Songbird: Rare Tracks and Forgotten Gems | 
 enlarge | Artist: Emmylou Harris
Label: Rhino Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  49 reviews
Sales Rank: 3518
Format: Special Edition
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 5
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 5.5 x 1.5
MPN: 74744
UPC: 081227474423
EAN: 0081227474423
ASIN: B000IZK4GC
Release Date: September 18, 2007
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Disc 1
| • | Clocks (alternate version) | | • | The Angels Rejoiced Last Night (Gram Parsons) | | • | The Old Country Baptizing (Gram Parsons & The Fallen Angels) | | • | Coats of Many Colors | | • | For No One | | • | Ooh Las Vegas | | • | Satan's Jewel Crown | | • | Tulsa Queen | | • | My Songbird | | • | Green Rolling Hills | | • | One Paper Kid with Willie Nelson | | • | Sorrow In The Wind | | • | Rough And Rocky | | • | Jordan | | • | Darkets Hour Is Just Before Dawn | | • | Ashes by Now | | • | How High The Moon | | • | Spanish Johnny with Waylon Jennings | | • | The Lst Cheaters Waltz | | • | Racing In The Streets | | • | Like An Old Fashioned Waltz |
Disc 2
| • | The Sweethearts of the Rodeo with Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Vince Gill & Gail Davies | | • | When I Was Yours | | • | My Fathers House | | • | Bright Morning Stars | | • | When He Calls | | • | Lonely Street | | • | Brand New Dance | | • | Get Up John | | • | If I Could Be There | | • | Ballad Of A Runaway House | | • | Going Back To Harlan | | • | Sweet Old World | | • | All My Tears (Live) | | • | Prayer In Open D (Live) | | • | Bang The Drum Slowly | | • | Boy From Tupelo | | • | Lost Unto This World | | • | Man Is An Island | | • | Cup Of Kindness |
Disc 3
| • | Falling In a Deep Hole | | • | 1917 (Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris) | | • | Palms of Victory (Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, & Emmylou Harris) | | • | Softy and Tenderly (Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris) | | • | My Dear Companion (Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstatt & Emmylou Harris) | | • | Mary Danced with Soldiers (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) | | • | I Don't ove You Much Do I (Guy Clark) | | • | All I Left Behind | | • | I Remember You (Steve Earle) | | • | Golden Ring with Linda Ronstadt and Anna & Kate McGarrigle | | • | Sonny (Emmylou Harris, Dolores Keanes, Mary Black) | | • | In The Garden | | • | Love Still Remains | | • | Snake Song | | • | Hobo's Lullaby | | • | Wondering | | • | Immigrant Eyes | | • | Juanita (Sheryl Crow & Emmylow Harris) | | • | She (Pretenders & Emmylou Harris) | | • | Sin City (Beck & Emmylou Harris) | | • | Wheels (The Seldom Scene) |
Disc 4
| • | Beyond The Blue (Emmylou Harris & Patty Griffin) | | • | First In Line (Emmylou Harris & John Starling) | | • | Highway of Heartache | | • | ALone And Forsaken (Emmylou Harris and Mark Knopfler) | | • | Child of Mine | | • | Heaven Ain't Ready For You Yet | | • | Wish We Were Back In Missouri | | • | Mama's Hungry Eyes with Rodney Crowell | | • | Here We Are (George Jones & Emmylou Harris) | | • | Waltz Across Texas Tonight | | • | Snowin' On Raton | | • | Gone | | • | Don't Let Our Love Die | | • | The Pearl (Live) | | • | Wildwood Flower (Randy Scruggs with Emmylou Harris & Iris DeMent) | | • | Love And Happiness (Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris) | | • | When We're Gone, Long Gone (Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton) |
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Amazon.com
Emmylou Harris, godmother of the Americana movement, is a phenomenon for any number of reasons, one of which is that she has has managed to conduct more than four decades of her remarkable career without a single misstep. While Harris has always been committed to honoring the roots of old-school, traditional country, she also expanded the music beyond its conservative lyrics and narrow melodic structures without abandoning its core themes of enduring love, family, and prideful sense of place. Throughout, she interpreted and wrote songs of integrity and emotional depth and resonance, surrounding her keening soprano with a Who's Who of players and collaborators, including Rodney Crowell, the McGarrigle Sisters, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Daniel Lanois, and Mark Knopfler. This unusual 4-CD compilation isn't a greatest-hits package, but rather a gathering of Harris's personal favorites, most of which have never appeared on other collections. Some of the most compelling tracks are special collaborations ("Jordan," with Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash), previously unreleased live, studio, and demo tracks (the folky "Falling in a Deep Hole," circa 1970), and contributions to tribute projects (Townes Van Zandt's chilling "Snake Song"). Harris's reedy voice is one of the most empathetic instruments in all of popular music, and perhaps no other female performer of the genre has been able to capture the desperate, paralyzing sense of longing and loneliness as well as this greatly revered singer. That may be a red flag of warning for the Prozac generation, but this deeply satisfying set stands as a benchmark of 40 years of artistry, as well as an uncommonly soulful illumination of the human condition. --Alanna Nash
Album Details
Includes Four CD and One Dvd (Pal Format)
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| Customer Reviews: Read 44 more reviews...
