CD Logging
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the_rckA number of these, I forgot to write up immediately, and they didn't stick in my memory enough for me to have anything to say after the fact, good or bad. That means there are quite a few titles with no comments. I didn't like any of those well enough to put them on my Amazon wishlist, but I also don't remember outright hating any of them.
Appalachian Mountain Gospel - I enjoyed this but probably not enough to buy it.
Baez, Joan. Bowery Songs.
Baez, Joan. Gone From Danger.
Banjo Collection: 25 Bluegrass Banjo Favorites - I liked this one a lot. It's another that I listened to several times. I took the names from the track list and searched all of them in the library catalog. I didn't find a lot, but I did find some stuff. With luck, I'll like some of it as well as I did this.
Belafonte, Harry. All Time Greatest Hits vol. 3 - For some reason, the library has volumes 1 and 3 of this but not volume 2. Go figure. I enjoyed this one.
Ben & Jerry's Newport Folk Festival.
Berline, Byron. Flat Broke Fiddler - Pleasant but not memorable.
Black Banjo Songsters of North Carolina & Virginia.
Bluegrass Pride.
Chapman, Tracy. Telling Stories - I like Chapman's voice, but she sings (very well!) about pain. I can't always take that. I want to listen to this album again to see if I can tease out what I like and don't like about it.
Chieftans. The Bells of Dublin - I didn't realize this was Christmas music when I put the hold on it (I failed to look at the call number. That would have told me). I listened to it anyway, out of season though it is. I'm not going to run out and buy a copy, but it was decent Christmas music.
Chieftans. The Essential Chieftans - I liked the first CD of this better than the second. The first was just the Chieftans. The second was them with various other people, and not all of those songs worked for me.
Chieftans. The Long Black Veil - This is the Chieftans with a bunch of other people. I didn't really care for it.
Chieftans. Voice of Ages - This is another CD with the Chieftans collaborating with a lot of different people. Not really for me.
A Child's Celebration of Rock 'n' Roll.
A Child's Celebration of Showtunes - I knew all of the songs on this one, many of them well enough to sing along. That left me favorably inclined toward the CD just because singing along is fun. I can't say that this one was particularly inspired, however.
Clawhammer Banjo volume 3 - Pleasant but not memorable.
Echoes from the Mountainside.
Eurythmics. Peace - I bought this one from the Friends of the Library book sale for $2 on the strength of having liked the Eurythmics' first album thirty or so years ago. I stopped listening to top 40 radio stations round about 1986, so I have little knowledge of that sort of music after that.
Flatt, Lester and Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys. Foggy Mountain Banjo.
Flesher, Bob. Old-Time Clawhammer Banjo - I liked this one well enough, but half an hour later, I'd utterly forgotten it. I'm not sorry to have listened to it, but I feel no need to hear it again.
The Golden Age of Bluegrass - I enjoyed this. It's a pity the library doesn't have much (if anything) by most of these artists.
Hassler, Carrie and Hard Rain. Carrie Hassler and Hard Rain - I think, with repeated listenings, I could quite like this, but it didn't grab me strongly on first hearing.
High Lonesome - This is a soundtrack. It's got songs on it by people whose other stuff I've enjoyed, so I was optimistic. I liked it, but I didn't fall in love with it. I will probably listen to it once more before I take it back to the library, time permitting. I want to listen again to decide whether or not it's worth putting on my Amazon wishlist.
Jones, Clay. Mountain Tradition - I enjoyed this.
Khaled, Cheb. Aiysha - This really wasn't my sort of thing. I didn't object to listening to it. I just didn't connect with it. Maybe I should listen to it again to see if I appreciate it more on a second listening.
Krauss, Alison. Now That I've Found You - Generally nice. Nothing stood out to me, but I enjoyed having it on while I did chores.
Krauss, Alison and Union Station. Every Time You Say Goodbye - Enjoyable but nothing grabbed me about it, even on a second listen.
Lauper, Cyndi. Wanna Have Fun - This is a short album and overlaps with the other Lauper album I have (She's so Unusual) by three songs. If it had cost more than $2, I'd regret the purchase, but as it is, I'm not displeased.
Lightfoot, Gordon. Complete Greatest Hits - As I expected, I enjoyed this. Few, if any, of the songs were new to me.
Lightfoot, Gordon. Salute - I can tell that, if I listened to this a few times, I'd really enjoy it. As it was, I knew none of the songs, so I lacked the comfort of being able to sing along.
Long Journey Home - This is a soundtrack. I think it came up in my library searching because the Chieftans did one song. This one didn't really work for me.
