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Vashti Bunyan Lookaftering - 20th Anniversary Expanded Edition - Sealed UK 2-LP vinyl set
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VASHTI BUNYAN Lookaftering (20th Anniversary Expanded Edition 2025 UK/EU 21-track double album 2-LP including the original classic album plus a second LP of previously unreleased alternate versions and demos of the whole album. Deluxe gatefold picture sleeve ith 16-page booklet of lyrics and Whyn Lewis paintings. Hype sticker & factory sealed)
TRACKLISTING AND EXTRA INFORMATION
Vashti Bunyan’s Lookaftering is 20 years old. To mark the occasion, and also Vashti’s 80th birthday, an expanded edition is released. As well as the original studio album itself, the second disc features demo versions, alternate takes, and live performances of all the original album tracks. This edition also comes with sleeve notes from Vashti, producer Max Richter, Devendra Banhart and a 16-page lyric booklet featuring a collection of paintings by Vashti's daughter Whyn Lewis – paintings that closely, and coincidentally, reflected the lyrics of the album. Vashti says “the beautiful photograph of Max in the studio playing wine glasses with his young daughter’s violin bow, brings it all back to me - how very fortunate I have been.”
Dating from 2001 to 2005, the demos were recorded at home by Vashti, accompanying herself on acoustic and electric guitar and experimenting with synths – from piano to strings, pipe organ, harmonium, recorders and accordion. The sound is, of course, stripped back compared to that of the finished album, but the live version of Lately recorded at an early “comeback” gig in L.A. in 2006, orchestrated as on the record, is absolutely pitch perfect.
Listening to the demos and the final versions side-by-side while reading the sleeve notes is a wonderful experience, learning and hearing how the songs and the long-player evolved, with Vashti and Max Richter (who produced - and played on - the album), explaining how all of the artists involved (Devendra Banhart, Johanna Newson, Adem Ilhan, Robert Kirby and members of the band Vetiver), touched by Vashti’s original 1970 Just Another Diamond Day album, jumped at the opportunity to be there. As Max Richter recalls, “It felt like a community project; a family of people coming together”.
Side One
1. Lately
2. Here Before
3. Wayward
4. Hidden 05. Against The Sky
6. Turning Backs
Side Two
7. If I Were
8. Same But Different
9. Brother
10. Feet Of Clay
11. Wayward Hum
Side Three
12. Lately (Live, The Echo, Los Angeles, 2006)
13. Here Before (Demo, 2005)
14. Wayward (Alternative take, 2005)
15. Hidden (Demo, 2002)
16. Against The Sky (Demo, 2004)
Side Four
17. Turning Backs (Demo, 2003)
18. If I Were (Demo, 2001)
19. Same But Different (Demo, 2005)
20. Brother (Demo, 2002)
21. Feet Of Clay (Demo, 2002)
Artist - Vashti Bunyan (click link for complete listing)
Title - Lookaftering (click link for more of the same title)
Release Date - 07 Feb 2025
Year of Release - 2025
Format - 2-LP vinyl record set (Double LP Album)
Record Label - FatCat Records
Catalogue No - FATLP38X (click link for more)
Country of Origin - United Kingdom (UK)
Language - Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
Additional info - Sealed, Picture Sleeve
Barcode - 600116993830
Condition - Factory sealed from new. This item is unplayed. Click here for more info.
RareVinyl.com Ref No - VSH2LLO856477
Alternative Names - Vashti.
GENRES
60s Female, 70s Artists, Folk, Female Solo, POP, Singer/Songwriter.
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TRACKLISTING AND EXTRA INFORMATION
Vashti Bunyan’s Lookaftering is 20 years old. To mark the occasion, and also Vashti’s 80th birthday, an expanded edition is released. As well as the original studio album itself, the second disc features demo versions, alternate takes, and live performances of all the original album tracks. This edition also comes with sleeve notes from Vashti, producer Max Richter, Devendra Banhart and a 16-page lyric booklet featuring a collection of paintings by Vashti's daughter Whyn Lewis – paintings that closely, and coincidentally, reflected the lyrics of the album. Vashti says “the beautiful photograph of Max in the studio playing wine glasses with his young daughter’s violin bow, brings it all back to me - how very fortunate I have been.”
Dating from 2001 to 2005, the demos were recorded at home by Vashti, accompanying herself on acoustic and electric guitar and experimenting with synths – from piano to strings, pipe organ, harmonium, recorders and accordion. The sound is, of course, stripped back compared to that of the finished album, but the live version of Lately recorded at an early “comeback” gig in L.A. in 2006, orchestrated as on the record, is absolutely pitch perfect.
Listening to the demos and the final versions side-by-side while reading the sleeve notes is a wonderful experience, learning and hearing how the songs and the long-player evolved, with Vashti and Max Richter (who produced - and played on - the album), explaining how all of the artists involved (Devendra Banhart, Johanna Newson, Adem Ilhan, Robert Kirby and members of the band Vetiver), touched by Vashti’s original 1970 Just Another Diamond Day album, jumped at the opportunity to be there. As Max Richter recalls, “It felt like a community project; a family of people coming together”.
Side One
1. Lately
2. Here Before
3. Wayward
4. Hidden 05. Against The Sky
6. Turning Backs
Side Two
7. If I Were
8. Same But Different
9. Brother
10. Feet Of Clay
11. Wayward Hum
Side Three
12. Lately (Live, The Echo, Los Angeles, 2006)
13. Here Before (Demo, 2005)
14. Wayward (Alternative take, 2005)
15. Hidden (Demo, 2002)
16. Against The Sky (Demo, 2004)
Side Four
17. Turning Backs (Demo, 2003)
18. If I Were (Demo, 2001)
19. Same But Different (Demo, 2005)
20. Brother (Demo, 2002)
21. Feet Of Clay (Demo, 2002)
Artist - Vashti Bunyan (click link for complete listing)
Title - Lookaftering (click link for more of the same title)
Release Date - 07 Feb 2025
Year of Release - 2025
Format - 2-LP vinyl record set (Double LP Album)
Record Label - FatCat Records
Catalogue No - FATLP38X (click link for more)
Country of Origin - United Kingdom (UK)
Language - Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
Additional info - Sealed, Picture Sleeve
Barcode - 600116993830
Condition - Factory sealed from new. This item is unplayed. Click here for more info.
RareVinyl.com Ref No - VSH2LLO856477
Alternative Names - Vashti.
GENRES
60s Female, 70s Artists, Folk, Female Solo, POP, Singer/Songwriter.
ORDERING
Availability - In Stock - Buy Now for shipping today
Postage/Shipping Cost - Add item to your basket for a postage/shipping quote. For further delivery info click here
Email - sales@rarevinyl.com to contact our sales team.
To order by phone - Call (+44) 01474815010
RareVinyl.com Reference Number - VSH2LLO856477
SELL TO US
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