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Chanteur
Country Rock US né Cecil Connor, le 5 Novembre 1946, à Winter Heaven
(Floride). Gram Parsons a débuté à l'age de 13 ans, mais ce n'est qu'en 1968 que sa carrière démarre. Il joue alors avec les "Byrds", puis fonde les "Flying Burrito Bros.".
Au début des années soixante dix , il enregistre sous son propre nom, accompagné d'une jeune choriste qui deviendra célèbre dans la Country Music:
Emmylou Harris. Gram Parsons est décédé
le 19 Septembre 1973 dans un motel à Joshua Tree
(Californie).
Gram Parsons
is the father of country-rock. With the International Submarine Band, the Byrds,
and
the Flying Burrito Brothers, the songwriter pioneered the concept of a rock
band playing country music, and as a solo artist he moved even further into the
country realm, blending the two genres to the point that they became
indistinguishable from each other. While he was alive, Parsons was a cult figure
that never sold many records but influenced countless fellow musicians, from the
Rolling Stones to the Byrds. In the years since his death, his stature has only
grown, as numerous rock and country artists build on his small, but enormously
influential, body of work.
Gram Parsons was born Cecil Ingram Connor on November 5, 1946. He was the
grandson of John Snivley, who owned roughly one-third of all the citrus fields
in Florida, and the son of Coon Dog Connor, an Air Force veteran who owned a
box-making factory in Waycross, Georgia. As a child, Parsons learned how to play
the piano at the age of nine, the same year he saw
Elvis Presley perform at his school; following the seminal performance,
Parsons decided to become a musician. When he was 12, Parsons' father committed
suicide, and the family moved in with Parsons' grandparents in Winter Haven, FL.
A year after the move, his mother married Robert Parsons; Gram was then adopted
by his stepfather, and the child legally changed his name to Gram Parsons.
At the age of 14, Parsons began playing in the local rock & roll band the Pacers,
which evolved into the Legends. During its time together, the Legends featured
Jim Stafford and Kent Lavoie, who would later come to fame under the name Lobo.
In 1963, Parsons formed a folk group called the Shilos who performed throughout
Florida and cut several demos. He graduated from high school two years later; on
the same day he graduated, however, his mother died of alcohol poisoning.
Following his graduation, Gram Parsons enrolled at Harvard to study theology. He
only spent one semester at Harvard, during which time he devoted more energy to
playing music than attending classes. Meanwhile, he also formed the
International Submarine Band with guitarist John Nuese, bassist Ian Dunlop and
drummer Mickey Gauvin. After he dropped out of college, Parsons moved to New
York City with the International Submarine Band in 1966. The group spent a year
in New York, developing a heavily country-influenced rock & roll sound and
cutting two unsuccessful singles for Columbia Records. The band then relocated
to Los Angeles in 1967, where they secured a record contract with
Lee Hazlewood's LHI record label. Their debut album, Safe at Home, was
released in early 1968, but by the time it appeared in stores, the International
Submarine Band had already disbanded.
Around the time the International Submarine Band dissolved, Parsons met
Chris Hillman, the bassist for the Byrds. At that time, the Byrds were
rebuilding their lineup and
Hillman recommended to the band's leader, Roger McGuinn, that Parsons join
the ranks. By the spring of 1968,
Parsons had become a member of
the Byrds and was largely responsible for the group's shift towards country
music with the album Sweetheart of the Rodeo. The album was originally planned
to feature Parsons' lead Vocals, but as he was still contractually obligated to
LHI, his voice had to be stripped from the final product.
Gram Parsons only spent a few months with the Byrds, leaving the band in the
fall of 1968 because he refused to accompany them on a tour of South Africa,
allegedly because he opposed apartheid.
Chris Hillman left the band shortly after him, and the duo formed
the Flying Burrito Brothers in late 1968. Parsons and
Hillman enlisted pedal steel guitarist
"Sneaky" Pete Kleinow and bassist Chris Ethridge to complete the band's
lineup, and the group and recorded a debut album with a series of session
drummers. The Gilded Palace of Sin,
the Flying Burrito Brothers' debut album, was released in 1969. Although the
album only sold a few thousand copies, the group gathered a dedicated cult
following that was mainly composed of musicians, including the Rolling Stones.
In fact, by the time the album was released, Parsons had begun hanging around
the Rolling Stones frequently, becoming close friends with Keith Richards.
Parsons had experimented with drugs and alcohol before he met Richards, but in
1969 he dove deep into substance abuse, which he supported with his sizable
trust fund.
