Legacy

by Poco

Overview

The original 1968 lineup of Richie Furay, Jim Messina, Randy Meisner, George Grantham, and Rusty Young, which never got to record (Meisner quit on the eve of their first session), finally goes into the studio, and it's as though 20 years dissolve away. The singing is impeccable, the playing awesome -- maybe a little too good -- and unlike a lot of reunion projects of this kind, the songs are as good as any the group ever recorded, with a couple ("When It All Began," "Call It Love") that would belong on any truly honest best-of collection. The only flaw, if that's what it is, is the decidedly modern sound and production -- the group's country-rock sound is nearly compromised by the modern engineering, which gives the drums too much presence and the guitars too much volume. The playing is loud and precise and often beautiful, but also at times mechanical and soulless compared with the group's old recordings; the exceptionally passionate singing more than compensates for this flaw, however. It might have been interesting to see the re-formed group do a couple of the songs off of the first album that they never got to do as a quintet, but the point behind that had long ago been made by the quartet that did record. A must-own alongside the MCA best-of and the original eight Epic albums (or the Epic double-disc Forgotten Trail anthology). David Cole was the overall producer, but Richard Marx signed his name as producer to one of the best tracks here, "Nothin' to Hide," which he also co-wrote. ~ Bruce Eder

Product Details

Release Date:	06/16/2023
Label:	Blue Elan Records
UPC:	0196925404570
Rank:	58900

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Poco   Primary Artist
Rusty Young   Vocals
Richie Furay   Vocals
Randy Meisner   Vocals

Technical Credits

Bill Lloyd   Composer
Billy Crain   Composer
Rusty Young   Composer
M. Brady   Composer
S. Pasch   Composer
Wally Traugott   Mastering
Peter Doell   Engineer,Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Van Stephenson   Composer
Richard Marx   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Richie Furay   Composer
Radney Foster   Composer
Randy Nicklaus   A&R
Bruce Gaitsch   Arranger,Composer
Rick Lonow   Composer
Laura Livingston   Mixing Assistant
Steve Holroyd   Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
M. Krizan   Composer
Jeff Silbar   Composer
S. Sellen   Composer
Ronnie Guilbeau   Composer
Jim Messina   Composer
Jesse Kanner   Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Rick Holbrook   Mixing,Engineer
Lendon Flanagan   Photography,Illustrations
Meg Brady   Composer
Brian Mendelsohn   Programming
Jim Shea   Photography
Susanne Edgren   Production Coordination
Ken Felton   Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
David Cole   Mixing,Engineer,Producer