180g Double LP Available On Vinyl For The First Time! Gatefold Jacket!
Lacquers Cut at Bernie Grundman Mastering! Plated and Pressed at Pallas in Germany!
When American folk legend Woody Guthrie died in 1967 at the age of 55, he left behind a trove of more than one thousand sets of complete lyrics with no music. In 1995, his daughter Nora approached English singer-songwriter and activist Billy Bragg and about the possibility of bringing these unheard songs to life by setting them to new music. Wilco came aboard soon after, and in 1998 Mermaid Avenue was released to critical acclaim, receiving a Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary Folk Album. Mermaid Avenue, Vol. II followed in 2000, and together the two have sold more than 500,000 copies to date.
This edition of Mermaid Avenue, Vol III brings 17 additional songs released in April of 2012 as part of Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions, to vinyl for the first time.
"A revelation...[an] amazing and unique collaboration." -American Songwriter
Features:
180g Audiophile Vinyl
Double LP
Lacquers Cut at Bernie Grundman Mastering
Plated and Pressed at Pallas, Diepholz, Germany
Gatefold jacket
Musicians:
Jeff Tweedy, guitar, harmonica, lead vocals
Billy Bragg, guitars, lead vocals
Jay Bennett, guitars, keyboards, percussion, background vocals
Ken Coomer, drums, percussion
John Stirratt, bass, background vocals
Selections:
LP 1 - Side 1:
1. Bugeye Jim
2. When The Roses Bloom Again
3. Gotta Work
4. My Thirty Thousand
LP 1 - Side 2:
1. Ought To Be Satisfied Now
2. Listening To The Wind That Blows
3. Go Down To The Water
4. Chain Of Broken Hearts
LP 2 - Side 3:
1. Jailcell Blues
2. Don't You Marry
3. Give Me A Nail
4. The Jolly Banker
5. Union Prayer
LP 2 - Side 4:
1. Be Kind To The Boy On The Road
2. Ain'ta Gonna Grieve
3. Tea Bag Blues
4. I'm Out To Get
Lacquers Cut at Bernie Grundman Mastering! Plated and Pressed at Pallas in Germany!
When American folk legend Woody Guthrie died in 1967 at the age of 55, he left behind a trove of more than one thousand sets of complete lyrics with no music. In 1995, his daughter Nora approached English singer-songwriter and activist Billy Bragg and about the possibility of bringing these unheard songs to life by setting them to new music. Wilco came aboard soon after, and in 1998 Mermaid Avenue was released to critical acclaim, receiving a Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary Folk Album. Mermaid Avenue, Vol. II followed in 2000, and together the two have sold more than 500,000 copies to date.
This edition of Mermaid Avenue, Vol III brings 17 additional songs released in April of 2012 as part of Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions, to vinyl for the first time.
"A revelation...[an] amazing and unique collaboration." -American Songwriter
Features:
180g Audiophile Vinyl
Double LP
Lacquers Cut at Bernie Grundman Mastering
Plated and Pressed at Pallas, Diepholz, Germany
Gatefold jacket
Musicians:
Jeff Tweedy, guitar, harmonica, lead vocals
Billy Bragg, guitars, lead vocals
Jay Bennett, guitars, keyboards, percussion, background vocals
Ken Coomer, drums, percussion
John Stirratt, bass, background vocals
Selections:
LP 1 - Side 1:
1. Bugeye Jim
2. When The Roses Bloom Again
3. Gotta Work
4. My Thirty Thousand
LP 1 - Side 2:
1. Ought To Be Satisfied Now
2. Listening To The Wind That Blows
3. Go Down To The Water
4. Chain Of Broken Hearts
LP 2 - Side 3:
1. Jailcell Blues
2. Don't You Marry
3. Give Me A Nail
4. The Jolly Banker
5. Union Prayer
LP 2 - Side 4:
1. Be Kind To The Boy On The Road
2. Ain'ta Gonna Grieve
3. Tea Bag Blues
4. I'm Out To Get
