Long Ryders Final Wild Songs CD

2016 four CD collection. The Long Ryders were formed by several American musicians influenced by Gram Parsons and The Byrds, with country and punk rock influences. The band featured Sid Griffin on guitar, autoharp, and bugle, Stephen McCarthy, guitar, steel guitar, mandolin, and banjo, Des Brewer, as bassist, (later replaced by Tom Stevens) and Greg Sowders, playing drums and percussion. With a sound reminiscent of Gram Parsons, Buffalo Springfield and The Flying Burrito Brothers, but with a harder edge, they anticipated the alternative country music of the 1990s by a decade. This career overview has been compiled with both Sid Griffin and Tom Stevens from original tapes (where they exist) - Sid has contributed a track by track breakdown for the set. The set features all the original albums as well as demos, singles and rare live recordings. Re-\mastered by Andy Pearce, the recordings and in Sid's opinion have never sounded so good. A new booklet designed by Phil Smee contains many rare photos and memorabilia.

1. Join My Gang 2. You Don't Know What's Right 3. 10/5/60 4. And She Rides 5. Born to Believe in You 6. Final Wild 7. Ivory Tower 8. Run Dusty Run 9. (Sweet) Mental Revenge 10. Fair Game 11. Tell It to the Judge on Sunday 12. Wreck of the 809 13. Too Close to the Light 14. Never Got to Meet the Mom 15. I Had a Dream 16. Masters of War 17. Black Girl - Acoustic May-June 1984 18. Wreck of the 809 - Acoustic May-June 1984 19. Further Along - Acoustic May-June 1984 20. The Rains Came - CBGBS April 1984 21. You Can't Judge a Book By the Cover - West End, Chicago Nov 1984 22. Looking for Lewis and Clark 23. Lights of Downtown 24. Wdia 25. Mason-Dixon Line 26. Here Comes That Train Again 27. Years Long Ago 28. Good Times Tomorrow, Hard Times Today 29. Two Kinds of Love 30. You Can't Ride the Boxcars Anymore 31. Capturing the Flag 32. State of My Union 33. Southside of the Story 34. Child Bride 35. If I Were a Bramble and You Were a Rose 36. Looking for Lewis and Clark - Ogwt 37. Lights of Downtown - Captain's Mix, Island Studios 38. Capturing the Flag - Captain's Mix, Island Studios 39. Christmas in New Zealand - State of Our Union 40. Encore from Hell 41. Gunslinger Man 42. I Want You Bad 43. A Stitch in Time 44. The Light Gets in the Way 45. Prairie Fire 46. Baby's in Toyland 47. Long Story Short 48. Man of Misery 49. Harriet Tubman's Gonna Carry Me Home 50. For the Rest of My Days 51. Spectacular Fall 52. Ring Bells 53. 17 Ways 54. Basic Black 55. Pushin' Uphill 56. How Do We Feel What's Real 57. He's Got Himself a Young Girl (And He Can't Keep Up) 58. He Can Hear His Brother Calling 59. Sad Sad Songs 60. Flak Jacket 61. Blues Theme 62. Mason Dixon Line 63. Time Keeps Traveling 64. (Sweet) Mental Revenge 65. Run Dusty Run 66. You Don't Know What's Right 67. As God Is My Witness 68. Ivory Tower 69. I Can't Hide 70. Masters of War 71. Wreck of the 809 72. Good Times Tomorrow, Hard Times Today 73. Six Days on the Road 74. Southside of the Story 75. Still Get By 76. Tell It to the Judge on Sunday