$
/
US

Stevie Ray Vaughan The Sky Is Crying

Analogue Productions | Item No: 508006
Vinyl LP | 1991 / US – Reissue | New
$ 32.69 $ 54.50 -40%
VAT free plus Shipping Costs
Add to Cart Coming Soon Sold out Currently not available Not Enough Coins
Sold out This item is sold out.
Item Description
With his astonishingly accomplished guitar playing, Stevie Ray Vaughan ignited the blues revival of the '80s. Vaughan drew equally from bluesmen like Albert King, Otis Rush and Hubert Sumlin and rock 'n' roll players like Jimi Hendrix and Lonnie Mack, as well as the stray jazz guitarist like Kenny Burrell, developing a uniquely eclectic and fiery style that sounded like no other guitarist, regardless of genre.
The "Sky Is Crying" was released after SRV's 1990 helicopter crash that took his life. The posthumously assembled 10-track outtakes collection actually proves to be one of Vaughan's most consistent albums, rivaling "In Step" as the best outside of the Greatest Hits collection. These songs were recorded in sessions spanning from 1984's "Couldn't Stand The Weather" to 1989's "In Step" and were left off of the LPs for whatever reason (or, in the case of "Soul To Soul's" "Empty Arms", a different version was used).
What makes the record work is its eclectic diversity — Vaughan plays slide guitar on "Boot Hill" and acoustic on "Life By The Drop"; he smokes on the slow blues of "May I Have A Talk With You" and the title track just as much as on the up-tempo Lonnie Mack cover, "Wham"; and he shows the jazzy side of his playing on Hendrix's "Little Wing" and Kenny Burrell's "Chitlins Con Carne".
»Check out Vaughan's jazz chops on Kenny Burrell's "Chitlins Con Carne", and Hendrix's "Little Wing", arguably this collection's most staggering achievement, alternately whisper-sweet and screamingly fierce«, says The Absolute Sound. Other tips of the hat are to Muddy Waters, Lonnie Mack ("Wham"), Elmore James, and Albert King (the title track), yet each song is pure, unleashed SRV. The sound is big, bold, up front, and clean as a whistle. Vaughan's different tonal shadings — from warmly purring, to raggedly distorted, to wasp-tailed sting, plus a rare acoustic turn on the gorgeous closer, "Life By The Drop" — are all superbly captured, and the drums and bass have plenty of clarity and wallop. As TAS says, »A brilliant musical document … if a sad reminder.«
As we did with our vaunted box set reissues, "Texas Hurricane", again Analogue Productions is bringing you the finest-sounding Stevie Ray Vaughan collections ever preserved on 200-gram vinyl. Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound cut the lacquers for the LPs using the ultimate VMS 80 cutting lathe. Gary Salstrom handled the plating and the vinyl was pressed of course at Quality Record Pressings.
There's not a link in this chain that wasn't absolute first-rate. The absolute best that money can buy. We're passionate about the blues and Stevie Ray and the passion shows up here in spades.
Item Details
Item No: 508006
Artist: Stevie Ray Vaughan
Title: The Sky Is Crying
Label: Analogue Productions
Catalog No: AS AAPB 101
Format: Vinyl LP, Vinyl, LP
Pressing: US – Reissue
Release Date: 1991
Genre: Organic Grooves
Style: Blues
Available since: 2016-11-29
Condition: New
Price: $ 54.50 $ 32.69
Weight: 250g (plus 250g Packaging)
Tracklist
A1 Boot Hill
A2 The Sky Is Crying
A3 Empty Arms
A4 Little Wing
A5 Wham
B1 May I Have A Talk With You
B2 Close To You
B3 Chitlins Con Carne
B4 So Excited
B5 Life By The Drop
Our customers also bought
Related Items
Our customers also bought
Related Items
Vinyl, CD & Tape from Artist
Used Vinyl from Artist
Merchandise from Artist
Vinyl, CD & Tape from Artist
Vinyl, CD & Tape from Artist
Used Vinyl from Artist
Used Vinyl from Artist
Merchandise from Artist
Merchandise from Artist
Vinyl, CD & Tape from Artist
Vinyl, CD & Tape from Artist
Vinyl, CD & Tape from Artist
Used Vinyl from Artist
Used Vinyl from Artist
Used Vinyl from Artist
Merchandise from Artist
Merchandise from Artist
Merchandise from Artist
Vinyl, CD & Tape from Label
Used Vinyl from Label
Merchandise from Label
Vinyl, CD & Tape from Label
Vinyl, CD & Tape from Label
Used Vinyl from Label
Used Vinyl from Label
Merchandise from Label
Merchandise from Label
Vinyl, CD & Tape from Label
Vinyl, CD & Tape from Label
Vinyl, CD & Tape from Label
Used Vinyl from Label
Used Vinyl from Label
Used Vinyl from Label
Merchandise from Label
Merchandise from Label
Merchandise from Label