The Complete Reprise Sessions is a box set released in 2006 featuring both of Gram Parsons

Gram Parsons

Gram Parsons was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist. Parsons is best known for his work within the country genre; he also mixed blues, folk, and rock to create what he called "Cosmic American Music"...

's early 1970s solo albums, GP

GP (album)

GP is American singer-songwriter Gram Parsons' debut solo album. It was originally released in a gatefold sleeve in 1973. GP received critical acclaim upon release, but failed to reach the Billboard charts...

and Grievous Angel

Grievous Angel

Grievous Angel was the second solo album by Gram Parsons, compiled from 1973 sessions and released four months after his death. It received great critical acclaim upon release, but failed to find commercial success, a fate shared with his previous efforts solo and with The Flying Burrito Brothers....

. The box set features interviews and previously unreleased alternative takes. The reviews give it a high rating based on its source material, but most note that the additional music doesn't add much in interest.

Disc one

1. "Still Feeling Blue" – 2:43
2. "We'll Sweep out the Ashes in the Morning" – 3:14
3. "A Song for You" – 5:00
4. "Streets of Baltimore" – 2:55
5. "She" – 5:01
6. "That's All It Took" – 3:01
7. "The New Soft Shoe" – 3:55
8. "Kiss the Children" – 3:00
9. "Cry One More Time" – 3:41
10. "How Much I've Lied" – 2:29
11. "Big Mouth Blues" – 3:58
12. GP Radio Promo – 1:01
13. How Did You Meet Emmylou Harris? – 1:54
14. The Story Behind "A Song for You"? – 0:23
15. The Story Behind "The New Soft Shoe"? – 0:54
16. WBCN Interview with Maxine Satori – 2:30
17. "Love Hurts" – 4:58
18. "Sin City" – 5:20

Disc two

1. "Return of the Grievous Angel" – 4:26
2. "Hearts on Fire" – 3:52
3. "I Can't Dance" – 2:24
4. "Brass Buttons" – 3:30
5. "$1000 Wedding" – 5:05
6. "Medley from Northern Quebec: Cash on the Barrelhead
   Cash on the Barrelhead
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   /Hickory Wind" – 6:28
7. "Love Hurts" – 3:42
8. "Ooh Las Vegas" – 3:32
9. "In My Hour of Darkness" – 3:49
10. "Return of the Grievous Angel" – 4:32
11. Did You Sing "Hickory Wind" at the Grand Ole Opry? – 1:50
12. What Differences Do You See Between Pure Country and Country Rock? – 1:09

Disc three

1. "She" (Alternate Version) – 4:58
2. "That's All It Took" (Alternate Version) – 3:02
3. "Still Feeling Blue" (Alternate Version) – 2:40
4. "Kiss the Children" (Alternate Version) – 2:59
5. "Streets of Baltimore" (Alternate Version) – 3:00
6. "We'll Sweep Ot the Ashes in the Morning" (Alternate Version) – 3:18
7. "The New Soft Shoe" (Alternate Version) – 4:05
8. "Return of the Grievous Angel #1" (Alternate Version) – 4:28
9. "In My Hour of Darkness" (Alternate Version) – 3:46
10. "Ooh Las Vegas" (Alternate Version) – 3:45
11. "I Can't Dance" (Alternate Version) – 2:25
12. "Sleepless Nights" (Alternate Version) – 3:36
13. "Love Hurts" (Alternate Version) – 3:47
14. "Brass Buttons" (Alternate Version) – 3:27
15. "Hickory Wind" (Alternate Version)– 4:17
16. "Brand New Heartache" – 2:27
17. "Sleepless Nights" – 3:26
18. "The Angels Rejoiced Last Night" – 2:24

Personnel

• Gram Parsons - Acoustic Guitar , Vocals
• Emmylou Harris
  Emmylou Harris
  Emmylou Harris is an American singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other artists including...
  
   - Vocals
• Barry Tashian - Guitar, Vocals
• Byron Berline
  Byron Berline
  Byron Berline is an American fiddle player.-Biography:Berline started playing the fiddle at age five and quickly developed a talent for it. In 1965, he recorded the album Pickin' and Fiddlin with the Dillards...
  
   - Fiddle, Mandolin
• James Burton
  James Burton
  James Burton is an American guitarist. A member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since 2001 , Burton has also been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame...
  
   - Dobro, Electric Guitar
• John Conrad - Bass
• Buddy Emmons
  Buddy Emmons
  Buddy Emmons , is an American guitarist.Emmons has been called "The World's Foremost Steel Guitarist" and his talent is greatly admired by fellow steel guitarists...
  
   - Pedal Steel
• Kim Fowley
  Kim Fowley
  Kim Vincent Fowley is an American record producer, impresario, songwriter, musician, film maker, and radio actor. He is best known for his role behind a string of novelty and cult rock pop singles in the 1960s, and for managing The Runaways in the 1970s...
  
   - Background vocals
• Sam Goldstein - Drums
• Emory Gordy, Jr.
  Emory Gordy, Jr.
  Emory Gordy, Jr., born December 25, 1944, in Atlanta, Georgia, is an American musician and music producer. Since 1989, he has been married to country music artist Patty Loveless. Gordy was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 1992...
  
  - Bass
• Rick Grech - Bass
• John Guerin
  John Guerin
  John Payne Guerin worked as a drummer, percussionist, and recording artist worldwide.Guerin was born in Hawaii and raised in San Diego. As a young drummer he began performing with Buddy DeFranco in 1960...
  
   - Drums
• Glen Hardin
  Glen Hardin
  Glen D. Hardin is an American piano player, songwriter and arranger. He has performed and recorded with such notable artists as Elvis Presley, Emmylou Harris, John Denver, Ricky Nelson and many others.-Career:...
  
   - Organ, Piano
• Bernie Leadon
  Bernie Leadon
  Bernard Mathew "Bernie" Leadon, III is an American musician and songwriter, best known as a founding member of the Eagles. Prior to the Eagles, he was a member of two pioneering and highly influential country rock bands, Dillard & Clark and the Flying Burrito Brothers...
  
   - Acoustic Guitar, Dobro, Guitar
• Alan Munde - Banjo
• Herb Pedersen
  Herb Pedersen
  Herb Pedersen is an American musician, guitarist, banjo player, and singer-songwriter who has played a variety of musical styles over the past forty years including country, bluegrass, progressive bluegrass, folk, folk rock, country rock, and has worked with numerous musicians in many different...
  
   - Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Vocals
• Al Perkins
  Al Perkins
  Al Perkins is a Texas-born American guitarist. The Gibson guitar company called Perkins "the world's most influential Dobro player", and even began producing an "Al Perkins Signature" Dobro in 2001 - designed and autographed by Perkins....
  
   - Pedal Steel
• Steve Snyder - Vibraphone
• N.D. Smart - Drums on "Sin City"
• Ronnie Tutt - Drums

External links

• The Complete Reprise Sessions at Rhino.com