John Prine "Bruised Orange" LP Vinyl Record R.I.P.
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Description
PLEASE READ! The condition of this would be Near-Mint / Near-Mint, but the cover has a cut-out notch and a slight tear, and, more importantly, there is a small warp that affects play on the 1st track (of each side). The record doesn't skip (on my Bang & Olafson Beogram 1700 turntable, but IT MIGHT ON YOURS). Other than these issues, the record and cover are in GREAT condition (still in original cellophane!). No returns accepted. Sold "as is"
If you would like an audio/video file of the record playing on my turntable, so that you can see and hear the affect of the warp, just message me your phone #, and I will send it to you.
It took John Prine seven years to make his peace with the "New Dylan" expectations that accompanied his critically hailed 1971 debut. Which isn't to say that the Illinois-born singer/songwriter didn't make some fine music in the years that passed between his initial recording and this, a comfortable-as-an-old-shoe collection that signals the start of Prine's settling-in period. Folk-circuit fellow traveler Steve Goodman's sympathetic production suits Prine just fine. The songs, meanwhile, are sprinkled with wise and witty wordplay. "Sabu Visits the Twin Cities Alone" chronicles a misbegotten movie promotion. "If You Don't Want My Love" is an oddly unrepentant exercise in self-pity copenned with reclusive pop producer Phil Spector, while "Aw Heck" is its polar opposite--a sing-it-from-the-rafters celebration of passion ("I could get the electric chair for a phony rap / Long as she's sittin' in my lap"). It's not faint praise to note that Bruised Orange is thoroughly likable. --Steven Stolder
Tracklist
Fish And Whistle 3:14 There She Goes 3:24 If You Don't Want My Love 3:05 That's The Way That The World Goes 'Round 3:20 Bruised Orange (Chain Of Sorrow) 5:21 Sabu Visits The Twin Cities Alone 2:53 Aw Heck 2:20 Crooked Piece Of Time 2:52 Iron Ore Betty 2:42 The Hobo Song 3:31price rating
