Gram Parsons - GP (1973) [MFSL, 2012]

Artist: Gram Parsons
Title Of Album: GP
Year Of Release: 1973 [MFSL, 2012]
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (UDSACD 2058)
Genre: Rock, Folk Rock
Quality: WavPack (image+.cue+log)
Bitrate: Lossless
Total Time: 38:59
Total Size: 254 MB (Scans)


GP is American singer-songwriter Gram Parsons' debut solo album. Working with a crack band of L.A. and Nashville's finest (including James Burton on guitar, Ronnie Tutt on drums, Byron Berline on fiddle, and Glen D. Hardin on piano), he drew from them a sound that merged breezy confidence with deeply felt Southern soul, and he in turn pulled off some of his most subtle and finely detailed vocal performances; "She" and "A Song for You," in particular, are masterful examples of passion finding balance with understatement. Parsons also discovered that rare artist with whom he can be said to have genuinely collaborated (rather than played beside), Emmylou Harris; Gram and Harris' spot-on harmonies and exchanged verses on "We'll Sweep out the Ashes in the Morning" and "That's All It Took" are achingly beautiful and instantly established her as one country music's most gifted vocalists. On G.P., Parsons' ambitious vision encompassed hard-country weepers, wistful ballads, uptempo dance tunes, and even horn-driven rhythm and blues. He managed to make them all work, both as individual tunes and as a unified whole. If it falls just short of being his greatest work (an honor that goes to the Flying Burrito Brothers' The Gilded Palace of Sin) thanks to a couple songs that are a bit too oblique for their own good ("The New Soft Shoe" may be beautiful, but who knows just what it's supposed to be about), this album remains a haunting reminder of Parsons' talent and influence, and has only gotten better with the passing years.

Tracklist:

01. Still Feeling Blue
02. We'll Sweep out the Ashes in the Morning
03. A Song for You
04. Streets of Baltimore
05. She
06. That's All It Took
07. The New Soft Shoe
08. Kiss the Children
09. Cry One More Time
10. How Much I've Lied
11. Big Mouth Blues


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