“Dear Jeff,
Well, here’s another issue of ‘The Lost Recordings.’ I swear when I listen to these tapes I get a deja-fu, and I can remember the moment and the melodies. Every time! It’s uncanny!
I went up to the house today and banged on the piano. I can still make up melodies but the words aren’t coming quite yet. From listening to these tapes you can really tell just how in love I really was! I’d think about her all the time, romantically at the piano! It’s really what my music was all about. Before I left West Virginia I decided to rap it all up with a final batch of songs.
I feel like I haven’t even started doing music yet. As if all the past I was just practicing. Now I’m ready to really do it and make albums and stuff.
Well, until next time this is your friend and mine wishing you the best.”
-Daniel Johnston
Well, here’s another issue of ‘The Lost Recordings.’ I swear when I listen to these tapes I get a deja-fu, and I can remember the moment and the melodies. Every time! It’s uncanny!
I went up to the house today and banged on the piano. I can still make up melodies but the words aren’t coming quite yet. From listening to these tapes you can really tell just how in love I really was! I’d think about her all the time, romantically at the piano! It’s really what my music was all about. Before I left West Virginia I decided to rap it all up with a final batch of songs.
I feel like I haven’t even started doing music yet. As if all the past I was just practicing. Now I’m ready to really do it and make albums and stuff.
Well, until next time this is your friend and mine wishing you the best.”
-Daniel Johnston
credits
released December 6, 2024
All songs written by Daniel Johnston except where noted.
Additional guitars and vocals by Tom Gruda, Sr.
Compiled by Jeff Tartakov in September, 2024.
Remastered in 24-bit Lossless Audio from the original source tapes by Kramer (Shimmy-Disc founder and Daniel’s longtime collaborator)
All songs written by Daniel Johnston except where noted.
Additional guitars and vocals by Tom Gruda, Sr.
Compiled by Jeff Tartakov in September, 2024.
Remastered in 24-bit Lossless Audio from the original source tapes by Kramer (Shimmy-Disc founder and Daniel’s longtime collaborator)