Stevie Ray Vaughan
"In 1978 There Was..."
The Legendary Lost First Stevie Ray Vaughn Album


Nashville, Tennessee at Jack Clemont's Belmont Studio, early 1978
  1. You Can Have My Husband (Lou Ann Barton vocal)
  2. Rude Mood
  3. Pride And Joy (Stevie vocal)
  4. Oh, Yeah (Lou Ann vocal)
  5. Love Struck Baby (Stevie vocal)
  6. Ti Ni Nee Ni Nu ("Tina Nina Nu", Lou Ann vocal)
  7. Gonna Miss Me ("Empty Arms", Stevie vocal)
  8. I Wonder Why ("Will My Man Be Home Tonight?" > Lou Ann vocal, Stevie slide guitar)
  9. I'm Crying ("I'm Crying", Stevie vocal)
10. Sugar Coated Loving ("Sugar Coated Love", Lou Ann vocal)

Austin Blues Festival, 1979
11. Natural Born Lover
12. Ti Ni Nee Ni Nu ("Tina Nina Nu")
13. Scratch My Back
14. I'll Change
15. Shake A Hand, Shake A Hand
16. Oh Baby
17. Sugar Coated Love

Piona's, October 1979

18. Love In Vain
19. You Can Have My Husband (starts off with "So Excited")
20. My Baby's Gone ("Oh Yeah")

Stevie Ray Vaughn: Vocals and Guitar
Jack Newhouse: Bass
Chris Layton: Drums
Lou Ann Barton: Vocals
Produced by: Joe Gracy

http://www.willmot.com/SRV/CD/in_1978_there_was.html

Supposedly, the one and only surviving test pressing was discovered in 1997 a cupboard in South Austin, Texas where it had lain for the 19 years.
All other recordings of the project had been destroyed after alleged contractual disputes arose.  These recordings, notable for their raw energy and rare slide guitar work are essential for all SRV collectors.  The bootleg features four early arrangements of songs that later appeared on the Texas Flood album. Due to the brevity of the Nashville '78 session the bootlegers have added a live soundboard recording featuring Lou Ann Barton and three tracks featuring Johnny Reno on saxophone."

Notes: The above paragraph is the supposed story behind this recording as told on the cd inlay.  The real story is that the band didn't like the way the album turned out and paid a large sum of money to keep it from being released.  As you would expect, someone got their hands on a copy and bootlegged it. 

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