Seldom Scene - 15th Anniversary Edition [Live]

Seldom Scene | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 8, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Sugarhill
• ASIN: B000000EY7
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #62,571 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #98 in Music > Indie Music > Country > Bluegrass

Track Listings

1. Sitting On Top Of The World

2. Big Train From Memphis

3. Lorena

4. Dark As A Dungeon

5. Blue Ridge

6. Raised By The Railroad Line

7. You Don't Know My Mind

8. Drifting Too Far From The Shore

9. Those Memories Of You

10. Keep Me From Blowing Away

11. Wheels

12. Carolyn At The Broken Wheel Inn

13. If I Needed You

14. Rose Of Old Kentucky

15. I Couldn't Find My Walking Shoes

16. Working On A Building

17. Say You Lied

18. High On A Hilltop

19. The Sweetest Gift

20. Take Me In Your Lifeboat

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gilding the Lilly..., March 19, 2005

By 

Mark J. Fowler "Let's Play Two!" (Jacksonville, Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Seldom Scene - 15th Anniversary Edition (Audio CD)

The Seldom Scene gilded the lilly by taking their own top-of-the-line Bluegrass band and adding Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris (did you ever wonder what was the inspiration for the heavenly "Trio" albums), Ricky Skaggs, Tony Rice, Charlie Waller and Jonathan Edwards. There are some wonderful uptempo tunes. (Sittin' on Top of the World, Tony Rice's dazzling version of "You Don't Know My Mind" - which he had recorded with Scene members on his "California Autumn"). But the real stars of this concert are absolutely heavenly slow ballads. Jonathan Edwards had just been with the Scene in the studio recording "Blue Ridge" and on this performance his plaintive lead vocals are matched note for note by John Duffey's soaring tenor - it's as beautiful as a slow country waltz could be. Ricky and Ronstadt cover the Gospel "Drifting Too Far From the Shore", and multiple performances since have tried to match theirs, included Third Tyme Out on "Back to the Mac".

What you want to know is "Is it good?"

It's good - just get it, already.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic, November 10, 1999

By 

John F. Tierney (Naperville, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Seldom Scene - 15th Anniversary Edition (Audio CD)

I believe that over time this album will take on some of the characteristics of the classic "Will the Circle be Unbroken" and "Circle 2" work that the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band did. Long-time fans of the Seldom Scene know the history of the band cold, along with personnel changes and the many recordings. I have seen the band twice at the Birchemere, once during the Lou Reed era and again when John Starling returned to the band. Their live appearances at such a great venue are wonderful. This album has too many guest appearances to list, but it has the feel of a party that we were lucky enough to crash. I love the on-stage banter between songs, and the genuine affection that many of these artists seem to feel toward each other. I think that as the years go by and some of the artist pass, this album will become even more special and ageless.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for contemporary blue grass lovers, September 25, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Seldom Scene - 15th Anniversary Edition (Audio CD)

Along with their 20th Anniversary album, this album helps constitute the old and new testaments of the contemporary blue grass bible. The harmonics are superb, taking blue grass away from a twangy sound to one that is rich and vibrant.