Jackson BrowneGolden Slumbers Volumes 1-5 (Complete 6-CD fan compilation of rarities and live recordings)
Soundboard (and FM Broadcast) recordings, Excellent quality (overall)
Available in both Lossless (FLAC) and mp3 (320 kbps) versions
Artwork also included
Here's a real treat for fans of Jackson Browne, the complete Golden Slumbers fan compilation, which is an excellent rarities collection that I have been trying to get my hands on for several years now, previously to no avail. But thanks to a kindly reader of the blog from the Netherlands (Thanks CVE!), who generously sent me CD copies of the full set, I now have it and can share it here. This is a great set that brings together many bits & pieces, duets, live performances, radio sessions, one-of-a-kind moments, and miscellaneous rarities from throughout Jackson's career, including many one-off performances from various charity and benefit shows and rare backing vocal stints with others. It also includes a couple full-length live shows. But the main thing that makes this set so great is the superb sound quality of the bulk of the recordings. This is just an excellent sounding collection, with top-notch sound and recording quality across the board (and actually, the one instance where the sound was not top-notch - for the 1976-03-02 Tulane show, a much better quality (PreFM) version has more recently come available, so I have substituted the higher quality version for the one originally included with this set - So, the quality has been upgraded here, to remain superb throughout). This was originally available as a 3-CD set back around 1996-1998, but then additional volumes were added in subsequent years, but has been very difficult to find. So, here is the complete set. Hopefully posting this won't be a problem, but it does contain several individual songs that have been commercially released, but mostly on fairly obscure or out of print charity albums, soundtracks, or albums of other artists. Anyway, I have been enjoying this very much recently, some very interesting performances, and hope you like it too. (Note: some of the info about the songs included is incomplete or not accurate. This is inherent in the original set. I started to try to make some corrections or updates to the information, but didn't make it past the first disc, as it was just too time-consuming and didn't seem worth it, so I apologize for the incomplete info about some of the songs)
Tracklist:
Volume 1
1. I'm Alive 5:48
2. World In Motion 3:57
3. Sky Blue And Black 5:57
4. The Load-Out 5:08
5. Stay 3:25
6. Golden Slumbers (With Jennifer Warnes) 4:45
7. Redemption Song 4:00
8. Tracks Of My Tears 3:09
9. Wake Up, Little Susie (With Melissa Etheridge) 2:45
10. On The Cradle (With Graham Nash) 3:41
11. Take It Easy 2:27
12. Our Lady Of The Well 2:47
13. World In Motion (With Bonnie Raitt) 4:43
14. The Rebel Jesus Skyline Gig (With The Chieftains) 5:43
15. Cocaine 5:08
16. Highway '61 (With Bonnie Raitt & Bruce Springsteen) 3:50
17. Across The Borderline (With Bonnie Raitt & Bruce Springsteen) 6:03
18. The Pretender 6:40
Tracks 01-05: Dutch Radio Performance "Twee Meter Sessie Unplugged", 1994-06-18
Track 06: From "For Our Children" Pediatric AIDS Benefit album, 1991
Tracks 07-09: Live in Cleveland OH, 1995-09-02
Track 10: Hungerthon Benefit, Los Angeles, 1988-11-12
Tracks 11-13: Live at the Farm Aid Benefit, 1990-04-07
Track 14: From "Bells of Dublin", Chieftains Christmas Album, 1991
Tracks 15-17: Christic Institute Benefit Concert, Los Angeles, 1990-11-16
Track 18: Live in Hamburg, 1993-10-28
Volume 2 (Duets & Rarities)
1. Rock Me On The Water (With Kathy Mattea)
2. You're A Friend Of Mine (With Clarence Clemons)
3. Doctor My Eyes
4. Never Knew Her (With David Lindley)
5. First Girl I Loved
6. Unloved (With Jann Arden)
7. Just Like You (With Keb' Mo')
8. Tender Is The Night
9. Somebody's Baby
10. El Salvador (With Joan Baez)
11. If I Only Had A Brain (With Jewel & Ry Cooder)
12. We're Off To See The Wizard
