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latter wins out

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despite production. values

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‘of 60° Years. of Country

Music reflects today’s

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techniques.

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top of country charts that he
should pay rent there, is
similarly omitted.

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60 Years was not to present

a collection of favorites but.

rather to’ trace the roots of
couniry music. Since RCA

has long béen a booster of .

the musical form, . even

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giving the listener an aural
lesson’ in: the. music's
history;. from its folk
begitinings ‘through rural
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.bivegrass,- the rockabilly
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chronological lineup of cuts

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‘detailed . annotation,
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of what inspired the tunes,

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’ Traveller by fiddlers Henry
C. Gilliland and Eck ~
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_ the first artists to put
7 «country music on record; an
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bluegrass :

hit Heartbreak. Hotel; and
Waylon Jennings's original

version of the Jennings=-
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dropped by the Queen's —

boudoir for a chat and a
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pervading tone of his often:
rambling lyrica, the ‘album
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have been unceremoniously

expelled - from his. own 7

bedroom: :.

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once among the angriest of
Britain’s .. angry. . young
rockers —~ replacing his
‘anger With angst. Imperial -

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with ‘the. ‘underlying theme -

being failed relationships.:
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wedding he broke all their

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doghouse, filled with
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forgiveness." ‘And in’. not,

_one, but-two tunes: Costello
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thmes: “P.S. I love you.” .
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It's algo reflected in much
of his delivery: through
almost half - the:.15-song
package, his smokey vocals
sa laid back they're in a full
recline; -.

“The. Backup band “The
Attractions tries to lend a
little spark.to the album —
the best work is on Side 2:
but fails. to eut through
Costelio’ 8 § gloom. .

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atiff with Paul and since:
then. ‘has _ been " rather
critical about Paul and
his wife Linda. it should
be an explosive book.

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live’ performances after”
all these years? Is’ she
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