Jeff Bridges – Slow Magic, 1977-1978

All previously unreleased recordings

 

Transparent Blue Vinyl LP Available Exclusively For Record Store Day (April 12 2025)

 

Extensive booklet including liner notes by Sam Sweet, new interviews with Jeff Bridges, and never-before-seen archival photos

Featuring Burgess Meredith (Rocky, Batman), members of Oingo Boingo, and assorted characters from the West Los Angeles art and music underground

LP includes 20-page booklet; CD includes 40-page booklet

 

“Music is the weed that keeps popping out of the concrete in my life. It just seems to want to come out.” –Jeff Bridges

 

Culled from a single decaying cassette tape labeled “July 1978,” these recordings are a window into the secret musical life of the Dude. Even after becoming one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, Bridges spent all his free time jamming and recording with a trusted circle of musicians composed of childhood friends, artists, and assorted L.A. oddballs.

 

Imagine The Band playing at CBGB with The Exploding Plastic Inevitable. Or Arthur Russell and the Talking Heads collaborating on a suite of mutant disco. Though Bridges and his friends were brought up around the movie industry, they decided to create their own private musical universe, where they could be as weird as they wanted.

 

Their music opens a portal to a hidden world of outlandish creativity and camaraderie in 1970s Los Angeles. It’s the missing piece of his musical evolution, revealed here for the first time in all its joyful abandon.

 

A1 – He’s Here

A2 – Obnoxious

A3 – Attitude

A4 – Space #1

A5 – Slow Magic

A6 – Here On This Island (feat. Burgess Meredith)

B1 – Light Blues

B2 – This Is The One

B3 – Space #2

B4 – You Could Be Ready

B5 – Kong (feat. Burgess Meredith)