Daniel Johnston

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As with other talented but troubled artists such as Syd Barrett, Brian Wilson, and Roky Erickson, Daniel Johnston fights a daily battle with the chronic mental illness that has plagued him nearly his entire life. However, despite recurrent bouts of delusional behavior wherein he has physically endangered himself and others, Johnston has carved out a respectable, influential career as a singer/songwriter of extraordinary talent who has grown since his first crudely recorded cassette was released in 1980. He became the singer/songwriter of choice of the alternative/u...[more]

 

 

THIS ITEM IS A PRE-ORDER. WE EXPECT IT TO SHIP ON OR BEFORE THE TBD RELEASE DATE. VINYL FORMAT. The underground appeal of Daniel Johnston is once again on the rise. In the 1980s his music and personality gained acknowledgment among a wide range of fans, including folk enthusiasts, punks, hippies, religious fanatics, and anyone with alternative leniencies for his confounding ability to capture attention with seemingly little talent. While most of the aforementioned groups have seen their en   [ read more ]

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Daniel Johnston's major-label debut is, arguably, his finest moment. With considerable help from Butthole Surfer Paul Leary, Johnston has never sounded so self-assured or confident before. Some of the songs are more polished, but they're never slicked up to such a degree that this sounds like a user-friendly approximation of Johnston's style; in fact, there are plenty of tracks that return Johnston to the keyboards ("Delusion & Confusion" and "My Little Girl") for his freewheeling, p   [ read more ]

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The underground appeal of Daniel Johnston is once again on the rise. In the 1980s his music and personality gained acknowledgment among a wide range of fans, including folk enthusiasts, punks, hippies, religious fanatics, and anyone with alternative leniencies for his confounding ability to capture attention with seemingly little talent. While most of the aforementioned groups have seen their end, Daniel has displayed no interest in quitting anytime soon. Now he has teamed with acclaimed musician   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. Includes free download coupon! This vinyl reissue comprises two albums, 1990 and Artistic Vice. When several albums of Daniel Johnston's homemade recordings appeared in the late 80s, it created a significant buzz in music circles. Studio owner Mark Kramer was quickly on the scene, bringing Johnston to his own Shimmy Disc label for this fine album. 1990 is a collection of extremely polished and staggeringly honest odes to love, comic book heroes, and music. Steve Shelley an   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. "With Fear Yourself, Johnston's often minimal (piano, guitar) work is on this occasion more than supplemented by surprisingly lavish production work from another insider friend, Mark Linkous (of Sparklehorse). Nothing of the former's endearingly skewed sincerity has been lost in the (far more lush than usual) mix." - Pop Matters

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Gathering two of the albums Daniel Johnston recorded after he moved to Texas from West Virginia, High Wire Music's reissue of The Continued Story/Hi How Are You features digitally-remastered sound, lyrics to all of the songs and a poster of Johnston's inimitable drawings. It also underscores how much his music was growing and changing at this point in his life. Though placing 1985's The Continued Story, which was Johnston's first studio-recorded album, before 1983's homespun Hi How Are You<   [ read more ]

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This is a 19" x 25" poster for the Februrary 22 Daniel Johnston show. It is a screen-print, hand-signed and numbered in an edition of 45. And yes...that is a big eyeball monster.

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Daniel Johnston has spent the last 20 or so years exposing his heartrending tales of unrequited love, cosmic mishaps, and existential torment to an ever-growing international cult audience. Welcome to My World is a collection of some of Daniel's most-beloved songs. These are the songs that built the legend?a must-have for the legion of devoted Daniel Johnston fans as well as the perfect introduction for new listeners.

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This is a 12" x 18" Daniel Johnston poster for the August 23 and 24, 2007 shows in Los Angeles. Designed by Ivan Minsloff.

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As for his early music, Yip Jump Music may be the best place to begin immersing yourself in the world of Daniel Johnston. Extremely primitively recorded with little instrumentation other than keyboards, Johnston's upbeat mood makes this a funny, sometimes moving exercise in obsessive behavior. Two things he thinks about a lot, the Beatles and Casper the Friendly Ghost, are the subject of songs, along with his usual examinations of unattainable love. Not the easiest record in the Johnston canon, but a   [ read more ]

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When several albums of Daniel Johnston's homemade recordings appeared in the late 80s, it created a significant buzz in music circles. Studio owner Mark Kramer was quickly on the scene, bringing Johnston to his own Shimmy Disc label for this fine album. 1990 is a collection of extremely polished and staggeringly honest odes to love, comic book heroes, and music. Steve Shelley and Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth accompany Johnston on "Spirit World Rising," but most of the set finds Johnston alone at the pi   [ read more ]

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Artistic Vice was the first album on which Daniel Johnston fronted a band. This CD is a testament to Johnston's own innate musicality that the songs lend themselves to perfectly to the casual accompaniment heard here. They can shift easily from quiet country balladry to punkish rave ups. As always, his songs are direct, honest, hook-laden, and immediately coverable.

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