Home Free/Souveniers [Import, Original recording remastered]

Dan Fogelberg | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 5, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Bgo
• ASIN: B000FIH4QU
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #61,213 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. To the Morning

2. Stars

3. More Than Ever

4. Be on Your Way

5. Hickory Grove

6. Long Way Home (Live in the Country)

7. Looking for a Lady

8. Anyway I Love You

9. Wysteria

10. The River

Disc: 2

1. Part on the Plan

2. Illinois

3. Changing Horses

4. Better Change

5. Souvenirs

6. The Long Way

7. As the Raven Flies

8. Song from Half Mountain

9. Morning Sky

10. (Someone's Been) Telling You Stories

See all 11 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Digitally remastered 2-on1 featuring the first two albums, from '72 and '74 respectively, by this popular American singer/songwriter. Packaged in a slipcase featuring extensive new liner notes. BGO. 2006.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Absolute Masterpiece, June 12, 2006

By 

G. Ratcheson (Washington) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Home Free/Souveniers (Audio CD)

There are 3 main reasons why I think is an amazing reissue:

1. Both albums are masterpieces. In my late teens, these were on my record & cassette players constantly. In my world, Dan's first 4 (& really his first 6) albums are amongst the best singer-songwriter records ever made.

2. To the best of my knowledge, this is the first cd remaster of Souvenirs anywhere in the world. The US cd is from the beginning of the cd age, & has mediocre sound.

3. Now the most exciting news: they used the original mix for Home Free & did a great remastering! The USA Home Free cd was significantly remixed & quite different then the original album. I suspect the reason for this is that the original mix tended to sound muddy on both vinyl & early cd; the drum sound is especially muffled. The USA CD Remix was actually very well done, but it wasn't the same album many of us came to know & love. Some examples - The organ riff at the end of Livin' In the Country was mostly missing, the bass in the River was no longer the lead instrument, & the harpsichord in To The Morning was changed from background to being the main instrument in the mix.

While the original mix for Home Free was a bit muddy, this is one of a very select few cd's I've heard that sounds better then the vinyl version, & I even had a Japanese audiophile pressing. With this remaster I can still hear the sonic shortcomings, but they're minimized, & the album I dearly love has been restored with best sound ever.

The liner notes state that if this sells well, BGO will likely remaster more of Dan's catalog. If you're a Fogelberg fan, buy this so we get more! I'd love to see a follow up of Captured Angel & Netherlands.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THANK YOU, BGO RECORDS!, August 23, 2006

By 

Thomas Thomsen (Denmark) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Home Free/Souveniers (Audio CD)

The one reviewer, who complains about the sound quality of this new rerelease obviously hasn't listened to the old, non-remastered cd versions in a long time. Songs such as "Be On Your Way" and "Hickory Grove" definitely have a fuller sound, and if you listen to the drum intro to the wonderful "Illinois" and compare it to the previous versions, even the remastered one on the 1997 "Portrait" box set, you'll no longer doubt the improved sound quality. These are among Dan Fogelberg's very best albums, so this is a great package. I really hope Bgo Records will continue to rerelease Dan's old records. I can't wait for my all-time favorite album ("Nether Lands")to be remastered. Love ya, Dan.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars an essential remaster, July 17, 2006

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art 87 (LA, Ca USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Home Free/Souveniers (Audio CD)

i agree with the previous reviewer. the sound improvement is excellent. serious dan fans have waited 20 years for these cds to be upgraded. hopefully, all of dan's cd will get remastered, at least thru "the innocent age". thanks to bgo records.