Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Free album by Overboard!
Contemporary a cappella group Overboard is offering their album Help! for free download:
http://www.overboardvocals.com/
(They did this last year, too.)
In case you aren't familiar with it, Help! was one of the six albums nominated for the Best Pop/Rock CARA award last year. I was one of the CARA judges, and if I recall correctly voted for this album to win the category.
It's an amazing album. A cappella arrangements of Beatles' music, all done in "gapless" fashion. That is, one song merges into the next with no pause between tracks. It's pretty much like a 56 minute song. And the arranging of the songs is top-notch; very interesting to listen to for Beatles and/or a cappella fans. I would rate all of the tracks but one as 5/5 stars. (That one was kind of a strange concept... it's a combination of lots of different tunes, and I think last year Overboard ran a contest to see who could correctly identify all of the different parts.)
In short: this is one of the best albums in my collection. Oh, and did I mention-- it's free!! :-)
http://www.overboardvocals.com/
(They did this last year, too.)
In case you aren't familiar with it, Help! was one of the six albums nominated for the Best Pop/Rock CARA award last year. I was one of the CARA judges, and if I recall correctly voted for this album to win the category.
It's an amazing album. A cappella arrangements of Beatles' music, all done in "gapless" fashion. That is, one song merges into the next with no pause between tracks. It's pretty much like a 56 minute song. And the arranging of the songs is top-notch; very interesting to listen to for Beatles and/or a cappella fans. I would rate all of the tracks but one as 5/5 stars. (That one was kind of a strange concept... it's a combination of lots of different tunes, and I think last year Overboard ran a contest to see who could correctly identify all of the different parts.)
In short: this is one of the best albums in my collection. Oh, and did I mention-- it's free!! :-)
# posted by John Colton @ 11:23 PM 
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Thanks for the link; it is a very good album. Eleanor Rigby, Hello Goodbye, and Golden Slumbers/Carry that Weight are the stand outs to me. Well worth checking out and you can't beat the price!
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