EVA CASSIDY THE BEST OF EVA CASSIDY
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Eva's Best Hits On 180g Vinyl! Features "Over The
Rainbow" and "Songbird" PLUS Previously Unissued Enhanced Version Of "You Take
My Breath Away"!
The Best of Eva Cassidy, a compilation of the music of the versatile,
much-missed vocalist praised for her emotional range and interpretive skills.
Proof of both qualities abounds on the collection, which gathers 19 performances
from the Washington, D.C.-based Cassidy’s previous albums and adds a previously
unissued version of her popular “You Take My Breath Away.”
Cassidy’s reputation has only grown since her untimely 1996 death from melanoma
at the age of 33, earning her an international audience (more than 10 million
CDs sold worldwide) and critical acclaim, with the Wall Street Journal praising
her “perfect pitch, impeccable timing and vulnerability” and USA Today citing
her “emotional ability to reach the depths of any song.”
Of special note is the album’s ‘new’ track, a version of Claire Hamill’s
inspirational tune that became one of Cassidy’s signature songs. While the 1993
‘demo’ version of the song concluded Eva’s American Tune album, this previously
unheard recording was one of several works-in-progress tracks at the time of her
passing in 1996. This more musically evolved vocal performance simply reaches a
new level. With the aid of new digital technology, Eva’s former bandmates
Chris Biondo and Lenny Williams recently enhanced Eva’s original
guitar/vocal studio recording. After maximizing the sound quality of Eva’s vocal
tour de force, they augmented the production with piano, double bass and a
string quartet, creating the definitive version of what is destined to become
one of Eva’s best-loved performances.
“Any new track on an Eva Cassidy best-of album had the tall order of being
competitive with the other 19 classic Eva tracks, which have together raised the
bar for singers everywhere,” explains Blix Street Records president Bill
Straw. “Essentially, Eva had to top or at least equal her own best work. I
believe she did it. Otherwise, we would not have put it on the album. Some of
our people in England are saying this ‘new’ version of ‘You Take My Breath Away’
is the best ‘sounding’ Eva Cassidy recording ever, high praise indeed at this
point. It is enough to say that Eva’s ‘newest’ released performance is worthy
for inclusion among her best. Eva fans will ultimately decide for themselves
where it ranks for them among her many classics.”
“Hearing Eva perform my song was probably the most important moment of my
career,” Hamill says of Cassidy’s earlier treatment of “You Take My Breath
Away.” “I felt validated as a songwriter, a truly indescribable feeling. When
I heard how a new version was to feature as the lead track on her new Best of
Eva Cassidy album, I was over the moon. Eva will always mean the world to me.
Her beautiful voice will stay with me forever.”
Cassidy fans and newcomers alike will find much to savor in The Best of Eva
Cassidy, whose program reprises the singer’s greatest moments—among them her
nonpareil reading of Sting’s “Fields of Gold,” John Lennon’s “Imagine,” Curtis
Mayfield’s “People Get Ready” and Christine McVie’s “Songbird,” the title song
of her first and still biggest-selling posthumous release. She likewise applies
her unique, song-sympathetic voicing to folk (the fragile “Danny Boy” and the
swinging “Wade in the Water”), standards (“Autumn Leaves,” “Over the Rainbow”)
and the work of such contemporary singer-writers as Paul Simon (“Kathy’s Song”),
Bill Withers (“Ain’t No Sunshine”) and Cyndi Lauper (“Time After Time”).
It was in 2001 that music enthusiasts sat up and took notice of Cassidy’s
compelling way with a song; that was the year that the Songbird compilation hit
the top of the British album charts and captivated audiences the world over.
Songbird has now been certified Platinum in the U.S.
"Eva Cassidy's story is a sad one, certainly, but the bittersweet happy
ending to it all is that her singing, music, and recordings continue to live on
and gather fans and admirers even after her early death from melanoma cancer in
1996 at the age of 33. Cassidy was never really known outside of the Washington
D.C. area during her lifetime, and her recorded legacy consists of a live album,
assorted other live tracks, an album of duets, and a handful of demos. She was a
masterful song interpreter, able to take on almost any song in any style or
genre and spin her voice around it, giving it a kind of haunting and sincere
freshness. This set makes a great introduction to Cassidy's style and substance,
collecting her key and signature performances from all of the above sources."
- www.allmusic.com
"I also love her version of Over the Rainbow. The sweetest thing you ever heard." - Mick Fleetwood
"(A) voice...so beautiful, so pure." - Sting
"What a voice!" - Shirley Horn
Features:
• 180g Vinyl
• Double LP + CD
• Import
• Gatefold Jacket
• Mastered by Robert Vosgien, Capitol Mastering, Hollywood, CA.
Selections:
LP1 - Side One:
1. You Take My Breath Away
2. Kathy's Song
3. Songbird
4. What A Wonderful World
6. Ain't No Sunshine
LP1 - Side Two:
1. Wade In The Water
2. Time After Time
3. Autumn Leaves
4. I Can Only Be Me
5. Fields Of Gold
LP2 - Side Three:
1. True Colours
2. Imagine
3. Over The Rainbow
4. It Doesn't Matter Anymore
5. Danny Boy
LP2 - Side Four:
1. People Get Ready
2. Anniversary Song
3. Early Morning Rain
4. I Know You By Heart
5. Tall Trees In Georgia