Lost Highway Records Celebrates 10th Anniversary With Special Vinyl Releases

Posted by Webb on 01/24/2011
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Nashville-based label Lost Highway Records, which has earned widespread critical acclaim for creating some of the decade’s best music and giving its artists creative freedom, is turning 10 years old.
 
In celebration, the label will release 20 different titles from its extensive and diverse catalog on limited edition clear vinyl, beginning Jan. 25 with releases of Ryan Adams’ "Gold" and the soundtrack of "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
 
Since its inception, Lost Highway has released 80 albums, sold 18 million units, and had 53 Grammy® nominations with 15 wins. One of the label’s major highlights began with its first release, the five-time Grammy award-winning "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
 
“I started dreaming of a label that might be a haven for artists that make enduring music not driven by hits on the radio,” said Luke Lewis, chairman of Universal Music Group Nashville and founder of Lost Highway.
 
Lewis received the 2010 Americana Music Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award in September for his “visionary commitment to the label’s Lost Highway imprint...."
 
“I can say, with all honesty, that I love Luke Lewis and all the people who make the wheels turn at Lost Highway, the label that helped pave the way for myself and so many other ‘outsider’ artists,” said singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams.
 
The label will also release Hayes Carll’s "KMAG YOYO" and Drive-By Truckers’ "Southern Rock Opera" Tuesday, Feb. 15, in celebration of the 10-year milestone. March will see the vinyl releases of Lucinda Williams’ "Blessed" and Black Joe Lewis & The Honebears’ "Scandalous."