Parsons recorded a second album with
the Flying Burrito Brothers, but by the time the record -- titled
Burrito Deluxe -- appeared in the spring of 1970, he had already left the
band. Shortly after his departure, he recorded a handful of songs with producer
Terry Melcher but failed to complete the album. Following those sessions,
Parsons entered a holding pattern in which he acted the role of a rock star
instead of actually playing music. He spent much of his time either hanging out
with the Stones or ingesting large amounts of drugs and alcohol; frequently, he
did a combination of the two. In 1971, Parsons toured with the Rolling Stones in
England and attended the recording of the band's Exile on Main Street, and it
appeared that he would sign with the band's record label. Instead, he headed
back to Los Angeles late in 1971, spending the rest of the year and the first
half of 1972 writing material for an impending solo album. He met
Emmylou Harris through
Chris Hillman, and Parsons asked her to join his backing band; she accepted.
By the summer of 1972, he was prepared to enter the studio to record his first
solo album. Parsons had assembled a band -- which included
Harris, guitarist
James Burton, bassist Rick Grech, Barry Tashian, Glen D. Hardin, and Ronnie
Tutt -- and had asked
Merle Haggard to produce the album. After meeting Parsons, however,
Haggard turned the offer down, and Parsons chose
Haggard's engineer, Hugh Davis, as the album's producer instead. The
resulting album, G.P., was released late in 1972 to good reviews but poor sales.
Following the release of G.P., Parsons embarked on a small tour with his backing
band, the Fallen Angels. After the tour was completed, they entered the studio
to record his second album, Grievous Angel. The album was finished toward the
end of the summer, and Parsons celebrated its completion by taking a vacation
near the Joshua Tree National Monument in California. He spent most of his time
there consuming drugs and alcohol. On September 19, 1973, he overdosed on
morphine and tequila; although rushed to the Yucca Valley Hospital, he was
pronounced dead on arrival. According to the funeral plans, his body was to be
flown back to New Orleans for a burial. However, Parsons' road manager stole the
body after the funeral and carried it back out to the Joshua Tree desert, where
he cremated the body using gasoline. Phil Kaufman later revealed that the
cremation had been Parsons' wish, and although he could not be convicted for
stealing the body, he was arrested for stealing and burning the coffin.
In the two decades following Gram Parsons' death, his legacy continued to grow,
as both country and rock musicians built on the music he left behind. Musicians
such as
Emmylou Harris and Elvis Costello covered his songs, and his influence could
still be heard well into the next millennium.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gram_Parsons
Talents : Vocals, Guitar
Style musical : Country Rock
Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles & EP
| 11/1968 | SP White Whale WW 290 (US) | . |
Christmas Is My Time Of Year / Will You Still Believe In Me? |
| 01/1973 | SP REPRISE PRO 557 (US) (promo) | . | Cry One More Time / Streets Of Baltimore |
| 01/1973 | SP REPRISE REP 1139 (US) | . | She / That's All It Took |
| 01/1974 | SP REPRISE REP 1192 (US) | . | Gram PARSON & Emmylou HARRIS - Love Hurts / In My Hour Of Darkness |
| 1974 | SP WARNER BROS. WBS 50013 (US) | . |
Return Of The Grevious Angel (remix) / Heart's On Fire (remix) |
| 1982 | SP SIERRA 45-105 (US) | . | Gram PARSONS & The FALLEN ANGELS - Love Hurts / The New Soft Shoe |
| 1982 | EP SIERRA GP/EP 104 (US) |
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Boney Moronie (Gram PARSONS & The FALLEN ANGELS) / 40 Days (Gram PARSONS & The FALLEN ANGELS) / Almost Grown (Gram PARSONS & The FALLEN ANGELS) / Conversations (Gram PARSONS & The FALLEN ANGELS) / Hot Burrito #1 (Gene PARSONS) |
| 2005 | SP Sundazed S 172 (US) |
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The International Submarine Band featuring Gram Parsons - Sum Up Broke / One Day Week |
| 2008 | EP Sundazed SEP 195 (US) |
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The International Submarine Band featuring Gram Parsons – Blue Eyes / Luxury Liner / Miller's Cave / I Must Be Somebody Else You've Known |
| 04/2011 | SP WARNER BROS. 527411-7 (US) (limited edition, blue) |
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Love Hurts (Gram Parsons & The Fallen Angels featuring Emmylou Harris) / Love Hurts (Jenny & Johnny) |
| 04/2015 | SP RHINO R7-547635 (US) | . | Brass Buttons (Gram PARSONS) / Brass Buttons (Lemonheads) |
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Albums
| 03/1973 | LP 12" REPRISE MS-2123 (US) |
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G.P. - Gram PARSONS & Emmylou HARRIS - Still Feeling Blue / We'll Sweep Out The Ashes In the Morning / A Song For You / Streets Of Baltimore / She / That's All It Took / The New Soft Shoe / Kiss The Children / Cry One More Time / How Much I've Lied / Big Mouth Blues | ||||
| 1973 | 2 LP 12" A & M 87 593 XDT (NL) |
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Honky Tonk Heaven -
The
Flying
Burrito BROS.
