Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends: The Publishing Demos
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Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends: The Publishing Demos is the first release of the recording demos done by Kris Kristofferson
between 1968 and 1972 while working as a janitor at Columbia Records
. Many of these songs would later go on to be rerecorded on later Kristofferson albums or by other artists including Janis Joplin
, Al Green
, and Johnny Cash
.
Kris Kristofferson
Kristoffer "Kris" Kristofferson is an American musician, actor, and writer. He is known for hits such as "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night"...
between 1968 and 1972 while working as a janitor at Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
. Many of these songs would later go on to be rerecorded on later Kristofferson albums or by other artists including Janis Joplin
Janis Joplin
Janis Lyn Joplin was an American singer, songwriter, painter, dancer and music arranger. She rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company and later as a solo artist with her backing groups, The Kozmic Blues Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band...
, Al Green
Al Green
Albert Greene , better known as Al Green, is an American gospel and soul music singer. He reached the peak of his popularity in the 1970s, with hit singles such as "You Oughta Be With Me", "I'm Still In Love With You", "Love and Happiness", and "Let's Stay Together"...
, and Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...
.
Track listing
All songs by Kris Kristofferson except where noted- "Me and Bobby McgeeMe and Bobby McGee"Me and Bobby McGee" is a song written by Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster, originally performed by Roger Miller. Others performed the song later, including Kristofferson himself, and Janis Joplin who topped the U.S. singles chart with the song in 1971 after her death, making the song the second...
(Fred FosterFred FosterFred Foster is an American songwriter, record producer, and founder of Monument Records.-Biography:...
, Kristofferson)" - "Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends"
- "Smile At Me Again"
- "The Lady's Not For Sale"
- "Border Lord"
- "Just The Other Side Of Nowhere"
- "Come Sundown"
- "Slow Down"
- "If You Don't Like Hank Williams"
- "Little Girl Lost"
- "Duvalier's Dream"
- "When I Loved Her"
- "Billy Dee"
- "Epitaph (Black and Blue)" (Donnie FrittsDonnie FrittsDonnie Fritts is an American session musician and songwriter. A recording artist in his own right, he has been Kris Kristofferson's keyboard player for over twenty years...
, Kristofferson) - "Enough for You"
- "Getting By, High, and Strange"