View basket “Polaroid Lovers” has been added to your basket. 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 Will Hoge My American Dream Americana / Country | Edlo Records | 1LP Released 5th October 2018 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Will Hoge My American Dream £18.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Edlo Records SKU: ED002LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 5th October 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Stephen Stills & Manassas Bananafish Gardens NY Americana / Country | Air Cuts | 1LP Released 27th May 2016 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Stephen Stills & Manassas Bananafish Gardens NY £20.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Air Cuts SKU: ACLP8008 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 27th May 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Larkin Poe Peach Americana / Country | Tricki-Woo Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 17th November 2023 £23.00 Select options Larkin Poe Peach £23.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Tricki-Woo Records Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 17th November 2023 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Sadies, The Colder Streams Americana / Country | Yep Roc | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 16th September 2022 £23.00 - £25.00 Select options Sadies, The Colder Streams £23.00 - £25.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Yep Roc Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 16th September 2022 Read More Select options Matt's picks View Product Quick View Leah Blevins First Time Feeling Americana / Country | Crabtree Records | 1LP Released 6th August 2021 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Leah Blevins First Time Feeling £16.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Crabtree Records SKU: 42359LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 6th August 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Blaze Foley Sittin’ By The Road Americana / Country | Elite Records | 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 20th September 2018 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Blaze Foley Sittin’ By The Road £22.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Elite Records SKU: ELITE011 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 20th September 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Sean Rowe New Lore Americana / Country | Anti | 180g, 1LP Released 21st April 2017 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Sean Rowe New Lore £19.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Anti SKU: 8714092752519 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 21st April 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Emmylou Harris Studio Albums 1975 Americana / Country | Nonesuch | 5LP Released 22nd April 2017 £118.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Emmylou Harris Studio Albums 1975 £118.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Nonesuch SKU: 075597940381 Formats: 5LP Released Date: 22nd April 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Sir Douglas Quintet Best Of Americana / Country | Beat Rocket | 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 25th July 2016 £28.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Sir Douglas Quintet Best Of £28.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Beat Rocket SKU: BR123 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 25th July 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Chatham County Line IV Americana / Country | Yep Roc | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 21st April 2011 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Chatham County Line IV £14.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Yep Roc SKU: YEP2157LP Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 21st April 2011 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Americana / Country Start again
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