Fifteen unheard originals from acoustic demos spanning 15 years of JWH’s career. For the curious, the casual fan and the cognoscenti alike. Includes songs from demo sessions for every album from Why We Fight to Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead.
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John Wesley Harding Sings to a Small Guitar vol. II
All songs are previously unreleased in any form. Exclusive offer through this website includes immediate digital download of the entire album, followed by delivery of the finished CD, housed in a beautiful mini-LP gatefold sleeve with artwork that perfectly complements that of the first volume. The first 500 copies come with a free 40-minute bonus CD of music and readings.
Hear the song "Hey! Director!"
Track list
- Hey! Director!
- The Coming of Sound
- The Promise of Love
- I Don't Work Here
- Sorry, Lazarus
- I'll Be Your Eyes
- You're It!
- The Receiving End
- The Bullet Catch
- Ballad of the Inferno
- 11.The Funeral Band
- The Meltdown
- I Know Nothing
- Why Must The Show Go On?
- We Are Not The First
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John Wesley Harding Sings to a Small Guitar vol. I
Fourteen unheard originals in pristine studio quality, spanning 15 years of JWH’s career. This collection, the first of two volumes, includes songs from demo sessions for every album from The Name Above the Title to Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead.
MoreAll songs are previously unreleased. Includes a large poster with a complete song-by-song list of every demo session of JWH's career.
Hear the song "Funny Old New World"
Track list
- History In The Remaking
- Funny Old New World
- The Dark Waltz
- Be With Him
- Circles
- The True Story of Buddy The Kid
- Good For the Ratings
- The Splendid Life
- I See You
- 10 It's Never Too Late
- The Undercard
- Dear Lawyer
- Rock'n' Roll Code
- Write What You Know
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Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead
John Wesley Harding’s first rock record since 2004, Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead was recorded in Portland, OR, and New York City, with the Minus Five and many of JWH’s oldest and best musical friends and allies: Scott McOi, Peter Buck, Steve Berlin (producer of Why We Fight), Kurt Bloch (producer of Trad Arr Jones), Mike Viola, Robert Lloyd, Kelly Hogan, and many more.
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- My Favourite Angel
- Love or Nothing
- Oh! Pandora
- A Very Sorry Saint
- Sleepy People
- Top of the Bottom
- Daylight Ghosts
- The End
- Sick Organism
- Congratulations (on Your Hallucinations)
- Someday Son
- Your Mind's Playing Tricks On You
- Wild Boy
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‘Songs of Misfortune’—The Love Hall Tryst
The first record from the Love Hall Tryst: JWH, Kelly Hogan, Nora O’Connor and Brian Lohmann. Songs of Misfortune comprises songs written for, or appearing in, Wesley Stace’s novel Misfortune. With additional help from the Minstrel in the Galleries.
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- Songs Of Misfortune
- Do Not Fear The Dark
- Joan Of Arc (The Ballad Of La Pucelle)
- Lord Bateman
- Female Rambling Sailor
- Lord Lovel
- The Sanguinary Butcher
- Shallow Brown
- Lambkin
- The Lady Dressed In Green
- The Abandoned Baby
- Jack In The Green
- Do Not Fear The Dark (electric)
- Lord Bateman (electric)
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Adam’s Apple
“The finest album of his career … as witty as ever … Harding’s voice has never sounded better…. A disc worth biting into again and again.”—All Music Guide
“A dazzling piece of popcraft that shows wide range and real heart … breathtakingly erudite.”—No Depression
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- Nothing At All
- Monkey And His Cat
- Negative Love
- Sleeper Awake
- Pull
- Sussex Ghost Story
- It Stays
- Hard
- Sluts
- Protest Protest Protest
- She Never Talks
- When You Smile
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Garden of Eden: The Fall EP
This DRT release includes five alternate versions of songs from Why We FIght, as well as a single and an outtake from Adam’s Apple.
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- Monkey And His Cat
- Kill The Messenger
- Hitler's Tears
- When Dreams Come True
- The Original Miss Jesus
- Where The Bodies Are
- Slipery Slide To Bliss
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Trad Arr Jones (new edition)
The Appleseed reissue of JWH’s first traditional album contains the original album remastered plus four newly recorded songs (21 extra minutes).
