Almost Yesterday

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
By bringing together tracks from the band's two Australian label eras (Parlophone and Mushroom), Raven has been able to create one of its most impressive and satisfying career overview CDs. Lavish and detailed in the extreme - with perhaps the most sumptuous packaging ever devoted by this company to a single disc - ALMOST YESTERDAY 1981-1990 is an extended, 17-song, 77-minute musical odyssey through the rich catalogue of a band which has explored an intellectual and emotional territory with an idiosyncratic approach for a over a decade and a half. With every original album and EP up to 1990 represented, this compilation invites you to marvel at the constant, subtle progression of a band that has long existed very much within its own musical idiom, dispensing ethereal magic and seamless sound of an immediately identifiable style and quality. Hits and landmarks, such as UNGUARDED MOMENT, ALMOST WITH YOU and

Almost Yesterday
Average customer rating:

Nice country groove, esp. of the classic variety I like

Almost Yesterday
Craig Dillingham
Manufacturer: Emergent
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Country | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0002JUXC4
Release Date: 2004-08-10

Tracks:

She'll Be Breaking Someone's Heart In San Antonio
Just One More
My Heart's In The Highway
Thirty Years And A Thousand Miles Away
Magic In The Band
Not Exactly What I Had In Mind
I Wonder Who's Missing You Now
Call Me Sometime When You've Been Drinking
Somewhere Between My Heart And My Heartstrings
Second Time Sun

Customer Reviews:

Nice country groove, esp. of the classic variety I like.......2005-05-25

Playing Time - 38:32 -- An older style of classic country grooves permeates this well-produced analog project that is a great introduction to Texan Craig Dillingham. He's a solid vocalist, a defining voice of his time who also has a nostalgic yearning for yesteryear. The twin fiddles of Joe Spivey and Hank Singer, as well as Steve Henson's pedal steel, establish a powerful musical mood for Craig's expressive messages. The rest of his elite country band include Joe Manuel (guitar, vocals), Glenn Worf (bass), and Chad Cromwell (drums).

As a child, Craig sang in a band with his two older sisters. As a teenager, he was mentored and supported by Ray Price, and one can hear the influence of The Cherokee Cowboy's pure, honky-tonk country in this music. After playing Texas clubs and the Louisiana Hayride, Craig found his way to Nashville where he's certainly demonstrated the talent to keep the stylistic music of Hank Williams and Ray Price alive. Dillingham also has an individualistic side that is influenced by western swing, pop and blues music. He sings from his heart, and the music is very moving and enjoyable.

With the exception of George Jones' 1956 hit "Just One More" and Jack Clement's "Not Exactly What I Had in Mind," Dillingham's songs are self-penned, some in collaboration with excellent songwriters like Sony Throckmorton or Hank Cochran. With varying tempos from waltzes to shuffles, he hits on common themes of rambling, heartache, drinking, and a longing for home. Listen to the song, "Magic in the Band," to discover their secrets to their succcess .... they clearly love what they do, and they always put their music first. They've got the country groove, especially of the variety that I like. (Joe Ross, Roseburg, OR.)

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Simply Awesome!

Almost Yesterday
The Church
Manufacturer: Raven [Australia]
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music

Rock | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music
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ASIN: B000005RE8
Release Date: 1997-02-11

Tracks:

Unguarded Moment
For A Moment We're Strangers
Tear It All Away
Life Speeds Up
Almost With You
When You Were Mine
I Am A Rock
Electric Lash
Into My Hands
Constant In Opal
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Album Description

By bringing together tracks from the band's two Australian label eras (Parlophone and Mushroom), Raven has been able to create one of its most impressive and satisfying career overview CDs. Lavish and detailed in the extreme - with perhaps the most sumptuous packaging ever devoted by this company to a single disc - ALMOST YESTERDAY 1981-1990 is an extended, 17-song, 77-minute musical odyssey through the rich catalogue of a band which has explored an intellectual and emotional territory with an idiosyncratic approach for a over a decade and a half. With every original album and EP up to 1990 represented, this compilation invites you to marvel at the constant, subtle progression of a band that has long existed very much within its own musical idiom, dispensing ethereal magic and seamless sound of an immediately identifiable style and quality. Hits and landmarks, such as UNGUARDED MOMENT, ALMOST WITH YOU and

Customer Reviews:

FRIENDS WITH CAMERAS FOR EYES.......1999-01-31

Hey Steve, Marty, this is Don (ATV Northern Songs) from demos to the hits, this greatest hits package is great value for old and new fans. I haven't found your home page yet. Can you send me some more recent work? doninaustralia@yahoo.com

Simply Awesome!.......1999-01-16

This is a compilation of the Church's first ten years, and it is a must for both fans and newcomers alike. It has many of their best songs, although there are many more great tunes not on this disc that weren't released as singles. This disc also has the Church's only known cover tune, 'I am a rock', which, up to now, has never been on CD. And what a splendid rendition it is!

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Music Now And From Almost Yesterday
Yannay
Manufacturer: INNOVA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Jazz | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000004AFJ
Release Date: 2000-12-06

Tracks:

Nine Branches Of The Olive Tree - Edward Gogolak/John Holmquist/William Helmers/Martin Shadd
Nine Branches Of The Olive Tree - Edward Gogolak/John Holmquist/William Helmers/Martin Shadd
Nine Branches Of The Olive Tree - Edward Gogolak/John Holmquist/William Helmers/Martin Shadd
Nine Branches Of The Olive Tree - Edward Gogolak/John Holmquist/William Helmers/Martin Shadd
Nine Branches Of The Olive Tree - Edward Gogolak/John Holmquist/William Helmers/Martin Shadd
Nine Branches Of The Olive Tree - Edward Gogolak/John Holmquist/William Helmers/Martin Shadd
Nine Branches Of The Olive Tree - Edward Gogolak/John Holmquist/William Helmers/Martin Shadd
Nine Branches Of The Olive Tree - Edward Gogolak/John Holmquist/William Helmers/Martin Shadd
Nine Branches Of The Olive Tree - Edward Gogolak/John Holmquist/William Helmers/Martin Shadd
Seven Late Spring Pieces - Steven Herbert Smith
Seven Late Spring Pieces - Steven Herbert Smith
Seven Late Spring Pieces - Steven Herbert Smith
Seven Late Spring Pieces - Steven Herbert Smith
Seven Late Spring Pieces - Steven Herbert Smith
Seven Late Spring Pieces - Steven Herbert Smith
Duo - James Grine/David Cowley
Trio - William Helmers/Paul Gmeinder/Jayne Latva
Trio - William Helmers/Paul Gmeinder/Jayne Latva
Trio - William Helmers/Paul Gmeinder/Jayne Latva