Ray LaMontagne is a beautiful man. He is a folk singer with a gorgeous voice and a pure soul. He also happens to be my best friend's favourite musician of all time. Recently, she asked me to find her a handful of his demo albums. These albums all preceded 2004's Trouble, and according to my friend, Ray is "embarrassed" by the raw quality of these pre-label albums, which means he'll probably never make them public again. Thankfully, the internet is a great place, so I found them. One of my readers requested that I post them, so here they are. Enjoy!
Acre of Land (2001) [zip]
Green (2002) [zip]
One Lonesome Saddle, version 1 (2002) [zip]
OLS Sessions (2002) [zip]
Introducing Ray LaMontagne (2003) [zip]
here's a track from the first one:
Ray LaMontagne - Acre of Land [mp3]
BONUS:
Ray recently announced a FALL TOUR
ive never wrote anything on anyone's music blog. but thank you thank you thank you for posting these. i gave up the fight to find them years ago. you made my year
ReplyDeleteBeautiful thanks for this! And great info on the fall tour that is something that I did not know, I smell a road trip in the foreseeable future!
ReplyDeleteyou guys are very welcome.
ReplyDeleteGreat post. Never new these existed and been a fan for awhile. Unfortunately, I've never seen him live. He tours so little and the New York shows sell out so quick. Will definitely explore your blog. Thanks.
ReplyDeletei can't thank you enough for the live zip files. fantastic. i heart you.
ReplyDeleteI agree he's a folk singer with a gorgeous voice an pure soul but "beautiful man?" I don't think so just look at his face he's really ugly.
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ReplyDeleteThanks so much!!!
ReplyDeleteexcellent post. well done mate. very happy. xx
ReplyDeleteCannot wait for Supernova on 4/29!!! Ray has been one of my favorites for years and this album is going to be amazing! http://www.vevo.com/watch/USRV81400058?utm_content=nllink-33d82be3-VIDEO%2BPREMIERE:%2BSUPERNOVA&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email|20140326&utm_source=usrca-raylamontagne&cid=nl:
ReplyDeleteObsessing over Supernova right now! Ray never seizes to amaze me, definitely check out the new album! http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1002342861
ReplyDeleteYOU JUST MADE MY LIFE
ReplyDeleteThese are wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing. Could you possibly re-post the album Acre of Land? It is saying it is unavailable and I would so love to have it!
ReplyDeleteThank You!
Can someone please re-upload Acre of Land?
ReplyDeleteAcre of Land Re-Up
ReplyDeleteGot my hands on this so I'll share...
https://www.sendspace.com/file/rakb12
you just made me so happy thank you so much for posting these! my old computer crashed with everything on it and have been looking for new downloads forever!
ReplyDeleteis there anyway you could try to re-upload the acre of land album please? or if someone sees this and wants to e-mail it to me? neither of the links work for me <3 <3 <3
THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH FOR POSTED THESE DEMOS !!!
ReplyDeleteI haven't found any site where you can download this, you are the only !
SO, THANK YOU AGAIN !!! :D
KISSES ♥
Hi Alexandra, what is your e-mail ? :)
ReplyDeleteCan you PLEASE e-mail me Acre of Land also
ReplyDeleteWill someone please email me or provide a link to these albums? I'll take anything I can get. I also used to have these, but a computer crash and a stolen external hard drive later, I've got nothing. Slowly rebuilding my music library. My email is tylerchouser@gmail.com . Thank you in advance!
ReplyDeleteI used to have all these albums on burned CDs and I haven't been able to listen to any of them in so long. I think they'd be just what I needed in this moment of my life. Is there anyone who can send me the files to my email? These links aren't working. daveydavidson13@gmail.com
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