Indian Summer [IMPORT] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Poco

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 24, 2004)
• Original Release Date: 1977
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Lemon Records UK
• ASIN: B00020QX04
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #86,258 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars From a LP, June 4, 2005

By	Harold Gallant "The sound master" (Saint-Alexis-de-Matapédia, Québec Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Warning! If you're looking for a well remastered sound, don't buy this cd. This one is remastered from a vinyl LP and you can hear the original scratches from time to time.

Indian Summer is a very good album from Poco and if you like this band, you need it. But you better purchase the one from the 1994 japanese import. You can buy it here at Amazon.ca for only $1.00 more than this vinyl remastered version.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Well, 4 an'a half, actually!, January 18, 2005

By	Richard D. Hodgson (Madera, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

After years of being out of print in the US, England's Lemon Records has now re-released POCO's excellent "Indian Summer". I've been a die-hard POCO fan for decades, and while I really love their early, Buffalo Springfield-inspired material, to me this is probably their very finest album (with "Rose Of Cimarron" running a close second). It's astounding that this has been unavailable on CD for so long, and this new release is very welcome indeed. As compared to the original MCA CD release (long out of print and now hard to find), this one has a better high end but a slightly shallower bottom. Overall, the sound is very good. I do have one complaint though, and while relatively minor, it is the reason I have only given this release 4 stars instead of the 5 it should otherwise deserve. During the solo guitar intro on the title cut (the first cut on the album), there is a slight but very distinct noise which sounds suspiciously like LP surface noise. This leads me to believe that the source for this CD (at least on this one cut) may have indeed been an LP. Other than this, the entire album sounds very clean. But the original CD issued by MCA did not contain this noise (though my old LP has something similar) so it seems doubtful that the original master tapes are at fault. Other than this one minor flaw I have no complaints whatsoever, and it is really nice to see this long-lost album once again in print. If you are a POCO fan or a fan of The Eagles (who imitated these guys, not the other way around) then this album is a must-have. How sad, though, that once again we have to look to England to provide us with such a fine album by a terrific and sadly underappreciated American band. Add mine to the many votes for POCO's place in the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Pleasant, Melodic effort though somewhat ordinary, October 16, 2006

By	JEFFREY IHDE (Milwaukee, WI USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I think its ludicrous to call this the sound of a desperate band as one reviewer has. Its overall a very pleasant outing, well sung, well played and typical melodic songwriting from the various band members. I listened to it a lot when it first came out. It hasn't quite stood the test of time and does show some signs of a band on their last leg (at least in this formation as T.B. Schmit was to leave soon thereafter for the greener pastures of the Eagles).

Strong melodies and great singing do have their place in rock music and there are some nice ones here. Lyrics have never been a Poco strong suit and are typcially slight here. T.B. Schmit's 3 songs are all very good. I always thought it was unfortunate when he moved to the Eagles where he would be limited to 1 song per record rather than the 3 he would normally get with Poco. If you listen to the body of work he did with Poco as compared to the Eagles you will understand. That said none of his songs here are quite as good as his best, but all are worthwhile.

The Paul Cotton songs are pretty good. The title song is one of his best and the rockers such as "Living in the Band" and "20 years on" pretty much delivery the goods. The 10 minute extended 3 part Rusty Young song, "The Dance" is o.k. Unfortunately, when you do the Eagles comparision here to lets say, "Hotel California" you do get a sense of how the Eagles grew as a band while Poco seems to be treading water at this point. None of this should be taken to diminish the impact this band had whether that be on country rock in general or specifically the Eagles.

At this point, Richie Furay was long gone and nobody can dispute the fact that he was the true architect of this sound and Poco itself. Still, this record brings a smile to me even to this day. For die hard Poco fans its still recommended. For others, there are better places to go rather than this effort. In conclusion I would say for the end of the T.B. Schmit Poco era, you would really be better off looking for the live cd, The Last Roundup. It contains a number of songs from Indian Summer in arguably better versions plus outstanding versions of other Poco songs including Rose of Cimarron and a guest appearance by none other than Richie Furay.