Featuring Gram Parsons :
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| 01/1974 | LP 12" REPRISE MS-2171 (US) |
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GREVIOUS ANGEL - Gram PARSONS & Emmylou HARRIS - Return Of The Grievous Angel / Hearts On Fire / I Can't Dance / Brass Buttons / $1000 Wedding / Medley Live From Northern Quebec / Cash On The Barrelhead / Hickory Wind / Love Hurts / Ooh Las Vegas / In My Hour Of Darkness (with Linda Ronstadt) | ||||
| 1976 | LP 12" A & M SP-4578 (US) |
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SLEEPLESS NIGHT - Gram PARSONS & The FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS - Brand New Heartache (Gram PARSONS featuring Emmylou HARRIS) / Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down (Flying Burrito BROS.) / Sing Me Back Home (Flying Burrito BROS.) / Your Angel Steps Out Of Heaven (Flying Burrito BROS.) / Crazy Arms (Flying Burrito BROS.) / Sleepless Nights (Gram PARSONS featuring Emmylou HARRIS) / Close Up The Honky Tonks (Flying Burrito BROS.) / Together Again (Flying Burrito BROS.) / Honky Tonk Women (Flying Burrito BROS.) / Green, Green, Grass Of Home (Flying Burrito BROS.) / Dim Lights (Flying Burrito BROS.) / The Angels Rejoiced Last Night (Gram PARSONS featuring Emmylou HARRIS) | ||||
| 1979 | LP 12" SIERRA BRIAR SRS-8702 (US) |
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THE EARLY YEARS, 1963 - 1965 - I May Be Right / Big Country / Zah's Blues / Mary Don't You Weep / Bells of Rhymney / Goin' Away, Don't You Wanta Go / They Still Go Down / On My Journey Home / Surfinanny / Oh Didn't They Crucify My Lord | ||||
| 1979 | LP 12" Shiloh SLP 4088 (UK) |
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Gram Parsons - Blue Eyes / Somebody Else You've Known / Millers Cave / Satisfied Mind / Strong Boy / Luxury Liner / I Still Miss Someone / Do You Know How It Feels To Be Lonesome / Folsom Prison Blues, That's All Right Mama (Medley) | ||||
| 02/1982 | LP 12" SIERRA RGP 1973 (US) |
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GRAM PARSONS & THE FALLEN ANGELS - LIVE 1973 - We'll Sweep Out The Ashes In The Morning / Country Baptizing / Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man / Big Mouth Blues / New Soft Shoe / Cry One More Time / Streets Of Baltimore / That's All It Took / Love Hurts / California Cotton Fields / Six Days On The Road / Encore Medley: Bony Moronie - Forty Days - Almost Grown | ||||
| 1982 | LP 12' WARNER BROS. K 57008 (UK) |
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Gram Parsons - We'll Sweep Out The Ashes In The Morning / Hearts On Fire / Kiss The Children / That's All It Took / Love Hurts / In My Hour Of Darkness / Return Of The Grievous Angel / Still Feeling Blue / $1000 Wedding / Las Vegas / The New Soft Shoe / How Much I've Lied / Cash On The Barrelhead / Hickory Wind | ||||
| 1984 | LP 12" Sundown SDLP-1010 (UK) |
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The Early Years 1963-1965 - I May Be Right / Big Country / Zah's Blues / Mary Don't You Weep / Bells Of Rhymney / Goin' Away Don't You Wanta Go / They Still Go Down / On My Journey Home / Surfinanny / Oh Didn't They Crucify My Lord | ||||
| 1986 | LP 12" A & M LP-396 903-1 (NL) |
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THE BEST - Gram Parsons / The Flying Burrito Bros - Brand New Heartache (Gram PARSONS With Emmylou HARRIS) / Juanita (FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS) / Hot Burrito # 1 (FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS) / Wheels (FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS) / Do Right Woman (FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS) / Close Up The Honky-Tonks (FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS) / Hot Burrito # 2 (FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS) / Wild Horses (FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS) / Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down (FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS) / Sleepless Nights (Gram PARSONS With Emmylou HARRIS) / The Angels Rejoiced Last Night (Gram PARSONS with Emmylou HARRIS) | ||||
| 1990 | CD REPRISE 9 26108-2 (US) |
