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Yes– working on it now -we’ve had delays getting the label/distribution deal finished -but decisions will be made soon because I would like to get it out in Sept now -so we can tie it into the last leg of the tour this year. The dvd part is basically done and Eric Liljestrand and I are going thru some additional tapes we found to see if there’s any extra recordings from that era.
Peter Blackstock builds another case for the reissue:
http://community.nodepression.com/profiles/blogs/that-old-lucinda-williams
@blureu wrote:
Peter Blackstock builds another case for the reissue:
http://community.nodepression.com/profiles/blogs/that-old-lucinda-williams
A little birdie told me recently that it is due out later this year (if all goes to plan)… 😉
Tom
No case needs to be made for the record’s re-release as it should never have gone OOP in the first place. It is, quite simply, the most significant recording in the history of altcountry — not only was it the first, yes I say first, altcountry record, but was the record that established female artists as a force to be reckoned with. (I am not, of course, forgetting or slighting Joni, Janis, Bonnie, Joan and others who made it on their own terms). Not only do I have the LP. EP and the Koch CD, I first saw Lu in 1986 where she performed nearly all, if not all, of the songs on the LP. It was a religious experience — not since first seeing Townes in 1969 had I become a disciple and spread the word. I look forward to the re-release and it extras, including the DVD!
@coffee4throad wrote:
Big Red Sun and Crescent City LIVE VERSIONS would get me looking for a newer copy for sure!
Both are on the NYC Town Hall Live CD- just received it and it’s really, really good…
@whiskeyboy wrote:
Please provide more info…such as what Town Hall Live CD?
He’s referring to the 5 CD live set recorded in New York City at Irving Plaza & Town Hall in 2007. These were 5 special shows where Lu & the band played Lu’s first 5 studio albums in sequence. They did the same at the El Rey in LA. The CDs can be purchased here – go to https://www.lucindawilliams.com & click on the “Store” link at the top, then the “Limited Live Show CDs” link at the left under “Shop by Category”…
Tom
Yes, I have all of them — the NY & LA shows. Thanks for the clarification.
That said, what’s the status of the re-release of the Rough Trade recordings? And what’s the DVD?
While there are many recordings — I would think — of Lu in the mid-to late 80’s, don’t forget about her ’89 performance on Mt. Stage here in West Virginia. I remember it well — no one, I mean absolutely no one, in the audience other than yours truly had any idea who she was. I had only seen her once since that ’86 Texas show and I was primed. Brian Blauser — the Mt. Stage house photographer — gave me a picture of that performance. Sweet.
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