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Shady Grove (Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue) album cover
Jerry Garcia, David Grisman – Shady Grove
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab – MFSL 2-478
Series: Original Master Recording – , GAIN 2™ Ultra Analog LP 180g Series –
Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, 180g, Gatefold
Country: US
Released: 08 Sep 2017
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass, Folk, Country
Tracklist
Show Credits
A1 Shady Grove 4:19
A2 Stealin' 3:31
A3 Off To Sea Once More 5:48
B1 The Sweet Sunny South 3:25
B2 Louis Collins 5:57
B3 Fair Ellender 6:05
C1 Jackaroo 4:02
C2 Casey Jones 4:07
C3 Dreadful Wind And Rain 4:46
C4 I Truly Understand 3:40
D1 The Handsome Cabin Boy 6:13
D2 Whiskey In The Jar 4:14
D3 Down In The Valley 4:59
D4 Hesitation Blues 3:18
Companies, etc.
Recorded At – Dawg Studios
Mastered At – Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Lacquer Cut At – Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Mastered At – Record Technology Incorporated – 27421
Pressed By – Record Technology Incorporated
Produced For – Dawg Productions
Licensed From – Acoustic Disc
Distributed By – Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Acoustic Disc
Copyright (c) – Acoustic Disc
Copyright (c) – Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Inc.
Credits
Autoharp – Bryan Bowers (tracks: D3)
Bass – Jim Kerwin (tracks: A1 to A3, B2, C1)
Design [For MFSL] – John A. Beck
Design [Original], Layout, Photography By [Cover] – D. Brent Hauseman
Executive-Producer – Craig Miller (3)
Flute – Matt Eakle (tracks: B3)
Guitar, 5-String Banjo, Vocals – Jerry Garcia
Harmonica – Will Scarlett* (tracks: D3)
Lacquer Cut By – KW*
Liner Notes – David Grisman, John Cohen (2)
Mandolin [Mandolin Family], Guitar, 5-String Banjo – David Grisman
Mastered By – Krieg Wunderlich
Mixed By – David Grisman, Larry Cumings
Percussion, Fiddle – Joe Craven (tracks: A1 to A3, B2, C1)
Photography By – Bob Yellin, David Gahr, Gary Nichols, Jay Blakesberg, John Cohen (2), Jon Sievert, Robert Frank (3), Susana Millman
Producer – David Grisman, Jerry Garcia
Recorded By – David Dennison
Notes
Mastered from the original master tapes and strictly limited to 3000 numbered copies.
Includes a 14-page booklet stapled inside the gatefold jacket.
Track A1 recorded 6/4/92
Track A2 recorded 6/3/92
Track A3 recorded 2/6/91
Tracks B1, C2 recorded 2/9/91
Track B2 recorded 6/2/92
Track B3 recorded 9/5/90
Track C1 recorded 11/24/92
Tracks C3, C4 recorded 8/27/90
Track D1 recorded 12/16/90
Track D2 recorded 2/15/93
Track D3 recorded 6/3/93
Track D4 is uncredited and was originally a hidden track at the end of the original CD release.
℗ 1996 & 2017 Acoustic Disc. © 2017 Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Inc. Made in the U.S.A.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode (Text): 8 21797 24781 8
Barcode (String & Scanned): 821797247818
Matrix / Runout (Side A Etching): MFSL 2-478 A1
Matrix / Runout (Side B Etching): MFSL 2-478 B1
Matrix / Runout (Side C Etching): MFSL 2-478 C1
Matrix / Runout (Side D Etching): MFSL 2-478 D1
Matrix / Runout (Side A Processing Facility Etching): 27421.1(3)...
Matrix / Runout (Side B Processing Facility Etching): 27421.2(3)...
Matrix / Runout (Side C Processing Facility Etching): 27421.3(3)...
Matrix / Runout (Side D Processing Facility Etching): 27421.4(3)...
Matrix / Runout (Lacquer Cutting Engineer Initials @ Lacquer Cutting Facility Initials Etching On All Sides): KW @ MoFi
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1989 veröffentlichten Folk-Saitenvirtuose David Grisman und Grateful-Dead-Gitarrist Jerry Garcia erstmals ein gemeinsames Album, das schlicht die Namen der beiden als Titel trug. Die Sessions für dieses Album machten den beiden Freunden so viel Spaß, dass sie in den folgenden sechs Jahren bis zu Garcias frühem Tod sich immer wieder in ihrer Freizeit in Grismans Studio trafen und gemeinsam Folk-, Roots- und Americana-Songs mit diversen Begleitmusikern einspielten. 1996, ein Jahr nach Garcias Tod, veröffentlichte Grisman erstmals Aufnahmen aus dieser Zeit unter dem Titel „Shady Grove“. Ein herrliches Kompendium traditioneller amerikanischer Musik, von „Whisky In The Jar“ bis „Down In The Valley“. Der wundervoll warme Akustik-Sound der Platte glänzt im MFSL-Remastering unnachahmlich - ein echter Genuss, der zum Verweilen und immer wieder Anhören einlädt.