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GP / Grievous Angel - GP : Still Feeling Blue / We'll Sweep Out The Ashes In The Morning / A Song For You / Streets Of Baltimore / She / That's All It Took / The New Soft Shoe / Kiss The Children / Cry One More Time / How Much I've Lied / Big Mouth Blues / Grievous Angel : Return Of The Grievous Angel / Hearts On Fire / I Can't Dance / Brass Buttons / $1000 Wedding / Medley Live From Northern Quebec: Cash On The Barrelhead - Hickory Wind / Cash On The Barrelhead / Hickory Wind / Love Hurts / Ooh Las Vegas / In My Hour Of Darkness | ||||
| 1991 | CD SIERRA OXCD 6003 (US) (promo) |
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Gram Parsons & The Fallen Angels – Live 1973 - We'll Sweep Out The Ashes / Country Baptizing / Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man / Big Mouth Blues / The New Soft Shoe / Cry One More Time / Streets Of Baltimore / That's All It Took / Love Hurts / California Cottonfields / Six Days On The Road / Encore Medley: Bony Moronie - Forty Days -Almost Grown | ||||
| 1994 | CD RHINO 8122-72726-2 (US) |
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Gram Parsons & The Fallen Angels – Live 1973 - Gram Parsons & The Fallen Angels – Live 1973 - We'll Sweep Out The Ashes / Country Baptizing / Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man / Big Mouth Blues / The New Soft Shoe / Cry One More Time / Streets Of Baltimore / That's All It Took / Love Hurts / California Cottonfields / Six Days On The Road / Encore Medley: Bony Moronie - Forty Days -Almost Grown | ||||
| 06/1994 | LP 12" Raven RVCD-24 (AUS) |
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Warm Evenings, Pale Mornings, Bottled Blues - 1963-73 - Zah's Blues (Shilohs) / Blue Eyes (International Submarine Band) / Strong Boy (International Submarine Band) / Truck Driving Man (International Submarine Band) / Hickory Wind (BYRDS) / The Christian Life (BYRDS) / Reputation (BYRDS) / One Hundred Years From Now (BYRDS) / Hot Burrito # 1 (I'm Your Toy) (FLYING BURRITO BROS.) / Christine's Tune (Devil In Disguise) (FLYING BURRITO BROS.) / Sin City (FLYING BURRITO BROS.) / The Dark End Of The Street (FLYING BURRITO BROS.) / Wild Horses (FLYING BURRITO BROS.) / She (Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris) / The New Soft Shoe (Gram Parsons & Emmylou HARRIS) / We'll Sweep Out The Ashes In The Morning (Gram Parsons & Emmylou HARRIS) / Brass Buttons (Gram Parsons & Emmylou HARRIS) / Return Of The Grievous Angel (Gram Parsons & Emmylou HARRIS) / Drug Store Truck Driving Man (live) (Gram Parsons & Emmylou HARRIS) / Brand New Heartache (Gram Parsons & Emmylou HARRIS) / Love Hurts (Gram Parsons & Emmylou HARRIS) |
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| 07/1995 | CD SUNDOWN CDSD 77 (UK) |
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COSMIC AMERICAN MUSIC - Song For You / Kentucky Blues / Streets Of Baltimore / Folsom Prison Blues / Lovesick Blues / New Soft Shoe / How Much I've Lied / Still Feeling Blue / Still Feeling Blue / Ain't No Beatle, Ain't No Rolling Stone / Medley: How Can I Forget You - Cry One More Time / Song For You / Streets Of Baltimore / That's All It Took / Somebody's Back In Town / More And More / Teaching Emmy To Sweep Out The Ashes / Daddy's Fiddle / We'll Sweep Out The Ashes In The Morning / Cold, Cold Heart / That's All It Took / A Song For You | ||||
| 04/1996 | CD SUNDOWN 71 (US) |
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SAFE AT HOME - Blue Eyes / I Must Be Somebody Else You've Known / Satisfied Mind / Folsom Prison Blues - That's All Right / Miller's Cave / I Still Miss Someone / Luxury Liner / Strong Boy / Do You Know How It Feels (To Be Lonesome) | ||||
| 1998 | 2 CD Colosseum 98-C029 (JAP) (bootleg) |
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Under Your Spell Again :
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| 01/2001 | CD SUNDAZED SC 11092 (US) |
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ANOTHER SIDE OF THIS LIFE - THE LOST RECORDINGS OF GRAHAM PARSONS 1965-1966 - Codine / Wheel Of Fortune / Another Side Of This Life / High Flyin' Bird / November Nights / Zah's Blues / Reputation / That's The Bag I'm In / Willie Jean / They Still Go Down / Pride Of Man / Last Thing On My Mind / Hey Nellie Nellie / She's The Woman I Love - Good Time Music / Brass Buttons / I Just Can't Take It Anymore / Searchin' / Candy Man | ||||
| 05/2001 | 2 CD RHINO 8122-76780 2 (US) |
