Batdorf & Rodney

Batdorf & Rodney | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collector's Choice
• ASIN: B000A7BB9W
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #187,316 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Poor Man's Dream

2. Oh, Can You Tell Me

3. Between the Ages

4. Home Again

5. By Today

6. Happy Town

7. All I Need

8. Under Five

9. Let Me Live the Life

Editorial Reviews

Those customers who dug our Sanford-Townsend Band and Brewer & Shipley reissues will NOT want to miss these two exclusive releases from guitar ’n’ voice duo Batdorf & Rodney! John Batdorf and Mark Rodney (son of famed bebop trumpeter Red Rodney) started playing together in Las Vegas in 1970, and after three months, decided they had enough material to tackle Los Angeles, where they were instantly signed by Ahmet Ertegun to Atlantic Records and whisked off to Muscle Shoals to record (talk about a storybook scenario)! These two records, their first for Atlantic in 1971 and their second album, recorded for Asylum in 1972, appear here on CD for the first time domestically with new notes featuring quotes from the principals themselves. A pair of prime Collectors’ Choice Music exclusives!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As Good as FolkRock Gets, March 5, 2007

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Brilliant debut album in the vein of CSNY, Byrds, America etc. These guys should have, and would have hit the big time had their producer not been hijacked to do work with America. I got easily bored with the California folkrock scene by the early 80's, but B&R's first two albums always found a place on the platter. The production is stellar, the guitar work and harmonies devastating. Good to see them in cd format, but HDCD or SACD would have been a better choice. Given the fine production, the sonics are nevertheless awesome.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!, February 26, 2010

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Jerry L. Bartlett Jr. (Red Bluff, California United States) - See all my reviews
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My wife got it for me as a surprise, along with 2 others......I LOVE IT!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Sweetest Sound, October 18, 2009

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Batcaveakron "Mike" (Ohio) - See all my reviews

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Batdorf and Rodney take accoustic music to a new level. Their harmonies and guitar work are just as sweet as CSN and the songwriting is just as catchy and pleasing. Although they are not the commercial success that CSN are, the music is the same level of quality. If you are a fan of accoustic rock, B&R are for you.