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Shawn Phillips - The Best of Shawn Phillips

I debated whether or not to go with the best of, as I had picked up a couple of Shawn's earlier albums before stumbling upon this one. True, the cover had seen better days, but the record itself was pretty much flawless. Honestly when I found this one, I still hadn't had a chance to sit and listen to the ones I already had. Collaboration from 1971 had a cool cover, and the gatefold had the credits and the lyrics, and aside from recognizing Trident Studios I didn't immediately recognize any of the players. Not long after finding that one I stumbled upon Bright White from 1973, and this one featured a truly horrible cover, but I recognized several names: Russ Kunkel on drums, Leland Sklar on bass, and Danny Kortchmar on guitar, who all seemed to appear on the title track. It was a buck, so I got it. Over the last few days I'd spun Collaboration a couple of times, and it was a cool and challenging record. I liked it but I just couldn't get my head around it. So I figu...