My Morning Jacket announce 20th anniversary deluxe edition of album, Z
My Morning Jacket have announced the 20th anniversary release of their fourth album, Z, remastered from the original tapes.
The release features 14 key outtakes from singles and film work, previously unreleased material, demos, and more, including the new single, "Where To Begin".
Written especially for Cameron Crowe’s 2005 film Elizabethtown – set in Kentucky and partially shot in My Morning Jacket’s hometown of Louisville – "Where to Begin" was among the first songs recorded by the band with then-new members keyboard player Bo Koster and guitarist Carl Broemel, the latter on stone-country pedal steel guitar.
“October 4 is the 20th anniversary of our album Z. It’s pretty wild to think about that,” says frontman Jim James. “To celebrate two decades of it being out in the ether, we’re excited to be turning five of our shows into special Z anniversary shows, where we’ll play that album – and some other songs, don’t worry – front to back.”
Original Tracklist:
- Wordless Chorus
- It Beats For You
- Gideon
- What a Wonderful Man
- Off the Record
- Into the Woods
- Anytime
- Laylow
- Knot Comes Loose
- Dondante
B-Sides:
- Where to Begin
- Chills
- How Could I Know (Oxen)
- The Devil’s Peanut Butter
- Wordless Chorus (Jim Demo)
- It Beats For You (Jim Demo)
- Laylow (Jim Demo)
- Into the Woods (Band Dance Version)
- Off the Record (Jim Demo)
- Anytime (Jim Demo)
- Knot Comes Loose (Jim Demo)
- Dondante (Jim Demo)
- Original Ending (Off the Record)
- Where to Begin (Jim Demo)
Z 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition is set for release on 3 October via ATO Records and is available to pre-order here.
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