BELOVED (album)
by Robert Deeble
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Record/Vinyl + Digital AlbumAbsolutely stunning, this limited 12" vinyl of BELOVED was mastered by ED Brooks with lacquers specially prepared by Levi Seitz. The warmth of this recording was highlighted and preserved throughout with sight eq adjustments specifically made for the vinyl version.
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital AlbumComplete with full art and liners, the BELOVED digipack was mastered by Ed Brooks (glass mastered cd manufacturing).
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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Ring Them Bells (single), Not on Your Team (single), Bird on the Wire (single), The River, a covid balad (single), Orphan Song (single), Pleasure to Burn (single), BELOVED (album), Letters From an Expatriate (live EP), and 7 more.
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The CD BOX SET (currently back-ordered)
All albums in original packaging + various singles & poster art. Includes out of print releases not available elsewhere.
CDs:
• BELOVED (ltd edition digipack)
• Heart Like Feathers (ltd edition book bind) w/DVD
• This Bar Has No One Left *(out of print except in box sets)
• Thirteen Stories (ltd edition digipack)
• Earthside Down *(out of print except in box sets)
• Days Like These *(out of print except in box sets)
DOWNLOADs:
• Bad Time For Love
• Boots of Spanish Leather
• Veni Emmanuel
• Me I'm from LA Where Nothing is Sacred (Live EP)
• The Motorcycle EP
• Letters From an Expatriate (Live EP)
+ Collection of poster art & flyers from 1990-Present
++ each box individually numbered and signed
$150 value
note: several of these albums in their original packaging are considered rare and hard to find. We have seen some of these releases on Amazon and Ebay go for high dollar amounts. All box sets include original packaging for Days Like These (w/uncensored art & fly sheet). Some boxes include the original This Bar EP in blue letterpress (others w/silkscreen vsn).
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Sunshine
02:43
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SUNSHINE
You are my sunshine, my sweetest sunshine,
you make me happy when skies are grey.
Please always know dear how much I love you.
Now go take this sunshine your way.
The other night dear when we were sleeping
we dreamed we held you by our side.
When we awoke dear, we were mistaken
then we both laid down and cried.
You are our sunshine, our sweetest sunshine
you make us happy when skies are grey.
Please always know dear, how much we love you.
Now go take this sunshine your way.
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Uncertain
04:42
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UNCERTAIN
Fall down – take it on the chin
get back up again.
Uncertain, that’s how we came to be
that’s how you came to me.
Uncertain, I’m calling out your name
from somewhere far away.
Let down your hair
it's flying in the wind.
I’m all around you
faithful as a man.
This Life – it kicked us in the ass
come on let’s kick it back.
First step – I’m holding out my hand
faithful as a man.
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Coal Miner
05:51
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COAL MINER
I’m shoveling coal into a hole
in the furnace of my heart.
This engine of old silent and cold
will fire to the light of your spark.
Blue birds they fly
in the sparkle of your eyes
(blink and they will flutter).
Girl don’t you cry
It’s going be all right
(It’s a world of wonder).
You were three days old
I was feeling so bold
I held your little heart next to mine.
And when you would go I’d hope that you’d know
the sound of that big drum of mine.
Blue birds they fly
in the sparkle of your eyes
(blink and they will flutter).
Girl don’t you cry
It’s going be all right
(It’s a world of wonder).
It’s going to be all right
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To Find You
04:35
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TO FIND YOU
As you lie down for your nap
I’m sailing on a ferryboat to find you
I’ve got your tricycle in back
and all the little books you love to have read to you.
And as your eyes look up from sleep
I’m looking back at you, my little wonder
I’ll kiss you on the cheek
and make you laugh the way I always do.
And I’ll take what I can get
to give all I can give for you my wonder girl
And every moment that we live
together in this storybook feels never ending
And as you move so far away
I think about you every passing hour
I’ll drive across the state
just to find you my love
And I’ll take what I can get
to give all I can give for you my wonder girl
And every moment that we live
together in this storybook feels never ending
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Even Now
05:38
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EVEN NOW
Night shines
through the window
where the moon paints the wall
I find you sleeping
like branches of trees after the fall
and the wind it blows through the curtains
whispering hope in a voice yet so small
And even now
as you lie still
sorrow hides
'neath a dam of self will
that would flow effortlessly
to the ground
Long cries
as a woman
with a barren womb
I try to be faithful
to the promise of an empty tomb
Even now
as you lie still
sorrow hides
'neath a dam of self will
that would flow effortlessly to the ground
from your head – to your heart – in a whelm where we drown
from your head - to your heart - through your arms – into mine
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Reprise
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The Mulberry Bird
03:57
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THE MULBERRY BIRD
High
above the sea
a lone bird doth sing
“Perchickeree”
A lamentation sweet
she made a nest in the mulberry tree
in wind and storm it would not keep
“Perchickeree”
And for you
she gave the hardest part
a nest for you that would not fall apart
A pair of two that swore to guard your little heart
a gift for you – she gave the hardest part
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Beloved
03:57
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BELOVED
We drove home
through the trees,
the moon played with you
in hide and seek.
And you laughed, and you laughed, and you laughed,
playful and free.
And it felt just like the first time –
like family.
Oregon stars shine down like northern lights
illuminate the wind of road
we drive.
