The American Epic Sessions Original Motion Picture Soundtrack SEALED 3LP White
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The American Epic Sessions (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) hails from 2017 and is a SEALED limited edition 180 gram 3LP pressed on White Vinyl. The American Epic historical documentaries are a journey back in time to the "Big Bang" of modern popular music. In the 1920s, as radio took over the pop music business, record companies were forced to leave their studios in major cities in search of new styles and markets. Ranging the mountains, prairies, rural villages, and urban ghettos of America, they discovered a wealth of unexpected talent. The recordings they made of all the ethnic groups of America democratized the nation and gave a voice to everyone.
Country singers in the Appalachians, Blues guitarists in the Mississippi Delta, Gospel preachers across the south, Cajun fiddlers in Louisiana, Tejano groups from the Texas Mexico border, Native American drummers in Arizona, and Hawaiian musicians were all recorded. For the first time, a woman picking cotton in Mississippi, a coalminer in Virginia or a tobacco farmer in Tennessee could have their thoughts and feelings heard on records played in living rooms across the country. It was the first time America heard itself.
Third Man Records will release American Epic: The Sessions on 180 gram vinyl - the soundtrack to The American Epic Sessions directed by Bernard MacMahon. In The American Epic Sessions, the team has reassembled the very first electrical sound recording system from the 1920s, and invited Jack White and T Bone Burnett to produce an album of recordings by 20 of today's greatest artists. In this beautifully filmed musical feature, these artists are given the chance to pass through the portal that brought the world into the modern era.
Engineer Nicholas Bergh has reassembled this recording system from original parts and it is now the only one left in the world. The system consists of a single microphone, a towering six-foot amplifier rack, and a live record-cutting lathe, powered by a weight-driven pulley system of clockwork gears. The musicians have roughly three minutes to record their song direct to disc before the weight hits the floor. In the 1920s, they called this "catching lightning in a bottle." All the musical performances in this film are live. The audio you hear on the soundtrack is taken directly from the discs they were recorded to, with no editing or enhancements.
American Epic: The Sessions soundtrack features Alabama Shakes, The Americans, Ana Gabriel, Ashley Monroe, The Avett Brothers, Beck, Bettye LaVette, Bobby Ingano, Elton John, Frank Fairfield, Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton, Los Lobos, Lost Bayou Ramblers, Nas, Pokey LaFarge, Raphael Saadiq, Rhiannon Giddens, Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, Taj Mahal, Jack White, and Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard.
The American Epic Sessions Original Motion Picture Soundtrack features 3 LPs, a trifold jacket with soft touch finish, and a 20-page photo booklet.
LP1
Killer Diller Blues by Alabama Shakes
On the Road Again by Nas
Candy Man by Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton
2 Fingers of Whiskey by Elton John and Jack White
The Coo Coo Bird by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell
Like a Rose by Ashley Monroe
The Only Man Wilder than Me by Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard
Matrimonial Intentions by Jack White
One Hour Mama by Rhiannon Giddens
Mal Hombre by Ana Gabriel
El Cascabel by Los Lobos
LP2
Closer Walk with Thee by The Avett Brothers
Fourteen Rivers,Fourteen Floods by Beck
Nobody's Dirty Business by Bettye Lavette
St. Louis Blues by Pokey LaFarge
High Water Everywhere,Part 2 by Taj Mahal
One Mic by Nas
Pretty Saro by Rhiannon Giddens
Jubilee by Ashley Monroe and The Americans
Tous les Matins by Lost Bayou Ramblers
When I Woke Up this Morning by Bettye Lavette
If the River was Whiskey by Frank Fairfield
LP3
Stealin' Stealin' by Raphael Saadiq
Jordan am a Hard Road to Travel by The Avett Brothers
Sail Away Ladies by The Americans
Tomi Tomi by The Hawaiians
Last Kind Words by Christine Pizzuti
Come On in My Kitchen by Stephen Stills
Mama's Angel Child byJack White
Josephine by Pokey LaFarge
Hilo Hanakahi by The Hawaiians
Old Fashioned Love by Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard
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