- Dreams Come True (album)
Infobox Album | Name = Dreams Come True
Type =Album
Artist =Judee Sill
Released = March 2005
Recorded = 1974 (disc one); 1968-74 (disc two)
Genre =Singer-Songwriter / Rock
Length =
Label =Water Records
Producer =Judee Sill / Jim O'Rourke
Reviews =
Last album = "Heart Food "
(1974)
This album = "Dreams Come True"
(2005)|Dreams Come True is the third official album release by singer and songwriter
Judee Sill . A double CD released on Water Records in 2005, the album mainly contains work originally recorded in the seventies as potential material for a third album on theAsylum Records . A combination of Sill's health and drug problems and lack of interest in the market prevented the completion of the album in the seventies but a renewed interest in her work led to the release of this set, which also includes film footage from 1973.ongs
Despite the lack of commercial success for Sill's two albums "Judee Sill" and "
Heart Food ", which led to the end of her contract to Asylum Records and the end of her association withDavid Geffen , Sill's music was critically acclaimed and she continued to write songs.Sill recorded early versions for a planned third album, "Dreams Come True", in 1974 at Mike Nesmith's studios. Songs like "That's the Spirit" and "Things are Lookin' Up" show a more carefree and relaxed approach in comparison to Sill's earlier songs and especially considering her frustration at her lack of commercial success.
The songs remained unfinished, but
Jim O'Rourke undertook the task of mixing the material. He said: "I never thought to try and equal those (earlier recordings) except in spirit, how she seemed to like the colour of her instruments.I wanted the music to stand on its own and to be about nothing other than itself. And the moment of soloing up Judee's vocal track was, frankly, eerie. . . a serious thing! Not to be taken lightly." [http://chalkhills.org/articles/Uncut0504.html]The second disc is made up of rarities and home demos, including one of Sill's earliest songs, "Dead Time Bummer Blues," written about her experience in jail, which was recorded by the Los Angeles garage band
The Leaves . It also features an early version of "Things are Lookin' Up," entitled "Sunny Side Up Luck," performed by Sill onclavinet in 1973.Track listing
Disc 1
#"That's the Spirit"
#"I'm Over"
#"Apocalypse Express"
#"Living End"
#"Things are Lookin' Up"
#"Good Ship Omega"
#"Last Resort"
#"Til Dreams Come True"
#"Living End" (demo)
#"I'm Over" (demo)
#"Til Dreams Come True" (instrumental demo)Disc 2
#"Dead Time Bummer Blues"
#"Sunny Side Up Luck"
#"Emerald River Dance"
#"Waterfall"
#"North Country"
#"Farmer's Daughter (The Chickens in the Garden)"
#"Wreck of the FFV (Fast Flying Vestibule)"
#"500 Miles"
#"Oh Boy The Magician" (instrumental)External links
* [http://www.kneeling.co.uk/pages/jsill/dreams.asp Judee Sills, Dreams Come True]
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