Don McLean - Solo (1976) Original UK Sterling Pressing - 2 LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
Don McLean - Solo
Vinyl | LP Cover (1:1) | FLAC + cue | 24bit/96kHz & 16bit/44kHz | 2gb & 500mb
Mastered At Sterling Sound By Greg Calbi
Label: United Artists Records/UAD 60139/40 | Released: 1976 | Genre: Country-Folk
A1 Magdalene Lane 3:56
A2 Masters Of War 2:43
A3 Wonderful Baby 1:56
A4 Where Were You Baby 2:57
A5 Empty Chairs 3:23
A6 Geordie’s Lost His Penker 3:50
A7 Babylon 6:23
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B1 And I Love You So 4:32
B2 Mactavish Is Dead 0:14
B3 Cripple Creek / Muleskinner Blues 4:03
B4 Great Big Man 3:17
B5 Bronco Bill’s Lament 3:01
B6 Happy Trails 0:20
B7 Circus Song 4:29
B8 Birthday Song 2:32
B9 On The Amazon 3:56
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C1 American Pie 8:42
C2 Over The Waterfall / Arkansas Traveler 2:38
C3 Homeless Brother 4:16
C4 Castles In The Air
C5 Three Flights Up 9:10
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D1 Lovesick Blues 3:00
D2 Winter Has Me In It’s Grip 3:22
D3 The Legend Of Andrew McGrew 7:26
D5 Dreidel 3:25
D6 Vincent (Starry Starry Night) 3:48
D7 Till Tomorrow 2:50
Record Company – United Artists Records Ltd.
Record Company – Liberty/United Records (UK) Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc.
Copyright © – United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc.
Copyright © – Don McLean
Mixed At – Long View Farm Studios
Recorded At – Manor Mobile
Mastered At – Sterling Sound
Pressed By – EMI Records
Published By – Intersong Music Ltd.
Published By – Warner Bros. Music Ltd.
Published By – United Artists Music Ltd.
Published By – Southern Music Pub. Co. Ltd.
Published By – Famous Chappell Ltd.
Published By – Chappell & Co. Ltd.
Published By – Lawrence Wright Music
Printed By – Robert Stace
Credits
Engineer – Gil Markle, Jesse Henderson (2)
Executive-Producer – Don McLean
Mastered By – Greg Calbi
Mixed By – John Peters
Painting – Tom Allen (6)
Photography By – Herb Gart
Producer – Herb Gart, John Peters
Recorded By – Vic Maile
Notes
© ℗ 1976 United Artists Music and Records Group, Inc.
Painting ©1975, Don McLean.
Recorded live in Manchester, Bristol and Oxford, England.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (A-side runout stamped): UAD 60139 A -1U
Matrix / Runout (B-side runout stamped): UAD 60139 B -2U
Matrix / Runout (C-side runout stamped): UAD 60140 A -1U
Matrix / Runout (D-side runout stamped): UAD 60140 B -2U
Matrix / Runout (A-side label): UAD 60139 A
Matrix / Runout (B-side label): UAD 60139 B
Matrix / Runout (C-side label): UAD 60140 A
Matrix / Runout (D-side label): UAD 60140 B
Other (All labels, in brackets): UALA 652
Vinyl | LP Cover (1:1) | FLAC + cue | 24bit/96kHz & 16bit/44kHz | 2gb & 500mb
Mastered At Sterling Sound By Greg Calbi
Label: United Artists Records/UAD 60139/40 | Released: 1976 | Genre: Country-Folk
A1 Magdalene Lane 3:56
A2 Masters Of War 2:43
A3 Wonderful Baby 1:56
A4 Where Were You Baby 2:57
A5 Empty Chairs 3:23
A6 Geordie’s Lost His Penker 3:50
A7 Babylon 6:23
-
B1 And I Love You So 4:32
B2 Mactavish Is Dead 0:14
B3 Cripple Creek / Muleskinner Blues 4:03
B4 Great Big Man 3:17
B5 Bronco Bill’s Lament 3:01
B6 Happy Trails 0:20
B7 Circus Song 4:29
B8 Birthday Song 2:32
B9 On The Amazon 3:56
-
C1 American Pie 8:42
C2 Over The Waterfall / Arkansas Traveler 2:38
C3 Homeless Brother 4:16
C4 Castles In The Air
C5 Three Flights Up 9:10
-
D1 Lovesick Blues 3:00
D2 Winter Has Me In It’s Grip 3:22
D3 The Legend Of Andrew McGrew 7:26
D5 Dreidel 3:25
D6 Vincent (Starry Starry Night) 3:48
D7 Till Tomorrow 2:50
Record Company – United Artists Records Ltd.
Record Company – Liberty/United Records (UK) Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc.
Copyright © – United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc.
Copyright © – Don McLean
Mixed At – Long View Farm Studios
Recorded At – Manor Mobile
Mastered At – Sterling Sound
Pressed By – EMI Records
Published By – Intersong Music Ltd.
Published By – Warner Bros. Music Ltd.
Published By – United Artists Music Ltd.
Published By – Southern Music Pub. Co. Ltd.
Published By – Famous Chappell Ltd.
Published By – Chappell & Co. Ltd.
Published By – Lawrence Wright Music
Printed By – Robert Stace
Credits
Engineer – Gil Markle, Jesse Henderson (2)
Executive-Producer – Don McLean
Mastered By – Greg Calbi
Mixed By – John Peters
Painting – Tom Allen (6)
Photography By – Herb Gart
Producer – Herb Gart, John Peters
Recorded By – Vic Maile
Notes
© ℗ 1976 United Artists Music and Records Group, Inc.
Painting ©1975, Don McLean.
Recorded live in Manchester, Bristol and Oxford, England.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (A-side runout stamped): UAD 60139 A -1U
Matrix / Runout (B-side runout stamped): UAD 60139 B -2U
Matrix / Runout (C-side runout stamped): UAD 60140 A -1U
Matrix / Runout (D-side runout stamped): UAD 60140 B -2U
Matrix / Runout (A-side label): UAD 60139 A
Matrix / Runout (B-side label): UAD 60139 B
Matrix / Runout (C-side label): UAD 60140 A
Matrix / Runout (D-side label): UAD 60140 B
Other (All labels, in brackets): UALA 652
Don McLean - Solo (1976) Original UK Sterling Pressing - 2 LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
Don McLean - Solo (1976) Original UK Sterling Pressing - 2 LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
Don McLean - Solo (1976) Original UK Sterling Pressing - 2 LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
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Vinyl Condition: EX+
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Don McLean’s final album for United Artists was a musical tour de force, and the best self-contained account of the full breadth of McLean’s talent. Recorded live in England, in Manchester, Bristol, London, and Oxford, the 26 songs encompassed not only the artist’s best-known work, but also many of his personal favorites, among them works by other composers (including Bob Dylan’s “Masters of War”). All the songs are done solo by McLean on acoustic guitar and banjo, performing in a loose, freewheeling style more appropriate to a folk performance at a small club than a rock concert — except that McLean was doing these performances to tens of thousands of people at a time. He ranges freely across his repertory, including a loose yet sincere rendition of “American Pie” and a stunning version of “Till Tomorrow” (his encore), through “The Arkansas Traveller” and “Homeless Brother” to “Castles in the Air,” the last in a version that makes the studio recording seem cold and sterile. Ironically, given that it’s one of the best records he ever put out and a great capstone to his career at United Artists, Solo was the only album he ever did for the label that never charted, in either England or America, possibly because it was a double-LP and very expensive, and was also issued just late enough into the 1970s to run into the twin juggernauts of punk and disco.Review by Bruce Eder, allmusic.com
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