Martin, Steve and the Steep Canyon Rangers. Rare Bird Alert - I quite liked this.
McKennitt, Loreena. The Book of Secrets - McKennitt's performances are pretty, but I don't love them. I find it difficult to follow her lyrics, and that matters to me. This album has a long song based on the poem, "The Highwayman." I dislike that poem, so I disliked the song.
McKennitt, Loreena. A Mediterranean Odyssey - This consists of two CDs, From Istanbul to Athens and The Olive and the Cedar. This wasn't awful, but I take it as a bad sign that I felt like it went on and on and on. McKennitt is another artist who was pushed at me many years ago. I thought I'd give her another try. The library has quite a few of her albums, so I'll try a few.
O Brother Where Art Thou? - I tried to watch this movie once and hated it, but I remembered liking the music, so I checked this one out of the library. As it turns out, I like some of the music and don't care for the rest. Mainly, what I got from this was the correct spelling of Alison Krauss' name (I'd thought the library had nothing because I left off an s).
Peace Is the World Smiling.
Reischman, John and the Jaybirds. Field Guide - I liked this one.
Reischman, John and the Jaybirds. Stellar Jays - This album made little impression on me. I'm not sure if I wasn't paying attention or if I simply like Field Guide better.
Reno, Don and Red Smiley. On the Air - This CD is excerpts from a radio show, so there's a lot of talking. The sound quality also wasn't the best. I didn't hate this, but I also didn't much like it.
Reno, Don and Red Smiley. Strictly Instrumental - I liked this one a great deal.
Rogers, Sally. We'll Pass Them On - I keep hoping that I'll find a Sally Rogers album that I love as much as I do The Unclaimed Pint. I think I own them all now, so I'm out of luck. I enjoyed this one and will listen to it again, but I didn't love it.
Seeger, Pete. American Industrial Ballads - I liked Seeger's performance, but the songs depressed me. So little has changed. Well, a lot has changed, just not poverty. People work so damned hard and get nowhere.
Seeger, Pete. "Live in '65" - I enjoyed this one. Seeger has a charming stage presence, and I like listening to him interact with an audience.
Smiley, Red. The Best of Red Smiley - I liked this.
Songs of Protest - I didn't expect to like this one very much because the weight of too many protest songs all in a lump tends to put me off. I enjoyed some of the individual songs, but, taken all together, they were a bit too much.
Southern Journey Vol. 4: Brethren, We Meet Again: Southern White Spirituals - I didn't really care for this one.
Springsteen, Bruce. We Shall Overcome - Bruce Springsteen and friends recorded this as a tribute to Pete Seeger, so it came up when I searched for Pete Seeger. I thought I'd try it. It wasn't really my sort of thing. I didn't object to it, but I wouldn't seek it out to hear again. I think it was the vocal quality more than the songs.
Stanley Brothers. Earliest Recordings: The Complete Rich-R-Tone 78s.
A Story to Tell: Powerful Songs from the Coffee House.
Tate, Clarence "Tater." 20 Bluegrass Fiddle Classics.
They Might Be Giants. Factory Showroom - Most of the They Might Be Giants albums I have are kids' stuff that we acquired when Cordelia was younger. I picked up this one and Lincoln for a couple of dollars each. This was worth the investment. I don't think I'm going to rush out and buy lots more TMBG, but I'll enjoy these songs when they come up on random play.
They Might Be Giants. Lincoln - Ditto what I said about Factory Showroom.
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. Greatest Hits - I bought this based on recognizing one song that I used to have as a 45. I suspected that I'd know other songs on listening, and I was right. I know about a third of the songs. "The Waiting" is the only one I absolutely wanted, but I'm not sorry to have the others.
Trischka, Tony. Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular - I liked this.
Vega, Suzanne. Solitude Standing - I think all of the songs here are on Solitude Standing Live at the Barbican which I listened to first. This is one of the albums that dates back to my college days and so has songs that are familiar to me.
Vega, Suzanne. Solitude Standing Live at the Barbican - The original Solitude Standing has a waitlist, and I don't remember much about it. I recognized several songs, so I assume I've heard the original more than once. These performances were pretty good. I'm not sure (and won't be until I listen to it) which I'd prefer to have, this recording or the original album. Having both seems like overkill when I don't adore Suzanne Vega. I wouldn't mind having one or the other, though.
Vega, Suzanne. Songs in Red and Gray - I followed along with most of the songs, using the printed lyrics on the insert. I think I liked this one better than I otherwise would because I did that. I'm not sure why I took against Vega two and a half decades ago. I like what I'm hearing now.
