MERLE HAGGARD BIG CITY 1981 CBS RECORDS SEALED BRAND NEW ALBUM VERY RARE LOOK NR
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Along with George Jones’ I Am What I Am, Big City is an exception proving the rule that classic country should’ve stopped when Reagan came into office. It probably goes without saying that it’s best to begin with the earlier recordings for any country artist who began in the 1960s. However, once you’ve explored the first 15 years of Merle's career, this isn’t a bad place to continue. The album begins with four tracks (e.g., the title track and “My Favorite Memory”) comparable to his 1970s work with the Strangers, but becomes a mixed bag afterwards. He probably wasn’t ready to vote Democrat, but there’s a definite change in his regressive anthem, "Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)" – turns out the long-hairs were right about Tricky Dick, after all. It’s nigh impossible to do a bad version of Carl Belew and W.S. Stevenson’s “Stop The World (And Let Me Off),” but Merle's otherwise respectable rendition is marred considerably by a Billy Joel-sounding piano placed too front and center in the mix. And a couple of other tracks could’ve done without the Vangelis-smooth saxophone (e.g., “I Always Get Lucky With You”). The rest is padding, but comfortable enough, I suppose
1981 CBS RECORDS THIS ALBUM IS SEALED AND VERY RARE READ A STORY THAT A GUY QUIT
HIS JOB AFTER HE HEARD BIG CITY BID TO OWN CLASSIC MERLE HAGGARD
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