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Yo La Tengo - Best of Mountain Stage Live, Vol. 3 Audio CD

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Yo La Tengo Band: Yo La Tengo
Title: Best of Mountain Stage Live, Vol. 3
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Release Date: 1992-08-03
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Border Crossing - Timbuk 3 2: Guantan Amerika - Alex Chilton 3: Superman's Song - Crash Test Dummies 4: Never Had It So Good - Mary Chapin Carpenter 5: Waiting for a Miracle - Bruce Cockburn 6: Soy de San Louis - Texas Tornados 7: Misguided Angel - Cowboy Junkies 8: Lewis - Yo La Tengo 9: Shelter - Sarah McLachlan 10: Renegade - Warren Zevon 11: Cynical Girl - Marshall Crenshaw 12: Romance Is a Slow Dance - Fabulous Twister Sisters 13: Tear Stained Letter - Jo-El Sonnier

One of the better "Mountain Stage" cds


The highlight is "Misguided Angel" by the Cowboy Junkies. There is a nice assortment of artists on this one. The singer's voice is angelic and ethereal. It is an improvement from the already great version on their Trinity Sessions cd.

"Renegade" by Warren Zevon is a stripped down, accoustic version where Zevon's voice is emotional and cracks in all the right places.

Marshall Crenshaw puts more zip into the power pop gem "Cynical Girl" and it is a winner.

Bruce Cockburn's "Waiting on a Miracle" is a wonderful, slow burner with tasty guitar licks all over the place.

I love Alex Chilton's "Guatana Amerika" which is played nice and raw. . . like a 1960's garage band.

There is a nice variety here and the performances are above average. .


Some good live tracks
Nice Yo La Tengo track -- "Lewis" from their President Yo La Tengo album.


Correction
I agree about the quality of this record, though, of which the high spot is the chilling duet between Warren Zevon on piano and Deni Bonet on violin. Just to correct the other reviewer, The Fabulous Twister Sisters WAS a joint partnership between violinist/vocalist, Deni Bonet and vocalist/guitarist, Julie Adams, which broke up when Deni left the show a few years ago, to pursue a solo career.


Ecclectic blend of mellow and fun
A wonderful combo of Emmylou Harris and Sarah MacLachlan sounds. The Twister Sisters is really Julie Adams with a backup band and she is fantastic. Sarah is on here too, sounding sultry and ethereal. Alex Chilton is stripped down to a trio and offering up something wry and catchy. Martin Crenshaw is his usual playful self. Warren Zevon is not wry or humorous on this one - he does one of those Southener lamenting over the south's loss of the Civil War - and he sounds convincing to me.

I have vol 3 and vol 2. Vol 3 is my favorite out of the two,.


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