(1998, Razor And Tie) A     B     O     U     T        I     T Recorded mainly from the March, 1997 Tangiers (Akron, Ohio) shows, this long-awaited 'double-live' CD set also includes selections from Michael Stanley's concerts at the Rock Hall of Fame, Sandusky, Youngstown, The Odeon (Cleveland), and St. Louis. Thirty tracks showcase the gentler, acoustic side of Michael Stanley, harkening back to his first two solo albums, as well as reflecting the popularity of several concert mainstays performed as 'unplugged' versions (ie: I'll Never Need Anyone More, Somewhere In The Night...); selections range from "Dancing In The Dark" (MSB, "You Break It, You Bought It", 1976) to "Terms of Surrender" (Michael Stanley, "Coming Up For Air", 1996), with several new tunes (the touching "Grownup Love Song", "Time On My Hands"...) and covers of favorites ("Blue Sky Song", "My Back Pages/Goin' Back", "Waltzing's For Dreamers"...). "Live In Tangiers: The Acoustic Shows" features talent provided by longtime bandmates/friends: Bob Pelander, piano & vocals; Jennifer Lee, vocals & percussion; Marc Lee Shannon, acoustic & electric guitars, dobro, mandolin; Ed Caner, violin, viola; Rodney Psyka, vocals & percussion; Eroc Sosinski, bass & vocals; Tommy Dobeck, percussion... Michael delights his fans yet again by including insightful liner notes for each and every track, and former-MSB-manager and longtime friend David Spero joins Michael's 'foreward' to the collection with one of his own: "As a longtime fan, it was a unique experience to listen to this album; with so many of the songs, it was almost as if I was hearing them again for the first time," Spero remarks, "Some have been stripped to their bare bones, probably just the way they first sounded in whatever motel room or tour bus they were written in..." He further adds, "Michael sings, 'thank God for the man who put the white lines on the highway' and we know exactly what he means because we've all been there. And now he's taking us on a ride down another musical highway, and it's a ride that was well worth the wait." T H E   T R A C K S: Midwest Midnight, I'll Never Need Anyone More, After Hollywood, My Town, Spanish Nights, Working Again, Rosewood Bitters, Time On My Hands, Everything, All I Ever Wanted, Dancing In The Dark, Somewhere Over Paris, Grownup Love Song, Lover, In Between The Lines, In The Heartland, Misery Loves Company, Help, Blue Sky Song, Let's Get The Show On The Road, Beautiful Lies, What's Another Heart, Waltzing's For Dreamers, Will You Love Me Tomorrow?, Since You've Been Gone, Sendaway Underwear, Falling In Love Again, Terms of Surrender, Somewhere In The Night, My Back Pages/Goin' Back To ORDER "Live in Tangiers", contact Line Level Music...

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