SWEET OLD WORLD -NEW RECORDING COMING 9/29

Sucker for the shirts.

Likely the artwork from the cover, but anxious to see what comes! Looking forward to this release as well as hearing it live (if more rumored live shows come to pass) !!

In the MUSIC tab under STORE, there is a preorder offer with description of the rerecording and the additional tracks:

This Sweet Old World CD [PRE-ORDER]
On September 29th, three-time Grammy Award winner Lucinda Williams will release This Sweet Old World – a re-recording of her beloved 1992 album Sweet Old World – to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its release.

This Sweet Old World features updated interpretations of songs such as “Prove My Love”, “Sidewalks of the City”, “Memphis Pearl” and “Lines Around Your Eyes”. Williams breathes new life into classics “Pineola”, “Sweet Old World”, “Something About What Happens When We Talk”, “Little Angel, Little Brother” and Nick Drake’s “Which Will”. “He Never Got Enough Love” is transformed with additional verses, new sound and new title, “Drivin’ Down A Dead End Street”, which was the song’s original title.

The arrangements on This Sweet Old World are tighter and rawer than the original and feature Williams’ fantastic touring/studio band: guitarist Stuart Mathis, bassist David Sutton, and drummer Butch Norton. Guitarist Greg Leisz, who actually participated in the early sessions for the 1992 album, adds his masterful playing to the new recordings.

As if re-recording an entire studio album was not already an unprecedented move, Williams and company also chose to re-record the four tracks that were not included on the original release. This Sweet Old World features new versions of “Factory Blues”, “Dark Side of Life”, John Anderson’s “Wild and Blue” and the John Leventhal/Jim Lauderdale-penned “What You Don’t Know”.

NOTE: This is a pre-order and will ship to arrive to you on or around the Sept 29 release date. All items in your order will ship at the same time. If there are other items in your order that you would like to receive earlier, please place a separate order.

Posted a show thread for this as well..

Album Release Party & Lucinda Acoustic Set in LA 9.29

JUST ADDED, tickets on sale now in the PledgeMusic store! To celebrate the 25th Anniversary & re-recording of “Sweet Old World​,” we’ve decided to throw a little party & you are invited! The VIP event will take place at Swinghouse Studios in Atwater Village (LA) on street date, Friday, September 29th. Doors will open at 8pm, come mix & mingle with fellow fans & hear the new versions in a studio environment. Around 8:30pm, Lucinda will take the stage to perform a short acoustic set of classics from the album! Each ticket also includes a CD & album download, CD’s will be handed out at the door and hopefully you can get it signed in person. We’ll keep playing the album until they kick us out! There will be a cash bar set up courtesy of MOMED. Your name will be on the guest list at the door, please bring a picture ID. We can’t wait to celebrate the album with you

i can’t wait to hear it. honestly, i never like the sound of original record. the production was bland and unexciting. if you ask me, after sweet old world it’s pretty clear why lucinda didn’t want morlix to produce car wheels on a gravel road.

Really enjoying this album. It feels like an entirely new album.

the vocals on Memphis Pearl slay me every time.