Nothing Can Hurt Me

by Big Star

Overview

Originally released as a limited-edition double-LP for Record Store Day 2013, the soundtrack to the Big Star documentary Nothing Can Hurt Me certainly does appeal to vinyl-besotted pop fanatics. Not one of these 20 songs are present in their familiar, original mixes: there's an occasional demo, many rough mixes from the time, and plenty of movie mixes dating from 2012, the year Nothing Can Hurt Me started screening at various film festivals across the United States. There are a couple of non-canonical rarities here -- the minor-key dirge "Better Save Yourself" and Alex Chilton's delicate acoustic "All We Ever Got from Them Was Pain" -- but this album is all about subtle differences from the well-known, well-loved mixes. To Big Star obsessives -- who are unapologetically the audience for this collection -- there are enough slight, interesting alterations from the known to make this worthwhile: certain vocals are unpolished, some guitars are pushed to the front of the mix, a few sections feel slightly extended, chatter is added to the beginning of Chris Bell's "I Am the Cosmos," which is given a slightly bigger, cinematic mix. Nothing changes or illuminates history but it's just enough to thrill diehards, the kind of fan who knows the original by heart so any deviation will be noted and appreciated. Maybe it's not enough to warrant an enthusiastic recommendation, but it's easy enough to discern whether this is an album you should hear: if this collection of alternate mixes and variations sounds like something you need to hear, it is; if it sounds like a mere curiosity, that is also true. Know yourself well enough to know which camp you belong. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	06/25/2013
Label:	Omnivore
UPC:	0816651013999
Rank:	126022

Tracks

1. O My Soul [Demo 1973]
2. Give Me Another Chance [Control Room Monitor Mix, 1972]
3. In the Street [Movie Mix 2012]
4. When My Baby's Beside Me [Alternate Mix, 1972]
5. Studio Banter
6. Try Again [Movie Mix, 2012]
7. My Life Is Right [Alternate Mix, 1972]
8. The Ballad of El Goodo [Alternate Mix, 1972]
9. Feel [Alternate Mix, 1972]
10. Don't Lie to Me [Alternate Mix, 1972]
11. Way Out West [Alternate Mix, 1972]
12. Thirteen [Alternate Mix, 1972]
13. You Get What You Deserve [Alternate Mix, 1972]
14. Holocaust [Rough Mix, 1974]
15. Kanga Roo [Rough Mix, 1974]
16. Stroke It Noel [Backward Intro, 1974]
17. Big Black Car [Rough Mix, 1974]
18. Better Save Yourself [Movie Mix, 2012]
19. I Am the Cosmos [Movie Mix, 2012]
20. All We Ever Got from Them Was Pain [Movie Mix, 2012]
21. September Gurls [Movie Mix, 2012]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Big Star   Primary Artist
Rock City   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
Chris Bell   Primary Artist
Alex Chilton   Primary Artist
Olivia Mori   Director
Drew Denicola   Director

Technical Credits

Patrick McCarthy   Associate Producer
Big Star   Composer
Chris Bell   Composer
Cheryl Pawelski   Soundtrack Producer
Chris Gage   Composer
Jody Stephens   Project Assistant
Larry Nix   Mastering
Greg Allen   Design,Art Direction
Jeff Lorber   Composer
John Fry   Mixing,Cover Photo,Executive Producer,Soundtrack Producer
Adam Hill   Mixing,Editing,Assembly,Tape Research
Jeff Pescetto   Composer
Alex Chilton   Composer
Andy Hummel   Composer
Olivia Mori   Producer
Tom Eubanks   Composer
Kevin Nix   Project Assistant
Eileen Lucero   Editorial
Bryan George   Licensing
Audrey Bilger   Project Assistant
Pat Rainer   Project Assistant
Dutch Cramblitt   Project Assistant
Brian Sprouse   Producer
Brad Rosenberger   Project Assistant
Gill Holland   Executive Producer
Lee Ladyga   Project Assistant
Meghan Sims   Associate Producer
Alan Petsche   Associate Producer
Amy J. Boyd   Associate Producer
Bonnie Petsche   Associate Producer
Patrick Milligan   Project Assistant
Yuji Toriumi   Composer
Gary Miller   Project Assistant
Dante Harper   Producer
David Armillei   Executive Producer