Son Volt - Trace (Black Friday 2025)

Introduction

Son Volt’s 1995 debut returns as a 30th-anniversary, 2×LP purple vinyl edition: the original album plus a second LP of bonus tracks making their vinyl debut. A carefully curated RSD Black Friday 2025 release for fans of Jay Farrar’s alt-country blueprint.

Key Features

• Format: 2×LP (purple vinyl, double 140 g)
• Edition: RSD Black Friday 2025 — indie retail
• Label: Rhino / Warner
• Catalog No.: 81227809232
• Release date: November 28, 2025
• LP2: bonus tracks on vinyl for the first time
• EAN: 0081227809232

Tracklist

LP1 — Original Album

Side A

1. Windfall
2. Live Free
3. Tear Stained Eye
4. Route
5. Ten Second News
6. Drown

Side B

1. Loose String
2. Out of the Picture
3. Catching On
4. Too Early
5. Mystifies Me

LP2 — Bonus (vinyl debut)

Side C

1. Tulsa County (Single Version)
2. Looking at the World Through a Windshield
3. Rex’s Blues
4. Ain’t No More Cane
5. Tear Stained Eye (4-track Demo)

Side D

1. Drown (Alt. Unreleased Demo)
2. Going Going Gone
3. Route (Alt. Unreleased Demo)
4. Holocaust
5. I’ve Got to Know

Why You’ll Love It

A landmark of ’90s alt-country, now back on wax in a listener-friendly, collector-ready package. The main LP preserves the album’s flow, while LP2 adds sought-after covers and demos. A smart, definitive way to revisit (or discover) “Trace”.

Trivia

• First U.S. pressing since 2015, expanded to 2×LP with bonus material.
• Features rarities like “Rex’s Blues,” “Tulsa County,” and alternate demos of “Route” and “Drown”.
• Driven by the modern classic single “Drown”.