Terry Allen - Gonna California [7" Vinyl]

Paradise of Bachelors

£17.98

Format: 7" Vinyl
Catalogue No.: POB076
Barcode: 0843563149089
Release Date: 15 Mar 2024
Genre: Alternative

RIYL: Dave Alvin, Ryan Bingham, Bobby Bare, David Byrne, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Guy Clark, the Chicks, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Steve Earle, Joe Ely, Little Feat…The first-ever release of the long-lost first-ever studio recordings by the internationally celebrated visual artist and iconoclastic musician whose work bridges the disparate worlds of contemporary art and country music. The deluxe gatefold 7" vinyl edition, limited to 500 copies, features recently rediscovered and restored early (and superior) mixes of both songs; a printed inner sleeve with original liner notes by Allen and an excerpt from the book; a lyrics insert; and Allen’s contemporaneous visual art in an arresting package. Released in conjunction with the publication of Truckload of Art: The Life and Work of Terry Allen, by Brendan Greaves (New York: Hachette Books, 2024). Gonna California imagines an alternate reality where Allen's long-lost first studio recordings, captured with a full band in LA in 1968, saw a proper release. (Instead nearly the entire pressing was destroyed by a fire set by the so-called "Hollywood Arsonist," and remaining copies were repurposed in artworks.) This first-ever (re)issue edition, limited to 500 copies, features recently rediscovered and remastered early (and superior) mixes of both songs; the original liner notes by Allen; an excerpt from the book; a lyrics insert; and Allen's contemporaneous visual art in an arresting gatefold jacket. No veteran country songwriter sounds more attuned to the national mood. His songs still feel like little guidebooks for staring down a harsh universe. – The Washington Post. Also available from Terry Allen: Lubbock (on everything) 2CD/2LP, Juarez LP/CD.

A1. Gonna California 3:05 B1. Color Book 2:01