Spirit Trail 25th Anniversary 3-CD Boxed Set

Spirit Trail, Bruce Hornsby's landmark sixth studio release, is celebrated with a 25th anniversary special deluxe reissue of the iconic double album. Originally released in 1998, Bruce described the record to Rolling Stone at the time as "..very Southern so there's a lot of songs about race, religion, judgment and tolerance. And sort of my own personal struggles with some of these issues — or observing others with the issues."

The 3-CD set contains the original double album, four previously unreleased songs amd 70 minutes of previously unreleased live recordings packaged in clamshell box with a 36-page book featuring lyrics & liner notes from Bruce. The collection's recordings were mastered by Bob Ludwig.

The additional tracks on the reissue come from what has been referred to as a "lost album," one that was shelved in favor of the more "modern-sounding" Big Swing Face. When asked about these newly rediscovered songs, Bruce shared that "These were not just demos with a drum machine or solo piano demos. They featured my band playing. There was mostly piano, bass and drums on a lot of them but there was also guitar on a couple, and I'd thrown some organ on one of them. So I felt it was fairly far along. These were rough mixes but they were fairly close, at least in conception, to me. I'm glad these songs are coming out because they're fun to play and I think a certain fan of mine will go, 'Why doesn't he do this more?'"

Track List:
Disc One original album
1. King of the Hill
2. Resting Place
3. Preacher in the Ring Part One
4. Preacher in the Ring Part Two
5. Song C
6. Sad Moon
7. Pete and Manny
8. Fortunate Son
9. Sneaking Up on Boo Radley
10. Great Divide

Disc Two
1. Line in the Dust
2. See the Same Way
3. Shadow Hand
4. Sunlight Moon
5. Listen to the Silence
6. Funhouse
7. Sunflower Cat (Some Dour Cat) (Down With That)
8. Song D
9. Swan Song
10. Variations on Swan Song and Song D

Lost and Found on the Spirit Trail:
11. Living in the Sunshine (previously unreleased)
12. Groove Infatuation (previously unreleased)
13. Evening Sun (previously unreleased)
14. Clowns Tambourine (previously unreleased)

Disc Three Live Trail
1. King of the Hill
2. Resting Place
3. Preacher in the Ring Part Two > Variation 2 > (Catenaires)
4. Fortunate Son
5. Sneaking Up on Boo Radley
6. See the Same Way
7. Shadow Hand
8. Funhouse
9. Sunflower cat
10. Swan Song