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    A catalog I have titled CD INTERNATIONAL has 3 listings:
    
    "Best of Leonard Cohen" - released (or soon to be released) in the U.S.
    "Leonard Cohen's Greatest Hits" (West Germany)
    "Various Positions" (U.K., W. Germany, Japan)
    
    I haven't seen CBS's BEST OF LEONARD COHEN yet.  The closest thing
    I have is Jennifer Warren's incredible disc, FAMOUS BLUE RAINCOAT,
    which features all Leonard Cohen songs, and a duet on "Joan of Arc"
    with Leonard himself.
    
          it was deep into his fiery heart
          he took the dust of Joan of Arc
          and then she clearly understood
          if he was fire, oh she must be wood
    
              

    That's Jennifer Warnes, not Warrens.
    		    ^^^^^^
    FAMOUS BLUE RAINCOAT has been often referred to as
    "Jenny sings Lenny".
    
    --- jerry

    re. -1
    Absolutely correct, Jennifer's name is "Warnes".  It looked odd
    when I typed it, but after staring at the tube all day, it's not
    unusual for me to make mistakes like that after hours.
    I've never heard this disc referred to as "Jenny Sings Lenny", although
    there is an inference to that on the inside of the disc booklet.
    I'd recommend it to anyone who appreciates Leonard Cohen.
    
     Marty_who_will_now_never_be_able_to_mispell_that_name_again_even_
     if_he_tried
    

    None of my recordings are currently on CD. Sorry :-)
    
    	- Rick
    

    Thanks Marty and Jerry. Rick, let us know when "The Best of Rick
    Cohen" gets released.
    
    I think there were some comments on the Jennifer Warnes "Famous
    Blue Raincoat" earlier in this file. I'll go a lookin'.
    
    I'll keep my eyes open for "The Best of Leonard Cohen". But I'd
    really like to get "Various Positions". I think I'll have my sons
    bring it over from UK in the summer.
    
    - roger

    re:.3
    
    Oh, it's not *officially* referred to as "Jenny Sings Lenny".
    That's just what various critics and such would refer to it as.
    
    --- jerry

    
    The sound quality of "Famous Blue Raincoat" is GREAT.  I recommend
    to buy U.S. Cypress label's original one (Cypress 661 111-2, pressed
    by PDO) rather than Europian distribution (BMG PD90048).
    
    Morita

Leonard Cohen latest album "I'm your man" was released some weeks
	ago here in Norway.It contains some songs that were 
	previously released on Jennifer Warnes "Famous Blue Raincoat".
	ex. "First we take Manhatten" (terrific!!!).
	The other songs are new ones,it's a absolutely must for all
	Cohen fans.Cohens previous album "Various Positions" sold
	about 45.000 copies in Norway,and that says something about
	his popularity here,when you know that our population is
	ca. 4 million people....

Svein Nordrum

    
    	A friend of mine recently lend me a cassette with a recording
    of "Famous Blue Raincoat" and I loved it, I think it is a real WORK
    OF ART.
    
    	I just can't wait to get it on CD.
    
    	But I have a question, Who is Jennifer Warnes? Where did she
    come from? I never heard of her before this.
    
    	She strongly reminds me of someone but I can't point out who,
    do you have any ideas who could it be?
    
    							Thank you
    
    							Mauricio
    
    

    
    
    If you're familiar with either "An Officer & A Gentleman" or "Dirty
    Dancing," Jennifer Warnes is the femme voice on the duets for the
    title tracks for each; "Up Where We Belong," with Joe Cocker and
    "The Time of My Life," with Bill Medley. 
    
    She's had a couple of solo hits - "I Know A Heartache When I See
    One" and "The Right Time of The Night." Her voice on the latter
    sounds an awful lot like Linda Ronstadt or possibly even Karla Bonoff.
    
    Jennifer's greatest hits CD is available on ARISTA as a budget line
    item - $8.99. It's definitely worth it.
    
    				The Cruiser

    According to ROCK RECORD, her first album goes back to ---
    believe it or not --- 1968. She seems to be one of those
    artists who just slipped through the cracks. I first heard
    her on a tape I made from a WGBH radio program featuring
    selections from one of Tom Rush's Symphony Hall concerts.
    She did "A Song for Bernadette", which I flipped over, and
    then lead all of the other concerteers in a great choral
    rendition of Stephen Foster's "Hard Times Come Again No More".
    
    Did you notice Stevie Ray Vaughan's guitar playing on "I'll
    Take Berlin" on FAMOUS BLUE RAINCOAT. I never expected to
    hear him pop up there.
    
    --- jerry

    re: last few
    
         On the Smothers Brothers reunion show a month or so back Ms.
    Warrens appeared.  They said that she had appeared on several of
    their shows back in 1968.  They also said that Pat Paulsend had
    introduced her to them.
    
    ASP

    
    	Thank you,
    
    	I've heard "Up Where We Belong" so I guess that's why she sounded
    familiar.
    
    								Mauricio