Norfolk 6/20/05

Norfolk is a live album by Iron & Wine released on April 18, 2009, Record Store Day. However it was recorded on June 20, 2005.[1] It received an extremely limited release and is now only available on Iron & Wine's official website.[1]

Description

The session was recorded at The Norva in Norfolk, VA as a date on Iron & Wine's 2005 Woman King Tour. It features a full band as well as Samuel Beam's sister, Sarah Beam, providing backing vocals. The album features 5 of the 6 songs on the Woman King EP as well as a few songs from the debut album The Creek Drank the Cradle.[2] Many of the songs are also from his second album, 2004's Our Endless Numbered Days. The then-unreleased b-side "Communion Cups and Someone's Coat" also appears as well as a live rendition of the fan favorite "The Trapeze Swinger". The album was released in support of genuine, independently owned record stores.[3]

Track listing

  1. "Sunset Soon Forgotten"
  2. "Jezebel"
  3. "Woman King"
  4. "Free Until They Cut Me Down"
  5. "Evening on the Ground (Lilith's Song)"
  6. "Love and Some Verses"
  7. "Bird Stealing Bread"
  8. "The Night Descending"
  9. "Naked as We Came"
  10. "Communion Cups and Someone's Coat"
  11. "Fever Dream"
  12. "On Your Wings"
  13. "Freedom Hangs Like Heaven"
  14. "Upward Over the Mountain"
  15. "Teeth in the Grass"
  16. "Southern Anthem"
  17. "My Lady's House"
  18. "The Trapeze Swinger"

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.ironandwine.com/discography-norfolk.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=37070
  3. ↑ http://shockmountain.wordpress.com/2009/04/19/iron-wine-norfolk/