And we’ve cried, and we’ve cried,
for such a long time,
and feels like for the first time
it’s going to be alright.
Our beloved
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Sleep
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SLEEP
Go to sleep, go to sleep
my little Maliyah
Go to sleep, go to sleep
my beautiful girl
You are everything I love
in this big, bright, new world.
Go to sleep, go to sleep,
my beautiful girl
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Recovery
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about
WATCH THE VIDEO:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTlGsx_A_I4&feature=youtu.be
ABOUT BELOVED:
BELOVED is Robert's sixth album and a heartwarming collection of lyrical memoirs that recalls the journey of how he and his wife became a family to their adopted daughter.
"We first met our daughter as foster parents when she was just 3 days old. After one year in our care she was returned to her birthmother and so many of these songs were written as part of a grieving process with the hope that she would hear them one day and know how I felt about her."
In the years that followed, Robert and his wife were reunited to their former foster child, allowed to be Godparents and eventually invited by her birth mother to be her adopted parents. BELOVED is a love story that spans multiple narratives within an alternative family that comes together for the love a child.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTlGsx_A_I4&feature=youtu.be
ABOUT BELOVED:
BELOVED is Robert's sixth album and a heartwarming collection of lyrical memoirs that recalls the journey of how he and his wife became a family to their adopted daughter.
"We first met our daughter as foster parents when she was just 3 days old. After one year in our care she was returned to her birthmother and so many of these songs were written as part of a grieving process with the hope that she would hear them one day and know how I felt about her."
In the years that followed, Robert and his wife were reunited to their former foster child, allowed to be Godparents and eventually invited by her birth mother to be her adopted parents. BELOVED is a love story that spans multiple narratives within an alternative family that comes together for the love a child.
credits
released March 30, 2018
Robert Deeble: guitar/piano/vocals
Tomo Nakayama: backing vocals
Shenandoah Davis: backing vocals, mellotron, wurli
Tara Ward: backing vocals
Jen Wood: backing vocals
Maliyah Deeble: vocals
Sydney Metcalf: cello
Neal Vickers: 2nd cello on “Coal Miner” & “Sleep”
Shelley Weiss: viola
Alenni Davis: viola
Tony Green: acoustic bass
Josh Golden: electric bass
Antoine Arvizu: drums
Kris Rosentrater: drums
Jordan Walton: Pedal Steel
Graig Markel: vibes, drum machine, levers & knobs.
String Arrangement on “Beloved” created by Ric Hordinski
COVER/BACK ILLUSTRATIONS BY KEITH NEGLEY
PHOTO CANVAS BY DEYO GLINES
ART DESIGN BY ROBERT DEEBLE
All songs © 2017 Robert Deeble (Mind Bomb Music / ASCAP)
except “Recovery” Deeble/Markel and “(...)” Deeble/Deeble.
Produced by Robert Deeble and Graig Markel, Mastered by Ed Brooks at Resonant Mastering. Recorded by Graig Markel at The Recovery Room, w/some vocal and guitar tracks initiated by Jordan Walton, drums and acoustic bass recorded by Antoine Arvizu at The Compound (except “Mulberry” and “Recovery”), viola on “Beloved” recorded by Nick Sebastiano.
All songs Mixed by Graig Markel.
This album was wrtten about our adopted daughter and the process of becoming a family together. “The Mulberry Bird” is dedicated to her birth mother.
Robert Deeble: guitar/piano/vocals
Tomo Nakayama: backing vocals
Shenandoah Davis: backing vocals, mellotron, wurli
Tara Ward: backing vocals
Jen Wood: backing vocals
Maliyah Deeble: vocals
Sydney Metcalf: cello
Neal Vickers: 2nd cello on “Coal Miner” & “Sleep”
Shelley Weiss: viola
Alenni Davis: viola
Tony Green: acoustic bass
Josh Golden: electric bass
Antoine Arvizu: drums
Kris Rosentrater: drums
Jordan Walton: Pedal Steel
Graig Markel: vibes, drum machine, levers & knobs.
String Arrangement on “Beloved” created by Ric Hordinski
COVER/BACK ILLUSTRATIONS BY KEITH NEGLEY
PHOTO CANVAS BY DEYO GLINES
ART DESIGN BY ROBERT DEEBLE
All songs © 2017 Robert Deeble (Mind Bomb Music / ASCAP)
except “Recovery” Deeble/Markel and “(...)” Deeble/Deeble.
Produced by Robert Deeble and Graig Markel, Mastered by Ed Brooks at Resonant Mastering. Recorded by Graig Markel at The Recovery Room, w/some vocal and guitar tracks initiated by Jordan Walton, drums and acoustic bass recorded by Antoine Arvizu at The Compound (except “Mulberry” and “Recovery”), viola on “Beloved” recorded by Nick Sebastiano.
All songs Mixed by Graig Markel.
This album was wrtten about our adopted daughter and the process of becoming a family together. “The Mulberry Bird” is dedicated to her birth mother.
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Robert Deeble Seattle, Washington
"Beautiful music for the sake of beautiful music" Seattle Weekly
"Deeble's authentic lyrics, along with stunning instrumental arrangements, make this album one of his strongest"
Performer Mag
"Few of his albums are more intimately honest than Heart like Feathers..." Stereo Inversion
"I'm not sure I'd want to start rowing toward a deserted island without it." BLURT (9 out of 10 Stars)
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