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Escovedo groeide op in een muzikale familie: zijn broers Pete en Coke zijn eveneens muzikant geworden. Escovedo begon te spelen in de punkband The Nuns. Deze band had weinig commercieel succes. Hierna verhuisde hij naar Austin, Texas, waar hij meer een country-achtige stijl ontwikkelde. Zijn albums werden een relatief succes, met name in de underground-sfeer. In 1998 riep het country-blad No Depression Escovedo uit tot artiest van het decennium. In de late jaren '90 werd hepatitis C geconstateerd, waardoor hij enkele jaren weinig meer produceerde. In 2003 overleed Escovedo bijna aan de ziekte. In 2005 werd hij echter genezen verklaard en pakte hij de muziek weer op, resulterende in het album The Boxing Mirror.



The tragic irony about Alejandro Escovedo is that he's the greatest contemporary singer songwriter who most people will never hear of. And that's a shame, because he's got tremendous talent, blending all kinds of influences, from Brit rock to Lou Reed to Iggy Pop to folk, but most of all, he gives it an Austin, Texas feel. It's also a sound uniquely his own, although he fits neatly in with the so called "Americana" musicians like Lucinda Williams or The Jayhawks











Alejandro Escovedo - A Man Under The Influence (2001) LP-24-96-2009 Deluxe Edition}

1. Wave
2. Rosalie
3. Rhapsody
4. Across The River
5. Castanets
6. Don t Need You
7. Follow You Down
8. About This Love
9. Wedding Day
10. Velvet Guitar
11. As I Fall
12. Sad and Dreamy (Big 1-0)
13. I Was Drunk
14. Guilty
15. Everybody Loves Me
16. Evening Gown
17. Bad News



Nitty Gritty RCM 1.5
Technics SL-1200MK2 DD Turntable with KAB Fluid Damping and KAB record grip
Ortofon 2M Black MM Cartridge
Pro-ject Tube Box SE II Preamp
Tascam US-144 external USB 2.0 Audiointerface
Mac Pro Dual Zeon 2.66 GHz
Bias Peak Pro 6.2 recording software
Click Repair 3.4.1 for de-click (manual mode only)
iZotope RX Advanced 2.0 for Redbook conversion
xACT 1.71 for Redbook SBE correction
XLD Version 20101120 (125.2) for FLAC conversion


RCM > TT > Ortofon > TubeBox preamp > ADC > Mac Pro > Peak Pro @ 24/96 >
analyze (no clipping, DC Bias offset correction, each side gain adjusted to -0.5 dB) > split into individual tracks >
Click Repair 3.4.1 used in manual mode, 20~30 Rev, Pitch Protection, X2 >
FLAC encoded Level 8 with XLD

iZotope DeNoise used on song fades and transitions only.

All de-clicking software used in full manual mode to preserve musical transients.

No music was harmed in the making of this vinyl rip.

No silence been removed, please burn gapless to match original track layout.