Courier (album)

Courier is the first live recording and sixth album by Richard Shindell. It includes many of his most popular originals from previous recordings, a cover of Lowell George's classic song, "Willin'", and what has been described as a "near-holy reading" of Bruce Springsteen's "Fourth of July, Asbury Park".^[8]

Courier
Live album by Richard Shindell
Released	February 12, 2002
Recorded	February 2 and March 16–17, 2001
Genre	Folk
Label	Signature Sounds
Richard Shindell chronology
Somewhere Near Paterson (2000) Courier (2002) Vuelta (2004)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
FAME	(favorable)[2]
Fretplay	[3]
FolkWax	(8/10)[4]
Kevin McCarthy	(favorable)[5]
Lou's Reviews	(favorable)[6]
Music Matters	(favorable)[7]

Signature Sounds also offered a limited number of bonus EP's titled The Sonora Sessions, which included an additional seven tracks.

Courier

Track listing

All songs written by Richard Shindell, except where noted.

1. "The Courier" 4:51
2. "Memory of You" – 4:28
3. "Next Best Western" – 4:17
4. "Willin'" (Lowell George) – 3:15
5. "The Kenworth of My Dreams" – 4:05
6. "Nora" – 4:42
7. "Arrowhead" – 5:07
8. "Reunion Hill" – 4:24
9. "Fishing" – 4:33
10. "A Summer Wind, A Cotton Dress" – 4:04
11. "On a Sea of Fleur de Lis" – 4:47
12. "The Ballad of Mary Magdalen" – 5:11
13. "Are You Happy Now?" – 4:10
14. "Transit" – 7:32
15. "Fourth of July, Asbury Park" (Bruce Springsteen) – 6:35

Recorded by Ben Wisch and Ron Schreier at the Emelin Theatre (Mamaroneck, NY) 3/16 and 17, 2001. Tracks 3 and 11 recorded at the Outpost in the Burbs (Montclair, NJ) on 2/2/01. Track 7 recorded at Bailey Building & Loan (Greenwich Village, NYC). Mixed by Ben Wisch.

Personnel

Musicians:^[9]

• Richard Shindell – guitar and vocals
• Lucy Kaplansky – harmony vocals
• Dennis McDermott – drums
• John Putnam – electric guitar, tiple
• Lincoln Schleifer – bass

and on tracks 3 and 11:

• Greg Anderson – bouzouki, guitar, cittern
• Lisa Gutkin – violin
• Radoslav Lorković – accordion

on "Reunion Hill"

• Larry Campbell – violin

Other credits:

• David Glasser – Mastering
• Toby Goldberg – Project Coordinator
• Ron Schreier – Engineer, Live Recording Coordination
• Ben Wisch – Engineer, Mixing
• Carol Young – Project Coordinator

The Sonora Sessions

Track listing

1. "Confession" – 5:00
2. "Abeulita" – 4:08
3. "You Stay Here" – 5:00
4. "Wisteria" – 5:23
5. "Johnny Star Intro" – 0:42
6. "Sonora's Death Row" (Kevin Blackie Farrell) – 4:19
7. "Sonora's Death Row II" – 3:15

Notes and references

1. Courier at AllMusic
2. FAME review
3. Fretplay review
4. Wood, Arthur, "Courier recalls Shindell's earlier works", FolkWax, February 13, 2002 (link requires a free subscription)
5. Kevin McCarthy review Archived 2006-10-27 at the Wayback Machine
6. Lou's Reviews
7. Music Matters review
8. Jeff Schwatcher, Review at the Allmusic (4.5/5)
9. Courier page at richardshindell.com