4LP Box Set Contains the Country-Folk-Pop Icon's First Four Albums!
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Nanci Griffith's Working in Corners box set celebrates the country icon's first four albums: There's a Light Beyond These Woods, Poet in My Window, Once in a Very Blue Moon, and GRAMMY-nominated The Last of the True Believers. The set includes expansive liner notes by producer Jim Rooney and writer Holly Gleason, along with rare photographs.
Her trailblazing career caused Rolling Stone to dub Griffith as "…one of the most critically acclaimed and beloved veterans of the country-folk-pop scene."
For all that she did for others, Griffith's own work has oft been overlooked even after years of recording many great albums for major labels. This new boxed set is a welcome step in correcting this oversight. It brings together four early albums by Griffith, which took her from a more straightforward folk sound into a grittier country mode. As much as I love the first two albums she made, I find myself constantly returning to 1984's Once In a Very Blue Moon and 1986's The Last of the True Believers, her country turn that makes much better use of the crystalline directness of her voice and lyrics. The plainspoken qualities of both are a subtle feint that allows the sharper point to find their target and has left a deep impression on listeners for some 40 years. This collection helps drive that message home with a wonderful booklet that features memories of Griffith's collaborators and copious amounts of archival material, and pitch perfect remasters of the albums.
It beckons long-time fans and warmly introduces these poignant, long out-of-print country-folk albums to a new generation.
Features
- 4LP Box Set
- Black Vinyl
- Nanci Griffith's First 4 Albums
- There's a Light Beyond These Woods (1978)
- Poet in My Window (1982)
- Once in a Very Blue Moon (1984)
- The Last of the True Believers (1986)
- Lacquers Cut by Jeff Powell
- Expansive Liner Notes by Producer Jim Rooney & Writer Holly Gleason
- Rare Photographs
- Slipcase
- Made in USA
Selections
There's a Light Beyond These Woods
Side 1:
- I Remember Joe
- Alabama Soft-Spoken Blues
- Michael's Song
- Song for Remembered Heroes
- West Texas Sun
Side 2:
- There's a Light Beyond These Woods
- Dollar Matinee
- Montana Backroads
- John Phillip Griffith
Poet in My Window
Side 1:
- Marilyn Monroe / Neon and Waltzes
- Heart of a Miner
- Julie Anne
- You Can't Go Home Again
- October Reasons
Side 2:
- Wheels
- Workin' in Corners
- Waltzing with the Angels
- Trouble with Roses
- Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown
- Poet In My Window
Once in a Very Blue Moon
Side 1:
- Ghost in the Music
- Love Is a Hard Waltz
- Roseville Fair
- Mary & Omie
- Friend Out in the Madness
- I'm Not Drivin' These Wheels (Bring the Prose to the Wheel)
- Time Alone
Side 2:
- Ballad of Robin Winter-Smith
- Daddy Said
- Once in a Very Blue Moon
- If I Were the Woman You Wanted
- Year Down in New Orleans
- Spin on a Red Brick Floor
The Last of the True Believers
Side 1:
- The Last of the True Believers
- Love at the Five & Dime
- St. Olav's Gate
- More than a Whisper
- Banks of the Pontchartrain
Side 2:
- Lookin' for the Time (Working Girl)
- Goin' Gone
- One of These Days
- Love's Found a Shoulder
- Fly by Night
- The Wing & the Wheel
