Jeff Tweedy - Chelsea Walls (2LP)

Soundtrack from Academy Award-nominated actor Ethan Hawke's 2001 film . Songs written by Wilco's Jeff Tweedy with the score performed by Tweedy and Glenn Kotche . Featuring two previously unissued bonus tracks and available on CD and (for the first time) Vinyl. . Includes performances by Wilco, Billy Bragg, Robert Sean Leonard, "Little" Jimmy Scott, and more . Packaging features new liner notes from Ethan Hawke, Glenn Kotche, and a conversation between Jeff Tweedy and Grammy?-winning set producer Cheryl Pawelski "It was pivotal for me. There was a burst of creativity that continues to this day because I took the last remaining guardrails off of what I'd been willing to allow myself to do." -Jeff Tweedy The same year of his Oscar?-nominated performance in Training Day, Ethan Hawke made his full-length film directorial debut with Chelsea Walls (starring Kris Kristofferson, Uma Thurman, Vincent D'Onofrio, Robert Sean Leonard, and more). A fan of Wilco, Hawke approached Jeff Tweedy about scoring the film, and Tweedy agreed. Around this time, Tweedy had collaborated with musician and producer Jim O'Rourke (Sonic Youth, Stereolab) for a special live performance. As fate would have it, O'Rourke had been working with Glenn Kotche, and O'Rourke introducing Tweedy to Kotche would lay the groundwork for the trio's work together on the debut album by their band, Loose Fur. Tweedy also asked Kotche to work with him on an improvised soundtrack to the movie he had agreed to score. The relationships moved past Loose Fur and the Chelsea Walls soundtrack.

Wilco was in the process of a creative sea change, the result of which would be the modern-day masterpiece, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Kotche joined Wilco and O'Rourke mixed Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. The soundtrack to Chelsea Walls featured improvised instrumentals by Tweedy and Kotche, as well as vocal performances from the film's Robert Sean Leonard (whom Hawke met when they both worked on the film Dead Poet's Society), Steve Zahn (Reality Bites, That Thing You Do!), jazz legend "Little" Jimmy Scott, plus contributions from Billy Bragg, and Wilco themselves. Two decades later, this influential soundtrack returns, not only with two previously unissued bonus tracks, but for the first time as a double-vinyl LP, including an online exclusive colored vinyl variant. (www.omnivorerecordings.com).

The bonus tracks include Leonard's performance of Wilco's "Promising" previously only available in the film, and an extended version of Tweedy & Kotche's "Finale." The packaging contains new photos, new and original liners from Hawke, a remembrance from Kotche, and an interview between Tweedy and Grammy?-winning set producer Cheryl Pawelski. Chelsea Walls is a pivotal piece in the creative development of Tweedy and Wilco as they emerged into one of the most important bands of our time.

1. Opening Titles

2. Red Elevator

3. Promising

4. Frankâ€s Dream

5. When The Roses Bloom Again

6. Jealous Guy

7. The Wallman

8. The Lonely 1

9. Hello, Are You There?

10. Softly And Tenderly Jesus Is Calling

11. Finale

12. End Credits

13. Finale (Extended) [Bonus Track]

14. Promising [Bonus Track]