Various Artists Lawless

Limited 180gm audiophile vinyl LP pressing. Includes eight-page booklet with movie-pictures and liner notes by director John Hillcoat and Hal Wilner. Lawless is 2012 crime drama film by director John Hillcoat (The Road, The Proposition) about a gang of bootleggers in Virginia during the Great Depression. None other than Nick Cave helped Hillcoat with the screenplay, while he also took great care of the movie's soundtrack. Cave and fellow musician Warren Ellis form the core of The Bootleggers, a country and bluegrass ensemble that welcome a string of guest artist like Emmylou Harris, Ralph Stanley and Mark Lanegan.