City & Eastern Tapes (2008) ($8), by Jeffrey & Jack Lewis

City & Eastern Tapes (2008) ($8)

by Jeffrey & Jack Lewis

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sporkova Possibly the only song about moving out in history. And should there be others - only this one spells out all the weird and melancholy thoughts and feelings passing through on this occasion in lyrical and musical perfection. I like the acoustic version of this song even better than the album version. Impressive fingerpicking, too! Favorite track: Moving (radio session).

dumpster_facsimile my favorite jeff lewis album with my fav jeff lewis style, what is not to love????

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1.	Posters (early recording) 02:48	info	buy track
2.	Don't Be Upset (radio session) 02:55	info	buy track
3.	Williamsburg Will Oldham Horror (live) 05:42	info	buy track
4.	Something Good (alternate) 02:00	info	buy track
5.	Singing Tree (radio) 03:59	info	buy track
6.	Anxiety Attack (early demo) 02:56	info	buy track
7.	Time Machine (alternate version) 03:12	info	buy track
8.	Moving (radio session) 02:23	info	buy track
9.	Art Land (demo) 06:13	info	buy track
10.	New Old Friends (radio session) 02:01	info	buy track
11.	They Always Knew (early recording) 02:21	info	buy track
12.	Had It All (radio session) 01:46	info	buy track
13.	Summertime Called (Punxatawnie Phil) 03:55	info	buy track
14.	Journey To The Center Of The Earth 02:57	info	buy track
15.	Chicago 03:06	info	buy track
16.	Don't Be Scared 03:56	info	buy track
17.	Flower for Fahey 03:21	info	buy track
18.	Buy Nothing Day (Instrumental) 02:19	info	buy track

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with David Beauchamp (Drums).

Alternate raw, demo & live versions of the songs from the "City & Eastern Songs" album released on Rough Trade Records, plus non-album outakes & bonus tracks.

Compiled in 2008 by Jeffrey Lewis, this is a companion to the 2005 Rough Trade-released album "City & Eastern Songs". "City & Eastern TAPES" is 12 tracks of demos and alternate versions (of all of the 12 songs that appeared on the official Rough Trade release), plus 6 never-released album out-take songs. These 18 raw versions document the actual sound of Jeffrey & Jack Lewis (with drummer David Beauchamp) in 2004-2005 and what the "City & Eastern Songs" album MIGHT have been if it had been recorded in the same home-made lo-fi style as Jeff's first two albums, and had the songs for the official album not been re-recorded in a professional studio in 2005 with Kramer as producer. The 12 officially released glossy Kramer productions on "City & Eastern Songs" are great in their own right, but this "Tapes" compilation is a must for fans of Jeff's earlier lo-fi recordings - plus there's 6 songs never released on a Jeffrey Lewis album before!

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released May 30, 2008

Most songs written by Jeffrey Lewis / LightningLewis Music / ASCAP. Some songs written by Jeffrey and Jack Lewis.

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Jeffrey Lewis New York, New York

Native New Yorker Jeffrey Lewis is a comic book writer/artist and a musician. Jeffrey Lewis and his band tour the world, mixing folk with noise and sharing stages with the likes of Stephen Malkmus, The Mountain Goats, and more. Jeffrey has albums out on Rough Trade, Moshi Moshi and Don GIovanni Records, and has been featured by NPR, The History Channel, The NY Times and more. ... more

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