Janis Ian - Breaking Silence (Reel-to-Reel, Ultra Tape)
Acoustic Guitar, Piano – Janis Ian [click here to see more vinyl featuring Janis Ian]
Bass, Bass [Slide] – Chad Watson
Drums, Percussion – Jim Brock
Electric Guitar – Dan Huff
Harmonica [Solo] – Jim Hoke
Written by Janis Ian
Ultra Tape reel-to-reel
2 tapes
2-track (½ track)
15 ips, ¼-inch analog tape copy (IEC equalization) sourced from a copy of the original analog master tape.
Transferred real-time, using an ATR-modified Ampex Tape Machine with flux magnetic heads.
Custom slipcase cover
Stereo
Studio
Label : Analogue Productions
Original Label : Capitol
Recorded at Nightingale Studio
Tracks :
- All Roads To the River
- Ride Me Like A Wave
- Tattoo
- What About Love
- His Hands
- Walking On Sacred Ground
- This Train Still Runs
- Through the Years
- This House
- Some People's Lives
- Breaking Silence
« Breaking Silence finds Ian ditching her past waifishness for a confident, mature, contemporary acoustic approach relying mostly on spare guitar and piano textures. Opening with "All Roads to the River" (also recorded by John Mellencamp), Breaking Silence includes among its highlights the Holocaust-survivor tale "Tattoo" and the dramatic half-a cappella, half-syncopated-rocker title track. » AllMusic Review by Roch Parisien