{"product_id":"john-prine-september-78-lp","title":"John Prine - September 78 LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ca data-tag=\"john-prine\" id=\"auto-tag_john-prine\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/john-prine\/\"\u003eJohn Prine\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas cleaning his basement when he stumbled upon an old concert recording. But it wasn’t just any concert recording: It was Prine, in his late Seventies prime, playing full-on rock \u0026amp; roll with an electric band. Now the show, a rarity in the Grammy winner’s catalog, is getting wider release this week:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeptember ’78\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewill be issued digitally for the first time on August 25th.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecorded at the Park West Theater in Chicago in the fall of 1978,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeptember ’78\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esees the singer-songwriter in raucous form. He barrels through the harmonica-laden opener “Often is a Word I Seldom Use,” stumbles through the hillbilly hijinks of “Please Don’t Bury Me” and sings ragged harmonies on a bluesy take of “Angel From Montgomery.” He throws in a couple covers: the Righteous Brothers’ “Try to Find Another Man” and a breakneck version of Elvis Presley’s “Treat Me Nice.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrine had recorded the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBruised Orange\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLP earlier that year, a few songs from which – “Crooked Piece of Time” and “Iron Ore Betty” – appear on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeptember ’78\u003c\/i\u003e. The Park West recording sounds more like a precursor to the album he cut a few months later,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePink Cadillac\u003c\/i\u003e, which makes sense given that Prine’s backing band here – Tommy “Pickles” Piekarski, Howard Levy, and longtime friend and collaborator Johnny Burns – all joined him on that record. -Rolling Stone\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oh Boy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32736601669694,"sku":null,"price":20.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1575\/8523\/products\/798614.jpg?v=1611631675","url":"https:\/\/www.bullcityrecords.com\/products\/john-prine-september-78-lp","provider":"Chaz's Bull City Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}