Here is the link to a couple of excellent recordings either in SACD or LP. YOLA and EARLY HOURS are both great!
http://www.musicdirect.com/products/swsearch.asp?dmSearchBy=All&srch=Eleanor+McEvoy&B1=GO |
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Geronimo is right on, Yola and Early Hours are MUST OWNS!!!
Yola is my personal favorite from her. |
I just paid $35.00 for the YOLA LP at a local dealer.
That's the most I've ever spent for 1 LP.
I'm looking for "Portrait of an Artist" on LP or CD... |
Thanks I'm gonna keep looking for more of her stuff. It's fantastic. If you happen to see something available that you think I should get, let me know! |
There was an extensive article on Eleanor on HiFi+ about 12 months ago - must have been 6 pages. I don't know if the article is available as a free read at the HiFi+ web site.
I have the two SACDs and a Special Edition reissue CD of "Eleanor McEvoy" on Market Square (her first album) that I bought in London last year. I'm glad you enjoy her.
Regards, |
seriously check ebay for some at absolutely give away prices for her CD's |
what does it sound like? i have seen that she seems to be audiophool approved and had skipped her on that basis... genre? |
I have her album YOLA on SACD, absolutely brilliant!
Maybe, audiophool approved, but music lover approved as well.
Beautiful piano (authoritative), wonderful voice (enveloping), and tremendous low end grunt (anyone with a subwoofer will know what I mean).
Probably her best album. |
I picked up her self titled CD in '93 or '94 & it's good to hear the word is getting out about her. |
I had her first recording for years and didnt think much of it. I just got YOLA having read this post. I dont how it compares with other of her efforts, but I do like it considerably better than what I had. A good recording- low key, but as noticed here she does have an authorative voice and it gets much more its due in this program. The first recording I had of her work seemed much more produced. |
When I was in Ireland on a golf trip in 1993, having dinner in a pub, they were playing some really great music. What is that, I asked. They showed me the disk and I picked it up at a record shop the next day. A Woman's Heart. Features Eleanor as well as Mary Black and several other gorgeous-voiced Irish women (do they all sing so well?). A highly, highly recommended CD if you can find it. (There's also A Woman's Heart II, which never captured my fancy.) |
I have a few of her discs now. I got her fist CD which unfortunately I cannot recommend. I have "Snapshots" on CD and "Early Hours" on LP. Both of those would come with a recommendation, freinds have told me that "Yola" is good too, but I can't get my hands on a copy.
Audiophool approved? Hey even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
How do you pronouce, McEvoy? |
I don't remember Eleanor McEvoy, but I clearly remember Eleanor Rigby.
For some reason cannot see her image in my mind. Maybe because she's wearing a face that she keeps in a jar by the door?
I always wondered who it was for. |
I read somewhere that her latest album is even better than Yola, but, I have not heard it so dunno. I will get the disc eventually than will know for sure. Anyway Yola is a great album in its own right. |
I got Yola yesterday (waiting for the Beatles reference Albert), I had to order the CD. I have had Early Hours since CES, whenever that was!?! Without much time to listen and compare, so far I like Early Hours more. It seems a little more mature, if I can use that superlative.
Quadophile, post your thoughts when you can compare the two. |
Nrchy,
You seem to have evaluated the album in the right context as what I read also had something very similar to say about the Early Hours. I will come back when I finally get to hear it. |
Quadophile, any more thoughts? I must say I have continued to enjoy Snapshots over the last month. I haven't warmed up to Yola as much as I did Early Hours, but there's still time. |
Nrchy,
I tried to pick up the album a couple of times but was out of stock,after that I totally forgot about it. Thanks for reminding me, will surely get back on this.
Next time when you remind about it I must have the album in my possession otherwise I will not be able to face you :) |
