The Flatlanders release new old music
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 – "The Odessa Tapes," the first recordings from The Flatlanders - Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock - is out Tuesday. The disc features 14 songs, recorded on reel-to-reel tape, 4 previously unreleased. The record is rounded out by original versions of the 10 songs that were eventually re-recorded for "All American Music," the subsequent album which was a limited release available only on 8-track in late 1972.
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The magic of The Flatlanders surfaced early - at least that's what listeners will hear on this 16-song long hidden gig from June 1972 at the One Knite in Austin where Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely and Butch Hancock were based.
Austin producer Jim Yanaway told Joe Ely about the tape in spring 2003, a rarity such an old recording existed considering the band initially lasted less than one year and only played about 15 gigs. And they have club owner Gary Oliver to thank for the tape. ...
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