STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN - THE SKY IS CRYING (180G 45RPM 2LP)

Stevie Ray Vaughan The Sky Is Crying on 180g 45RPM 2LP From Analogue Productions

Stevie Ray's Unofficial Fifth Studio Record

The Best SRV Has Ever Sounded In Analog

Comprised of ten previously unreleased studio performances Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble cut between late 1984 and early 1989, The Sky Is Crying serves as the legendary guitarist’s unofficial “fifth” album as well as an homage to extraordinary musician’s exceptional abilities as a musician, songwriter and interpreter. It also contains the tremendously moving “Life By the Drop,” the first-ever recorded take of Vaughan playing acoustic guitar. Few, if any, posthumous collections are more complete, satisfying, and revealing as this 1990 set.  

When Vaughan was killed in a helicopter crash in August 1990, his brother, Jimmie, set to work on finding finished material that his younger sibling left in the vaults. To his surprise, there weren’t many completed leftovers, save for the tracks on this set, which lent to the opinion that, in some way, Vaughan intended The Sky Is Crying to be an actual record. Nearly every song here had long found its way into the group’s live sets, including the supremely soulful title track, bathed in Reese Wynan’s warm organ accompaniment.

On the rarity “Boot Hill,” Vaughan plays the slide guitar, the very first time he’s captured on record in this style. The song was left off of In Step due to its darker content. Vaughan’s formative influences also get channeled here on a slow-burn version of Howlin’ Wolf’s “May I Have a Talk With You,” during which the Texan incorporates the lyrics of several blues standards into the narrative.

Stevie Ray Vaughan The Sky Is Crying Track Listing:

1.  Boot Hill
2.  The Sky Is Crying
3.  Empty Arms
4.  Little Wing
5.  Wham
6.  May I Have a Talk With You
7.  Close to You
8.  Chitlins con Carne
9.  So Excited
10. Life By the Drop