Emmylou Harris "Wrecking Ball" Remaster.

[Aaron]

Over at nonesuch.com it's been announced that Emmylou Harris' 1995 album "Wrecking Ball" will be remastered, and re-released in April of this year. The package will be a three disc set, with a second CD of outtakes from the sessions, and a DVD titled "Building the Wrecking Ball" which will feature "interviews and studio footage of Harris and Lanois as well as special guests Kate and Anna McGarrigle, Neil Young, Steve Earle, Brian Blade, and others."

It's now available to pre-order at nonesuch.com - and preorders come with a signed print.

"Wrecking Ball" is one of my favorite U2 side projects. Larry Mullen contributed to a number of tracks on the album, and Danny Lanois produced and plays on the whole album.  I'm happy to see it getting a digital look and i'm patiently waiting to see what the second disc of audio tracks brings.  Maybe it will have some additional Mullen work?

[slaneman]

Looks like the outtakes will have a couple of songs Larry played on:

http://www.nonesuch.com/albums/wrecking-ball

only $25 for 2CDs and a DVD is a pretty good deal.

[morgan1098]

I love this album as well!  I'm hoping to hear some more Larry on the bonus tracks, and maybe he'll pop up in the documentary as well, although the press release doesn't mention him.  In case the track list wasn't at Nonesuch, here it is:


Disc 1
1. “Where Will I Be?” (Daniel Lanois)
2. “Goodbye” (Steve Earle)
3. “All My Tears” (Julie Miller)
4. “Wrecking Ball” (Neil Young)
5. “Goin’ Back to Harlan” (Anna McGarrigle)
6. “Deeper Well” (David Olney, Lanois, Emmylou Harris)
7. “Every Grain of Sand” (Bob Dylan)
8. “Sweet Old World” (Lucinda Williams)
9. “May This Be Love” (Jimi Hendrix)
10. “Orphan Girl” (Gillian Welch)
11. “Blackhawk” (Daniel Lanois)
12. “Waltz Across Texas Tonight” (Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harris)

Disc 2 – Deeper Well: The Wrecking Ball Outtakes
1. Still Water 3:55
2. Where Will I Be (alternate version) 4:14
3. All My Tears 3:21
4. How Will I Ever Be Simple Again 3:36
5. Deeper Well 2:18
6. The Stranger Song 5:21
7. Sweet Old World (alternate version) 5:56
8. Gold 3:16
9. Blackhawk (alternate version) 4:40
10. May This Be Love (acoustic) 2:15
11. Goin’ Back to Harlan 2:35
12. Where Will I Be (alternate version) 2:13
13. Deeper Well 3:06

[Aaron]

Mine shipped last week.  Hoping it makes it here for Monday.  If not it will be out on Tuesday... :-)

[u2expert]

Received email today (Tuesday, April 8th 2014) from Nonesuch Records with download link.

Format:
MP3 / 320kbps

File:
wrecking_ball_digital_album_free_emd.zip

Tracks:
01_Where_Will_I_Be.mp3
02_Goodbye.mp3
03_All_My_Tears.mp3
04_Wrecking_Ball.mp3
05_Goin_Back_to_Harlan.mp3
06_Deeper_Well.mp3
07_Every_Grain_of_Sand.mp3
08_Sweet_Old_World.mp3
09_May_This_Be_Love.mp3
10_Orphan_Girl.mp3
11_Blackhawk.mp3
12_Waltz_Across_Texas_Tonight.mp3
13_Still_Water_1.mp3
14_Where_Will_I_Be_alternate_version.mp3
15_All_My_Tears.mp3
16_How_Will_I_Ever_Be_Simple_Again_1.mp3
17_Deeper_Well_1.mp3
18_The_Stranger_Song.mp3
19_Sweet_Old_World_alternate_version.mp3
20_Gold.mp3
21_Black_Hawk_alternate_version.mp3
22_May_This_Be_Love_acoustic.mp3
23_Goin_Back_to_Harlan.mp3
24_Where_Will_I_Be_alternate_version-incomplete.mp3
25_Deeper_Well_3.mp3

Cheers,
u2expert

[u2expert]

FYI,

Awaiting reply from Nonesuch Store regarding FLAC encoding (16 or 24 bit).

The Nonesuch Store confirmed the FLAC encoding is only 16 bit. 

Cheers,
u2expert

[Aaron]

Got my link as well.  Listening now.  But no credits listed with the digital files.  So I'm hoping the booklets will provide a little more information.  I'm in love with her version of Lanois' "Still Water" already though.  Beautiful.  :-)

[Aaron]

http://www.nonesuch.com/albums/wrecking-ball
Has some snippets of the newly added tracks now if anyone wants a listen.

[morgan1098]

I looked at Barnes and Noble, Best Buy, and even the utter wasteland that is Walmart (they still carry lots of country music), but no one had this. So I'll head to my local indie later this week.

[Brad]

24-bit FLAC is available on HDTracks, but $26 seems a little steep to me just for digital files.

Same thing happened to me with the last Pearl Jam album. I pre-ordered FLACs from their official site which turned out to be 16-bit, and they were released in 24-bit the next week on HDTracks. 

The lesson I suppose is that if you think you might want something in hi rez, don't pre-order and wait to see what gets released.

FYI,

Awaiting reply from Nonesuch Store regarding FLAC encoding (16 or 24 bit).

The Nonesuch Store confirmed the FLAC encoding is only 16 bit. 

Cheers,
u2expert

[Aaron]

The tracks that include Larry on the second disc are:
Still Water
Where Will I Be (track 2)
All My Tears
Sweet Old World
Gold
May This be Love

Watching the DVD next :-)

[Aaron]

On the DVD you see Larry in the opening credits, and playing a few times throughout out, once while recording "Sweet Old World" and once just riffing in a group with Lanois and the others all sitting around...Lanois talks about recording Larry at another point.  Not a huge amount of U2 content there, but he is in there.  :-)

The DVD content is from 1996.  It was put together as a special back then.  It's 49 minutes in length so probably done for television?

[miryclay]

here is the HD tracks link...

http://www.hdtracks.com/emmylou-harris-wrecking-ball

Does anyone know a way to get these files onto a CD without being quashed?

[Brad]

here is the HD tracks link...

http://www.hdtracks.com/emmylou-harris-wrecking-ball

Does anyone know a way to get these files onto a CD without being quashed?

CD is always 16 bit, 44.1 kHz,  but you can make a 24/96 audio DVD that is playable in any standard DVD player.

http://www.computeraudiophile.com/f11-software/lossless-24-96-my-factory-car-stereo-20094/

[God, Part II]

Bought this for $19 and change and had it arrive yesterday from Amazon. This, along with the Nanci Griffith stuff, was my most difficult purchase because I utterly loathe country music. I had to do it because I'm sick in the U2 head; it was much more for the peace of mind that it will help make my collection more complete, not because it will ever be spun more than once per decade.