Bruce Hornsby Spirit Trail (25th Anniversary Edition) 3LP

Spirit Trail, Bruce Hornsby's landmark sixth studio release, is celebrated with a 25th anniversary special deluxe reissue of the iconic double album. Originally released in 1998, Bruce described the record to Rolling Stone at the time as "...very Southern so there's a lot of songs about race, religion, judgment and tolerance. And sort of my own personal struggles with some of these issues — or observing others with the issues."

The 3-LP set contains the original double album and four previously unreleased songs packaged in a tri-fold jacket with a 4-page insert featuring lyrics & liner notes from Bruce. The original album and bonus material is all mastered by Bob Ludwig. Lacquers for the LP set were cut by Chris Muth.

The additional tracks on the reissue come from what has been referred to as a "lost album," one that was shelved in favor of the more "modern-sounding" Big Swing Face. When asked about these newly rediscovered songs, Bruce shared that "These were not just demos with a drum machine or solo piano demos. They featured my band playing. There was mostly piano, bass and drums on a lot of them but there was also guitar on a couple, and I'd thrown some organ on one of them. So I felt it was fairly far along. These were rough mixes but they were fairly close, at least in conception, to me. I'm glad these songs are coming out because they're fun to play and I think a certain fan of mine will go, 'Why doesn't he do this more?'"