MF52 - Letters From Lonesome Dove | Opal Mae Wilson

MF52 - Letters From Lonesome Dove

by Opal Mae Wilson

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Opal Mae Wilson - "Letters From Lonesome Dove" 7 inch lathe cut record with 20-page booklet
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Single-sided lathe cut record on durable polycarbonate with screened b-side, 2 color screened sleeves, and 20 page book of drawings, stories, letters, and notes by Opal and creeping charlie, on archival papers. Collaboration with Unread Records, produced by Sweetcorn, in a numbered, limited edition of 40.

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Proceeds of this release were donated to Save The Children.

Recorded at Opal's home during the final period of her life, before the turn of the century. Nostalgic and uplifting glimpse into a singular woman's private story. Co-released with Unread Records, Pittsburgh, PA. Without this collaboration this recording could not have seen light of day. unread-records.com

Songs and stories learned and relayed the old way. Five dusty tracks that are like spending a cozy afternoon at creeping charlie's grandma's house before the last turn of the century. Opal's own scratchy guitar and organ recordings, paired with her art in a deluxe book of letters, drawings, and stories, open a portal to scenes from a depressed midwestern river town: scrappy Spanish Flu through post-Depression era tales with rough & tumble real-life characters, and pre-digital-era sunlight shining on backyard ornithology, through the window pane on a broken tenor guitar, a dog's daydreams, and a crazy cat napping inside of an organ.

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released December 4, 2020

Recorded at Opal's house on Boone Ave. in Ottumwa, Iowa, between 1995 and 1999 on Panasonic RQ-J6 and Sony M-425.
Tenor guitar, vocal, organ, and recording by Opal in her living room. Track #5 tenor guitar and recording by mph. Track #5 instant composition by Opal and mph in the kitchen. Arrangements by Opal.

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