William Elliot Whitmore - Silently The Mind Breaks - VINYL LP

Album Tracks 1. Bury Your Burdens in the Ground 2. Field Song 3. Don't Need It 4. Everything Gets Gone 5. Let's Do Something Impossible 6. Get There from Here 7. We'll Carry on 8. Not Feeling Any Pain

From the first lines InchMutiny,Inch the opening tracking on William Elliott Whitmore's Anti- Records debut 'Animals in the Dark,' one can see that this is decidedly not simply a continuation of his southern trilogy that spanned his last three releases. Rather than a reflection of life and loss and the world surrounding his Iowa horse farm on the banks of the Mississippi, InchMutinyInch finds Whitmore's focus turned outward, to the state of country and the missteps of the government. Yet 'Animals In The Dark,' is by no means a political record. It has more in common with the preacher blues of Reverend Gary Davis or the romantic populism of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska than it does a Billy Bragg record. What 'Animals In The Dark' highlights is the maturation and growth of an exemplary artist. On the , Whitmore showcases his classic songwriting and mastery of the acoustic guitar and banjo, but adds elements such as strings, an organ and a pedal steel, putting the songs into full arrangements and a band context for the first time. The results are a more expansive, cultivated sound, without losing any of the palpable soul that has garnered the 30 year old such critical acclaim. Album Tracks 1. Mutiny 2. Who Stole the Soul 3. Johnny Law 4. Old Devils 5. Hell or High Water 6. There's Hope for You 7. Hard Times 8. Lifetime Underground 9. Let the Rain Come in 10. Good Day to Die, a

Originally released In July 1970 InchWil MaloneInch, a typically idiosyncratic supper-club/chamber pop take on the singer/songwriter genre that was so in vogue at the time. Featuring such earnest/facetious nuggets as 'I Could Write A Book' and 'At The Silver Slipper', the album has many admirers these days. The original is considered a rare collector's item, with some original copies fetching high prices. This reissue on Morgan Blue Town is available as a limited edition 180-gram yellow colored vinyl pressing. Album Tracks 1. Catherine Wheel 2. I Could Write a Book 3. February Face 4. Love in the Afternoon 5. Winter in Boston 6. Caravan 7. Down Maundies 8. Suzy 9. Tale to Tell 10. One More Flight to Parker 11. At the Silver Slipper 12. How About Then