The core of the album�s new incarnation on HackTone Records is the original Nonesuch album Lonely Just Like Me, A&R-ed by Elektra executive Danny Kahn and produced by Ben Vaughn. Musicians included a number of Alexander�s accompanists from the �60s � Dan Penn, Donnie Fritts, Reggie Young, Thomas Cain and Mike Leech, augmented by session stalwarts Gary Nicholson, Tommy Spurlock, Ashley Cleveland and Jim Spake. Additional material includes the interview and live set from Alexander�s �Fresh Air� appearance, along with album demos cut in a Cleveland hotel room with Vaughn (boasting a lonesome cover of Neil Diamond�s �Solitary Man� a full decade before Johnny Cash would revive the song) and a 1991 performance of �Anna� recorded at New York�s Bottom Line during the very performance that Danny Kahn saw Arthur perform for the first time and was inspired to sign him to Elektra/Nonesuch.
The album boasts innovative packaging, exploding the very idea of a CD booklet in favor of a collection of separate pieces that combine to tell the story of this remarkable album: The portfolio contains reproductions of Elektra�s original press release, press photo, a page from Vaughn�s session notes, several photos from the sessions and even Alexander�s funeral program. In addition, the set contains pamphlets with new liner notes from Vaughn, full credits and the original liner notes from by Ben Sandmel. All of this is packed in to a heavy cardboard sleeve with a hole cut out in front to display the original cover photo through the front like a picture in a frame.
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