Daniel Johnston’s Songs of Pain is being released on vinyl for the first time

Featuring eight extra unreleased tracks from the late lo-fi hero.

Songs of Pain, the debut album from the late Daniel Johnston, is being released on vinyl for the first time this March.

Originally recorded on homemade cassette in 1981 and later released as a standardised version by Stress Records in 1988, Songs of Pain was recorded between 1980 and 1981 in Johnston’s parents’ basement in West Virginia.

This remastered edition features eight additional unreleased tracks and a 12-page art and lyric book.

Pre-order Songs of Pain on aqua vinyl now, ahead of its March 10 release date.

Tracklist:

1. Grievances

2. A Little Story

3. Joy Without Pleasure

4. Never Relaxed

5. Brainwash

6. Pothead

7. Wicked World

8. Lazy

9. I Save Cigarette Butts

10. Like A Monkey In a Zoo

11. Wicked Will

12. An Idiot’s End

13. Wild West Virginia

14. Since I Lost My Tooth

15. Urge

16. Living Life

17. Tuna Ketchup

18. Pre-marital Sex

19. Don’t Act Nice

20. Hate Song

21. Lead Belly Was an Outlaw

22. I Love You (I’d Like to Read You Some Poetry)

23. Why Don’t You Love Me True

24. I’m a Rambling Kinda Guy

25. Sleepy Lagoon

26. Natalie Queen of Weirton

27. Golly Gee

28. You Need a Reason