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This a RECORD STORE DAY 2024 title - available over the counter in store first come first served from SATURDAY 20TH APRIL 2024.
If any stock remains this will GO ON SALE ONLINE at 8pm MONDAY 22ND APRIL.
View here for more details - https://www.crashrecords.co.uk/collections/record-store-day-2024
Please note stock is very limited so place your order ASAP. Stock is not held in cart so please check out quickly. Please bear in mind that due to the nature of many people trying to place orders at the same time, we cannot guarantee that stock is yours until an Order Fullfilled/Shipped email has been sent. Unfortunately we are not able to combine orders for shipping.
If there are any issues we will email as quickly as we can so please use an email address that you check regularly. All orders will be dispatched as quickly as possible, but overseas orders obviously take longer to be delivered.
Prices are to be confirmed closer to the event - this is purely for info currently
"Willie Nelson’s 1974 classic, celebrating its 50th Anniversary in March, just prior to RSD
If Shotgun Willie played a bit like a concept album, Phases and Stages was a full-blown one, tracing the dissolution of a marriage and devoting one side to the wife's perspective, the second to the husband's….Phases and Stages is easily the equal of its remarkable predecessor, a wonderful set of music that resonates deeply, as deeply as the words. Make no mistake -- the deceptively relaxed arrangements, including the occasional strings, not only highlight Nelson's clever eclecticism, but they also heighten the emotional impact of the album. And this is a hell of an emotional record, where even each side's celebratory honky tonk numbers (the medley ""Sister's Coming Home/Down at the Corner Beer Joint"" and ""Pick Up the Tempo,"" respectively) are muted by sadness. Then, there are the centerpieces: ""Walkin',"" where the woman decides it's time to move on; ""Pretend I Never Happened,"" perhaps the coldest ending to a relationship ever written; ""Bloody Mary Morning,"" a bleary-eyed morning-after tale that became a standard; ""It's Not Supposed to Be That Way,"" a nearly unbearably melancholy account of a love gone wrong; and ""Heaven and Hell,"" a waltz summary of the relationship. Any two of these would have formed a strong core for an album, but placed together in a narrative context, their impact is even more considerable. As a result, this is not just one of Willie Nelson's best records, but one of the great concept albums overall."
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