Catholic Boy
By The Jim Carroll Band
Fat Possum, 2021
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Fat Possum reissued Catholic Boy as a double album with nine previously unreleased, remastered demos and new double gatefold cover with additional artwork and content inside. A limited number of copies were issued with colored vinyl.
Songs
1980 and 2021 versions
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- Wicked Gravity
- Three Sisters
- Day and Night
- Nothing Is True
- People Who Died
- City Drops Into the Night
- Crow
- It’s Too Late
- I Want the Angel
- Catholic Boy
2021 version Bonus Disc
Jim Carroll Band — Bolinas Demos
- Tension
- Cruelty
- Nothing Is True
- Lorraine
- Crow
- The Book of Nods Live 1978
Liner Notes
1980 and 2021 versions
PRODUCED BY EARL McGRATH
CO-PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING: BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN
ARRANGED BY: THE JIM CARROLL BAND
BRIAN LINSLEY — Guitar
STEVE LINSLEY — Bass
TERRELL WINN — Guitar
WAYNE WOODS — Drums
JIM CARROLL — Vocals
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Assistant Engineers: JEFFREY NORMAN and JASON CORSARO
Mastering By: ROBERT LUDWIG for MASTERDISK CORPORATION
Art Direction: ANNIE LEIBOVITZ and EARL McGRATH and SANDI YOUNG
Cover Photograph: ANNIE LEIBOVITZ
Back Cover Photograph: MICHAEL HALSBAND
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Keyboards on “DAY AND NIGHT” and “I WANT THE ANGEL” — ALLEN LANIER
Saxophone on “CITY DROPS INTO THE NIGHT” –BOBBY KEYS
Additional vocal on “DAY AND NIGHT” — AMY KANTER
Backing vocals on “PEOPLE WHO DIED” –SALLY, HILLARY, NEON, JANET and THE JIM
CARROLL BAND
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Special Thanks to: ALLEN LANIER, SUZANNE del REGNO, ART COLLINS, THE ZEN CENTER (SF) TERRY
BROMBERG and EARL McGRATH
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JIM CARROLL IS THE AUTHOR OF THE FOLLOWING BOOKS: “THE BASKETBALL DIARIES”
(Bantam) “LIVING AT THE MOVIES” (Viking/Grossman)
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ALLEN LANIER APPEARS COURTESY OF COLUMBIA RECORDS
2019 version Double Gatefold Liner Notes
BONUS DISC
Jim Carroll Band – Bolinas Demos
Side Three
1) Tension – (J. Carroll/T.Winn)
2) Cruelty – (J. Carroll/ T.Winn/S.Linsley/ B.Linsley/W. Woods)
3) Nothing Is True – (J. Carroll/B. Linsley)
Side Four
4) Lorraine – (J. Carroll/B.Linsley)
5) Crow – (J. Carroll/ T. Winn)
6) The Book of Nods Live 1978 (J. Carroll/ T. Winn/S. Linsley/B. Linsley/W. Woods)
Demos recorded May 1978 Bolinas California
Restored & Mixed from the original 8 tracks 2020 by Stephen Linsley
Special Edition art design by Stephen Linsley
Original Catholic Boy Album Remaster 2021 by Stephen Linsley
Photo credits : Wayne Woods, Michael Zagaris, Barry Byrnes, & Rusei Arita
thanks to The Fat Possum Crew for making this all possible
In Memory of Jim & Terrell
we miss you
The inside gatefold contains 17 photos and images of Carroll, the band, and more. It also includes notes from Aram Saroyam, Kevin Opstedal, Stevie Linsley (“Jim’s faithful Bass Player”), and yours truly — Cassie Carter. See images below.
