They are some of the stronger tracks on the album but there are still 14 tracks you ve never heard.
Mermaid avenue complete sessions vinyl.
The complete sessions includes.
Mermaid avenue was released on the elektra records label on june 23 1998.
The complete sessions which includes the original two volumes of mermaid avenue the second re mastered.
The projects are named after the song mermaid s avenue written by guthrie.
And this package adds in the unreleased more ragged final 17 tracks from the sessions including some non guthrie folk standards without dimming the charm of the original.
5 panel foldout digifile and a 48 page booklet with new liner notes by nora guthrie lyrics and credits.
Now for the first time nonesuch releases the complete recordings from the project in one box set set.
A second volume of recordings mermaid avenue vol.
A third volume with 17 previously unreleased recordings from those sessions.
2012 compilation collects all 3 collaborative releases plus making of documentary with 44p booklet digipak sleeve.
The 1999 documentary on the sessions man in the sand.
And a 48 page booklet with new liner notes by nora guthrie.
Ii followed in 2000 and both were collected in a box set alongside volume three in 2012 as mermaid avenue.
Some of the tracks like bug eyed jim my thirty thousand and when the roses bloom were maid available on an ep years ago.
The 1999 documentary on the sessions man in the sand.
The first album s success spurred mermaid avenue vol.
This volume is filled with out takes from the mermaid avenue sessions.
Referencing mermaid avenue the complete sessions 3xcd comp dvd v 7559 79626 0 the first one came out on vinyl when it was original released.
Ii followed in 2000 and together the two have sold more than 500 000 copies to date.
The complete sessions which includes the original two volumes of mermaid avenue the second re mastered.
All 17 tracks are worth your time though.
A third volume with 17 previously unreleased recordings from those sessions.