Limited Edition (Roger McGuinn album)

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Limited Edition
Roger McGuinn Limited Edition CD.jpg
Studio album by
Roger McGuinn
ReleasedApril 2004
StudioMcGuinn's home studio, Orlando, FL; unnamed studio, Nashville, TN
Genre Folk rock [1]
Length44:39
Label April First Productions
Producer Roger McGuinn, Camilla McGuinn
Roger McGuinn chronology
Back from Rio
(1991)		Limited Edition
(2004)		CCD
(2011)

Limited Edition is the seventh studio album by American rock musician Roger McGuinn. It was issued in April 2004 as an exclusive Internet release. [2] The album marked McGuinn's return to his signature instrument, the Rickenbacker 12-string electric guitar, [3] after several projects focusing on folk and other traditional musical styles. The opening song is a cover of the Beatles' 1965 track "If I Needed Someone", which McGuinn recorded as a tribute to George Harrison. [3] The album's other tracks include seven songs written by McGuinn and his wife and longtime collaborator, Camilla McGuinn, [4] and traditional songs arranged by the couple. [5]

Roger McGuinn American singer-songwriter and guitarist

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Contents

Background and recording

McGuinn said he made Limited Edition in response to fans' requests for him to return to his Rickenbacker-based sound. [6] [7] The album took around eight months to record, with sessions held intermittently alongside his concert schedule. McGuinn recalled that, after recording "If I Needed Someone" in a professional studio in Nashville, and finding that the facility used computer software rather than traditional recording equipment, he decided to make the rest of the album at his home studio. [2] He said he used the Adobe Audition program and that the album cost around $25,000 to make, [8] relative to the $6000 spent at the Nashville studio on a single song. [2]

If I Needed Someone Song composed by George Harrison

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Among the original compositions, "Parade of Lost Dreams" documents the cultural decline of Hollywood Boulevard as a statement on contemporary American society, while the verses of "Southbound 95" are taken from truck drivers' conversations heard on a CB radio. [5] "Made in China" was inspired by Camilla McGuinn's concern that the U.S. media were underplaying the situation in China where, due to the country's one-child family planning policy, baby girls were being starved to death. [9] In the line "Hey, now they can't bootleg my album there", the song also addresses China's refusal to recognize intellectual property rights. [6]

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China's one-child policy was part of a birth planning program designed to control the size of its population. Distinct from the family planning policies of most other countries, it set a limit on the number of children parents could have, the world's most extreme example of population planning. It was introduced in 1979, modified beginning in the mid 1980s to allow rural parents a second child if the first was a daughter, and then lasted three more decades before being eliminated at the end of 2015. The policy also allowed exceptions for some other groups, including ethnic minorities. Therefore, the term "one-child policy" is a misnomer, because for nearly 30 of the 36 years that it existed (1979–2015), about half of all parents in China were allowed to have a second child.

McGuinn played his signature Rickenbacker 370/12 electric guitar on much of the album, [7] which he said had a "Byrds feel" to it unlike his recent acoustic folk projects. [8] He described Limited Edition as "an eclectic collection of traditional songs, electrified blues and songs written with my wife Camilla, rich in Rickenbacker 'jingle jangle.' The unifying factor is the Rickenbacker electric 12-string guitar sound." [9] He also played banjo, and, on the blues-oriented tracks "Saint James Infirmary" and "James Alley Blues", an Epiphone Elitist "Byrdland" guitar. [10] Another traditional song, "Shady Grove", combines folk and hip hop. [3]

Rickenbacker 360/12 12-string electric guitar

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The Byrds were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964. The band underwent multiple lineup changes throughout its existence, with frontman Roger McGuinn remaining the sole consistent member. Although they only managed to attain the huge commercial success of contemporaries like the Beatles, the Beach Boys, and the Rolling Stones for a short period in the mid-1960s, the Byrds are today considered by critics to be nearly as influential as those bands. Their signature blend of clear harmony singing and McGuinn's jangly twelve-string Rickenbacker guitar was "absorbed into the vocabulary of rock" and has continued to be influential.

