- The Revelator Collection
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name = The Revelator Collection
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director =Mark Seliger
producer =Gillian Welch &David Rawlings / Rhea Rupert
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starring =Gillian Welch &David Rawlings
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editing = Lee Tucker / Barney Miller
distributor = Acony
released = November 12, 2002
runtime = 59 min.
country = U.S.
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language = English
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website = http://www.fastatmosphere.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=GWELCH-DVD06
amg_id = 1:273520
imdb_id ="The Revelator Collection"
DVD is a mix ofmusic video s and concert footage ofsinger-songwriter Gillian Welch and her musical partnerDavid Rawlings . All of the video was filmed inblack and white by still photographerMark Seliger .The first three tracks were recorded at
RCA Studio B inNashville, Tennessee and document the recording of these songs for Welch's 2001 album, "Time (The Revelator) ".The remaining songs are all filmed before live audiences. Tracks 4-8 were shot at the Cat's Cradle in
Carrboro, North Carolina on November 10, 2001, and Tracks 9-11 were filmed the following day at the Bijou Theater inKnoxville, Tennessee . These eight tracks include several songs from the "Time (The Revelator)" album, one previously unreleased Gillian Welch song, "Wichita", and several covers. The duo coverBob Dylan 's "Billy",Neil Young 's "Pocahontas" andTownes Van Zandt 's "White Freight Liner Blues" as well asBill Monroe 's "I'm on My Way Back to the Old Home" with Rawlings singing lead. The clip of Welch and Rawlings performing "I Want to Sing that Rock and Roll" from the concert film, "Down from the Mountain " is added as a bonus.Audio of all tracks have been released online and titled as "Songs from the Revelator Collection"".
Track listing
# "Elvis Presley Blues" (Rawlings-Welch)
# "My First Lover" (Rawlings-Welch)
# "Revelator" (Rawlings-Welch)
# "April the 14th" (Rawlings-Welch)
# "Wichita" (Welch)
# "Red Clay Halo" (Rawlings-Welch)
# "Billy" (Dylan)
# "Pocahontas" (Young)
# "Revelator" (Rawlings-Welch)
# "I'm on My Way Back to the Old Home" (Monroe)
# "White Freightliner Blues" (Van Zandt)
# "I Want to Sing that Rock and Roll" (Rawlings-Welch)Credits
*Director:
Mark Seliger
*Director of Photography: Michael Garofalo
*Sound: Terry Hillman
*Project Coordinator: Norm Parenteau
*Package Design: Frank Olinsky
*Cover Photograph: Mark Seliger
*DVD Editor: Lee Tucker, Ground Zero,Nashville, Tennessee
*DVD Authoring, Encoding, and Mastering: Jeff Stabenau, Blink Digital,New York, New York
*DVD Producers: Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
*Gillian Welch plays a 1956 Gibson J-50
*David Rawlings plays a 1935 Epiphone Olympic
*The Box was made by Barnett and JaffeTracks 1-3
*Film producer: Rhea Rupert
*Editor: Barney MillerSee also
*"
Time (The Revelator) " (related album)
*"Down from the Mountain " (concert film with some of the same footage)
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