13. Fiona (With Lyle Lovett)
14. The Crow On The Cradle (With Graham Nash)
15. Before The Deluge
16. Stay (With Bruce Springsteen & E-Street Band)
17. The Pretender
Track 1: AIDS Benefit, 1994
Track 2: 1985
Track 3: Alternate mix/edit, "My Girl" Soundtrack, 1994
Track 4: 1988
Track 5: Elektra's 40th Anniversary, 1990
Track 6: 1993
Track 7: 1996
Track 8: alternate mix, remaster
Track 9: "Fast Times a Ridgemont High" Soundtrack, 1982
Track 10: 1989
Tracks 11-12: Wizard of Oz Concert, AIDS Benefit, 1995
Track 13: 1996
Tracks 14-16: No Nukes Benefit Concert, 1979
Track 17: Live BBC, 1994
Volume 3
1. The Fuse
2. Farther On
3. For Every Man
4. The Only Child
5. Late For The Sky
6. Fountain Of Sorrow
7. Something Fine
8. For A Dancer
9. Rock Me On The Water
10. Crystal Ball
11. All I Want For Christmas Is World Peace
12. I Can't Sit Down
13. Before The Deluge
Tracks 1-9 Live at the RAI, Amsterdam, December 9, 1976
Tracks 10-11 Woodstock, NY 12/12/93 "Christmas with Cockburn"
Tracks 12-13 Santa Cruz Civic 19/5/1987
Volume 4 (Bits & Pieces)
Disc 1
1. I've Been The One
2. For Everyman (with David Lindley)
3. My Opening Farewell (with Bonnie Raitt)
4. Angel From Montgomery (with Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Hornsby, Bryan Adams, Kim Wilson)
5. Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
6. Love Needs A Heart (with Valerie Carter)
7. Lives In The Balance (with Crosby, Stills, Nash)
8. Barricades Of Heaven
9. Two Of Me, Two Of You
10. Let It Be Me (with Timothy B. Schmitt)
11. Barricades Of Heaven
12. Next Voice You Hear
13. I'm Alive
14. The Pretender
15. Solo Pienso En Ti [Enrique Urqujo y Los Problemas, Backing Vocals by Jackson Browne]
16. Pretty Girl Rules The World (with David Lindley), Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, May 19, 1987]
Track 1: Lowell George Tribute - 1997
Track 2: Bread and Roses Festival: Greek Theater, Berkley, CA, October 1977
Tracks 3-4: Bonnie Raitt Road Tested Tour, USA, 1995
Track 5: Pete Seeger Tribute
Track 6: 1996
Tracks 8-9: FM Radio session
Tracks 11-14: Solo acoustic session for FM 802, Osaka, Japan, April 6, 1998
Track 16: Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, May 19, 1987
Disc 2
1. Intro
2. A Child In These Hills
3. Rock Me On The Water
4. Come All Ye Fair And Tender Ladies
5. Take It Easy
6. Our Lady Of The Well
7. For A Dancer
8. Ready Or Not
9. Fountain Of Sorrow
10. For Everyman
11. Walking Slow
12. Doctor My Eyes
13. These Days
14. The Road And The Sky
15. Before The Deluge
Tracks 1-15 - Recorded live at Tulane University, 1976-03-02, early show
Volume 5 (The Osaka Sessions)
1. Late For the Sky
2. Don't You Want to be There
3. Rock Me On the Water
4. These Days
5. Soldier of Plenty
6. Sky Blue and Black
7. Como Un Corazon (with Los Secretos)
8. Before the Deluge (with Paul Brady)
9. My Problem is You (Esperando Por Ti) (with Luis Conte)
10. In Te Shape of a Heart
11. Man of Consant Sorrow (with Sharron Shannon)
12. Take This Rain
13. Talk of the Sea (with Mick Bird)
14. Fire in the Village (Backing vocal for John Trudell)
15. Danza Da Lua En Santiago (Backing vocal for Carlos Nunez)
Tracks 1-4: Live in the FM802 Studio, Osaka, Japan, April 2002
Tracks 5-7: Live at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 1994-06-12
Track 8: National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland, 1994-06-27
Track 9: Spanish Rarity recording
Track 10: Koseinenkin Kaikan, Osaka, Japan, 1994-04-22
Tracks 11-12: Grand Opera House, Belfast Ireland, 1994-06-28
Tracks 13-15: Rare Tracks (contributions on recordings of others)
Mp3:
Jackson Browne_Golden Slumbers-Rarities_Vol1_mp3.rar
Jackson Browne_Golden Slumbers-Rarities_Vol2_mp3.rar
Jackson Browne_Golden Slumbers-Rarities_Vol3_mp3.rar
Jackson Browne_Golden Slumbers-Rarities_Vol4-1_mp3.rar
Jackson Browne_Golden Slumbers-Rarities_Vol4-2_mp3.rar
Jackson Browne_Golden Slumbers-Rarities_Vol5_mp3.rar
links updated (09/13/21)
FLAC
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