Rare LPs STILL not Reissued on CD..What are YOUR Favorites?

At exactly 2:30 into the song,right? That's what drove me to love it-I'd first heard it on an Jukebox in a Soda Shop in 1968 in Middletown,N.Y.!AMAZING song..the storm in the eye of the Hurricane!

 

Buckingham - Nicks

Remastered for CD and Vinyl!

G

 

there's a lot of jazz I'd love to see on CD:

The Cosmic Twins - The Waterbearers (Strata-East 1974)
Wolfgang Dauner – Output (ECM 1970)
Sonny Fortune - Long Before Our Mothers Cried (Strata-East 1974)
Sonny Fortune - Awakening (A&M 1975)
Sonny Fortunes – Waves of Dreams (A&M 1975)
Luis Gasca - Born To Love You (Fantasy 1974)
Harold Land – Xocia’s Dance (Muse 1981)
The Heath Brothers - Marchin' On (Strata-East 1975)
Charles Lloyd – Warm Waters (Kapp 1971)
Charles Lloyd - Geeta (1973)
Steve Marcus – Green Line (Storyville 1970)
Milton Marsh - Monism (Strata-East 1975)
Mtume – Rebirth Cycle (Third Street 1974)
Gabor Szabo – Live With Charles Lloyd (Blue Thumb 1972)
Dewey Redman – Look For The Black Star (Arista Freedom 1966)
Revolutionary Ensemble – The People’s Republic (A&M 1975)
Harold Vick - Don't Look Back (Strata-East 1974)
Michael White – Spirit Dance (Impulse 1971)

 

Yes, this is the guy. The song "Complicated Now" on the Johnny & the Distractions LP made it to a couple of compilation tapes I made at the time...Great song...

 

Wouldn't mind seeing these two on CD someday...but not holding my breath.

(Doug Fieger's early '70s Detroit-area band Sky)

 

Dan Hartman--Images
Sweet Pea Atkinson--Don't Walk Away (actually pretty much a Was(Not Was) lp)

 

The self titled debut and follow-up "Rhythm Method" from Boston based rockers "The Rings". Thankfully I have pristine vinyl of both.

 

Some comedy LPs:

Dr Demento's Delights
National Lampoon Radio Dinner


Evan

 

Yeah, the album is loaded with good tracks like "Complicated Now".

I did pick up a cd in Portland recently titled "Johnny & The Distractions", which has a mix of songs from their first album and what may be needledrops of tracks off "Let It Rock". I purchased it at a music store, but can't tell if it was a formally authorized release or not. In any case, I'd love to see a full release of the A&M record.

 

Seconded!! plus....

LaWanda Page - anything she did.

Red Foxx - the early stuff.

 

CRETONES
BEANS
BALLAD OF CALICO/First Edition
SONGWRITER OST/Willie Nelson, Kristofferson
GOODBYE POP/National Lampoon
GREAT LOST KINKS ALBUM
YOU/Aretha Franklin
CHORDS OF FAME/Phil Ochs
BIM
ANNE RICHMOND BOSTON

etc etc etc

 

2 LP's by Colin Blunstone

1976 Planes

1979 Late Nights In Soho

It would make a great 2 for 1

 

Mmmhmm. I could use a nice Phil Ochs box set.

 

Is this the one you found in Portland? It's on Burnside, a Portland label (they released the debut from Kelly Joe Phelps).
http://www.amazon.com/My-Desire-Joh...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1265404675&sr=1-1

The following info is from an amazon review:

"The Distractions first released a brilliant, self produced, independent LP in the very early 80's that sold out of the local music stores as fast as they were put on the shelves. This led to they're record deal with A&M, resulting in "Let It Rock", a slicker re-recording of that first indy which, in the corporate studios, had lost some of its fire but sold moderately well. Johnny's attempt at national recognition & acceptance then led to his disbanding the Distractions and releasing a 'solo' album, produced by Al Kooper, with big production, horns and lackluster tunes... everything that the Distractions fanbase had previously admired Johnny's avoidance of.

This fan perception that Johnny had "sold out", along with the one creative critique that had always plagued Johnny... a vocal comparison to Bruce Springsteen, resulted in Johnny's fading from the spotlight.

These are not the original recordings. In the CD booklet, after a brief rundown of the D's history, Johnny tells us that, despite fan demand, A&M would not give permission to re-issue these vinyl albums on disc, but DID give permission to re-record the material. So, in 1989, Johnny reunited key Distraction members to put this CD together with material from the first 2 albums."

I had the original LP and bought the A&M release when it appeared and remember being disappointed. The passion from the original just wasn't there; I traded it for another copy of the original.
That's the one I want to see on CD, or maybe a nice vinyl re-issue An album called "Johnny and the Distractions" was apparently re-issued on vinyl by Tuff Boot, but I don't know if that's the A&M or the original LP, and anyway, they seem harder to find than the original.

 

Like "Farewell & Fantasies"? I love that one. Pricey but worth it.

 

Oh, the LP I really want to see issued on CD is "Fraser & DeBolt w/Ian Guenther". This was actually released by Fallout, but it was not only a very poor offering, it may have been illegitimate, according to Allan Fraser's daughter. I know Daisy DeBolt said that Columbia/Sony wanted too much $ to license the masters. I think the dodgy CD from Fallout may have been ripped from the soundfiles on the Fraser & DeBolt website.
The album is worth getting on vinyl. The cover of the Beatles' "Don't Let Me Down" is amazing. And the rest of the album is just as good.

 

A few that have technically been reissued, but are so rare and hard to find that to all intents and purposes they haven't...

Annie Haslam : Annie in Wonderland
Sky (the John Williams et al band) : Five, Cadmium
Yes : 9012Live

 

Joe Egan's album, Out of Nowhere.

 

I have The Flame on CD. Label is "Fallout". Got it from CD Universe a number of years ago. See The Light (which I also have on a 45) is a great song.

 

It doesn't have the entire Pleasures of the Harbor (a good reason to have a turntable).

 

I would like to see Tin Tin's first album (self titled) and Astral Taxi be reissued on CD.

 

Canadian band: The Payolas "EP", "In a Place like this", "No Stranger to Danger"

 

All three albums by the Illusion,with the non-lp 45s as bonus tracks.
The entire Hudson Brothers catalog.(Well,not the Arista album......)
Cowsills-On My Side-their last original LP.Released on London in '71-followed by two Non-LP singles.

 

Beyond the usual request "Time Fades Away" I'd like to see Trance And Dance by Martha and The Muffins printed on CD.