An influential singer/songwriter who changed the contours of American country music with the lyrical insight and penetrating honesty of his songs, a US Army veteran (who served from 1960-1965, achieving the rank of Captain) and former Oxford University Rhodes Scholar who won a Golden Globes Best Actor Award (for his starring role opposite Barbra Streisand in the 1976 movie smash "A Star Is Born"), Kris Kristofferson is both a multi-faceted artist and a bonafide American icon.Ī musician whose sound bridges the worlds of country, folk, rock and gospel, Kristofferson is one of the sonic architects of the American outlaw country movement. Live At The Philharmonic (recorded 1972/released 1992)Įxtras (previously released non-LP singles, outtakes and appearances)īorn Jin Brownsville, Texas, Kristoffer ("Kris") Kristofferson has been an active force in the entertainment industry for the past half century. The WPLJ-FM Broadcast (recorded 1972, previously unreleased) Live At The Big Sur Folk Festival (recorded 1970, previously unreleased) Shake Hands With The Devil (Monument/Columbia, 1979) Who’s To Bless…and Who’s To Blame (Monument, 1975) The Silver Tongued Devil and I (Monument, 1971)īreakaway-Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge (Monument, 1974) The Complete Monument & Columbia Album Collection
The Complete Monument & Columbia Album Collection box set includes a deluxe booklet featuring essays and liner notes penned especially for this anthology: 1) an introduction to Kristofferson written by Fred Foster, the visionary founder of Monument Records who signed Kris as a songwriter to Combine Music and a recording artist for Monument, who released his debut album in 1970 2) an aesthetic appreciation of the artist-"Kris Kristofferson True American Hero""-by famed musician/producer Don Was and 3) a revelatory and insightful portrait of Kris Kristofferson and his music from acclaimed American writer and journalist Mikal Gilmore.
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Bonus material includes three highly-collectible concert recordings (two of them previously unreleased) from 1970-1972 and two full discs of rarities featuring non-LP singles, studio outtakes, rare appearances, previously unavailable demos and more. In addition, the boxed set includes five bonus discs of unreleased and hard-to-find live and studio material drawn from Kristofferson's extraordinary golden era with the Monument and Columbia Records labels. The most comprehensive Kris Kristofferson musical library ever assembled, The Complete Monument & Columbia Album Collection brings together 11 essential studio albums, recorded by the artist from 1970 through 1981, individually packaged in a facsimile sleeve reproducing the original album artwork.
Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will celebrate the 80th birthday of American music legend Kris Kristofferson with the release of The Complete Monument & Columbia Album Collection, a 16CD deluxe box set, on Friday, June 10. Legacy Recordings Celebrates Kris Kristofferson's 80th Birthday with Release of The Complete Monument & Columbia Album Collection on Friday, June 10ĭefinitive 16 Disc Box Set Library Debuts Abundance of Rare and Previously Unreleased Live Concert and Studio Material Tot zijn bekendste nummers behoren oa I'd Rather Be Sorry, Help Me Make It Through the Night, Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends, en Me and Bobby McGee (cfr overbekend in Jannis Joplin's versie). The track’s new incarnation includes vocals recorded by Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson in 2014.Deze 16delige cd box bevat 11 classic albums uit de periode 1970 – 1981, en een schat aan onuitgegeven live- en studio materiaal.
The Highwaymen Live – American Outlaws is a deluxe 3CD/1DVD (or 3CD/1 Blu-ray) box set including a) two audio discs recorded live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, Mab) an audio disc with tracks recorded live at various Farm Aid Festivals and c) a previously unreleased full-length concert film recorded live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, Maand transferred from the original film reels especially for this collection.Īs an added bonus, The Highwaymen Live – American Outlaws debuts a previously unreleased recording of “One Too Many Mornings,” an alternate take of a Bob Dylan song which appeared on Heroes, a 1986 collaboration album by Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings. The Highwaymen - Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson - were country music’s first bonafide “supergroup,” an epic quartet of blockbuster star power comprised of the four prime forces of America’s outlaw country music revolution.
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