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(5 customer reviews) 6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Probably the best Dan Hicks recording yet,
January 10, 1999 By A Customer
This review is from: Early Muses (Audio CD)
This recording's sound quality is 5 stars! Excellently mastered from the original analog tapes. Voice of Dan only on The Innocent Bystander, Euphonius Whale and My Old Timey Baby. Listen to the finger cymbals on The Gypsy's Secret -- outstanding! But the greatest treat on this recording is the violin playing by David LaFlamme of It's a Beautiful Day fame. A must-own of any fan of Dan Hicks, or accoustic music in general.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
A "must have" for any "Dan Fan".,
December 10, 1998 gleff@mediaone.net (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Early Muses (Audio CD)
Many of the songs you know and love appear on this CD, but without the Licketts. But you'll have fun filling in the Maryann and Naomi parts ! The sound quality is excellent, considering it's cutting room stuff from the 60's and 70's. Don't wait....order it now ! "It's never to late to be up to date".
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
A more intimate Dan,
September 21, 2006 kevnm "kevnm" (Costa Mesa, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Early Muses (Audio CD)
Many of these songs appeared on Dan's classic albums and it's nice to hear the earlier, original versions. What's revelatory for me is the relative absence of Dan's sardonic remove, the hip jokester stance that he typically adopts. A number of tunes, "Shall I ask an Elf," "Euphonius Whale," "He Don't Care,"and especially "The Gypsy's Secret" are delivered in a sleepy, dreamy haze that is very evocative and very enticing. If you like the feel of "I Scare Myself," there are several pieces here that suggest that langorous, stoned, sixties sound that Dan Hicks perfected along with his nuttier, funnier jazz hipster stuff.
