DANIEL JOHNSTON DEBUT ON VINYL FOR FIRST TIME

If you’re a fan of vinyl and Daniel Johnston – good news! His debut ‘Songs of Pain’ is going to appear on record for the first time and you can get your hands on it some time in March. There’s probably some pre-orders knocking around if you have a look.

Originally, ‘Songs of Pain’ was released on a homemade cassette in ’81, and then Stress Records put out something of a standardised version in ’88. Of course, the whole thing was recorded in Daniel’s parents’ basement in West Virginia. Now, it’s getting remastered and a bit of TLC, and will also feature eight previously unreleased tracks added on too, as well as a lyric book.

It’ll be a 2xLP affair, and here’s the tracklisting for you.

Tracklist:

Side A
1. Grievances
2. A Little Story
3. Joy Without Pleasure
4. Never Relaxed
5. Brainwash
6. Pothead
7. Wicked World

Side B
8. Lazy
9. I Save Cigarette Butts
10. Like A Monkey In a Zoo
11. Wicked Will
12. An Idiot’s End
13. Wild West Virginia

Side C
14. Since I Lost My Tooth
15. Urge
16. Living Life
17. Tuna Ketchup
18. Pre-marital Sex
19. Don’t Act Nice
20. Hate Song

Side D (Previously Unreleased Tracks)
21. Lead Belly Was an Outlaw
22. I Love You (I’d Like to Read You Some Poetry)
23. Why Don’t You Love Me True
24. I’m a Rambling Kinda Guy
25. Sleepy Lagoon
26. Natalie Queen of Weirton
27. Golly Gee
28. You Need a Reason