Sons of the Pioneers - Cool Water
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Artist: Sons of the PioneersEdition: Music CD
Format: Import, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1995-05-01
Music Label: RCA Victor Europe
Soundtracks:
- Cool Water
- Whoopie-Ti-Yi-Yo
- Wind
- Cowboy's Dream
- Last Round-Up
- Ridin' Home
- Twilight On The Trail
- Red River Valley
- Wagon Wheels
- Riders In The Sky
- Blue Prairie
- Way Out There
- Empty Saddles
- Teardrops In My Heart
- Blue Shadows On The Trail
- Ridin' Down The Canyon
- Timber Trail
- Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Music reviews of Cool Water
Music Review: Stands Alone In Time & Genres
Rating: 5 Stars
First the history of this album for me, then my impressions of the CD.
As a kid, we'd leave my hometown of Tulsa and make the drive to my Great-Grandparents' home, in the little town of Holdenville, Oklahoma. While the adults hung up coats and fixed lunch and talked and talked and TALKED, I'd race to the back room.
The back room had tinkertoys, a handful of trinkets gathered from local eating establishments, but for me it mainly had a record player and a stack of records.
It didn't take me long to figure out that very little of my Great-Grandparents' music was going to appeal to me; however, among the stack, I found this album. I loved it immediately and played it every time we went to their house.
Years later I inherited that album, but by that time a bad needle had ruiend the recording and none of the digital "tricks" I had could resurrect it.
Fast-forward to today, and the CD arrives!
As you might imagine, I had high expectations for this CD. Not only does it meet my expectations, it completely exceeds it.
First, the songs are of course exactly as I remember. However, it's like a veil has been lifted between me and the performace... this isn't sound in a groove coming from a cone, they're performing in the room! I'd forgotten how irresistable it is to harmonize with them.
The dynamics are at least as wide as on the album, actually wider because there's no "overload" point where it turns to fuzz. Voices truly soar.
The recordings, while focused on the nartually-eq'd voices, are deep, rich, full, clear, crisp and fresh. This is a very well-balanced recording!
O.K, finally, this is a recording from analog tape form 1959... how's the hiss?
ABSENT.
No joke. I like to think I've got pretty sensitive ears, and I'm not hearing ANY tape noise even at loud volumes. Absolute worst noise is the slightest 60 cycle hum at the beginning or end of one or two tracks when one mic is open by itself. Frankly, I'm not convinced I'm hearing that! I don't know if the RCA producers were magicians with analog tape, or if the company that mastered this CD figured out how to take out the hiss without disturbing the rest of the music... but it is whisper-quiet. the CD label says "Advanced Noiseshaping Redither," and maybe that's the magic... whatever it is, WOW!
In very brief moments, to only the slightest degree, is there a hint of analog overload, but it NEVER distracts from the music and is only a surprise because you almost forget this isn't a full-digital recording!
If you have the SLIGHTEST interest in the Sons of The Pioneers, cowboy music, or simply want an excellent example of what the medium was / is capable of, please do yourself a favor and get this CD!
P.S. - An added bonus for me: ironically, my Great-Grandparent's copy was MONO. Obviously, these recordings were meant to be heard in stereo. If you listen to the files on this page, you'll hear some of the problems of listening in mono: phase issues, etc. Buy this, and listen through headphones for best effect.
P.P.S. - Dig that bass singer!!! :-)
Description of Cool Water
Deleted in the U.S.! Digitally remastered edition of the western classic from this most western of western bands. The Sons Of The Pioneers keep the spirit of the west alive and vibrant. This edition updates the sound of the original 1959 issue from RCA Record's "Living Stereo" series to the delight of fans that have worn down the grooves of their original vinyl record and features the album's original 18 track. Includes 'Tumbling Tumbleweeds', 'Whoopie Ti-Yi-Yo', 'Red River Valley' and more. Sony/BMG.Country CDs
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