Drive-By Truckers - Southern Rock Opera (DELUXE EDITION) [Clear Vinyl Rigid Box x 3 LP]

Format: LP Indie Exclusive Clear Vinyl Rigid Box x 3 LP
Catalogue No.: LPNW5382IE
Barcode: 607396583218
Release Date: 26 Jul 2024
Genre: Rock

This 3-disc, Indie Exclusive clear vinyl deluxe edition comes packed in a foil stamped rigid slipcase with the original album packaged as a 2xLP  set in gatefold. The 3rd LP is packaged in a separate jacket. Each record comes with a 28-page book that is given the spot gloss treatment throughout (also available on standard black vinyl) .

Southern Rock Opera is the third studio album by the American rock band Drive-By Truckers, released in 2001 - Originally released as a double  album covering an ambitious range of subject matter from the politics of race to 1970s stadium rock, Southern Rock Opera either imagines, or filters, every topic through the context of legendary Southern band Lynyrd Skynyrd.

New West Records is proud to present a remixed and remastered deluxe edition LP featuring a re-sequenced  record as well as a third disc with multiple bonus tracks including a song "Mystery Song" that was recorded one night in Birmingham. Lead Singer, Patterson Hood explains, ""Birmingham" and "Moved" were originally part of Act I on original CD release. 

This is the first vinyl version to feature "Moved" and we felt that "Birmingham" would be the best other song to move without messing up the story  element of Betamax Guillotine. We moved them here to keep the vinyl sides within time of maximum high fidelity. (Under 23 minutes per mastering guidelines). In the process of re-mixing the original tracks for the album. We stumbled upon a mysterious track  that was recorded late one night in Birmingham. None of us have any memory whatsoever of recording it. The song itself was never even written down, just made up on the spot while the tape was rolling. We're calling it "Mystery Song." It's actually a keeper."
 
Tracks: Days Of Graduation / Ronnie And Neil / 72 (This Highway's Mean) / Dead, Drunk, And Naked / Guitar Man Upstairs / The Southern Thing / The Three Great Alabama Icons / Wallace / Zip City  / Let There Be Rock / Road Cases / Women Without Whiskey / Plastic Flowers On The Highway / Cassie's Brother / Life In The Factory / Shut Up And Get On The Plane / Greenville To Baton Rouge / Angels And Fuselage / Birmingham (Remixed/Remastered) / Mystery  Song (Unreleased Bonus Track) / Moved (Remixed/Remastered) / Don't Cockblock The Rock (Live At The Earl - Atlanta, Ga - November 24, 2001) / Zip City (Live At The Earl - Atlanta, Ga - November 24, 2001) / Road Cases (Live At The Earl - Atlanta, Ga - November  24, 2001) / 72 (This Highway's Mean) (Live At The Earl - Atlanta, Ga - November 24, 2001)

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