Posthumous Justin Townes Earle Album Announced

ALL IN: Unreleased & Rarities (The New West Years) due out August 9th

July 17, 2024July 17, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2024, ALL IN: Unreleased and Rarities (The New West Years), Bruce Springsteen, Fleetwood Mac, Ike Turner, John Prine, Justin Townes Earle, Mance Lipscomb, New West Records, Paul Simon

Justin Townes Earle (Image: Joshua Black Wilkins)

A new compilation celebrating the final years of Justin Townes Earle will be released on August 9th by our friends at New West Records.

Entitled ALL IN: Unreleased & Rarities (The New West Years), the 19-track double LP features 12 previously unreleased recordings and six never-before-heard songs written and recorded during Justin’s final years. A deluxe edition includes a 52-page hardbound book featuring unpublished images by the acclaimed photographer Joshua Black Wilkins. Also included are liner notes written by Justin’s wife Jenn Marie Earle and new reminiscences by Black Wilkins and ALL IN co-producers Adam Bednarik and Kim Buie.

The late son of alt-country icon Steve Earle, Justin left us on August 20, 2020 at just 38 years old. But before he departed this mortal coil, the singer-songwriter delivered 8 albums in a little over a decade. But it was his last two albums on New West, 2017’s Kids in the Street and 2019’s The Saint of Lost Causes, that proved to be his best work. And ALL IN concentrates on this unfinished period of his truncated career with demo versions of key tracks from both LPs along with a live version of the Kids in the Street opening cut “Champagne Corolla” taken from a performance on his dad’s Hardcore Troubadour Radio Show on SiriusXM.

There’s also a cache of covers that highlight Earle’s aptitude as a master song interpreter with stunning covers of Bruce Springsteen’s “Glory Days,” Ike Turner’s “Rocket 88,” Paul Simon’s “Graceland,” John Prine’s “Far From Me,” Mance Lipscomb’s “So Different Blues” and Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams,” which can be heard below in a video featuring archived footage of JTE.

Justin Townes Earle ALL IN: Unreleased and Rarities (The New West Years), New West Records 2024

Adam Bednarik, who was Justin’s longtime friend, collaborator and producer, says, “I witnessed firsthand Justin’s ability to captivate an audience while performing onstage night after night and to capture a first take in the studio. That will forever remain awe-inspiring to me. He is one of the best artists—if not the best—that I have ever had the privilege of working with. I will always be grateful for our friendship and the music we created together.”

“Justin wanted to be known for his writing. He began two books that all of us wish he’d had the time to finish,” adds Earle’s wife Jenn Marie. “What we are left with is nothing short of extraordinary. He took his time, he poured his pain and heart into his writing, into his human experience. Justin left a mark on many thousands of people worldwide. We will forever be able to delve into and learn so much from what he created, how he held himself in this world, how he soared, and how he fell. There are so many deeply profound aspects of Justin Townes Earle for his loved ones and fans alike to embrace for all time.”

ALL IN: Unreleased & Rarities (The New West Years) will be available across digital platforms, compact disc and standard black vinyl. A deluxe edition will be packaged in a rigid slipcase alongside a 52-page hardbound book.

Track Listing:

Cold Comfort (Unreleased demo for The Saint of Lost Causes)
Already Gone (Unreleased demo for The Saint of Lost Causes)
I Know You (Unreleased demo for The Saint of Lost Causes)
Troubled Eyes (Unreleased demo for The Saint of Lost Causes)
Lonely Mornings (Unreleased demo for The Saint of Lost Causes)
All or Nothing (Unreleased demo for The Saint of Lost Causes)
If I Was The Devil (Unreleased Demo for Kids in the Street)
Champagne Corolla (Live on Steve Earle’s Hardcore Troubadour Radio Show on SiriusXM)
So Different Blues (Live on Steve Earle’s Hardcore Troubadour Radio Show on SiriusXM)
Dreams (Fleetwood Mac cover/Unreleased bonus track from The Saint of Lost Causes)

Rocket 88 (Jackie Brenston & Ike Turner cover/Unreleased bonus track from The Saint of Lost Causes)
The Saint Of Lost Causes (Unreleased demo for The Saint of Lost Causes – a work in progress)
Appalachian Nightmare (Unreleased demo for The Saint of Lost Causes)
Appalachian Nightmare (Album version from The Saint of Lost Causes)
Over Alameda (Unreleased Demo for The Saint of Lost Causes)
Over Alameda (Album version from The Saint of Lost Causes)
Glory Days (From Dead Man’s Town: A Tribute to Born in the U.S.A.)
Far From Me (From Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine)
Graceland (Bonus track from Kids in the Street, limited 7-inch release)