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Instrumental and vocal firepower, the considerable ears of engineer Greg Ladanyi, and some magical mixing at the Sound Factory in Hollywood, combined to create the best known album of Jackson Browne's long career, reissued here in gloriously detailed and dynamically thrilling high resolution sound.
Russ Kunkel's drum break at the climatic shift of the title track. David Lindley's mournful fiddle in "The Road." Rosemary Butler's soaring vocal solo in "Stay." A song list heavy with covers. Jackson Browne on piano. An extraordinary example of utterly masterful sequencing. Sometimes a band is in such a groove that it demands to be captured live.
But making a live album that reflects being on the road, recorded literally on the road? Cutting tracks in a Holiday Inn room in Edwardsville, IL, or on a moving tour bus, complete with grinding gears? Even today with all the digital advances in home recording gear, it still seems like a disaster in the making.
In addition, none of the material had ever appeared on a Browne studio record. A shambling cover of Rev. Gary Davis's "Cocaine" and a rendition of Maurice Williams' (The Zodiacs) "Stay"—with David Lindley memorably singing the falsetto part—are both knockouts. "You Love the Thunder," recorded live in Holmdel, NJ, is a classic Jackson Browne love song, one of the last before he turned to political themes. And then there’s the album's heart: the epic Lowell George/Browne/Valerie Carter collaboration, "Love Needs a Heart." It's the one tune worth having the entire record for: "Love needs a heart/And I need to find/If love needs a heart like mine." As this fresh remastering proves again, Browne and his merry band of SoCal pros better known as The Section drew a masterpiece out of the hat with Running on Empty. © Robert Baird / Qobuz
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Jackson Browne, Producer, Guitar, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Danny Kortchmar, Guitar - Doug Haywood, Additional Vocals - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Russell Schmitt, AssistantEngineer - Rosemary Butler, Additional Vocals - Leland Sklar, Bass Guitar - David Lindley, Guitar, Fiddle - Russell Kunkel, Drums - Dennis Kirk, Engineer - Tom Walsh, AssistantEngineer - Craig Doerge, Keyboards - David Hewitt, AssistantEngineer - George Ybarra, Engineer - Greg Landanyi, AssistantEngineer - Mark Salwasser, AssistantEngineer - Norman Mershan, AssistantEngineer
© 2019, 1977 Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1977 Elektra Records
Jackson Browne, Producer, Guitar, Piano, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Danny O'Keefe, Writer - Danny Kortchmar, Guitar - Doug Haywood, Additional Vocals - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Russell Schmitt, AssistantEngineer - Rosemary Butler, Additional Vocals - Leland Sklar, Bass Guitar - David Lindley, Guitar, Fiddle - Russell Kunkel, Drums - Dennis Kirk, Engineer - Tom Walsh, AssistantEngineer - Craig Doerge, Keyboards - David Hewitt, AssistantEngineer - George Ybarra, Engineer - Greg Landanyi, AssistantEngineer - Mark Salwasser, AssistantEngineer - Norman Mershan, AssistantEngineer
© 2019, 1977 Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1977 Elektra Records
Jackson Browne, Producer, Guitar, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Danny Kortchmar, Guitar - Doug Haywood, Harmony Vocals - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Russell Schmitt, AssistantEngineer - Rosemary Butler, Additional Vocals - Leland Sklar, Bass Guitar - David Lindley, Guitar, Fiddle - Russell Kunkel, Drums - Dennis Kirk, Engineer - Tom Walsh, AssistantEngineer - Joel Bernstein, Harmony Vocals - Craig Doerge, Keyboards - Donald Miller, Writer - David Hewitt, AssistantEngineer - George Ybarra, Engineer - Greg Landanyi, AssistantEngineer - Mark Salwasser, AssistantEngineer - Norman Mershan, AssistantEngineer
© 2019, 1977 Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1977 Elektra Records
Jackson Browne, Producer, Guitar, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Danny Kortchmar, Guitar - Doug Haywood, Additional Vocals - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Russell Schmitt, AssistantEngineer - Rosemary Butler, Additional Vocals - Leland Sklar, Bass Guitar - David Lindley, Guitar, Fiddle - Russell Kunkel, Drums - Dennis Kirk, Engineer - Tom Walsh, AssistantEngineer - Craig Doerge, Keyboards - David Hewitt, AssistantEngineer - George Ybarra, Engineer - Greg Landanyi, AssistantEngineer - Mark Salwasser, AssistantEngineer - Norman Mershan, AssistantEngineer
© 2019, 1977 Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1977 Elektra Records
Jackson Browne, Producer, Guitar, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Danny Kortchmar, Guitar - Doug Haywood, Additional Vocals - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Russell Schmitt, AssistantEngineer - Glenn Frey, Writer - Rosemary Butler, Additional Vocals - Leland Sklar, Bass Guitar - David Lindley, Guitar, Fiddle - Russell Kunkel, Drums - Dennis Kirk, Engineer - Rev. Gary Davis, Writer - Tom Walsh, AssistantEngineer - Craig Doerge, Keyboards - David Hewitt, AssistantEngineer - George Ybarra, Engineer - Greg Landanyi, AssistantEngineer - Mark Salwasser, AssistantEngineer - Norman Mershan, AssistantEngineer
© 2019, 1977 Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1977 Elektra Records
