'Country Funk Volume III (1975-1982)' (out August 6th from Light In The Attic)

Features country luminaries: Dolly Parton, J.J. Cale, Conway Twitty, Larry Jon Wilson, Billy Swan, and includes a PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED track by Country Funk pioneer, Tony Joe White   

Pre-order beginning today (7/1) and available (8/6) on black vinyl, clear with red & blue swirl vinyl, CD, and
digital (partial) - plus, limited-run merchandise

Also available, groundbreaking Country Funk Volume I (1969-1975), back in print on colored vinyl for the first time ever

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Los Angeles, CA (July 1, 2021)—Light in the Attic Records proudly announces the next installment of their ongoing and widely acclaimed Country Funk compilation series: Various Artists - Country Funk Volume III (1975-1982). Previous releases in the series mined the swampy, fertile grounds of the late 1960s and early 1970s, but this time around, the compilation stretches into the 1970s and 1980s where the jeans are tighter, the hair is bigger and the disco ball spins along to a country-synth beat. Produced and compiled by Jason Morgan (Bay Area DJ/collector) and Patrick McCarthy (co-producer of Country Funk Volume I & II), the tracklist features regulars Dolly Parton, J.J. Cale, Larry Jon Wilson and Tony Joe White (whose track is released here for the first time) alongside new faces like Steven Soles, Gary & Sandy, Conway Twitty, Travis Wammack, Rob Galbraith, Brian Hyland, and so many more.

Available for pre-order beginning today (7/1), Country Funk Volume III features brand-new original artwork by renowned artist J. William Myers (poster artist for Robert Altman’s Nashville, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson’s Waylon & Willie album, Charlie Daniels Band). The vinyl configuration will be available in both standard black wax and a special clear vinyl pressing with red and blue swirl, which will be housed in a special foil-stamped jacket. The compilation will also be available on CD and four songs will be available digitally. All configurations boast newly remastered audio.

Additionally, to celebrate the release, Light in the Attic will offer a limited run [a 50” x 60”] woven throw blanket featuring the J. William Myers original album cover. Also available will be Country Funk-branded dad hats and trucker hats. All Country Funk merchandise is available now for pre-order in the Light in the Attic online store.

To pair with the excitement around the new release in the series, Light in the Attic is proud to announce a special colored vinyl pressing of the release that started it all, Country Funk Volume I (1969-1972), which is available now for the first time ever.

More about Country Funk:

Country Funk 1969-1975, first released in 2012 and co-produced by Zach Cowie, Patrick McCarthy and Matt Sullivan, brought together a disparate group of artists that were neither bound by geography nor a shared ideology, but connected through the simple feel of their songs. Their sound wasn’t so much a genre, but a feeling - its sound both studio slick and barroom raw. Johnny Adams, Mac Davis, Dale Hawkins, Tony Joe White, Bobbie Gentry, Larry Jon Wilson, and many others shared commonalities that put them at home together on the same platter. Just two years later, Country Funk Volume II (1967-1974) arrived and heavy hitters like Willie Nelson, Townes Van Zandt, Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton and J.J. Cale shared barstools with the lesser known voices of Bill Wilson, Donnie Fritts and Thomas Jefferson Kaye.

With Country Funk Volume III 1975-1982, as the 1970s began to wane and the 1980s approached, the sonic pallet of the artists expanded to include disco beats, heavy Moog synth bass lines and more clavinet than you could shake a stick at, while retaining the essence of Country music and subject matter. This next chapter showcases artists continuing to buck traditional tropes and production while embracing modern soul, disco, and coked-up 80s synth pop. The horse still bucks, the band still funks, and well...the fire still burns….

Vinyl Tracklist:

Side One
1. Steven Soles - Shake The Dust
2. J. J. Cale - Nobody But You
3. Conway Twitty - Night Fires
4. Eddie Rabbit - One And Only On
5. Jerry Reed - Rhythm And Blues

Side Two
1. Dolly Parton - Sure Thing
2. Billy Swan - Oliver Swan
3. Rob Galbraith - I Got The Fever
4. Travis Wammack - Do Me

Side Three
1. Larry Jon Wilson - I Betcha Heaven’s On A Dirt Road
2. Gary & Sandy - Gonna Let You Have It
3. Brian Hyland - Hale To The Man
4. Tony Joe White - Alone At Last*

Side Four
1. Ronnie Milsap - Get It Up
2. Delbert McClinton - Shot From The Saddle
3. Terry Gibbs - Rich Man
4. Dennis Linde - Down To The Station

CD Tracklist:
1. Steven Soles - Shake The Dust
2. J. J. Cale - Nobody But You
3. Conway Twitty - Night Fires
4. Eddie Rabbit - One And Only One
5. Jerry Reed - Rhythm And Blues
6. Dolly Parton - Sure Thing
7. Billy Swan - Oliver Swan
8. Rob Galbraith - I Got The Fever
9. Travis Wammack - Do Me
10. Larry Jon Wilson - I Betcha Heaven’s On A Dirt Road
11. Gary & Sandy - Gonna Let You Have It
12. Brian Hyland - Hale To The Man
13. Tony Joe White - Alone At Last*
14. Ronnie Milsap - Get It Up
15. Delbert McClinton - Shot From The Saddle
16. Terry Gibbs - Rich Man
17. Dennis Linde - Down To The Station

Digital Tracklist:
1. Steven Soles - Shake The Dust
2. Gary & Sandy - Gonna Let You Have It
3. Brian Hyland - Hale To The Man
4. Tony Joe White - Alone At Last*

*Previously unreleased in any format

About Light in the Attic:
Known for their grassroots success with Rodriguez, the reclusive singer-songwriter whose unlikely story of personal triumph received long-overdue worldwide acclaim in the Academy Award®-winning documentary Searching For Sugar Man, Light in the Attic has gone on to garner nominations for multiple GRAMMY Awards, including one for Best Historical Album (2015) for Native North America (Vol. 1). Their exuberance and dedication to spreading joy through music has propelled them through the release of 200+ titles worldwide, setting the pace for reissue labels and the archival process. From D’Angelo to Donnie & Joe Emerson, Sixto Rodriguez to Serge Gainsbourg, Betty Davis to Karen Dalton, Lewis to Lifetones, the list goes on and on.

Light in the Attic is co-owned and operated by co-founders and high school friends Matt Sullivan and Josh Wright. In addition to the label’s acclaimed output, the company also distributes for nearly 150 record labels. In 2010, LITA expanded from their native Seattle by opening offices in Los Angeles, including a successful music house focused on licensing for film, television and advertisements, along with music supervision. Light in the Attic also operates a thriving physical brick and mortar record store in the KEXP Gathering Space in Seattle. For more info, visit LightInTheAttic.net and follow on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Spotify.

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