Also noticed a Sons of the Pioneers 5 disc digital anthology (1942-1952), seems like it could have been part of the Bear Family release from the early 1990's. The metadata for the file is mispelled though, as Sons of the Pionneers. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07X4ZWF3M/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_d_asin_title_o07?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Hello there Ladies & Gentlemen! Here are the vintage SME back catalog titles from the LEGACY VAULT hitting Digital Service Providers for the VERY FIRST TIME today (09/06/19) for streaming and download if you’d like some digital ‘tune news’ to read and/or report, and here are some key selections from recent LEGACY VAULT releases in a Spotify Playlist to follow and listen as you browse (updates and additions made every week) – hit shuffle and see where you land: https://open.spotify.com/user/legacyrecordings/playlist/140fXpvq0BOsTqHT7I30Yt Big Brother & The Holding Company Be a Brother (Columbia, 1970 – Genre: Rock) https://open.spotify.com/album/6S4gljlqDD1DkKtxHy3wJu?si=ll_wYgcZTVimJhvG3RcEZQ How do you replace a lead singer like Janis Joplin? Big Brother & The Holding Company had a major question to answer after Joplin left the group, just months after Cheap Thrills topped the Billboard 200. Sam Andrew, Peter Albin, James Gurley and David Getz ended up adding several new members into the fold: a third guitarist, David Schallock, and two singers: backing vocalist Kathi McDonald (who lent the album some Joplin-esque grit) and former Electric Flag frontman Nick Gravenites. Released several months after Joplin’s tragic passing,Be a Brother didn’t attract much attention upon original release, but fans of the group’s brand of blues (apart from Janis’ iconic vocals) will find this worth the rediscovery. Ataraxia The Unexplained (RCA Victor, 1975 – Genre: Electronic) https://open.spotify.com/album/5CYVndFVBDUo22RBVUXxAn?si=G5kwq6ExTbGuqx6JhmuihA One of many spaced-out records by keyboardist/arranger Mort Garson, an early pioneer of the Moog synthesizer, his album as Ataraxia was subtitled “Electronic Musical Impressions Of The Occult.” A spiritual successor to Garson’s Black Mass Lucifer (1971) and the 1969 box set Signs Of The Zodiac (which included an album for each star sign), The Unexplained is an ode to the mystic arts, with passages devoted to tarot cards, astral projection and the I Ching. Cecil Holmes Soulful Sounds Music For Soulful Lovers (Buddah, 1973 – Genre: R&B) https://open.spotify.com/album/4847bQERbdLjTUrdb4VDq4?si=vGQq3CrsTaujoD_2tx8eeA Known primarily as an executive—he co-founded Casablanca Records with Neil Bogart and signed New Kids On The Block to Columbia Records—Cecil Holmes tried his hand as a bandleader/arranger on two soul sets for Buddah in the early ‘70s. Music For Soulful Lovers, the second of the two albums credited to Cecil Holmes Soulful Sounds, plays like a Percy Faith album for the Soul Train set, with covers of R&B hits like “You Are The Sunshine Of My Life,” “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” “If You Don’t Know Me By Now” and more. ALSO AVAILABLE TODAY AT DIGITAL SERVICE PROVIDERS! Bobby Barnett Lyin’ Lovin’ and Leavin’ (Columbia, 1969 – Genre: Country) https://open.spotify.com/album/1xZwwwDDoAEmd8ZFJIUFiF?si=kb52C385T4aXN06bUlfcEA