THE STORY OF AN ARTIST Limited edition 6-LP/6-CD box set of the very early recordings by one of the most gifted songwriters of the last three decades. Includes Daniel's six cassette-only albums recorded between 1980 and 1983, packaged in individual sleeves, plus a 64-page booklet with Daniel's artwork from those years and extensive notes by . Find out why people like , , , Johnny Depp, , Eddie Vedder and so many others found these recordings so www.munster-records.com worthy.

W hen I first met Daniel in 1985, he was already Scarred"). Both were unlike anything I had "Johnston's stripped-down, quite well known. He had been giving away previously heard. Recorded in the semi-privacy primitively strummed music homemade cassettes for months and his live of his parents' basement in the early 1980s, has a spooky power to get right performances were attracting enthusiastic before he'd moved to Texas, the sound was to the heart of the matter with crowds. He had even been on MTV. The slightly better than the tapes I was already childlike reflections on love and cassettes were his business cards and he used distributing, and the material so strong that I anxiety." NME them well, with "Hi, How Are You", "Yip/Jump knew he deserved a place among the all-time Recordings", and these were released in 1991. Music", "Retired Boxer", "Respect" and great songwriters. Both were and are fully The releases typically coincided with Sonic "He is the indie Brian W ilson". "Continued Story" finding their way into the realized masterpieces to my ears. Youth tours because they were the most Rolling Stone hands of seemingly every band in town. As the influential band of the time, and I enjoyed During the next few months Daniel's condition attention increased, so did the need to keep having a new cassette to give them each time began to improve. Though he remained retired, "W hen a child hits a piano he making and handing out cassettes. It reached a they came through town. he encouraged me to release additional makes untainted music, and point where much of his paycheck from cassettes on Stress Records. It looked like he Most of Daniel's early recordings were done on that's there in Daniel. McDonald's would be spent on blank tapes, so I might never work again and I thought he a $59 Sanyo jam box using the cheapest tape He goes between extremes began talking to him about ways to at least deserved to make a living for the work he had he could find. The term "lo-fi" was still a few of naivety and darkness". break even. Jason Pierce, already done. He told me about "Songs O f years away and I never gave the low fidelity of By the time Daniel left Austin a year later, Pain" and how it was conceived as his first these recordings a second thought. It was 131 recordings straight out things had changed considerably. I was finding album. I was able to borrow a tape he had given about the music and the story of an artist. of the original cassettes national distribution for the tapes, but he Glass Eye's Kathy McCarty titled "The Joker" - "Songs O f Pain", "More Songs O f Pain", "The wasn't well, and didn't wish to continue in the it turned out to be one of several versions of W hat O f W hom", "Don't Be Scared" and "The Both formats include a music business. He gave me a couple of tapes I the "" tape that he had given out Lost Recordings" tell the story of that artist. 64-page booklet with extensive hadn't heard before throwing most of his to his friends in West Virginia before moving to They may have been "just" cassettes, but Daniel notes by Everett True and remaining possessions into a dumpster. By the Austin. I knew it had to be the first of the owned his own publishing and these releases interviews with Daniel's family time I found out about the dumpster incident "new" releases, so I began distributing "Songs led to more songs being published, and and friends. Plus many rare and frantically dug through it, trying to salvage O f Pain" in 1987. ultimately more songs being covered by other photos, illustrations by Daniel any tapes that I could find, it was too late. W hat bands. I'm very grateful that Munster Records A few months later I borrowed another tape and a two-sided A2 poster. was lost in that dumpster is something we'll has chosen to package the recordings from he had given to one of his friends. This led to never know. Daniel's West Virginia years as a box set. I hope The 6-LP box set is the release of "The W hat O f W hom". In 1988 I you enjoy it. limited to 1000 copies. The two unreleased tapes he had given me released "More Songs of Pain" and in 1989 were "More Songs O f Pain" and "Don't Be "Don't Be Scared". In 1990 Daniel found some Jeff Tartakov Scared" (ironically misspelled "Don't Be tapes under his bed (!) called "The Lost Stress Records

SALES Title: The Story Of An Artist Format: 6-LP Box set Tracklists available on following page [email protected] Artist: DANIEL JOHNSTON Cat #: MR 298 PROMO Release date: May 30, 2010 Barcode: 8435008829810 [email protected] Label: Munster Format: 6-CD Box set Cat #: MR CD 298 Barcode: 8435008829827 DANIEL JOHNSTON THE STORY OF AN ARTIST Box set de 6 CDs/6 LPs en edición limitada que reúne los primeros temas de uno de los autores más brillantes de las últimas tres décadas. Incluye los seis álbumes grabados por Daniel entre 1980 y 1983 y publicados originalmente sólo en cassette, presentados en sus carpetas individuales y acompañados de un libreto de 64 páginas con ilustraciones de Daniel y un amplio texto a cargo del periodista Everett True. Descubre por qué gente como Tom Waits, Beck, Matt Groening, Kurt www.munster-records.com Cobain, Johnny Depp y tantos otros consideraron estas grabaciones tan especiales.

