Country Funk's second
album was recorded in 1971 but has just been released in June 2011. It
features guests Michael Clarke, Jock Bartley, Mark Andes from Firefall
(next to a few others) on tracks marked *
A Place To Call Home
JJ Boyd
Smart Ass
Got To Be Gone
Susan Sky
Why Won't We Listen To Our Heart *
Music, Friends And Love
Cool Country Breeze *
People At The Top
The Dolphins
Linda Longtime
Goodbye, I'm Letting Go
A new Byrds
Box Set has just been released by Sony.
It’s called
The Complete Columbia Albums Collection.
The box
houses 13 CDs in 11 cardboard sleeves (replicas of the original
vinyl covers) (11 singles and 2 gatefolds – Sweetheart Of The Rodeo Legacy
Edition (2 CDs) and Untiltled / Unissued (2 CDs)).
Some of the covers are actual scans of used LPs, as one can clearly notice
ringwear on the back.
The CDs are the remastered versions first issued in the 90s with bonus
tracks.
There also is a 40 page booklet with all recording details (musicians,
dates, etc…) and track-by-track comments.
Nothing new, but a nice object for completist collectors.
Acetate single - outtake from the "American Dreamer"
soundtrack
Whin Oppice has
acquired the original acetate of this unreleased Gene Clark
song.
Hereunder is a picture this rarity:
And here
are the lyrics:
Jimmy Christ Nobody knows
the pain I feel From an old rugged cross Or on a movie reel When I sit
there all alone And my thoughts I can't conceal Rhyming every word as if
it Wasn't really real Jimmy Christ He's been produced And he's been
spliced He's been crucified Do you think He should be denied?
And finally, Whin's
comment:
According to
Johnny Rogan, Gene did three songs for the movie American Dreamer.
Jimmy Christ is an
outtake. It clocks in at a brief 1:33, opens and closes with harmonica - typical
Gene format.
I've not seen the
movie so I don't know how the lyrics might fit.
Either way, the song could easily be Gene describing
himself.
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.
