Now & Then

Trapezoid | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 29, 1992)
• Original Release Date: 1990
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Flying Fish Records
• ASIN: B000000MG4
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #65,496 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mountain Folk way before it was hip, March 19, 2000

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Michael G Kurilko (Trenton, MI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Now & Then (Audio CD)

Long before Alison Krauss took the stage, Trapezoid lit up east coast theaters [mostly small ones] and played acoustic folk with technical ability only known to pickers.

This album was one that I have been looking for forever. I listened to the vinyl until the grooves wore out as a kid in West Virginia. Now I can listen to it again and again. If you can appreciate true acoustic string picking and pure mountain harmonies, you will love this album.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Trapezoid-Now and Then, March 16, 2009

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Paul Honeycutt "music junkie" (Above the center of the earth) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Now & Then (Audio CD)

One day I was in Tower Records in San Francisco. I saw this album in the folk section and the cover picture just grabbed me. I knew of the band as a hammered dulcimer quartet, but this was a new line up. I bought it and took it home and was transported by the sound of the instruments and voices. A few years later I helped promote one of their shows and got to know the band and ended up working for them as audio tech, van driver and office assistant.

Mixing Trapezoid live night after night was one of the highlights of my life. They made magic, pure and simple. With the death of Freyda Epstein, we can never hear that sound again. Luckily we have this album. Even if you're only mildly interested, buy it. You can thank me later.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of their best, July 11, 2007

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James D Kirk Jr (Culloden,, WV United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Now & Then (Audio CD)

Trapazoid played Glenville State College Ballroom in 79 or 80. I thought I was going to a bluegrass show. What I heard blew me away. I saw them many times after that and never failed to get chills at the beauty of their performances. I was really sad when they broke up. This is one of their best albums, along with Cool of the day. They were a group that every time I saw them I felt lucky to be in the presence of such beauty of music.