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Old 08-24-2020, 10:24 AM
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$99?

Yeah... no.

Be nice to have but not at that price... I think I have one called "Sleepless Nights" from that period... nope, it's a Flying Burrito Brothers disc...

I've heard some of that radio broadcast, and, as I recall, the sound is not all that good on it...

Lord, $99 is silly! Kind of like trying to find one of the discs of Willis Alan Ramsey's album, let alone a good vinyl copy...
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Old 08-24-2020, 10:29 AM
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Amazon gets weird prices sometimes, I'm quite sure that CD (if it is available) wouldn't go for more than $19.99.

It's just you have to find it somewhere.

Probably a Mom and Pop music store that still sells vinyls and old recorded CD's.

There just ain't that many of them around anymore.

Mom and Pop Music Stores that is.

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Old 08-24-2020, 11:34 AM
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Lord, $99 is silly! Kind of like trying to find one of the discs of Willis Alan Ramsey's album, let alone a good vinyl copy...
I have the Willis Alan Ramsey CD. I got it about 15 years ago. I don't remember where I got it from or the price. I sought it out because of the Jimmy Buffett connection. Ramsey's story is kind of interesting, to say the least... Whenever asked about a second album he would always say "what's wrong with the first one."

I just did a quick search and found it on Amazon for $169.
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Old 08-25-2020, 11:28 AM
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Cool Willis Alan Ramsey!

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I have the Willis Alan Ramsey CD. I got it about 15 years ago. I don't remember where I got it from or the price. I sought it out because of the Jimmy Buffett connection. Ramsey's story is kind of interesting, to say the least... Whenever asked about a second album he would always say "what's wrong with the first one."

I just did a quick search and found it on Amazon for $169.
I know, they're hard to find... love that record, though; every song is a gem! Willis is the "hero in the background" for a whole lot of folks... he's been "working on" his second album for nearly 50 years now... last I heard, it's in the final stages, but that was over a year ago and... nothing yet!

When I was in my twenties, I moved around the country a lot, s taying with friends here and there, writing songs and playing the places I could. Whenever I got to a "new place" to stay for a while, I'd go out and buy a few records, both so I could hear them when I wanted and to turn my friends on to the music. Willis Alan Ramsey's record was one of the ones I always bought for the household... and when I'd leave, I'd leave the record behind. Probably did that a dozen times or more in a ten-year span!

Fortunately, Ia friend gave me copy of the CD that's good quality... so I can still listen to it when I want. After all these years, it's still a fantastic record; low budget, sparse production, GREAT songs! No fluff in there, just "meat and potatoes" the whole way through... with a lot of heart...
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Old 08-25-2020, 10:50 PM
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I am very surprised anyone on this site might suggest these lyrics to be controversial.

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Attributed to W B Stevens it has been recorded by over 100 groups including the Flying Burrito Brothers 1970. I heard it first on the 1987 Trio LP and knew through Emmylou of the Gram Parsons connection. I read that an impromptu version was sung at Gram Parsons funeral ceremony.
Yeah. Definitely a classic tune. I would not be surprised to be told that the Stones had a version out there somewhere. If you want to play on some hymns that everyone knows, this is going to be one of them.
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