Two More Willie Nelson Catalog Classics Get The Vinyl Treatment

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Willie Nelson. Photo: by Pamela Springsteen

Two additional Willie Nelson titles are being released on vinyl from the legend’s UMG catalog: 2001’s Rainbow Connection and It Always Will Be, in celebration of Nelson’s 90th birthday celebration this year.

Nelson’s classic children’s album Rainbow Connection will be released on vinyl for the first time ever on Nov. 10, and It Always Will Be, previously released as a double LP in 2004, will be reissued on vinyl as a single LP.

Both records will be available on 180-gram black vinyl as well as a special limited edition color variant, with Rainbow Connection on 140-gram translucent orange vinyl and It Always Will Be on translucent ruby vinyl.

The stripped-back 1996 album Spirit will bow on Oct. 20, just ahead of the American icon’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Nov. 3. The Great Divide and Milk Cow Blues join Rainbow Connection in making their vinyl debuts while Teatro and Spirit return to vinyl due to popular demand, after being available in limited capacity but now long out-of-print.

All albums are available on 180-gram black vinyl in addition to a limited edition color variant on 140-gram vinyl, exclusively available at uDiscover Music and WillieNelson.com. The Great Divide and Spirit have been pressed on clear vinyl while Teatro and Milk Cow Blues are on translucent red vinyl and orange vinyl, respectively.

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