After hearing it, you'll be glad to read in the liner notes that "there is easily enough strong material for additional releases - the second volume is pretty much in the can already, if this one is successful. But Russell's early stuff holds up extremely well. Ruth White : Flowers Of Evil - CD (Rhythms Productions, Tom Thumb Music.
There's no question that the artist has continued to progress since he recorded these tracks overall, 2002's Modern Art is a more mature affair. Bruno Duplant, Seth Nehil : The Memory Of Things - CD (Sublime Retreat, 2022).
We need someone who knows their way around ebay to list, sell, and ship these occasional items. Other highlights include a spirited cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Shut Out the Light" "Hank & Audrey," a song about Hank Williams and his wife that Russell wrote with Katy Moffatt and "Biggest Bordertown," a haunting collaboration with Bob Neuwirth. We already have an established ebay site and account. Songs like the accordion-spiced "La Galue (The Glutton)" and the atmospheric "Chinatown in the Rain," both from the '80s, find Russell in top form as both storyteller and music maker. But the album kicks into high gear by the fourth cut, and there's rarely a weak moment after that. It's also hard to understand why Russell resisted releasing this jam-packed 80-minute collection, but as he admits in the liner notes, "I am not a good critic of my own stuff." The 20-track program, which covers 30 years in chronological order, does begin slowly, with relatively prosaic melodies and forgettable lyrics that may be of interest mostly just to serious fans. Museum of Memories 1972-2002, a career-spanning collection of Tom Russell's live and studio obscurities, is so good that it's hard to believe these are the leftovers.
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