John Denver Windsong CD

Windsong Music

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Category	Rock Albums, Pop CDs, Country, Rock/Pop, Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Pop Vocals
Label	BMG Special Products
Orig Year	1975
All Time Sales Rank	2905
CD Universe Part number	1071376
Catalog number	144623
Discs	1
Release Date	Aug 26, 1997
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Producer	Milton Okun
Personnel	Hal Blaine - drums Byron Berline - mandolin, violin John Denver - vocals, guitar Eric Weissberg - steel guitar, banjo Olivia Newton-John - vocals Jesse Ehrlich - cello Jimmie Fadden - harmonica John Sommers - vocals, guitar, banjo, mandolin John Ellis - oboe John Ellis - oboe Mary Ann Duffy

John Denver Windsong Songs

1.	Windsong	$0.99
2.	Cowboy's Delight	$0.99
3.	Spirit	$0.99
4.	Looking for Space	$0.99
5.	Shipmates and Cheyenne	$0.99
6.	Late Night Radio
7.	Love Is Everywhere	$0.99
8.	Two Shots	$0.99
9.	I'm Sorry	$0.99
10.	Fly Away	$0.99
11.	Calypso	$0.99
12.	Song of Wyoming	$0.99

Windsong Music Review

Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars) 5 stars

5 stars His Best Early Work!
Like most artists, the most endearing and sublime of his works are often the least known. The exquisite poetry and imagery of "Windsong" have made it my personal favorite of all of his albums. Any one who has not heard this one is seriously missing out!
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5 stars Very, very well-crafted
Here, you can see all of the elements that made up John Denver's career: the intimate folk singer/songwriter; the lonely cowboy on the range; the slick, adult contemporary entertainer; the whimsical, child-like balladeer; and more. Each song on this album is very, very well-crafted, with the obvious standout "Calypso" being the strongest song on here. There are other strong songs here, but "Calypso" just takes the cake, and was the epitome of John's commercially artistic success. There is no way that I can imagine anybody else other than John doing these songs; there just is no other voice that could do what he did on "Calypso". This is a good album to start with, if you want to start buying John's albums, because this is a blend of everything he was and everything he became. Definitely a masterpiece on John's part.
Submitted by Galen Baumgartner (Anchorage, AK, USA)
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5 stars Classic!
This album contains some of the finest works he ever did. The songs sound as wonderful today as they did in the 1970's.
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5 stars Beautiful!!!
Can you capture the wind?? Can you tell about it if you did?? John Denver did and did it very, very well. Calypso is it's highlight!! Riding the horse on the ocean beach put the cherry on top of the album!!!
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