Willie Nelson - The Ghost

Title: The Ghost Artist: Willie Nelson Release Date: 5/17/2005 Label: Masked Weasel Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPC: 646315330229 Genre: Country Styles: Progressive Country, Country-Pop, Nashville Sound/Countrypolitan, Outlaw Country Moods: Amiable/Good-Natured, Laid-Back/Mellow, Meandering, Organic, Playful, Bittersweet, Calm/Peaceful, Earthy, Gentle, Reflective, Sad, Wry, Yearning, Ambitious, Earnest, Freewheeling, Intimate, Poignant, Refined/Mannered, Rollicking, Rousing, Searching, Sentimental, Soothing, Plaintive, Ramshackle, Reserved, Sophisticated, Cheerful, Complex, Detached, Happy, Light, Melancholy, Messy, Party/Celebratory, Relaxed, Restrained, Reverent, Romantic, Warm, Wistful Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. I Let My Mind Wander
2. December Days
3. I Can't Find the Time
4. I Didn't Sleep a Wink
5. You Wouldn't Cross the Street to Say Goodbye
6. Suffering in Silence
7. I Just Don't Understand
8. Rainy Day Blues
9. Night Life
10. The Ghost
11. Following Me Around
12. End of Understanding
13. Will You Remember Me
14. So Much to Do
15. Is There Something on Your Mind
16. Healing Hands of Time

Year Type Label Catalog # 2005 CD Masked Weasel 302

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It's a little difficult to remember that certain performers, performers who've become legends in their own time like Willie Nelson, weren't born legends. Nelson, like Waylon Jennings, struggled through the '60s and the earliest part of the '70s before he became a beloved outlaw (indeed, Nelson even struggled through most of the '50s). Masked Weasel doesn't offer a lot of info on the sources for the recordings that grace The Ghost, only that they represent "a collection of laid-back Nelson recordings from the 1960s and '70s...." In a way, these recordings have the same sort of appeal as Crazy: The Demo Sessions, released in 2003 by Sugar Hill, tracing the master back to his roots. And while the recording quality on The Ghost doesn't match the Sugar Hill material, it is a fairly solid collection ("I Let My Mind Wander," "I Didn't Sleep a Wink"). The album also provides a fuzzy snapshot of what Nelson sounded like before he became the Nelson you now know. The problem, though, is that without a better idea where the material for The Ghost comes from, it's impossible to tell how much of it is new and how much of it was cribbed from out of print albums. ~ Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr., All Music Guide

Name Credits Gary Hobish Mastering Kurt Wolff Liner Notes Russ Tolman Reissue Producer