Jeff Bridges - Slow Magic, 1977-1978 [CD]

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: LITA2282
Barcode: 826853228206
Release Date: 23 May 2025
Genre: Singer-Songwriter

LIMITED CD VERSION OF THE VERY LIMITED RSD2025 LP RELEASE. NON-RETURNABLE.

‘SLOW MAGIC ‘77-’78 COLLECTS VARIOUS VINTAGE BRIDGES MATERIAL: SONGS ARE VARIOUSLY INFORMAL AND IN-STUDIO, FROM BEEFHEART EXPERIMENTAL TO BEACH BOYS MELODIOUS’ HIGHLIGHTED BOXED REVIEW IN MOJO FEATURE ON RSD2025 

‘LOOSE, PLAYFUL AND LIGHTLY SURREAL, THEY SOUND LIKE CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL JAMMING WITH FRANK ZAPPA, OR SOME PARTICULARLY STONED OUTTAKES FROM BOB DYLAN AND THE BAND’S LATE SIXTIES RECORDINGS THE BASEMENT TAPES’ - THE TIMES - SATURDAY REVIEW FRONT COVER.

‘HE’S SOLD SONGS TO QUINCY JONES, TRADED RIFFS WITH T BONE BURNETT AND JAMMED WITH DYLAN..SLOW MAGIC IS A COLLECTION OF BRIDGES SONGS THAT WERE LOST FOR CLOSE TO 50 YEARS’ - 2 PAGE FEATURE IN THE GUARDIAN.

“Music is the weed that keeps popping out of the concrete in my life. It just seems to want to come out.” –Jeff Bridges

Gatefold Transparent Blue Vinyl LP Available Exclusively For Record Store Day 2025.
All previously unreleased recordings.

Extensive booklet including liner notes by Sam Sweet, new interviews with Jeff Bridges, and never-before-seen archival photos.

Featuring Burgess Meredith (Rocky, Batman), members of Oingo Boingo, and assorted characters from the West Los Angeles art and music underground.

Culled from a single decaying cassette tape labeled ‘July 1978 ‘ , these recordings are a window into the secret musical life of the Dude. Even after becoming one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, Bridges spent all his free time jamming and recording with a trusted circle of musicians  composed of childhood friends, artists, and assorted L.A. oddballs.
Imagine The Band playing at CBGB with The Exploding Plastic Inevitable. Or Arthur Russell and the Talking Heads collaborating on a suite of mutant disco. Though Bridges and his friends were brought up around the movie industry, they decided to create their own private musical universe, where they could be as weird as they wanted.

Their music opens a portal to a hidden world of outlandish creativity and camaraderie in 1970s Los Angeles. It’s the missing piece of his musical evolution, revealed here for the first time in all its joyful abandon.

TRACKLIST 1. He's Here 2. Obnoxious 3. Attitude 4. Space #1 5. Slow Magic 6. Here On This Island (feat. Burgess Meredith) 7. Light Blues 8. This Is The One 9. Space #2 10. You Could Be Ready 11. Kong (feat. Burgess Meredith)