Lost Recordings III

NOW UNTIL JANUARY FIRST ALL CASSETTE PURCHASES COME WITH A FREE ALBUM CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT. IF YOU PURCHASE THE CASSETTE LIBRARY YOU WILL RECEIVE ONE ORNAMENT FOR EACH ALBUM!!! When Daniel left Austin in February 1987 he was in a bad state of mind. After retiring from the music business and returning to his parents’ home in West Virginia he would spend the next several months in bed medicated and depressed. As an ode to his hero John Lennon’s “Lost Weekend” he would later refer to this period as his “Lost Year.” By the beginning of 1988 he had begun to feel better. The happening UK label Blast First (whose roster included Sonic Youth, The Butthole Surfers and Big Black) was planning to release Hi, How Are You on vinyl that summer and he was taking an interest in music again. He was calling and writing letters on a regular basis and soon we were making plans to promote the record release. But what he wasn’t doing was writing or creating new music on the family piano where he had previously composed and recorded much of his best work. That changed one day when he looked under the bed and found a shoebox full of cassettes that have come to be known as The Lost Recordings. There were six tapes dating from 1980 - 1983 and he was excited by what he heard. He wasn’t so interested in releasing them right away, but they inspired him to start playing and...  more credits released January 1, 1980 All songs written by Daniel Johnston except where noted. Additional guitars and vocals by Tom Gruda, Sr. Remastered in 24-bit Lossless Audio from the original source tapes by Kramer (Shimmy-Disc founder and longtime collaborator of Daniel Johnston).