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Palace Music

Lost Blues & Other Songs

Lost Blues and Other Songs by Palace Music is a compilation of singles, rarities, and live tracks recorded by Will Oldham under various permutations of the Palace name from 1993-1997. This compilation was later followed by Guarapero/Lost Blues 2 (2000) and Little Lost Blues (2006).

'Lost Songs' was the first compilation Oldham released. The collection rounds up many of the Palace singles and B sides long with some unreleased recordings.

The debut Palace Brothers single: ‘Ohio River Boat Song’ is included as is Oldham’s version of Sally Timms of The Mekons song ‘Horses.’ Although a cover ‘Horses’ is one of the definitive Palace songs. Oldham’s voice wavers with an intensity he saves for more emotional lyrics and an extraordinary guitar solo by David Pajo cuts through the rest of the song with a delightfully unhinged aggression (Oldham had asked Pajo to play a solo that sounded like Slash).

Other highlights of Lost Blues are the songs from the ‘West Palm Beach / Gulf Shores,’ two of the dreamiest tracks Oldham has recorded and a highlight of the Palace canon. The live version of ‘Riding’ is also a revelation. Originally featured on the ‘There Is No One” album, the song was an agnostic foot stomp about brothers and sisters, here it is turned into a three guitar assault. The contrast perfectly illustrates how Oldham refused to be constrained by any signature style, but how everything he did under the Palace name was instantly recognisable as his and his alone.

Tracklist

• 01. Ohio River Boat Song
  02. Riding
  03. Valentine's Day
  04. Trudy Dies
  05. Come In
  06. Little Blue Eyes
  07. Horses
  08. Stable Will
  09. Untitled
  10. O How I Enjoy the Light
  11. Marriage
  12. West Palm Beach
  13. Gulf Shores
  14. (End Of) Traveling
  15. Lost Blues