I recently created a video featuring songs from Kathy Mattea's first 7 Albums, which were released on Mercury Records from 1984-1992.
I hope you'll want to take a look. Thanks everyone! 😄
Avid Music Fan,
Greg
#legendary #kathymattea #video #classics #albums #singles #countrymusic #musicislife
DAVID MALLETT
"VITAL SIGNS"
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Evidently "Vital Signs" is the David Mallett fan favorite. It starts strongly with "Midnight Madness" and ends with "Highways," which, according to an apparently knowing Amazon customer comment, was often a very big number in concerts. Side One's "April" and the title track are spoken of favorably by Mallett's followers. The first side ends with one of Mallett's best known songs, "Red Red Rose," which was covered to perfection by Emmylou Harris. It is surprising how many covers and interpretations of David Mallett songs closely follow the original arrangements. This may be seen as a testimonial to the production.
"Vital Signs" is notable for the team effort - from piano to drums - of the players, with each contributing catchy riffs.
"Vital Signs" is something like David Mallett's forbidden fruit album. It has never been reissued; and, as far as I am aware, it does not stream. (Some re-recordings do.) A track that once was posted to YouTube has been removed. Evidently the label, Flying Fish Records, made a mistake on the cover which is mirrored on the LPs label, crediting all words and music to Mallett. Judging by the publisher credits, the first song on the second side, "(Coming Apart) At the Seams," appears to be an exception. Evidently pianist Chris Neville claims a co-writer credit. The album got locked up by a lawsuit. Vinyl LPs and at least one cassette can be had online and, one would imagine, in used record stores.
Following popular concert attractions "Good Times" and "These Times," the album ends with Mallett's re-recording of "Highways," which first came out on the live "Hard Light" album. Mallett's singing here on "Highways" is so different that it ought to be considered as a rearrangement.
Jim Rooney did his usual excellent job with this production. David Mallett's home, Sebec, Maine, shares a town line with my old hometown, Milo. For me, then, it is more than a little ironic that Jim Rooney got his start performing on Boston's WCOP Hayloft Jamboree for Nelson Bragg, "The Merry Mayor of Milo, Maine."
A clean burn of the vinyl LP keeps me happily listening. Anyone who has read this far may want to hunt up a copy of the vinyl album. If you are a devoted singer-songwriter fan, chances are good that you have a friend who has burned it. A reissue would have been ideal but ways still exist to enjoy what may very well have been David Mallett's most popular record release, "Vital Signs."
Here are two of the best covers of David Mallett songs:
Summer Of My Dreams
Kathy Mattea - Topic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzFUG4zQWGU
Red Red Rose
EmmyLouharris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmL0QSPJhTo
And one by David Mallett:
David Mallet - Summer Of My Dreams
from Live At The Iron Horse Vol. 1 by Signature Sounds Recording Inc.
https://signaturesounds.bandcamp.com/track/summer-of-my-dreams
Music Museum of New England (MMone) Jim Rooney article
https://www.mmone.org/jim-rooney/
:
#april #bostonmusic #chrisneville #comingapartattheseams #davemallett #davidmallett #emmylouharris #flyingfish #flyingfishrecords #goodtimes #hardlight #hayloftjamboree #highways #jimrooney #kathymattea #mainemusic #merrymayorofmilomaine #midnightmadness #mmone #music #musicfeed #musicmuseumofnewengland #musicnews #nelsonbragg #nemsbk #newenglandmusic #redredrose #sebec #sebecmaine #singersongwriter #summerofmydreams #thesetimes #vitalsigns #wcop #wcophayloftjamboree
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DAVID MALLETT
"VITAL SIGNS"
Mastodon Post
Evidently "Vital Signs" is the David Mallett fan favorite. It starts strongly with "Midnight Madness" and ends with "Highways," which, according to an apparently knowing Amazon customer comment, was often a very big number in concerts. Side One's "April" and the title track are spoken of favorably by Mallett's followers. The first side ends with one of Mallett's best known songs, "Red Red Rose," which was covered to perfection by Emmylou Harris. It is surprising how many covers and interpretations of David Mallett songs closely follow the original arrangements. This may be seen as a testimonial to the production.
