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STEVE WYNN releases impressive 11-CD Box Set Decade!
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Steve Wynn first gained fame as lead singer and songwriter for the legendary Paisley Underground outfit The Dream Syndicate. But his post-Dream Syndicate solo career is the equal of any indie-rock singer-songwriter you’d care to name. Now, Real Gone Music and Steve Wynn have joined forces to release Decade (yup, the Neil Young reference is deliberate), an 11-CD set that chronicles, with lavish deluxe editions, the guitar-driven albums Wynn recorded between 1995 and 2005, most of which have been long out-of-print.
The statistics on this box set are mind-blowing: 166 tracks, 57 of them totally unreleased, plus 31 other rarities! That’s right’over half of this 11-CD set consists of either hitherto unknown recordings or tracks that have been almost impossible to find! As for the other tracks, they hail from the following albums: the American releases Melting In The Dark, Sweetness and Light, My Midnight, Here Come The Miracles, Static Transmission, and ‚Tick’Tick’Tick, and the German-only compilation entitled The Emusic Singles Collection (rare tracks from another European-only release, a collection of rarities entitled Pick of the Litter, appear here as well).
So where do all the unreleased tracks come from? Well, during this 10-year period, Steve Wynn recorded dozens of songs ‚ sometimes at home and occasionally in a proper studio. Many of those songs got re-recorded and revamped and became key memorable parts of his catalog. Other songs got tossed away and forgotten. For Decade, long-time Steve Wynn (and Dream Syndicate) archivist Pat Thomas in cooperation with Steve Wynn listened to about a hundred hours of unreleased tapes and compiled this amazing box set that not only includes remastered (by Mike Milchner of SonicVision) versions of some of Steve Wynn’s best albums but also the first American release of the two rare European only titles. And ‚ it bears saying again ‚ 57 previously unreleased recordings that not even hardcore tape traders have heard! Several of these albums were recorded with Steve Wynn’s core band of Linda Pitmon on drums, Dream Syndicate guitarist Jason Victor, and long-time Miracle 3 bass player Dave DeCastro. Along the way, there are appearances from Green On Red keyboardist Chris Cacavas, Giant Sand’s Howe Gelb, indie chanteuse Barbara Manning, Chris Brokaw & Thalia Zedek of Come, Tony Maimone of Pere Ubu, John Convertino of Calexico, Rich Gilbert and many others. With so much material, you need a program’and so Steve Wynn himself has penned very detailed notes that tell the stories behind the origins of all 57y previously unreleased songs! Plus essays from box set producer Pat Thomas and several of Wynn’s long time bandmates. And a pile of previously unseen photos…all inside a mammoth, full-color 48-page book!
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Tracklist:
1. US RAILS – FOOLING AROUND / taken from the album „Mile By Mile“ (BLU DP0739)
2. WALTER SALAS-HUMARA – HARD (ONLY HUMAN) / taken from the album „Walterio“ (BLU DP0721)
3. JEFF CROSBY – SUNRISE OVER ICELAND (FOR LOIS) / taken from the album „Postcards From Magdalena“ (BLU DP0715)
4. ELLIOTT MURPHY – THE PRODIGAL SON / taken from the album „Prodigal Son“ (BLU CD0693)
5. HIGH LINE RIDERS – A LONG, HARD FALL / taken from the album „Walking Home“ (BLU CD0703)
6. I SEE HAWKS IN L.A. – POOUR ME / taken from the album „Live And Never Learn“ (BLU DP0719)
7. THE BAND OF HEATHENS – LAST MINUTE MAN/ taken from the album „Duende“ (BLU DP0692)
8. THE BRANDOS – THE SOLUTION / taken from the album „Gunfire At Midnight“ (BLU DP0706)
9. AD VANDERVEEN – SONG FROM THE WISE MAN’S CAVE / taken from the album „I Was Hank Williams“ (BLU DP0728)
10. JOSEPH PARSONS – COME AROUND / taken from the album „Digging For Rays“ (BLU DP0732)
11. WATER AND SAND – I WANNA ROCK YOU / taken from the album „Catching Light“ (BLU DP0738)
12. PETER BRUNTNELL – MEMORY HOOD / taken from the album „King Of Madrid“ (BLU DP0733)
13. RUSS TOLMAN – GOODBYE EL DORADO / taken from the album „Goodbye El Dorado“ (BLU DP0730)
14. RICH HOPKINS & LUMINARIOS – TILL I’M GONE / taken from the album „BACK TO THE GARDEN“ (BLU DP0731)
15. THE SCHRAMMS – IN ERROR / taken from the album „Omnidirectional“ (BLU CD0724)
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New arrival: DAVID KNOPFLER – LAST TRAIN LEAVING
David Knopfler is a UK musician who probably needs little introduction. A founding member of the legendary rock outfit, Dire Straits, he left his brother, Mark, and the band behind many years ago, long before it met its inevitable demise, to pursue his own independent music career. And it must be said maybe the music world has benefitted from his free-spirited outlook. With many solo albums behind him, Knopfler has carved out a successful career across much of Europe where his gigs are invariably sold out and his fan-base eagerly anticipate his regular tours.
With Last Train Leaving, Knopfler delivers an album that at times feature his fine keyboard skills and always his elegant fretwork, never overpowering but always skilfully and masterfully understated. Surprisingly there’s even some Dylanesque harp at times. It’s hard not to love particular tracks above others, and for me, “All The Fun Of The Fair,” is one of those simply wonderful cuts, poignant recollections and a warmth at its heart making it little short of irresistible.
Not many would try a rhyme with colonoscopy in there, but here in one track, “I Gave My Heart,” Knopfler somehow or other pulls it off. Each of the fourteen tracks are single stories, melodically wrapped with fine musicianship and a tale to be told. Overall, this entire album is a true delight, roots music at its core with hints of blues, country and rock rippling throughout the mix.
“Perfect Storm” is another track that pulls you in from the initial, opening bars with Knopfler’s vocals bristling and perfectly pitched. If there’s a surprise here, for many it might be the simple thought that looking back at Dire Straits and brother Mark’s own solo output over the years, David Knopfler is the guy who carries a melody and has a voice that is genuinely gripping, harmonic, wonderfully raw and emotive.
If anyone has yet to catch this guy’s solo efforts, Last Train Leaving could well be a perfect introduction and certainly a rewarding release worth catching. Last Train Leaving is that rarity, a musical treat and a thing of true beauty. Grab it while you can.
—Iain Patience for elmoremagazine.com