Promise and Prayer

Editorial Reviews
Raleighmusic.com, Dave Rodgers
"The Trailside Rangers deliver dark, thoughtful mood swings on Promise and Prayer, a nine track platter of dry, under stated guitar rock. Owing a bit to the distortion free Neil Young & Crazy Horse sound (an upbeat Harvest Moon possibly), the Trailside Rangers follow through with well crafted songs that remain charming . . . A combination of tortured vocals and loose guitar work further enhance the expressive nature of the music. The imperfections of this disc become the voice, character and soul of this release so much so you couldn't imagine these tunes mixed any better."

About the Artist
Trailside Rangers are a four-piece band from NYC who play a rich, hard-hitting (yet accessible) amalgam of our american musical heritage. People often talk of writing the "Great American Novel." The Trailside Rangers took a different approach; they recorded the "Great American Album."

The band was formed in 1991 in New York City, when Joe Wilford, a transplanted midwestern singer-songwriter, hooked up with guitarist Rowan Bishop, a Jersey-bred alumnus of the CBGB's hard-core scene. Though an... read more

Album Description
Hard-hitting alt-rock (Husker Du, X, Pearl Jam, The Cranberries) meets Country (Johnny Cash, Louvin Brothers, CCR and a lotta Neil Young.) Joe calls it "American Rock." A sure fire hit with people who watch that Live from West 54th Street show on PBS.

Promise and Prayer

Promise and Prayer
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    		Promise and Prayer
    Trailside Rangers
    Manufacturer: Artist One-Stop
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B00000JC5M
    Release Date: 1999-06-01

    Tracks:

    1. Promise and Prayer
    2. Opaque
    3. Seven Percent Solution
    4. Gun Hill
    5. Tough Enough
    6. Remembering the Dead
    7. Three Days
    8. Unfurl My Soul
    9. Celebration

    Album Description

    Hard-hitting alt-rock (Husker Du, X, Pearl Jam, The Cranberries) meets Country (Johnny Cash, Louvin Brothers, CCR and a lotta Neil Young.) Joe calls it "American Rock." A sure fire hit with people who watch that Live from West 54th Street show on PBS.
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      Manufacturer: Bradley Vail Band
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B000CA6KI4
      Release Date: 2004-08-31
      Count John McCormack-The Final Recordings
      Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
      • A valuable collection.
      • A good sampling of the last days of an inimitable artist.
      		 Count John McCormack-The Final Recordings

      Manufacturer: Pearl
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B000000WQ6
      Release Date: 1995-10-17

      Tracks:

      1. God Keep You Is My Prayer
      2. At The Mid Hour Of Night
      3. When I Awake
      4. Down By The Sally Gardens
      5. She Rested By The Broken Brook
      6. Jesus Christ The Son Of God
      7. Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
      8. Silent Noon
      9. The Street Sounds To The Soldiers' Tread
      10. Loveliest Of Trees
      11. While In The Moon The Long RoadLies
      12. The Dawn Will Break
      13. The Village That Nobody Knows
      14. Praise Ye The Lord
      15. Linden Lea
      16. The White Peace
      17. Little Boats
      18. She Moved Through The Fair
      19. No, Not More Welcome
      20. The Green Bushes
      21. Bantry Bay
      22. Maureen (Irish Cradle Song)
      23. Our Finest Hour
      24. Our Finest Hour
      25. Smilin' Through

      Tracks:

      1. The Devout Lover
      2. Oh, Promise Me (Romanaza)
      3. A Rose Still Blooms In Picardy
      4. Jerusalem
      5. A Rose Still Blooms In Picardy
      6. Will You Go With Me
      7. Night Hynm At Sea
      8. Still As The Night
      9. Off To Philadelphia
      10. Come Back My Love
      11. Here In The Quiet Hills
      12. God Bless America
      13. The Battle Hymn Of The American Republic
      14. Interview And Conversation - The Gentle Maiden
      15. I'll Walk Beside You
      16. By The Lakes OF Killarney
      17. Love Thee, Dearest, Love Thee
      18. A Children's Prayer In Wartime
      19. One Love Forever
      20. Say A Little Prayer
      21. Ave Verum Corpus
      22. To Chloe
      23. Waiting For You

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars A valuable collection........2003-01-12

      Admirers of this very major singer may well judge this to be the very best collection of John McCormack reissues on the market. It gathers together everything he recorded in the last twenty months of his singing life. Joining with accompanist Gerald Moore at London's Abbey Road Studios, he recorded sometimes as many as six items at a recording session.

      Gerald Moore, in his autobiography, recalled that John McComack was averse both to rehearsing and to recording more than one take of each song. Of the dozens of items here, almost all derive from a first take. Only once was there a tiny error. It occurred in the song "The Green Bushes". Listen carefully, and you will hear John McCormack begin to sing "So sweetly she sang" before correcting it, in the nick of time, to "So sweetly sang she". There was never a chance to do another take, but fortunately the item was eventually issued after McCormack's death. Indeed, there are many items here that were issued posthumously, and at least six published here for the first time. A couple of duets with Maggie Teyte have had little or no circulation. One of them here sounds to be copied from a slightly faulty but perhaps only existing copy.

      In the old-fashioned, sentimental and imprecise terminology of his day, McCormack sang from his heart, and aimed to touch the hearts of his hearers. It is fortunate that sound recording caught these performances so well, before emphysema silenced McCormack forever, and it is fortunate that Pavilion Records and supervisor Brian Fawcett-Johnston make them available today.

      4 out of 5 stars A good sampling of the last days of an inimitable artist........1999-04-21

      By the time these performances were put to wax, McCormack's voice was twenty or more years past it's prime. But, unlike most classically trained singers, McCormack's vocal limitations appear to have encouraged a more musically adventurous approach to his singing. His later recordings have an immediacy and sponteneity that is absolutely unique to a singer of his era and training. His singing is, in fact, more like that of a "pop" singer, in that the voice takes a back seat to the phrasing, and ablility to convey a lyric with honest emotion instead of histrionics. The clarity of tone, and the ring of the high notes is gone in these recordings, but the "presence" of McCormack the songster is stronger than ever. The transfers are excellent, as we have come to expect from Pearl. While the fidelity is not what most expect from today's recording techniques, to my ear they are more satisfying. The voice is recorded up-front and very clearly, and we can revel in the knowledge that it was all originally recorded "honestly"; that is, without edits and without electronic alterations of any sort. McCormack was a great artist who never became boring. In this day of bellicose tenors who are content to sing the same repertoire in the same manner year after year, that is saying a lot. If McCormack's singing is new to you, do yourself a favor and get this one. Also pick up one of his youthful operatic recitals, and you will come to know just what a great performer and amazingly varied artist he was. Enjoy, for his like will probably not be heard again.

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      8. Solsbury Hill:Remixes [CD-single] [Import]
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