Willie Nelson Phases And Stages On Vinyl LP

The legendary career of Texas-born music icon Willie Nelson has spanned six decades and stands as one of contemporary music's greatest legacies. Nelson first rose to fame as a Nashville-based songwriter, penning many now timeless standards including "Crazy," a top hit for Patsy Cline. Feeling constrained by the Nashville music establishment, Willie relocated to Austin in the early ‘70s, where the melding of rock and country audiences made a huge impression on him. He began fusing folk and roots rock with a rebellious "outlaw" country flavor, inventing an authentic, stripped-down sound that remains vastly influential to this day. At this pivotal point in his artistic evolution, Nelson signed to Atlantic Records, delivering two signature albums revered as all-time masterpieces of his extensive repertoire, Shotgun Willie and Phases And Stages.

Phases And Stages is the first of many albums on which Willie strings songs together to tell a single story. The first half of the album recounts a break-up from the woman's point of view; the second half tells the same story, but from the man's perspective. Among the many outstanding tracks on this classic album are "Sister's Coming Home," "I Still Can't Believe You're Gone" and "Pretend I Never Happened."

Willie Nelson Phases And Stages Track Listing

1. Phases and Stages (Theme)/Washing the Dishes    
2. Phases and Stages (Theme)/Walkin'    
3. Pretend I Never Happened    
4. Sister's Coming Home/Down at the Corner Beer Joint    
5. (How Will I Know) I'm Falling in Love Again    
6. Bloody Mary Morning    
7. Phases and Stages (Theme)/No Love Around    
8. I Still Can't Believe You're Gone    
9. It's Not Supposed to Be That Way
10. Heaven and Hell    
11. Phases and Stages (Theme)/Pick Up the Tempo/Phases and Stages (Theme)