Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

LP-YEP-3089IE

Colour

Blue

Colour details

Heavenly Blue

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

1100

Release date

2024-04-20

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Redeye

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

634457156258

Total Cap

Blue LP

Artist

Tommy McLain

Genre US

Blues / Gospel

Label US

Yep Roc Records

Tommy McLain is an American swamp pop musician, born on March 15, 1940 in Jonesville, Louisiana. He is best known as a singer but also plays keyboards, drums, bass guitar, fiddle and bagpipe.
In 1966, McLain recorded the song "Sweet Dreams", which reached #15 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. He has also collaborated with Clint West on the track "Try To Find Another Man". Additionally, he wrote Freddy Fender's single "If You Don't Love Me Alone (Leave Me Alone)".
With his versatile musical abilities and successful recordings, Tommy McLain has made a significant impact in the music industry. His talent and contributions continue to resonate with fans worldwide.

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In 2003, Swamp Pop pioneer Tommy McLain self-released his album Moving to Heaven. An extremely rare piece of Louisiana music history, Moving to Heaven only existed as a CD that Tommy himself pressed 500 copies of more than two decades ago. Tommy sold the CDs at his shows on the bayou and that was the only place to purchase this mysterious album. Featuring extremely DIY production techniques and spooky synthesizer sounds, this was Tommy McLain at his most raw and spiritual. Tommy wrote every song and plays every instrument on Moving to Heaven as he vocalizes about life, death and forgiveness.Many years later, Elvis Costello found a CD of Moving to Heaven in a Louisiana record store and fell in love with the music. Costello was a fan of Tommy ever since hearing him back in the ‘70s on the compilation Another Saturday Night, but he knew that Moving to Heaven was something special. Costello and Tommy would eventually meet in 2010 at a Bobby Charles tribute concert where Costello professed his love of Moving to Heaven to Tommy in-person. “I would go to local, secondhand record shops looking for albums by people like Tommy McLain,” Costello told the New York Times in 2022.Yep Roc Records is excited to announce the first-ever vinyl pressing of Moving to Heaven. Pressed on heavenly blue color vinyl and featuring updated lyrics and liner notes from Tommy McLain, this pressing is limited to 1,000 copies worldwide. The album has been remastered for vinyl by Mike Westbrook at MW Audio, the vinyl lacquer cut by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio, and the record itself pressed at the state-of-the-art facilities at Citizen Vinyl in Asheville, North Carolina, This rare artifact of the Swamp Pop genre is finally found and sounds better than ever.(This is a 2024 Record Store Day release)

Moving to Heaven - RSD 2024

Music US

Discover Moving to Heaven - RSD 2024 by Tommy McLain on exclusive vinyl from Yep Roc Records. A rare piece of Louisiana music history now available in a limited edition heavenly blue color vinyl pressing.