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- The Singer's Request
- Little Musgrave
- The Golden Gove
- Annachie Gordon
- The Flandyke Shore
- William and Nancy's Parting
- The Bonny Bunch of Roses
- Master Kilby
- Annan Water
- Isle of France
plus extra tracks
- Canadee-i-o
- Billy Don't You Weep for Me
- Edward
- The Humpback Whale
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Awake (new edition)
The Appleseed reissue of JWH’s 1998 gangsta-folk classic contains the original album remastered, plus five extra tracks, including a duet of “Wreck on the Highway” with Bruce Springsteen.
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- Good Morning (I Just Woke Up)
- Your Ghost (Don't Scare Me No More)
- Window Seat
- Burn
- It's All My Fault
- Sweat Tears Blood and Come
- Poor Heart
- Miss Fortune
- Song I Wrote Myself In The Future
- You're Looking At Me
- You So & So
- I'm Staying Here (And I'm Not Buying A Gun)
- Good Bye (Late O'Clock)
Plus extra tracks
- Wooden Overcoat
- Jackson Cage
- Punch 'n' Judy
- I Just Woke Up
- Wreck On The Highway
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John Wesley Harding’s New Deal (new edition)
Originally released in 1996, JWH’s much-loved first foray into gangsta folk has been remastered with additional tracks.
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- To Whom It May Concern
- Other People's Failure
- The Secret Angel
- Kiss Me Miss Liberty
- Heart Without A Home
- God Lives Upstairs
- Infinite Combinations
- The King Is Dead Boring
- The Triumph of Trash
- Cupid and Psycho
- Still Photo
- Paradise
- The Speed of Normal
Plus extra tracks
- Death of the Ghostwriter
- Let Us Now
- When the Beatles Hit America
- Kiss Me Miss Liberty (live)
- The Secret Angel #2
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It Happened One Night/It Never Happened At All
Deluxe Appleseed reissue of JWH’s legendary live debut (complete for the first time), plus the lost first studio album, previously unreleased. Two-CD set, containing two alternate front covers.
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- Headful of Something/The Devil In Me
- Who You Really Are
- Famous Man
- You and Your Career
- July 13th 1985
- One Night Only
- Affairs of the Heart
- Humankind
- Phil Ochs, Bob Dylan,
- Steve Goodman, Dave Blue and Me
- The Night He Took Her
- To The Fairground
- The Biggest Monument
- Save A Little Room For Me
- Kiss/Lovers Society
- Careers Service
- Pound Pound Pound
- Roy Orbison Knows
- Bastard Son
- Every Sunrise Is Another Sunset
- Three Legged Man
It Never Happened At All track list
- Love's Sacrifice
- Roy Orbison Knows
- The Devil In Me
- Same Thing Twice
- Browning Road
- Lovers Society
- Scared Of Guns
- Who You Really Are
- Bad Fruit
- Pound Pound Pound
- One Night Only
- The Night He Took Her
- To The Fairground
- Save A Little Room For Me
- You Can't Take It With You
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Dynablob 4: Swings and Roundabouts (reissue)
Originally released in 2002, the remastered latest addition to the Dynablob series includes the prophetic and recently renamed “Darwin (I Told You So).”
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- Merry-Go-Round
- The Governess
- The Common Kiss
- Dreamfader
- Darwin
- Love's Reign Of Terror
- Meet The Sheep
- For An Actress
- Don't Rain On Me Today
- Thank You, You're Welcome
- The Fall Of The House Of Harding
- World Of Light
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Dynablob 3: 26th March 1999 (reissue)
Orignially released in 1999, this third Dynablob has been remastered. Recorded at the Freight and Salvage in Berkeley, CA, and featuring JWH and Robert Lloyd on the Trad Arr Jones tour.
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- The Singer's Request
- Things Snowball
- Isle of France
- Save A Little Room For Me
- William Glenn
- Talking Return Of The Great
- Gangsta Folk Scare Blues
- Little Musgrave
- The Red Rose And The Briar
- Miss Fortune
- Window Seat
- Annan Water
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Dynablob 2: It Happened Every Night
The second Dynablob release features JWH with a band and solo. Fifteen otherwise unavailable songs recorded live at concerts around America.
