(A) New Year For The Roses


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Tracks - [~40 mins]

    SIDE 1:                             SIDE 2:
       Sittin' And Thinkin'                Sweet Dreams
       Success                             Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down
       Good Year For The Roses (EC starts  I'm Your Toy
        singing "Psycho" by mistake, and   Why Don't You Love Me Like You Used
        restarts song)                      To Do?
       Psycho                              Honey Hush
       Brown To Blue                       Almost Blue
       How Much I Lied                     Your Angel Steps Out Of Heaven *
                                           Stranger In The House (/w George
                                            Jones) *
    (* = According to album: "2 bonus tracks from a Nashville session")

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Release Information:

     Date  | Media| Catalogue number (comments)
     ______|    LP| Note Records LPEC-Roses-1

Comments:

    Live at The Palladium, NYC, 31-Dec-81. According to the cover: "This album
    features the seldom performed songs from EC's classic country album
    Almost Blue that was almost universally overlooked by both fans and
    critics alike. For this performance, the group is joined by Mr. John McFee
    (Clover) on pedal steel guitar. Enjoy it now, you may never hear these
    tunes again."  The title on the label is 'Lucky Stevens Sings'!

Quality:

The cover claims that this is a soundboard recording, but it certainly doesn't sound much like one. Overall, I'd give the sound quality (on the live tracks) 5/10, and the performance 7/10. It's got novelty value because it draws almost exclusively from Almost Blue songs - Timothy E. Young {young057@gold.tc.umn.edu} The sound quality is pretty good. Interesting arrangements as they differ from the album versions, particularly "Success" - Phil Dennison {cbas68@ccsun.strath.ac.uk}
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