Today, the 50th anniversary reissue of Bob Neuwirth’s self-titled debut album is available on streaming services HERE. CD and LP versions are also available now on Sunset Blvd Records. For more information and press assets (including extensive liner notes by Randy Lewis), please visit https://reissue.bobneuwirth.com/. 

Neuwirth, who will be portrayed by Will Harrison next to Timothee Chalamet’s Dylan in the upcoming film, is known for his multifaceted six-decade career and has been described as “the best pure songwriter of any of us” by T Bone Burnett and “a shakespearean jester who’s wiser than all the rest” by Kris Kristofferson. Beloved by his musical community, Neuwirth brought together a mind-boggling collection of talent in January of 1974 to perform on his debut record: Kris Kristofferson, Roger McGuinn, Don Everly, Cass Elliot, Richie Furay, Rita Coolidge, Booker T. Jones, Chris Hillman, Geoff Muldaur, Dusty Springfield, Timothy B. Schmit, Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, Stephen Bruton and many more. The recording sessions turned into a legendary multi-day party, but in later years Neuwirth felt it didn’t sound like the debut he would’ve made if he was sober at the time.

Now, 50 years later, each track has been completely remixed from scratch to reflect how Neuwirth had long intended the collection to sound. Engineer John Hanlon reworked each track from new high-resolution/audiophile-quality digital transfers of the original 16- and 24-track analog tapes, bringing new power, clarity and presence to the recorded performances.

In a recent Variety interview, Paula Batson (Neuwirth’s life partner of the past 30 years) and T Bone Burnett (one of his best friends and closest collaborators over the last 50 years) spoke about the importance of expanding Neuwirth’s legacy with this reissue. Variety’s Chris Willman says Neuwirth “may be the rock ‘n’ roll legend that most people have heard about but not actually heard” and notes that the “legendary songwriter” is finally getting “his due with a transformed version of his debut album.”