Compilation of music and interviews, including unreleased outtakes and demos, by singer-songwriter Warren Zevon, who died in 2003. Preludes features sixteen of the newly-discovered recordings, including six tracks never before released on any Warren Zevon album: 'Empty Hearted Town', 'Going All the Way', 'Steady Rain', 'Stop Rainin' Lord', 'Studebaker' and 'The Rosarita Beach Cafe'.

Disc 1

Track name

Artist

1.Empty Hearted Town

Warren Zevon

2.Steady Rain

Warren Zevon

3.Join Me in L.A.

Warren Zevon

4.Hasten Down the Wind

Warren Zevon

5.Werewolves of London

Warren Zevon

6.Tule's Blues

Warren Zevon

7.The French Inhaler

Warren Zevon

8.Going All the Way

Warren Zevon

9.Poor Poor Pitiful Me

Warren Zevon

10.Studebaker

Warren Zevon

11.Accidentally Like a Martyr

Warren Zevon

12.Carmelita

Warren Zevon

13.(I Used To) Ride So High

Warren Zevon

14.Stop Rainin' Lord

Warren Zevon

15.The Rosarita Beach Cafe

Warren Zevon

16.Desperados Under the Eaves

Warren Zevon

Disc 2

Track name

Artist

1.I Was in the House When the House Burned Down

Warren Zevon

2.Warren Speaks On Songwriting & the Early Days of His Career

Warren Zevon

3.Musings On Mortality, Song Noir & the King of Rock N' Roll

Warren Zevon

4.A Chat About Producers & the Stark Sounds On the Albums

Warren Zevon

5.Back in the High Life

Warren Zevon

6.Warren's Take On Winwood's Classic & Warren's Inspirations

Warren Zevon

7.Talk of TV, Movies, Acting & Performing

Warren Zevon

8.Don't Let Us Get Sick (Solo Acoustic)

Warren Zevon

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