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John Cook's Collection

Lucinda Williams   03/16/1995

Music Hall, Austin, TX
Source FM (first track is audience) > ? > FLAC
Media FLAC   1 disc
Notes 283 MB, 65:18.
Includes filler from radio broadcast the nexxt day:
Drunken Angel
Can't Let Go
Lake Charles
J-Card Comment In the interminable wait for Lucinda's breakthrough masterpiece, Car Wheels on
a Gravel Road, she played annually at SXSW, debuting material that would
eventually appear on the album as far back as 1994. In 1995, she took the stage
fully convinced that the album was nearly done, though it would take almost
three years and two additional production teams to finish the effort. But on
this night, Lucinda, Gurf Morlix and the band, joined by Ian McLagan on
keyboards, played seven songs from the as-yet-unreleased album; the following
day, Lu and Gurf went to KGSR, played another three and talked about the record
and the show the night before.

For my money these performances, especially songs like "Car Wheels" that
feature McLagan, are nothing short of brilliant and some of these have never
sounded fresher or, arguably, better.

'Round about 1997 I grew so frustrated with the wait for the new album that I
cobbled together a compilation CD featuring new songs from Lucinda's SXSW
appearances 1994-96 and dubbed it Junebug Vs. Hurricane. It made the rounds
then, still shows up on a Google search, and even merited a small mention in
early press for Car Wheels as a example of the fans' desire for a new album.

Junebug Vs. Hurricane drew heavily on the material above, and the board tape is
well circulated. However, the board was missing the first song of the night,
"Metal Firecracker," and I have long meant to do a proper reconstruction of the
show from both sources and tag on the KGSR set to make it a complete overview
of Lucinda circa 1995. The board, by the way, was one channel and has a few
non-musical cuts in it. This version fixes the channel problem by doubling up
the good one. I elected not to add 40 seconds of audience between a couple of
songs where the board cuts figuring no one will really miss it. The board is
from a DAT clone of the master. The audience and FM portions are off DAT
masters.

Hope you enjoy this as much as I do.

Butterking (for JEMS)
Trades Allowed Yes
Reference / Generation 274
Lists All recordings · lossless others A through M
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