The album was financed by issuing promissory notes in exchange for loans from fans, family. Why digital liner notes will change the way you listen to. The collectors choice label puts out a very wide gamut of reissues spanning the pop spectrum, mostly from between 19401975, and including some titles that the author has written liner notes for by the electric prunes, fred neil, quicksilver messenger service, phil ochs, dr. By the end of 20, the company will be the first such service to include digital liner notes in song data. The record was originally selfreleased on soul dump. The concept was maybe too close to home, he wrote in the liner notes for the albums 1999 rerelease. Not a rock opera in the sense of tommy or jesus christ superstar, this sprawling double disc is more akin to a song cycle about southern rock, in particular lynyrd skynyrd. Written by journalists, critics, copywriters, fans, or other interested parties. The first single from the record, bohemian rhapsody, became queens signature song, and with its bombastic, mockoperatic structure punctuated by heavy metal riffing, it encapsulates their music. Southern rock operas two discs are labeled act i and act ii.
Liner notes premiered at the atlas performing arts center in 2012 and has since become a successful series with several installments. The author is 71, and in liner notes, while discussing his memorial service, he writes, his tongue only slightly in cheek, lines that will make any father wince. Almost six years in the making, the driveby truckers have created a startlingly intelligent work that proudly stands with the best music of their obvious inspiration. The story of the allman brothers band is one of triumph, tragedy, redemption, dissolution, and a new redemption. I currently scan liner art and labels and then save those as jpgs, and then print those as pdf files which i then drop on a media file server. In liner notes, loudon wainwright looks squarely at his. Liner notes definition is comments or explanatory notes about a recording printed on the jacket or an insert. It turned up again in america, breeding inacompost of greed and uselessness and murder, in those places where statesmen and generals stash the bodies of the forever young.
Use a band logo, photo or artwork specially created for the project depending on how serious you are about making your liner notes, and how much time, money and effort you want to invest in the project. Ranking the albums that made driveby truckers a true american. Southern rock opera is the third studio album by the alt country band driveby truckers, released in 2001. Pusser is part of what patterson hood calls the mythological south in the liner notes to the driveby truckers sixth album, the inevitably titled the dirty south. Featuring paige hernandez, baye harrell, akua allrich and kris funns corner store jazz. These are examples of terrific or otherwise notable liner notes. Because the cd cover is the first page of liner notes, you should select an image for this first. Over time, i have developed a musical geography of sorts, mapping the places where i hear certain songs more clearly and which, as a result, have become inextricably bound up with those songs in a way that is now impossible to untangle. Among the many important events of the civil rights movement were the demonstrations known as the freedom rides, in which activists rode interstate buses in the south in 1961 and beyond in protest of local laws enforcing segregation in bus seating and in bus terminals in defiance of.
Album notes 101 the following is a list of information that should be included on your album or demo. Southern rock opera s two discs are labeled act i and act ii. Alternative country rock alternativeindie rock indie rock country rock. Liner notes definition of liner notes by merriamwebster. Like seeing an animal in its natural habitat instead of in a zoo. The album is the truckers fifth, including their live album alabama ass whuppin, following the critically acclaimed southern rock opera. Just like cover art, there are two main ways of storing liner notes. Digital deluxe edition new world album download both mp3 and hq flac downloads of a special double disc version of the new world album with extended songs and additional material not found on the standard album. Southern rock opera, an album by driveby truckers on spotify.
Without a hint of irony, the athens, georgia, quintet creates a fastdriving, hardliving tribute to the indelible music and legacy of lynyrd skynyrd. The art of comedy, hosted by actorcomedian, kevin pollak marvelous. While there are only a few items that are legally required to be added such as per a contract or statute, its probably a good idea to include most, if not all of the following. Liner notes is the aaamcs annual newsletter and contains information about our recent activities and programs. Pete hamill essay from the original back cover of blood on the tracks in the end, the plague touched us all. Driveby truckers women without whiskey lyrics genius. There is a japanese visual art in which the artist is forced to be spontaneous. Stream tracks and playlists from between the liner notes on your desktop or mobile device.
Decoration day is a rock album released by driveby truckers in 2003. A southern rock opera about growing up in the south in the 70s, the rise and fall of arena rock, the mythology surrounding the band lynyrd skynyrd, and common misconceptions about the south. He must paint on a thin stretched parchment with a special brush and black water paint in such a way that an unnatural or. To date, liner notes has sold out over twenty performances and has paid tribute to approx. Changes in the way music is delivered to listeners, however, have changed the function and utility of liner notes, which have also been affected by. Over nearly 30 years, theyve gone from being americas single most influential band to a hasbeen group trading on past glories, to reach the 21st century. Zinc media is now using source elements source connect isdn replacement. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. The album was recorded mostly live over two weeks at chase park transduction studios in athens, georgia, and was produced by noted producer and former sugar bassist david barbe. Lost highway didnt bother to reproduce that when they did the reissues last summer, but its still way better on vinyl. Fish soon left the band to recover and pursue a solo career. Local producers can access talent all over the world and local v.
