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Modern story songs have grown out of the time-honored narrative tradition in country and folk music, but the stories need to be good ones to sustain an audience's interest. Wagoner performs a number of narrative songs on Simple as I Am, but unfortunately, the stories are not as riveting as some of his earlier hits of this ilk, like "Cold Hard Facts of Life." So even though the album's sound is superficially appealing, it isn't very memorable…

Following the success of Jim Ed Brown's biggest solo hit, "Morning," in 1970, he entered the Top 15 again a few months later with "Angel's Sunday," which brandishes a surprising vocal rhythm as a hook. Brown's albums are usually good, but Angel's Sunday is a little better than average thanks to the strong material and predominantly female background vocals, which re-create in spots the sound of his former trio, the Browns…

She's Leavin' is from Jim Ed Brown's solo period between the end of the Browns and the beginning of his successful partnership with Helen Cornelius…

Lincoln Mayorga & Amanda McBroom - Growing Up in Hollywood Town
Vinyl Rip in 24-Bit/192-kHz | FLAC tracks | no cue | no log | Covers | Rapidshare + FileFactory | 0.98 GB
1980 | Genre: Jazz | Label: Sheffield Lab | LAB-13 | Direct-to-Disc recording, Limited Edition

"Amanda" is beautiful and haunting. "The Portrait" is evocative and sad. And "The Rose," written for the film of the same name, garnered a Golden Globe Award for Amanda McBroom. She also does a great job with "Dusk." The other five cuts are primarily instrumental, and include two pieces penned by Lincoln Mayorga. I love Amanda's cuts, while the rest are more a matter of taste (you may translate that as "Audiophile" with a capital "A").

{ Dave Glackin - enjoythemusic.com }

This rip was taken from a brand-new vinyl (unsold stock from a shop), a rarity, considering it is a Direct-to-Disc recording from the 80s with limited production run. The recording quality is superb, one of the best from Sheffield Lab.