Tag Archives: 7″

Soulsavers, Sunrise/You Will Miss Me When I Burn 7”, 2009

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Strictly speaking this is not a Will Oldham release—it’s produced by a British outfit known as Soulsavers, an “electronic-rock-gospel duo” according to Discogs. Oldham guest-sings on the A-side and Mark Lanegan on the B-side, “You Will Miss Me When I … Continue reading →

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Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Stay 7″, 2009

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Oldham had already collaborated with Susanna Wallumrod earlier in 2009 on their 7” single “Forever And Ever,” doing two cover songs. On this cast-off, Oldham covers two Susanna songs from her album Sonata Mix Dwarf Cosmos. We’ve got several musicians … Continue reading →

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Young Widows / Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Poor Shelter split 7″, 2009

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This was released by Temporary Residence in 2009 as the first in a series of four ‘split’ seven inch singles all featuring Young Widows on the A-side. Who they? A noise trio from Louisville, home also to the subject of … Continue reading →

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Susanna and Bonny Billy Sing, Forever And Ever 7″, 2009

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Susanna is none other than Susanna Wallumrod, a Norwegian singer born in 1979. I’d never heard of her until I came across this record, and I haven’t found any information on how it came about. There’s no label, and it … Continue reading →

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Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Notes For Future Lovers 7″, 2008

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This is a rather obscure release limited to 500 copies and released on translucent blue vinyl. The lyrics are taken from poems by John Harmon, a jazz musician from Wisconsin, who plays keyboards. He seems to have been involved in … Continue reading →

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Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Bonny 2007 – John the Baptist 7″, 2007

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This 7” contains two tracks recorded live in October 2007 at a concert in California. The A-side is a melding of two separate “John The Baptist” songs, one written by E.C. Ball (1913-1978) an American singer-songwriter, who played country gospel … Continue reading →

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Songs For The Young At Heart, Puff The Magic Dragon 7″, 2005

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In 2005 Stuart Staples and David Boulter decided to get together and produce an album of updated versions of children’s songs. Boulter had just had a son and wanted to play him classic kids’ music which he felt was on … Continue reading →

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Bonny/Sweeney, I Gave You b/w Four Screams 7″, 2005

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This is the only single released to promote the brilliant Superwolf album. Three facts which suggest that it wasn’t much of a promotional move, however: (1) “I Gave You” is a great song but it’s not the album’s best; (2) … Continue reading →

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Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, No More Workhorse Blues b/w The Color Of My Dreams 7″, 2004

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Here we have the second single in support of Sings Greatest Palace Music. I could add a note here about how much I’ve been enjoying these new versions since I got to know all of the songs through the Palace … Continue reading →

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Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Agnes, Queen Of Sorrow b/w Blokbuster 7″, 2004

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This was the first single in support of Sings Greatest Palace Music, the album Oldham recorded using Nashville session musicians to revive his old Palace material. I remember there was a lot of hand wringing in the music press over … Continue reading →

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Will Oldham, We All, Us Three, Will Ride b/w Barcelona 7″, 2002

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This isn’t the first time he’s ‘covered himself’ but this is about where Oldham must have started thinking about getting his Palace music heard again, having achieved success as Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy. This would culminate with a whole album of … Continue reading →

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Bonny Billy / Rainywood, Brother Warrior b/w Cornflower Blue, split 7”, 2002

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These two songs are both Kate Wolf covers. Who’s Kate Wolf? You might well ask unless you’re well versed in American country/folk/singer-songwriters of the 70s and 80s, which I’m obviously not, because I’d never heard of her until five minutes … Continue reading →

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Bonnie “Blue” Billy, Little Boy Blue I & II b/w Blue Boy 7″, 2000

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These three songs are all covers written some time in the past seventy years by American songwriters, two of whom were born in 1920 Tennessee. I guess Oldham chose them because the song titles are all nearly the same. In … Continue reading →

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Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Let’s Start A Family (Blacks) b/w A Whorehouse Is Any House 7″, 1999

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This single was released as part of a Subpop promotion called the Subpop Singles Club. It’s great that the Prince was still releasing singles that weren’t related to promoting albums. That wouldn’t eventuate in force until Greatest Palace, Superwolf and … Continue reading →

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Will Oldham / Rising Shotgun, In My Mind b/w Spotlight split 7”, 1997

