Discovered Covered ~ The Late Great Daniel Johnston

[Gammon Records]

OK Folks, the time is now to lift the veil on part of this project that we are calling "Discovered Covered - The Late Great Daniel Johnston".  

To kick off the first part of the project we are breaking the news here who is on the CD and what song they picked to cover.

There is still more to the project then this line up and we'll be posting all about that in the weeks to come.  

Teenage Fanclub w/ Jad Fair ~ My Life Is Starting Over Again
Gordon Gano ~ Impossible Love
Mercury Rev ~ Blue Clouds
M. Ward ~ Story Of An Artist
Clem Snide ~ Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Your Grievience
Guster ~ The Sun Shines Down On Me
Sparklehorse w/ The Flaming Lips ~ Go
Tom Waits ~ King Kong
Calvin Johnson ~ Sorry Entertainer
Beck ~ True Love Will Find You In the End
Bright Eyes ~ Devil Town
The Rabbit ~ Good Morning You
Vic Chesnutt ~ like A Monkey In A Zoo
Thrisle (Produced by Jerry Harrison) ~ Love Not Dead
Starlight Mints ~ Dead Lovers Twisted Heart
Eels ~ Living Life
T.V. On The Radio ~ Walking The Cow
Death Cab For Cutie ~ Dream Scream
Daniel Johnston ~ Unreleased bonus track (Rock This Town).

And that's not all......more to come.....on Aug 22nd (the street date).

Enjoy!

Jordy  

[notdaniel]

In a rush now, so all I have time to say about the long-awaited lineup is: Can't complain!

As far as the "late" bit, that sounds like it could turn oiut to be a bad idea, but I'm guessing it came from Daniel himself, right?

  - Not Daniel

[Mindwalk]

WOW!!
thats amazing!!!!!

I had dreams with  the flaming lips doing a daniel´s song!!!!
even better with mark linkous!

With Heavyweight names like that on the compilation, i bet it´s going to be a huge success!!!More and more people geeting into Daniel´s music!

Best Luck to all involved!!!!!!!

PS: I hope we can have wilco, marc gilbert, sonic youth, ben folds, and other great artists on the "Discovered Covered VOL 2"  

[wickedwill]

yeah the title is kinda strange with the "late" part makes it sound like he is dead but nonetheless i am jazzed!!! man the wait will be almost unbearable  

[wickedwill]

oh yeah jordy by the way when can we expect to hear something about the promotional packs? i have several stores (headshops,music store,college bookstore and my buddy is even gonna display one in his pawnshop!!!) all ready and waiting for some promo material. they will go to good use!! let me know something!!!

[Farmer Williams]

just... great!
Tom Waits doing King Kong is gonna be wonderful! And Flaming Lips w/ Mark Linkous... Holly Molly!

Can´t wait for it.

[cheddarcat]

WOW i am insanely thrilled so many great people on there including VIC CHESNUTT!!!!

[Stallion]

yeah the title is kinda strange with the "late" part makes it sound like he is dead

I was thinking the same thing.  

I'm guessing it came from Daniel himself, right?

I'm thinking Dan didn't come up with the title.  I Could be wrong though.

[Henry Long]

Great! Just great! Totally looking forward to this.
Thrilled about the Eel’s doing “Living Life.”
Is “Thrisle” the band with wunderkind J.T. Leroy (author of the amazing “Sarah” and “The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things?”), cuz if it is, I turned J.T. onto Daniel a few years ago!
Right after “Sarah” came out, I read it and sent J.T. an e-mail. We corresponded a few times, and I mentioned he should check out Daniel Johnston, and recommended the rejected unknown site. He wrote back later that he visited the site and liked the “pictures,” but didn’t mention anything about the music, as far as I can remember...

Conner Oberst does Daniel. Jeez! Didn’t see that one coming.

Now, as for the ill-fated interview of April 15th...

I could not make the N.Y. trip due to the manic whims of my obese out-of-control ogre of a boss who needed me here at the last minute for a show at the gallery...whatever. I was pissed, and am currently negotiating employment with the Phila Museum of Art, which looks really promising. (Wish me luck, say a prayer, burn a candle, sacrifice a ...nevermind.) Anyway, the interview will still happen over the phone once the dust storm of my life (exhibits, moving, women, etc.) settles a bit, I swear. Dont give up on me, okay? I’m still around, just a little spread thin.

