Well @slaw, I’ve been wondering what the source is that Bear family is using for the LP pressing. Those two Buddy albums were on Hightone Records, which is out-of-business. So from where did BF get the recordings? If the LP’s were made from non-hirez digital files I’m not so sure I need them, ya know? Especially at over thirty bucks each!
Speaking of Hightone Records, that was a great label owned and run by Bruce Bromberg. They had an incredible artist roster (in addition to Buddy and Julie Miller, there were Robert Cray, Tom Russell, Rosie Flores, Chris Smither, Dave Alvin, The Blasters, Kim Wilson, Joe Ely, Bill Kirchen, buncha others), so I met with Bruce on a trip of his to Los Angeles, to give him a copy of the recordings I had participated in making in Atlanta with Evan Johns. Evan had done three albums for Rykodisc, and had developed quite an underground following. Bruce passed on the Johns’ album! Perhaps if he had released it Hightone would still be in business ;-) .