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TRACY NELSON
- Homemade Songs & Come See About Me (1996)

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Tracy Nelson really came into her own as a solo artist with these two LP's (now combined on one CD) in the late seventies and early eighties. Previous efforts on Atlantic and MCA were fine in their way but a bit strained. Here she sounds comfortable and strong. Apparently Flying Fish gave her the leeway that the bigger labels did not. What I didn't realize at the time was that after these efforts and a subsequent Direct-to-Disc release (Doin' It My Way - words that Tracy lives by from what I know about her)she would virtually disappear for over a decade. That made these releases all the more valuable to me. The albums reflect her blues, country and folk influences. But most of all they present Tracy Nelson at her vocal best--strong, clear, emotionally rich singing that will make people who have never heard her wonder why she's not a superstar. It's hard to recommend any one TN release, but this one is a certainly a good intro.

In 1996, Flying Fish released Homemade Songs/Come See About Me, which contained two complete albums - Homemade Songs (1978 and Come See About Me (1980), both originally released on Flying Fish -- by Tracy Nelson on one compact disc.

HOMEMADE SONGS:
01. God's Song
02. I've Been There Before
03. Ice Man
04. Summer of the Silver Comet, The
05. Tightrope
06. You Don't Need to Move a Mountain
07. She's Taking My Part
08. Friends of a Kind
09. Sounds of the City
10. Suddenly
COME SEE ABOUT ME:
11. Come See About Me
12. Done Got Over
13. Holiday
14. It's Growing
15. Walk Away
16. Tears
17. Hold on I'm Coming
18. See Saw
19. River's Invitation
20. You're My World
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