Train a Comin'

Train a Comin'

ASIN: B000002NAW

Track Listings

1. Mystery Train, Pt. 2

2. Hometown Blues

3. Sometimes She Forgets

4. Mercenary Song

5. Goodbye

6. Tom Ames' Prayer

7. Nothin' Without You

8. Angel Is the Devil

9. I'm Looking Through You

10. Northern Winds

11. Ben McCulloch

12. Rivers of Babylon

13. Tecumseh Valley

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com essential recording
Steve Earle's first record after emerging from artistic struggles, prison, and addiction, 1995's Train A-Comin' finds an artist starting from scratch and returning to the very basics of his musical vision. The low-key, charming, all-acoustic support comes from veterans Peter Rowan, Norman Blake, and Roy Huskey, while Earle's original material dates as far back as 1974--he wrote "Mercenary Song," he notes, while still working at Ciraco's Pizza. The mix of covers--Beatles, Townes Van Zandt, and the "Jamaican hillbilly" of "Rivers of Babylon" (with Emmylou Harris chiming in)--proves he had one primary listener in mind: himself. With no expectations thrust upon him, no labels involved, and very few at the time bothering to listen, Earle mined a raw gem. --Marc Greilsamer

Tracks:

Mystery Train Part II
Hometown Blues
Sometimes She Forgets
Mercenary Song
Goodbye
Tom Ames' Prayer
Nothin' Without You
Angel Is The Devil
I'm Looking Through You
Northern Winds
Ben McCulloch
Rivers Of Babylon
Tecumseh Valley

Amazon.com essential recording

Steve Earle's first record after emerging from artistic struggles, prison, and addiction, 1995's Train A-Comin' finds an artist starting from scratch and returning to the very basics of his musical vision. The low-key, charming, all-acoustic support comes from veterans Peter Rowan, Norman Blake, and Roy Huskey, while Earle's original material dates as far back as 1974--he wrote "Mercenary Song," he notes, while still working at Ciraco's Pizza. The mix of covers--Beatles, Townes Van Zandt, and the "Jamaican hillbilly" of "Rivers of Babylon" (with Emmylou Harris chiming in)--proves he had one primary listener in mind: himself. With no expectations thrust upon him, no labels involved, and very few at the time bothering to listen, Earle mined a raw gem. --Marc Greilsamer

Customer Reviews:

One of the greatest albums of all time.......2007-05-17

I have to agree with B. Morris. He (or she?) is not exaggerating and neither am I - this is one of the greatest albums ever made. I would put it into my top 20 or even top 10. No matter how many times I listen to it, I never seem to get sick of it. This is timeless, simple, honest roots music. "Mercenary Song" is an absolute gem. It's such an uplifting song...it's like a breath of fresh air...as if an exclamation mark is at the end of every line. Just when the world thought Mr. Earle was finished, he gives us this. Talk about a come back...

good stuff.......2007-04-12

I bought this album just before I went to Alaska in 1995 to cook on a seafood processor. Of the hundred or so cd's I took with me that season, this got, along with 'Cover Girl' by Shawn Colvin and 'Where'd You Hide the Body', by James McMurtry, about 90% of the play time. I just think it's great stuff and one of the treasures of my modest collection. 'I'm Nothin' Without You', with Emmylow Harris, steals the show for me...'she shared a cheesburger with me and I haven't been the same since'...

"Train A Comin" Rocks.......2007-01-15

I am a huge Steve Earle Fan. Like most people, I like his early records, but I believe his "Post-Prison" records are phenomenal. Train a Comin might be my favorite. Everything about this record is great from the fade in on Mystery Train Part 2 till the last note of Tecumseh Valley. There are great songs all throughout. Ben McCullough, Mercenary Song, Angel Is the Devil are incredible songs that weave great stories and tell timeless tales of love, hate, war, insecurity etc... This album also has the most beatiful and sad song I've ever heard..Goodbye. I am moved everytime I hear it. This is no doubt the best acoustic album I have ever heard, and may be the best Steve Earle record ever recorded. Don't give it a second thought, buy this record and you won't ever want to pull it out of your cd changer. The best songwriter in America at his very best!
Heath Gammon
Collinsville Texas

Something's Missing.......2006-03-08

Although I knew this was an acoustic album, I was still not prepared for how different Steve Earle sounds with a whole album in this setting. Just acoustic guitar, acoustic bass, fiddle, some banjo. No drums at all.