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Both songs on this 7” were written by David Allan Coe, one of the pioneers of the outlaw country genre. Coe spent twenty years in and out of ‘corrective institutions’ before going to Nashville and making a name for himself, … Continue reading →

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Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, One With The Birds b/w Southside Of The World 7″, 1998

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Both tracks here embrace a much classier recording dynamic than the Palace material, and this is where we’re really starting to see the birth of Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, an artist who says he finally realized that making music did not … Continue reading →

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Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Performs Songs Of Kevin Loyne 7”, 1998

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The first thing to note here is that “Loyne” is a typo. It’s meant to be “Coyne.” The record was produced and released in Portugal with three different covers. If we look closely at some of the artists Oldham has … Continue reading →

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Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Black Dissimulation b/w No Such As What I Want 7”, 1998

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Around 1996/7, Will Oldham got together with members of the Dirty Three and several other musicians to record an album of new material, which he ultimately ditched. He says that he found it unsatisfying owing to the disjointed and unfocused … Continue reading →

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Palace Contribution / Zeni Geva, Big Balls b/w Let There Be Rock split 7”, 1997

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In collaboration with a German label called Gasoline Boost, the Chicago record label Skin Graft released a run of AC/DC 7” tribute records in the late 90s. This one is referred to as “Sides 5 and 6” because it was … Continue reading →

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Will Oldham, Patience b/w Take However Long You Want 7″, 1997

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This 7” signals yet another aesthetic change from the Palace sound, which itself may be bedrocked in the lo-fi country death ballad, but above which, variations on a theme and inconsistency have kept things interesting. Days In The Wake was … Continue reading →

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Palace Live, For The Mekons, Et Al. b/w Stable Will 7″, 1996

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Here we have a live 7” single. Oldham says he first discovered the Mekons while tripping on LSD in New York, played an album of theirs all night long and became a fan for life. He recorded this song which … Continue reading →

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Palace Music, Little Blue Eyes b/w The Spider’s Dude Is Often There 7″, 1996

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In 1993 Oldham toured Europe with several other musicians as Palace. They recorded four songs at a Peel session. Two of those were released three years later on this 7” single. Oldham must have written a lot in the early … Continue reading →

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Palace, Every Mother’s Son b/w No More Rides 7″, 1996

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The A-side is a cover of a Lynyrd Skynyrd song, a band I’ve never listened to. Just took a listen online now to their version of this song, and thought they sounded like early Grateful Dead, a kind of laidback … Continue reading →

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Palace, Gezundheit b/w Let The Wires Ring 7″, 1995

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After the relatively lush production quality of the last three singles, this 7” drags the aesthetic right back down into lo-fi drear territory. The first ten seconds of “Gezundheit” even sounds like it was recorded on damaged tape, whereas “Let … Continue reading →

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Palace, West Palm Beach b/w Gulf Shores 7″, 1994

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This was produced by Kramer, a name I associate with those Galaxie 500 records. Oldham has said that he sees 7” singles as a way of experimenting with a sound or style, so that if it ultimately fails, at least … Continue reading →

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Palace Songs, O How I Enjoy The Light b/w Marriage 7″, 1994

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The first thing you notice about this single is the warmer sound, richer fidelity and sheer complexity of the musicianship, something you don’t hear too often on the early Palace material. The next thing you notice is that the song … Continue reading →

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Palace Songs, Horses b/w Stable Will 7″, 1994

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One wonders just what it is about horses that had many indie alt artists in the 90s so enthralled. Sure, horses are cool. You can saddle ‘em, mount ‘em and ride ‘em, then spur them on a bit and feed … Continue reading →

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Palace, Come In b/w Trudy Dies 7″, 1993

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This single, released after There Is No One What Will Take Care Of You (though not on the album) was produced by two members of Royal Trux.  As a ‘single’ it’s not exactly ‘commercial airplay’ stuff  even though the contents … Continue reading →

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Palace Brothers, Ohio River Boat Song b/w Drinking Woman 7″, 1993

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This was the first release under the Palace name. The lyrics and melody to “Ohio River Boat Song” were lifted wholeheartedly from something called the “Loch Tay Boat Song” in that great custom of appropriating traditionals for your own end. … Continue reading →

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The Sundowners, Goat Songs 7″, 1993

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This Sundowners 7” is listed as the earliest item in most Will Oldham discographies, although there’s scant information about who plays on it and what role Oldham takes up. Rumours suggest this is a collaboration with Bill Callahan. Does it … Continue reading →

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