The Ghost (album)
Encyclopedia
The Ghost is a tour-only album by Songs: Ohia
. It was recorded by Jason Molina on a boombox
at his home in Chicago
, Illinois
, USA, and released by Secretly Canadian
on March 1, 1999. It was released as a limited edition of 500 copies, and made available on Songs: Ohia's 1999 tour with Drunk.
Songs: Ohia
Jason Molina is an American singer-songwriter, originally from Lorain, Ohio. He first came to prominence performing and recording as Songs: Ohia, both in solo projects and with a rotating cast of musicians...
. It was recorded by Jason Molina on a boombox
Boombox
Boombox is a colloquial expression for a portable cassette or CD player. Other terms known are ghetto blaster, jambox, or radio-cassette. It is a device capable of receiving radio stations and playing recorded music , usually at relatively high volume...
at his home in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
, USA, and released by Secretly Canadian
Secretly Canadian
Secretly Canadian is an American independent record label based in Bloomington, Indiana. It was started in 1996 by Chris and Ben Swanson, Eric Weddle, and Jonathan Cargill. Their first release was a re-issue of an album by June Panic...
on March 1, 1999. It was released as a limited edition of 500 copies, and made available on Songs: Ohia's 1999 tour with Drunk.
Track listing
All songs written by Jason Molina.- "The Dark Wrong Turn"
- "Ruby Eyes in the Fog"
- "At Certain Hours It All Breaks Down"
- "The Wild Wind"
- "The Lost Messenger"
- "One Harrowing Night"
- "You Are Not Alone on the Road"
- "Why Are We Stopping in the Storm"
- "The Far End of the Bridge"
- "A Widow Sang the Stars Down"