"Vital Signs" is notable for the team effort - from piano to drums - of the players, with each contributing catchy riffs.
"Vital Signs" is something like David Mallett's forbidden fruit album. It has never been reissued; and, as far as I am aware, it does not stream. (Some re-recordings do.) A track that once was posted to YouTube has been removed. Evidently the label, Flying Fish Records, made a mistake on the cover which is mirrored on the LPs label, crediting all words and music to Mallett. Judging by the publisher credits, the first song on the second side, "(Coming Apart) At the Seams," appears to be an exception. Evidently pianist Chris Neville claims a co-writer credit. The album got locked up by a lawsuit. Vinyl LPs and at least one cassette can be had online and, one would imagine, in used record stores.
Following popular concert attractions "Good Times" and "These Times," the album ends with Mallett's re-recording of "Highways," which first came out on the live "Hard Light" album. Mallett's singing here on "Highways" is so different that it ought to be considered as a rearrangement.
Jim Rooney did his usual excellent job with this production. David Mallett's home, Sebec, Maine, shares a town line with my old hometown, Milo. For me, then, it is more than a little ironic that Jim Rooney got his start performing on Boston's WCOP Hayloft Jamboree for Nelson Bragg, "The Merry Mayor of Milo, Maine."
A clean burn of the vinyl LP keeps me happily listening. Anyone who has read this far may want to hunt up a copy of the vinyl album. If you are a devoted singer-songwriter fan, chances are good that you have a friend who has burned it. A reissue would have been ideal but ways still exist to enjoy what may very well have been David Mallett's most popular record release, "Vital Signs."
Here are two of the best covers of David Mallett songs:
Summer Of My Dreams
Kathy Mattea - Topic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzFUG4zQWGU
Red Red Rose
EmmyLouharris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmL0QSPJhTo
And one by David Mallett:
David Mallet - Summer Of My Dreams
from Live At The Iron Horse Vol. 1 by Signature Sounds Recording Inc.
https://signaturesounds.bandcamp.com/track/summer-of-my-dreams
Music Museum of New England (MMone) Jim Rooney article
https://www.mmone.org/jim-rooney/
:
#april #bostonmusic #chrisneville #comingapartattheseams #davemallett #davidmallett #emmylouharris #flyingfish #flyingfishrecords #goodtimes #hardlight #hayloftjamboree #highways #jimrooney #kathymattea #mainemusic #merrymayorofmilomaine #midnightmadness #mmone #music #musicmuseumofnewengland #musicnews #nelsonbragg #nemsbk #newenglandmusic #redredrose #sebec #sebecmaine #singersongwriter #summerofmydreams #thesetimes #vitalsigns #wcop #wcophayloftjamboree
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This is one of my all-time favorite Christmas songs. I like the late and great Michael Johnson's version a lot, but I think I like this one the best of all. What do you think?
#christmas #favorites #legendary #kathymattea #musicislife
NOW PLAYING: Kathy Mattea - "Christmas Collage"
🔊 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #VarietyMix
Dolly Parton, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Pam Tillis, Billy Ray Cyrus, Kathy Mattea & Tanya Tucker:
🎵 Romeo
#DollyParton #MaryChapinCarpenter #PamTillis #BillyRayCyrus #KathyMattea
Another of my many fav collaborations from the #TransatlanticSessions, features the late, great #JohnMartyn, with fellow Brit #DannyThompson on #StandupBass, Americans #KathyMattea, #Guitar and backing vocals, #JerryDouglass on #Dobro/#Resonator.
This is Martyn's original song, at least to my knowledge, but it will sound familiar to many who, like myself, may never have heard of him before these sessions.
Shaken by a wave of fright That you calmed with a whisper And fear gave way to better things And sweeter dreams
Like a warm spring rain On a roof above The way you call my name When we make love While the world outside my window goes insane You’re here to remind me a few good things remain
Little Blue Suitcase
Aaron V. Humphrey
Alan Lewis
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Sabrina
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