RYAN ADAMS, 'BLACKHOLE [re-imagined 3xLP]'

My own (imho) superior mix of the album - using the 2006 reference disc as source. 

RYAN ADAMS

Blackhole  (2024)

1. Disco Queen    [Pax-Am 003]
2. White Light*
3. Parts of Me*    (previously recorded as "S.O.S")
4. For the Sun*   (previously recorded as "Waiting For the Sun")
5. Starfire*      
6. Just You Wait*
7. When You're There*
8. The Vanishing*
9. Lost in Space*   (a.k.a. "Thunderclouds" / re-recorded as "Go Ahead and Rain")
10. The Door+   (previously recorded as "Sarah")
11. Call Me Back*    (a.k.a. "Truth or Dare")
12. Help Us+
13. Likening Love to War+
14. Catherine+
15. Tomorrowland     [Pax-Am 003]
16. Runaway+
17. When I Smile*

+ = 2024 LP Bonus Track    

* = unreleased 2006 mix

Bonus LP (outtakes, demos, etc.)

1. ROCK DUST*     [War and Peace]
2. TWO (Rock Version)*     [Feb 18, 2007 Mixes]
3. HEAVEN*    [Rat Classics, vol 2]
4. ROLLIN' WITH THE PUNCHES*   [Rat Classics, vol 2]
5. VALHALLA+     [Fasterpiece, Sad Dracula]
6. CALIFORNIA GASOLINE+     [Fasterpiece, Sad Dracula]
7. LOST AND FOUND+    (Blackhole 2010 outtake)     [Pax-Am 001]
8. GO AHEAD AND RAIN+    (previously recorded as "Lost in Space")    [Pax-Am 001]
9. S.O.S+   (re-recorded as "Parts of Me")   [Fasterpiece, Sad Dracula]
10. SARAH+   (Blackhole outtake)   [Fasterpiece, Sad Dracula]
11. IT ENDS THE WAY IT STARTED+    [Fasterpiece, Sad Dracula]
12. OBLIVION+   (Blackhole 2006 outtake)    [Pax-Am 005]
13.  F.U. WAIT+    (a.k.a. "Sounds Good to Me")     [War and Peace]
14. CLOSURE+   [Fasterpiece, Sad Dracula]
15. STARFIRE+     [Fasterpiece, Sad Dracula]
16. WAITING FOR THE SUN+     [Fasterpiece, Sad Dracula]
17. WHY+   (Blackhole 2010 outtake)    [Heatwave]   
18. TOO LATE+    (Blackhole 2014 outtake)     [Heatwave] 
19. ON A SIDE+   (Blackhole 2010 demo)   [1985]   

"I used to write 'licks'---but they drag on the track..."  

- DRA

SESSION HISTORY, etc.

late Dec. 2005 - Mercy Sound : 'RNR: Part Two' demos

Personnel: Ryan Adams (guitars / drums on "Lost and Found", "Two"; etc.) / bass / piano) , Jamie Candiloro; Johnny T. (drums on "Oblivion"; etc.), Gus Olberg (bass)

1. Valhalla**     [ORION bonus 7-inch]
2. California Gasoline
3. Lost and Found**     [Pax-Am 001]
4. Why^   (remixed and overdubbed for 2010 ELS mix)    [Heatwave]
5. S.O.S.  (re-recorded as "Number 3" a.k.a. "Parts of Me")
6. Sarah    
7. It Ends the Way it Started
8. Oblivion**    [Pax-Am 005]
9. F.U. Wait   (f.k.a. "Sounds Good to Me")     [War and Peace]
10. Closure   (re-recorded as "Natural Ghost" for War and Peace)
11. Starfire*   (re-recorded during ELS sessions) 
12. Two**   (Rock Version / re-recorded for Easy Tiger)     [Feb 18, 2007 Mixes]
13. Waiting for the Sun  (re-recorded as "For the Sun")
14. On Fire**   (previously recorded for Saturday Night Feverblister)
15. The Sewers at the Bottom of the Wishing Well    (re-recorded for III/IV)
16. Too Late^   (overdubbed and re-mixed for ELS / Pax-Am sessions)   
17. On a Side^  (instrumental / overdubbed and mixed for ELS sessions)   
18. ??? various song fragments^   (instrumental / overdubbed and mixed for ELS sessions) 

