The Flatlanders Featuring Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely, Butch Hancock - More A Legend Than A Band (Remastered) (1990)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 225 MB
35:27 | Scans - 9 MB | Country | Label: Rounder
More a Legend Than a Band Review by Stewart Mason
In any other circumstance, that title would be hyperbole, but in the case of the Flatlanders, it's the simple truth. Although their only commercial release during their nearly four-year existence was an eight track on the tacky Plantation label, bandleaders Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely, and Butch Hancock went on to become pioneers in alternative country, directly influencing bands ranging from Uncle Tupelo to Ely disciples the Clash. This 1990 reissue gives that eight track a proper digital release for the first time ever (minus two weaker tracks, covers of the country standards "Hello Stranger" and "Waiting for a Train"), plus four previously unreleased tracks recorded during the same March 1972 sessions.