New Eva Cassidy - "Imagine"

Smp; I'm a big Eva fan too, but hadn't heard of this release. Thanks for the tip. Cheers. Craig

Blues Alley is still my favorite but this is a good disc. It is somewhat raw, unproduced, but that is fine with me. Nothing to get in the way of that magic voice.

Garfish my pleasure."Imagine" received to-day from CD Now and have played a couple of times - the title track is just spine tingling as is "Who knows where the time goes" ,but not quite as good as Sandy Denny version who is my all time favourite vocalist. Pity all her recordings are of such ordinary quality having been recorded in the late 60's early 70's. Although her recently released double CD "No more sad refrains" is an excellent selection of her work. Also the recording seems to be a bit better than on her various CDs.Sadly she like Eva is no longer with us.

I havent heard the new cd enough to make up my mind, but I have some impressions. If you are an Eva fan (I certainly am), you will want this cd. If you have never heard her before, you should start with the earler cds. Friends of mine say they break up over her rendition of Danny Boy. I don't. I don't think there's a song on this cd that she makes her own the way she does with, e.g., Wade in the Water, People Get Ready, Time After Time, Over the Rainbow or Fields of Gold. But that's to be expected. Except for the Chuck Brown cd and Blues Alley, we're talking about compilations. The best material came out first.

I'm still glad I have the new cd, and I am going to give it a more thoughtful hearing soon. Maybe today.

As you can tell, I'm with Paulwp (esp on his choice of favorite tracks). No goosebumps here, even tho its the best audio quality so far. Worth having, but somehow its doesn't seem that Eva made an emotional connection with these songs.