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Listening Booth: 1970 |  | Artist: Marc Cohn
Label: Saguaro Road Records
Category: Music
List Price: $17.98
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Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 244
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.3
UPC: 610583349627
EAN: 0610583349627
ASIN: B003IFMXAE
Release Date: July 20, 2010
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| Tracks:
| • | Wild World | | • | Look At Me | | • | Maybe I'm Amazed | | • | Make It With You (with India.Arie) | | • | The Letter | | • | The Only Living Boy In New York | | • | After Midnight | | • | The Tears Of A Clown (with Kristina Train) | | • | No Matter What (with Aimee Mann) | | • | New Speedway Boogie (with Jim Lauderdale) | | • | Into The Mystic | | • | Long As I Can See The Light |
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Product Description
One Sunday morning in the early '70's, a youngster in Cleveland caught an earful of Van Morrison's 'Astral Weeks' and his life was never the same. That kid was Marc Cohn and soon after that morning he bought everything Morrison had released to date, along with works by Joni Mitchell and Jackson Browne.
Cohn's rootsier, acoustic neofolk style harkens back to the more
sophisticated rock and pop inflections of singer-songwriters of two decades past - his supple, velvety baritone and elegant piano-based arrangements frame shrewdly crafted songs ripe with pop touches.
Marc Cohn's new record on Saguaro Road will focus on the year 1970,
an important year for music fans in general and particularly for Marc,
because many significant albums and singles were released then that had an impact on his decision to become an artist.
The album features Marc's personal interpretations of classic songs
written by and/or made famous in 1970 by Paul McCartney, John
Lennon, Cat Stevens, Van Morrison, John Fogerty and CCR, Smokey
Robinson, Joe Cocker, Simon & Garfunkel, Eric Clapton and several
more.
Songs include 'Wild World,' 'The Tears of A Clown,' 'The Letter,' 'Maybe I'm Amazed' and 'Make it With You' and features guest duet with India.Arie.
The album is produced by Grammy-winning producer John
Leventhal (Shawn Colvin, Record of the Year), who also just produced
the new album by Rosanne Cash, 'The List.'
Album Description
Collaborating with longtime producer/arranger and fellow Grammy Award-winner John Leventhal, Marc Cohn doesn't merely recreate the sounds of this storied time. On Listening Booth: 1970, he transforms songs from such artists as Cat Stevens, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Van Morrison, Smokey Robinson, CCR, J.J. Cale, Paul Simon and Bread into tracks that are warm, soulful, a little sexy and full of easy-going charm. These highly personal interpretations have been so creatively and confidently re-imagined, they feel brand new. 1970 was a milestone for Marc and for pop culture at large, given the range of notable artists who made the charts that year. The songs of 1970 would stick with him forever, as they would with anyone of a tender age just discovering the deeper meanings and life lessons to be gleaned from a "simple" pop tune.
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 Such a laid back style! September 9, 2010
George L. Rogers (Lee, NH United States)
I really like the way Marc Cohn makes these songs his own by adapting them to his great, unique and soulful voice. I grew up listening to these songs too and I welcome a fresh take on them now. I say, if you want to hear a song done exactly like the original one, then just buy a CD of the original artist! Two thumbs up and 5 stars from me for Listening Booth!
Easy listening September 4, 2010
L. Rankin
This CD is outstanding. I have it in my car and listen to it all the time. Marc Cohn has an amazing voice and the songs bring back a lot of memories. You won't be sorry if you purchase this CD.
Marc Cohn Listening Booth Worth The Price August 31, 2010
William A. Zoller
Great CD! He hit a home run with this one. Easy listening. Brings back great sounds from 1970.
Marc Cohn - Listening Booth: 1970 August 30, 2010
Suzanne C. Marr (Yreka, CA)
What a treat for my ears. I love the songs and his voice is to die for. It's one the best CD's recorded in a very long time. Real music for a change.
'Covers' only by definition - 'Originals' by the depth of Marc's soul August 29, 2010
G. T. Arkhew (New York)
If Jackson Pollock decided to paint the Mona Lisa, it certainly wouldn't look like Leonardo's, but it probably would be an incredible work of art. The same applies to this set of songs put through a funk/r&b makeover by Marc Cohn. Some myopic, windbag reviewers complain these aren't like the original versions . . . duh! Marc Cohn's musical sensibilities can be trusted to make art, not copies, and that's what we have here. Wait 'til you hear the musical arrangements - they will reverberate in your head as if the original versions were never heard by you. Listen to Cohn's vocals - the infusion of soul takes these songs beyond ever being just 'covers'. In fact, I dare to say if these versions had been released first, they would have been hits before the originals made it to the charts. Way to go Marc! After your next album of new, stunningly brilliant music (I hope, I hope), let's move on to 1971 so I can hear you do "Maggie May". I got chills already.
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