Wiseman, Mac. The Best of Mac Wiseman.
Appalachian Mountain Gospel - I enjoyed this but probably not enough to buy it.
Baez, Joan. Bowery Songs.
Baez, Joan. Gone From Danger.
Banjo Collection: 25 Bluegrass Banjo Favorites - I liked this one a lot. It's another that I listened to several times. I took the names from the track list and searched all of them in the library catalog. I didn't find a lot, but I did find some stuff. With luck, I'll like some of it as well as I did this.
Belafonte, Harry. All Time Greatest Hits vol. 3 - For some reason, the library has volumes 1 and 3 of this but not volume 2. Go figure. I enjoyed this one.
Ben & Jerry's Newport Folk Festival.
Berline, Byron. Flat Broke Fiddler - Pleasant but not memorable.
Black Banjo Songsters of North Carolina & Virginia.
Bluegrass Pride.
Chapman, Tracy. Telling Stories - I like Chapman's voice, but she sings (very well!) about pain. I can't always take that. I want to listen to this album again to see if I can tease out what I like and don't like about it.
Chieftans. The Bells of Dublin - I didn't realize this was Christmas music when I put the hold on it (I failed to look at the call number. That would have told me). I listened to it anyway, out of season though it is. I'm not going to run out and buy a copy, but it was decent Christmas music.
Chieftans. The Essential Chieftans - I liked the first CD of this better than the second. The first was just the Chieftans. The second was them with various other people, and not all of those songs worked for me.
Chieftans. The Long Black Veil - This is the Chieftans with a bunch of other people. I didn't really care for it.
Chieftans. Voice of Ages - This is another CD with the Chieftans collaborating with a lot of different people. Not really for me.
A Child's Celebration of Rock 'n' Roll.
A Child's Celebration of Showtunes - I knew all of the songs on this one, many of them well enough to sing along. That left me favorably inclined toward the CD just because singing along is fun. I can't say that this one was particularly inspired, however.
Clawhammer Banjo volume 3 - Pleasant but not memorable.
Echoes from the Mountainside.
Eurythmics. Peace - I bought this one from the Friends of the Library book sale for $2 on the strength of having liked the Eurythmics' first album thirty or so years ago. I stopped listening to top 40 radio stations round about 1986, so I have little knowledge of that sort of music after that.
Flatt, Lester and Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys. Foggy Mountain Banjo.
Flesher, Bob. Old-Time Clawhammer Banjo - I liked this one well enough, but half an hour later, I'd utterly forgotten it. I'm not sorry to have listened to it, but I feel no need to hear it again.
The Golden Age of Bluegrass - I enjoyed this. It's a pity the library doesn't have much (if anything) by most of these artists.
Hassler, Carrie and Hard Rain. Carrie Hassler and Hard Rain - I think, with repeated listenings, I could quite like this, but it didn't grab me strongly on first hearing.
High Lonesome - This is a soundtrack. It's got songs on it by people whose other stuff I've enjoyed, so I was optimistic. I liked it, but I didn't fall in love with it. I will probably listen to it once more before I take it back to the library, time permitting. I want to listen again to decide whether or not it's worth putting on my Amazon wishlist.
Jones, Clay. Mountain Tradition - I enjoyed this.
Khaled, Cheb. Aiysha - This really wasn't my sort of thing. I didn't object to listening to it. I just didn't connect with it. Maybe I should listen to it again to see if I appreciate it more on a second listening.
Krauss, Alison. Now That I've Found You - Generally nice. Nothing stood out to me, but I enjoyed having it on while I did chores.
Krauss, Alison and Union Station. Every Time You Say Goodbye - Enjoyable but nothing grabbed me about it, even on a second listen.
Lauper, Cyndi. Wanna Have Fun - This is a short album and overlaps with the other Lauper album I have (She's so Unusual) by three songs. If it had cost more than $2, I'd regret the purchase, but as it is, I'm not displeased.
Lightfoot, Gordon. Complete Greatest Hits - As I expected, I enjoyed this. Few, if any, of the songs were new to me.
Lightfoot, Gordon. Salute - I can tell that, if I listened to this a few times, I'd really enjoy it. As it was, I knew none of the songs, so I lacked the comfort of being able to sing along.
Long Journey Home - This is a soundtrack. I think it came up in my library searching because the Chieftans did one song. This one didn't really work for me.
Martin, Steve and the Steep Canyon Rangers. Rare Bird Alert - I quite liked this.
