Songbird: Rare Tracks And Forgotten Gems (4CD + DVD) [Deluxe]
£39.99
Description:
Every selection was hand-picked by Harris, who co-produced the box with James Austin. Like the artist herself, SONGBIRD is unpredictable, sonically elegant, stylistically diverse and eloquent in every aspect. Its wealth of career-spanning treasures - including groundbreaking work with Gram Parsons, tracks with her “Hot Band” and stellar duets with a who's who of musical greats - encompasses many that will ring with familiarity, as well as lesser known wonders from this world renowned icon of American music.
It weaves a remarkable thread through Harris'; still vital-as-ever career, now spanning five decades, over 20 albums, more than 15 million records sold, 12 GRAMMY®Awards, numerous historic collaborations, solo masterpieces and fundamental American genres including country, rock, pop, Americana, alt-country, folk, bluegrass and countless permutations in between.
“This is a very different retrospective,” she says in her preface to the expansive booklet, which also features an in-depth essay by Sylvie Simmons and track-by-track insights from Peter Cooper (with comments from Harris). “I've selected not greatest hits, but personal favorites…that-with a few exceptions-have never appeared on any other compilations, but were important gems in the string of pearls that each album strives to become. Also included are special collaborations, unreleased live and demo tracks, as well as contributions to tribute projects which I may now gather into this fold.”