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THE GRAM PARSONS Anthology :
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| 07/2002 | CD SIERRA OXCD-6024 (US) |
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Big Mouth Blues - A Conversation With G.P. |
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| 06/2003 | 3 CD RHINO R2-74669 (US) |
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THE COMPLETE REPRISE SESSIONS :
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| 2003 | CD Cowboy Music CMLR0101 (UK) |
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The Lost Recordings - Song For You / Kentucky Blues / Streets Of Baltimore / Folsom Prison Blues / Lovesick Blues / The New Soft Shoe / How Much I've Lied / Still Feeling Blue / Still Feeling Blues / Ain't No Beatle, Ain't No Rolling Stone / Medley: How Can I Forget You - Cry One More Time / A Song For You / Streets Of Baltimore / That's All It Took / Somebody's Back In Town / More And More / Teaching Emmy To Sweep Out The Ashes / Daddy's Fiddle / Well Sweep Out The Ashes In The Morning / Cold, Cold Heart / That's All It Took / A Song For You | ||||
| 09/2005 | CD REPRISE PRCD 400154 (US) |
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The Complete Reprise Sessions - A Song For You / Streets Of Baltimore / She / The New Soft Shoe / Return Of The Grievous Angel / Hearts On Fire / Brass Buttons / Love Hurts / Ooh Las Vegas / Sleepless Nights / That's All It Took (unreleased alternate version) | ||||
| 11/2007 | 2 CD Amoeba AM0002 (US) |
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The Flying
Burrito Brothers - The Gram Parsons Archives Vol. 1 - "Live At The Avalon
Ballroom 1969" :
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| 12/2011 | LP 12" + 2 CD + DVD SIERRA SBXGP 2100 (US) |
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The Early Years BOX SET :
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| 07/2012 | CD SIERRA SBXGP 9000 (US) (limited edition) |
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The Early Years Mini CD - Another Side To This Life / Maco Light / Run Little Boy, Run / Big Country (solo - alternate take) / 1000 Dollar Wedding / Hot Burrito #1 | ||||
| 03/2014 | 2 CD SIERRA SXCD 6015 (US) |
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The Early Years
Vol.1 & 2 :
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| 2014 | CD Floating World FLOATS6215 (EUR) |
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The Early Years Vol. 1 & 2 - I May Be Right / Big Country / Zah's Blues / Mary Don't You Weep / Bells Of Rhymney / Goin' Away, Don't You Wanta Go / They Still Go Down / On My Journey Home / Surfinanny / Oh, Didn't They Crucify My Lord / The Great Silke / Race With The Wind / The Rains Come Down / Hand Within The Glove / Rolling Stone / Darkest Years / That Kind Of Lovin' / A River Is Made Out Of Raindrops / Just Can't Take It Anymore (Gram Parsons & The Like) / November Nights (Gram Parsons & The Like) / Together Again (Brandon DeWilde With Gram Parsons & The Like) / Do Right Woman (Brandon DeWilde & Gram Parsons) / Hickory Wind (Brandon DeWilde & Gram Parsons) | ||||
| 06/2014 | 2 LP 12" Music On Vinyl MOVLP1130 (EUR) |
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The Early
Years Vol. 1 & 2 :
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| 04/2014 | 2 LP 12" RHINO R1-541107 (US) |
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180 Gram:
Alternate Takes From GP And Grievous Angel :
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| 2015 | 2 CD Plastic Soho PLSOHO25 (UK) |
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Gram Parson Live
In New York 1973 Featuring EMMYLOU
HARRIS :
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| 2015 | Broadcasting Radio BRR 6002 CD (EUR) |
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Gram Parsons & The Fallen Angels – Love Hurts-Live At Sonic Studios In Hampstead, NY. March 13, 1973 - Cry One More Time / Streets Of Baltimore / That's All It Took / Country Baptizing / Big Mouth Blues / The New Soft Shoe / We'll Sweep Out The Ashes In The Morning / Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man / Love Hurts / California Cotton Fields / Six Days On The Road / Encore Medley:Bony Moronie - Forty Days - Almost Grown |
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