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joveski · 02-27-2001, 06:04 PM

no. ODR and salute need to be released.
ODR is caught up in that early 70s heyday that he's labelled with. People consider DQ as a masterpiece (a bit overrated, but a good album) and Sundown has his most popular song on it. Then we have ODR hidden away between them and it's a transitional album. There's not much of a connection between DQ and sundown - that connection is shown on ODR

Salute can bring his music over to younger people like me. Sure EOM is the most polished album, but it sounds a bit weak (his voice is too nasal on some tracks, and there are too many synths ect in it - but it still reaches out a younger audience). Salute has a stronger vocal and a more relaxed orchestration. Some of my friends who hate lightfoot have admitted that they like Salute, without you, and broken dreams. That says it all.

DSR and shadows sound so alike that they can be released on one disk (aka UA collection). To get copies of these, all it takes is for someone with good condition vinyl albums to get someone to transfer them on CD. I've got DSR and shadows both one disk as CD quality albums.

But salute and ODR do need to be released.

02-27-2001, 06:04 PM	#3
joveski Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 1,802	no. ODR and salute need to be released. ODR is caught up in that early 70s heyday that he's labelled with. People consider DQ as a masterpiece (a bit overrated, but a good album) and Sundown has his most popular song on it. Then we have ODR hidden away between them and it's a transitional album. There's not much of a connection between DQ and sundown - that connection is shown on ODR Salute can bring his music over to younger people like me. Sure EOM is the most polished album, but it sounds a bit weak (his voice is too nasal on some tracks, and there are too many synths ect in it - but it still reaches out a younger audience). Salute has a stronger vocal and a more relaxed orchestration. Some of my friends who hate lightfoot have admitted that they like Salute, without you, and broken dreams. That says it all. DSR and shadows sound so alike that they can be released on one disk (aka UA collection). To get copies of these, all it takes is for someone with good condition vinyl albums to get someone to transfer them on CD. I've got DSR and shadows both one disk as CD quality albums. But salute and ODR do need to be released.