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Return of the Cover Girl
Shawn ColvinHappy New Year, fellow Dimers! Taking a short break from my ongoing "Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan" covers series, I thought I’d share this Shawn Colvin compilation I put together for my friend Bob for Christmas. I’ve always considered Colvin a very good songwriter, but a better singer, which is why "Cover Girl" is my favorite of her albums. But as you’ll hear here, that album only scratches the surface of the songs she has graced with her expressive vocals.
There are too many sources here for me to include lineages, but thanks to the original tapers and uploaders for making this possible. I have done nothing but edited the ins and outs and normalized the levels (a not entirely successful undertaking, due to Shawn’s performance style). Many of these are duets–see below for the recording details. The final four tracks, listed as bonus tracks, come from a much earlier recording, and the quality is far below the rest of the set–but the song choices are so compelling I decided to include them anyway. Artwork is included. Enjoy!
01 The Only Living Boy in New York (Simon and Garfunkel)
02 Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits)
03 Wall of Death (Richard Thompson)
04 Return of the Grievous Angel (Gram Parsons)
05 That’s the Way Love Goes (Lefty Frizzell)
06 It Makes No Difference (The Band)
07 Catch the Wind (Donovan)
08 Dancing in the Dark (Bruce Springsteen)
09 Even Here We Are (Paul Westerberg)
10 I’ll Be Back (The Beatles)
11 Sin City (Gram Parsons)
12 Words (Bee Gees)
13 Crazy (Gnarls Barkley)
14 River (Joni Mitchell)Bonus Tracks
15 Acadian Driftwood (The Band)
16 The Times You’ve Come (Jackson Browne)
17 Sweet Baby James (James Taylor)
18 Racing in the Street (Bruce Springsteen)Recording Details:
1. Aug 9, 2001, Mann Theatre, Philadelphia, PA
2-4. Jul 1, 1990, Penn’s Landing, Philadelphia, PA (3 and 4 with Lucy Kaplansky)
5-6. Feb 14, 1994, Bottom Line, New York, NY (with Richard Thompson)
7-11. Jun 29, 2003, Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival, Black Oak Ranch, CA (with Mary Chapin-Carpenter)
12. Jul 20, 2006,Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, Hillsdale, NY
13. Nov 24, 2006, Handelsbeurs, Gent, Belgium
14. Dec 24, 1998, KGSR radio, Austin, TX
15-18. Aug 15, 1980, Laval’s, Berkeley, CA