
The Story of Willie Nelson is the 13th VMP Anthology release. Each Anthology features expert storytelling, exclusive inserts, and a collectors edition vinyl box set. VMP Anthology is a reinvented, immersive box set experience for music fans willing to journey beyond the liner notes. The new release will be available on vinyl (black vinyl as well as an exclusive orange vinyl edition for Barnes & Noble), CD, and digital formats, including in spatial hi-res audio in Atmos and 360RA formats. Willie Nelson’s latest studio album titled A Beautiful Time will also arrive on Friday, April 29th to time with his 89th birthday.

VMP Anthology: The Story of Willie Nelson aims to honor his indelible legacy through his most influential, important albums from the beginning of his career to today.”

“Across close to 100 LPs, Willie Nelson has written about life, love, death, and the American experience. “Sixty years ago, Willie Nelson – one of America’s national treasures – made his debut LP and in the years since, he’s changed both country music and the American songwriting tradition again and again,” states Andrew Winistorfer, VMP’s Director of Classics & Country and author of the Anthology’s Listening Notes.
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The Anthology is accompanied by a Listening Notes booklet featuring photos and lyrics, and a podcast series to serve as a definitive guide to each album. The albums are remastered from original audio sources with lacquers cut at GZ, and mastered by Bernie Grundman.

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