Jennifer Warnes – Famous Blue Raincoat (The Songs Of Leonard Cohen) (Impex Records)

In 1987 Jennifer Warnes and Roscoe Beck created an enduring interpretation of some of Leonard Cohen’s finest mid-period songs. The resulting album Famous Blue Raincoat has remained a touchstone of American pop. It’s a recording as beautiful as the songs incisive, painstakingly created by some of the finest musicians and engineers ever assembled. It has rightfully remained immensely popular for afficianados of sound and songcraft.

Impex Records has enjoyed a long and rich collaboration with Jennifer Warnes. Now Impex is proud to release, for the first time in more than 30 years, a fully authorized and approved 33 RPM, 180-gram vinyl LP of her groundbreaking classic.

Newly remastered by Bernie Grundman on his all-tube cutting system using Warnes' personal analog mix-down tapes (from original digital recording tape), and personally supervised by Ms. Warnes, Famous Blue Raincoat is ready to be discovered by a new generation of vinyl enthusiasts seeking the purest musical alchemy, and vocal interpretation. Come see how far we’ll go for beauty.

Remastered by Bernie Grundman

Exclusive 33-RPM vinyl issued for the first time in more than 30 years