Searching for Heritage

Searching for Heritage
Live album by the John Butler Trio
Released	1996
Recorded	1996
Genre	Alt, Roots
Label	Independent
Producer	John Butler
the John Butler Trio chronology
Searching for Heritage (1996) John Butler (1998)

Searching for Heritage is a cassette tape that John Butler recorded and sold while he was busking on the streets of Fremantle^[1] in 1996.<ref name=ARDb">Holmgren, Magnus. "John Butler - Discography". Australian Rock Database. Retrieved 23 November 2011.</ref> It is a collection of instrumental songs, some of which ("Ocean" and "Valley") were re-recorded on the debut self-titled album John Butler. During this time, Butler was usually playing on his own. Completely self funded,^[2] it sold three and a half thousand copies and enabled Butler to fund his first CD recording.<ref name=Howlspace">Spencer et al, (2007) John Butler Trio entry. Retrieved 23 November 2011</ref>

The tape is highly sought after by collectors and is very much unavailable other than from second hand dealers. No copies remain for sale and Butler has stressed that it won’t be re-released anytime in his foreseeable future.

Track listing

All tracks written by John Butler.

Side One

1. "River Song"
2. "Valley"
3. "Desert Snow"
4. "Some Place Familiar"
5. "Newd”
6. "Chicken"

Side Two

1. "River Song" (Busk version)
2. "Desert Snow" (8 Track)
3. "Valley" (DAT)
4. "Long Trek"
5. "Ocean"

References

1. Denton, Andrew (7 August 2006). "John Butler" (transcript). Enough Rope. ABC TV (Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)). Retrieved 17 February 2011.
2. Krueger, Debra (December 2001). "Composer Profile: John Butler: Writing from His Roots". APRAP. Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 21 February 2011.