markv
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Post by markv on Jul 9, 2015 9:11:26 GMT -5
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Post by erik on Jul 9, 2015 9:16:18 GMT -5
Well they got two things wrong. First of all, there's no "Homesick Blues", but "Lovesick Blues" (which ironically is a Tin Pan Alley song made into a C&W classic by Hank Williams).
The second thing is that they didn't even mention the song on Silk Purse that is so indelibly connected with Linda, and that of course is "Long Long Time."
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Post by markv on Jul 9, 2015 9:37:11 GMT -5
I just thought it was nice that they called it an album they loved.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2015 11:46:09 GMT -5
It was obviously meant as a complimentary mention, though I question whether it was 'never heard'. It may not have been a chartbuster, but it proved influential and popular enough to get Linda's solo career going..
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Post by eddiejinnj on Jul 9, 2015 14:09:11 GMT -5
I am pretty sure Linda appears on the next album on the list Mike Auldridge "Dobro". I will go check. There is a reason I associate Linda's name with his. I believe he has played on an album of hers. Am thinking Heart. I think he plays on "keep me from blowing away" since Auldridge was with the Seldom Scene. eddiejinnj
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Post by PoP80 on Jul 9, 2015 14:44:51 GMT -5
I think the album cover garnered more attention than the actual record at the time, but it's sort of a classic in retrospect.
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Post by sliderocker on Jul 11, 2015 11:52:03 GMT -5
It was obviously meant as a complimentary mention, though I question whether it was 'never heard'. It may not have been a chartbuster, but it proved influential and popular enough to get Linda's solo career going.. I think I remember reading somewhere that Silk Purse only sold something like 25,000 copies initially, which wasn't a lot and was a guarantee at the time for the album to have no further pressings and to be deleted. As for 'never heard,' except for Long, Long Time being a Top 40 hit on radio and a best selling 45, only a few of the other songs were performed by Linda on tv shows. I don't think those songs received any radio airplay and if they did, it would've been very limited. Rest of the songs on the album, I don't believe were ever played on radio. Country radio back in the early 70s wasn't like Top 40 pop-rock stations, some of which had no problems playing whole albums by certain albums. So, 'never heard' probably was an apt description, as it probably was only heard initially by those (like me) who bought it. There's one odd thing about the sales totals: those figures didn't include sales from the record club editions of the album, because they were bought through mail order rather sold through conventional store outlets. How many copies the record clubs may have sold is a number that can't be determined, but I remember one could still buy a copy of Evergreen, Vol. 2 in 1973 through Capitol's record club, even though that album was no longer being pressed at the time for store sales. Of course, Linda's 1975 superstar breakthrough resulted in her earlier solo albums and the first Stone Poneys album being reissued for a time. Why the two other Stone Poney albums were never reissued is a bit of a mystery, although the third Stone Poneys albums should be regarded as Linda's first solo album, since there were only two Stone Poney leftover songs on the album. How many additional copies were sold after Heart Like A Wheel, I don't think has ever been determined though I think I remember seeing a claim that it was in excess of 100,000 copies. With Linda's unofficial total sales placed at 45 million in US sales, it would be nice if the two main beneficiaries of those sales (Capitol and Asylum), submitted their books on Linda's albums for audits by the RIAA. The only reason I can think of as to why they haven't is perhaps Linda didn't receive her artist royalties. And any unpaid royalties would still be owed to the artist with interest owed as a penalty for the nonpayment. |
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Post by jhar26 on Jul 15, 2015 8:23:33 GMT -5
Nice that they give her a mention, but leaving aside a few tracks I think it's her worst album of the 1970's. It has a nice live-ish vibe about it though and I like the cover picture of an impossibly cute Linda with Jann Wenner and Dave Marsh.
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Post by Richard W on Jul 15, 2015 14:29:10 GMT -5
Nice that they give her a mention, but leaving aside a few tracks I think it's her worst album of the 1970's. It has a nice live-ish vibe about it though and I like the cover picture of an impossibly cute Linda with Jann Wenner and Dave Marsh. Hi-larious. The album indeed does have a raw quality about it, but for me the main issues with it are that I don't think the bulk of the songs are that good, and Linda doesn't seem to have control of (or know quite what to do with) her instrument and so sounds much of the time self-conscious, almost as if the voice were leading her. You can detect her burgeoning mastery of her gift on her next album, and by Don't Cry Now she's got the tiger by the tail and the voice and the song become one. |
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Post by erik on Jul 15, 2015 14:38:52 GMT -5
Quote by Richard W:
I also think it's because that, even with the quality of the Nashville session mafia (Area Code 615), she didn't seem to feel very comfortable with Nashville itself. However, no one should doubt what she or did with "Long Long Time", which was take it to the house, metaphorically speaking (nominated for the first of twenty-seven times at the Grammys).
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Post by daveb on Jul 26, 2015 7:55:15 GMT -5
Nice that they give her a mention, but leaving aside a few tracks I think it's her worst album of the 1970's. It has a nice live-ish vibe about it though and I like the cover picture of an impossibly cute Linda with Jann Wenner and Dave Marsh. Oh boy. Like I've said before, You must be too young to have bought this album when it came out. Or maybe you just haven't followed the development of artists very much.
Silk Purse was in the beginning of Linda's career. I'll never forget hearing Long Long Time on the radio and rushing out to buy it. It was my very first introduction to country style songs. It remains a favorite of mine in part because it was a time when Linda was growing, and so was I.
I feel there are a few albums of Linda's from later in her career that to me sound like attempts at remaining relevant and I don't listen to those though I hear them frequently praised here, so I guess I'm the odd one 
Dave
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Post by Goldie on Jul 26, 2015 10:00:04 GMT -5
Actually you are in good company daveb. It is natural for people to favor the music they heard at a certain time in their life...usually their teen years. I remember buying the Stone Poneys album when it came out and had to special order Hand Sown and Silk Purse because the record store (I had to take the bus to the town that had the store) kept selling out. Every time I went there they sold their last copy so I finally paid in advance. By the time Silk Purse came out the record store actually called me before I called them. I was a fixture there and made sure they ordered and stocked lots of Linda. I was in hog heaven for Silk Purse.
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Post by rick on Nov 2, 2022 4:29:54 GMT -5
This same YouTuber did "Hand Sown, Home Grown" a couple weeks ago and his take on that album is under that thread. Here is "Silk Purse" --
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Post by eddiejinnj on Nov 2, 2022 7:54:13 GMT -5
He really is very comfortable talking at length about Linda. He is interesting to listen to. Thanks. eddiejinnj
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Post by Partridge on Nov 2, 2022 11:08:36 GMT -5
Lester Bang?
Gary White = Gary Wright?
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