The Way I Were: 4-Track Demos 1986-1992

Artist: Freedy Johnston
Label: Bar/None Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 032862016325
EAN: 0032862016325
ASIN: B0002XEDQW

Release Date: 2004-11-09

The Way I Were: 4-Track Demos 1986-1992

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Tracks:

She's A Goddess
I Got The Papers
This Really Happened
I Do, I Do
Love Songs About Girls
Enchanted Car
Happy Birthday
Captain Astro
Light Of Doubt
When the Cryin's Done
Can't Stop Shaking
Man With The Four Stroke Heart
Friend in the City
I Know Two People Who Love To Fight

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Album Description

14 previously unreleased songs from the early years 1988-91. <P>There are few artists that have a hidden treasure trove of unreleased songs from their early years that are of the quality that Freedy Johnston at last offers to the listening public. Every song on "The Way I Were" is an instant classic. The songs show Freedy working in many styles for an overall set that rocks with authority. Freedy is here with his youthful enthusiasm working his way through country, rock and roll, even a disco groove. He plays all the instruments on all the songs. Prepare to fall in love with Freedy all over again.

Customer Reviews:

I love this record!.......2004-11-20

I've been a fan of Freedy's since his first record and am happy to hear some NEW, OLD songs. The sound is raw and emotional and the songwriting is, as usual, excellent...Enchanted Car, Love Songs About Girls, I Do I Do, Man with the Four-Stroke Heart are some of my favorites. The feeling of the record is intimate - like being at a great live show. Buy this record if you loved Can You Fly.

Past Perfect and not tooTense.......2004-11-19

Although I have been a big fan of Freedy's previous work, he has clearly evolved in a more mature direction, with an emphasis on craft. That stuff's great, but I can't deny that I have missed the youthful exuberance of his earliest recordings (or what I thought were his earliest recordings). That is why this collection is such a welcome addition; it's clearly the result of someone who's having fun and not taking himself too seriously-and it all works perfectly. This man can write songs-and they come across with a splashy immediacy on The Way I Were. All his styles are in the house here- Straight up rock songs with bizarre stories and shovels of lyrics shoehorned in, appalachian porch torch songs, bent country, gorgeous ballads, and always the beautiful losers who we've come to love from his other records. But this time with a crazy, refreshing spontaniety. A keeper.

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Blues for Bud ~ Hampton Hawes

Adagio Classic in Jazz

The Jeep Is Jumpin' ~ Duke Ellington

East of the Sun: Trumpet & Flugelhorn ~ Greg Bobulinski

Strollin' ~ Charlie Shoemake with the Bill Holman Orchestra

Legende du Tour ~ Various Artists

Ya Habib ~ The Sabri Brothers

Two Way Traffic ~ Toshiyuki Goto

Getting to the Border ~ Alistair Russell