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Simple Pleasures (Remixed & Remastered)

Alison Brown

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Format: LP

Cat No: COM48301

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Release Date:  09 August 2024

Label:  Compass

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  766397482927

Genres:  Country  Bluegrass  

Release Date:  09 August 2024

Label:  Compass

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  766397483016

Genres:  Country  Bluegrass  

  • Description

    Unavailable on all formats since the early 2000's, Alison Brown's GRAMMY-nominated debut album SIMPLE PLEASURES was a leap forward for Scruggs-rooted banjo playing when it was first released in 1990. This led to her immediate recognition as a banjo pioneer and to her win in 1991 of the Banjo Player of the Year award from the International Bluegrass Music Association (the first female to win an Instrumentalist of the Year award). For the 2024 reissue, the original 8-track, 1" multitrack tapes were transferred at a resolution of 192kHz/36-bit, and remixed and mastered by Matt Coles at Compass Sound Studio in Nashville.

    The album was produced in 1989 by acoustic music icon and frequent Jerry Garcia cohort David Grisman (architect of "Dawg Music," the jazz-influenced breakout fringe of the bluegrass genre) and recorded with a cast of all-star musicians at Dawg Studio in Marin, CA. Players on the sessions included Alison Krauss (fiddle), David Grisman (mandolin), Mike Marshall (guitar, fiddle, mandolin), Matt Eakle (flute), Joe Craven (percussion) and Jim Kerwin (bass). The album's 12 tunes were all written by Alison and include the first recorded versions of some of her most well-known compositions, including "Mambo Banjo," "Leaving Cottondale," and "Weetabix."

    Description

    Unavailable on all formats since the early 2000s, Alison Brown's GRAMMY-nominated debut album SIMPLE PLEASURES was a leap forward for Scruggs-rooted banjo playing when it was first released in 1990. This led to her immediate recognition as a banjo pioneer and to her win in 1991 of the Banjo Player of the Year award from the International Bluegrass Music Association (the first female to win an Instrumentalist of the Year award). For the 2024 reissue, the original 8-track, 1" multitrack tapes were transferred at a resolution of 192kHz/36-bit, and remixed and mastered by Matt Coles at Compass Sound Studio in Nashville.

    The album was produced in 1989 by acoustic music icon and frequent Jerry Garcia cohort David Grisman (architect of "Dawg Music," the jazz-influenced breakout fringe of the bluegrass genre) and recorded with a cast of all-star musicians at Dawg Studio in Marin, CA. Players on the sessions included Alison Krauss (fiddle), David Grisman (mandolin), Mike Marshall (guitar, fiddle, mandolin), Matt Eakle (flute), Joe Craven (percussion) and Jim Kerwin (bass). The album's 12 tunes were all written by Alison and include the first recorded versions of some of her most well-known compositions, including "Mambo Banjo," "Leaving Cottondale," and "Weetabix." Includes three previously unreleased demos on Download card

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Mambo Banjo
      • 2. Leaving Cottondale
      • 3. Fantasy
      • 4. Daytime Tv
      • 5. Wolf Moon
      • 6. From The Coast
      • 7. Weetabix
      • 8. Bright And Early
      • 9. Waltzing With Tula
      • 10. Reddy Rooster
      • 11. Sundaze
      • 12. Simple Pleasures
      • 13. Wolf Moon (Unreleased Demo)
      • 14. Waltzing With Tula (Unreleased Demo)
      • 15. Sundaze (Unreleased Demo)

    Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Mambo Banjo
      • 2. Leaving Cottondale
      • 3. Fantasy
      • 4. Daytime TV
      • 5. Wolf Moon
      • 6. From The Coast

      Side 2

      • 1. Weetabix
      • 2. Bright And Early
      • 3. Waltzing With Tula
      • 4. Reddy Rooster
      • 5. Sundaze
      • 6. Simple Pleasures