Grievous Angel
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| Studio album by Gram Parsons | ||||
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Publication |
January 1974 |
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Summer 1973 |
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| Label (s) | Reprise Records | |||
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CD, LP |
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Title (number) |
9 |
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running time |
36:06 |
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Gram Parsons |
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Studio (s) |
Wally Heidler Studio 4 and Capitol Records Studios, Hollywood , California |
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Grievous Angel is the second solo album by country rock musician Gram Parsons . It was released in January 1974, four months after his death, and was released by Reprise Records .
History of origin
After a short tour with the backing band, Gram Parsons worked with an almost identical band on the material for his second solo album, Grievous Angel . The songs were recorded at Wally Heidler Studio 4 and Capitol Records Studios in Hollywood , California . Then Parsons played a concert at the Country Rock Festival in Baltimore and began work on the successor Sleepless Nights . Before the end of the recordings, however, Parsons died on September 19, 1973 in Joshua Tree , California. The completed album Grievous Angel was released posthumously in January 1974.
meaning
Grievous Angel is considered one of the most important country rock albums. The American Rolling Stone put the album at number 429 of its 500 Greatest Albums of All Time . In contrast, Mark Deming Allmusic rated the predecessor GP as the better album and grievous Angel only as “a very, very good one” (“a very, very good one”). In the German list it reached number 137. At this point, Rolling Stone author Wolfgang Doebeling said about the album it was “full of love sorrow and premonitions, the legacy of a visionary”.
Track list
- A-side:
- Return of the Grievous Angel ( Gram Parsons , Thomas Brown) - 4:19
- Hearts on Fire (Walter Egan, Tom Guidera) - 3:50
- I Can't Dance ( Tom T. Hall ) - 2:20
- Brass Buttons (Parsons) - 3:27
- $ 1000 Wedding (Parsons) - 5:00
- B-side:
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Medley Live from Northern Quebec :
(a) Cash on the Barrelhead ( Charlie Louvin, Ira Louvin ) - 2:12
(b) Hickory Wind (Parsons, Bob Buchanan) - 4:15 - Love Hurts ( Boudleaux Bryant ) - 3:40
- Ooh Las Vegas (Parsons, Ric Grech ) - 3:29
- In My Hour of Darkness (Parsons, Emmylou Harris ) - 3:42
The album was re-released on CD in 1990 together with its predecessor GP .
Song info
The alleged live medley from North Quebec , consisting of the Louvin Brothers hit Cash on the Barrelhead and Hickory Wind , which Parsons originally wrote for The Byrds , was actually made in the studio. The live sounds were added later by Hugh Davies.
Emmylou Harris sang along with all of the songs except for Brass Buttons . In addition, Linda Ronstadt can be heard as the female voice on In My Hour of Darkness . Other prominent guest musicians were:
- Bernie Leadon : lead guitar on Hearts on Fire , Dobro on In My Hour of Darkness
- Byron Berline : Violin on Return of the Grievous Angel , Medley Live from Northern Quebec and In My Hour of Darkness , Mandolin on Medley Live from Northern Quebec
- ND Smart : Drums on Hearts on Fire and In My Hour of Darkness
- Steve Snyder: Vibraphone on Medley Live from Northern Quebec
- Kim Fowley , Phil Kaufman, Ed Tickner, Jane & Jon Doe: Audience ("Background blah-blah") on Medley Live from Northern Quebec
As on the previous album, there are several cover versions on the album. Besides Cash on the Barrelhead , these are Love Hurts (first recorded by The Everly Brothers ), Hearts on Fire ( Walter Egan ) and I Can't Dance ( Tom T. Hall ),
Web links
- Grievous Angel at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b John M. Delgatto: liner notes by GP / Grievous Angel . Reprise Records , 1990 ( gramfans.com ). Liner Notes by GP / Grievous Angel ( Memento of the original from November 14, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. rollingstone.com , accessed July 1, 2011 .
- ↑ Grievous Angel at Allmusic (English)
- ↑ Wolfgang Doebeling : My number one . In: Rolling Stone (ed.): The 500 best albums of all time . 2003.
