| Gillian Welch |
Boots No. 1: The Official Revival Bootleg |
Gillian Welch — Boots No. 1: The Official Revival Bootleg
■ Songwriter and vocalist with a knack for conjuring the sound and feel of America’s past; often collaborates with David Rawlings.
■ Personally curated and produced by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings and mined from their extensive vault of analog tape recordings, this two~disc collection features 21 outtakes, alternate versions, and demos from the making of Revival.
Birth name: Gillian Howard Welch
Born: October 2, 1967, New York City, New York, U.S.
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Genre: Blues, Guitar
Album release: 25 November 2016
Label: Acony Records
Duration: 76:38
Tracks:
Disc One
01. Orphan Girl (Alternate Version) 3:29
02. Annabelle (Alternate Version) 3:55
03. Pass You By (Alternate Version) 3:55
04. Go On Downtown (Revival Outtake) 55
05. Red Clay Halo (Revival Outtake) 3:24
06. By The Mark (Alternate Mix) 3:40
07. Paper Wings (Demo) 3:13
08. Georgia Road (Revival Outtake) 3:04
09. Tear My Stillhouse Down (Home Demo) 3:52
10. Only One and Only (Alternate Version) 4:20
Disc Two
01. Orphan Girl (Home Demo) 3:28
02. I Don’t Want to Go Downtown (Revival Outtake) 3:29
03. 455 Rocket (Revival Outtake) 4:02
04. Barroom Girls (Live Radio) 4:10
05. Wichita (Revival Outtake) 2:50
06. One More Dollar (Alternate Version) 4:33
07. Dry Town (Demo) 2:55
08. Paper Wings (Alternate Mix) 3:56
09. Riverboat Song (Revival Outtake) 3:17
10. Old Time Religion (Revival Outtake) 2:06
11. Acony Bell (Demo) 3:15
℗ 2016 Acony Records
• Influenced by this Artist: In Tall Buildings, Rachel Ries, Haale, The Everybodyfields, Birdie Busch, Devon Sproule, Laura Gibson, Josh Ritter
Description:
• To commemorate the 20th Anniversary of Gillian Welch’s landmark debut album, Revival, Acony Records proudly presents “Boots No.1: The Official Revival Bootleg”. This generous companion to the Grammy~nominated release features 21 outtakes, alternate versions, and demos from the making of Revival, including 8 previously unheard songs. Personally curated and produced by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings and mined from their extensive vault of analog tape recordings, this beautiful collection is essential listening for Gillian Welch fans and music lovers everywhere.
• Gillian Welch’s groundbreaking album Revival was released twenty years ago. To commemorate the anniversary, Welch’s own Acony Records released Boots No 1: The Official Revival Bootleg on November 25th. Personally curated and produced by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, they worked alongside archivist Glen Chausse to mine selections from their extensive vault of analog tape recordings. The two~disc set features 8 previously unreleased songs, and include 21 outtakes, alternate versions, and demos from the making of the album such as the earliest home demo of “Orphan Girl,” which was recorded on a four track, and the rarity “Georgia Road,” a song that was only performed live once. The demo “Dry Town” was written the week after Welch and Rawlings opened for Johnny Cash and premiered last month on SiriusXM’s Outlaw Country channel and is highlighted on NPR Music.
• Of the album, Gillian says, “I’m happy that the songs hold up. That’s probably the thing I’m most proud of. There is that interesting moment in any writer’s first batch of songs or any writer’s first novel or anything, a filmmaker’s first movie that always seems to have something that is different from what comes after. Something happens in that first push. Maybe because you’re usually up against more resistance. But there is a purity or a diamond hardness to the first batch that doesn’t seem to happen again. And so Revival has that when I look at it. Maybe it’s lack of ego. You know, there really was no me. You know, the artist Gillian Welch didn’t really exist. And then after that, I did.”
• Gillian Welch is an American singer~songwriter. She performs with her musical partner, guitarist David Rawlings. Their sparse and dark musical style, which combines elements of Appalachian music, bluegrass, and Americana, is described by The New Yorker as “at once innovative and obliquely reminiscent of past rural forms”.
• Welch and Rawlings have released five critically acclaimed albums under the name Gillian Welch and two under the name Dave Rawlings Machine. Their 1996 debut, Revival, and the 2001 release Time (The Revelator), received nominations for the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album. Their 2003 album, Soul Journey, introduced electric guitar, drums and a more upbeat sound to their body of work. After a gap of eight years, they released their fifth studio album, The Harrow & The Harvest, in 2011, which was also nominated for a Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album.
• Welch was associate producer and performed on two songs of the “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” soundtrack, a platinum album that won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2002. Welch has collaborated and recorded with distinguished musicians such as Alison Krauss, Ryan Adams, Jay Farrar, Emmylou Harris, the Decemberists, and Ani DiFranco.
Discography:
■ Revival (1996)
■ Hell Among the Yearlings (1998)
■ Time (The Revelator) (2001)
■ Soul Journey (2003)
■ The Harrow & The Harvest (2011)
■ Boots No. 1: The Official Revival Bootleg (2016)
Soundtracks:
■ The Horse Whisperer: Songs From and Inspired by the Motion Picture (1 song) June 2, 1998
■ O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2 songs) December 5, 2000
■ Songcatcher: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture (1 song) January 23, 2001
■ Man from Plains (1 song) November 20, 2007
Website: http://gillianwelch.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gillianwelch/
© Photo credit: John Patrick Salisbury
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| Gillian Welch |
Boots No. 1: The Official Revival Bootleg |
■ Personally curated and produced by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings and mined from their extensive vault of analog tape recordings, this two~disc collection features 21 outtakes, alternate versions, and demos from the making of Revival.
