Blackwing Music is honored to team up with the Neal Casal Music Foundation for the release of Book Of Stories (Home Recordings 1998-2003), a twelve-track collection of previously unreleased songs from one of American music's most beloved singer-songwriters. Recorded on the Otari 8-track gifted to Neal by producer Jim Scott, these intimate home recordings were captured over long nights in Hope, New Jersey, and later in Los Angeles — fully realized solo performances with Neal playing every instrument, mixed from the original analog tapes by his great friend and bandmate Jeff Hill.
As a label devoted to the craft and warmth of analog recording, Blackwing couldn't imagine a more meaningful project: a chance to help preserve an artist's archive while supporting the Foundation's mission of spreading mental health awareness through music. Proceeds from this release go to the Neal Casal Music Foundation, carrying Neal's spirit forward through the very thing he loved most.
ABOUT NEAL CASAL
About "Book of Stories"
Book Of Stories (Home Recordings 1998-2003) is a 12-track collection exploring the archives left behind by Neal Casal. In 1997, the beloved singer-songwriter was gifted an Otari 8-track analog tape recorder, along with essential mics and gear, by producer Jim Scott who helmed his seminal albums Fade Away Diamond Time (1995) and Anytime Tomorrow (1999). Over many long nights in Hope, New Jersey, between 1998 and 2000, and later upon relocating to Los Angeles in 2001 to join Beachwood Sparks, Casal taught himself home recording. It’s during this period that he captured this collection of intimate, fully realized solo songs that now comprise this historical release.