Odetta - The Essential Odetta
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Artist: OdettaBrand: ODETTA
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Vanguard Records
Soundtracks:
- If I Had A Hammer
- When I Was A Young Girl
- Gallows Pole
- God's A-Gonna Cut You Down
- John Riley
- Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho
- All The Pretty Little Horses
- Prettiest Train
- Meetin' At The Building
- No More Auction Block For Me
- Hold On
- Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
- Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down
- Santy Anno
- Another Man Done Gone
- He Had A Long Chain On
- He's Got The Whole World In His Hands
- Take This Hammer
- Ox-Driver Song
- What Month Was Jesus Born In?
- Timber (Jerry)
Music reviews of The Essential Odetta
Music Review: One of my favorites of all time; horrifically bad mastering job
Rating: 4 Stars
One star off for poor mastering.
It is not an exageration for me to tell you that this is one of my all-time favorite albums - or more properly, Live at Carnegie Hall is (which is mostly found on this one, along with Live at Town Hall). When I first heard this on LP, I couldn't stop listening to it. It's something everyone should hear in their lifetimes. It makes the case for why Odetta has been recognized by the Library of Congress as a Living Legend. Just listen to the sound clips for a taste of how great it is.
However - I had the vinyl version. It sounds better than this. The problem with this CD is that it is in desperate need of remastering. The sound levels are so low that the dolby noise reduction used cuts into the instruments. Trying to adjust between the soft and loud parts is tricky, and you have to be careful not to blow your eardrums out if you're wearing headphones. Those of you who had CB radios and know what "squelch" is - this quickie mastering job suffers from that phenomenon. At the time (1990) a lot of record companies were coming out with poor mastering jobs, many of which have been revisited and corrected. Unfortunately that has not happened yet with this classic album.
If anyone at Vanguard is listening - PLEASE REMASTER THIS ALBUM! It should be regarded as a national treasure and it deserves better treatment. I will gladly buy it again. And by the way, I notice you lopped off a few tracks from the original albums - well you have 17 free minutes with which to add back some of those tracks! Please do so, it will be greatly appreciated.
Description of The Essential Odetta
No Description Available.Genre: Folk Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 1-JAN-2002
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