Jeff Bridges - Slow Magic, 1977-1978 (1LP) (RSD25)

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“Music is the weed that keeps popping out of the concrete in my life. It just seems to want to come out.” –Jeff Bridges •All tracks previously unreleased •20-pg booklet including liner notes by Sam Sweet, new interview with Jeff Bridges, and never-before-seen archival photos •Featuring Burgess Meredith (Rocky) •Vinyl pressed on transparent blue wax at RTI Culled from a single decaying cassette tape labeled “July 1978,” these recordings are a window into the secret musical life of the Dude. Even after becoming one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, Bridges spent all his free time jamming and recording with a trusted circle of musicians composed of childhood friends, artists, and assorted L.A. oddballs. Imagine The Band playing at CBGB with The Exploding Plastic Inevitable. Or Arthur Russell and the Talking Heads collaborating on a suite of mutant disco. Though Bridges and his friends were brought up around the movie industry, they decided to create their own private musical universe, where they could be as weird as they wanted. Slow Magic, 1977-1978 Record Store Day Exclusive on Limited Edition Color Vinyl LITA 228 -Previously unreleased music by actor/musician Jeff Bridges, recorded 1977-1978 -Record Store Day Exclusive pressed at RTI on special color vinyl -Features audio freshly remastered by GRAMMY®-nominated engineer John Baldwin -Beautifully packaged gatefold LP with 20-page booklet featuring liner notes by Sam Sweet & never-before-seen archival images -Album artwork by the legendary Lou Beach (Bill Withers, YMO, Blink 182, Weird Al) -Released with the full support of Jeff Bridges (The Dude himself!) Every Wednesday night, actor Jeff Bridges & his old pals would gather at their friend’s warehouse. Throughout the 70s-80s, musician/artist Steve Baim would offer up his Culver City digs with only one rule in mind: No Songs Allowed. That meant, whatever would transpire in these Wednesday night jam sessions was meant to be spontaneous… and would be documented. From these late-night Wednesday jams emerged a body of work that Bridges was inspired to record. Booking proper studio time at LA’s famed Village Recorders, Bridges and his collaborative circle of friends, including Lou Beach, Burgess Meredith, and John Lilly, captured quite a collection of tracks. Imagine the sound of CBGBs meets The Band meets The Exploding Plastic Inevitable. Jeff is thrilled for these recordings to finally see the light of day, opening up his musical archive for the first time since these songs were laid to tape.