Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons - Mouthful of Copper Revisited - Butte Depot

Jerry Joseph and The Jackmormons - Mouthful of Copper Revisited - 2 Nights at Butte Depot, Butte, MT

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TERMINUS RECORDS ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF REMASTERED JERRY JOSEPH & THE JACKMORMONS’ MOUTHFUL OF COPPER ON VINYL FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH BONUS TRACKS ON MAY 3, 2024

THE REMASTERED 5-LP RECORDED BY BETTY CANTOR-JACKSON INCLUDES BONUS LP OF UNRELEASED SONGS FROM SAME HISTORIC BUTTE, MT RUN OF SHOWS AND IS AVAILABLE ON 140 OR 180 GRAM VINYL

“Live and dangerous rock… shows off what seems to be the unbridled power of this trio”” – RELIX

“With MOUTHFUL OF COPPER, Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons bring all of their strengths to the forefront and present a classic rock n’ roll live record that deserves to take its place in history.” – AN HONEST TUNE

“A thrilling, epic collection of rock ‘n’ roll”– THE PORTLAND MERCURY

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The quintessential live Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons album, Mouthful of Copper, will be re-issued for the first time on vinyl by Terminus Records on May 3, 2024, just over 20 years since it was originally released. The remastered album will be released as a 5-LP set that includes a bonus LP of unreleased songs from the same historic Butte, MT run of shows in 2002. Recorded by the legendary Betty Cantor-Jackson who produced and engineered classic records by the Grateful Dead including: Workingman’s Dead, Dead Set, Live Dead, Reckoning and several Jerry Garcia solo projects, the album is available on 140 gram black vinyl (HERE) or the limited edition 180 gram metallic copper vinyl (HERE).

Mouthful of Copper captures the magic and power of the band’s legendary live shows. The Portland, Oregon based trio, that in 2002 consisted of Jerry Joseph on guitar and lead vocals, Junior Ruppel on bass and Brad Rosen on drums, recorded Mouthful of Copper in Butte, Montana over three nights in August 2002. No guests, no fancy stage props, no frills --what you get is a powerful and visionary rock band captured in their prime delivering classic performances to a fortunate audience in the Badlands of Montana.

Mouthful of Copper has long been a hallowed album for fans of the Jackmormons that showcases the prolific songwriting skills of Jerry Joseph and embodies a characteristic mix of the sacred and profane. Although unreleased at the time, many of the songs were already beloved by audiences when it was recorded while others have since become more celebrated. Widespread Panic has performed and recorded several Jerry Joseph songs over the years including “Climb to Safety”, “Chainsaw City” and “North”, all of which appear on Mouthful of Copper. The songs from MOC continue to be frequent requests from fans at live shows and show up often on Joseph’s setlists, but most still have not appeared on a studio album so these live recordings remain the definitive versions of most of these songs.

Looking back on the landmark album Joseph remarks, “Many times in my life, I’ve been involved in something that I hadn’t taken the time to remotely consider what I was doing.

There was an idea, ‘let’s record a live record in Butte’, Butte being a place that was integral to the conception story of the Jackmormons. It’s important to remember that the term 86’d comes from the days there were 86 bars in Butte and getting kicked out of them all meant you were 86d and with that vibe in mind, the shows came together quickly. Betty Cantor signed on, green light, the place was packed with every lunatic from 100 miles around plus our fly in fans and we just did what we did, I’d never really thought about the result, until years later it was talked about like some Holy Grail of JMO recordings. I should probably sit down and listen to the damn thing. The box is gorgeous and the song selection is crazy even for me, half (or more) of the material was new, much of it never made it to a proper studio until we started recording our Steve Drizos produced Panther Tracks. I’m very grateful there’s a document of the Junior Ruppel, Brad Rosen and me Trio. All I know is when I put the vinyl box set on my stack of new LPs , it melted the other records and Terminus won’t cut me a check to replace them, it’s a fuck ton of energy. Hope you like it!”

Joseph has been busy these past few year. In 2020, Joseph released the critically acclaimed The Beautiful Madness. Produced by Patterson Hood with Drive-By Truckers as his backing band, the album received rave reviews from the media including being chosen Americana Album of the Month by Uncut Magazine, in the Top 20 of 2020 by Glide Magazine and one of the Top Albums of 2020 by Paste Magazine. Uncut Magazine called it, "An album for the times,” and Patterson wrote in the liner notes, "Jerry, to me is a cult figure who could, in some alternate reality, have easily been one of the biggest stars in the world. One of the greatest live performers I have ever seen and long one of my favorite songwriters.”

Joseph’s most recent album, Baby, You’re The Man Who Would Be King was released on September 29, 2023. Recorded in NYC and produced by Eric “Roscoe” Ambel, the album features a band made up of some of New York’s best players. "Music lovers should have all eyes on this cross-pollination right now — what better and more complementary duo is out there that could come close to rivaling this team of Jerry Joseph and Eric Ambel in terms of having such disparate strengths?" (Americana Highways)

Track Listing (same for both versions):

Side A
1. Brother Michael
2. The Jump

Side B
1. I Know There’s a Darkness
2. Tanker
3. Thistle > USA > Thistle

Side C
1. Electra Glide in Blue
2. Climb to Safety

Side D
1.Hey Mancha
2. Soda Man

Side E
1. Chainsaw City
2. My Little Tiger

Side F
1. North
2. She’s Going Out

Side G
1. Back in the Hole
2. Bright Young Thing
3. Chrome Koran
4. Sparkle

Side H
1. Pearl of Great Price > Sparkle
2. Savage Garden
3. Hallelujah Trail

Side I (Previously unreleased)
1. Frost Heaves
2. Two Balloons
3. American Standard

Side J (Previously unreleased)
1. Way Too Loud
2. Light is Like Water