Kris Kristofferson – Live At Gilley’s – Pasadena, TX: September 15, 1981 (Live At Gilley’s) (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Kris Kristofferson – Live At Gilley’s – Pasadena, TX: September 15, 1981 (Live At Gilley’s) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 46:00 minutes | 876 MB | Genre: Country
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © New West Records, LLC

Recorded live on September 15, 1981, Live At Gilley’s captures Kris Kristofferson at a time in his career where he and his band were firing on all cylinders. Kristofferson was with a full band out of the road that featured Stephen Bruton, Donnie Fritts and Billy Swan. On this night, the band stopped by Gilley’s Honkytonk in Pasadena, Texas to deliver a one in a lifetime performance featuring the hits, “Me And Bobby McGee”, “The Pilgrim” and “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down.” “What a great album this is! Classic Kristofferson songs throughout, and live!! Kris was in his prime and his vocals were outstanding and very soulful as always.” – George Strait “Kris Kristofferson was such an amazing songwriter, a great performer, and was a good match for our crowd. It was totally jam-packed every night, but we’d have an especially big crowd whenever an artist like Kris would come to town.” – Mickey Gilley
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Lou Reed & Kris Kristofferson – The Bottom Line Archive Series: In Their Own Words: With Vin Scelsa (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Lou Reed & Kris Kristofferson – The Bottom Line Archive Series: In Their Own Words: With Vin Scelsa (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:35:36 minutes | 1014 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © The Bottom Line Record Company

The Bottom Line Archive Series presents its next release: the once-in-a-lifetime live performance by Lou Reed and Kris Kristofferson at the height of their craft, set for release September 15. Recorded at the legendary Bottom Line club in Greenwich Village, the album presents an evening of music, songwriting and storytelling – intimate, acoustic, historic. The Bottom Line Archive label is distributed via BFD/Red; BFD is a division of Bob Frank Entertainment.

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Kris Kristofferson, Patty Griffin & Randy Owen of Alabama – Legends & Lyrics Vol.1 (2009) Blu-ray 1080p VC-1 LPCM 5.1

Title: Kris Kristofferson, Patty Griffin & Randy Owen of Alabama – Legends & Lyrics Vol.1
Release Date: 2009
Genre: Country

Production/Label: Alternative Distribution Alliance
Duration: 00:55:47
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: VC-1
Audio codec: PCM, DTS
Video: VC-1 Video, 24039 kbps, 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / Advanced Profile 3
Audio #1: LPCM Audio English 2304 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Audio #2: Dolby Digital Audio English 448 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps
Audio #3: LPCM Audio English 6912 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 6912 kbps / 24-bit
Size: 33.76 GB

This is a unique musical performance series, driven by famous recording artists who write their own songs, blended with professional song poets who write for other artists. “Legends & Lyrics” is currently airing on PBS on a weekly basis. Installments include artist performances, “Out Of The Box” interviews, “Did You Know?” historical facts addressing the origins of today’s commercial music, “Rising Stars” featuring undiscovered talent, and “Tips Of The Week” for aspiring song poets. Shot in an intimate classical performance hall in HD and Surround Sound, the series honors the true creators of the most popular genres of commercial music. “Volume 1” features Kris Kristofferson, Patty Griffin, Randy Owen, and Jonathan Singleton.

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Kris Kristofferson – The Silver Tongued Devil And I (1971/2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Kris Kristofferson – The Silver Tongued Devil And I (1971/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 33:30 minutes | 706 MB | Genre: Country
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Legacy Recordings

