I see that this subject has been broached before (though not for a while?) but is there any hope that Car Wheels (or Essence) will be released on vinyl soon. I still can’t believe neither were released in conjunction with the Lost Highway 10th Anniversary. I know a vinyl reissue would make so many vinyl junkies happy. They are certainly two of the greatest albums of all time and deserve a quality vinyl release.
Car Wheels was not a Lost Highway release -it was on Mercury. It’s success was one of the reasons that LH was started.
LH wanted to Essence vinyl for the anniversary but they did not want to pay to have it remastered for vinyl so I declined to release it that way. If you don’t remaster for vinyl it will sound like crap so it was an easy decision.
We hope to have both of these reissued on vinyl–hopefully next year.
Thanks for that information re: Car Wheels and Essence. Glad to hear there is still hope in the not too distant future. Keep us posted if possible. Thanks again for quick response.