Re: recorded versions of Mayn Rue Plats?

[Robert Cohen <rlcm17...>]

So nice to hear others speaking highly of the Pennywhistlers' wonderful 
harmony singing.  But the COOL DAY recording of "Mayn Rue Plats"--and of 
everything else on the record, too, I believe--is definitely harmony singing 
by the Pennywhistlers, not a solo by the (ever-accomplished) Ethel Raim.

--rlc


>From: Owen Davidson <owend (at) tp(dot)net>
>Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: Re: recorded versions of Mayn Rue Plats?
>Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 20:11:19 -0500
>
>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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>Owen Davidson
>Amherst  Mass
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>
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