Crooked Piece Box

A new John Prine box set, "Crooked Piece Of Time", featuring the singer songwriter’s 1st 7 albums, will be released October 23rd, 2020, via Rhino Records. The 7 CD collection comprises Prine’s output on Atlantic and Asylum Records, released between 1971 and 1980. These include favorites such as his 1971 self titled debut, 1973’s "Sweet Revenge", 1975’s "Common Sense" and 1980’s "Storm Windows".

The 7 albums will be presented in mini LP replica sleeves, while the collection will also come with poster inserts and a 20-page booklet featuring new liner notes from David Fricke. The collection’s cover art is a portrait of Prine painted by Joshua Petker, based on a photo taken by Jim Shea.

"Crooked Piece Of Time" arrives about 5 months after Prine died from complications related to Covid 19 at the age of 73. In June, Prine’s family released his final recorded song, “I Remember Everything”, which was produced by Dave Cobb and co-written by Prine and long time collaborator Pat McLaughlin.

Prine saw a late career resurgence of sorts in the years before his death, especially as a new generation of artists, including Margo Price and Jason Isbell, namechecked him regularly as a key influence. In 2016, Prine released "For Better Or Worse", his 1st album in nearly a decade, while in 2018, he released what became his final album, "The Tree Of Forgiveness".