ROBERT HUNTER - Tales Of The Great Rum Runners (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) - 2CD [JUN 7]

2CD - Limited 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition. Contains original album remastered on CD1 with CD2 previously unreleased alternate version of album plus additional unreleased outtakes. 

First release in archival series celebrating the legacy of Robert Hunter, primary lyricist for Grateful Dead and main collaborator/songwriting partner for Jerry Garcia. Deluxe reissue of 1974 debut solo album.

This Deluxe Edition introduces a freshly remastered version of the original album alongside 16 previously unreleased recordings, including alternate versions of album tracks and several session outtakes. All the music has been remastered from the original master tapes by GRAMMY® Award-winning engineer David Glasser using Plangent Processes tape restoration and speed correction.

•    50TH ANNIVERSARY of the original album release

•    2CD contains original album remastered on CD1 with CD2 previously unreleased alternate version of album plus additional unreleased outtakes.

•    Tales Of The Great Rum Runners (Deluxe Edition) comes with 16 previously unreleased bonus tracks, offering new insight into the album's evolution. Among these are alternate versions of six songs that made the album (“Keys To The Rain” and “It Must Have Been The Roses”), plus ten gems that did not (“The Word,” “Buck Dancer's Choice,” and “Elijah.”)

Deluxe Edition Tracklist:

CD One:

1. Lady Simplicity (2024 Remaster) [0:21]
2. That Train (2024 Remaster) [4:37]
3. Dry Dusty Road (2024 Remaster) [2:20]
4. I Heard You Singing (2024 Remaster) [3:38]
5. Rum Runners (2024 Remaster) [3:07]
6. Children’s Lament (2024 Remaster) [4:17]
7. Maybe She’s A Bluebird (2024 Remaster) [2:01]
8. Boys In The Barroom (2024 Remaster) [1:09]
9. It Must Have Been The Roses (2024 Remaster) [3:31]
10. Arizona Lightning (2024 Remaster) [3:36]
11. Standing At Your Door (2024 Remaster) [4:33]
12. Mad (2024 Remaster) [4:13]
13. Keys To The Rain (2024 Remaster) [4:16]

CD Two: 

1. Boys In The Barroom (Alternate Version) [2024 Remaster]* [1:12]
2. Elijah (2024 Remaster)* [2:08]
3. The Word (2024 Remaster)* [1:56]
4. Rum Runners (Alternate Version) [2024 Remaster]* [3:10]
5. It Must Have Been The Roses (Alternate Version) [2024 Remaster]* [3:37]
6. Road Hog (2024 Remaster)* [2:51]
7. Green Briar Song (2024 Remaster)* [2:15]
8. Reelin’ And A-pitchin’ (2024 Remaster)* [3:40]
9. Briney Deep (2024 Remaster)* [3:05]
10. Children’s Lament (Alternate Version) [2024 Remaster]* [4:23]
11. Lady Simplicity (Alternate Version) [2024 Remaster]* [0:22]
12. Southern Fried Shuffle (2024 Remaster)* [2:29]
13. West Virginia Steel Guitar (2024 Remaster)* [2:36]
14. Buck Dancer’s Choice (2024 Remaster)* [2:05]
15. Boats (2024 Remaster)* [2:23]
16. Keys To The Rain (Alternate Version) [2024 Remaster]* [4:19]

* = Previously Unreleased