In this 1971 album-gone-gold, Kristofferson makes the much anticipated transition from successful songwriter to top recording artist. Jody and the Kid; Billy Dee; Good Christian Soldier, and more. By the time Monument came to release Kristofferson’s second album, The Silver Tongued Devil and I, in July 1971, he was the author of four songs that had topped the country or pop charts for others. Kristofferson himself had not yet reached the charts with a recording of his own, but his spectacular success as a songwriter made The Silver Tongued Devil and I a much-anticipated record. One consequence of this was that Monument was willing to spend more money; three of the album’s songs boasted strings and another a horn section. But the key, of course, was still the songwriting, and though there were several excellent songs, the album could not live up to its predecessor, which was the culmination of years of writing. Typically for a second album, Kristofferson reached back into his catalog, presenting his own treatments of ‘Jody and the Kid’ and ‘The Taker,’ which had been hits for Roy Drusky and Waylon Jennings, respectively. In his newly written material, Kristofferson continued to examine the lives of society’s outcasts, but the antiestablishment tone of some of Kristofferson was gone along with much of the wry humor, and in their place were touches of morbidity and sentimentality. Kristofferson retained his gift for intimate love songs, and the album’s most memorable selections turned out to be ‘Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again)’ (which became a semi-standard) and ‘When I Loved Her.’ And even if his observations seemed less acute, his talent for wordplay often rescued the songs from banality. On its way to becoming a gold record, The Silver Tongued Devil and I reached the pop Top 20, Kristofferson’s career high on that chart, and the country Top Five; thus, Kristofferson made the transition from being a successful songwriter to a successful recording artist.

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Kris Kristofferson – The Complete Monument & Columbia Albums Collection (16 CD) (2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Kris Kristofferson – The Complete Monument & Columbia Albums Collection (16 CD) (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 11:13:27 minutes | 11,16 GB | Genre: Country
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Legacy Recordings

Legacy Recordings will celebrate the 80th birthday of Kris Kristofferson with the June 10 release of The Complete Monument & Columbia Album Collection, a 16-CD deluxe box set.

The most comprehensive Kris Kristofferson musical library ever assembled, The Complete Monument & Columbia Album Collection brings together 11 essential studio albums, recorded by the artist from 1970 through 1981, individually packaged in a facsimile sleeve reproducing the original album artwork.

In addition, the box set includes five bonus discs of unreleased and hard-to-find live and studio material drawn from Kristofferson’s extraordinary golden era with the Monument and Columbia Records labels. Bonus material includes three highly-collectible concert recordings (two of them previously unreleased) from 1970-1972 and two full discs of rarities featuring non-LP singles, studio outtakes, rare appearances, previously unavailable demos and more.

The Complete Monument & Columbia Album Collection box set includes a deluxe booklet featuring essays and liner notes penned especially for this anthology: 1) an introduction to Kristofferson written by Fred Foster, the visionary founder of Monument Records who signed Kristofferson as a songwriter to Combine Music and a recording artist for Monument, the label that released his debut album in 1970; 2) an aesthetic appreciation of the artist—”Kris Kristofferson True American Hero”—by musician/producer Don Was; and 3) a revelatory and insightful portrait of Kristofferson and his music from American writer and journalist Mikal Gilmore.

Legacy Recordings is the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment. Kristofferson will turn 80 on June 22.

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Kris Kristofferson – Natural Act (1978/2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Kris Kristofferson – Natural Act (1978/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 36:42 minutes | 752 MB | Genre: Country
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © A&M

Natural Act is the third and final duet album by Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge, released in 1978 on A&M Records. The couple would divorce the following year. The album was released while Coolidge’s career was at a peak; her recent albums Anytime…Anywhere and Love Me Again had seen much commercial success. Natural Act is Kristofferson’s only album to chart in the United Kingdom.

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Kris Kristofferson – Live From Austin, TX (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Kris Kristofferson – Live From Austin, TX (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 54:21 minutes | 792 MB | Genre: Country, Folk
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © New West Records

Kris Kristofferson Live From Austin TX (2006 UK CD album featuring 16 tracks fan favourites recorded live in Austin Texas in September 1981; including Me And Bobby McGee For The Good Times Help Me Make It Through The Night and Sunday Mornin Comin Down). This volume in the Austin City Limits series Live from Austin, Texas features Kris Kristofferson in 1981 playing a solid program of his hits “Help Me Make It Through the Night,” “Lovin’ Her Was Easier Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again,” “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down,” “The Pilgrim,” “Silver Tongued Devil,” and material from his classic yet under-heard album To the Bone his post-divorce record after his breakup with Rita Coolidge from the same year, such as the opener “Star Crossed,” “Magdalene,” and “Nobody Loves Anybody Anymore.” Kristofferson is in fine form here: he’s rowdy, full of piss and vinegar, and has a crack band including guitarist Stephen Bruton, bassist Tommy McLure, drummer Sammy Creason, keyboard boss Donnie Fritts, and Billy Swann and Glen Clark both of whom double on guitars and keyboards. There are 16 tunes in this program and it is one of the finer editions in the Live from Austin, Texas series.