Shameless plug dept:
If anyone out there would like a copy of “Coming of Age: Recent Songs by Henry Long” a chapbook of my most recent poetry (now in it’s 2nd printing) feel free to drop me an e-mail at: ripefate@hotmail.com
I am really really broke right now, (ack), so I can’t send them out as freebies as I usually would. At my readings and art exhibits I charge 10 bucks (a dollar a poem!) for a signed one, but I am willing to send Yip! Jump Board Forum Folks a copy, postage paid, for $5.00, (or a bootleg CD, or a frozen turkey, or...well, make me an offer...)

See you.

[wickedwill]

geez henry that sucks! that boss of your sounds like a real piece of work. i was really looking forward to it and i know you were to. maybe in the near future it will happen.

members of the forum: i recently got a poem book from henry myself and for 10 bucks its a deal for five bucks its damn near a steal!! i enjoyed it quite a bit and have read it several times in fact it was good enough that i almost feel bad about trading him a frozen turkey and half eaten whopper instead of the cash for my copy  
do yourself a favor check it out!!!!

[haint]

Wonder if the title is a reference to Tonwnes Van Zandt's 1972 album 'The Late Great Townes Van Zandt'???

Cool to hear SH & the lips will be covering go! Mark actually recorded a demo of the song way back in it 1990. He also persuaded Susanna Hoffs to record a version on her unreleased 1994 album...

Anyone heard of the The Rabbit before? It's just Mark once mentioned a side-project called Rabbit & SH did play Good Morning You live a few times in 2001...

Daniel

[Gammon Records]

Correct on all three.  Good job!

[notdaniel]

Cool to hear SH & the lips will be covering go! Mark actually recorded a demo of the song way back in it 1990. He also persuaded Susanna Hoffs to record a version on her unreleased 1994 album...

I think I posted earlier that my only real request would be for Lips involvement in the tribute, so I was thrilled about that as well.

As far as Miz Bangle, I always *wondered* if that track was ever recorded. What little talk there was about that solo album back then usually included rumors that Go would be the first single (I can't imagine how her version would sound, but I had hopes it would rock). You sound like perhaps you know why the project was abandoned...?

 - Not Daniel

[haint]

Here's what http://home.att.net/~BanglesCom/ have to say...

"Recorded in 1994 as her follow-up to 'When You're A Boy', Susanna's style had changed to reflect more of her emotions which was a direct reflection of the fact that she co-wrote over half of the album. It was grungier rock and had more of a bite than her first solo outing. It was riskier and more original. And perhaps that was why Columbia Records rejected it. Wanting something more along the lines of 'When You're A Boy', the label ordered Susanna to return to the studio to re-record them. When she refused, she was released from her contract. But in a rare move, Columbia also turned all of the songs' rights over to her (which usually they prefer to hold onto to them to capitilize on any future success she might have for another label). Anyhow, Susanna walked over to London Records where she recorded a new set of songs for the album that would later appear in 1996. Three of the songs here were redone for that album. "Enormous Wings", which is almost an identical version, "Darling One" (this one is a much more uptempo-paced version), and "Happy Place", with alternate lyrics. Subsequently "Catch The Wind" and "Turning Over" were released as bonus tracks on the 4-track CD single "All I Want". This album has more upbeat tunes on it, unlike it's successor in 1996, which could have been used on that later album to mix up the tonality a bit."

There is a cdr in circulation but I haven't been able to find a copy

[Stress Records]

As far as Miz Bangle, I always *wondered* if that track was ever recorded. What little talk there was about that solo album back then usually included rumors that Go would be the first single (I can't imagine how her version would sound, but I had hopes it would rock). You sound like perhaps you know why the project was abandoned...?

 - Not Daniel

Not Dan - I thought I played that one for you years ago. Give me a call sometime and I'll have you over to hear it. I wouldn't say her version "rocks" but it's okay.