Cuando conocí a Daniel en 1985, él ya tenía del sótano de la casa de sus padres a principios "La música desnuda y primitiva cierta fama. Había estado regalando sus de los 80, antes de que se mudase a Texas, el de Daniel Johnston tiene el poder cassettes grabadas en casa durante meses y sus sonido era ligeramente mejor que el de las hechizante de llegar a la esencia actuaciones atraían a un público muy cintas que yo estaba distribuyendo, y el material del asunto con reflexiones entusiasta. Incluso había salido en la MTV. Las era tan bueno que supe que se merecía un cándidas sobre el amor y la cintas eran su tarjeta de visita y sabía cómo lugar entre los grandes autores de canciones. ansiedad ." NME usarlas, parecía como si todas las bandas de Para mí eran y son obras maestras completas. editadas en 1991. Los lanzamientos solían Austin tuviesen copias de "Hi, How Are You", coincidir con giras de Sonic Youth porque eran Durante los siguientes meses la salud de Daniel "Él es el Brian W ilson de indie". "Yip/Jump Music", "Retired Boxer", "Respect" y el grupo más influyente de la época, y me empezó a mejorar. Aunque seguía apartado de Rolling Stone "Continued Story". A medida que crecía el gustaba tener una cinta que darles cada vez que la música, me animaba a publicar más cassettes interés, también lo hacía la necesidad de seguir pasaban por Austin. en Stress Records. Cabía la posibilidad de que "Cuando un niño aporrea haciendo y moviendo las cintas. Llegó al punto Daniel no volviese a trabajar, y yo creía que se La mayoría de las primeras grabaciones de un piano crea música pura, y en que se gastaba la mayor parte de su sueldo merecía vivir del trabajo que había realizado Daniel fueron hechas en un Sanyo jam box de esa cualidad está presente en de McDonald's en cintas vírgenes, así que hasta entonces. Me habló de "Songs O f Pain" y 59 dólares, usando las cintas más baratas que la obra Daniel. Él se mueve empecé a hablar con él. entre lo inocente y lo sombrío". de cómo había sido concebido como su primer podía conseguir. El término "lo-fi" todavía no Jason Pierce, Spiritualized Cuando Daniel se fue de Austin un año álbum. Pude conseguir prestada una cinta que era conocido y yo no pensé en ningún después, las cosas habían cambiado le había dado a Kathy McCarty, del grupo Glass momento en la baja fidelidad de estas 131 canciones extraidas notablemente. Yo había conseguido distribución Eye, titulada "The Joker" - resultó ser una de grabaciones. Lo importante era la música y la de los cassettes originales nacional para las cassettes, pero Daniel no se varias versiones de la cinta de "Songs O f Pain" historia de un artista. "Songs O f Pain", "More encontraba bien y no quería seguir en la que había regalado a sus amigos de West Songs O f Pain", "The W hat O f W hom", "Don't Ambos formatos incluyen industria musical. Me dio un par de cintas que Virginia antes de mudarse a Austin. Supe que Be Scared" y "The Lost Recordings" cuentan la un libreto de 64 pájinas con yo no había escuchado y luego tiró la mayoría tenía que ser el primero de los "nuevos" historia de ese artista. Puede que fuesen "sólo" anotaciones escritas por de sus posesiones en un vertedero. Cuando me lanzamientos, así que empecé a distribuir cassettes, pero Daniel tenía los derechos sobre Everett True y entrevistas con enteré de lo del vertedero y me puse a buscar "Songs O f Pain" en 1987. sus canciones y estos lanzamientos propiciaron la familia y amigos de Daniel. en él como un loco, tratando de recuperar que se editasen más temas suyos, y finalmente Unos meses más tarde me dejaron otra cinta Con fotos raras, ilustraciones cualquier cinta que pudiese encontrar, era que otros grupos hicieran versiones de sus que Daniel había dado a uno de sus amigos. de Daniel y un poster tamaño A2 demasiado tarde. temas. Estoy muy agradecido porque Munster Esto