- Audio CD (May 29 2001)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Madacy Inc.
- ASIN: B00005AMME
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #209,849 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. It's Been A Long Time |
| 2. House Of Cards |
| 3. Song For The South |
| 4. Steve Forbert's Moon River |
| 5. Lonesome Cowboy Bill's Song |
| 6. In The Jailhouse Now #1 |
| 7. On, Camille |
| 8. Witch Blues |
| 9. Poor Boy |
| 10. Planet Earth Song |
| 11. Smoke Windows |
| 12. One Short Year Gone By |
| 13. Get That Vagabond Feeling |
| 14. Leaving Blues |
| 15. I Will Be There (When Your Train Comes To The Station) |
| 16. I Don't Know |
| 17. The Weekend |
| 18. No Use Running From The Blues |
| 19. Suspicion |
| 20. Thirty Thousand Men |
Product Description
From Amazon.com
"These stories aren't that far from where I'm now standing," the 46-year-old singer-songwriter reflects in the liner notes to this collection of early outtakes. He's right. Forbert's first four albums established him as much more than a Dylan or Springsteen imitator: His blend of southern romanticism and bittersweet innocence made for an idiosyncratic folk-rock style that he's never really abandoned. These once-shelved tracks, recorded between 1979 and 1981, still sound fresh, and though most of the arrangements feature ace players (notably members of the Skeletons), Forbert's gently wry voice and harmonica are always front and center. Most importantly, the songs have that uniquely Forbertesque spirit. "Get That Vagabond Feeling" is as sweet and evocative as "Romeo's Tune," Forbert's biggest hit, while "House of Cards," with the lines "We're all left with a whole lot of truth," bids an aching, wise farewell to Elvis. Like a scrapbook of Polaroids and poems, Young, Guitar Days offers a touching portrait of the artist as a young dreamer, a worthy collection of images, stories, and melodies in its own right. --Roy Kasten
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Like a Greatest Hits from a Parallel Universe,
By Kenneth J Carson (New England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Young Guitar Days (Audio CD)
I just recently bought a greatest hits of Steve Forbert based on the memory of Romeo's Tune, and loved the whole thing. Now I have this album of "outtakes" from his early career, and it's every bit as good! Why these never made it to an album before is a mystery... it has 70 minutes of thoughtful and appealing music.
5.0 out of 5 stars
If these are the outakes......,
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This review is from: Young Guitar Days (Audio CD)
I can't think of a single song I'd want replaced on Steve Forbert's brilliant debut album "Alive On Arrival", but I could dang sure plug any number of the songs on this outake collection throughout his next three releases. What an incredible supply of great songs the man must have had stored up in his early days to allow for a release of this magnitude now. The young, precocious Steve Forbert was a virtual font of great sounding, heartfelt tunes about a small town boy in the great big city.Hand picked by Steve himself, this generous 20 song CD deserves the attention of both his recent fans, and of course, all the Forbert die hards to whom he has given so much pleasure over the years. "Planet Earth Song", "Smoky Windows", and "Thirty Thousand Men" are great songs that deserve to stand proudly in the Steve Forbert canon. Do I sound like I like this CD enough? It's great! He's great! And I see there's a live CD on the horizon too. Forbert fans and all who like folk/rock/country blues/singer songwriting etc. etc. ,well, this is the guy, and this is a terrific example of why.
5.0 out of 5 stars
timeless masterpieces,
By A Customer
This review is from: Young Guitar Days (Audio CD)
This is truly a great collection of songs that have well withstood the test of time (in solitude nonetheless). There are at least a handful of gems on this CD as good as any SF has ever released. If I can guess correctly from the production, some of these so called outtakes are better than some of the songs on the albums they were originally intended for! I would highly recommend this CD for long-time and new fans. These are fully produced songs left off albums and not demos, so the sound quality is superb. It is incredible that these have never been released.
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