Collection

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 01:08:42
All tracks have been digitally remastered. Personnel: Eric Andersen (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar, harmonica, background vocals); Arlen Roth (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Howard Emerson (acoustic guitar, dobro); Paul Horan, Jennifer Condos (acoustic guitar, background vocals); Dean Parks (electric guitar); David Mansfield (steel guitar, flute); Richard Bennett, Ben Keith (steel guitar); Happy Traum (mandolin, concertina); Emanuel Moss (violin); Jesse Ehrlich (cello); Ernie Watts (flute); Tom Scott (tenor saxophone); Tom Hensley (piano); Tom Sellers (Clavinet, keyboards); Richard Bell (keyboards, synthesizer); Chris Parker , Dennis St. John, John Guerin, Russ Kunkel (drums); Antonio Ramos, Gary Coleman (percussion); Doug Haywood, Deborah Green Andersen, Ray Buckwich, Jennifer Warren, Mike Condello, Andy Robinson, Julia Tillman Waters, Ginger Blake, Orwin Middleton, Herb Pedersen, Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, Maxine Willard Waters, Timothy B. Schmit, Maria Muldaur (background vocals). Recording information: The Other End. Illustrator: Eric Andersen. Unknown Contributor Role: Eric Andersen. Eric Andersen made his name in the mid-to-late '60s as one of the key figures on the Greenwich Village folk scene. COLLECTION steps beyond those early folkie days to another phase in the singer's career, focusing on his lesser-known, mid-'70s recordings for Arista. The album offers a welcome opportunity to delve into this period, which so far has received little attention, especially in the reissue department. As always, Andersen's approach is slow and hypnotic--he was always a masterful balladeer--but by this time the production on his albums had grown more involved, with elaborate layers of strings and background vocals billowing beneath his gentle voice and romantic, poetic lyrics. Such songs as "Be True to You" and a version of Tom Waits' "Ol' '55" seem to put him more in line with the pop stylings of the day, in the vein of Jim Croce, than with his folk beginnings. However, as evidenced by the subtle lyricism of "Time Run Like a Freight Train" and other cuts here, Andersen never lost the ability to compose an arresting song. For the faithful, a couple of early Andersen compositions close things out.
録音 : ステレオ (Studio/Live)