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| Originally released on CD in 2006, Ruthann Friedman's fab Hurried Life demos set is being issued on vinyl by Tompkins Square. |
In 1967, the folk-pop group The Association had a massive hit with a song called “Windy” penned by an unknown young woman named Ruthann Friedman. Two years later, she released her own album Constant Companion on Warner/Reprise Records that sounded nothing like “Windy” – it had more in common with her labelmate Joni Mitchell or cult-hero Linda Perhacs. Decades later, Ruthann would be declared an “astral folk goddess” and championed by the likes of Devendra Banhart.
Around that time, reissue producer Pat Thomas compiled a collection of previously unreleased demos, home recordings, and lost songs circa 1965-1971 from Ruthann's personal archive including the original version of "Windy."
Titled Hurried Life, Ruthann recently declared, “That’s the one that I really like - that was the first time going back into the archives to find songs that might be reissued. I think those were representative of me.”
Listen to Ruthann's original demo of her song "Windy" along with the title track from the Hurried Life compilation below.
Ruthann Friedman – Hurried Life: Lost Recordings 1965-1971
1. Hurried Life
2. That's All Right
3. Sky Is Moving South
4. Looking Glass
5. Silver Bird
6. Between the Lines
7. I'm Askin'
8. Windy
9. Typical Sunday
10. Southern Comfortable
11. Alone At Last
12. Boy Took A Ticket
13. Method Madness
14. Little Girl Lost & Found
15. To Treat A Friend
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