Gift of Screws Status Report

[jwys_soapbox]

With the availability of Peacekeeper, I think we have everything Lindsey had intended for the now apparently abandoned Gift of Screws project (with the exception of Big Yellow Taxi, which, though I regret not having, was probably never intended for the GOS project anyway). If my figuring is correct, the total of all the tracks (including the dubious inclusion of the raw demos of My Little Demon, Given Thing, Wear You Down, and Blue Turns to Grey) we have 90 minutes of music. By todays standards this is not quite enough for two CDs (45 mins each), but when you consider that Lindsey was raised on records, which were rarely longer that 45 mins, I think it safe to say that the Gift of Screws might have turned out a double CD. In any case, Lindsey could have delivered a double CD. Now, with Stevie's material, we have even more music. Surely Lindsey will not take more than half of the time available at Stevie's expense. He's not gonna include his entire GOS repatoi (did I spell that correct?). So what do you think he will include? If Lindsey and Stevie each get 60 mins, an Lindsey doesn't have anything new up his sleeve, I hope the following will constitute his part of the album:

Someone's Gotta Change Your Mind
Miranda
Steal Your Heart Away
Red Rover
She Smiled Sweetly
Down On Rodeo
Come
Try For The Sun
Shuffle Riff
Murrow
Gift Of Screws
Say Goodbye
The Singer Not The Song
Deep Dense
Peacekeeper

Because I feel these are some his greatest tracks. It would be a shame if they never became commercially available. What songs do you guys think should be on the CD?

John