Showing posts with label San Francisco. Show all posts
Showing posts with label San Francisco. Show all posts

Friday, April 22, 2011

David Rose: "San Francisco: My Enchanted City"


This is an amazing and delightful
concept album from 1958.

Music and Lyrics by Stephen and Libby McNeil,
Orchestra conducted by David Rose,
Narration by Don Sherwood,
and a host of fun, talented singers and actors.

Billboard's contemporaneous review HERE.

Monday, January 18, 2010

'Old and in the Way'



This delightful live album was recorded at The Boarding House in San Francisco, CA, in October 1973. The LP was released in February 1975. It is a great bluegrass experience, featuring the talents of Jerry Garcia (yes, THAT Jerry Garcia; i.e., of The Grateful Dead), Peter Rowan, Vassar Clemens, David Grisman, and John Kahn. The music is great fun, and Greg Irons' artwork on the album is priceless. In 1996, the Acoustic Archive Series released the rest of that live set on an album titled "That High Lonesome Sound."

The buyer of this album did fine by me. I should say he paid well because from my perspective these days I consider myself blessed if an album sells for more than fifty cents. Since this buyer spent more than nine dollars plus S&H (it traveled all the way from CA to OH), I count that as a bonus. On the other hand, who wouldn't want this LP in their collection?

Maybe I should buy it back...