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SUMMARY
Stop Press!! Now in stock in limited numbers!!
Famous Blue Raincoat 20th Anniversary Edition. Maybe you have heard or already have the fabulous Shout Factory CD. If you appreciate that one, you won’t believe what Bernie Grundman and Jennifer Warnes did with this vinyl version. Cisco will be releasing “FBR20” in 45-rpm format only. The 33 rpm tests sounded great, but the 45 is a much more refined and satisfying listening experience. Bass is deeper, highs glisten but aren’t excessive and Jennifer’s non-EQ’d voice becomes a “living presence” in your listening room. An important and much-loved record like Famous Blue Raincoat deserves to be heard exactly as the artist intended it. Don’t take our word for it: Read what Jennifer herself said on hearing the release "That's it!!!". We are confident that we made the best FBR ever! Famous Blue Raincoat 20th Anniversary Edition 45 rpm LP Set will feature three LPs of quiet virgin vinyl, a 24-page 12” square booklet with complete lyrics, five bonus tracks (four from the Shout Factory CD plus a Cisco exclusive analog demo recording of “A Singer Must Die”—with one missing verse added and a breathtakingly upfront vocal by Jennifer) —production notes and exclusive photographs, all packed in a beautiful box for excellent presentation and preservation of your investment. Until then, here’s the most important thing to know: Cisco will be pressing this record JUST ONCE and have already pre-sold almost all of them. This will be Cisco's last production - following its release Cisco will cease operations - so make sure you get this collector's masterpiece.
REVIEWS
FBR is an iconic audiophile record and Jennifer Warnes is by reputation a perfectionist of the first order in just about every facet of her music. This also extends to all matters where reissues and re-masters of her albums are concerned. She is an extremely possessive and hands on artist and I imagine her collaboration with Bernie Grundman and Cisco was far from straight forward during the re-mastering process. However, the results are spectacular and put simply, Jenny sings Lenny like you’ve never heard it before. This is a sumptuous sounding and beautifully presented three-record box. Cut at 45rpm, FBR now has an improved momentum and a deeper bass, which strengthens the rhythmic sense of Jenny’s delivery as it propels us through these exceptional and well-loved Leonard Cohen songs. The transparency, delineation and overall presentation of her delicious vocals are verisimilitude in vinyl.
Additional tracks: a live ‘Joan Of Arc’; ‘If It Be Your Will’; ‘Ballad Of The Runaway Horse’; ‘Night Comes On’ and an amazing demo version of ‘A Singer Must Die’ are worth the entrance fee alone. They also serve another important purpose. Their presence rejuvenates an album known so intimately by so many. It prevents any chance of familiarity breeding contempt. HiFi+ - Issue 58 Reuben Parry
"The purity of sound that Cisco Music and Bernie Grundman have achieved with this 45 rpm version of 'Famous Blue Raincoat 20th Anniversary Edition' is shockingly perfect. I have never heard any version which sounds better and I've heard them all. No caveats: this version is unbelievably gorgeous. I have been waiting two decades to hear it like this. Cisco's 45 rpm edition is simply as good as it gets" Jennifer Warnes
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First We Take Manhattan
Bird On A Wire
Famous Blue Raincoat
Joan Of Arc
Ain't No Cure For Love
Coming Back To You
Song Of Bernadette
A Singer Must Die
Came So Far For Beauty
Night Comes On
Ballad Of The Runaway Horse
If It Be Your Will
Joan Of Arc (Live)
A Singer Must Die (Demo)
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