Product details
- Label Heartfixer Music
- Artist Tinsley Ellis - Signed
- Format 1LP
- Country United States
- Released Date 2016
- Genre Blues
- Sealed Yes
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Condition: Sealed (New)
Condition Notes:
Signed on the back. First 500 copies signed.
Tough Love by Tinsley Ellis.
Released in 2016 on his own Heartfixer Music imprint, "Tough Love" arrives as a fully self-directed statement from Tinsley Ellis, who wrote every track and produced the record himself. This particular pressing carries added weight for collectors: sold directly through Ellis' website, the first 500 copies were hand-numbered and signed by the artist. Notably, the LP diverges from the CD edition by omitting the track "Everything," making the vinyl its own distinct object rather than a simple reissue of the disc.
Musically, the album is rooted in Ellis' commanding electric guitar and expressive vocals, with a stripped, road-tested rhythm section of Steve Mackey on bass and Lynn Williams on drums holding the low end steady. Kevin McKendree, who also recorded and mixed the record, layers in organ, piano and even Mellotron and timpani for texture and color. Ellis stretches out on harmonica and Wurlitzer at points, while Jim Hoke's saxophone and Steve Herrman's trumpet add a horn-charged lift to the arrangements.
The result is a warm, unhurried blues session that rewards front-to-back listening, with McKendree's mastering-quality production giving each instrument room to breathe. For anyone building a serious blues shelf, a signed and numbered first-edition LP from one of the genre's most durable modern voices is exactly the kind of piece worth chasing.
Pressing Details:
Track Listing:
A1. Seven Years
A2. Midnight Ride
A3. Give It Away
A4. Hard Work
A5. All In The Name Of Love
B1. Leave Me
B2. Should I Have Lied
B3. The King Must Die
B4. In From The Cold
Credits:
Steve Mackey (3) - Bass
Larry Leake - Design
Lynn Williams (2) - Drums
Tinsley Ellis - Guitar
Tinsley Ellis - Harmonica (9)
Jim DeMain - Mastered By
Amy Marie - Mastered By [Assisted]
Kevin McKendree - Mellotron (10)
Kevin McKendree - Mixed By
Kevin McKendree - Organ
James Flournoy Holmes - Photography [Cover]
Kevin McKendree - Piano
Tinsley Ellis - Piano [Wurlitzer Piano] (10)
Tinsley Ellis - Producer
Kevin McKendree - Recorded By
Jim Hoke - Saxophone (5)
Kevin McKendree - Timpani (10)
Steve Herrman - Trumpet (5)
Tinsley Ellis - Vocals
Tinsley Ellis - Written-By
Notes:
Purchased through Tinsley Ellis' website. He handnumbered and signed the first 500 copies. The LP does not contain the track 'Everything' which appears on the CD.
back cover photograph courtesy of Chris Austin, Charlotte, NC
Artist: Tinsley Ellis - Signed
Format: 1LP
Genre: Blues
Label: Heartfixer Music
Catalog Number: HFMLP1012
Release Year: 2016
Country: United States
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