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Topic: Everly Bro box set on sale...? |
Bob Knetzger
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Kirkland, WA USA
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Roger Rettig
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Naples, FL
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Posted 8 Dec 2006 5:48 am |
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A word of caution, Bob...
That set is generally available at around $179, so that list price of $249, while it may be accurate, seems a little high to me.
I got all three Everly box sets plus an extra 'out-takes' CD for $417 from CD Wolf in South Carolina (that included shipping).
I'm delighted with the fully comprehensive track listing on all these sets, but the DVD was a disappointment. Mostly grainy film of the boys miming to their records - there has to be better footage than that available. The biggest omission? NO footage of the Everlys with Their '90s band - with Buddy and Albert.
Overall, though, a good package.
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Jason Odd
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Stawell, Victoria, Australia
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Posted 11 Dec 2006 11:04 pm
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no Ed Sullivan, not the 1968 or 1971 footage. I've seen the latter and it's country-rock Everly's at their best.
I have the second box, it's a killer.
Hey Roger, did you notice they have credited on the 1968 sessions Scott Hambly, but couldn't figure out what he played.
Then later they have a mandolin credited, but the player wasn't named (this would be due to the session notes), but surely you think they'd have figured out that Scott was one of the killer west coast bluegrass manolinists out there. Even in his mini-bio for the online seller of his music books he mentions that he played for the Everly's.
Other than that, the 1966-72 box is perfect.
The outtakes from 1968-69 are some of the coolest country-pop and country-rock Everly style.
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Roger Rettig
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Naples, FL
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Posted 12 Dec 2006 6:09 am
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Hi, Jason,
Yes, I noticed that.
I must say that there are omissions in the session details in the earlier
set too. The 1960 sessions that featured Jimmy Day, Chet, and Hank Garland (among others) are glossed over with a 'No details available' disclaimer, and I'm very surprised at this. They've been detailed many times in the past, and I expected to see the personnel
confirmed in this 'definitive' collection.
There are some gems here, though, and I'm pleased to have them all.
As a 63-year old, the Everlys were my 'adolescent soundtrack'
(a bit like the Beatles were for guys five years younger than me), and I loved the fact that Don (in particular)
seemed obsessed with the quality of their work.
It's hard for me to be totally objective where Don and Phil are concerned,
but there's some very creative music-making on their records.
My earlier gripe (that there's no footage with Buddy) is a bit
irrelevant - the sets are dated 1957 - 1972.
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Jason Odd
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Stawell, Victoria, Australia
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Posted 15 Dec 2006 8:30 pm
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| For my part, these are grumbles of an obsessive completist, but I guess that's who these sets are aimed at anyway! |
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