Moneyland – special collectors edition

Moneyland special collectors edition CDThe folks at McCoury Music have come up with an interesting special pre-release offer for their Moneyland CD, sure to appeal to the most extreme Del heads among us.

Due July 8, Moneyland is a concept project, using songs to make a statement about the state of rural America, which they see as in need of special attention. The CD was initially produced to be a campaign item for the now suspended presidential campaign of former NC Senator John Edwards, which will be released to the general public instead.

Most of the tracks are previously released recordings from Mac Wiseman, Merle Haggard, Patty Loveless, Dan Tyminski, Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell, Tim O’Brien, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings. The Del McCoury Band is also featured on a number of newly recorded tracks, including a remake of The Beatles’ When I’m 64.

The cover is a play on the classic Grant Wood painting, American Gothic, but with a figure dressed in red, white and blue stealing away in the background with a bag of money.

McCoury Music has pressed 1,000 collectors edition CDs with a alternate cover featuring Del himself as the farmer being fleeced by the crooked politician. Each of these will be signed and numbered, with a portion of the proceeds going to an unspecified organization to aid the homeless.

To order the collectors CD – and hear audio samples from the album – visit McCoury Music online.

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comment #53345 By Jon Weisberger on 06.25.08 8:28 pm

A slight correction – the Mac track is new, the track with Tim O’Brien, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings is new and the Bruce Hornsby/Fairfield Four track is new. So almost half (6 out of 13) of the full music tracks are previously unreleased. Also, while the original idea for the project was related to the Edwards campaign, it is definitely non-partisan in nature, and in my opinion it’s a great – and timely – project.

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