Die auf 3.000 Exemplare limitierte Doppel-Vinyl-LP mit 33 rpm erscheint im hochwertigen Klappcover und enthält ein zwölfseitiges, großformatiges Booklet mit vielen Fotos und ausführlichen Liner Notes von John Cohen. Das Remastering für Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab übernahm Krieg Wunderlich.
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Titel:
Side One:
1. Shady Grove
2. Stealin'
3. Off to Sea Once More
Side Two:
4. The Sweet Sunny South
5. Louis Collins
6. Fair Ellender
Side Three:
7. Jackaroo
8. Casey Jones
9. Dreadful Wind and Rain
10. I Truly Understand
Side Four:
11. The Handsome Cabin Boy
12. Whiskey in the Jar
13. Down in the Valley
14. Hesitation Blues
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A Natural, Acoustic Portrait of American Folk, Country, and Bluegrass Standards by Two Virtuosos: Jerry Garcia and David Grisman's Shady Grove Filled with Endearing Joy and Spirited Playing
Mastered from the Original Master Tapes and Strictly Limited to 3,000 Numbered Copies: Mobile Fidelity 180g 2LP Set Sounds Incredibly Realistic, Features Deluxe Booklet in Gatefold Jacket
Jerry Garcia began recording with longtime friend David Grisman at the beginning of the last decade of his life, the refreshing excursions marking a full-circle return to the roots fare the white-bearded virtuoso originally performed before co-founding the Grateful Dead. Garcia's dalliances with Grisman also served another equally important purpose given they provided a much-needed outlet from the demanding pressures, schedules, and business affairs associated with his main band. The endearing joy, contagious enthusiasm, and free-spirited playing on Shady Grove attest to the collection serving as not only the finest musical snapshot of Garcia's final years, but among the best of his storied career.
Mastered from the original master tapes, available on vinyl for the first time, and strictly limited to 3,000 numbered copies, Mobile Fidelity's 180g 2LP set presents the 1996 collection in exquisite sound. Originally recorded at Dawg Studios between August 1990 and June 1993, Shady Grove bowed as the first release of Grisman-Garcia collaborations in the wake of the iconic guitarist's August 1995 death – and remains, by way of its genre-specific organization, a passionate albeit naturally relaxed portrait of folk, country, and bluegrass standards that provide the foundation of American songbook. To experience it all in such brilliant fidelity is to pull up a chair at the sessions themselves and enjoy a transparent view into lasting tradition and instrumental virtuosity.
Entirely unplugged, the material emerges in three-dimensional detail on this very special audiophile pressing, the wooden tones and organic textures unfolding with wondrous openness, ease, and realism. Nothing is forced, brittle, or exaggerated. What you hear is on par with the acoustics you'd encounter at a world-class hall. Garcia and Grisman's clean, rustic picking on guitar, banjo, mandola, and mandolin harbors a rare intimacy mirrored by an equally uncommon chemistry evident by the seamless interplay.
These traits remain in tact even when the soul mates are occasionally joined by pals such as Jim Kerwin (acoustic bass) and Joe Craven (fiddle and percussion). Garcia's singing, replete with the slight, graceful, dignified shakiness that forever defined his deliveries, comes across with utmost purity and transparency. Emotions and eagerness pour over every note. At the end of several tracks, Garcia and company exchange remarks and laughter – all indicative of the camaraderie, looseness, and spirit that carries through each tune here.
Mobile Fidelity's audiophile edition of Shady Grove also features the kind of deluxe packaging only the best physical media can provide. Sixteen 12-inch x 12-inch pages bound to the gatefold jacket provide extraordinary insight into the songs, atmosphere, and history. Images of artifacts and telling photos serve as a visual guide. New Lost City Ramblers member John Cohen pens extensive liner notes that reveal the lasting importance and timelessness of the tunes herein. Among his observations:
"Jerry and David's performances of these traditional folk songs and ballads reconnect us all – folk singers, Deadheads, university students, hillbillies, country and western musicians – with the America [poet Kenneth] Rexroth wrote about; that [Carl] Sandburg wrote about; that the cynicism of American wars and politics, culture wars and culture politics just couldn't destroy."
Indeed, the versions of barn-dance tunes ("Shady Grove"), jug-band standards ("Stealin'," also performed in the early days of the Grateful Dead), Delta ballads ("Louis Collins"), Civil War era fare ("The Sweet Sunny South"), and campfire songs ("Down in the Valley") here astound with depth, soulfulness, and warmth. Deadheads will also find Garcia and Grisman putting a spin on two more tracks – "Casey Jones" and "Jackaroo" – long part of the iconic group's repertoire. In countless ways, Shady Grove is not to be missed, particularly on this unsurpassed pressing. |