Product Description
In the latter months of 1969, somewhere between the moon landing and the start of the Vietnam draft, the concerts at Woodstock and Altamont, Alex Chilton decided to take back his life.

During that annus mirabilis, while the world experienced a generationally sparked social, political, and cultural upheaval, the 18-year-old Chilton was in the midst of a revolution of his own.

For the past year, Chilton had been strapped in a creative, professional, and personal straitjacket. He was the lead singer of a million-selling band, The Box Tops, but felt like little more than a puppet of the group's producers. In the era of free love, he'd been pressured into a shotgun marriage and fatherhood. And he'd ultimately come to see himself as the pawn of an unscrupulous business machine, sent to grind it out on the road in a series of silly lip-synched TV performances and one-night stands while someone else cashed his checks.

As he entered the studio that summer to make his first solo recordings, the man who would come to define the very spirit of musical independence was still bound in chains.

At a time where liberation and self-expression were rallying cries, Alex Chilton was about to break free.

1. Free Again (Original Mono Mix)
2. Come On Honey
3. Something Deep Inside
4. I Can Dig It
5. The EMI Song (Smile For Me)
6. All I Really Want Is Money
7. The Happy Song
8. Jumpin' Jack Flash
9. Every Day As We Grow Closer/Funky National
10. I Wish I Could Meet Elvis
11. Just To See You
12. All We Ever Got From Them Was Pain (Previously Unreleased)
13. Sugar, Sugar/I Got The Feelin'
14. Free Again (Stereo Remix With Alternate Vocal) (Previously Unreleased)
15. Every Day As We Grow Closer (Original Mono Mix) (Previously Unreleased)
16. Come On Honey (Original Mono Mix)
17. The EMI Song (Smile For Me) (Original Mono Mix) (Previously Unreleased)
18. All I Really Want Is Money (Demo) (Previously Unreleased)
19. If You Would Marry Me Babe (Demo) (Previously Unreleased)
20. It Isn't Always That Easy (Demo) (Previously Unreleased)

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I'll be sad when we finally get to the bottom of the Alex Chilton vault. I'm glad there are still new tracks to discover, though.

This looks very, very interesting. Actually, I'm in unless their some real negative news about it but I doubt it.

Alex is young and ready to make a statement on what he can do, so actually I have high expectations for this.

Rick A.

This appears to be a reissue of 1970 with bonus tracks. (Which I will still buy)

I've been kicking myself for not picking up 1970 before it went out of print and started to command big bucks, so I'm jumping on this.

Picked up this cd over the weekend at a local record store. I have 1970 but I don't recall that it sounded this good (seems to me there was a muddled mix on the original). Regardless, this is an excellent reissue, and essential for any fan of Alex Chilton.

The LP version is transparent vinyl. Very cool.

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