Re: recorded versions of Mayn Rue Plats?

[Owen Davidson <owend...>]

I think it was actually on the Nonesuch Explorer Series label.  The singer was 
Ethel
Raim, just an unaccompanied solo voice.  This was the first version of the song 
I
ever heard, and I probably shouldn't admit this, but I can't listen to it 
without
getting a bit misty.  I've had the good fortune to hear Ethel Raim sing it in
person, at the Clearwater Revival at Croton Point years ago, and she herself was
brushing away  tears at the end.  I've never heard an accompanied version of the
song that moved me a fraction as much.

Owen

Kevin Cohen wrote:

> i second this vote.  the pennywhistlers are pretty wonderful no matter what
> they're doing, and in yiddish, they're just fantastic.  and yes, the album is 
> "a
> cool day and crooked corn."
>
> kev
>
> Robert Cohen wrote:
>
> > The most exquisite recorded version I've heard is on an old Pennywhistlers
> > LP, I think entitled A COOL DAY AND CROOKED CORN.  Elektra, almost surely; I
> > can provide # if needed.
> >
> > --Robert Cohen
> >
> > >From: "Seth Rogovoy" <rogovoy (at) berkshire(dot)net>
> > >Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
> > >To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
> > >Subject: recorded versions of Mayn Rue Plats?
> > >Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 09:02:07 -0500
> > >
> > >A contemporary singer-songwriter has asked me to help her find recorded
> > >versions
> > >of Mayn Rue Plats. I know of a few, but would appreciate hearing about
> > >others I
> > >don't know about.
> > >
> > >I seem to recall that June Tabor did a version, but I can't find it on any
> > >of
> > >my June Tabor CDs. Can anyone help out?
> > >
> > >thanks,
> > >
> > >Seth Rogovoy
> > >author of "The Essential Klezmer: A Music Lover's Guide to Jewish Roots and
> > >Soul"
> > >http://www.algonquin.com/catalog/pagemaker.cgi?1-56512-244-5
> > >"invaluable" -- New York Times
> > >"indispensable" -- Jewish Week
> > >
> > >
> >
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> Kevin Cohen
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Owen Davidson
Amherst  Mass
Repair, Construction and Design of Musical Instruments

The Angel that presided oer my birth
Said Little creature formd of Joy & Mirth
Go Love without the help of any King on Earth

Wm. Blake


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