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Songbird: Rare Tracks and Forgotten Gems
by Emmylou Harris
from Rhino Records

Features:

• Special Edition

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• STOP MOANING
  about the packaging! Listen to the music!
  I have read many of the reviews of this collection and totally and absolutely agree about the quality, both of Emmylou's singing and of the choice of input, of this package. To my amateur and tone deaf ear (my wife says) this is one of the most beautiful and moving collections of music that one can hear, in any genre.
  Another thing, just look at those photographs in the booklet! Emmylou is such a beautiful woman too; in some pictures those eyes are... more info

• Rare Tracks and Forgotten Gems- Emmylou Harris
  This is a great collection of Emmylou's work.
  Unfortunately there is not a big support base here in Australia for Emmylou and it is great to be able to get her music from you. I am impressed with the quality of your business and the handling of my order.
  Thank you very much.
  Butch Semmler - Australia

• a tapestry of gems
  one of the many reasons Emmylou fans will want this collection is the set of tracks making their debut on CD including several from Evangeline and Thirteen, along with songs from her early folk period and demos. there are also duets from tributes and other artists' albums (yes, i am a dinosaur), and several songs that have always belonged in collections but never managed to be included, like Sorrow in the Wind. each of the CDs is so beautiful and packed with good songs that it is overwhelming, and points... more info

• PACKAGING
  I do agree with people who are complaining about the packaging; why does Rhino--which CATERS to the collector--put together such shoddy packaging?
  Hip-O Select has SLEEVES, which keep the surface of the cd pristine. That said, I'm obsessive compulsive, and also PRACTICAL...take the cds out ONCE, and put them in slim-line jewel cases. I do that with all cds that come in cardboard; I even do it with cds and dvd that overlap in cramped box sets. THAT WAY YOU'RE NOT TAKING THEM IN AND OUT OVER AND OVER... more info

Tracks:

1. Clocks (alternate version)
2. The Angels Rejoiced Last Night (Gram Parsons)
3. The Old Country Baptizing (Gram Parsons & The Fallen Angels)
4. Coats of Many Colors
5. For No One
6. Ooh Las Vegas
7. Satan's Jewel Crown
8. Tulsa Queen
9. My Songbird
10. Green Rolling Hills
11. One Paper Kid with Willie Nelson
12. Sorrow In The Wind
13. Rough And Rocky
14. Jordan
15. Darkets Hour Is Just Before Dawn
16. Ashes by Now

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