A limited pressing reissue of Neal Casal's second studio album, 'Rain, Wind And Speed,' on blue rain vinyl. Featuring new liner notes, rare and previously unpublished photos and complete lyrics. All proceeds from sales of 'Rain, Wind & Speed' benefit the Neal Casal Music Foundation.
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A limited pressing reissue of Neal Casal's second studio album, 'Rain, Wind And Speed,' on peach wind vinyl. Featuring new liner notes, rare and previously unpublished photos and complete lyrics. All proceeds from sales of 'Rain, Wind & Speed' benefit the Neal Casal Music Foundation.
Includes unlimited streaming of Rain, Wind And Speed
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
A limited pressing reissue of Neal Casal's second studio album, 'Rain, Wind And Speed,' on black speed vinyl. Featuring new liner notes, rare and previously unpublished photos and complete lyrics. All proceeds from sales of 'Rain, Wind & Speed' benefit the Neal Casal Music Foundation.
Includes unlimited streaming of Rain, Wind And Speed
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
ships out within 3 days
edition of 333
Purchasable with gift card
$30USDor more
Streaming + Download
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
In late 1995 while Neal was on the road with his band supporting Fade Away Diamond Time, I got a call from Zoo Entertainment saying that the label was folding and that Neal no longer had a record deal. We were pretty crushed, as we’d been working towards his first album for years and to find out it was over just 3 months after it was released was hard to accept.
The record had started to get some attention and Neal was on tour opening for bands like Little Feat and Gov’t Mule and a fan base was starting to build for him. One great thing that happened, though, was that Fade Away was warmly accepted overseas, particularly in Germany and the UK and we started to get offers to tour there. So, we at least knew some people had discovered Fade Away and become fans and were looking forward to a second album from Neal. He had written a bunch of new songs at this point and we decided to get right back into the studio and make another record. We scraped together some money and Neal and John Ginty went into Mix-O-Lydian Studios in Lafayette, NJ in early 1996 and emerged 5 days later with this sweet and warm-sounding acoustic record.
It also features some mandolin and banjo from our NJ pal, the late, great Andy Goessling (of Railroad Earth) and is beautifully recorded by Don Sternecker. Neal was really proud of this record, as it was the first time he recorded complete guitar and vocals takes together in the studio with no overdubs. Highlights include ‘Name In Vain’, ‘To Look For You’, ‘Best To Believe’ and the closing track ‘Weep No More’, which Neal adapted into a song from a long poem our friend Robbi Robb wrote.
Jerry Balderson at our local record store, Sound Effects Records, also ran an indie label called Buy Or Die Records and was kind enough to release the record with us in the spring of 1996. One day we received a letter from Reinhard Holstein from Beverungen, Germany and he ran a very cool label called Glitterhouse Records and had become a huge fan of Fade Away Diamond Time. He offered to release Rain, Wind and Speed in Europe and bring Neal over to tour and that led to a years-long relationship with Glitterhouse that was great for Neal.
credits
released December 10, 1996
Neal Casal - Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals
Andy Goessling - Mandolin, Banjo
Fooch Fischetti -Pedal Steel Guitar
Chuck Wood (2) - Percussion
John Ginty - Piano, Organ [Hammond]
All songs written by Neal Casal
supported by 5 fans who also own “Rain, Wind And Speed”
Nearly forgot for a second that Neal Casal wasn't playing on this live album. :( May he RIP. While I haven't seen John Lee Shannon live, so far he's doing a great job with Adam MacDougall, Dan Horne, and Mark Levy. Very fine recording, hours of quality music for a good price! ✌️ ebookreader
supported by 4 fans who also own “Rain, Wind And Speed”
1st time i heard DeathWish, i turned it off.
felt rushed, not the Isbell i've come to admire. really grab'd me when i took time to listen on the 2nd try. the writing on these songs stopped me in my tracks more than once. raw talent with just enough polish in the delivery.
thankyou Jason + 400 for another keeper swirlingmadness
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