Product DescriptionOn the occasion of WORLD AIDS DAY today, December 1st a press announcement was made with the complete list of participating artists and cover art for the upcoming 4AD
release Dark Was The Night. Dark Was The Night will be released on February 17th, 2009. Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National produced the album, and John Carlin, the founder of the Red Hot
Organization was the executive producer. A total of 31 exclusive tracks have been recorded for the compilation. It will be available as a double cd/triple viny and will benefit the Red Hot Organization - an international charity dedicated to raising funds and awareness for HIV
and AIDS. Red Hot was founded on the premise that even without a cure, AIDS remains a preventable disease and music is a great vehicle to raise money and awareness for it.
Dark Was The Night began three years ago with a casual conversation between Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National and John Carlin. In discussing the project, they agreed it made sense not to do a "theme" album per se; but something that showcased the bast in independent music, with an emphasis on traditional themes played and arranged in a contemporary way, and on songwriting, which is the strength of many of the artists featured here. As Aaron and Bryce started inviting their peers to contribute, their intuition about the pro-social disposition of so many of them was confirmed. As a result, 31 exclusive tracks were recorded. - Track Listings : Disc 1
- Knotty Pine (Dirty Projectors and David Byrne)
- Cello Song - Nick Drake (The Books and Jose Gonzalez)
- Train Song - Vashti Bunyan (Feist and Ben Gibbard)
- Brackett, WI (Bon Iver)
- Deep Blue Sea (Grizzly Bear)
- So Far Around The Bend (The National and Nico Muhly)
- Tightrope (Yeasayer)
- Feeling Good (My Brightest Diamond)
- Dark Was The Night - Blind Willie Johnson (Kronos Quartet)
- I Was Young When I Left Home - Bob Dylan (Antony and Bryce Dessner)
- Big Red Machine (Justin Vernon and Aaron Dessner)
- Sleepless (The Decemberists)
- Stolen Houses - Die (Iron & Wine)
- Service Bell (Grizzly Bear and Feist)
- You Are The Blood (Sufjan Stevens)
- Track Listings : Disc 2
- Well-Alright (Spoon)
- Lenin (Arcade Fire)
- Mimizan (Beirut)
- El Caporal (My Morning Jacket)
- Inspiration Information - Shuggie Otis (Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings)
- With A Girl Like You - The Troggs (Dave Sitek)
- Blood Pt 2 - The Castanets (Buck 65 and Sufjan Stevens and Serengeti)
- Hey, Snow White - Destroyer (The New Pornographers)
- Gentle Hour - Snapper (Yo La Tengo)
- Another Saturday (Stuart Murdoch)
- Happiness (Riceboy Sleeps)
- Amazing Grace (Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues)
- The Giant of Illinois - Handsome Family (Andrew Bird)
- Lua (Conor Oberst and Gillian Welch)
- When The Road Runs Out (Blonde Redhead and Devastations)
- Love vs. Porn (Kevin Drew)
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