Heaven Help the Child

VINYL FORMAT. Heaven Help the Child appeared almost two years after Mickey Newbury's 'Frisco Mabel Joy album, pushing his expanded sound ever deeper and higher. In "Sunshine" the vermillion hues of 'Frisco Mabel Joy give way to shadows and light. Additionally, two classics from the Newbury songbook were in the flow: the soaring ballad "Sweet Memories" and the bluesy shuffle "Why You Been Gone So Long." The title track raised his lyrics to new levels of poetic expression. This was the end of Mickey's time exploring his inner space at Cinderella Sound.