Listen free to driveby truckers southern rock opera days of graduation, ronnie and neil and more. Dont you miss the liner notes when streaming music. Keith abstract southern rock bands of the 1970s were a cultural formation that displayed racially and politically progressive views in the postcivil rights south through the cultural form of southern rock music. Driveby truckers southern rock opera 2011, gatefold. Not only do i now have a backup of the liner notes, but i can view that pdf on a tablet, for example, as im listening. They also hark back to a time when rock bands made an album every year followed by a tour, and if the dbts havent quite held firm to that schedule, since they broke through with southern rock opera in 2001, theyve managed to release six studio albums, a live cddvd, another dvdonly live set, and a collection of rarities and unreleased tracks. These are songs about stubbornness, drinking and driving, dying young, lynyrd skynyrd, and the. If i make it through this year i think im gonna put this bottle down i guess as time goes on, ill grow to miss it less than i will now and i think im gonna. John, mad river, ramblin jack elliott, eclection, tom rush, judy. Vinyls also missing the booklet with art and lyrics that you get with the cd. Subscriptionbased streaming music service rhapsody may change the way we discover music.
Carter brey, cello 510 divertimento in eflat major, k. Southern rock opera is the third studio album by the alt country band driveby truckers. Between the liner notes is a documentary style podcast about music, why it is the way it is and how it got to be that way. Schooltrees new art rock opera is a symphonic odyssey through a dystopian dreamworld. Having written one of the greatest southern rock songs of all timethe living bubba, about a roadwarrior rocker dying of aidssingerguitarist patterson hood and driveby truckers strive for glory on a doubledisc set theyve dubbed southern rock opera. The driveby truckers southern rock opera takes listeners on a road trip through the american south, with stops along mean old highways and. This is quite different from the music that i usually listen to as my first love is actually progressive rock. Great writing but not necessarily, and often great presentation.
If the group has a the in their name or such, they are listed by the name. Find album credit information for southern rock opera driveby truckers on allmusic. March 5, 2020 in this installment of liner notes with rabbi and jazz historian neil blumofe, we learn about multiinstrumentalist, bandleader, composer and arranger. You dont need a bottle of jack or even a trace of southern lineage to appreciate the genius of driveby truckers southern rock opera. The album was set in the 70s, recorded like it was the 70s and. They range from an incredibly indepth look at bob dylans gospel years to a wildlyentertaining oral history of the.
Liner notes if the notes are unsigned that is, no author is indicated, simply add. A very florid and impeccable technique with the power to reveal the message through the music. This song is from the truckers breakthrough album the southern rock opera. How to make liner notes for an insert for a cd our pastimes. Considering the length of the album it is good to note there is no filler, and. Through their eyes that may certainly be true, but in an equal manner, the album should be a living testament to the band itself for producing such a profound work of art that rocks equally hard in a carefree manner, if. If the notes are titled, the title may follow the authors name. Liner notes for collectors choice music cd reissues. We are a member of the goat rodeo podcast network new york.
Liner notes to the end of the citation of the recording. New world a progressive rock album by dave kerzner by. Miles davis kind of blue album cover improvisation in jazz. But as you begin to consider how youll be marketing it when it comes out, think of how a digital pdf of liner notes and additional art could help foster a new level of dedication from your fans that both already exist and begin to discover your latest release. The best music books of 2017 have very little in common with one another. An annotated look at the grateful dead by pitchfork.
It was recorded in the kirk gallery church 1 in surry hills, new south wales and featured bon scott, angus young, malcolm young, phil rudd, and cliff williams, who replaced mark evans as the bands bassist shortly after the let there be rock album was released. Driveby truckers southern rock opera 33 rien fertel. The white stripes white blood cells in 3 minutes by pitchfork. In 2001 the talented upandcoming rock band driveby truckers released southern rock opera, a critically acclaimed album that was. Between the liner notes free listening on soundcloud. Lainey schooltree is raising funds for heterotopia. As box sets should have good and extensive liner notes, standards for box sets are higher than those for single cds. New west records has remastered and reissued them with new packaging and new liner notes by hood which are inexplicably dated february and. In the liner notes, driveby truckers dedicate this profound work to lynyrd skynyrd, americas greatest rock and roll band. That being said, i have always had a soft spot for southern rock and storyteller music for lack of a better word so a southern rock concept album certainly sounded intriguing.
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