Dan Fogelberg - Home Free/Souvenirs

Artist:

Fogelberg, Dan

UPC:

5017261207098

See Also:

Chapin, Harry Loggins & Messina Dan Fogelberg - Twin Sons of Different Mothers/Phoenix [11/7]

Description:

Personnel: Dan Fogelberg (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, zither, piano, organ, Moog synthesizer, vibraphone, percussion); Joe Walsh (acoustic guitar, acoustic 12-string guitar, electric guitar, electric 12-string guitar, background vocals); Gerry Beckley (acoustic guitar); Weldon Myrick (dobro); Buddy Spicher (fiddle, viola); Norbert Putnam (cello); Jimmie Haskell (accordion); Kenny Passarelli (sousaphone); Paul "Blind Man" Harris (piano); Farrell Morris (vibraphone, percussion); Russ Kunkel (drums, congas, percussion); Don Henley (drums, background vocals); Joe Lala (congas, tambourine, timbales); Glenn Frey (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: John Stronach.
Audio Remasterer: Andrew Thompson .
Liner Note Author: John Tobler.
Photographer: Henry Diltz.
This double-CD release from Britain`s Beat Goes On label should interest anyone who`s even slightly serious in appreciating Dan Fogelberg`s music. For starters, in the absence of any upgrades since the late `80s in the sound of Sony Music`s domestic Fogelberg CDs, the remastering of Souvenirs is more than a little welcome -- the man`s whole early catalog ought to have been remastered long before 2006, based on the crisp results here and the fresh edge it adds to music that is otherwise extremely familiar. And then there`s the contents of the first disc, containing Fogelberg`s debut Home Free album, which was not a success at the time of its release. Fogelberg and original producer Norbert Putnam remixed the original multi-track tapes from Home Free when it was time to do the CD release, and issued what was, in effect, a somewhat different album, with instruments shifted around in the mix and alterations in the framing and conceptions of various songs. But Beat Goes On went back to the finished master of the original LP edition, with the result that this double-CD set marks the first appearance of that debut album as it was originally released, and as it was known until the advent of the CD era 15 years later -- and even though it wasn`t a big seller at the time, across those 15 years it`s a safe bet that a half-million or so fans and perhaps more did buy it and knew it in that version. The album does sound gorgeous in this remastered edition, which constitutes the optimum presentation of that original record; some of the production gets a little too lush at times, but the songs are so beautiful that it`s difficult to complain too loudly about indulging that side of the music. ~ Bruce Eder

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. To the Morning
2. Stars
3. More Than Ever
4. Be on Your Way
5. Hickory Grove
6. Long Way Home (Live in the Country)
7. Looking for a Lady
8. Anyway I Love You
9. Wysteria
10. River, The

DISC 2:

1. Part on the Plan
2. Illinois
3. Changing Horses
4. Better Change
5. Souvenirs
6. Long Way, The
7. As the Raven Flies
8. Song from Half Mountain
9. Morning Sky
10. (Someone`s Been) Telling You Stories
11. There`s a Place in the World for a Gambler

Album Information

Release Date:

07/18/2006

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Singer/Songwriter

Label:

Beat Goes On

Producer:

Joe Walsh; Norbert Putnam

Catalog Number:

BGOCD 709

Original Release Year:

2006

# of Discs:

2

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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