Jimmy Sweeney - Without You

Record Store Day exclusive, limited to 1,000 copies!

Features rare and unreleased tracks from Jimmy Sweeney

Includes 12-page booklet with extensive liner notes from writer Chris Kennedy

First retrospective album from the artist who inspired Elvis Presley's earliest work!

The story of this compilation begins with a decades old myth; the "mystery singer" on a 10-inch acetate demo played to Elvis by Sam Phillips in June of 1954. Phillips, who was unable to ascertain the name of the singer, asked Elvis to sing the song as a debut record. The young, unknown Elvis was daunted by the performance. After attempting to record the song, Elvis felt he could not do it justice, and went on to record "That's All Right."

The demo's existence became an urban myth. The singer was finally identied as Jimmy Sweeney in early 2017 by writer Chris Kennedy, whose suspicions were conrmed by multiple sources, including Jimmy's daughter Eugenia. Sweeney's masterpiece will finally be released under his own name on this compilation. In addition to "Without You," the album features some of Sweeney's best recordings, many of which were never released to the public.

Side A

1. Without You

2. Deep Blues

3. I Pay With Every Breath

4. It Wouldn’t Be The Same (Without You)

5. Desire

6. Danny Boy

7. Don’t Come In Here

8. Tobacco Road

Side B

1. Gonna Find My Sweetheart

2. Flippity Flop

3. Sick, Sick, Sick

4. She Wears My Ring

5. Where You Lead Me

6. Lunch In A Bucket

7. Afraid

8. What’cha Gonna Do About Me

9. Deacon Brown

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