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Daniel Johnston

Love Lives Forever (BBC Sessions 2003-2011)

    Daniel Johnston’s legacy is legendary. The quintessential DIY artist started his career in Austin, TX whilst hawking cassettes from his day job at McDonald’s. The rest, as they say, is history and fans of US alternative music from the 1980s onwards know about his work and the people he went on to inspire.

    This is a project inspired by BBC Radio 6 Music’s Marc Riley and the tracks have been licensed from the BBC and approved by Daniel’s family, management and charity. The sessions were spread across an eight-year period with two sessions for Rob Da Bank and three with Marc Riley (both of whom are executive producers of this album).

    A few bootleg recordings of these sessions have been available across the years but now they have been lovingly mastered and cut by Frank Arkwright at Abbey Road Studios in London. Daniel was a lifelong fan of The Beatles and the overwhelming consensus from those who knew him was that he would be so proud and excited to have his music mastered above the legendary Studio 2 at Abbey Road. This project’s objective is to celebrate Daniel’s musical legacy, rather than explore further his well-documented mental health problems. However, profits from the album will go to Daniel’s Hi, How Are You Project based in Austin. For more information contact Dave Cronen at trussed@trustmanagement.co.uk


    TRACK LISTING

    1. Mountain Top (Rob Da Bank Session 2008)
    2. Fish (Rob Da Bank Session 2008)
    3. Walking The Cow (Rob Da Bank Session 2008)
    4. Casper The Friendly Ghost (Rob Da Bank Session 2008)
    5. Go (Rob Da Bank Session 2008)
    6. Love Enchanted (Rob Da Bank Session 2008)
    7. Hey Joe (Rob Da Bank Session 2008)
    8. Rock ‘N’ Roll / EGA (Rob Da Bank Session 2008)
    9. Speeding Motorcycle (Rob Da Bank Session 2008)
    10. True Love Will Find You In The End (Rob Da Bank Session 2008)
    11. Devil Town (Rob Da Bank Session 2008)
    12. True Love Will Find You In The End (Marc Riley Session 2008)
    13. Go (Marc Riley Session 2008)
    14. Life In Vain (Marc Riley Session 2009)
    15. Living Life (Marc Riley Session 2009)
    16. Speeding Motorcycle (Marc Riley Session 2011)
    17. Rock This Town (Marc Riley Session 2011)
    18. Love Enchanted (The Blue Room 2003)
    19. Forever Your Love (The Blue Room 2003)
    20. Mountain Top (The Blue Room 2003)
    21. True Love Will Find You In The End (The Blue Room 2003)

    Daniel Johnston

    Yip Jump Music - 2024 Reissue

      Daniel Johnston had previously written hundreds of songs but "Yip Jump Music" marked his first deliberate album. The foreboding circumstance and crude tools proved to be a test of Daniel's expressive resource. Over the tape hiss his voice could be heard – sometimes alone – or using a see-and-say toy, a chord organ, or an out-of-tune ukulele. It became an example of soul-baring heartfelt music-making that accomplished musicians and celebrities would later love. Kurt Cobain listed "Yip Jump Music" as #35 of his top 50 albums. Digitally re-mastered, with new packaging, a fold out poster, lyrics sheet and drawing.

      Daniel Johnston

      Alive In New York City

        Daniel Johnston’s ‘Alive in New York City’: A full performance captured before a live audience in New York City, the city of Daniel Johnston’s dreams. Daniel is at the height of his performing powers, with his solo voice in full poignant bloom. A real time-capsule, each song is a gem rendered in full color by an artist dedicated to his craft. This LP captures him at an unusually happy point in his life, sharing the deepest parts of himself with his audience. We are given a rare glimpse into Daniel’s heart, where the physical rendering he gives over to his lyrics transcends the music and works as a beacon into the tender mind of a genius - grappling with how to love himself and find his place in the world. This 2000 concert recorded and live-mixed by Kramer in NYC happened on a very special night and Shimmy-Disc is proud to present it to the world, along with 18 minutes of bonus material comprised of some of the rarest audio treasures from the Daniel Johnston Archives - a series of “Telephone Demos” created by Daniel specifically for sending to friends over his phone. These little teleplays from Daniel’s pre-”1990” days have never been heard before, so his fans will go wild with joy over this newly discovered and precious cargo from the mind of this one-of-a-kind and irreplaceable Artist.

        TRACK LISTING

        Frito Lay (Sweetheart)
        Frustrated Artist
        The Spook
        Love Will See You Through
        Silly Love
        Live And Let Die
        You’ve Got To Hide Your Love
        Casper The Friendly Ghost
        Memory Of Love
        Bloody Rainbow
        Super Love
        Kool-Aid
        Folly
        Interview (Excerpt)

        Daniel Johnston

        Fear Yourself - 2023 Reissue

          Our review from 2003:

          The eccentric genius that is Daniel Johnston returns with the help of Sparklehorse's Mark Linkous, which in turn has made this one of his most accessible albums to date potentially appealing to fans of the Mercury Rev / Flaming Lips style sound.

