Live at the 9:30 Club (EP)

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Live at the 9:30 Club
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Live album EPby
ReleasedApril 19, 2008
Recorded 9:30 Club, Washington DC
Genre
Length30:53
Label Sony BMG
Josh Ritter chronology
The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
(2007)
Live at the 9:30 Club
(2008)
So Runs the World Away
(2010)

Live at The 9:30 Club is an EP album by American singer-songwriter Josh Ritter. It was originally released on a national Record Store Day on April 19, 2008. [1]

Contents

Background

It was recorded by National Public Radio. Ritter describes it as a "live mini-album". The EP is eight songs Josh Ritter performed at a sold-out show in Washington DC in October 9, 2007, at the 9:30 Club. [2]

Track listing

All songs written by Josh Ritter.

  1. Mind's Eye – 2:51
  2. To the Dogs or Whoever – 3:18
  3. Rumors – 3:54
  4. The Temptation of Adam – 4:43
  5. Right Moves – 4:03
  6. Real Long Distance – 2:53
  7. Lawrence, KS – 4:57
  8. Next to the Last True Romantic (featuring Old School Freight Train) – 4:14

Personnel

Musicians

Additional musicians

Production

Irish special edition

A limited special edition was released in Ireland on September 5, 2008. [3] It has two bonus songs, (Wildfires and California) and three bonus videos (Lillian Egypt, Overnight and Real Long Distance) on it. [4]

All bonus material are live recordings from a show in Waterford, Ireland in December 2007.

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References

  1. "Live at the 9:30 Club – Josh Ritter | Release Info | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  2. "Josh Ritter In Concert". NPR.org. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  3. "Independent Records". November 2, 2007. Archived from the original on November 23, 2007. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  4. Live At The 9:30 Club (Irish bonus edition), August 2, 2008, retrieved January 15, 2018