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2011 two CD archive collection containing the singer/songwriter's earliest recordings, taped one year before his debut album, along with a live set and one unreleased song. Disc One is a August 1970 recording that finds John recording songs that would make up his first album at the WFMT studios in Chicago. These songs were recorded immediately after John's interview with the legendary Studs Terkel. Disc Two is a live set from November 1970--featuring versions of many of the same songs--recorded during John's residency at Chicago's Fifth Peg.
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Songs Being Born: Portrait Of An Artist As A Really Young Man, Oct 25 2011
By Why Not Dream - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Singing Mailman Delivers (Audio CD)
John Prine is well known now, but in 1970 and 1971, he was a young guy working at the Post Office in un-fancy Maywood, IL. He's walking his route everyday just outside of Chicago, making up rhymes and songs to break up the boredom. Nothing so special in that, right? Just a singing mailman, another guy singing on the job.He's delivering mail and writing down the words on his lunch break. A few of them show promise. A few more seem pretty good. Suddenly these amazing songs begin to blossom from his insights into peoples' lives -- the old people in Hello In There, young peoples' search for happiness and fun, the desire for fulfillment of the angel from Montgomery, the emptiness of Sam Stone and the hole in his arm, the devastation of a community by a giant coal company. He's both poignant and funny in exposing the irony of situations.
When I was young, I thought they were great songs filled with emotion. Forty years later, I listen to them and I'm amazed by their insights and wisdom, especially from someone in his early twenties.
The beauty of these two performances is in realizing their historical context. They are not a trove of recently discovered "new" songs, and you might be disappointed if that's what you're expecting. The two performances (one in a radio studio as a favor after an interview with the legendary Studs Terkel, the other at a small club in Chicago) are much more valuable for the way they peel back history.
Prine's humorous comments between songs in the 1971 live show are sharp and fresh enough to still make you laugh. These two discs are a valuable look at the act of creation of an incredible body of songs as they are being born.
It is a rare glimpse into what came before the beginning.
Thanks John.
19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
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a great addition to the collection, Oct 25 2011
By F. Hawkins "silentsun" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Singing Mailman Delivers (Audio CD)
The prior reviews covered it. I'm a long time fan too, and very much enjoy these albums. Go see John in person if you get a chance, and get on his fan club's email list (free) and buy better tickets thru them at the same price.
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PROMISES FULFILLED, Oct 25 2011
By DIRTBAG "DIRTBAG" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Singing Mailman Delivers (Audio CD)
Forty years ago I was introduced to John Prine's music, and he hasn't disappointed me yet. These tracks show an exceptional artist at the beginning of his career, and he's lived up to every promise. He observes all of our flaws, and allows us to laugh at ourselves along the way.Forty years on, and some 22 albums (including compilations and live material) later, I'm still hooked.
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