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- Handful of Sand
- Elvis Has Left The Building
- Hostile Two Party System
- Gentleman's Dream
- Star Struck Banner
- A Fan Speaks
- Skyscrapers of Memphis
- The Brain of Britain
- When Dreams Come True
- No More
- When All The Bad Things In Your Life Turn To Worth It
- Election Night/You Will Be Cured
- Robert Frost Rag
- I Just Wanna Talk
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Dynablob 1
The first of the Dynablob series features fifteen otherwise unreleased studio versions.
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- Phil Ochs, Bob Dylan, Steve Goodman, Dave Blue and Me
- The Man wtih Two Surnames
- The Wrong Goodbye
- Peeling Bark
- Dead on Arrival
- The Devil in (Little Ol') Me
- Save A Little Room For Me
- Build Me a Coffin
- Idiot's Delight
- Eating Each Other's Babies
- Ask Why
- The Person You Are
- The Celestial Shuttle
- Talking Return of the Great
- Folk Scare Blues
- Election Night Hide
Dynablob 1-4: The Complete Set
No bonus tracks, no reasons to induce you to buy them all again if you’ve done so already—just all four Dynablob CDs in one easy go, at a reduced price.
‘Ghost Rhymes’—David Lewis
David Lewis’s third album. Recorded in San Francisco, Seattle and Harpenden, coproduced by JWH, Chris von Sneidern, and Kurt Bloch, Ghost Rhymes is David’s best yet: a beautiful album of gentle, beautifully arranged folk/pop. Features none other than Robert Lloyd, not to mention three JWH cowrites.
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- Something Real
- Water From The Well
- Whole Again
- Ghost Rhyme
- Hidden Heart
- Tricks With Time
- Waterwheel
- Follow Her Down
- Confidence
- Fever Dream
- Trying to Remember a Dream
- Black Pig
- Lullaby
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BOOKS
By George
The US hardback edition of Wesley Stace’s second novel, By George, picked by the New York Public Library as a Book To Remember of 2007.
Misfortune
The U.S. paperback edition of Wesley Stace’s first novel, international bestseller Misfortune.
MISCELLANEOUS
Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead signed artwork
A print of Abbey Stace’s cover artwork for Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead, beautifully reproduced on high quality paper, hand-signed by both JWH and the artist, and hand-numbered in an edition of 100. Ideally suited for framing. Sent rolled. 15″ x 19.25″, charcoal on tinted paper.
Cabinet of Wonders poster
A print of the beautiful poster for the New York City run of John Wesley Harding’s Cabinet of Wonders at Le Poisson Rouge, from the spring of 2010. 11″ x 17″, heavy stock. Sent rolled.
A Bloody Show DVD
JWH’s first DVD. The entire Bumbershoot 2005 show, featuring JWH, the Love Hall Tryst, the Minstrel in the Galleries, JWH’s Harmoniemusik, Scott MacCaughey, and, as the narrator, Robyn Hitchcock. With bonus rehearsal footage. First 5,000 numbered copies also include 14-track studio CD, The Tryst Demos. (Color/Stereo/89 minutes).
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- Do Not Fear The Dark #1
- Joan Of Arc (The Ballad Of La Pucelle)
- Lord Lovel
- Female Rambling Sailor
- The Sanguinary Butcher
- Shallow Brown
- Lambkin
- The Lady Dressed In Green
- Do Not Fear The Dark #2
- Lord Bateman
- The Abandoned Baby
- Hamlet
- Sussex Ghost Story
The Tryst Demos track list
- The Abandoned Baby
- Female Rambling Sailor
- Do Not Fear The Dark
- Jack In The Green
- The Sanguinary Butcher
- Tristram Shandy
- Shallow Brown
- The Female Frollick
- Lord Bateman
- The Lady Dressed In Green
- Handsome Cabin Boy
- Lord Lovel
- Lambkin
- Ballad of Miss Fortune
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