Safe at Home (Mini Lp Sleeve) [Import]

The International Submarine Band | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 18, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Air Mail Archive
• ASIN: B000WW1HEE
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,537,004 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Was this Gram Parsons-led combo the first country-rock band ever? With groundbreaking backwoods material this superb, who cares? Electrified honky-tonk laments like "Blue Eyes" and spooky little mini-epics like "Miller's Cave" give Parsons' soulful, pre-Burrito Bros. set of pipes plenty of George Jones-like elbow room here. Dim the lights, inhale the thick smoke and wallow in the loud, loud music. From the original 1968 LHI stereo masters; this is an exact repro plus the bonus track "Knee Deep in the Blues," on vinyl for the first time ever! --This text refers to the Vinyl edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars gram's 2nd best album, December 30, 2004

By 

grew up in the 1960s (usa) - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Safe at Home (Audio CD)

i love country rock. i mean real country rock, not the pre-fab stuff that comes out of nashville these days. this album is the real stuff. in fact it's the first country rock album ever recorded and gram parsons at his absolute best. he only topped this effort once, with the great "the gilded palace of sin" (the flying burrito brothers first album ). the cd's only drawback is that it's 28 minutes long (which was not unusual for albums in the late 1960s). it was recorded in 1967. before his stint with the byrds, before the flying burrito brothers, before he went solo, before drugs and alcohol got the better of him. everything he did on "the gilded palace of sin" he pioneered here. it turns out gram parsons made a prototype of his later masterpiece. this cd is it. i can't get enough of it.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars + 1/2 stars...Blueprint for Country Rock, December 10, 2004

By 

Steve Vrana (Aurora, NE) - See all my reviews
(TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Safe at Home (Audio CD)

Gram Parsons has as legitimate claim as anyone for recording the first country/rock album with this late-1967 recording by the International Submarine Band before jumping ship to join the Byrds on their SWEETHEART OF THE RODEO project.

The standout tracks are the self-penned gems like "Blue Eyes" (which was released as a single), "Luxury Liner" (which Parsons devotee Emmylou Harris would cover a decade later), and "Do You Know How It Feels To Be Lonesome" (which Parsons would revisit on the Flying Burrito Brothers' debut).

There are equally strong performances on covers of Merle Haggard's "I Must Be Somebody Else You've Known" and Johnny Cash's "I Still Miss Someone." The original album's nine tracks are augmented on this CD reissue by the bonus track "Knee Deep In the Blues" (a hit for both Marty Robbins and Guy Mitchell), which first appeared on the Gram Parsons anthology SACRED HEARTS & FALLEN ANGELS.

The band is joined on these recordings by Jay Dee Maness on pedal steel, Earl "Les" Ball on piano, and future Burrito Brother Chris Ethridge on bass. While the album is relatively short (it clocks in at just under 28 minutes), the pure, raw country sounds on this disc became the template for all country/rock bands that followed in their wake. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "GP" And The "ISB"., August 11, 2008

By 

R. Webb "minstrel man" (u.s.a.) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Safe at Home (Audio CD)

This 1968 album on L.H.I records is a first recording for Gram Parsons and the International Submarine Band and remains the only recording for "IBS", Gram Parsons left the band soon after the recording, while the rest of the members tried to hang on, by the time the album was released the band was already disbanded, due to the fact of not being able to replace Parsons, so, the "ISB" never gained recognition and Gram Parsons remained unknown, until the hook up with the Byrds. This Sundazed cd consist of ten songs and it is a very short recording. These four songs are the highlights on here, all Parsons originals, "Blue Eyes", "Luxury Liner", "Do You Know How It Feels To Be Lonesome", and "Strong Boy", and amazing is the tightness of the band, - featuring John Nuese-lead guitar, Jay Dee Maness-steel, Earl Ball-Piano, Chris Ethridge-bass. Parsons sure knew some damn good steel players, using the instrument as a weapon in his repertoire, as so did Mr. Owens, and "the Hag"...listen to the version of Folsom Prison, Jay Dee is really working it out on steel, and Parsons closes the medley with Arthur Crudup's, "That's All Right", also featuring Hank Snow's, "Miller's Cave", the Cash original, "I Still Miss Someone", and Merle Haggard's, "I Must Be Somebody Else You've Known", and closing with the originally unissued track, Marty Robbins, "Knee Deep In The Blues". This is a 2004 Sundazed release, SAFE AT HOME, leans more on the country sound, like in "Bakersfield" played Gram Parsons - ISB style. (this SUNDAZED cd is of superior sound as always) too bad Parsons with "ISB" never played the opry.