Rural Free Delivery (EP)

Rural Free Delivery
EP by Whiskeytown
Released May 6, 1997
Recorded 1995
Genre Alternative country, country rock
Length 24:05
Label Mood Food
Whiskeytown chronology
Theme for a Trucker
(1997)
Rural Free Delivery
(1997)
In Your Wildest Dreams
(1997)

Rural Free Delivery is an EP by the alternative country band Whiskeytown, released by Mood Food Records in 1997. It compiles the 4 songs from the band's debut EP Angels - recorded in a single day - with 4 additional outtakes from the same session.[1] Although the music was recorded in 1995 - just a few months after Whiskeytown formed - it wasn't released until two years later.[2] This was part of a deal worked out with Mood Food to release the band from their current contract so that they could sign with Outpost Recordings.[3]

The EP contains a hidden track - an alternate, longer mix of "Nervous Breakdown". But unlike typical hidden tracks (often located at the end of an album), this one is located at the beginning of the CD. To access it, go to the very beginning of the first song on the CD, then scan backwards for 3:15, and press play.[4]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Ryan Adams, Phil Wandscher, Eric Gilmore, Steve Grothman, and Caitlin Cary unless stated otherwise. 

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Take Your Guns To Town"    2:30
2. "Nervous Breakdown"  Greg Ginn 2:20
3. "Tennessee Square"  Ryan Adams 3:03
4. "Captain Smith"    2:11
5. "Macon, Georgia County Line"    2:30
6. "Pawnshop Ain't No Place For A Wedding Ring"    4:33
7. "Oklahoma"    2:56
8. "Angels Are Messengers From God"  Ryan Adams/Caitlin Cary 4:06

Personnel and production credits

References

  1. Menconi, David (2012). Ryan Adams: Losering, A Story of Whiskeytown. University of Texas Press. pp. 195–196. ISBN 978-0-292-72584-3.
  2. Blackstock, Peter (1997). "Whiskeytown - Falling down, standing up: Americana and Roots Music - No Depression". No Depression. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
  3. Menconi, David (2012). Ryan Adams: Losering, A Story of Whiskeytown. University of Texas Press. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-292-72584-3.
  4. "Rural Free Delivery (Whiskeytown) Easter Egg - Hidden Track". The Easter Egg Archive. 2001-11-11. Retrieved 2011-01-03. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
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