          TRACK LISTING

          1. Now
          2. Syrup Of Tears
          3. Mountain Top
          4. Love Enchanted
          5. Must
          6. Fish
          7. The Power Of Love
          8. Forever Your Love
          9. Love Not Dead
          10. You Hurt Me
          11. Wish
          12. Living It For The Moment

          Daniel Johnston

          Rejected Unknown - 2023 Reissue

            Rejected Unknown is a 2001 album released by the acclaimed musician, Daniel Johnston. This is the first time the record has been pressed to vinyl in over 20 years. "The main themes on Rejected Unknown are the themes Johnston has explored throughout much of his career: hopeless longing, unrequited love, and as might be gathered from the album's title, fear of rejection. This fear probably took on very real terms for Johnston as he was finally dropped from Atlantic Records after being held for years in contractual limbo. Rejected Unknown is unmistakably Johnston's album; he sings and plays piano and guitar, and even adds some percussion to the oddly quirky pop songs."

            TRACK LISTING

            1. Impossible Love
            2. Funeral Girl
            3. Dream Scream
            4. Love Forever
            5. Cathy Cline
            6. Davinare
            7. Party
            8. The Spook
            9. Girl Of My Dreams
            10. Billions / Rock
            11. Thrill
            12. Favorite Darling Girl
            13. Some Time Spent In Heaven
            14. Wedding Ring Bells Blue
            15. I Lose

            Daniel Johnston

            Songs Of Pain - 2023 Reissue

              Songs of Pain, the debut album from the late Daniel Johnston, is being released on vinyl for the first time this March. Originally recorded on homemade cassette in 1981 and later released as a standardised version by Stress Records in 1988, Songs of Pain was recorded between 1980 and 1981 in Johnston’s parents’ basement in West Virginia.

              TRACK LISTING

              1. Grievances
              2. A Little Story
              3. Joy Without Pleasure
              4. Never Relaxed
              5. Brainwash
              6. Pot Head
              7. Wicked World
              8. Lazy
              9. I Save Cigarette Butts
              10. Like A Monkey In A Zoo
              11. Wicked Will
              12. An Idiot's End
              13. Wild West Virginia
              14. Since I Lost My Tooth
              15. Urge
              16. Living Life
              17. Tuna Ketchup
              18. Premarital Sex
              19. Don't Act Nice
              20. Hate Song
              21. Lead Belly Was An Outlaw
              22. I Love You (I'd Like To Read You Some Poetry)
              23. Why Don't You Love Me True
              24. I'm A Rambling Kinda Guy
              25. Sleepy Lagoon
              26. Natalie Queen Of Weirton
              27. Golly Gee
              28. You Need A Reason

              Built To Spill

              Built To Spill Plays The Songs Of Daniel Johnston

                In 2017 Built To Spill was invited to play a few shows as Daniel Johnston's back up band This is what those rehearsals sounded like. 11 tracks of Johnston's fractured pop presented through the eyes of Built To Spill.

                TRACK LISTING

                SIDE A

                1. Bloody Rainbow
                2. Tell Me Now
                3. Honey I Sure Miss You
                4. Good Morning You
                5. Heart, Mind And Soul

                SIDE B

                1. Life In Vain
                2. Mountain Top
                3. Queenie The Dog
                4. Impossible Love
                5. Fake Records Of Rock & Roll
                6. Fish

                Daniel Johnston / Various

                Space Ducks: Soundtrack

                  To celebrate the release of his first ever cartoon book, Daniel Johnston has put together a soundtrack as an accompaniment - his first new album since 2009.

                  The soundtrack includes seven unreleased tracks by Daniel, as well as new tracks from Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Jake Bugg and Die Mason Die, amongst others.

                  Includes a booklet with a 24 page excerpt of Daniel’s cartoon.

                  Daniel Johnston

                  Is And Always Was

                    Johnston is the musician's cult hero, whose music is appreciated for its undeniable simple brilliance. Here, he is allied here with musician / producer Jason Falkner (Beck, Air, Paul McCartney). "Is And Always Was" aims to take the rock and roll symphonies in Daniel's prolific musical brain and deliver fully realized and professionally produced recorded songs. Musicians include Daniel: guitar/piano, vox, Falkner: guitar, bass, keyboards, and Joey Waronker (REM, Beck, Smashing Pumpkins) on drums.

                    Daniel Johnston And His Hyperjink Tricycle

                    Alien Mind Control

                      The casual studio atmosphere naturally created when friends get together to record has brought out the best in Daniel. These four tracks, each fronted by Daniel, represent some of his most striking and compelling work in a long time. Included is a new version of the popular track "Long Lost Love".


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