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| My autographed Mary Fahl CD!!! |
As you all may know, I am a HUGE fan of Singer/Songwriter Mary Fahl- from the first moment I heard her mesmerizing voice back in 1993 with October Project, I have loved every thing she’s ever done, from October Project and on towards her solo ventures! They’re pretty good about keeping her webpage up to date, so I make sure visit frequently so I always know when there is a new exciting Mary Fahl release out! Going onto her webpage a few weeks ago, I was thrilled to see that she had a new release out: Mary Fahl Live at Mauch Chunk Opera House –YES!!! This was a new double CD LIVE album featuring selections from the very best of Mary’s impressive career- both October Project and Solo favorites are ALL here, songs from October Project’s first album, their second album “Falling Further In, her Epic Records solo album “The Other Side of Time”as well as tracks off of her excellent “Dark Side Of The Moon” and Love and Gravity” albums! I’ve got ALL of Mary’s releases on CD and have been dying to hear how some of these songs might sound performed live… and now I finally would!!!!
So I was already pretty excited about it when I realized that Rimar Records was having a very special promotion…If I ordered through them, not only could I get my copy AUTOGRAPHED by Mary, I could even get it PERSONALIZED!!! WHOA!!! This had to be one of the most AMAZING specials EVER and I wasted NO TIME plunking down those greenbacks and sending my order in!
Well, just today, my package arrived and OH MY GOSH… it is BEAUTIFUL!!! No illegible scrawlings here, just perfect penmanship whose signature actually ADDS to the beauty of the cover!!!! Holy COW, this is surely one of the GREATEST things to go into my Mary Fahl Collection!
And the songs? Mary’s voice is a haunting and powerful as ever, and she’s assembled a stellar band to accompany her, the music swirling and throbbing around Mary’s vocals…MAN! When she began the concert with the October Project classic “Deep as You Go”, I just broke out in goosebumps, I knew this was gonna be just as AWESOME as I expected!
So many highlights stand out for me- getting to hear all the songs from Love and gravity pefromanced live for the first time, and emotional and heartfelt renditions of classic Mary Fahl songs like "Ben Aindi Habibi and the aching "Going Home"...And for October Project fans, Mary even closed the concert with “Be My Hero”, that rocking anthem that used to end the best October Project concerts of old! Just an excellent album all around!
Mary Fahl Live at Mauch Chunk Opera House:
Deep As You Go
Like Johnny Loved June
Gravity: Move Mountains Turns Rivers Around
Return To Me
Ben Aindi Habibi
Siren
Falling Farther In
Wild Is The Wind
Us And Them
Brain Damage/Eclipse
Going Home
Bury My Lovely
The Station
Both Sides Now
Take Me As I Am
Dream Of You
Exiles (The Wolves Of Midwinter)
Nessun Dorma
Dawning Of The Day
Meant To Be
Everything's Gonna Be Alright
La Vie En Rose
Be My Hero