Born: October 2, 1967, New York City, New York, U.S.
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Genre: Blues, Guitar
Album release: 25 November 2016
Label: Acony Records
Duration: 76:38
Tracks:
Disc One
01. Orphan Girl (Alternate Version) 3:29
02. Annabelle (Alternate Version) 3:55
03. Pass You By (Alternate Version) 3:55
04. Go On Downtown (Revival Outtake) 55
05. Red Clay Halo (Revival Outtake) 3:24
06. By The Mark (Alternate Mix) 3:40
07. Paper Wings (Demo) 3:13
08. Georgia Road (Revival Outtake) 3:04
09. Tear My Stillhouse Down (Home Demo) 3:52
10. Only One and Only (Alternate Version) 4:20
Disc Two
01. Orphan Girl (Home Demo) 3:28
02. I Don’t Want to Go Downtown (Revival Outtake) 3:29
03. 455 Rocket (Revival Outtake) 4:02
04. Barroom Girls (Live Radio) 4:10
05. Wichita (Revival Outtake) 2:50
06. One More Dollar (Alternate Version) 4:33
07. Dry Town (Demo) 2:55
08. Paper Wings (Alternate Mix) 3:56
09. Riverboat Song (Revival Outtake) 3:17
10. Old Time Religion (Revival Outtake) 2:06
11. Acony Bell (Demo) 3:15
℗ 2016 Acony Records
• Influenced by this Artist: In Tall Buildings, Rachel Ries, Haale, The Everybodyfields, Birdie Busch, Devon Sproule, Laura Gibson, Josh Ritter
• To commemorate the 20th Anniversary of Gillian Welch’s landmark debut album, Revival, Acony Records proudly presents “Boots No.1: The Official Revival Bootleg”. This generous companion to the Grammy~nominated release features 21 outtakes, alternate versions, and demos from the making of Revival, including 8 previously unheard songs. Personally curated and produced by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings and mined from their extensive vault of analog tape recordings, this beautiful collection is essential listening for Gillian Welch fans and music lovers everywhere.
• Gillian Welch’s groundbreaking album Revival was released twenty years ago. To commemorate the anniversary, Welch’s own Acony Records released Boots No 1: The Official Revival Bootleg on November 25th. Personally curated and produced by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, they worked alongside archivist Glen Chausse to mine selections from their extensive vault of analog tape recordings. The two~disc set features 8 previously unreleased songs, and include 21 outtakes, alternate versions, and demos from the making of the album such as the earliest home demo of “Orphan Girl,” which was recorded on a four track, and the rarity “Georgia Road,” a song that was only performed live once. The demo “Dry Town” was written the week after Welch and Rawlings opened for Johnny Cash and premiered last month on SiriusXM’s Outlaw Country channel and is highlighted on NPR Music.
• Of the album, Gillian says, “I’m happy that the songs hold up. That’s probably the thing I’m most proud of. There is that interesting moment in any writer’s first batch of songs or any writer’s first novel or anything, a filmmaker’s first movie that always seems to have something that is different from what comes after. Something happens in that first push. Maybe because you’re usually up against more resistance. But there is a purity or a diamond hardness to the first batch that doesn’t seem to happen again. And so Revival has that when I look at it. Maybe it’s lack of ego. You know, there really was no me. You know, the artist Gillian Welch didn’t really exist. And then after that, I did.”
• Gillian Welch is an American singer~songwriter. She performs with her musical partner, guitarist David Rawlings. Their sparse and dark musical style, which combines elements of Appalachian music, bluegrass, and Americana, is described by The New Yorker as “at once innovative and obliquely reminiscent of past rural forms”.
• Welch and Rawlings have released five critically acclaimed albums under the name Gillian Welch and two under the name Dave Rawlings Machine. Their 1996 debut, Revival, and the 2001 release Time (The Revelator), received nominations for the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album. Their 2003 album, Soul Journey, introduced electric guitar, drums and a more upbeat sound to their body of work. After a gap of eight years, they released their fifth studio album, The Harrow & The Harvest, in 2011, which was also nominated for a Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album.
• Welch was associate producer and performed on two songs of the “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” soundtrack, a platinum album that won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2002. Welch has collaborated and recorded with distinguished musicians such as Alison Krauss, Ryan Adams, Jay Farrar, Emmylou Harris, the Decemberists, and Ani DiFranco.
Discography:
■ Revival (1996)
■ Hell Among the Yearlings (1998)
■ Time (The Revelator) (2001)
■ Soul Journey (2003)
■ The Harrow & The Harvest (2011)
■ Boots No. 1: The Official Revival Bootleg (2016)
Soundtracks:
■ The Horse Whisperer: Songs From and Inspired by the Motion Picture (1 song) June 2, 1998
■ O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2 songs) December 5, 2000
■ Songcatcher: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture (1 song) January 23, 2001
■ Man from Plains (1 song) November 20, 2007
Website: http://gillianwelch.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gillianwelch/
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