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Artist | The Long Ryders
Title | Final Wild Songs
Genre | Rock Format | Box Set
Source | CDDA Time | 271:10
Label | Cherry Red Records Store | 2016
Catalog | CRCDBOX21 Rip | 2016
Bitrate | 264 kbps Size | 539.13 MB
Freq | 44.1 kHz Encoder | Lame 3.98.4
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CD 1/4
01. Join My Gang 2:48
02. You Don't Know What's Right, You Don't Know What's Wrong 4:01
03. 10/5/60 3:11
04. And She Rides 4:30
05. Born To Believe In You 3:06
06. Final Wild Son 2:36
07. Ivory Tower 2:59
08. Run Dusty Run 2:25
09. (Sweet) Mental Revenge 2:50
10. Fair Game 2:37
11. Tell It To The Judge On Sunday 3:08
12. Wreck Of The 809 3:56
13. Too Close To The Light 4:11
14. Never Got To Meet The Mom 2:15
15. I Had A Dream 3:51
16. Masters Of War 4:34
17. Black Girl (Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop, Santa Monica, 2:51
CA, 1984)
18. Wreck Of The 809 (Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop, Santa 3:35
Monica, CA, 1984)
19. Further Along (Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop, Santa Monica, 4:53
CA, 1984)
20. The Rains Came (Live at CBGB, NYC, 1984) 2:36
21. You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover (Live at West End 5:48
Club, Chicago, IL, 1984)
CD 2/4
01. Looking For Lewis And Clark 3:11
02. Lights Of Downtown 3:08
03. WDIA 3:43
04. Mason-Dixon Line 4:23
05. Here Come's That Train Again 3:23
06. Years Long Ago 3:34
07. Good Times Tomorrow, Hard Times Today 3:58
08. Two Kinds Of Love 4:18
09. You Just Can't Ride The Boxcars Anymore 2:59
10. Capturing The Flag 3:50
11. State Of My Union 4:50
12. Southside Of The Story 2:49
13. Child Bride 3:34
14. If I Were A Bramble And You Were A Rose 3:19
15. Looking For Lewis And Clark (Live at Whistle Test, BBC TV) 3:25
16. Lights Of Downtown (Captain's Mix) 3:09
17. Capturing The Flag (Captain's Mix) 3:26
18. Christmas In New Zealand 4:38
19. Encore From Hell (Live at Mean Fiddler, London, UK, 1985) 3:30
CD 3/4
01. Gunslinger Man 3:20
02. I Want You Bad 2:40
03. A Stitch In Time 4:06
04. The Light Gets In The Way 3:56
05. Prairie Fire 2:54
06. Baby's In Toyland 4:14
07. Long Story Short 3:47
08. Man Of Misery 3:33
09. Harriet Tubman's Gonna Carry Me Home 3:35
10. The Rest Of My Days 4:45
11. Spectacular Fall 4:45
12. Ring Bells 2:18
13. 17 Ways 3:05
14. Basic Black 3:10
15. Pushin' Uphill 3:15
16. How Do We Feel What's Real 3:11
17. He's Got Himself A Young Girl (And He Can't Keep Up) 3:01
18. He Can Hear His Brother Calling 5:11
19. Sad Sad Songs 2:29
20. Flak Jacket 5:22
21. Blues Theme 3:28
CD 4/4
01. Mason-Dixon Line (Live at t'Beest, Goes, The Netherlands, 4:19
1985)
02. Time Keeps Traveling (Live at t'Beest, Goes, The 3:38
Netherlands, 1985)
03. (Sweet) Mental Revenge (Live at t'Beest, Goes, The 2:54
Netherlands, 1985)
04. Run Dusty Run (Live at t'Beest, Goes, The Netherlands, 2:25
1985)
05. You Don't Know What's Right, You Don't Know What's Wrong 3:56
(Live at t'Beest, Goes, The Netherlands, 1985)
06. As God Is My Witness (Live at t'Beest, Goes, The 4:07
Netherlands, 1985)
07. Ivory Tower (Live at t'Beest, Goes, The Netherlands, 1985) 3:03
08. I Can't Hide (Live at t'Beest, Goes, The Netherlands, 3:00
1985)
09. Masters Of War (Live at t'Beest, Goes, The Netherlands, 4:22
1985)
10. Wreck Of The 809 (Live at t'Beest, Goes, The Netherlands, 4:16
1985)
11. Good Times Tomorrow, Hard Times Today (Live at t'Beest, 4:09
Goes, The Netherlands, 1985)
12. Six Days On The Road (Live at t'Beest, Goes, The 4:13
Netherlands, 1985)
13. Southside Of The Story (Live at t'Beest, Goes, The 2:47
Netherlands, 1985)
14. Still Get By (Live at t'Beest, Goes, The Netherlands, 2:43
1985)
15. Tell It To The Judge On Sunday (Live at t'Beest, Goes, The 3:25
Netherlands, 1985)
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The Long Ryders were the Odd Men Out in the Paisley Underground
scene that briefly held sway over Los Angeles in the 80s. Like their
peers, they felt a very personal connection with the music of the
'60s, but instead of embracing psychedelia, they flew the flag for
folk-rock and country-rock, putting Gram Parsons, Chris Hillman,
Roger McGuinn, and Doug Sahm on their personal Mt. Rushmore. The
Long Ryders were proud traditionalists, but they didn't live in the
past. Their music was also informed by early punk and power pop in
its hooky energy and sense of commitment, and if they sang of the
lessons to be taken from history, they did so as progressives who
knew the stories of Harriet Tubman, WDIA-AM, the Dust Bowl, and the
Mason-Dixon Line had as much to say about the present as the past.
If they fell short of genuine stardom, The Long Ryders more than
made a difference during their 1981-1987 lifetime, particularly in
their influence on the alt-country movement, which would spread like
wildfire not long after they broke up. Nearly everything you need to
know about the band can be found on "Final Wild Songs", a four-CD
box set that collects their debut EP, 1983's "10-5-60", and their
three studio albums, 1984's "Native Sons", 1985's "State Of Our
Union", and 1987's "Two Fisted Tales", as well as a number of rare
and unreleased tracks, including a full live set recorded for radio
broadcast in the Netherlands.
The Long Ryders were a band that wore their beliefs - personal,
political, and musical - on their sleeves, and in their heyday they
were celebrated for what they had to say as much as the music they
made. But "Final Wild Songs" makes it clear this combo's music has
endured because they were a truly great rock & roll band, full of
snap and fervent energy. The guitar interplay between Sid Griffin
and Stephen McCarthy was pure jangly bliss, and bassist Tom Stevens
and drummer Greg Sowders held the tunes together with fire,
precision, and outsized personality. The Long Ryders knew when to
play moody and subtle, but they could also rock out with ferocious
joy, and "Looking for Lewis and Clark" still sounds like an anthem
worth marching to 30 years after the fact.
"Final Wild Songs" includes song-by-song notes from the group's
members, and their often witty remarks point to how much the Long
Ryders cared about music as well as the world around them. And
anyone who questions the group's sense of humor should check out the
previously flexi-disc only "Christmas In New Zealand" and "Encore
From Hell" (the latter featuring the band jamming on stage while
Griffin reads profoundly negative reviews of "State Of Our Union"
with no small enthusiasm). The Long Ryders mattered then, and still
matter today, and "Final Wild Songs" has enough fire and fun to
convince any doubters.
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