Any chance this sees an official release?  Its incredible.

Track list: 1 WPL 2 Never 3 Alchemical Affair 4 Immortal Blues 5 Know 6 O God My Heart is Ready 7 Guns & Dolls 8 God Thing 9 New Machine 10 Can't Get Off 11 Din 12 Narcotic Prayer 13 Days of Obligation 14 Ultraglide

this needs to come out on cd. it's a totally different album

this would have been an epic vinyl release

I listen to this at least once a month, still kills. Thanks Danny!

Wow. Thanks a lot. I saw Chris play as often as I could. These mixes are a revelation.

Did this get taken down? I come here regularly to listen.....Total bummer if it did

This might be the heaviest most beautiful thing I have ever heard! And we're just hearing the tip with these low res files. Thank you large, Danny! If any way possible, all these Chris Whitley files can be gotten out there in high res, it would be a supreme blessing. Thanks again for the turn on.

This is the full album before it was "mixed" for release.  It is raw. It is pure. The poetry of Chris' lyrics are more legible.  The tones are what we were listening to in the studio. The actual release mystified people. It never represented the recording.  It never represented the genius of where Chris could, and did, take the blues and rock paradigms. The album is one of rock's Greatest Misses.  

There are some alternate versions, and a different sequence.  Mostly I am posting this because of the decades of conversation with Whitley fans who don't enjoy the album.  How can you convince someone that "really, it's a milestone and a classic" when the only thing they have heard is a watered down commercial release that has little to do with the actual work that was done?  I hope this spurs conversation about this classic!

Chris Whitley-Din Of Ecstasy

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