From the whiskeytownavenues message board, message 2375:

[Author Unknown] -- This is a rough mix analog cassette of the pre production sessions the band worked on before going to Nashville to cut Strangers Almanac. 

recorded 12/96 at Captured Live, Durham NC
Producer: Chris Stamey
Engineer: Tim Harper

These sessions produced the double sided 7inch that was released on bloodshot and sold at the 1997 WT shows. Its just that this tape represents the working mixes of the songs just as they came off the mixing board. No mastering has been done except that I put a standard EQ on the copy I have when I took it to cd.  Being a rough mix, the levels on certain songs are different than others, and you can hear starts and stops between, where songs were put down to tape, and there's some analog hiss....but all in all its a marvelous find! Much closer in feel to Faithless St. than the Strangers record ended up being .........some nuances in arrangement from the final record as well. Notice "Turn Around" especially...it may be my fave. 

It is imperfect, but gives us something to look forward to when an "official" version of these sessions see the light of day (if they ever do)

Ryan- acoustic and electric guitars
Phil- electric guitars
Caitlin- fiddle
S. Terry- drums
Billy Ladd- steel
Chris Stamey- bass, piano, percussion

songs:
1. --blank space on cassette--
2. Ticket time
3. Wither, I'm a flower
4. believe yourself
5. Barns on Fire
6. Things I heard
7. Ten Seconds to the end of the world (false start)
8. Ten Seconds to the end of the world
9. Turn around
10. Everything I do
11. Losering
12. Theme for a Trucker
13. Dancing with the women at the bar
14. Dreams
15. My heart is broken
16. Luxury Liner
17. Houses on the Hill
18. All You Can Feel
19. Further down the road
20. Kiss & make up (false start)
21. Kiss & make up
22. The rain won't help you when its over

 total time: 74:24