JESSE WINCHESTER Jesse Winchester LP AMPEX 1970 USorig+foc ROBBIE ROBERTSON-HELM
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JESSE WINCHESTER
with DAVID REA, KEN PEARSON, DAVID LEWIS, GUY BLACK,
AL CHERNEY, LEVON HELM, ROBBIE ROBERTSON
Jesse Winchester was the music world's most prominent Vietnam War draft evader,
though his renown came from a body of wry, closely observed songs. After growing up in
Memphis, Winchester received his draft notice in 1967 and moved to Montreal, Canada,
rather than serve in the military. In 1969, he met Robbie Robertson of the Band, who
helped launch his recording career. In the same way that James Taylor's history of mental
instability and drug abuse served as a subtext for his early music, Winchester's exile lent
real-life poignancy to songs like "Yankee Lady," which appeared on his debut album,
Jesse Winchester (1970). Despite critical acclaim, his inability to tour in the U.S.
prevented him from taking his place among the major singer/songwriters
of the early '70s, but he made a series of impressive albums
"JESSE WINCHESTER"
Produced by: Robbie Robertson
Engineered by: Todd Rundgren
1970 LP AMPEX RECORDS A-10104/STEREO
PRINTED IN U.S.A. ORIGINAL PRESSING
[Later repressings on Bearsville label]
GATEFOLD SLEEVE
THICK CARDBOARD COVER (American Style)
Barcode and Other IdentifiersBarcode: none
LABEL: AMPEX - BLUE LABEL w/LOGO on TOP - BLACK TEXT (rim in white)
Catalog on cover: A-10104
Catalog on labels: A-10104A / A-10104B
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): A 10104 A-RE ARC 3 10-11 (Stamped): STERLING
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): A 10104 B RL ARC 10-1-0 (Stamped): STERLING
On labels: rim text reads "Ampex Records, 555 Madison Avenue, New York City 10022 - Made in U.S.A."
All songs written by Jesse Winchester
Copyright Fourth Floor Music/ASCAP
Produced by Robbie Robertson
Engineer: Todd Rundgren
A Bearsville Record Production
(on Side A): except Snow by Jesse Winchester and Robbie Robertson
On back cover: Designer: Bob Cato
Photo by: Jeremy Taylor
tracklisting
Side A: PAYDAY - BILOXI - SNOW
THE BRAND NEW TENNESSEE WALTZ - THAT'S A TOUCH I LIKE
Side B: YANKEE LADY - QUIET ABOUT IT - SKIP ROPE SONG
ROSY SHY - BLACK DOG - THE NUDGE
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RECORD NEAR EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Jesse Winchester first gained notice as a protégé of the Band's Robbie Robertson, who produced
and played guitar on his debut album and brought along bandmate Levon Helm to play drums and mandolin.
The album had much of the rustic Southern charm and rollicking country-rock of the Band.
Winchester's other immediate appeal was a certain sense of mystery. A Southern American expatriate
living in Canada, he was unable to appear in the U.S. to promote the album, which was released in a
fold-out LP jacket that featured the same sepia-toned portrait (which looked like one of those
austere Matthew Brady photos from the Civil War era) on each of its four sides. Winchester
emphasized the dichotomy between his southern origins and his northern exile in songs like "Snow"
(which Robertson co-wrote), "The Brand New Tennessee Waltz" ("I've a sadness too sad to be true"),
and "Yankee Lady." Jesse Winchester was timely: it spoke to a disaffected American generation
that sympathized with Winchester's pacifism. But it was also timeless: the songs revealed a
powerful writing talent (recognized by the numerous artists who covered them), and Winchester's
gentle vocals made a wonderful vehicle for delivering them.
[Originally released by Ampex in 1970, Jesse Winchester was reissued by Bearsville Records in 1976,
in 1988 by Rhino/Bearsville, in 1994 by Stony Plain, and in 2006 by Wounded Bird.]...(AllMusic)
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