Cass Elliot/ The Road Is No Place For A Lady Review
Cass Elliot/ The Road Is No Place For A Lady Feature
This is a very special reissue for us at Collectors Choice Music, and it s not just because we re restoring to availability some classic albums that have been gathering dust in the vaults (that s standard operating procedure around here)! No, it s also because, as Cass Elliot s daughter Owen put it to us, these albums were by far the most representative of her mother s artistic vision, as Cass, freed from the commercial strictures at ABC/Dunhill, the Mamas & Papas old label, was given free reign by RCA to select her own repertoire and collaborators. The result was two absolute gems, both of which have been mysteriously absent from CD ('Cass Elliot' has been out of print for years, 'The Road', her final studio album, has never been on CD at all). Plus, we ve added unreleased bonus tracks a full portrait of an artist at the top of her game! Arranged and conducted by Benny Golson, Cass Elliot includes I ll Be Home; Baby I m Yours; Jesus Was a Cross Maker; That Song; When It Doesn t Work Out; I ll Be There; Disney Girls; I Think It s Going to Rain Today; Cherries Jubilee, and All in the Game, plus the bonus tracks East of the Sun (and West of the Moon); We ll See, and Try It Baby. The Road, which features Chris Spedding on guitar among other luminaries, includes (If You re Gonna) Break Another Heart; Saturday Suit; Does Anybody Love You; Walk Beside Me; All My Life; Say Hello; Who in the World; Love Was Not a Word; Oh Babe, What Would You Say; The Road Is No Place for a Lady, and the unreleased bonus track Don t Make Me a Memory. With notes by Mama maven Richard Campbell!
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