New West Records
2007
Preludes Primate Discourse - Warren Zevon Talks
About This Album
Warren Zevon traveled in the same musical circles as the L.A. Mellow Mafia crowd of the 1970s, and folks like Jackson Browne, Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Linda Ronstadt and Lindsey Buckingham often popped up on his albums as guests and musical collaborators. But in terms of style and intent, Zevon's songs were many miles away from such contemporaries, with a bleak but witty world view that owed more to Nathanael West or Dashiell Hammett than the Eagles, and a melodic style that was more sophisticated and adventurous than most folks in mainstream rock & roll. It's tempting to wonder what Zevon's earlier albums would be like if one were to strip off the glossy veneer of the polished production and star-studded backing, and Preludes reveals how some of his best songs play under leaner, more concise circumstances. Preludes was compiled by Zevon's son Jordan Zevon from a cache of demo tapes discovered after Warren's death; while no details on recording dates or personnel for the sessions survived, most of the material consists either unreleased tunes or songs that would later appear on Warren Zevon or Excitable Boy (one even dates back to his misbegotten debut album, 1969's Wanted Dead or Alive), though in considerably more economical form.
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