Blog: The Line Of Best Fit

The solo output of US songwriter Mickey Newbury (1940 – 2002) has always been overshadowed by more high-profile recordings of his tunes by stars the calibre of Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison (and more recently Will Oldham and Nick Cave). Apart from proving that Newbury was the by far the best interpreter of his own songs, this overdue, luxurious package that compiles three seminal yet long out-of-print early solo albums cut for Mercury and Elektra at Newbury’s late 60s/early 70s creative peak (complete with a fourth disc of demos, rarities and a previously unreleased radio session) leaves some [...]