Banjo musical instrument

The banjo is a four-, five-, or six-stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity as a resonator, called the head, which is typically circular. The membrane is typically made of plastic, although animal skin is still occasionally used. Early forms of the instrument were fashioned by Afro-Americans in the United States, adapted from African instruments of similar design. The banjo is frequently associated with folk and country music. Banjo can also be used in some rock songs. Many rock bands, such as The Eagles, Led Zeppelin, and The Allman Brothers, have used the five-string banjo in some of their songs. Historically, the banjo occupied a central place in African-American traditional music and the folk culture of rural whites before entering the mainstream via the minstrel shows of the 19th century. Along with the fiddle, the banjo is a mainstay of American old-time music. It is also very frequently used in traditional ("trad") jazz.

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
The Great Rock Discography 5/10 [12]

McGuinn released Limited Edition in April 2004 on his label April First Productions. The album was initially available only through his website, mcguinn.com, and the online retailer Amazon.com. [10] He said that he titled the album Limited Edition "because it's limited as to where you can buy it." [10] Coinciding with the release, McGuinn gave interviews to PopMatters, [6] Christianity Today [9] and epiphone.com. [10] In an interview in November 2004, for The San Diego Union-Tribune , he commented that by doing away with a record company, he had made more money on Limited Edition than on any previous album during his career. [8]

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Epiphone American musical instrument company

Epiphone is an American musical instrument manufacturer founded in 1873 by Anastasios Stathopoulos, currently based in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1957, Epiphone, Inc. was purchased by Gibson and relocated from New York to Kalamazoo, Michigan. Epiphone was Gibson's main rival in the archtop market prior to 1957. Aside from guitars, Epiphone also made double basses, banjos, and other string instruments. However, the company's weakness in the aftermath of World War II and death of Epaminondas Stathopoulos in 1943 allowed Gibson to purchase it. Epiphone also manufactures resonator guitars under the Dobro brand.

The album received a highly favourable review from Rolling Stone magazine. [8] Ronnie Lankford of AllMusic criticised many of the musical arrangements, which included "the oddest take on 'Shady Grove' ever committed to CD", although he admired "Parade of Lost Dreams" as "an enticing folk-country-rock blend highlighted by the nifty guitar work". Lankford concluded: "Limited Edition will probably entertain hardcore McGuinn fans, but it doesn't qualify as a new chapter in his distinguished career." [3] Rick Bell of The San Diego Union-Tribune described it as "a trip back to the days of '60s rock anthems 'Mr. Tambourine Man' and 'Turn, Turn, Turn'", adding that "many of the songs could have been blasting from an AM station through the tinny speakers of a '66 Thunderbird when McGuinn and an array of fellow Byrds first blended rock and folk …" [8]

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Track listing

All tracks composed by Roger McGuinn and Camilla McGuinn, except where noted.

  1. "If I Needed Someone" (George Harrison) – 3:16
  2. "Paradise of Lost Dreams" – 3:09
  3. "Shady Grove" (traditional; arranged by R. and C. McGuinn) – 2:40
  4. "James Alley Blues" (traditional; arranged by R. and C. McGuinn) – 2:47
  5. "On and On" – 2:35
  6. "Southbound 95" – 3:52
  7. "Castanet Dance" – 3:30
  8. "Shenandoah" (traditional; arranged by R. and C. McGuinn) – 4:47
  9. "When the Saints Go Marching In" (traditional; arranged by R. and C. McGuinn) – 3:57
  10. "Saint James Infirmary" (traditional; arranged by R. and C. McGuinn) – 3:25
  11. "May the Road Rise to Meet You (Back by Popular Request)" – 3:58
  12. "Echoes [live]" (R. McGuinn) – 3:45
  13. "Made in China" – 2:56

Personnel

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