I emailed my graphic artist, the very patient and talented Nancy Hagen, what I hope are final specs on all my CD artwork today. I'm getting ready to listen to what I hope are final mixes of the songs. I have knots in my stomach and am still in my pj's at 3:30 pm. This stuff is not for sissies.
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Inside sleeve of Dylan's "Nashville Skyline" long-play album released in 1969.
HERE'S HOW RECORDS GIVE YOU MORE OF WHAT YOU WANT:
1. THEY'RE YOUR BEST ENTERTAINMENT BUY. Records give you top quality for less money than any other recorded form. Every album is a show in itself. And once you've paid the price of admission, you can hear it over and over.
2. THEY ALLOW SELECTIVITY OF SONGS AND TRACKS. With records it's easy to pick out songs you want to play, or to play again a particular song or side. All you have to do is lift the tone arm and place it where you want it. You can't do this as easily with anything but a phonographic record.
3. THEY'RE CONVENIENT AND EASY TO HANDLE. With the long-playing record you get what you want to hear, when you want to hear it. Everybody's familiar with records, too. And you can go anywhere with them because they're light and don't take up space.
4. THEY'RE ATTRACTIVE, INFORMATIVE, AND EASY TO STORE. Record albums are never out of place. Because of [...]
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HERE'S HOW RECORDS GIVE YOU MORE OF WHAT YOU WANT:
1. THEY'RE YOUR BEST ENTERTAINMENT BUY. Records give you top quality for less money than any other recorded form. Every album is a show in itself. And once you've paid the price of admission, you can hear it over and over.
2. THEY ALLOW SELECTIVITY OF SONGS AND TRACKS. With records it's easy to pick out songs you want to play, or to play again a particular song or side. All you have to do is lift the tone arm and place it where you want it. You can't do this as easily with anything but a phonographic record.
3. THEY'RE CONVENIENT AND EASY TO HANDLE. With the long-playing record you get what you want to hear, when you want to hear it. Everybody's familiar with records, too. And you can go anywhere with them because they're light and don't take up space.
4. THEY'RE ATTRACTIVE, INFORMATIVE, AND EASY TO STORE. Record albums are never out of place. Because of [...]
Just finished Peter Guralnick's two book set on Elvis. The first book is "Last Train to Memphis - The Rise of Elvis Presley." The second is "Careless Love - The Unmaking of Elvis Presley." Considered to be the definitive Elvis biography, I HIGHLY recommend these books to any Elvis fan or just to the curious. They are WONDERFUL, and sad, and I hated to see them end. I spent several days in a funk because, one, my time with these highly entertaining books was over and, two, because the reader is forced to relive the death of the man. Don't know about you, but I can tell you exactly where I was when I heard the king was dead: at Remax drive-in eating hamburgers with my mom. My brother drove up. He had been on a mission to find us and break the news. It didn't seem possible, a sentiment echoed in "Careless Love." Read these books. But be forewarned. You will never laugh at another "fat Elvis" derision.
During the read, couldn't stop listening to:
"That's When Your Heartaches Begin" from Rare [...]
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During the read, couldn't stop listening to:
"That's When Your Heartaches Begin" from Rare [...]
Once again real life intervenes and music takes a back seat to the need to pay bills. However, my producer/husband is now finished with his day job as one of Keith Urban's guitar techs and production on the record resumes. Here's to 2010 and to finishing this darn record s-o-o-n!!!