In 1986 Jennifer Warnes recorded a memorable interpretation of some of Leonard Cohen's greatest songs. The resulting album Famous Blue Raincoat has remained a reference of American pop music to this day. The recording is as beautiful and perfect as the songs, created impeccably by some of the finest musicians and engineers, remaining immensely popular for aficionados of great sound and song-craft.

• Limited Edition
• Audiophile 180 Gram Vinyl
• All-Tube Analog Mastering
• Cut by Bernie Grundman
• Cut from Original Analog Master Tapes
• Overseen and aproved by Jennifer Warnes
• Pressed at RTI USA
• Deluxe Cover

In 1986 Jennifer Warnes and Roscoe Beck created an enduring interpretation of some of Leonard Cohen’s finest mid-period songs. The resulting album Famous Blue Raincoat has remained a touchstone of American pop. It’s a recording as beautiful as the songs incisive, painstakingly created by some of the finest musicians and engineers ever assembled. It has rightfully remained immensely popular for afficianados of sound and songcraft.

Impex Records has enjoyed a long and rich collaboration with Jennifer Warnes. Now Impex is proud to release, for the first time in more than 30 years, a fully authorized and approved 33 RPM, 180-gram vinyl LP of her groundbreaking classic.

Newly remastered by Bernie Grundman on his all-tube cutting system using Warnes' personal analog mix-down tapes (from original digital recording tape), and personally supervised by Jennifer Warnes, Famous Blue Raincoat is ready to be discovered by a new generation of vinyl enthusiasts seeking the purest musical alchemy, and vocal interpretation. Come see how far we’ll go for beauty.

Track Listing:

Side A
1. First We Take Manhattan
2. Bird On A Wire
3. Famous Blue Raincoat
4. Joan Of Arc

Side B
5. Ain't No Cure For Love
6. Coming Back To You
7. Song Of Bernadette
8. A Singer Must Die
9. Came So Far For Beauty

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