Black Crowes to release two unreleased albums + DVD

[NewRider]

Twice The Black Crowes have recorded albums that were never officially released: Tall in 1993 and Band in 1997. While a few songs from these lost albums were rerecorded and released on studio albums, many have emerged only through the band’s legendary live shows. The Black Crowes recently went into the vault, collecting the best moments from those abandoned sessions for a special treat for their longtime fans. Titled THE LOST CROWES, it is a two-disc set of unreleased music that has been remixed for its public debut on Rhino. The compilation will be available August 29 at all retail outlets and at www.rhino.com for a suggested retail price of $24.98. The same day, the band’s 1992 home video, WHO KILLED THAT BIRD OUT ON YOUR WINDOW SILL, will make its DVD debut on Rhino Home Video for a suggested retail price of $14.99.

In fall of 1993 vocalist Chris Robinson, guitarists Rich Robinson and Marc Ford, drummer Steve Gorman, bassist Johnny Colt, and keyboardist Ed Harsch recorded more than 30 songs at Conway Studios in Los Angeles. Working on the follow-up to Southern Harmony And Musical Companion, the band descended into an emotional, startlingly heavy creative patch that became a stepping-stone to the 1994 album, amorica.

Named after an old jazz term for getting high, the Tall sessions contain a total of 16 unreleased tracks that offer an unflinching glimpse into rough and beautiful music born from turmoil and tension. THE LOST CROWES includes early versions of seven amorica songs such as “A Conspiracy,†“Descending,†“Wiser Time†and “Cursed Diamond.†The collection also features the undiscovered classics “Tied Up And Swallowed,†“Feathers,†“Thunderstorm 654†and “Lowdown,†a sad lost anthem that became “Ballad In Urgency.â€

Four years later, the band came off the road after headlining the Furthur Festival and went into a Nashville studio to record songs for a planned follow-up to 1996’s acclaimed Three Snakes & One Charm. Where Tall thrives on the mayhem of their young Los Angeles days, Band confidently probes some of The Black Crowes’ most mature, thoughtful work.

The Band sessions contain 10 songs including a different version of the B-side “Peace Anyway,†plus “If It Ever Stops Raining,†a song that would become the title-track to the 1999 album By Your Side. The compilation also spotlights the taut riff rock of “Paint An 8,†the windblown ache of “Wyoming & Me†along with the freaky-longhaired-Mother Earth grooves of “Another Roadside Tragedy,†“Grinnin†and “Life Vest.â€

Paul Stacey has remixed all of the music on THE LOST CROWES, which also includes liner notes spotlighting the stories behind these legendary lost sessions as told by the Robinsons.

The Black Crowes released its first home video, WHO KILLED THAT BIRD OUT ON YOUR WINDOW SILL, in 1992 while touring for the band’s sophomore album. Rhino Home Video will release a remastered and expanded version of the video on DVD that features live performances, interviews, backstage and studio footage, videos from the group’s first two albums, and additional bonus features.

THE LOST CROWES

Track Listing

Disc 1: The Band Sessions

1. “Paint An 8â€

2. “Grinninâ€

3. “If It Ever Stops Rainingâ€

4. “Wyoming & Meâ€

5. “Predictableâ€

6. “Never Forget This Songâ€

7. “Life Vestâ€

8. “Another Roadside Tragedyâ€

9. “My Heart’s Killing Meâ€

10. “Peace Anywayâ€

Disc 2: The Tall Sessions

1. “A Conspiracyâ€

2. “Evil Eyeâ€

3. “Cursed Diamondâ€

4. “London P25â€

5. “Dirty Hair Haloâ€

6. “Hi-Head Bluesâ€

7. “Feathersâ€

8. “Nonfictionâ€

9. “Tied Up And Swallowedâ€

10. “Wiser Timeâ€

11. “Sunday Buttermilk Waltzâ€

12. “Descendingâ€

13. “Lowdownâ€

14. “Tornadoâ€

15. “Songs Of The Fleshâ€

16. “Thunderstorm 6:54â€

I have "The Band" sessions already and it's fucking great! Just before they booted Marc Ford for his herion use. Great songwriting, guitar licks ect.. a lot better then "By Your Side". The movie is also sweet! I use to have a VHS copy of it but an ex-girlfriend stole it.

Edited June 1, 2006 by Guest
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[AD]

Haven't seen the movie but have both albums and no doubt the remixed / remastered versions will be awesome.

AD

[afro poppa]

this is great news!

what else is Paul Stacey doing these days? I haven't heard a thing from him since he left (got booted?) from New Earth Mud

[ollie]

Named after an old jazz term for getting high, the Tall sessions...

I like this term.

[TimmyB]

Sweet.

Tim