 STOP MOANING October 17, 2008
R. L. KEW (ALICANTE, Spain)
about the packaging! Listen to the music!
I have read many of the reviews of this collection and totally and absolutely agree about the quality, both of Emmylou's singing and of the choice of input, of this package. To my amateur and tone deaf ear (my wife says) this is one of the most beautiful and moving collections of music that one can hear, in any genre.
Another thing, just look at those photographs in the booklet! Emmylou is such a beautiful woman too; in some pictures those eyes are haunting, beautiful and so deep all at the same time. A great set of photos. I remember sitting quite close and in front of her at Symphony Hall, Birmingham (UK) and I can still see those eyes expressing all the emotion in her songs.
As to the packaging of the CD and booklet, you want it to last, don't you? Just have a little patience and care, maybe even use gloves to access each CD. I feel sorry for you guys that have torn some of the sleeves and so downvalued your copy of 'Songbird'. Not that I'm selling mine!
Rare Tracks and Forgotten Gems- Emmylou Harris September 1, 2008
Brenton A. Semler (Spalding S. Aust. Australia)
This is a great collection of Emmylou's work.
Unfortunately there is not a big support base here in Australia for Emmylou and it is great to be able to get her music from you. I am impressed with the quality of your business and the handling of my order.
Thank you very much.
Butch Semmler - Australia
a tapestry of gems August 15, 2008
E. L. Beach (Ohio)
one of the many reasons Emmylou fans will want this collection is the set of tracks making their debut on CD including several from Evangeline and Thirteen, along with songs from her early folk period and demos. there are also duets from tributes and other artists' albums (yes, i am a dinosaur), and several songs that have always belonged in collections but never managed to be included, like Sorrow in the Wind. each of the CDs is so beautiful and packed with good songs that it is overwhelming, and points out once again how good Emmylou's instincts are, since this is HER collection, and includes a veritable book that gives details on each song, often explaining why she placed it in the collection, and is full of pictures. what stands out most for me is the consistent beauty of her voice, the high standards and artistry of the musicians she has consistently worked with, and the fact that each of the four CDs is capable of standing on its own as one of my favorite CDs. the beautiful thoughts and words and voices and guitars and mandolins all blend together into a tapestry that is simply beyond words.
 PACKAGING July 31, 2008
Nerdysomething (usa)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I do agree with people who are complaining about the packaging; why does Rhino--which CATERS to the collector--put together such shoddy packaging?
Hip-O Select has SLEEVES, which keep the surface of the cd pristine. That said, I'm obsessive compulsive, and also PRACTICAL...take the cds out ONCE, and put them in slim-line jewel cases. I do that with all cds that come in cardboard; I even do it with cds and dvd that overlap in cramped box sets. THAT WAY YOU'RE NOT TAKING THEM IN AND OUT OVER AND OVER AGAIN...practical, right? That said, Emmylou Harris is amazing.
Emmylou is the best! July 25, 2008
Walter Beitlberger (Canada)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is an amazing overveiw of Emmylou Harris' output including tidbits from all her years of recording. The booklet is extensive and required reading for all fans. It's a fabulous set!
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