Judee Sill - Dreams Come True

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Below is the press release from Water Records:

Judee Sill - Dreams Come True [Hi - I Love You Right Heartily Here -
New Songs]
format: 2CD
label: Water
cat #: water140
barcode: 646315 714029
streetdate: 02/22/2005

Singer/songwriter Judee Sill was the first person signed to David
Geffen's Asylum Records. In the early Seventies, she released two
brilliant albums on that label before being dropped. Her third album
recorded in the mid-Seventies remained unreleased after her 1979 death
from a cocaine overdose. The eight songs intended for that album are
included here, freshly mixed by Jim O'Rourke. This two disc set also
includes many Sill rareities from the '60s and '70s, including a 12
minute five song live video clip on enhanced CD. Super deluxe
packaging featuring a 72 page book!

― Salvador Saca (Mr. Xolotl), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 22:47 (twenty years ago)

I've had mp3's of some of these songs for some time -- and while they're probably not up there with her best work, a few are quite good. "Things Are Looking Up" is the most undeniable of the bunch.

If anyone's interested in helping deny Jim of his gravediggers fee, you can find mp3's of these tracks here: http://www.webnoir.com/bob/music/.

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 17 February 2005 03:26 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

Just wondering if anyone has checked this out yet, bought it yesterday, sounds pretty good to these ears.

― mzui (mzui), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 12:47 (twenty years ago)

bought it and have been living in it for days. "dead time bummer blues" is such a great song.. best of all tho is the accompanying book. clarifies some of the nastier stories floating around the interweb. I could do with a full on biography, what a fascinating and gorgeous artiste. (swoon).
also : won't somebody compress the video of her 'old grey whistle test' performance and stick it online ?

― Brad Laner (Brad Laner), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 15:21 (twenty years ago)

I look forward to reading that puppy tonight. If I can find a way of persuading the techie guys at the studio I work at to mpg the OGWT performance I shall, keep you posted.

― mzui (mzui), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 18:14 (twenty years ago)

they should make the first two records more easily available!

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 19:28 (twenty years ago)

omg, that'd be great, mzui : )

― Brad Laner (Brad Laner), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 19:40 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

Sadly this will only be of use to London-based ILxors, but I see that a quantity of the first two JS albums on CD are currently available in HMV at Oxford Circus. £21.99 each, alas, but they're there if you want them, and probably won't be for much longer, even at that price...

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Monday, 25 April 2005 11:35 (twenty years ago)

Damn, I look at those sucker about twice a week and nearly buy them but I paid more than that for Japanese imports downstairs in HMV a few years ago, I know they probably sound better and have bonus track etc: but..I...just.......can't gah!

― mzui (mzui), Monday, 25 April 2005 13:11 (twenty years ago)

suckers obv

― mzui (mzui), Monday, 25 April 2005 13:12 (twenty years ago)

ten years pass...

good stuff on this, but can't help but be a little bothered by the O'Rourkian mix -- works great for a so-so singer like O'Rouke but buries Sill's beautiful voice and plays up the guitars too much.

― human life won't become a cat (man alive), Sunday, 3 April 2016 04:27 (nine years ago)

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