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Kris Kristofferson – Live at RCA Studios 1972 (2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Kris Kristofferson – Live at RCA Studios 1972 (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 35:48 minutes | 722 MB | Genre: Country
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Legacy Recordings

Kristofferson’s path is fascinating. By his first album, he had studied to Master’s level at Oxford in the Fifties, boxed, played rugby, could have been a teacher and spent five years in the military. He was in his thirties when he began seriously pushing himself as a musician and songwriter in Nashville. His voice can be as distinct as the best of his aching songs. He has always been an activist.

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Kris Kristofferson – Kristofferson (1970/2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Kris Kristofferson – Kristofferson (1970/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 41:52 minutes | 861 MB | Genre: Country
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Legacy Recordings

Kris Kristofferson had a belated start of a great recording career when he was in his mid thirties, releasing Kristofferson in 1970. The Nashville star distinguished himself from other Country acts, taking on a political stance lyrically that exceeded Nashville standards.

Songs on Kristofferson were picked up by fellow artists Johnny Cash (“Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down”) and Janis Joplin (“Me And Bobby McGee”) recognizing his stature as a songwriter instantly. The ballad “Help Me Make It Through The Night” was also recorded by the likes of Elvis Presley, Joan Baez, Gladys Knight And The Pips, Bryan Ferry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Sammie Smith and many others.

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Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson – A Star Is Born (1976/2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson - A Star Is Born (1976/2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz] Download

Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson – A Star Is Born (1976/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 41:40 minutes | 472 MB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia

A Star Is Born is the soundtrack album to the motion picture of the same name. Of course, the main drawing card here is “Love Theme From ‘A Star Is Born’ (Evergreen)”, the number one hit. Spurred by the hit single and the box office success of the film, A Star Is Born was the best-selling album of Barbra Streisand’s career up to this point. “Evergreen”, co-written by Streisand and Williams, won Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal.
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The Highwaymen {Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson} – Live: American Outlaws (2016) Blu-ray 1080p AVC LPCM 5.1

Title: The Highwaymen – Live: American Outlaws
Release Date: 2016
Genre: Country, Country Pop, Country Rock, Progressive Country, Traditional Country, Outlaw Country, Honky Tonk
Director: Jon Small
Artist: Willie Nelson – vocals, guitar; Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar; Waylon Jennings – vocals, guitar; Kris Kristofferson – vocals, guitar; Gene Chrisman – drums; J.R. Cobb – guitar; Bobby Emmons – keyboards; Mike Leech – bass; Mickey Raphael – harmonica; Danny Timms – keyboards, vocals; Robby Turner – pedal steel; Bobby Wood – keyboards, vocals; Reggie Young – guitar

Production/Label: Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings/Sony Music Entertainment
Duration: 02:05:39 + 00:32:34
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: AC-3, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 22999 kbps / 1920*1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: English LPCM 5.1 / 48 kHz / 6912 kbps / 24-bit
Audio#2: English Dolby Digital 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps
Audio#3: English LPCM 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Size: 38.7 GB

The Highwaymen–Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson–were country music’s first bonafide “supergroup,” an epic quartet of blockbuster star power comprised of the four prime forces of America’s outlaw country music revolution. An essential musical and cultural influence, the Highwaymen were active for the decade spanning 1985 to 1995, recorded three major label albums, charted hit singles (including their Number 1 debut, “Highwayman,” which won the Best Country Song Grammy Award in 1986) and performed a variety of shows achieving mythic status for those lucky enough to have been there.

“There’s the four of us standing there, grouped around microphones. The Highwaymen. John, Kris, Willie, and me. I don’t think there are any other four people like us,” wrote Waylon Jennings in Waylon: An Autobiography. “John says that we came together because we all have a life commitment to the music. We know the same songs, but we sing them from different perspectives. We can blend the early country of the Carter Family with Texas swing, southern gospel, and rockabilly, and each of us feels comfortable singing real slices of life. There’s not one of us who hasn’t come face to face with his own mortality, and many’s the time we’ve gone through our struggles and survivals together….That’s our friendship, unlocking any door that stands between us, and it keeps four very different individuals together.”

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