More than five years after he died, John Prine‘s works still attract a lot of listeners’ attention, his works commanding respect and admiration, and there’s no better illustration of this point than the release of not one but two of the American troubadour’s titles on 2026’s Record Store Day, April 18th. One of those records, titled “BBC Sessions” and harking back to April 24th, 1973, when Prine visited London, will be issued on both vinyl and CD; the other, called “Found Dogs” and celebrating 30th anniversary of his “Lost Dogs And Mixed Blessings” album, seems to get only the former format for now.
BBC Sessions
There’s has been discs of the veteran’s Beeb outings before, yet the new “BBC Sessions” apparently focuses on Prine’s single appearance on the British radio, with acoustic guitar, delivering the following pieces from his first two longplays in an intimate setting:
1. Spanish Pipedream
2. Illegal Smile
3. Sam Stone
4. Rocky Mountain Time
5. Everybody
6. Your Flag Decal Won’t Get You Into Heaven Anymore
7. Donald And Lydia
8. Pretty Good
9. Hello In There
Found Dogs
As for “Found Dogs” that digs into John’s archives, there are also solo takes on the “Lost Dogs” tracks – only these are fleshed out with alternative versions of that album’s numbers and no less than five previously unreleased songs. About time to open the vaults.
1. Ain’t Hurtin’ Nobody (alt. version)
2. All The Way With You (acoustic version)
3. Lake Marie (demo)
4. Humidity Built The Snowman (solo acoustic version)
5. Quit Hollerin’ At Me (alt. version)
6. Hey Ah Nothin’ (previously unreleased)
7. World Without Love (previously unreleased)
8. All For The Love Of A Girl (Johnny Horton cover)
9. Dogs In Burlington (previously unreleased)
10. My God Thank You John (previously unreleased)
