Willie Nelson - And Then I Wrote (2LP, 45RPM)
Willie Nelson – lead vocals, acoustic guitar [click here to see more vinyl featuring Willie Nelson]
Billy Strange – guitar
Roy Nichols – guitar
Johnny Western – guitar
Earl Palmer - drums
J. Baker - backing vocals
2 LP, deluxe Stoughton Printing tip-on gatefold jacket
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 45 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Quality Record Pressings
Label : Analogue Productions
Original Label : Liberty
Recorded at Liberty Studios in Nashville on August 22–23 1962, and Liberty Studios in Los Angeles, California on September 11–12 1962
Engineered by Ralph Valentine, Selby Coffeen
Produced by Joe Allison
Mastered by Matthew Luthans at The Mastering Lab by Acoustic Sounds
Originally released in 1962
Reissued in 2022
Tracks:
Side A
- Touch Me
- Wake Me When It's Over
- Hello Walls
Side B
- Funny How Time Slips Away
- Crazy
- The Part Where I Cry
Side C
- Mr. Record Man
- Three Days
- One Step Beyond
Side D
- Undo the Right
- Darkness On the Face of the Earth
- Where My House Lives
Reviews:
“Matt Lutthans mastered at 45rpm on the finally fully up and perfectly running The Mastering Lab's tube-based cutting system now housed at Blue Heaven Studios in Salina, Kansas. How great it is to see the TML-M stamp on two brand new slabs of 180g QRP pressed records. Housed in gatefold Stoughton Press 'Tip on' jacket. Willie Nelson fans will want to have this.” Michael Fremer, Analog Planet
“Originally released on Nelson's very first LP, 1962's …And Then I Wrote, this tale of a love who leaves is drama to the hilt: She splits, the sun explodes and darkness envelopes the land. It's almost biblical in its apocalyptic vision of a world without love. Nelson revisited the song three years later on his Country Willie: His Own Songs album with a slightly different feel. In 1998, he returned to "Darkness" yet again for the Daniel Lanois-produced Téatro, ramping up the haunting quality of the lyrics with a percussion-heavy, hypnotic arrangement. But it's his original 1962 version, and a performance from that era on The Porter Wagoner Show, that best conveys the earth-shattering hopelessness that can follow a breakup.” Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, April 2021
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4 / 5 , Discogs : 4,59 / 5 , Michael Fremer : Rated 7/11 Music, 9/11 Sonics