Jackson Browne, Producer, Guitar, Piano, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Danny Kortchmar, Guitar, Writer, Harmony Vocals - Doug Haywood, Additional Vocals - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Russell Schmitt, AssistantEngineer - Rosemary Butler, Additional Vocals - Leland Sklar, Bass Guitar - David Lindley, Guitar, Fiddle - Russell Kunkel, Drums - Dennis Kirk, Engineer - Tom Walsh, AssistantEngineer - Craig Doerge, Keyboards - David Hewitt, AssistantEngineer - George Ybarra, Engineer - Greg Landanyi, AssistantEngineer - Mark Salwasser, AssistantEngineer - Norman Mershan, AssistantEngineer
© 2019, 1977 Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1977 Elektra Records
Jackson Browne, Producer, Guitar, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Lowell George, Writer - Valerie Carter, Writer - Danny Kortchmar, Guitar - Doug Haywood, Additional Vocals - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Russell Schmitt, AssistantEngineer - Rosemary Butler, Additional Vocals - Leland Sklar, Bass Guitar - David Lindley, Guitar, Fiddle - Russell Kunkel, Drums - Dennis Kirk, Engineer - Tom Walsh, AssistantEngineer - Craig Doerge, Keyboards - David Hewitt, AssistantEngineer - George Ybarra, Engineer - Greg Landanyi, AssistantEngineer - Mark Salwasser, AssistantEngineer - Norman Mershan, AssistantEngineer
© 2019, 1977 Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1977 Elektra Records
Jackson Browne, Producer, Guitar, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Danny Kortchmar, Guitar - Doug Haywood, Additional Vocals - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Russell Schmitt, AssistantEngineer - Rosemary Butler, Additional Vocals - Leland Sklar, Bass Guitar - David Lindley, Guitar, Fiddle - Russell Kunkel, Drums - Dennis Kirk, Engineer - Tom Walsh, AssistantEngineer - Craig Doerge, Keyboards - Howard Burke, Writer - David Hewitt, AssistantEngineer - George Ybarra, Engineer - Greg Landanyi, AssistantEngineer - Mark Salwasser, AssistantEngineer - Norman Mershan, AssistantEngineer
© 2019, 1977 Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1977 Elektra Records
Jackson Browne, Producer, Guitar, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Danny Kortchmar, Guitar - Doug Haywood, Additional Vocals - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Russell Schmitt, AssistantEngineer - Rosemary Butler, Additional Vocals - Leland Sklar, Bass Guitar - David Lindley, Guitar, Fiddle - Russell Kunkel, Drums - Dennis Kirk, Engineer - Tom Walsh, AssistantEngineer - Craig Doerge, Keyboards - Bryan Garofalo, Writer - David Hewitt, AssistantEngineer - George Ybarra, Engineer - Greg Landanyi, AssistantEngineer - Mark Salwasser, AssistantEngineer - Norman Mershan, AssistantEngineer
© 2019, 1977 Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1977 Elektra Records
Jackson Browne, Producer, Guitar, Piano, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Danny Kortchmar, Guitar - Doug Haywood, Additional Vocals - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Russell Schmitt, AssistantEngineer - Maurice Williams, Writer - Rosemary Butler, Additional Vocals - Leland Sklar, Bass Guitar - David Lindley, Guitar, Fiddle - Russell Kunkel, Drums - Dennis Kirk, Engineer - Tom Walsh, AssistantEngineer - Craig Doerge, Keyboards - David Hewitt, AssistantEngineer - George Ybarra, Engineer - Greg Landanyi, AssistantEngineer - Mark Salwasser, AssistantEngineer - Norman Mershan, AssistantEngineer
© 2019, 1977 Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1977 Elektra Records
Album review
Instrumental and vocal firepower, the considerable ears of engineer Greg Ladanyi, and some magical mixing at the Sound Factory in Hollywood, combined to create the best known album of Jackson Browne's long career, reissued here in gloriously detailed and dynamically thrilling high resolution sound.
Russ Kunkel's drum break at the climatic shift of the title track. David Lindley's mournful fiddle in "The Road." Rosemary Butler's soaring vocal solo in "Stay." A song list heavy with covers. Jackson Browne on piano. An extraordinary example of utterly masterful sequencing. Sometimes a band is in such a groove that it demands to be captured live.
But making a live album that reflects being on the road, recorded literally on the road? Cutting tracks in a Holiday Inn room in Edwardsville, IL, or on a moving tour bus, complete with grinding gears? Even today with all the digital advances in home recording gear, it still seems like a disaster in the making.
In addition, none of the material had ever appeared on a Browne studio record. A shambling cover of Rev. Gary Davis's "Cocaine" and a rendition of Maurice Williams' (The Zodiacs) "Stay"—with David Lindley memorably singing the falsetto part—are both knockouts. "You Love the Thunder," recorded live in Holmdel, NJ, is a classic Jackson Browne love song, one of the last before he turned to political themes. And then there’s the album's heart: the epic Lowell George/Browne/Valerie Carter collaboration, "Love Needs a Heart." It's the one tune worth having the entire record for: "Love needs a heart/And I need to find/If love needs a heart like mine." As this fresh remastering proves again, Browne and his merry band of SoCal pros better known as The Section drew a masterpiece out of the hat with Running on Empty. © Robert Baird / Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:42:28
- Main artists: Jackson Browne
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Rhino - Elektra
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2019, 1977 Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2019, 1977 Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records, a Warner Music Group Company
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