condujo al lanzamiento de "The W hat O f Records haya decidido recopilar en un box set Las dos cintas inéditas que me había dado eran W hom". En 1988 edité "More Songs O f Pain" y La caja de 6-Lps es una edición las grabaciones de West Virginia de Daniel. "More Songs O f Pain" y "Don't Be Scared". N o en 1989 "Don't Be Scared". En 1990 Daniel limitada de 1.000 copias Espero que lo disfrutes. encontró unas cintas debajo de su cama (!) se parecían a nada que yo hubiera escuchado Jeff Tartakov tituladas "The Lost Recordings", y éstas fueron antes. Grabadas en la semi-privacidad del Stress Records

VENTAS Título: The Story Of An Artist Format:o 6-LP Box set · Tracklist disponible en la pájina siguiente · [email protected] Artista: DANIEL JOHNSTON Referencia: MR 298 PROMO Fecha de salida: 31 de mayo de 2010 Barcode: 8435008829810 [email protected] Sello: Munster Formato: 6-CD Box set Referencia: MR CD 298 Barcode: 8435008829827 SONGS OF PAIN DON'T BE SCARED THE WHAT OF WHOM 1. Grievances 1. Going Down 1. Man Obsessed 2. A Little Story 2. Lost Without A Dame 2. Peek-a-boo 3. Joy Without Pleasure 3. Harley Man 3. Never Before/Never Again 4. Never Relaxed 4. Evening Stars 4. The Goldfish & The Frog 5. Brainwash 5. Something More 5. Scuttle-butt 6. Pothead 6. Cold Hard World 6. Heart, Mind & Soul 7. Wicked World 7. I Had A Dream 7. Blue Clouds 8. Lazy 8. The Story Of An Artist 8. Surely You Don't Work All Night 9. I Save Cigarette Butts 9. My Yoke Is Heavy 9. I Can't Think Anymore 10. Like A Monkey In A Zoo 10. Stars On Parade 10. Excuse Me 11. Wicked Will 11. And You Love It 11. Polka Dot Rag 12. An Idiot's End 12. I Had Lost My Mind 12. Why/Without You 13. Wild West Virginia 13. The Sun Shines Down On Me 13. An Incoherent Speech 14. Since I Lost My Tooth 14. Loner 14. Wicked World DISC 1 15. Urge DISC 2 15. I Don't Want To Be Scared 15. To Go Home DISC 3 16. Living Life 16. Lullaby 16. Scrambled Eggs 17. Tuna Ketchup 17. I Was Alone 17. Peace & Tranquility 18. Premarital Sex 18. Mother Mom Said 18. When You're Pretty 19. Don't Act Nice 20. Hate Song THE LOST RECORDINGS I 1. Take A Little Walk THE LOST RECORDINGS II 2. Before It's Too Late 1. All Around The World MORE SONGS OF PAIN 3. Oh What A Wonderful Feeling 2. You're Not Laura (After You're 1. Phantom Of My Own Opera 4. I'd Like To Say Goodbye Gone) 2. Man At War 5. That's Silly 3. I'm Gonna Buy Me A Car 3. Only Missing You 6. There Ain't Much You Can Do 4. Out West 4. More Dead Than Alive 7. I'm A Song 5. The Undertaker's Assistant 5. I Will 8. You Should Have Been My Wife 6. Dreams Come True 6. Poptunes 9. You Ruined It For Yourself 7. Mean To Me 7. You Put My Love Out The Door 10. Once Upon A Dream 8. Fly Me To The Moon 8. You're Gonna Make It Joe 11. I Love You 9. Love Defined 9. Theme For Grievances 12. Scattered Like Birds 10. Love 10. Never Get To Heaven 13. More About Wicked Will 11. How I Love That Organ Music 11. Follow That Dream 14. Good Luck 12. We Could Be Together Again 12. POW 15. Got To Go On 13. Happy Talk 13. For The Love Of Pete DISC 5 16. It's Real 14. The Miracle Of Love 14. Blue Cloud DISC 6 17. If You Were Here Today 15. Who Killed The Monkey 15. Grievances Revisited DISC 4 18. Girlfriend 16. The Wedding 16. True Grief 19. Void (Space For The Memories) 17. Unfinished Symphony 17. My Baby Cares For The Dead 20. Sad And Lonely 18. Blue Cloud 18. Mabel's Grievances 21. I'm Nervous 19. I Never Meant To Be Spooky 22. Cosmic Kid 20. Dream Lover 23. Never Die 21. What's A Matter With Me 24. Kiss Me Again 22. If I Kissed You Once 25. I Wish I Could Call You 23. I Give Up DANIEL JOHNSTON 26. Love Is Weird 24. Lonely Orphan On The Run THE STORY OF AN ARTIST 27. Burn Baby Burn 25. The Goat Show 28. No Fun 26. You've Got A Funny Sense Of 6-LP Box set / 6-CD Box set 29. Art Peace Humor 27. Last Song For You Release date: May 3, 2010 30. Instrumental