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Event: RECORD STORE DAY 2024Release Date: 4/20/2024Format: LPLabel: Real Gone MusicQuantity: 800Release type: RSD Limited Run / Regional Focus Release Originally released in 1972 o n Vanguard Records, Bob Frank’s self-titled debut album took elements of Dylan, Johnny Cash, and Ian Tyson and filtered it thru a pot-smoked haze and the infusion of Frank’s long-time friend, Memphis guru Jim Dickinson. Dickinson and Frank shared a mutual admiration that ran so deep that on Dickinson’s own 1972 debut album Dixie Fried (released on Atlantic Records), he recorded one of Bob Frank’s songs “Wild Bill Jones.”But despite the Dickinson/Memphis connection, Bob Frank’s only LP for Vanguard became a forgotten, hard to find relic - until Light in the Attic reissued it to great acclaim in 2014.Now, from Real Gone comes more 1972 Vanguard Bob Frank recordings (all previously unreleased studio songs) coupled with a live set from the Old Quarter in Houston 1973 (the first-ever vintage live Bob Frank recordings to be released).Includes an insert with extensive liner notes detailing Frank’s career self-sabotage by Pat Thomas and the director of the documentary Within A Few Degrees: A Little Gest of Bob Frank, Isaac Pingree. 20 tracks, all unreleased, pressed on stems ‘n’ seeds “marijuana” vinyl. TracklistA1. Wild Bill JonesA2. Velvet RobesA3. My Well-Remembered HomeA4. Broke AgainA5. Luther BrownA6. When Johnny Was Called for a SoldierA7. BirminghamA8. SnakebitA9. Biloxi ChickenA10. Escape to the HillsA11. Mississippi WillieA12. The WarmthB1. CanebrakeB2. Cowboy SongB3. Face on the Barroom FloorB4. Spring FeverB5. Within a Few DegreesB6. Hot Dusty DayB7. WinoB8. Chipmunk Show more