SHEFFIELD LAB TLP 30 Audiophile LARRY McNEELY After Midnight BLUEGRASS D2D

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LARRY McNEELY After Midnight
EX/EX Used Audiophile Vinyl Record

Record Label: Sheffield Lab TLP 30

1978. Sheffield Lab Direct-to-Disk, Limited Edition Audiophile Pressing. Follow up to Larry McNeely's 1977 Bluegrass LP, 'Confederation.'

Sheffield Lab are the pioneers of Direct-To-Disc recording and had much to do with the advent of the "audiophile" label put on recordings that exemplify top standards in recording, mastering and pressing. Long out of print, these original Sheffields are considered to be some of the finest recordings ever produced.

This album was recorded with all tube electronics designed and built by Sheffield Lab. Produced by Lincoln Mayorga and Doug Sax, engineered by Bud Wyatt.

Condition: Record cover shows no wear. Corners opposite the spine have slight wear, others are sharp. Top of record has some chipping on the center. Spine and bottom are solid and show no signs of shelf wear, chipping or splits. There are no spindle marks on the label. Vinyl is clean, shiny and plays like new.

Side 1
1. Cajun Secret            
2. Foggy Mountain Breakdown            
3. After Midnight            
4. Spanish Lace            
5. Sittin' in the Morning Sun            
6. Sailor Had a Dream            
7. Leaf in the Wind            
      
Side 2
8. Runaway Train            
9. Blue-Eyed Shiny Lady            
10. Pyrannees Suite            
11. Like Gin            
12. Doc Harris Hornpipe            
13. Coal Black Nights            
14. Pinnacle Mountain Breakdown

Review: A talented session musician, Larry McNeely is best known for his work with Roy Acuff and Glen Campbell. A native of Lafayette, Indiana, he was born into a musical family, but didn't begin learning to play piano until he was 13. He then added guitar and banjo, and got his professional start at the age of 17 when he joined the Pinnacle Mountain Boys. In 1965, after moving to Nashville to work for the Sho-Bud Guitar Company (formed by Shot Jackson and Buddy Emmons), he met Acuff and joined his Smokey Mountain Boys. He remained with them through the decade's end and then moved to California, where he joined Glen Campbell's band after John Hartford left.

He recorded his first solo album, Glen Campbell Presents Larry McNeely, in 1971. He remained with Campbell through 1974, then left the touring circuit to work as a session man. McNeely played on numerous albums (including work by the Carpenters and Roger Miller) as well as movie soundtracks and commercials, and in 1977 he recorded two albums for different labels. He went back to Nashville in 1984 to try the bluegrass scene, but soon returned to work with Acuff, with whom he played until Acuff's death in 1992. After that McNeely began working with Russ & Becky Jeffers and Smoky Mountain Sunshine. ~ Sandra Brennan