Story of Waylon Jennings 8 LP Box Set 180g Color Vinyl Ltd Ed 1000 OOP Essencial Brand New

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The eight albums in this box have all been mastered AAA from 1-to-1 tape transfers of the master tapes by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound. The 8 LPs featured in the box come on 180g color vinyl, pressed at GZ, and will be limited in the first edition to 1,000 units. These albums have not been reissued AAA in many years — in some cases, ever — and have been faithfully recreated down to the uncoated back panels of their tip-on jackets. Also includes 28-page Listening Notes & Photo booklet, multi-episode podcast, bumper sticker, and post card.

An absolute treasure for any country music fan, and anyone who appreciates analog remasters... I picked up this box replacing 5 or 6 originals I've had for a few years, and I can say the improvement is night and day, using the source tapes to create these versions - what is there not to like. The coloured vinyl is icing on the cake, the box is as good as it gets, the book is top notch (and smells amazing), the jackets for each album are better than you would have gotten if you took them off the shelf back when they were brand new... and next to the VMP version of Honky Tonk Heroes, this is a gift for all Waylon fans...

Waylon had more lives than a cardboard box of Cheshires, and when he left his vessel in 2002, something else died with him: that sense of rebellious possibility. As long as Waylon was here, country music — and the music world, writ large — had that sense of danger, of myth, and had someone who would run into the burning building. Waylon has certainly inspired many, many country musicians over the years in their sound — he more or less perfected country-rock from the opposite side of the divide that the Eagles and Gram Parsons were on — but he lives on today as a spiritual influence as much as a musical one. Every time some young punk from the sticks picks up a guitar and says fuck being polite, Waylon smiles somewhere. Every time someone flips a middle finger to what is expected of them, or stays up for three days straight chasing infinity, Waylon Jennings is there, clapping them on the back.

Albums Included :

Lonesome Onry & Mean 1973

This Time 1974

Waylon the Ramblin Man 1974

Dreaming My Dreams 1975

Are You Ready For The Country 1976

Ol' Waylon 1977

I've Always Been Crazy 1978

Leather & Lace with Jesi Coulter 1982