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Willie Nelson - Stardust CD
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Includes liner notes by Mickey Raphael, Booker T. Jones and Willie Nelson.
Digitally remastered by Chris Athens (Sterling Sound, New York, New York).
15 years before Tony Bennett made the Great American Songbook safe for the MTV generation, there was Willie Nelson's STARDUST, one of the greatest "crossover" albums in history. The concept was simple: Willie singing a select group of familiar standards by composers such as Carmichael, Berlin, Weill, Ellington, the Gershwins, all in his familiar and inimitable style. Yet the result is not a quite a country treatment of these tunes. For one thing, the great R&B organist Booker T. Jones produced the session in addition to performing with Nelson's superb band featuring the estimable Mickey Raphael on harmonica. One of the enduring pleasures of STARDUST is the interplay between hushed organ, keening harmonica and Nelson's own stately gut-string guitar as well as his beautifully measured, plaintive singing.
This is part of Legacy's American Milestones series.
Additional Tracks
Reissue producer: Al Quaglieri.
Personnel: Willie Nelson (vocals, guitar); Jody Payne (guitar); Mickey Raphael (harmonica); Booker T. Jones (piano, organ); Bob "Chicago" Nelson, Bobbie Nelson (piano); Rex Ludwig, Paul English (drums).
Audio Mixers: Al Quaglieri; Thom Cadley; Todd Whitelock.
Recording information: 12/03/1977-12/12/1977.
Photographers: Don Hunstein; David Gahr; Sandy Speiser; Dan Hunstein; Beverly Parker.
Arranger: Booker T. Jones.
Personnel: Willie Nelson (vocals, guitar); Jody Payne (guitar); Mickey Raphael (harmonica); Bobbie Nelson (piano); Booker T. Jones (organ); Bee Spears, Chris Ethridge (bass); Paul English, Rex Ludwig (drums).
Producer: Booker T. Jones.
Q (3/00, p.122) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...the first and best attempt by a contemporary artist to update...The Great American Songbook....not merely accessible but irresistible..."
Uncut (3/00, p.78) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...STARDUST sounds better than ever..."
Dirty Linen (2-3/00, pp.63,65) - "...an album of classic American songs that just about everybody has heard....Nelson says that these Tin Pan Alley tunes are his all time favorite songs and, it seems that he and the band enjoyed playing them..."
Dirty Linen (2-3/00, pp.63,65) - "...an album of classic American songs that just about everybody has heard....Nelson says that these Tin Pan Alley tunes are his all time favorite songs and, it seems that he and the band enjoyed playing them..."
Q (Magazine) (p.120) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "In 1978 willie Nelson teamed up with producer Booker T Jones to record a whole album of Tin Pan Alley standards....It shouldn't have worked, but it did, giving him one of the biggest-selling albums of his career."
Record Collector (magazine) (pp.92-93) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Nelson invests each song with a relaxed, stately tone that feels loose and jazzy, yet also makes the most out of the melody."
Willie Nelson - Stardust Songs
| 1 | Stardust | 3:51 | $0.99 | |
| 2 | Georgia On My Mind | 4:18 | $0.99 | |
| 3 | Blue Skies | 3:32 | $0.99 | |
| 4 | All of Me | 3:53 | $0.99 | |
| 5 | Unchained Melody | 3:50 | $0.99 | |
| 6 | September Song | 4:35 | $0.99 | |
| 7 | On the Sunny Side of the Street | 2:36 | $0.99 | |
| 8 | Moonlight In Vermont | 3:25 | $0.99 | |
| 9 | Don't Get Around Much Anymore | 2:33 | $0.99 | |
| 10 | Someone To Watch Over Me | 4:03 | $0.99 | |
| 11 | Scarlet Ribbons | 4:30 | $0.99 | |
| 12 | I Can See Clearly Now | 4:18 | $0.99 | |
Stardust Music Review
Average Rating: (4.4 out of 5 stars)   List All 7 Reviews One of the All-Time Greatest Albums
This album proved once and for all that Willie Nelson was a great singer, not just a good country western singer. By reviving these Great hits from the past, Willie Nelson revived his own career back in the Eighties. The title track, "Stardust," and "Georgia On My Mind," are sung the way Hoagie Carmichael intended them to be sung. Every song on this album is a masterpiece. Highest rating.
Submitted by stevemadsen (Bountiful, Utah USA) 
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 Good listening music
I really enjoy this music.ordering was easy and fast.
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Timeless
One of Willie Nelson's most sincere albums, Stardust is, of all Willie's records, my favorite. Willie and his band use simple instrumentation to bring out the beauty of these standards of American songwriting. Willie sings in an honest and heartfelt style making this recording a true classic.
Submitted by qqgt8rgr9 (Colorado)
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great music,selection of songs and the usually Willie Nelson magic touch.
Submitted by grizkkken (hazelton bc canada)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No  Willie sprinkles "Stardust" on us again!
This CD was a replacement for the LP I bought when Stardust was first released back in 1981. The effect at that time was great, now it's beyond any words of description. "Stardust" from Willie is inspired and brilliant. Anyone with a passion and soul for love and music owes it to himself or herself to possess this incredible album.
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