Music CD - John Prine: Great Days: The John Prine Anthology

	Music CD: Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Artist: John Prine List Price: $31.98 Our Price: $21.70 Your Save: $ 10.28 ( 32% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
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Tracks: 1. Illegal Smile 2. Spanish Pipedream 3. Hello In There 4. Sam Stone 5. Paradise 6. Donald And Lydia 7. The Late John Garfield Blues 8. Yes I Guess They Oughta Name A Drink After You 9. The Great Compromise 10. Sweet Revenge 11. Please Don't Bury Me 12. Christmas In Prison 13. Dear Abby (Live) 14. Blue Umbrella 15. Common Sense 16. Come Back To Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard 17. Saddle In The Rain 18. He Was In Heaven Before He Died 19. Fish And Whistle 20. That's The Way That The World Goes 'Round 21. Bruised Orange (Chain Of Sorrow)
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0081227140021 Label: Atlantic / Wea Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: Atlantic / Wea Release Date: 1993-08-17 Studio: Atlantic / Wea
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Ch##st, I love John Prine Comment: I was exposed to Prine when I was about 19 years-old, but never really paid him much mind. At 37 I purchased this little box set and fell in love. It had all the stuff I loved. I was specifically looking for Lake Marie (A majestic ballad not on this set. . . .) But I found so much gold here I couldn't pass it up. I saw John in concert in Denver recently. He said his guitar was sick and needed some work. He had the guitar tech send out another one. This instrument, he said, was Steve Goodman's guitar. "Man I miss Steve," he said. Then he began to play Souvenirs. I can listen to the Steve Goodman/John Prine duet on Souvenirs captured on this set over and over and over again. Angel From Montgomery is also precious. There is not a bad song from the set. There is a hit out by Robert Plant and Allison Krause that contains Killing the Blues. Listen to John's version - I am torn which I prefer. Regardless, buy this set. It is so comprehensive you will come back and purchase the whole catalog. Why John isn't more of an American institution, I will never know. Customer Rating: Summary: not so much Comment: I got introduced to JP with his Fair and Square cd. Brilliant! So I read the reviews on this one and went for it. I like some of the songs but not as much as I anticipated. It is hard to listen to much because the mix is awful. His vocals are buried so deep in the music to the point of being hard to hear. The live cuts work the best. Must of had a different engineer. Customer Rating: Summary: Great album! Comment: I have had this CD set for about 6 years, and remains one of my favorites. If you aren't familiar with his work, take a moment to listen to a couple of clips. Customer Rating: Summary: Fishin' 'n' Whistlin'! Comment: Doesn't have a lot of his newer stuff, but this is *THE* "Best Of" That you will ever need! 'Nuff said.... Customer Rating: Summary: Great Days is GREAT Comment: This Anthology is wonderful. I have enjoyed hours of listening. It shipped very promptly and arrived in great condition. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: If you buy Great Days: The John Prine Anthology, you may live to regret it. He's probably the best American folk-song lyricist of his generation, mixing low-key poignancy and deadpan humor in perfect proportions. His musical limitations serve to reinforce the understated nature of his art, and his short, plain-spoken lines (written in the offhand conversational style of his Midwestern and Appalachian characters) sneak through the back door of your imagination and won't leave. So where does the regret come in? Well, as you listen to the 41 songs arranged chronologically on these two CDs, you're going to ask yourself, "If someone can write 41 songs as good as these, isn't there a good chance he wrote more than 41?" After hearing the anthology's six songs from Prine's 1971 debut album, for example, you may decide to go out and buy that album itself. After you hear songs as delightful as "Pretty Good" and "Your Flag Decal," which didn't find their way into the collection, you may soon find yourself hunting down all 10 of Prine's original studio albums. Then you may regret having bought Great Days. --Geoffrey Himes