"I Was in the House When the House Burned Down" – 3:02." Werewolves of London" (LeRoy Marinell, Waddy Wachtel, Zevon) – 3:36.It includes a 44-page booklet with previously unpublished family photos, integrated with excerpts from the memoir I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon by Crystal Zevon.Īll songs by Warren Zevon unless otherwise noted. The album was released by New West Records in 2007 in a deluxe two-CD package in a hardbound slipcase. The second disc includes a radio interview with Zevon, conducted by Jody Denberg in 2000. The album also includes previously unreleased versions of " Werewolves of London" and "Accidentally Like a Martyr". All of the songs were recorded before 1976. Preludes features sixteen of the newly discovered recordings, including six tracks never before released on any Warren Zevon album: "Empty Hearted Town", "Going All the Way", "Steady Rain", "Stop Rainin' Lord", "Studebaker" and "The Rosarita Beach Café". He discovered over one hundred unreleased outtakes and demos in a piano-sized touring case. Preludes: Rare and Unreleased Recordings is a two-CD compilation of music and interviews, including unreleased outtakes and demos, by singer-songwriter Warren Zevon, who died in 2003.Ī few months after Zevon's death, his son, Jordan, drove out to one of his father's storage spaces in the San Fernando Valley to begin the process of sorting through old recordings. Unfamiliar with much of his work.Peter Jesperson, Jordan Zevon, Cameron Strang, Danny Goldberg To any fan of Zevon, or perhaps a good launching point for those Zevon, Then surely the re-release of Stand In The Fire If there was ever any doubt about the performing ability of Warren
On this beautiful and saddest of ballads is a tribute to Zevon,Īnd a fitting end for a live set or any set. Haggard, but the crowd is riled up and ready for more. Incredible "Hasten Down The Wind", Zevon's voice is Zevon's power shines through when the bandĭrops away and he's left alone on the piano, his voice becoming Jesse James" which carries more weight live than I would Release, starting off with Zevon asking the audience, "Whatĭo you want to hear?" These extra tracks are amazing andĮssential, especially the bare and emotional "Frank And The re-issue includes four tracks not on the original cassette "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" before finishing off withĪ great version of "Bo Diddley's A Gunslinger".
To fall apart and then somehow pull back together for the anthemic That rocks more than I would ever have imagined. Including a fantastic version of "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" The track list includes a few other hot numbers, Of Zevon really shines through on the driving "Lawyers, GunsĪnd Money". Radio" slows things down a bit before launching into a gritty,įiery version of "Werewolves Of London". "Excitable Boy"ĭrives things home with a bit quicker tempo than the album cutĪnd a fair bit more teeth and a screaming guitar solo. Was evident as the stage exploded in a new wave frenzy with theĬlassic "Stand In The Fire". Than any of his albums ever really seemed. Inspired, a true testament to Zevon as a performing musician.īacked by his long time friend and guitar player David LandauĪs well as the Colorado band Boulder, Zevon turns in aīlazingly emotionally charged performance, more rock and roll Synthesizer licks, for instance), the performance is vivid and While certain aspects of the performance are a bit dated (the Rest with the CD release, finally allowing the masses to get aįull dose of Warren Zevon, not only as a great songwriter, butĪlso as a gifted and spirited live performer. This shameful state has finally been put to Of rock history, available at one time only on cassette, and long Is a recording of a live show that had been lost in the annals Other re-releases in this seriesĪre Zevon's great Excitable Boy record and The Envoy,Īvailable for the first time ever on CD. This record is one of a string of Warren Zevon re-issuesīeing re-released by Rhino Records to celebrate one of our most HYBRIDMAGAZINE.COM | REVIEWS | Warren Zevon - Stand In The Fire : Live At The Roxy album review :: indie counter-culture daily, no secret handshakes.
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