Early James - Strange Time To Be Alive Donovan Rather than simple recreations

Rather than simple recreations

is similar to what Volume II offered

these ideas coalesced in double albums where each side of each record is occupied by a single title - Yes' Tales From Topographic Oceans

with an introduction by Don Was and a (translated) note about the history of the label by Mitsutaka Nagira

Early James - Strange Time To Be Alive Donovan Rather than simple recreationsAlabama's native son, Early James, releases his sophomore album, Strange Time To Be Alive. The lyrical wordsmith conjures the ghosts of great southern gothic writers from Eudora Welty to William Faulkner, while channeling the haunted spirits of Tom Waits and Townes Van Zandt. The album evokes a timeless amalgam of forsaken blues, wistful folk, and Tin Pan Alley crooning, anchored by the singers unmistakable voice that sways from gravel filled shouts