Three months ago, there was a thread here about "getting" Jim Lauderdale. A
few of us fans felt like Jim hadn't really gotten his due as both a great
writer and performer. At that time, I mentioned that I'd made a "best of"
Jim Lauderdale tape for a friend, and that maybe what I needed to do was
compile another one, and make it available to the list. At that time,
Jerald Corder and I started corresponding off-list, and we decided that we
cooperate on making a tape for distribution to anybody who was interested.
Soon after, Jerald suggested we also do a tape of songs written by Jim that
were covered or performed by others. After Jerald put it all together,
there's now two tapes of those songs. I've got all five of Jim Lauderdale's
LP's, but Jerald is the repository for Jim Lauderdale material, whether
performed by JL or by others.
Jerald has put together three cool tapes of Jim Lauderdale material. The
first is a "best-of" Jim Lauderdale, with tracks not only from his 5 studio
albums, but songs from an unreleased album, prior to PLANET OF LOVE, and
some singles from promotional records that Jerald's picked up. It's a nice
collection, 90 minutes long, with a fair amount of it from out-of-print or
hard to find records.
The second and third tapes are from various artists, too many to list them
all here but a mix of alt and standard country types, and of course several
from Lauderdale-loving George Strait. These covers fill two 90 minute
cassettes.
So, here's the deal. If you're interested in any or all of these tapes,
send me an e-mail to this address. *DON'T REPLY TO THE LIST*, but reply to
me here at my home address, [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'll send back a complete list
of songs and artists on the covers tapes. Jerald's wife has done a nice job
making up cool-looking j-cards for the cassettes, and if I wasn't already
involved with this thing, I'd sure want copies. I'll want you to send me
blank 90 minute cassettes to dub the music onto, and a buck to cover
postage. That's it.
This is a chance to find out more about one of the great, underrecognized
talents in country music. Write me off list if you're interested in getting
a copy of these cassettes. We're not expecting a flood of responses, BTW,
but we'll adjust if so. <g> I'll give everybody till Monday May 3rd to
respond.
b.s.
"Time begins on Opening Day" -Thomas Boswell
