Cowboy Junkies Vinyl, CD & Tape 4 Items

Cowboy Junkies recorded this spectacular LP as a 'live‘ event Nov. 27, 1987 at the Church of the Holy Trinity in Toronto. It was recorded with a digital R-Dat and using only a Calrec Ambisonic Microphone.
Yes, this is a digital recording. True to our company principles, Analogue Productions in almost all cases reissues recordings only where the analog master tape is available. However, there are rare exceptions that whether digitally recorded or otherwise, a recording is so outstanding it's worthy of the highest quality vinyl reissue.
Featuring the sultry voice of Margo Timmins, the precise musicianship of her brothers Peter (on drums) and Michael (on guitar), and bassist Alan Anton, "The Trinity Session“ is a spare, evocative, countrified-rock classic. First released in late 1988, The Trinity Session was named 'Album of the Year‘ by The Los Angeles Times and The New York Times described it as »a quiet, special record that challenges traditional music.« Rolling Stone declared the album to be »as important as it its inspiring.«
Today, it remains much more than a snapshot of a single day's work captured on tape. So for this deluxe Analogue Productions reissue, we pulled out all the stops. Starting with new mastering from the original session digital tapes by the original recording engineer, Peter Moore. And lacquer cutting by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound.
Next, we kicked up the packaging and content several notches. You're holding a heavyweight old-style tip-on Stoughton Printing jacket, and it has brand-new liner notes by author and music editor Jason Schneider. The liner notes share space with additional recording session photos, inside and on the back cover. Additionally, the cover has been redesigned to remove the lettering and photo distortion originally applied and make it appear as the musicians/artist originally intended. Lastly, this sonic treasure has been pressed on 200g vinyl at Quality Record Pressings, maker of the world's finest LPs, with stampers plated by master plating technician Gary Salstrom.
The inspired reworking of both "Blue Moon" and "Working On A Building" reveal the Timmins family to be talented interpreters and insightful neo-traditionalists. Mixing the ambitious songwriting of Margo and Michael Timmins with subdued covers of Lou Reed's "Sweet Jane" and Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," "The Trinity Session“ is an exquisite collection that holds up quite well under repeated listenings.
»The ambient buzz of Toronto's Church of the Holy Trinity, where the Junkies recorded the album around one microphone, colors every song, reinforcing the live setting and generating vinyl intimacy even on CD. It's as if the church itself was an instrument, one that Junkies could play pretty well. It allows Margo Timmins' voice to fill your field of vision, simultaneously soothing and unsettling, while her brother Michael's guitar rumbles through the songs, a little louder and sharper than anticipated.« — Pitchfork

First Ever Lp Version, Classic Black Vinyl! Wouldn't Waste Records Provides Us With A Reissue Of 2007 Cowboy Junkies "Family" Concept Album, For The First Time Ever On Vinyl. After Last Years Rereleased "Open", The Next Cd Album From The Cowboy Junkies Sees The Light Of Vinyl Day. "In Other Words, This Is Not A Typical -- And There Is Such A Thing As A Typical -- Cowboy Junkies Recording. [...] What At The End Of Paths Taken Means For The Cowboy Junkies: It's Like A Renaissance. The Emotion Margo Infuses These Lyrics With And The Tautness Of The Musical Performances Are Anything But Lithe Or Lazy. They're Hungry. - Allmusic.Comyou Probably Think You Know What The New Cowboy Junkies Record Sounds Like. You Don't. Yes, The Trademarks Are There. How Could It Be Otherwise After Two Decades? But They're All Twisted, Re-Evaluated, Renewed. Songs No Longer Draw Life From The Understated, Almost Unheard Pulse Of Alan Anton's Bassline, A Sound That Now Propels Undulating Melodies On "Mountain" Or "My Little Basquiat". Anton Almost Switches Places With Margo Timmins, Still The Most Arresting Voice In The Game, Yet Buried Deeper Inside These Songs, Songs Which Create A Surround Sound Universe Of Their Own, Be It From Plaintive Acoustics Like "Someday Soon" Or The Kitchen Sink Overload Of "Mountain", Where All Hell Breaks Loose. Tomorrow Never Knew. - Dave Bowler

The Trinity Session by Cowboy Junkies is completely re-mastered and includes 2 tracks that were previously not included on the album; "Blue Moon Revisited" and "Working On A Building". The records are packed in a newly designed gatefold with additional photos and features new liner notes written by author and music editor Jason Schneider.