AndOarAgain (CD)

AndOarAgain provides unparalleled access to what David Fricke calls "the most harrowing and compelling artifacts of rock & roll's most euphoric era, across three dozen unheard tracks! In addition to the quintessential original album, AndOarAgain features nearly two hours of unheard music on the way to Oar "along with roads not taken" that both clarifies and muddies the enigma of how psychedelic legend Alexander "Skip" Spence determined the final state of his iconic masterpiece.

The time: December, 1968. The setting: the Columbia Recording Studios at 504 16th Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee. Alexander Spence, a singer/ songwriter, and guitarist commonly known as Skip, recently relieved of his duties in the San Francisco rock band Moby Grape after a descent into excessive hallucinatory-drug use and a psychotic episode with a fire axe is recording Oar, his first album as a Columbia solo artist. It will also be his last. Made in six days spread over two weeks, then released six months later on May 19th, 1969, Oar will be Spence's only complete expression of his experimental verve and musical facility, under his real name and creative control, before he recedes into rapidly deepening, ultimately conquering darkness. A half-century after its brisk, strange birth, Oar remains an apparent chaos of eccentric composition and overwhelming melancholy, wreathed in country-blues shadows and the smokey blur of Spence's wounded-baritone singing.

AndOarAgain, a 3CD set including the seminal original album, the 1999 bonus cuts, and nearly two hours of unheard Oar; all packaged in a hardbound book-style jacket with rare photos and extensive notes from David Fricke!

01. Little Hands 02. Cripple Creek 03. Diana 04. Margaret - Tiger Rug 05. Weighted Down (The Prison Song) 06. War In Peace 07. Broken Heart 08. All Come To Meet Her 09. Books Of Moses 10. Dixie Peach Promenade (Yin For Yang) 11. Lawrence Of Euphoria 12. Grey / Afro 13. This Time He Has Come 14. It's The Best Thing For You 15. Keep Everything Under Your Hat 16. Furry Heroine (Halo Of Gold) 17. Givin' Up Things 18. If I'm Good 19. You Know 20. Doodle 21. Fountain 22. I Think You And I 23. Little Hands (take 2) 24. Cripple Creek (basic) 25. Diana (take 3) 26. Furry Heroine (Halo Of Gold) (alternate) 27. My Friend 28. War In Peace (alternate) 29. Broken Heart (voc & acoustic) 30. All Come To Meet Her (alternate 1) 31. I Want A Rock & Roll Band 32. Dixie Peach Promenade (Yin For Yang) (alternate) 33. Lawrence Of Euphoria (alternate) 34. Mary Jane / Steamboat 35. I Got A Lot To Say (version 1) 36. Diana (alternate 1) 37. War In Peace (instrumental) 38. Diana (alternate 2) 39. Little Hands (vocal overdub) 40. Diana (version 2) 41. Weighted Down (The Prison Song) (rehearsal) 42. The Shape You're In 43. I Want A Rock & Roll Band (instrumental) 44. It's A Hard Life (version 1) 45. I Got Something For You 46. Diana (12 string version) 47. I Got A Lot To Say (version 2) 48. It Ain't Nice (version 1) 49. She Don\'t Care 50. All Come To Meet Her (alternate 2) 51. It Ain't Nice (version 2) 52. It\'s A Hard Life (version 2) 53. All Come To Meet Her (rehearsal)54. Diana (overdub) 55. War In Peace (take 2) 56. Broken Heart (extended master) 57. War In Peace (guitar overdub)58. Diana (basics)

• Format Detail: 3CD Hardcover book-style jacket with 21 page booklet filled with rare photos and liner notes by Davi
• Format: CD
• Genre: Rock