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Presenting previously unreleased Jonathan Rundman recordings, available here for the first time:
LIBRARIAN (acoustic demo)
4.5MB
Words and Music by Jonathan Rundman
Jonathan Rundman: acoustic guitar, vocals
Recorded by Jonathan Rundman at Upton House Studio, Minneapolis, MN, August 2003. Mixed by Todd Behrens at his house in Brooklyn Park, MN on May 11, 2004.
DESCRIPTION: This recording is a first-take demo, sent to producer Walter Salas-Humara for consideration for inclusion on the Public Library album. The song eventually became the album's title track. Hear the full-band album version by ordering the Public Library CD!
POSTED HERE: July 2004. Since it's been posted, this song has been downloaded over 6000 times, thanks to a link on Jessamyn West's blog www.librarian.net.
LANKA (THE THREAD)
8.5MB
Music by Jonathan Rundman, Words by Carl-Kristian Rundman
Jonathan Rundman: piano, keyboard
Lowell Michelson: drums, tambourine
David Casimir: bass
Elina Kala: vocals
Elina Ruppert: vocals
Ulla Tervo-Desnick: vocals
Instruments recorded by Richard Bruxvoort-Colligan at This Here Studio, Milford, IA, December 1996. Vocals recorded by Jonathan Rundman at Verkstad Studio in Edina, MN, November 2009. Mixed by John Simshauser in his basement, Brooklyn Park, MN, December 2009.
DESCRIPTION: This song is a trans-Atlantic songwriting collaboration between Jonathan and Carl-Kristian Rundman. Carl-Kristian wrote a new Finnish language lyric for a '90s-era Jonathan Rundman recording called "When Rising From The Bed of Death." In the Fall of 2009 Jonathan gathered three singers from the Minnesota-based vocal group Saana Ensemble to record the vocals using the new Finnish text. An earlier recording of this instrumental track with different lyrics and vocals appears on the 2006 album Protestant Rock Ethic by Jonathan Rundman.
POSTED HERE: January 2010.
GERMAN FLAG
9.1MB
Words and Music by Jonathan Rundman
Jonathan Rundman: distorto-acoustic guitar, bass, tambourine, vocals
Lowell Michelson: drums
Recorded by Jonathan Rundman. Drums recorded at Verkstad Studio, Minneapolis, MN, Fall 2005; guitar and bass recorded in Dave's Basement, Verona, WI, January 2009; vocals and tambourine recorded at Punt's House, Ishpeming, MI, August 2009. Mixed by John Simshauser in his basement, Brooklyn Park, MN, November 2009.
DESCRIPTION: This previously unreleased recording was posted for free download on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. An earlier recording of this song appeared on the 1994 album Wherever by Jonathan Rundman. Read details and lyrics of this new recording at Jonathan's blog.
POSTED HERE: November 2009.
ROBERT TRAVER BLUES
5.8MB
Words and Music by Jonathan Rundman
Jonathan Rundman: acoustic guitar, 1918 Gibson tenor banjo, keyboard drum program, vocals
Recorded and mixed by Jonathan Rundman at Oak Street Hill, Ishpeming, MI, December 27, 2008. Mastered by Joel Pakan at his house in Minneapolis, MN, March 2009.
DESCRIPTION: This song was written on Saturday, December 27, 2008, and recorded on the same day using a Fostex 4-track cassette recorder. The lyrics commemorate the 50th anniversary of the film "Anatomy of a Murder" which was shot on location in Ishpeming, MI and surrounding towns. John Volker (using the pen name Robert Traver) wrote the novel that inspired the movie. In addition to Traver, the song details other Ishpeming, MI natives who went on to have a special impact on society. This song is previously unreleased. Read complete songwriting details and lyric analysis at Jonathan's blog.
POSTED HERE: March 2009.
HISTORY OF FREE DOWNLOADS ON THIS PAGE
MARCH 2004
Sick of Eric Blues
One Night in the Month of May (remix)
APRIL 2004
The Prophetstown Tornado (Live)
MAY 2004
Now That You Are Gone
JULY 2004
Librarian (acoustic demo)
SEPTEMBER 2004
Old Man September (10th anniversary remix)
OCTOBER 2004
Narthex (demo)
NOVEMBER 2004
Out Behind the Old Hotel (Live)
Of The Father’s Love Begotten
DECEMBER 2004
Busted Pencil Lead (remix)
Continental Divide (band version)
December Chicago (acapella)
JANUARY 2005
Oh Love, How Deep
FEBRUARY 2005
Were You There (band version)
APRIL 2005
Every Town’s The Same (live)
MAY 2005
Cold, But I Don’t Mind (live)
JUNE 2005
You Never Last Where You Land (live)
FALL 2005
The Sound of the Cicadas
MARCH 2006
Meeting Nixon (live)
APRIL 2006
Daylight Saving[s] Time
AUGUST 2006
I’ll Be Gone
OCTOBER 2006
Tape (live)
DECEMBER 2006
Recital (remix)
APRIL 2007
I'm A Liar (acoustic demo)
JUNE 2007
Nothing Old, Nothing New (remix)
SEPTEMBER 2007
The Glasses Song (4 track demo)
DECEMBER 2007
Worse For You (remix)
APRIL 2008
I Got A Problem (acoustic demo)
JUNE 2008
Box of Nails [The Muckrakers] (10th anniversary remix)
New Eyes (acoustic demo)
JULY 2008
Get Behind The Wheel (acoustic demo)
OCTOBER 2008
If You Have A Question (acoustic demo)
NOVEMBER 2008
No More Walls (emerald anniversary remix)
DECEMBER 2008
Bethlehem Tonight (live in Edina 2007)
JANUARY 2009
I'm A Liar (alternate mix)
FEBRUARY 2009
Cold, But I Don't Mind (live in Edina 2007)
MARCH 2009
Robert Traver Blues
APRIL 2009
Flying On A Plane (3-track demo)
JUNE 2009
You Never Last Where You Land (live at Cornerstone Festival)
SEPTEMBER 2009
Easy Chair (live at Cornerstone Festival)
OCTOBER 2009
German Flag (20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall version)
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