Congratulations to Gillian Welch and David Rawlings!

@mofimadness: Ah, okay, then the Welch/Rawlings LP is not pressed using Clarity vinyl, but some other special formulation. I don't have a kitchen weight scale, but my copy of the LP is on the heavy side.

Clarity vinyl is a type of high-quality vinyl record that’s pressed without carbon black additives. It’s designed to improve the sound of the record.

Features of Clarity vinyl

• Clear surface: The record’s surface is clear, not black
• 45 rpm: Widens the tight curves that a cartridge has to navigate, reducing additional distortions
• Single-sided grooves: Absorbs mechanical resonances by the turntable platter
• No-pitch profile: Allows your stylus to play perpendicular to the grooves from edge to edge

From the Fremer review:

The record, plated by Gary Salstrom and pressed at Paramount (the former VMP pressing plant now at least in part owned by Rawlings) on a semi transparent vinyl formulation that may or may not be a Neotech vinyl formulation, is perfectly flat and quiet as this music demands it to be, with a textured paper gatefold jacket that's equally up to the presentational task.

@winoguy17: And the vinyl is that translucent type (I believe it is named Clarity) used by MoFi and Analogue Productions, which when placed up to a light source you can barely see through.

 According to Music Direct, it's only  150 gram pressing. That bother anyone ?

Here's Fremer's review on The Tracking Angle:

https://trackingangle.com/music/a-front-row-seat-at-the-corner-of-forlorn-and-regret-with-gillian-welch-and-david-rawlings

Here’s a review of the album by a British audiophile. He’s rather long-winded (I should know ), but very enthusiastic:

https://youtu.be/NS-KCPxBEhk?si=PaBQEoY5b6FFenGA

@slaw 

Didn't intend to suggest you were. 

I'm just disappointed by the fact that they take turns with the vocals on this release, as opposed to their older recordings where Gillian sang lead on everything. 

I wasn't qualifying their voices, just remarking on personal experience. Rawlings has always taken a backseat to Welch. It's nice that she's supporting his artistic expression now 

I guess I’m in the minority. Given a choice to listen to Gillian or David sing, I’ll take Gillian every time. However, I do greatly admire and enjoy David's guitar playing. He’s in a select small group of guitarists who truly possess a style all their own. That in and of itself is an enormous accomplishment.

Always loved Gillian and David. I was shocked to hear just how great Rawlings voice sounds live when I saw them last year. He's also a very good and passionate guitar player. I will always support his Acony label. 

I was very happy when both of Levon Helms' last two albums won Grammy Awards, Dirt Farmer for best Traditional Folk Album and Electric Dirt for best Americana album. I fitting way to go out.

A great article @mashif, thanks for the link. I knew nothing about the Woodland Sound Studio story.

It's nice to see the Grammy's occasionally get something right.   Even a blind pig...

I recommend anything these two produce on vinyl. The newest one is the only one I haven't picked up yet (been on a classical tear lately) but I'm looking forward to spinning it.

My fingers are crossed that they will release Gillian's earlier albums (technically Gillian albums, but Dave is always present, and vice versa). They are wonderful.

If you have a chance to see them, do yourself a favor and get as close to the stage as you can. I saw them at the Ryman and had to be rushed to the hospital after the show for acute goosebumpism.

I already knew that the album won a Grammy and rightfully deserving!  FANTASTIC recording!!

The Beatles "Now & Then" also won a Grammy.

It's a great album and sounds beautiful. Woodland Sound Studio is a storied Nashville place that has a long history. If you're not familiar, here's a link. And if you are maybe someone else is interested in the back story. 

https://wpln.org/post/woodland-studios-what-have-gillian-welch-and-david-rawlings-been-doing-in-there/

Oops, they’re not their.

They also won for "All the Good Times." They are playing Carnegie Hall, in May. I will be there.

And whatta ya know, their including Portland, Oregon in their current tour, so I'll finally get to see and hear them live for the first time. Tickets don't go on sale til Feb. 14th, so I don't yet know what it'll cost me.