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Courier (album)

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Released
  
Feb 12, 2002

Courier (2002)
  
Vuelta (2004)

Release date
  
12 February 2002

Recorded
  
Feb 2, 2001

Artist
  
Richard Shindell

Genre
  
Folk music


Label
  
Signature Sounds Recordings

Similar
  
Reunion Hill, Vuelta, South of Delia, Somewhere Near Paterson, Blue Divide

Richard shindell courier live


Courier is the first live recording and sixth album by Richard Shindell. It includes many of his most popular originals from previous recordings, a cover of Lowell George's classic song, "Willin'", and what has been described as a "near-holy reading" of Bruce Springsteen's "Fourth of July, Asbury Park".

Contents

Signature Sounds also offered a limited number of bonus EP's titled The Sonora Sessions, which included an additional seven tracks.

Courier


Track listing

All songs written by Richard Shindell, except where noted.

  1. "The Courier" 4:51
  2. "Memory of You" – 4:28
  3. "Next Best Western" – 4:17
  4. "Willin'" (Lowell George) – 3:15
  5. "The Kenworth of My Dreams" – 4:05
  6. "Nora" – 4:42
  7. "Arrowhead" – 5:07
  8. "Reunion Hill" – 4:24
  9. "Fishing" – 4:33
  10. "A Summer Wind, A Cotton Dress" – 4:04
  11. "On a Sea of Fleur de Lis" – 4:47
  12. "The Ballad of Mary Magdalen" – 5:11
  13. "Are You Happy Now?" – 4:10
  14. "Transit" – 7:32
  15. "Fourth of July, Asbury Park" (Bruce Springsteen) – 6:35

Recorded by Ben Wisch and Ron Schreier at the Emelin Theatre (Mamaroneck, NY) 3/16 and 17, 2001. Tracks 3 and 11 recorded at the Outpost in the Burbs (Montclair, NJ) on 2/2/01. Track 7 recorded at Bailey Building & Loan (Greenwich Village, NYC). Mixed by Ben Wisch.

Personnel

Musicians:

  • Richard Shindell – guitar and vocals
  • Lucy Kaplansky – harmony vocals
  • Dennis McDermott – drums
  • John Putnam – electric guitar, tiple
  • Lincoln Schleifer – bass

    • and on tracks 3 and 11:

  • Greg Anderson – bouzouki, guitar, cittern
  • Lisa Gutkin – violin
  • Radoslav Lorković – accordion

    • on "Reunion Hill"

  • Larry Campbell – violin

    • Other credits:

  • David Glasser – Mastering
  • Toby Goldberg – Project Coordinator
  • Ron Schreier – Engineer, Live Recording Coordination
  • Ben Wisch – Engineer, Mixing
  • Carol Young – Project Coordinator

    • Track listing

    1. "Confession" – 5:00
    2. "Abeulita" – 4:08
    3. "You Stay Here" – 5:00
    4. "Wisteria" – 5:23
    5. "Johnny Star Intro" – 0:42
    6. "Sonora's Death Row" (Kevin Blackie Farrell) – 4:19
    7. "Sonora's Death Row II" – 3:15

    Songs

    1Confession5:01
    2Abeulita4:08
    3You Stay Here5:01

    References

    Courier (album) Wikipedia
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