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Heartworn Highways 40th Anniversary Box Set.

RSD EXCLUSIVE box set. Limited double whiskey colored vinyl LP pressing plus NTSC/Region 0 DVD in hand crafted custom wood box by Boles Studio, Bronx, NY. Also contains digital download of audio tracks. This box set also contains an LP-sized 80-page book with exhaustive 20,000 word essay by Sam Sweet plus over 100 unseen photos taken during the making of the film. Also includes reproduction of original film poster (24x36). The DVD contains the original 1976 film with restored image and sound plus 45 minutes of bonus features, including performances by Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark and others. Sometimes, a documentary maker is present at precisely the right moment to capture lightning in a bottle. It happened with Dylan's Don't Look Back, it happened with The Decline of Western Civilization, and it happened with 1976's Heartworn Highways. Helmed by filmmaker James Szalapski, Heartworn Highways is an iconic performance documentary that masterfully captures the magical slice of time through encounters with many of the true progenitors of the outlaw country scene. These radical country artists reclaimed the genre via an appreciation for its heritage in folk and bluegrass and a rejection of the mainstream Nashville machine. Some of country music's great songwriters, including Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, Steve Young, David Allan Coe, Larry Jon Wilson, and Steve Earle appear on both screen and soundtrack, where musical highlights include Clark's brilliant "Desperados Waiting For A Train," Young's stirring "Alabama Highways" and Van Zandt's emotional "Waiting Round To Die."