Mickey Newbury : San Francisco Mabel Joy

"San Francisco Mabel Joy" is one of the first Mickey Newbury songs I remember hearing. This version comes from the album, In A New Age, which was released in 1988, the first Newbury release since 1981's After All These Years. The album contains new versions of eight classic Newbury songs, with a full version of "All My Trials" which is part of Newbury's "An American Trilogy" (which is also included on the album.) In 1988, Airborne Records planned a release in which Newbury demos were treated with synthesizers and other then-contemporary production effects. Vehemently opposed to this project, Newbury instead re-recorded the songs Airborne planned to use, and the album was released with these new recordings, effectively Newbury's first recordings in years. Violinist Marie Rhines accompanied Mickey on the album. A modified recording of this album was released in 1999 as part of a double-cd of Newbury's called It Might As Well Be The Moon.

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