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 Hannah White About Time Americana / Country | The Last Music Company | 1LP Released 24th November 2023 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Hannah White About Time £16.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: The Last Music Company SKU: PBLP02 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 24th November 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Souled American Fe Americana / Country | Rough Trade | 1LP Released 20th January 2015 £8.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Souled American Fe £8.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Rough Trade SKU: NN73513 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 20th January 2015 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Jerry Joseph The Beautiful Madness Americana / Country | Decor | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 21st August 2020 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jerry Joseph The Beautiful Madness £23.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Decor SKU: DECOR55LP Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 21st August 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Kacey Musgraves Same Trailer Different Park Americana / Country | Mercury Nashville | 1LP Released 25th June 2013 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Kacey Musgraves Same Trailer Different Park £17.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Mercury Nashville SKU: AMER802901 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 25th June 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View John Doe Fables in a Foreign Land Americana / Country | Fat Possum | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 20th May 2022 £18.00 Select options John Doe Fables in a Foreign Land £18.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Fat Possum Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 20th May 2022 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Shakey Graves And The War Came Americana / Country | Dualtone | 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released 25th November 2015 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Shakey Graves And The War Came £22.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Dualtone SKU: DUA16831 Formats: 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released Date: 25th November 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Brother Brothers, The Cover To Cover Americana / Country | Compass | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 2nd September 2022 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Brother Brothers, The Cover To Cover £22.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Compass SKU: COM47991 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 2nd September 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders 2023's picks View Product Quick View Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real Sticks and Stones Americana / Country | Thirty Tigers | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 14th July 2023 £19.00 Select options Reserve View Reservations Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real Sticks and Stones £19.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Thirty Tigers Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 14th July 2023 Reserve View Reservations Read More Select options View Product Quick View Steve Earle Washington Square Serenade Americana / Country | New West | 180g, 1LP Released 2nd November 2007 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Steve Earle Washington Square Serenade £22.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: New West SKU: NW5002 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 2nd November 2007 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View American Aquarium Lamentations – Limited Edition Americana / Country | New West | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 19th November 2021 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders American Aquarium Lamentations – Limited Edition £19.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: New West SKU: NW5543LP Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 19th November 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Americana / Country Start again
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