-12-13

Until the Y2K Rhino collection came along, this was the best Gram Parsons collection on the face of the planet... It's still extremely well-focussed and possibly more fun to listen to. A few classic songs are left off, but this is an exceptionally well-programmed set of music. Highly recommended!

Don't Ever Call It Country Rock.......2001-11-08

The decade-long recording career of Gram Parsons was a period of growth and development. Though he traveled paths that had been beaten by the likes of Bob Wills and Buck Owens, Parsons followed them entirely in his own manner. Therefore he sometimes had to feel his way along. Then, just as he was hitting his stride, hard living and a lifelong heart problem cut his career short. One can only speculate how events might have unfolded differently if he had lived to see the culmination of his vision.

This collection provides an overview of that arc of development. From his early days as a folkie with the Shilohs, through the experimental country music sound of the International Submarine Band and the Byrds, to his visionary work with the Flying Burrito Brothers and as a solo act, this album hits all the high points and creative statements of a ten-year career.

This is not to say that the effort is flawless. For example, printed right on the disc itself is a claim that Parsons lived "a life in Country Rock." Parsons abjectly hated the term "Country Rock," and espoused the title "Cosmic American Music." He believed, and rightly, that this title better exemplified his artistic vision of a music based on the common themes that underly American musical experience. "Country Rock" was, to him and his fans, just a slumgullion of stylistic titles, not a statement in and of itself.

The selection on this disc is stinting toward Parsons' early work, when he was still finding his vision. The Shilohs are represented in only a single track. This is partly because their sound was derivative of Chad Mitchell and the Kingston Trio, but still, they recorded enough material to fill at least two discs currently in circulation. Likewise, only three tracks represent his time with the ISB. There are four tracks of his work with the Byrds, including his timeless classic "Hickory Wind." However, these songs are all off the "Sweetheart of the Rodeo" album, which is not only still widely available, but also strongly recommended. By popularizing country, this album changed the face of popular American music for a generation.

Heavy emphasis begins with Parsons' membership in the Flying Burrito Brothers. Classic tracks like "Hot Burrito #1," "Sin City," and "Dark End of the Street" exemplify how Parsons' vision and the skillful instrumentals of some of the most gifted musicians of his time invented a whole new form of music. Call it Cosmic American Music, if you like, or Alt-Country, or just call it the Flying Burrito Brothers. As long as you don't call it Country Rock.

The inclusion of "Wild Horses" is a statement on Parsons' influence. This song was written by Parsons' friends Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, and cut for the Rolling Stones' "Sticky Fingers" album, but rush-released to album by the Flying Burrito Brothers. Though the Burritos never released it as a single (one of the conditions of permission to record), their distinctive and powerful sound wraps well around the lyrics. Parsons also influenced the Stones in other ways, incidentally - for a good example of how, listen to the "Country Honk" track on "Let It Bleed."

It was in his solo work that Parsons came into his own. Though he cut only two solo albums before his sudden death, his choice of classic country tunes to cover, his songwriting prowess, and his haunting vocal harmonies with Emmylou Harris are here represented by no less than eight tracks on this disc. "The New Soft Shoe" and "Return of the Grievous Angel" point out well that Parsons was an intelligent and thoughtful man, while "She" exemplifies Parsons' Christian faith, and "Brass Buttons," written in memory of his late mother, demonstrates his commitment to his family.

One song is distinctly absent: his memorial to several slain friends, including guitarist Clarence White, "In My Hour of Darkness." Though this isn't an essential track, it so well encapsulates Parsons' modes of thought and depth of faith that it should be included. Well, it's on the single-CD release of his albums "GP" and "Grievous Angel," if anybody wants it.

Covers of classic tracks, like Beaudloux Bryant's "Love Hurts," also established Parsons as part of the country music fold, even if, with his long hair and nudie suits, he was outside the mainstream. "We'll Sweep Out the Ashes in the Morning," an unabashedly country song, probably astounded no small number of rock fans who had initially been attracted to Parsons' music because of his affiliation with the Byrds. Well, to Parsons, that was the core of Cosmic American Music: the belief that there is no country, no rock, no blues, no jazz. There were no types of music to Parsons, there was only good music.

The liner notes in this disc have very sloppy grammar, but they give a good biography and C.V. of the artist. The author doesn't cut Parsons any slack, either; he comes right out and accuses Parsons' indolence for the Burritos' lackluster second album, and describes his personality conflicts with Roger McGuinn of the Byrds. However, sometimes honesty is more flattering than flattery. The piece offers no new information of any kind, though it does provide a good thumbnail sketch for new fans.

This collection is primarily of interest to people who are new to the music of Gram Parsons. It hits on the high points of his artistic career and sums up his creative vision. Longtime fans already have most, or all, of these songs in their collection. However, if you're new to the GP fold, this is a better-than-fair introduction. Get to know the art and vision of Gram Parsons. And don't ever call it Country Rock.

Essential, timeless, Cosmic American Music.......2000-12-08

Don't be fooled by the cheesy packaging and Australian origin ... this CD is a great primer for one of the great voices/songwriters in popular music. Gram burned too hot, burned out too fast.

BTW, Kudos to whomever gets these things together at Raven Records; I think this is the same company that put out a great Yardbirds compilation record a few years back ... the only one in existence to span the best of Clapton-to-Page on ONE CD.

Average customer rating: Smoothest playing - highly recommended

Warm Evenings Warren Vache , and The Beaux-Arts String Quartet Manufacturer: Concord Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Swingtime! Dream Dancing You Taught My Heart to Sing Don't Look Back ASIN: B0000006I0 Release Date: 1989-10-16

Tracks:

1. With The Wind And The Rain In Your Hair
2. You Go To My Head
3. Summer Night
4. That Old Feeling
5. This Is All I Ask
6. He Loves And She Loves
7. All Through The Night
8. A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing
9. There With You
10. A Beautiful Friendship
11. Too Late Now
12. Spike's Waltz
13. Day Dream

Customer Reviews:

Smoothest playing - highly recommended.......2000-01-20

This CD is perfectly titled, and the music is wonderful. The string arrangements perfectly compliment the trio and the incredible playing of Warren Vache. Creative, well-executed, and above all, tasty playing make this album one for a rainy afternoon and a cafe latte. You will be pleasantly surpsised and this CD will become a favorite. Vache and Gale are incredible.

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Where Do You Start Manufacturer: Merethe Mikkelsen ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAD55U Release Date: 2003-04-08

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Love Came Down at Christmas Barbara Gallagher Manufacturer: Barbara Gallagher ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CA9LDA Release Date: 2005-01-04

Tracks:

1. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
2. People Look East/Good Christian Friends, Rejoice
3. Silent Night/He Is Born
4. Love Came Down at Christmas/Once in Royal David's City
5. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
6. 'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime
7. What Child Is This
8. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
9. Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
10. Angels We Have Heard on High
11. Creator of the Stars of Night
12. Away in a Manger/It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

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1. Watermelon Man
2. Whistle Stop
3. A.T.'s Delight
4. All Across the City
5. At Last!
6. Bern Concert '89 [Live]
7. Big Bop Nouveau
8. Birth of a Band [Import]
9. Bloomington
10. Body & Soul [Import]

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