Maria Muldaur Maria Muldaur MINT 200g Vinyl LP with "Midnight at the Oasis"
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Maria Muldaur <> Maria Muldaur 200g Vinyl LP <> MINT/Sealed
Includes "Midnight at the Oasis" and "Three Dollar Bill"
"One of those classic debut albums every singer wants - One of the half-dozen Best Albums of 1973." - Rolling Stone magazine
Maria Muldaur's strong debut features savvy studio vets, talented guests, strong tunes and Muldaur's best-known single, "Midnight at the Oasis," a flirty invitation to forbidden pleasure, set in an Arabian Nights desert, that falls somewhere between jazz and pop. A well-known music critic declared that "'Midnight At The Oasis' was probably responsible for the conception of more children than any other song of the 1970's." The recording appeared in 1973, during a moment of great openness in popular music. Her album became an FM staple, and she found just the right balance between her commitment to the traditional material she favors and her ability to interpret it in her own quirky and original recognizable singing style. There's not a weak song, a weak arrangement, or a weak performance anywhere on it. Muldaur has an amazing voice, a kind of "link" between the worlds of folk, blues and jazz. This album has elements of rock, pop, blues, folk, country, bluegrass even vaudeville. Somehow, all the disparate elements blend well to make for a cohesive, remarkably unified album impossible to classify as a whole. But the album's greatest moments belong to Maria alone - her vocal gifts defy expression. After a decade of work this debut recording revealed her art as mature, sophisticated, sensual and wise. The songs and performances are sweet, poignant, salacious, intelligent and attractive. The high point may well be Wendy Waldman's "Mad Mad Me," which closes the album with the most hauntingly gorgeous two minutes and fifty-three seconds ever recorded.
Side One: Any Old Time Midnight at the Oasis My Tennessee Mountain Home I Never Did Sing You a Love Song The Work Song
Side Two: Don't You Make Me High (Don't You Feel My Leg) Walkin' One and Only Long Hard Climb Three Dollar Bill Vaudeville Man Mad Mad Me
Producers: Joe Boyd, Lenny Waronker Mastered for this LP by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio Pressed at QRP on 200g vinyl
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