Levon Helm - Levon Helm (1978) {Acadia ACA 8037 rel 2002}
Levon Helm - Levon Helm (1978) {Acadia ACA 8037 rel 2002}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 246 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 83 Mb
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© 1978, 2002 Acadia / Evangeline / Universal | ACA 8037
Rock / Roots Rock / Blues
Levon Helm's second solo album isn't a bad listen, it just seems, given its pedigree, that it should be a good deal better than it is. Produced by Donald "Duck" Dunn of the legendary Booker T. & the MG's, and featuring Steve Cropper and the Muscle Shoals session crew, this outing ought to cook with some serious funk and soul, and that it only occasionally does so is the big surprise. Helm's Arkansas drawl gives his singing an authentic sounding expressiveness, but somehow nothing here has the easy, natural sounding ring that was the trademark of his best work with the Band.
Not that there aren't solid tracks here. Covers of Allen Toussaint's "Play Something Sweet," Tony Joe White's "I Came Here to Party," and the Cate Brothers tune, "Standing on a Mountain Top" (which boasts Earl and Ernie Cate on harmony vocals), all have wonderful horn charts and soulful approaches. But something intangible is missing, as if these tunes simply sound like they have soul without actually possessing it. True, Helm's version of Al Green's "Take Me to the River" brightens things up here, but the song is so good and durable that not even a Muppet could blow it as long as the arrangement is followed. It's interesting that Dunn himself doesn't play bass on this album. Maybe that's what's missing. Again, this isn't a bad album, just a surprisingly lifeless one, given the talent involved.
Musicians
Drums, Vocals Levon Helm
Drums, Percussion Willie Hall
Drums Roger Hawkins
Guitar, Percussion Steve Cropper
Keyboards Barry Beckett
Keyboards Randy McCormick
Guitar Dan Ferguson
Guitar Larry Byrom
Guitar Jimmy Johnson
Bass Scott Edwards
Bass David Hood
Arrangements (Brass), Trombone Tom Malone
Saxophone Lou Marini
Trumpet Alan Robin
Saxophone Lou Del Gatto
Saxophone Howard Johnson
Vocals Ernie Cate
Vocals Earl Cate
Vocals Mary Berry
tracklist:
01 Ain't No Way To Forget You 03:24
02 Driving At Night 02:44
03 Play Something Sweet 04:26
04 Sweet Johanna 03:39
05 I Came Here To Party 04:00
06 Take Me To The River 04:01
07 Standing On A Mountaintop 04:11
08 Let's Do It In Slow Motion 04:34
09 Audience For My Pain 04:24
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==== Log checksum EB31436227B7AB76FFEB9C76AC15513C8A0E416FA1FEA4541D1B78792D203D12 ====
EAC extraction logfile from 4. September 2016, 20:35
Levon Helm / Levon Helm
Used drive : MATSHITADVD+-RW SW830 Adapter: 1 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 896 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
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TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
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1 | 0:00.00 | 3:23.71 | 0 | 15295
2 | 3:23.71 | 2:43.43 | 15296 | 27563
3 | 6:07.39 | 4:26.09 | 27564 | 47522
4 | 10:33.48 | 3:39.36 | 47523 | 63983
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==== Log checksum EB31436227B7AB76FFEB9C76AC15513C8A0E416FA1FEA4541D1B78792D203D12 ====
Levon Helm - Levon Helm (1978) {Acadia ACA 8037 rel 2002}
Levon Helm - Levon Helm (1978) {Acadia ACA 8037 rel 2002}
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