Roger
McGuinn’s new CD, a 23 tracks collection of sea shanties called CCD (get it?),
will go on sale at concerts, at McGuinn.com, at CDBaby.com (and maybe at
Amazon.com) on June 3, 2011.
I am thinking about organizing a Gene Clark Unreleased Recordings Listening
Symposium to be held in Kansas City this fall.
It would be an opportunity to share our musical treasures with fellow
collectors whom most of us have never met. All are welcome.
No recording devices allowed in the meeting room. Collectors can present
their unreleased Gene recordings, enjoy the camaraderie and ensuing
discussions by all in attendance.
To fill out the bill, Dan Torchia of Kansas City will be available to give an
overview of his documentary on young Gene Clark before the formation of The
Byrds.
How does the idea appeal to you? Write me at folkrock65@yahoo.com. I need to evaluate how
much interest there might be.
Three songs by Brandon DeWilde (and
friends – featuring Gram Parsons) have recently
appeared in digital format.
They are said to have been recorded on November 9,
1965 with the embryonic International SubmarineBand (Gram Parsons-guitar
& vocals, Tom Snow-keyboards, John Nuese-guitar,
Mickey Gauvin-drums, Ian Dunlop-bass,
and New York session musician Buddy Lucas-harmonica).
You can listen to all three tracks in their entirety
by clicking here (you will be taken to another webpage)
The second Piedmont Brothers Band (or better Piedmont Brothers Project)
CD titled "Lights Of Your Party” is ready to be pressed in both the USA and
Italy.
It will be out through the Flyin’ Cloud Records label in US (ref. FC059 -
www.flyincloudrecords.com)
and through the weekly magazine TEMPI (www.tempi.it) in Italy.
Above is the US release CD cover (while the italian one will be
different for the joy ofcollectors).
We have the pleasure to announce that the Crown Prince Of The
Rickenbacker 12 String, our good friend Horst-Peter Schmidt from Germany
(leader of Different Faces and Starbyrd) is guesting with his trademark Rick on
the song "My Brother”.
The liner notes have been written for
the US edition by Aldo Pedron and for the italian edition by Raffaele Galli and
Paolo Vites.
Jim Dickson in 1967 during the recording sessions for the David Hemmings Happens LP.
Famous record producer and early Byrds manager JIM DICKSON passed away on April 19, 2011 in Costa Mesa , Ca.
He produced recordings by The Byrds, Gene Clark, David Crosby, Clarence White, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Gram Parsons...and many other artists outside the Byrds circle.
The best 14 tracks from Kaffenberger And Antonacci's early 1980s Christian Folk-Rock LPs SOMEONE GREATER and PILGRIM, plus one bonus track, have finally been digitized, remixed and remastered with some tasteful Rickenbacker Electric 12-String guitar (à la The Byrds) added to seven of the tracks.
All the music is in the style of Neil Young - Byrds - Buffalo Springfield.
These 15 total songs are available through CD Baby at this link (digital download only):
There are 30-second previews available as well as detailed track information. For those folks interested only in tracks with the Rickenbacker, those are clearly marked in the online notes.
New Byrds live
CD + DVD release planned for May 2011:
The Byrds – The Lost Broadcasts
Roger McGuinn, Clarence White, Gene Parsons, Skip Battin, Jimmi Seiter
Release Date: 9 May 2011 - Label: Gonzo
The
Lost Broadcasts are a series of Audio and Visual CD/DVD
sets featuring performances that have rarely been seen since the original
transmission on german television, in some cases more than forty years ago.
The Byrds first
session from the 19th of May 1971 featured newer material including Chestnut
Mare from the band’s critically well received album Untitled
alongside the classic songs So You Want To Be A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star, Mr
Tambourine Man and Eight Miles
High. The second session comes from October 1972 and they perform three
versions of Black Mountain Rag and
two versions of So You Want To Be A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star.
1.Black
Mountain Rag (Oct 72)
2.Chestnut
Mare (May 71)
3.So
You Want to Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star (Oct 72)
4.Eight
Miles High (May 71)
5.Black
Mountain Rag (Oct 72)
6.Black
Mountain Rag & Soldier's Joy (Oct 72)
7.Soldier's Joy (May 71)
8.So You Want To Be A Rock
'N' Roll Star (Oct 72)
9.Chestnut Mare
(May 71)
10.Mr
Tambourine Man (May 71)
11.Eight
Miles High (May 71)
NOTE: this description is based on a text we found on a major retailer website.
There are some errors that we will correct as soon as possible. For instance, The Byrds did not record nor appear live on German TV in October 1972. B
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