Davis,John Pure Night Plus CD

John Davis's earliest recordings on Shrimper are being reissued in conjunction with Davis's Inundation label (which issued his instrumental record Gnawing On The Bone last year). This double CD includes his debut cassette (Stars & Songs, 1993), 7-inch EP (R.I.P., D.I.Y., 1993) and LP (Pure Night, 1994), along with a four song EP that was originally tucked into a split single with Sandra Bell, (Instress Vol. 1, 1995) and seven bonus tracks, six of them unreleased. New extensive liner notes by John Davis and Adam Green of The Moldy Peaches explore Davis's beginnings in The Palace Brothers and the bridge that would lead him to The Folk Implosion. The original recordings have been remastered from the master tapes by engineer and producer Matt Pence. The original artwork by Davis and his sister Theo has been tracked down and lovingly rendered here, merging with unreleased photographs in a six page eco-pack with a sixteen page booklet. These fifty stark and intimate home recordings are out of place and out of time, as unable to date with carbon as those of Moondog, Harry Partch, Annette Peacock and other one person bands of gold. These timeless melodies would go on to influence a generation of songwriters, and are presented here in all of their minimal glory.

1. Pure Night 2. No One Around 3. You're with Me / Wedding Bell Tunes 4. Hey, You Don't Say 5. To Care Today 6. Where You Shouldn't Be 7. Don't Let It 8. Love You I 9. Hey Cheeky 10. Like the Water 11. Our World, Brained 12. Windy 13. Angel I Drive / Tongued in the Mouth 14. Angels Surround 15. Here the Pretty Things Come 16. Breathe in You 17. Blind Love 18. River Boat 19. Into the Sunset 20. Over Nothing 21. 6 Shooters ; Canyons 22. Not Long for This World 23. There's No Judgement Day 24. Yes, You 25. Blonde Downtown 26. Slit Lip Glass Lady 27. The Countryside and the Second Sun 28. I Remember the Angels 29. You're in My Dream 30. Baby, Baby 31. To Do 32. Open the Canvas 33. Sun St 34. Loud Are the Cherry Trees 35. Not Long for This World 36. World on Fire 37. Hot Air 38. The News 39. Glass 40. Saturday Night Fever 41. Headed Home for a Ride 42. Leave Home 43. The Mind Is Filled 44. I Had a Dream I Was Down By the Ocean 45. New York City 46. Christmas Day 47. I Hear Bells 48. Recall 49. Follow Up, Follow Down 50. Waiting for My Wife