Browse by Label: RETURN TO SENDER (GERMANY)

Artist:	VAN ZANDT, TOWNES
Title:	Live At The McCabe´s
Label:	RETURN TO SENDER (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	RTS 032CD

"This recording is live from McCabe's Los Angeles, Feb 10, 1995. Van Zandt on guitar and vocals, with Kelly Joe Phelps on dobro. The songs of Townes Van Zandt are destined to be for folk artists what the works of Gershwin are to saloon singers...the quintessence of troubadour music, thanks to the somber grace of the late Lone Star legend's language and the engaging simplicity of his melodies. The recently released Poet: Tribute To Townes Van Zandt album, featuring performances of his most historic tracks by the likes of Nanci Griffith, Emmylou Harris, Cowboy Junkies, Steve Earle, Guy Clark, & Willie Nelson raises the interest in Van Zandt to an all-time high. McCabe's is a fine performance from the later years; a nice, semi-rare 'Pueblo Waltz', 'Shrimp Song', and 'Snowin on Raton'. Other highlights are 'Katie Belle Blue' and 'A Song For', and 'The Hole'. This album best captures an intimate latter day concert by Townes -- sounding old, sage, funny and dear. Limited to 2000 copies."

Artist:	BROKAW, CHRIS
Title:	Wandering As Water
Label:	RETURN TO SENDER (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	RTS 042CD

"A musician's musician, Chris Brokaw has been making records for over 15 years, as a drummer for Codeine, a founding member and guitarist for Come, and a drummer again with the New Year. In 2002 he broke out with a critically-lauded and fully adept solo piece: Red Cities on Atavistic. His prowess as a guitarist has him touring year-round with acts like Steve Wynn, Consonant, Evan Dando, Pullman, the Willard Grant Conspiracy and his former Come partner Thalia Zedek. A long-time admirer of the songwriter Townes Van Zandt, now Brokaw has an opportunity to let his own songwriting shine on Wandering As Water. If you've seen Brokaw live, you know how much staid energy can come from one man. Armed with his guitar and a lone tapping tambourine, these recordings echo those performances in both their simplicity and in their power. Instrumental pieces imbued with harmony and coated in emotive grace. Brokaw's vocals come just as easily as the slide on his guitar, and soon enough, the listener is drawn into the kitchen, where he's found a place to play and a few sympathetic ears. Like Van Zandt, Brokaw already has a wide swath of experience from which to draw pointed observations and gruff realities. People shift, things change, live goes on. But that guitar sound and tapping tambourine seem to remain. Constant. Another stripped-down gem from Return To Sender."

Artist:	MINUS 5
Title:	I Don't Know Who I Am
Label:	RETURN TO SENDER (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	RTS 043CD

6th album overall by this supersession-led group, started in the early 90s by Scott McCaughey (Young Fresh Fellows), with Pete Buck, Wilco, etc. guesting. Subtitled: Let The War Against Music Begin Vol. 2, this album is a sequel/expansion of sessions from their 2001 album. "These songs were recorded during the sporadic and sprawling Let The War Against Music Begin sessions. For reasons both clear and confounding they did not appear on that record. I am extremely proud of Let The War Against Music Begin -- in a strange way though, this is more the record Peter and I had originally intended to make, and perhaps more deserving of that belligerent, but triumphant, title. I hope you find it suitably harrowing. -- Scott McCaughey." Musicians: Scott McCaughey and Peter Buck; with Barrett Martin, Ken Stringfellow, Jeff Tweedy, Morgan Fisher, Christy McWilson, Jon Auer, Mark Hoyt, Jason Finn, Dennis Diken, Charlie Francis, Rob Allum, Jason Bick.

Artist:	VA
Title:	Return To Sender 2001
Label:	RETURN TO SENDER (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	RTS 2001CD

Compilation of artists involved with the limited edition German label, Return To Sender. Features mostly exclusive/previously unreleased tracks from: Idyll Swords, Veranda Music, Loretta, Fink, Hungry Ghosts, Tom Liwa, Missouri, John Wolfington, Hannah Marcus, Two Dollar Guitar, Ryan Adams, Christina Rosenvinge, Green Apple Sea, Tenfold Loadstar, Chris Cacavas, Sonja Hunter, Townes Van Zandt, Barb Donovan, Barbara Manning & Go-Lucky's, Mushroom.

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