McKennitt, Loreena. The Book of Secrets - McKennitt's performances are pretty, but I don't love them. I find it difficult to follow her lyrics, and that matters to me. This album has a long song based on the poem, "The Highwayman." I dislike that poem, so I disliked the song.
McKennitt, Loreena. A Mediterranean Odyssey - This consists of two CDs, From Istanbul to Athens and The Olive and the Cedar. This wasn't awful, but I take it as a bad sign that I felt like it went on and on and on. McKennitt is another artist who was pushed at me many years ago. I thought I'd give her another try. The library has quite a few of her albums, so I'll try a few.
O Brother Where Art Thou? - I tried to watch this movie once and hated it, but I remembered liking the music, so I checked this one out of the library. As it turns out, I like some of the music and don't care for the rest. Mainly, what I got from this was the correct spelling of Alison Krauss' name (I'd thought the library had nothing because I left off an s).
Peace Is the World Smiling.
Reischman, John and the Jaybirds. Field Guide - I liked this one.
Reischman, John and the Jaybirds. Stellar Jays - This album made little impression on me. I'm not sure if I wasn't paying attention or if I simply like Field Guide better.
Reno, Don and Red Smiley. On the Air - This CD is excerpts from a radio show, so there's a lot of talking. The sound quality also wasn't the best. I didn't hate this, but I also didn't much like it.
Reno, Don and Red Smiley. Strictly Instrumental - I liked this one a great deal.
Rogers, Sally. We'll Pass Them On - I keep hoping that I'll find a Sally Rogers album that I love as much as I do The Unclaimed Pint. I think I own them all now, so I'm out of luck. I enjoyed this one and will listen to it again, but I didn't love it.
Seeger, Pete. American Industrial Ballads - I liked Seeger's performance, but the songs depressed me. So little has changed. Well, a lot has changed, just not poverty. People work so damned hard and get nowhere.
Seeger, Pete. "Live in '65" - I enjoyed this one. Seeger has a charming stage presence, and I like listening to him interact with an audience.
Smiley, Red. The Best of Red Smiley - I liked this.
Songs of Protest - I didn't expect to like this one very much because the weight of too many protest songs all in a lump tends to put me off. I enjoyed some of the individual songs, but, taken all together, they were a bit too much.
Southern Journey Vol. 4: Brethren, We Meet Again: Southern White Spirituals - I didn't really care for this one.
Springsteen, Bruce. We Shall Overcome - Bruce Springsteen and friends recorded this as a tribute to Pete Seeger, so it came up when I searched for Pete Seeger. I thought I'd try it. It wasn't really my sort of thing. I didn't object to it, but I wouldn't seek it out to hear again. I think it was the vocal quality more than the songs.
Stanley Brothers. Earliest Recordings: The Complete Rich-R-Tone 78s.
A Story to Tell: Powerful Songs from the Coffee House.
Tate, Clarence "Tater." 20 Bluegrass Fiddle Classics.
They Might Be Giants. Factory Showroom - Most of the They Might Be Giants albums I have are kids' stuff that we acquired when Cordelia was younger. I picked up this one and Lincoln for a couple of dollars each. This was worth the investment. I don't think I'm going to rush out and buy lots more TMBG, but I'll enjoy these songs when they come up on random play.
They Might Be Giants. Lincoln - Ditto what I said about Factory Showroom.
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. Greatest Hits - I bought this based on recognizing one song that I used to have as a 45. I suspected that I'd know other songs on listening, and I was right. I know about a third of the songs. "The Waiting" is the only one I absolutely wanted, but I'm not sorry to have the others.
Trischka, Tony. Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular - I liked this.
Vega, Suzanne. Solitude Standing - I think all of the songs here are on Solitude Standing Live at the Barbican which I listened to first. This is one of the albums that dates back to my college days and so has songs that are familiar to me.
Vega, Suzanne. Solitude Standing Live at the Barbican - The original Solitude Standing has a waitlist, and I don't remember much about it. I recognized several songs, so I assume I've heard the original more than once. These performances were pretty good. I'm not sure (and won't be until I listen to it) which I'd prefer to have, this recording or the original album. Having both seems like overkill when I don't adore Suzanne Vega. I wouldn't mind having one or the other, though.
Vega, Suzanne. Songs in Red and Gray - I followed along with most of the songs, using the printed lyrics on the insert. I think I liked this one better than I otherwise would because I did that. I'm not sure why I took against Vega two and a half decades ago. I like what I'm hearing now.
Wiseman, Mac. The Best of Mac Wiseman.
