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Article Title:	Appalachian Melody (re-issue)
Author of reported comment:	Dougie
Comment Date:	01:55 on Apr 1 2011
Comment:	Mark had released an earlier solo album (twice) before Appalachian Melody was recorded. "Mark Heard" was first released on Airborn Records in 1975 and later re-released on AB Records in 1978 as "On Turning To Dust". All of Mark's albums have now been released on CD at one time or another, including Victims Of The Age, although in most cases they are hard to find, and I suspect some of the CD pressings will have gone out of print. I wouldn't disagree that Mark's last 3 studio albums are must-haves and represent his best and most consistent work but would say that after those 3 I enjoy Appalachian Melody and 1980's Fingerprint next as I like the mix of acoustic singer-songwriter ballads and some old fashioned blues based rock and there is also a nice balance of thoughtful faith as well as questioning. Up there with Larry's "In Another Land", Randy's "Welcome To Paradise" and Daniel Amos's "Horrendous Disc" is the great albums which came out on Solid Rock Records - the remaster and repackaging has been nicely done and since Larry's passing Solid Rock have dropped the lengthy CD booklets with the old interviews and long linear notes and just keep to the original artwork, credits and lyrics.

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