Anna Black Thinking About My Man (Epic, 1969 – Genre: Rock) https://open.spotify.com/album/6Szrdmdhf9RlOXELGVeBQk?si=I_pjlEfHRl6yUiAkK_YyGw Percy Faith & Mitch Miller Music Until Midnight (Columbia, 1954 – Genre: Pop) https://open.spotify.com/album/6tkVyTruQsLKf5Hg8oAkIF?si=uHpbLwDHRHSrbYpB7dEHOw Jim & Jesse Saluting The Louvin Brothers (Epic, 1969 – Genre: Country) https://open.spotify.com/album/1YiZto7hErXljFUocSCTOX?si=S0Kfwmy3Sf669bLrmk8zOw George Jones In a Gospel Way (Epic, 1974 – Genre: Country/Gospel) https://open.spotify.com/album/3pKIsEZeILXVwtTNvOZhzx?si=8R7pQrL9SeOH5i9HtHSWFA The Battle (Epic, 1976 – Genre: Country) https://open.spotify.com/album/6HmafWixEBW6FYvwzQPHqP?si=jWX9qD8NS1GpHa6x7Qodhg I Wanta Sing (Epic, 1977 – Genre: Country) https://open.spotify.com/album/1EdpkheWUZLqH40NI8nO06?si=GLgP-sZYRb6qQWASUwKz0w Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes (Epic, 1985 – Genre: Country) https://open.spotify.com/album/0SRwLRes0ubEsYsjM9F5uL?si=5UcS75g6RAOBg_ciUbFOYA Mitch Miller & Horns & Chorus MMMMitch! (Columbia, 1954 – Genre: Pop) https://open.spotify.com/album/1AQywO71T71L5NzF9tkmhR?si=v37JtDpLRx2_OIaXEGJGwg Charley Pride Sunday Morning With Charley Pride (RCA Victor, 1975 – Genre: Country/Gospel) Sunday Morning with Charley Pride
Shout out to @Scott Davies who reissued this title on CD recently on his Rubellan Remasters label with excellent mastering. It's a great album!
Well, I guess it's good they at least held it back from streaming for more than a year. CD is still available for anyone interested, along with the original prequel, Lucifer 'Black Mass'. https://www.rubellanremasters.com/online-store
Oh, it didn't hurt anything for you to point it out. But it wasn't nice of Sony (the culprit here) to cut his window of exclusivity short.
I had no idea about this but not much I can do. I pay the license and do the remastering and then they stick it up on streaming services. With a couple of my other titles the labels did similar but very soon after my CD release, which pissed me off and detracted from sales. With my upcoming Passions CD reissue I asked if they would hold it back from streaming and download for a while, and they agreed. I think this should be part of the agreements because it's pretty damn rude that a third party pays licensing and remastering and the label instantly takes sales away from them when they weren't going to do anything with the material anyway. Shouldn't I get a residual for my remastering if they are going to put it on various platforms and earn money from it? No one asked me if they could use my work, and they certainly never paid me for it. I've had some people tell me the only reason they bought my Garson CD's was because they weren't on streaming.
Yeah, for dusty corner reissues (like the Garson stuff), it's pretty critical that there isn't a legit streaming option for a while so you can recoup the mandatory minimum buy from the label and all your ancillary costs. If only a few hundred people are sated by the streaming option, that can mean the difference between a win and a loss.
Looks like Amazon changed their search functions again. The Recently Added in the Last 30 Days choice is gone, with the exception of Prime, which doesn't always get you what you want.