Released in late 2006 as the Sad Dracula digital LP, Fasterpiece 

(except for "Two", "Why", "Too Late", and "On A Side") 

** = mixed at ELS in Feb. 2007 / ^ = 2010 version (?)

                                                     The Blackhole Saga: A Brief History

The songs were recorded over three periods (Dec. 2005; Spring 2010; 2012-13). Tom Schick engineered the original sessions. Version one was part of a planned trilogy of albums in 2006 that was rejected one-by-one by Lost Highway (Ryan's label at the time). War and Peace (a 28- song solo double LP) and THE CARDINALS' Star Wars album (11-12 song LP including "Two", "Two Hearts" and title track). Before beginning work on 'Ashes and Fire'; RA wanted to get the album finished now that he had his own label, Pax-Am. Over four years of production had continued with producer Jamie Candiloro and the record was further recorded and overdubbed and finally mastered in early 2010. The album was going to be a pre-order with The Cardinals III/IV album recorded in 2006. But it was cancelled.

Mk I (2006)

Rumored Original Track list (From a blog post)

01. Black Hole (aka Disco Queen)*

02. White Light*

03. Parts of Me*  (aka Number 3)

04. Waiting for the Sun to Come*  (aka For The Sun)

05. Don't Disappear*  (aka Starfire)

06. Just You Wait*

07. When You're There*

08. She Isn't Vanishing*   (aka The Vanishing)

09. Lost in Space*  (aka Thunderclouds)   

10. When I Smile

11. Oblivion+      [Fasterpiece, Sad Dracula]

12. Lights Flashing*  (aka Tomorrowland)

13. Sarah+   (later re-written with new lyrics as "The Door")     [Fasterpiece, Sad Dracula]

14. Call Me Back*  (aka Truth or Dare)

Rumored Tack list #2 (from old Ryan message board forum)

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01. White Light

02. The Vanishing

03. S.O.S. 

04. Disco Queen

05. Tomorrowland

06. Waiting for the Sun

07. When I Smile

08. Starfire

09. When You're There

10. Thunderclouds

11. Just You Wait

12. Truth or Dare

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Ryan with the 2010 version from the record plant.

1. Disco Queen+    [Pax-Am-003] 
2. White Light*
3. Parts of Me*
4. Lost and Found+    [Pax-Am-001]
5. Why+      [Heatwave] 
6. Waiting for the Sun*
7. Starfire*
8. Just You Wait*
9. When You're There*
10. The Vanishing*
11. Lost in Space*    (a.k.a. "Thunderclouds" / re-recorded for Dear Impossible)
12. When I Smile*
13. Oblivion+     [Pax-Am-005]
14. Tomorrowland+     [Pax-Am-003]
15. Too Late*    (overdubbed and remixed at Pax-Am)     
16. Call Me Back*   (a.k.a. "Truth or Dare")
17. On a Side+    [1985]

* = unreleased mix

Personnel: Ryan Adams, Johnny T., Jamie Candiloro, Charlie Stavish

Ryan adding lead guitar to "When You're There"

15 March 2010 Blackhole Mk.II  sessions

2012-13 sessions at  Pax-Am - BLACKHOLE  (Mk III)

Personnel: Ryan Adams, Charlie Stavish; Johnny T.; others ?  

1. The Door+
2. Call Me Back   (f.k.a. "Truth or Dare")
3. Help Us+
4. Likening Love to War+
5. Starfire
6. Just You Wait
7. For The Sun
8. Catherine+
9. Tomorrowland
10. Too Late+     [Heatwave] 
11. Runaway+ 
12. When I Smile
13. ? others ??