This arrangement works better on some songs than others. "Goodbye", "Ben McCulloch", and "Tecumseh" are songs of astonishing lyrical and melodic beauty. The spare arrangement really lets the songs shine and they are among the finest in Mr. Earle's catalogue. However, there are others - such as "Mystery Train Part II" and "Tom Ames' Prayer" - that sound constrained by this approach. These are songs aching for the full throttle attack of a plugged in band.

There's a couple of covers. "I'm Looking Through You" won't make you forget the Beatles' original, but it's a nice understated version. "Rivers Of Babylon" doesn't work, it just doesn't sound like the enthusiasm is there.

If you're looking for a "typical" Earle album, this is not a first choice. If you're familiar with and enjoy his work, just be sure to expect an all acoustic outing and give it at least a few listens before you pass judgement. The best songs are great and most of the remaining material is at least very good. I think if he had used a full band on a few tracks the overall results would have been even better.

Essential.......2006-02-24

"This ain't my unplugged record!" Steve writes in the liner notes to this gem, originally released in '95. It's a collection of songs old and new, and a few covers, performed primarily on acoustic tours. There's nary a bad track; and the good ones... they'll haunt you long after the album's over. A case in point: "Goodbye." Emmylou Harris does a near-definitive version of it on her Wrecking Ball album, but here... Steve's understated vocals bypass the brain in favor of the heart, recalling all of the folks left behind but carried with us, still. For that song alone, this CD is a necessary addition to any self-respecting fan's collection; add in the story-song "Ben McCulloch," his masterful take of Townes' Van Zandt's "Tecumsah Valley" and his duet with Emmylou on Bob Marley's "Rivers of Babylon"... this is one of those albums that you put in the CD player to listen to and end up listening to it two, three, four times in a row.

Shall We Gather - American Hymns and Spirituals

Average customer rating:

Excellent
Brilliant

Shall We Gather - American Hymns and Spirituals

Manufacturer: Albany Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music

Live Recordings | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B00005QK6L
Release Date: 2001-09-25

Tracks:

Libert Hall (Lord, In Thy Presence)
Rise, Shine, For Thy Light Is A-Comin'
Welwyn (O Brother Man)
Pisgah (The Lord's My Shepherd)
Poor Rosy
I've Just Come From The Fountain
Let Us Cheer The Weary Traveler
Nettleton (Come, Thou Fount Of Every Blessing)
Wondrous Love (What Wondrous Love Is This)
Gospel Train
Shining Shore (My Days Are Gliding By Swiftly)
More Love
In Mercy, Lord (In Mercy, Lord, Incline Thine Ear)
Beautiful River (Shall We Gather At The River)
Some Of These Days
The Old Ship Of Zion
St. Peter (In Christ There Is No East Or West)
Missionary Chant (Awake, Our Souls)
Old Ship Of Zion (What Ship Is This?)
Inching Along
Watchman (Watchman, Tell Us Of The Night)
Hurry, On My Weary Soul
Morning Trumpet (O When Shall I See Jesus)
He's A Mighty Good Leader
Hold On
Resignation (My Shepherd Will Supply My Need)
We Shall Walk Through The Valley

Customer Reviews:

Excellent.......2007-05-09

The best "Sacred Harp" or "Shape Note" type singing that I've heard. The various renditons are clear and harmonious.
None of that tuning up, barking, la-la's or other cacophonous sounds here.

Brilliant.......2003-09-22

I couldn't recommend a CD more highly. As a musician I was amazed at the variety of the music here and the truly exceptional performances. It's seems we can always rely on Albany to put out the most interesting and highest quality recordings.

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Sound Feast

The Symphonic Ellington: Night Creature

Manufacturer: Soul Note Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music

Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music

Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music

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General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music

Swing Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00001QGNZ
Release Date: 1999-09-14

Tracks:

Night Creature: Fast - Marco Fumo/Fatlinda Thaci/Marco Fior/Giulio Visibelli/Roberto Rossi
Night Creature: Andante Misterioso - Marco Fumo/Fatlinda Thaci/Marco Fior/Giulio Visibelli/Roberto Rossi
Night Creature: Moderato - Marco Fumo/Fatlinda Thaci/Marco Fior/Giulio Visibelli/Roberto Rossi
Night Creature: Moderato - Marco Fumo/Fatlinda Thaci/Marco Fior/Giulio Visibelli/Roberto Rossi
Night Creature: Andante Misterioso - Marco Fumo/Fatlinda Thaci/Marco Fior/Giulio Visibelli/Roberto Rossi
Night Creature: Moderato Sostenuto - Marco Fumo/Fatlinda Thaci/Marco Fior/Giulio Visibelli/Roberto Rossi
Swampy River - Marco Fumo
New World A-Comin': Moderato Lento - Marco Fumo
New World A-Comin': Moderato - Marco Fumo
New World A-Comin': Allegro/Moderato - Marco Fumo
The Three Black Kings: King Of The Magi - Civica Jazz Band
The Three Black Kings: King Solomon - Civica Jazz Band
The Three Black Kings: Jazz Improvisations - Roberto Rossi/Lucio Terzano/Gianni Bedori/Roberto Tarenzi/Emilio Soana/Tony Arco/Guilio Visibelli
The Three Black Kings: King Of The Magi - Civica Jazz Band
Take The 'A' Train - Enrico Intra

Customer Reviews:

Sound Feast.......2001-09-23

Night Creature is a universal feast of sonorous and dissonant sounds for aesthetes; in a word, it is beautiful. To me, it as a rare delight of incessant sheer music in a world relentlessly drowning out beauty with noise.
I hear Ellington at his apogee. Jazz? Classical? Why not "Ellington music."
Being one generally shunning live recordings due to the transcendent destructions of hand-clapping noise, I note that one of its myriad of delights is the applause follows in lieu of interrupts the music. Another delight is that the improvisation is by the Civica Jazz Band and Ensemble dell'Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Guiseppe Verdi performed at the Teatro Lirico di Milano; i.e., Europeans deeply aware of Ellington's earned status. Since the six-week ago first hear, I have quotidianly listened at least twice. After each hear, I hear Beethoven say to Mingus, "That gets yo' soul ahit." To which, Mingus sighs in delight, "Oh Yeah."

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Train a Comin'
Steve Earle
Manufacturer: Winter Harvest
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music

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Singer-Songwriters | Rock | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000C6ZXUY

Product Description

1. Mystery Train Part II 2. Hometown Blues 3. Sometimes She Forgets 4. Mercenary Song 5. Goodbye 6. Tom Ames' Prayer 7. Nothin' Without You 8. Angel Is The Devil 9. I'm Looking Through You 10. Northern Winds 11. Ben McCulloch 12. Rivers Of Babylon 13. Tecumseh Valley

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The Train's A-Comin'
Jim Anger
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000LGFN1E

Product Description

1. The Train's A-Comin' 2. Daddy, What's A Train? 3. Lonesome Whistlin' Freight Train Blues 4. Railroading On The Great Divide 5. Hey There, Freight Train 6. Long-gone Days 7. Starlight On The Rails 8. Somethin' 'bout Trains 9. Mulligan Stew 10. I Remember Lovin' You 11. Westbound Freight 12. Midnight Ride 13. Days of Bummin' 14. One Last Freight To Ride 15. Headin' Out

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This Train's a Comin'
Don de Leaumont
Manufacturer: Brother Expired Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Folk | Styles | Music

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Uncut Gems

Manufacturer: Warner Brothers
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music

General | Country | Styles | Music

Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music

Singer-Songwriters | Rock | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CR1K5A

Product Description

STEVE EARLE: Uncut Gems: 1980's Nashville Sessions. Vintage Earle recordings (Solo Acoustic & Electric Band) including early versions of songs that would appear on later Earle recordings and songs written for other artists. Some of these songs were later recorded by other country artists like; Travis Tritt, Mark Chestnut, Ry Cooder, Robert Earl Keen Jr., Stacey Earle, etc.. Most of these songs were written BEFORE (and probably recorded before) Earle's debut LP, "Guitar Town", was released in 1986 (when Earle was still working as a songwriter for a Nashville publishing company). TRACK LISTING: Some Blue Moons Ago, She's So Mean, No. 29, Somethin' to Hold Onto, I'm Not Gettin' Any Better at Goodbyes ,(w/ Ray Cobb) ,Promise You Anything (w/ Maria McKee of Lone Justice) ,Sometimes She Forgets ,Tom Ames' Prayer ,She Can't Break My Heart ,When The Mornin' Comes ,The First Fool in Line (w/ Ray Cobb) ,Someone's Got to Do It (w/ Ray Cobb) ,Hot Enough For Ya ,For Better or Worse (w/ Ray Cobb) ,Heatin' Up ,Hole in My Heart ,I'm Still Around (w/ Pebble Daniels) ,You Tear Me Up ,I Won't Be Your Next In Line ,My Old Friend the Blues

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