Good day Ladies & Gentlemen! Here are the vintage SME back catalog titles from the LEGACY VAULT hitting Digital Service Providers for the VERY FIRST TIME today (09/13/19) for streaming and download if you’d like some digital ‘tune news’ to read and/or report, and here are some key selections from recent LEGACY VAULT releases in a Spotify Playlist to follow and listen as you browse (updates and additions made every week) – hit shuffle and see where you land: https://open.spotify.com/user/legacyrecordings/playlist/140fXpvq0BOsTqHT7I30Yt Big Brother & The Holding Company How Hard It Is (Columbia, 1971 – Genre: Rock) How Hard It Is Undeterred by the commercial shortcomings of Be a Brother, their first record since Janis Joplin left the group for a solo career, Big Brother & The Holding Company reconvened for one last album for Columbia Records in 1971. How Hard It Iskept the core original band (singer/guitarist Sam Andrew, bassist James Gurley, multi-instrumentalist Peter Albin and drummer David Getz) alongside second guitarist David Schallock (who’d joined for Be a Brother) and a rotating cast of guest vocalists, including former Electric Flag frontman Nick Gravenites, almost-Joplin-soundalike Kathi McDonald and journeyman Hammond organist Mike Finnegan. Like the last record, the public wasn’t ready to accept a Janis-less group (especially after her death a year prior), and despite some moments of blues inspiration, it proved to be the group’s last studio effort. Living Strings Play Songs Made Famous By Loretta Lynn (RCA Camden, 1969 – Genre: Country) https://open.spotify.com/album/7iznwnEyPh1yykGwX8ryxg?si=qSWa6TJESDe_N1H4XdMEnA The Nashville Strings The Nashville Strings Play Great Country Hits Volume II (Columbia, 1969 – Genre: Country) https://open.spotify.com/album/39Czs0M3RV3UeReFgAgYVl?si=wGOwIpIGTYm7qTgiCTJR9Q RCA’s long-running Living Strings initiative took pop standards and slickly recreated them with continental-sounding orchestral backing. In 1969, the Strings took on one of country music’s reigning queens: Loretta Lynn, with an album that featured versions of “Don’t Come Home A-Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ On Your Mind),” “You Ain’t Woman Enough” and others from her fiery catalog. That same year, Columbia Records did a similar album of more Nashville hits, including orchestral versions of “I Walk The Line,” “Stand By Your Man,” “Wichita Lineman” and more. Taken together, these albums make this week a countrypolitan celebration! The Rods Wild Dogs (Expanded Edition) (Arista, 1982 – Genre: Rock) + https://open.spotify.com/album/33Aj0llMLt6wZdCQkZp6BK?si=Tj_cWXbeS8OBkV2xRSFc0Q With a take-no-prisoners, minimalist rock style that recalled British groups like Motörhead and Rainbow (frontman David Feinstein was in fact the cousin of that band’s frontman, Ronnie James Dio, and was a member of Dio’s pre-Rainbow band Elf), The Rods initially garnered far more attention in England than America. As the bonus tracks from a gig at London’s Marquee Club attest, they were indeed quite the draw! Metal fans will do well to check out this one, featuring killer cuts like “Burned By Love” and “End Of The Line.” The Hardy Boys Here Come The Hardy Boys (RCA Victor, 1969 – Genre: Rock) https://open.spotify.com/album/4zN5GUtLpVWOADMofESxlB?si=HSnthW7FRZOYUIw4mOf4sw Far lesser known than pre-fab-but-quite-good rock groups like The Monkees or The Archies, The Hardy Boys (based on a hip Saturday morning cartoon adaptation of the popular novel series) were criminally underrated for a group that didn’t particularly, you know, exist. A talented list of session folks contributed to these tunes, including singer Reed Kailing (later a member of The Grass Roots and Player) and songwriters like Ed Fournier and Ricky Sheldon (writers of another popular toon theme, Fat Albert) and Ellie Greenwich (“Be My Baby,” “River Deep – Mountain High”). This record isn’t just for cartoons or the people who like ‘em. ALSO AVAILABLE TODAY AT DIGITAL SERVICE PROVIDERS! Lynn Blessing Sunset Painter (Epic, 1969 – Genre: Jazz) https://open.spotify.com/album/1pN0LOLp1o79CemJQ1jSxl?si=gCqOB1fFRsaT_JxtZy7PBg Don Gibson Sings All-Time Country Gold (RCA, 1969 – Genre: Country) https://open.spotify.com/album/1MpCocrMVVSzol0PGirTMQ?si=taiSdaUhSeaXSj3mKrfD4Q Peter Ivers Knight Of The Blue Communion (Epic, 1969 – Genre: Rock) https://open.spotify.com/album/2KIPzyYWBuupXyUrrXNRD3?si=rNp-zlrxS8W8S_WekinQ2w Charley Pride Amazing Love (RCA, 1973 – Genre: Country) https://open.spotify.com/album/7bEfAFZFlIzpSvznF2CzSI?si=N05pcuWmRUqBMxm4Sf2vAw Tammy Wynette Inspiration (Epic, 1969 – Genre: Country/Gospel) https://open.spotify.com/album/69mgrp3g5B4iyEKiBkCnsl?si=gWyjpQf_RA64093_pcZDcQ Yanoska Yanoska (Epic, 1969 – Genre: Rock) Yanoska
Actually, I take that back. Seems to be an Amazon Music cloud issue. Metadata shows up after downloading. Odd.
