Chris Smither - Honeysuckle Dog (2004) Recorded in 1972-1973
Chris Smither - Honeysuckle Dog (2004) Recorded in 1972-1973
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 247 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 102 Mb | Scans ~ 63 Mb
Folk-Blues, Folk-Rock | Label: Forever Heavenly (EMI) | # FHVN4LP CD | 00:44:44
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 247 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 102 Mb | Scans ~ 63 Mb
Folk-Blues, Folk-Rock | Label: Forever Heavenly (EMI) | # FHVN4LP CD | 00:44:44
Rock is teeming with Great Lost Albums. Mostly they gather dust in a vault somewhere, the odd song resurfacing on future projects. Smither's buried gem was recorded in 1973 in New York with impressive guests including Dr John and Little Feat's Lowell George. The non-appearance of his third album for Poppy - after the label went under and its backers kept the tapes - led to a downward spiral that put paid to most of the 1970s.
Unearthed by Heavenly Records 32 years on, it sounds remarkably fresh. There's a definite early 70s feel to the production on band songs such as Sunshine Lady - part Tim Hardin but a bigger part Poppy, since the same sheen was added to Smither's labelmate Townes Van Zandt. But the spare, exquisitely played, bittersweet solo voice-and-guitar songs - Smither's own plus excellent covers of Randy Newman (Guilty) and Bessie Smith (Jailhouse Blues) - are timeless.Review by Sylvie Simmons, The Guardian
Whether you call this previously unreleased collection Chris Smither's lost album or just an artifact of the early-'70s singer-songwriter scare, the pleasures it offers are evident, if not always essential. Some of the songs would be rerecorded in tighter versions for 1984's It Ain't Easy (although Lowell George's slide work on "Rosalie" and "It Ain't Easy" is brilliant) while others are reprised and improved versions of songs from Smither's first two records (I'm a Stranger Too and Don't It Drag On); the wistful original "Braden River" has never been heard before or since. The jazz-folk settings on half the cuts echo early Tim Hardin or Tim Buckley, but Smither's signature, delicately ornamented guitar work is in full-bloom–no other singer-songwriter at the time could begin to transform Bessie Smith's "Jailhouse Blues" the way he does. Die-hard fans will likely find this set a modest revelation.Roy Kasten, Amazon.com Editorial Review
Chris Smither at Allmusic
Chris Smither at Wiki
Tracks 5, 10 and 12 recorded at Bearsville Sound, Woodstock, New York City in December 1972.
All other selections recorded at The Hit Factory, New York City in the spring of 1973.
Tracklist:
01. Sunshine Lady (3:55)
02. Tribute to Mississippi John Hurt (3:44)
03. Honeysuckle Dog (4:07)
04. Rattlesnake Preacher (4:43)
05. Rosalie (3:09)
06. Guilty (2:16)
07. It Ain't Easy (4:01)
08. Lonely Time (3:27)
09. Homunculus (3:14)
10. Braden River (3:45)
11. Steel Guitar (2:44)
12. Jailhouse Blues (5:40)
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EAC extraction logfile from 30. August 2018, 22:58
Chris Smither / Honeysuckle Dog
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11 | 36:20.00 | 2:44.33 | 163500 | 175832
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Track 5
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Track 6
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Track 12
Filename E:\Torrents of Autumn\Smither, Chris [2004] Honeysuckle Dog (1972-1973 recordings)\12. Jailhouse Blues.wav
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==== Log checksum 1F665700C989C0CDA901492931D1E325DD8F34D703461CA91E30DA1086635C11 ====
EAC extraction logfile from 30. August 2018, 22:58
Chris Smither / Honeysuckle Dog
Used drive : ASUS BW-12D1S-U Adapter: 1 ID: 1
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 667
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 : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\FLAC\FLAC.EXE
Additional command line options : -V -8 -T "Genre=%genre%" -T "Artist=%artist%" -T "Title=%title%" -T "Album=%albumtitle%" -T "Date=%year%" -T "Tracknumber=%tracknr%" -T "Comment=%comment%" %source%
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
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2 | 3:54.48 | 3:43.60 | 17598 | 34382
3 | 7:38.33 | 4:07.03 | 34383 | 52910
4 | 11:45.36 | 4:43.01 | 52911 | 74136
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7 | 21:53.11 | 4:00.44 | 98486 | 116529
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11 | 36:20.00 | 2:44.33 | 163500 | 175832
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Track 7
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Track 11
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DR9 -0.95 dB -12.35 dB 3:44 02-Tribute to Mississippi John Hurt
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Chris Smither - Honeysuckle Dog (2004) Recorded in 1972-1973
Chris Smither - Honeysuckle Dog (2004) Recorded in 1972-1973
