early years vol. 1&2

180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL
 GATEFOLD SLEEVE

The Early Years Volume 1 & 2 brings together Gram Parsons’ (International Submarine Band, The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers) earliest recordings in one convenient and beautiful document on 180gram audiophile vinyl. It may be a good bit different than the music that made Parsons a legend, but these rough tapes show the talent was always there and was capable of expressing itself in a variety of ways.
The fi rst ten songs were taken from a demo Parsons recorded in 1965 at a radio station with the Shilos, a Kingston Trio-type folk group he sang with for a few years. Originals like “Big Country” and “Zah’s Blues”
show he was already making his mark as a songwriter. Next are eight living-room recordings from late 1965 of Parsons performing solo with his guitar in a friend’s apartment in New York City. The performances
are thoughtful and full of soul, and the songs show Parsons was strongly developing his creative talent. The set also includes a pair of tunes Parsons cut with The Like, his short-lived rock band. The vinyl set closes with a few tunes Parsons recorded with Brandon de Wilde. 
Their recordings of “Do Right Woman” and “Together Again” are the first glimpses of the style that would become Parsons’ quality mark. 
A must-have document of Parsons’ fi rst musical efforts!

SIDE A

1. I May Be Right 2. Big Country
3. Zah’s Blues 4. Mary Don’t You Weep
5. Bells Of Rhymney

SIDE B

1. Goin’ Away, Don’t You Wanta Go 2. They Still Go Down
3. On My Journey Home 4. Surfi nanny 5. Oh, Didn’t They
Crucify My Lord 6. The Great Silke

SIDE C

1. Race With The Wind 2. The Rains Come Down
3. Hand Within The Glove 4. Rolling Stone
5. Darkest Years 6. That Kind Of Livin’

SIDE D

1. A River Is Made Out Of Raindrops 2. Just Can’t Take It
Any More 3. November Nights 4. Together Again
5. Do Right Woman 6. Hickory Wind