Expanded 2LP version of Eli "Paperboy" Reed's debut album due June 6

The 20th Anniversary deluxe edition of  Eli "Paperboy" Reed's "Sings Walkin' and Talkin' and Other Smash Hits!" from 2004 boasts 14 unissued tracks! 

Here's the scoop...

Eli "Paperboy" Reed is celebrating 20 years of making soulful music with the re-release of his very first album, Sings Walkin' And Talkin' And Other Smash Hits! The set was originally recorded in a basement studio in Allston, Massachusetts, all live to analog tape in mono and pressed as a limited run of 300 CDs in 2005. This self-released CD was mostly sold while Reed busked on the streets of Harvard Square in Cambridge, Mass in his early 20s. 

This deluxe edition includes all 12 tracks from Eli's debut album and 14 never before released tracks! The first disc of the newly remastered double LP reissue contains the original album, plus four additional tracks recorded the same December day in 2004. The second disc contains 11 tracks from a session recorded for WHRB radio at Harvard University in 2005. The single CD version of the reissue will contain all of the songs featured on the deluxe LP. 

Eli "Paperboy" Reed Sings Walkin' and Talkin' and Other Smash Hits reveals Eli's humble beginnings in Boston by way of Mississippi and Chicago, playing his own rough and ready interpretations of down-home blues, R&B and gospel. With this 20th anniversary release and the celebration of two decades of legendary live performances, Reed cements himself as an elder statesman of the genre.

Get a copy of the deluxe reissue via Bandcamp or directly from Yep Roc Records right here. Check the track listing below followed by an interview with Paul Cashmere for Noise11.com and a couple of songs from the album. 

Eli "Paperboy" Reed – Sings Walkin' and Talkin' and Other Smash Hits!

1. I Just Got to Know

2. Walkin' and Talkin' (For My Baby)

3. The Tips of My Fingers

4. Woman Woman Blues

5. Something You Got

6. The Poor Side of Town

7. I'm Tired of Wandering

8. Fat Mama Rumble

9. You're Gonna Make Me Cry

10. Cool Drink of Water Blues

11. Don't Let Me Down

12. A Dying Veteran's Plea

13. Lone Town Blues (Bonus Track)

14. A Woman, A Lover, A Friend (Bonus Track)

15. Roamin' And Ramblin' Blues (Bonus Track)

16. Right Around The Corner (Bonus Track)

17. She May Be Yours (Radio Session)

18. Brought Life Back to the Dead (Radio Session)

19. West Helena Blues (Radio Session)

20. Thirty Two Twenty Blues (Radio Session)

21. I'm Leaving You (Radio Session)

22. Big Fat Mama Blues (Radio Session)

23. I'm a King Bee (Radio Session)

24. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Radio Session)

25. Stop Talking In Your Sleep (Radio Session) 

26. I Can't Quit You Baby (Radio Session)

27. The Last Mile Of The Way (Radio Session)

Also, you may wanna grab a copy of Eli's 2023 singles set Hits and Misses on Yep Roc while's it's still available. 

Alejandro Escovedo signs with Yep Roc, new studio album due in 2018

Yep Roc Records recently announced the signing of acclaimed Texas singer/songwriter Alejandro Escovedo whose most recent album, 2016's Burn Something Beautiful, was issued by Concord Music Group's Fantasy imprint. Currently working on material for his Yep Roc debut anticipated for 2018, Escovedo will headline the Think About the Link 12-city tour beginning January 13, in Austin, TX. A full list of concert dates follows the video clips below.

In partnership with Prevent Cancer Foundation, the Think About the Link tour will raise awareness of the Foundation’s educational campaign about the connection between certain viruses and cancer, www.thinkaboutthelink.org of which Escovedo is a spokesperson. As a hepatitis C survivor, Escovedo hopes to raise awareness about the link between hepatitis C and liver cancer. Each night he will perform his A Man Under the Influence album in its entirety with most of the original musicians featured on the album and a string section.

“I had a great time performing at Yep Roc Records 20th anniversary show,” says Escovedo, “connecting with friends old and new, I look forward to joining Yep Roc’s esteemed roster.”

“We are massive fans of Alejandro,” says Yep Roc’s Glenn Dicker. “I first met with him about Yep Roc in 2003 at a little festival outside of Chapel Hill called Shakori Hills. Through Alejandro directly and a handful of managers, we’ve managed to stay in touch over all of the ensuing years and, you know, I just can’t put you down!  We’re so proud to be finally working together.  Let’s have some fun!”

With 14 solo albums throughout his illustrious career, Alejandro Escovedo has a rich musical history and future. In a trailblazing career that began with The Nuns, San Francisco’s famed punk innovators in the mid ‘70s, to the Austin-based alt-country pioneers, Rank & File, to Texas bred darlings, True Believers, through countless all-star collaborations and tribute album appearances and a series of beloved solo albums beginning with 1992’s acclaimed Gravity, Escovedo has earned a surplus of distinctions, including No Depression magazine’s Artist of the Decade Award in 1998, and the Americana Music Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award for Performing in 2006.

Previously produced by John Cale, Tony Visconti, and most recently Peter Buck & Scott McCaughey who also played on the aforementioned Burn Something Beautiful album, Yep Roc will release his 15th album in 2018.

Watch Alejandro perform "Horizontal" and "Johnny Volume" with Peter Buck and Scott McCaughey on Austin City Limits. Scott is currently receiving medical treatment in San Francisco for a stroke suffered while on tour with Alejandro back in November. Scott's partner Mary Winzig has begun a GoFundMe campaign to help defray the costs of Scott's medical bills and extensive physical and speech therapy to which you can contribute right here.








ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO'S THINK ABOUT THE LINK TOUR
January 13 – Austin City Limits at Moody Theater – Austin, TX
January 16 – The Hamilton – Washington, DC
January 18-20 – City Winery – New York, NY
January 21 – City Winery – Boston, MA
January 23 – World Cafe Live – Philadelphia, PA
January 25-27 – City Winery – Chicago, IL
January 28 – The Castle Theatre – Bloomington, IL
January 30 – City Winery – Atlanta, GA
January 31 – City Winery – Nashville, TN
February 6 – Knuckleheads – Kansas City, MO
February 8 – The Kessler Theater – Dallas, TX
February 9 – The Heights Theater – Houston, TX