Yesterday's News

"Yesterday's News"
Single by Whiskeytown
from the album Strangers Almanac
A-side	"Yesterday's News" (Radio Version)
B-side	"Yesterday's News" (LP Version)
Released	1998
Format	CD Single
Recorded	1997
Genre	Alternative country
Label	Outpost Recordings
Writer(s)	Ryan Adams/Phil Wandscher
Producer	Jim Scott
Whiskeytown singles chronology
"16 Days" (1997) Yesterday's News (1998) Car Songs (1998)

"Yesterday's News" is a song by alternative country band Whiskeytown, co-written by Ryan Adams and Phil Wandscher. It first appeared on Whiskeytown's Strangers Almanac album, and was released in 1998 as a CD single.^[1]

An earlier version of the song - recorded during the band's "Baseball Park" sessions - was released on the 1998 reissue of the band's first album Faithless Street.^[2] Ryan Adams calls this "the definitive version. It sounds younger and freer than the one on Strangers Almanac, a little bit faster and louder. That was our Big Star phase. I played through a Vox amp at [producer] Chris Stamey’s request. Phil put a space-echo on the solo, and he talks underneath me in the choruses. The singing is better on the original... I had just written the song when we recorded it with Chris [Stamey] for the Baseball Park Sessions. The person it was about was still fresh in my mind."^[3]

The lyrics of the song mention "The Comet", i.e., The Comet Lounge, a favorite Raleigh, NC, hangout for the band. The bar has since closed.^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Yesterday's News (Radio Version)"	Adams/Wandscher	3:05
2.	"Yesterday's News (LP Version)"	Adams/Wandscher	2:49

Personnel & Production Credits

• Ryan Adams — acoustic & electric guitars, singing, banjo, piano, percussion
• Phil Wandscher — electric guitar, singing, organ, percussion
• Caitlin Cary — violin, singing
• Steven Terry — drums, singing, percussion
• Jeff Rice — bass guitar
• Produced, engineered, and mixed by Jim Scott

References

1. ^ "Yesterday's News (Single)". AnsweringBell.com. http://answeringbell.com/Answering%20Bell/Official%20Albums/yesterdays_news_single.htm. Retrieved 2011-02-01. 
2. ^ (1998) Album notes for Faithless Street by Whiskeytown. Los Angeles, CA: Outpost Recordings (OPRD-30002).
3. ^ "Yesterday's News". AnsweringBell.com. http://answeringbell.com/Answering%20Bell/Songs/yesterdays_news.htm. Retrieved 2011-02-01. 
4. ^ Cornell, Rick (2008-03-12). "Burned-out Comet: Music Feature: Independent Weekly". Independent Weekly. http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/burned-out-comet/Content?oid=1207031. Retrieved 2011-01-09.