This "Blue"

Well I finally got a chance to play this version for Lucinda and unfortunately she wasn’t sure where it came from either but figured that it probably was a radio station recording. I mentioned KGSR and she said “it could be, but i’m not sure because I’ve done a lot of those”. Big help she is.
I have asked Lost Highway to see if they can come up with a copy that might be buried somewhere in their office, and they are going to look, and get back to me.

@TOverby wrote:

Ok-how’s this for a quick update–as i was typing the above post an email came in from Lost Highway, and they have indeed located a copy of this cd and it is on its way.

Ah, the perks of having “inside connections”! No getting outbid time after time on eBay for you, TO! 😆 😆

The definitive answer will hopefully soon be at hand. And, if I were a betting man, I’d bet it is going to be this KGSR version. After all, what other version has floated around enough, i.e., from two different limited release CDs, so that it would be on LimeWire for the YouTuber to grab?.

Tom

And MUCHAS GRACIAS to you, too, LWJ, for your fine detective work. Without your zeroing in on the KGSR connection, I don’t think we’d be as close as we are to the answer! 😉

Tom

Further “detective ” work
This appears to be the detailed track list from the KGSR CD showing interviews etc. and you will note Blue ( live in studio) track time of 3:37. ( co-incides with Drunken Angel’s “stripped down” version).

http://www.racksandtags.com/sandman13/1739344/Lucinda-Williams-In-Touch-With-Lucinda-Williams

Hope when T. Overby receives the CD from Lost Highway, that he can post a picture of the back cover.

lwj

Hey everybody – long-time lurker, first time poster.

I’m also the guy that won the aforementioned eBay auction for the “In Touch” CD (sorry about that Mr. tntracy…). I can confirm that the version of “Blue” heard on that You Tube video has been taken from this CD. The credits list Lu for vocals and acoustic guitar; Bo Ramsey electric guitar; Billy Watts acoustic guitar; recorded March 15, 2001 on 107.1 KGSR Radio Austin. The interview with Jody Denberg was recorded April 27, 2001 and is pretty much verbatim to the transcript posted earlier in this thread – some of Jody’s questions have been edited down in length a little in the transcript, and his intro wasn’t included either, but all of her side of the interview is in the transcript. The first song track is a “Super Clean Edit” version of “Essence” which means they just laid, what sounds like some distorted power chords, over the F-bomb… a not very subtle editing job! Also includes the album versions of “Lonely Girls”, “Get Right With God”, “Out Of Touch” and “Broken Butterflies”

I’m pretty happy with it – there’s a lot of Lu speaking which is nice ’cause I really like listening to the lilt of her voice. And this version of “Blue”, as you’re all aware, is fantastic; however, there is a slight buzzing noise audible throughout that track which you can hear on the You Tube version too…

@Itchy Skin wrote:

Hey everybody – long-time lurker, first time poster.

I’m also the guy that won the aforementioned eBay auction for the “In Touch” CD (sorry about that Mr. tntracy…). I can confirm that the version of “Blue” heard on that You Tube video has been taken from this CD.

No problemo, Itchy. If I had to lose it to someone, I’m glad I lost it to someone here in the forum, lurker or not.

Plus, it got you to join & post, so you are no longer just a lurker – a “win – win” for all! Welcome to the forum, and thanks for definitively solving the mystery for us! 😀

Tom