Shorefire Media has announced today the release of two albums from Appleseed Recordings that will include two unreleased Springsteen recordings:
«Sowing The Seeds – The 10th Anniversary». Double CD. On sale Sept. 11th.
Includes «The Ghost of Tom Joad» sung as a duo by Bruce Springsteen and Pete Seeger. The album includes also other songs recorded by Steve Earle, Billy Bragg, Ani Difranco, Jackson Browne, Joan Baez and others. Pete Seeger recorded the song on July 4th 2006 with some musicians at his studio (see recording credits and liner notes by Jim Musselman below) and Springsteen later added his vocals.
«Feels Like Home». CD. On sale Sept.25th.
Includes «Hobo’s Lullaby» sung as a duo by Bruce Springsteen and Pete Seeger, this time backed by the Seeger Sessions Band. Other songs for the album were recorded by Jon Bon Jovi, Natalie Merchant, Jewel, Steve Tyler (from Aerosmith), Bonnie Raitt and others. The album will raise funds for the Give US Your Poor campaign.
And this could very well be just the start for a very exciting end of the year, with a new album (with help from the E Street Band) coming out early October, followed by a US tour and some selected dates in Europe before the end of the year. All of this, obviously, pending to be officially confirmed.
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«The Ghost of Tom Joad» credits and liner notes. From the album ‘Sowing the Seeds’:
2. Ghost of Tom Joad
– Pete Seeger with Bruce Springsteen
(Bruce Springsteen) (c) 1995 Bruce Springsteen, ASCAP
Exclusive track
Pete Seeger: vocal
Bruce Springsteen: vocal, acoustic guitar, harmonica
Mark Dann: acoustic guitar
Ken Lovelett: percussion
David Hamburger: Dobro
Tim Carbone: fiddle
Michael Visceglia: bass
Produced by David Seitz, Jim Musselman and Bruce Springsteen
Engineered by David Seitz
Mixed by David Seitz at Shelter Island Sound, New York City, N.Y.
Mix assistants: Asia Meirovich, Matt Gil
Acoustic guitar recorded by Mark Dann at Mark Dann Recording, Woodstock, N.Y.
Dobro recorded at Shade Tree Recording Studio, Austin, TX.
Engineer: Andy Melvin
Percussion recorded at Sonart Studios, Woodstock, N.Y.
Fiddle recorded at Berkeley Sound Artists, Berkeley, CA.
Engineer: James Lebrecht
Seeger vocals recorded at Pete’s cabin, Beacon, N.Y.
Assistant Engineer: Raeann Zschokke
Springsteen vocals recorded at Boxwood Studio
Engineer: Toby Scott
Special thanks to Jon Landau, Barbara Carr, Jan Stabile, Alison Oscar,
Jon Horn, and to Steve Addabbo at Shelter Island Sound.
Bruce Springsteen appears courtesy of SonyBMG Music Entertainment
I asked Pete to sing this song and we recorded it, among others, at his cabin on July 4, 2006, at what I now call «the Springsteen Sessions.» Bruce and his manager, Jon Landau, liked the idea and Bruce added vocal, guitar and harmonica tracks to the song. The arrangement is structured with Pete talk-singing first and then Bruce repeating some of the lyrics. I did this purposely – I feel Bruce has carried on Pete’s legacy in many ways, and when Pete says, «Wherever someone is struggling to be free/Look in their eyes, Mom, you will see me,» and Bruce echoes the line, it is the sound of a torch being passed. The song’s last verse is, indeed, a summary of how Pete has lived his life – speaking for the voiceless, putting himself on the line regardless of consequence. David Seitz did a great job of putting this song together and adding the instrumentation.