Willie Nelson - Teatro

One of four vintage Willie Nelson albums vinyl reissues

Celebration continues for Willie's 90th birthday!

Releases focus on albums from the 1990s and 2000s

Teatro 25th Anniversary Edition on 180-gram vinyl!

Four classic albums by music superstar Willie Nelson are to be released on vinyl, some for the first time, as celebrations of the country hero's recent 90th birthday continue.

The releases focus on albums of Nelson's from the 1990s and 2000s and begin on June 23 with his 2002 collaborative album The Great Divide, first issued by Lost Highway. This is followed on August 4 by a 25th anniversary reissue of 1998's acclaimed and cinematic Teatro, produced by Daniel Lanois. Nelson's 2000 ode to the blues, Milk Cow Blues, will return on September 15 as a double LP, before 1996's stripped-back, emotionally raw Spirit completes the set on October 20, just before his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on November 3, 2023.

The Great Divide and Milk Cow Blues have never been available on vinyl before, while Teatro and Spirit return to the format due to popular demand, having been available in limited volume, but now long out-of-print.

Teatro was recorded live with Lanois in an old, unused movie theatre in Oxnard, California, prominently displayed on the cover. It chiefly featured reinventions of songs that Nelson wrote in the 1960s, such as 1962's "I've Just Destroyed The World" and "Three Days" and 1968's "I Just Can't Let You Say Goodbye." Longtime friend and frequent collaborator Emmylou Harris accompanied him on 11 of the 14 tracks and he was also backed by a nine-piece band including Willie's sister Bobbie Nelson, on piano.

 

Side A

Ou Es-Tu, Mon Amour?

I Never Cared For You

Everywhere I Go

Darkness On The Face Of The Earth

My Own Peculiar Way

These Lonely Nights

Home Motel

The Maker

Side B

I Just Can’t Let You Say Good-Bye

I’ve Just Destroyed The World

Somebody Pick Up My Pieces

Three Days

I’ve Loved You All Over The World

Annie

Customer Reviews (5.00 Stars) 1 person(s) rated this product.

Beautiful music transcends genre, sounds great on vinyl posted on 08/24/2023 5 Stars Reviewer: Ron from Kenosha WI I'm more of a jazz, rock, classical, and soul fan, but this Willie Nelson record featuring Emmylou Harris and produced by Daniel Lanois transcends genres and really appeals to a wide cross-section of music lovers. I think Willie is 65 here, and his voice still sounds really good. The recording is really well-done and sounds terrific on vinyl - warm, airy, nice soundstage. I have the CD also, which sounds very good, but to my ears the vinyl beats it (even if the original recording was digital, which I don't know). It's not an audiophile pressing. Clarity and instrument separation are very good for a standard-price pressing, but not at the level of, say, Analogue Productions/QRP or Speakers Corner. There's a bit of surface noise, but it's easy to tune out. These issues are minor, and for the money you're getting a gorgeous sounding LP. Highly recommended.

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