American Epic: The Sessions 180g 3LP (Vinyl)

2018 Grammy Award Winner!
• Best American Roots Performance: "Killer Diller Blues" - Alabama Shakes

180g Vinyl 3LP Set!

This is the soundtrack to "THE AMERICAN EPIC SESSIONS" directed by Bernard MacMahon. In "THE AMERICAN EPIC SESSIONS," the team has reassembled the very first electrical sound recording system from the 1920s, and invited Jack White and T Bone Burnett to produce an album of recordings by twenty of today’s greatest artists. In this beautifully filmed musical feature, these artists are given the chance to pass through the portal that brought the world into the modern era.

Engineer Nicholas Bergh has reassembled this recording system from original parts and it is now the only one left in the world. The system consists of a single microphone, a towering six-foot amplifier rack, and a live record-cutting lathe, powered by a weight-driven pulley system of clockwork gears. The musicians have roughly three minutes to record their song direct to disc before the weight hits the floor. In the 1920s, they called this "catching lightning in a bottle." All the musical performances in this film are live. The audio you hear on the soundtrack is taken directly from the discs they were recorded to, with no editing or enhancements.

American Epic: The Sessions soundtrack features Alabama Shakes, The Americans, Ana Gabriel, Ashley Monroe, The Avett Brothers, Beck, Bettye Lavettte, Bobby Ingano, Elton John, Frank Fairfield, Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton, Los Lobos, Lost Bayou Ramblers, Nas, Pokey LaFarge, Raphael Saadiq, Rhiannon Giddens, Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, Taj Mahal, Jack White, and Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard.

Features:
• 180g Vinyl
• 3LP Set
• 20-page photo booklet
• Trifold jacket

Selections:
Side A:
1. Killer Diller Blues - Alabama Shakes
2. On The Road Again - Nas
3. Candy Man - Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton
4. 2 Fingers Of Whiskey - Elton John and Jack White
5. The Coo Coo Bird - Steve Martin and Edie Brickell
6. Like A Rose - Ashley Monroe
Side B:
7. The Only Man Wilder Than Me - Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard
8. Matrimonial Intentions - Jack White
9. One Hour Mama - Rihannon Giddens
10. Mal Hombre - Ana Gabriel
11. El Cascabel - Los Lobos
Side C:
1. Closer Walk With Thee - The Avett Brothers
2. Fourteen Rivers, Fourteen Floods - Beck
3. Nobody's Dirty Business - Bettye Lavette
4. St. Louis Blues - Pokey LaFarge
5. High Water Everywhere, Part 2 - Taj Mahal
Side D:
6. One Mic - Nas
7. Pretty Saro - Rihannon Giddens
8. Jubilee - Ashley Monroe and The Americans
9. Tous Les Matins - Lost Bayou Ramblers
10. When I Woke Up This Morning - Bettye Lavette
11. If The River Was Whiskey - Frank Fairfield
Side E:
1. Stealin' Stealin' - Raphael Saadiq
2. Jordan Am A Hard Road To Travel - The Avett Brothers
3. Sail Away Ladies - The Americans
4. Tomi Tomi - The Hawaiians
5. Last Kind Words - Christine Pizzuti
Side F:
6. Come On In My Kitchen - Stephen Stills
7. Mama's Angel Child - Jack White
8. Josephine - Pokey LaFarge
9. Hilo Hanakahi - The Hawaiians
10. Old Fashioned Love - Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard