Description
180-gram LP
Numbered edition limited to 500 copies worldwide!
Mastered by Scott Hull at Masterdisk Studios from the original analog master tapes
Pressed at Pallas in Germany HQ—180-gram LP
An album full of skillfully crafted pop songs and classics with a jazzy twist. Originally released in 1993, Good Friends is singer-songwriter Livingston Taylor's ninth album. Taylor includes several cover songs along with his own self-penned material.
His cover of Bill Withers' "Grandma's Hands" takes the original's simple arrangement (just a bluesy electric guitar, bass and drums behind Wither's voice) and recreates the song into a gospel-choir backed a cappella performance. Based on the lyrics, the Grandma of this song was a religious woman who "clapped in church on Sunday morning" and "played a tambourine so well. He also tackles the Wizard of Oz selections, "If I Only Had a Brain" and "Somewhere Over the Rainbow."
Keeping with the Chesky Records standards, as the back-cover reads, this album was "recorded with minimalist miking techniques and without overdubbing or artificial enhancement to ensure the purest and most natural sound possible."
| Side A |
| 1. Out Of This World |
| 2. Jacques Cousteau |
| 3. Heart & Soul |
| 4. Carolina Day |
| 5. If I Only Had A Brain |
| 6. Grandma’s Hands |
| 7. Blind |
| 8. Good Friends |
| Side B |
| 1. Pajamas |
| 2. Save Your Heart For Me |
| 3. Fifth & Vine |
| 4. Bluer Than Blue |
| 5. In My Reply |
| 6. Somewhere Over The Rainbow |
| 7. Thank You Song |
