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Searching for Heritage
Live album by the John Butler Trio
Released	1996, 2016
Recorded	1996
Genre	Alt, Roots
Label	Independent
Producer	John Butler
The John Butler Trio chronology
Searching for Heritage (1996) John Butler (1998)

Searching for Heritage is an album that John Butler recorded and sold on cassette tapes while he was busking on the streets of Fremantle in 1996. It is a collection of instrumental songs, some of which ("Ocean" and "Valley") were re-recorded on the debut self-titled album John Butler. During this time, Butler was usually playing on his own. Completely self-funded, it sold three and a half thousand copies and enabled Butler to fund his first CD recording.

The tape is highly sought-after by collectors since it was out of print of many years, with some copies only found second-hand at music stores. The tape was never reissued after the initial release.

To celebrate the Searching for Heritage's 20th anniversary in 2016, the album was reissued in a vinyl edition, which sold out in 36 hours, and also in several downloadable 24-bit lossless audio formats.

Track listing

All tracks written and performed by John Butler.

Original Cassette Tape

Side One

1. River Song
2. Valley
3. Desert Snow
4. Some Place Familiar
5. Newd
6. Chicken

Side Two

1. River Song (Busk version)
2. Desert Snow (8 Track)
3. Valley (DAT)
4. Long Trek
5. Ocean

2016 Vinyl Reissue

Side One

1. River Song
2. Valley
3. Desert Snow
4. Some Place Familiar
5. Newd
6. Chicken

Side Two

1. River Song (busk version)
2. Desert Snow (8 track)
3. Valley (dat)
4. Long Trek
5. Ocean

2016 Digital Reissue

1. River Song
2. Valley
3. Desert Snow
4. Some Place Familiar
5. Newd
6. River Song (busk version)
7. Desert Snow (8 track)
8. Valley (dat)
9. Long Trek

References

1. Denton, Andrew (7 August 2006). "John Butler" (transcript). Enough Rope. ABC TV (Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)). Retrieved 17 February 2011.
2. Holmgren, Magnus. "John Butler - Discography". Australian Rock Database. Archived from the original on 3 September 2003. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
3. Krueger, Debra (December 2001). "Composer Profile: John Butler: Writing from His Roots". APRAP. Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 21 February 2011.
4. Spencer et al, (2007) John Butler Trio Archived 2002-04-15 at pandora.nla.gov.au (Error: unknown archive URL) entry. Retrieved 23 November 2011
5. "Searching For Heritage (24-bit Lossless Download)". MusicPlug.com.au. Retrieved 18 July 2018.

• John Butler Trio albums
• 1996 live albums
• Self-released albums