New Beginnings Larry Jon Wilson SKU: BEWITH052LP Barcode: 4260544826597 21.00 £21.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Be With Records Released Date: 14th December 2018 Buying Format: 180g 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info “Larry Jon Wilson? He can break your heart with a voice like a cannonball.” – Kris Kristofferson. Includes his classic track ‘Ohoopee River Bottomland’ as featured in the Heartworn Highways film/soundtrack and the best-selling Country Funk compilation on Light In The Attic. 180G STRICTLY LIMITED TO 500 COPIES WORLDWIDE – NO REPRESS 2018 REISSUE – REMASTERED FROM ORIGINAL TAPE TRANSFERS, CAREFULLY REPRODUCED ORIGINAL ART. Larry Jon Wilson came to the party late. When he arrived in Nashville, country soul pioneer Tony Joe White had already made six albums. Townes Van Zandt had made seven, Mickey Newbury eight. Kristofferson, the accepted High Priest of the New Nashville, had made five. Larry Jon, by the time he arrived, had spent ten years in corporate America. He did not start playing guitar until the age of 30, but five years later he released his debut, New Beginnings (1975) and followed it just a year later with Let Me Sing My Song To You, both on Monument Records. A revelation among the hipsters and critics of Nashville, the LPs ensured Larry Jon was immediately embraced as part of the mid-70s “outlaw country movement” that eschewed slick production in favour of a raw, gritty approach. When a film crew came to document this burgeoning sound, they made straight for Larry Jon’s door. The legendary Heartworn Highways (1981) featured his mesmerising performance of “Ohoopee River Bottomland”, a boogaloo funk monster. He was a singer and writer of intensely private, painfully moving tales of southern life. With his deep, papa-bear voice, funky southern groove, and richly evocative narratives of rural Georgia, Larry Jon was a unique stylist but his gutsy, greasy sound did not translate into sales. Too funky for the country crowd, too heartfelt for pop radio, he fell between the cracks. We hope the long-overdue reissue of his first two albums will go some way to rectifying this. Indeed, both New Beginnings and Let Me Sing My Song to You – so similar they play like two halves of a double album – showcase his unique mix of country, folk, soul and swampy blues. Driven by a crack rhythm section that included Elvis guitarist Reggie Young, New Beginnings is a rich, literate record. Anyone with even a passing interest in the union between soul and country music will be able to tell they’ve located solid gold as soon as Larry Jon’s deep baritone utters the first appreciative “mm-hmm” a few bars into the opening ‘Ohoopee River Bottomland’, a fat-bottomed swamp-funk account of hard times in the city and country alike. Funny, nostalgic, sad, wistful, righteously pissed-off: New Beginnings is country-influenced American songwriting at its finest, from the feverish country-got-soul groove pulsating behind the weary sigh of “Through The Eyes of Children” to the elemental lament “Things Ain’t What It Used to Be (and Probably Never Was)”, a country standard that somehow got away, Wilson’s compelling presence and rich voice keeping saccharine and self-pity at bay at all times. The audio for New Beginnings comes from the original analogue tape transfers and has been remastered for vinyl by Be With regular Simon Francis. We’ve taken the same care with the striking cover art and we were honoured when Larry’s close friend Jeb Loy Nichols kindly agreed to contribute wonderfully unique liner notes, presented beautifully on the printed inner sleeve opposite a gorgeous black and white shot of Larry, mid-performance. Artist Larry Jon Wilson Genre Americana / Country Label Be With Records Buying Options 180g 1LP Format 180g , 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings Ohoopee River Bottomland Through The Eyes Of Little Children New Beginnings (Russian River Rainbow) The Truth Ain'y In You Canoochee Revisited (Jesus Man) Broomstraw Philosophers And Scuppernong Wine Lay Me Down Again Melt Not My Igloo Things Ain't What They Used To Be (And Probably Never Was) Bertrand My Son Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Larry Jon Wilson and more from Americana / Country View Product Quick View Larry Jon Wilson Let Me Sing My Song To You Americana / Country | Be With Records | 180g, 1LP Released 14th December 2018 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Larry Jon Wilson Let Me Sing My Song To You £21.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Be With Records SKU: BEWITH053LP Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 14th December 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Josh Rouse The Embers Of Time Americana / Country | Yep Roc | 180g, 1LP Released 13th April 2015 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Josh Rouse The Embers Of Time £19.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Yep Roc SKU: LPYEP2416 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 13th April 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Vic Chesnutt About To Choke Americana / Country | Plain Recordings | 180g, 1LP Released 16th September 2010 £27.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Vic Chesnutt About To Choke £27.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Plain Recordings SKU: PLAIN158LP Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 16th September 2010 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Case Hardin Colours Simple Americana / Country | Clubhouse Records | 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 9th June 2018 £15.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Case Hardin Colours Simple £15.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Clubhouse Records SKU: CRUK0031LP Formats: 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 9th June 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Amanda Shires Down Fell The Doves Americana / Country | Lightning Rod Records | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 16th September 2013 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Amanda Shires Down Fell The Doves £16.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Lightning Rod Records SKU: LRR787641 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 16th September 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real Turn Off The News (Build A Garden) Americana / Country | Decca | 2LP Released 14th June 2019 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real Turn Off The News (Build A Garden) £25.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Decca SKU: 7209520 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 14th June 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Sam Burton Dear Departed Americana / Country | Partisan Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 14th July 2023 £18.00 - £19.00 Select options Sam Burton Dear Departed £18.00 - £19.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Partisan Records Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 14th July 2023 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Smokie Midnight Café – Expanded Americana / Country | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 2LP Released 17th July 2020 £27.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Smokie Midnight Café – Expanded £27.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP2394 Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 17th July 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Buddy & Julie Miller In The Throes Americana / Country | New West | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve, Signed Released 22nd September 2023 £27.00 Select options Buddy & Julie Miller In The Throes £27.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: New West Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve, Signed Released Date: 22nd September 2023 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Larkin Poe Kindred Spirits Americana / Country | Tricki-Woo Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 29th September 2023 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Larkin Poe Kindred Spirits £23.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Tricki-Woo Records SKU: RLM006LP Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 29th September 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Anthony Mills Drankin Songs Of The Midwest Americana / Country | ICONS CREATING EVIL ART | 1LP Released 9th October 2020 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Anthony Mills Drankin Songs Of The Midwest £19.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: ICONS CREATING EVIL ART SKU: ICEALP105 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 9th October 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Americana / Country Start again
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