David Bromberg [Import]

David Bromberg, ??????????? | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 30, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000006UWD
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #448,126 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Last Song for Shelby Jean

2. Suffer to Sing the Blues

3. The Boggy Road to Milledgeville (Arkansas Traveler)

4. Dehlia

5. Pine Tree Woman

6. Lonesome Dave's Lovesick Blues #3

7. Mississippi Blues

8. The Holdup

9. Sammy's Song

Editorial Reviews

2008 digitally remastered two-fer containing a pair of albums from the Folk artists: David Bromberg (1971) and Demon In Disguise (1972). Bromberg made his name and reputation as a sideman to artists as diverse as Tom Paxton and Jerry Jeff Walker. These albums show a diverse range of musical styles from Blues and Folk to Bluegrass and Rock. Comes housed in a slipcase and features extensive liner notes. 18 tracks. BGO. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dave's 1971 solo debut is a solid collection of tunes, September 26, 2003

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J. Levinson (Media, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: David Bromberg (Audio CD)

David displayed his songwriting and vocals in addition to his instrumental talents on his 1971 solo debut. Eclectic as always, the tunes range stylistically from jug-band folk to blues and rock. "Suffer to Sing the Blues" is a self-deprecating humorous take on the bluesman's ethos. "The Hold-up", co-written with George Harrison, is also a whimsical tune with a southwestern flavor, the arrangement complete with Mariachi trumpets. "Sammy's Song" is a painfully sensitive and affecting coming-of-age ballad. "Dehlia" is a sparse yet moving rendition of a traditional country-blues. This album still holds up as David's most compelling studio set. Pity it's only available as an expensive import, but at least the Japanese have enough taste to appreciate it.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BYPASS THE WOUNDED BIRD CD FOR THIS FABULOUS REMASTER, March 18, 2009

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BOB (LOS ANGELES, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bromberg, David (Mlps) (Audio CD)

This review is only for those interested in sound quality. For reviews regarding content, please see other posts in this forum, or go to All Music Guide (dot com). Also, due to Amazon's unfortunate programming policy of cross-pollinating reviews across different versions of the same CD title, this review may appear elsewhere.

As with the Dan Hicks Original Recordings mini-sleeve, Sony Japan has gone out on a limb and DSD-mastered this wonderful recording and packaged it in a minature of the original LP sleeve. There aren't many major labels that extend this type of care to non-Top 40 artists' catalogues. Sony uses the DSD processing primarily for SACD mastering, and it really pulls detail out of the mix for much improved clarity.

The audio on this disc is light-years beyond the inferior LP-EQ'd, near-40-year-old master that Wounded Bird lazily utilized for their version.

Alternately, as the DSD Japan disc is OOP and can be hard to find, the UK BGO-label has released a remastered 2-fer of this album and Demon In Disguise. The BGO is not as good as the Sony, audio-wise, but it is definitely better than the Wounded Bird CD.

If you love this recording, THIS is the version to get.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Long-Overdue CD Reissue . . ., December 5, 2007

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Gary Popovich "Retired Banjo Picker" (Chesterfield, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: David Bromberg (Audio CD)

. . . from one of acoustic music's most influential pickers. First gaining prominence as a sideman to both Jerry Jeff Walker and Bob Dylan, David Bromberg's debut album displayed a talent to be reckoned with. Bromberg's mastery of both country and more modern blues stylings, as well as an adeptness for straight out flat-picking, is impressive. Most surprising is his singing - with what would seem to be a deceptively limited voice, he is able to express a lonesome longing ("Last Song for Shelby Jean", "Deliah") and great humour ("Suffer if You Wanna Sing the Blues", "The Holdup", his wonderful colaboration with George Harrison).

David went on to record a pretty impressive volume of work, but this, along with "Wanted: Dead or Alive", remains my favorite collection from him. He was - and remains - a wonderful talent, and this CD will give you a great introduction to the expanse of his abilities.