Rickie Lee Jones [2xLP] by Rickie Lee Jones (45RPM Vinyl, May-2007, Mobile Fidel

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Numbered Limited-Edition 180-gram 2-LP Set

Half-Speed Production and Mastering ~ GAIN 2TM Ultra Analog

Specially Plated and Pressed on 180 grams of High Definition Vinyl

Sourced from Original Master Tapes

Coolsville: Music Combines Finger-Snapping Style, Beret-Wearing Artfulness, Bohemian Pop Know-How

Album Notes:

Rickie Lee Jones Rickie Lee Jones on Numbered Limited Edition 180g 45RPM 2LP

Coolsville: Music Combines Finger-Snapping Style, Beret-Wearing Artfulness, Bohemian Pop Know-How

Rickie Lee Jones was hip before hipsters came of age. Wearing a beret, exuding supreme cool, and visually demarcating herself as a member of a bohemian underground, her image on the cover of her self-titled debut says as much about the singer-songwriter as it does the music within the grooves. Uninterested in coloring within the lines, Jones steps out, a dreamer in the post-punk age, an adventurous drifter seemingly deaf to the noisiness of her era. No wonder the work remains one of the most impressive opening salvos in history.

Mastered from the original master tapes, our 180g 45RPM 2LP edition of Jones’ double-platinum 1979 smash finally gives listeners the ultimate version of this long-adored masterpiece. Always prized by audiophiles for its sonics, the record now breathes with a clearer air, with enhancements in dynamics, imaging, soundstaging, and frequency extension apparent seconds after the needle touches down on the opening grooves. Jones’ singular, jazzy vocals—straddling territory between youthful surprise, street-smart sharp, and grown-up seriousness—take on stupendously lifelike qualities to the extent you can hear into her lungs. The slower speed enriches all of the information contained within the grooves.

Emerging from a quiet Los Angeles scene that also laid claim to Tom Waits, a former love interest, Jones reflects an undiminished capacity for fusing folk, R&B, pop, jazz, and scatted word poetry on an effort that matches the flexibility and elasticity of the artist’s creative approach. As if playing games of hide and seek, Jones often dances around conventional syllabic phrases, using her delivery to stretch language and vowels, turning in diction that’s at once gorgeous and enterprising. She taps into a subtlety of texture and ambience well beyond her then 23-year-old age, inserting sly humor when apt, and never shying away from raw emotion.

Renowned for the Top 10 hit “Chuck E’s In Love”, Rickie Lee Jones overflows with finger-snapping be-bop accents, funky cabaret melodies, bluesy bridges, soothing balladry, and even Westernized fills. Subdued complexities flavor the arrangements, expressly tailored for Jones’ portrait-rich storytelling and character-driven narratives. Such diversity is on display on the metaphorical heartache of “Last Chance Texaco”, reflective “Company”, and corner-hangout musings of “Danny’s All-Star Joint”. Throughout, intricate guitar lines give listeners further reason to concentrate on the tunes. This one is simply a must-have.

Credits:

Accordion: Nick DeCaro

Arranged by [Horns]: Rickie Lee Jones

Art Direction, Design [Cover]: Mike Salisbury

Backing Vocals: Arno Lucas, Joe Turano, Leslie Smith, Michael McDonald, Michael Wiener, Rickie Lee Jones

Bass: Red Callender

Bass [Fender]: Willie Weeks

Drums: Andy Newmark, Jeffrey Porcaro, Mark Stevens, Steve Gadd, Victor Feldman

Engineer: Lee Herschberg, Loyd Clifft

Engineer [Additional Engineering]: Roger Nichols, Tom Knox

Guitar: Buzzy Feiten, Fred Tackett, Rickie Lee Jones

Horns: Chuck Findley, Ernie Watts, Tom Scott

Keyboards: Mac Rebennack, Neil Larsen, Ralph Grierson, Randy Kerber, Rickie Lee Jones, Victor Feldman

Mandolin: Fred Tackett

Mixed by, Mastered by: Lee Herschberg

Percussion: Mark Stevens), Rickie Lee Jones, Victor Feldman

Photography [Cover]: Norman Seeff

Producer: Lenny Waronker, Russ Titelman

Producer [Production Assistant]: Penny Ringwood

Synthesizer: Michael “Bobby” Boddicker, Randy Newman

Written-by: Rickie Lee Jones

Track List:

A1. Chuck E.'s In Love  [3:31]

A2. On Saturday Afternoons In 1963   [2:35]

A3. Night Train   [3:18]

B1. Young Blood   [4:07]

B2. Easy Money   [3:20]

B3. The Last Chance Texaco   [4:08]

C1. Danny’s All-Star Joint   [4:06]

C2. Coolsville   [3:52]

D1. Weasel and the White Boys Cool   [6:03]

D2. Company   [4:54]

D3. After Hours   [2:15]

The Rickie Lee Jones 2xLP (45RPM~180 gram) by Rickie Lee Jones is factory-sealed new. It has never been played and has always been kept in its original packaging. The LP is not a promo or cutout. There are no marks or punches of any kind. All our CDs and   vinyl are new! If you have any questions or want to see additional photos, just email us.

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