Alison Brown - Simple Pleasures (Remixed & Remastered) [CD]

Cat. no: COM48292
Format: CD
Barcode: 766397482927
Release Date: 09 Aug 2024
Genre: Country

Unavailable on all formats since the early 2000's, Alison Brown's GRAMMY-nominated debut album SIMPLE PLEASURES was a leap forward for Scruggs-rooted banjo playing when it was frst released in 1990

This led to her immediate recognition as a banjo pioneer and to her win in 1991 of the Banjo Player of the Year award from the International Bluegrass Music Association (the frst female to win an Instrumentalist of the Year award). For the 2024 reissue, the original 8- track, 1" multitrack tapes were transferred at a resolution of 192kHz/36- bit, and remixed and mastered by Matt Coles at Compass Sound Studio in Nashville.

The album was produced in 1989 by acoustic music icon and frequent Jerry Garcia cohort David Grisman (architect of "Dawg Music," the jazz- infuenced breakout fringe of the bluegrass genre) and recorded with a cast of all- star musicians at Dawg Studio in Marin, CA. Players on the sessions included Alison Krauss (fddle), David Grisman (mandolin), Mike Marshall (guitar, fddle, mandolin), Matt Eakle (fute), Joe Craven (percussion) and Jim Kerwin (bass). The album's 12 tunes were all written by Alison and include the frst recorded versions of some of her most well- known compositions, including "Mambo Banjo," "Leaving Cottondale," and "Weetabix."

REMIXED AND REMASTERED from 192kHz/36-bit transfers of the original multi-track tapes. LP – features LIMITED EDITION BLACK & WHITE SWIRL + album download code with 3 never-before-released bonus tracks Includes a 4-COLOR BOOKLET with liner notes from Alison Brown, Dave Dennison, and Mike Marshall, plus ARCHIVAL PHOTOS and SESSION DOCUMENTS. 

CD Tracks: Mambo Banjo / Leaving Cottondale / Fantasy / Daytime Tv / Wolf Moon / From The Coast / Weetabix / Bright And Early / Waltzing With Tula / Reddy Rooster / Sundaze / Simple Pleasures / Wolf Moon (Unreleased Demo) / Waltzing With Tula (Unreleased Demo) / Sundaze (Unreleased Demo)