Hello there Ladies & Gentlemen! Here are the vintage SME back catalog titles from the LEGACY VAULT hitting Digital Service Providers for the VERY FIRST TIME today (9/20/19) for streaming and download if you’d like some digital ‘tune news’ to read and/or report, and here are some key selections from recent LEGACY VAULT releases in a Spotify Playlist to follow and listen as you browse (updates and additions made every week) – hit shuffle and see where you land: Legacy Digital Vault: Highlights, a playlist by Legacy Recordings on Spotify Carole King Live At Montreux 1973 (Legacy, 2019 – Genre: Pop) Corazón - Live at The Montreux Jazz Festival 1973 More than two years after Tapestry became a worldwide hit, Carole King made her debut public performance outside the U.S. at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1973. (A 1971 set was captured for the BBC.) Her set is split between favorites from Tapestry (“I Feel The Earth Move,” “It’s Too Late,” “You’ve Got a Friend”) and an almost-complete performance of her just-released song cycle Fantasy (“Corazón,” “Believe In Humanity”). Bow Wow feat. Omarion Let Me Hold You EP (Columbia, 2005 – Genre: Hip-Hop) https://open.spotify.com/album/1maKtFzbDy9wOHAKRbCep6?si=_uQuo1GlQGexyz5_sTbm3A Lil Bow Wow rose to prominence as one of the youngest signings to Jermaine Dupri’s So So Def label, delivering spitfire rhymes that belied his age. But in the mid-‘00s, he was looking to be seen as more than a child star, dropping the “Lil” and collaborating with producers like The Neptunes, No I.D. and Swizz Beatz. “Let Me Love You,” a collaboration with B2K singer Omarion (in his first solo role), finally earned Bow Wow a Top 5 pop hit as well as a third No. 1 rap single. Now that it’s part of the popular Let Me Hold You Challenge on TikTok, we’re headed to the vault with four rare remixes and instrumental versions of the track. Rick Derringer Spring Fever (Expanded Edition) (Blue Sky, 1975 – Genre: Rock)+ https://open.spotify.com/album/0WtNZV3R8UqfzQSqT1fkQV?si=9Y-yRSdVSO242pm-y3Pq3A Face To Face (Expanded Edition) (Blue Sky, 1980 – Genre: Rock)+ https://open.spotify.com/album/0C3m12K3XDgXj0MmZ19JVL?si=5tmMAjMxTFeu8T9S616_OA Hot off the success of “Rock and Roll, Hootchie Koo” two years earlier, Rick Derringer’s sophomore solo albumSpring Fever was as much as anything a reminder that fans might have been familiar with his work over the past decade. “Still Alive and Well” was the title track to the 1973 album he produced for Johnny Winter, while “Hang On Sloopy” was the chart-topping single which a 16-year-old Rick had sung lead on for his first band, The McCoys. Derringer focused on newer material on 1980’s Face To Face, released after the breakup of his band (also named Derringer); highlights include the bubblegum pop of “Let The Music Play” and a guitar-laden cover of Neil Young’s “My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue).” Bonus tracks on each include several rare mono single versions. Various Artists Echoes Down The Hall – 16 Original Doo-Wop Classics (Arista, 1989 – Genre: Pop) https://open.spotify.com/album/4xabnLST4kISzv9UpGBuVh?si=hwuMbFtoS3y9yqLOwRC9Zg Three decades ago, after Dirty Dancing but before Jersey Boys—and, more critically, as CDs were reaching critical mass—this collection introduced buyers to the streetcorner symphonies of the fabulous ‘50s and superb ‘60s. Familiar hits like The 5 Satins’ “In The Still Of The Night (I’ll Remember),” The Silhouettes’ “Get a Job,” Gladys Knight & The Pips’ first Top 10 smash “Every Beat Of My Heart,” and Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs’ “Stay” (a Top 20 hit for Jackson Browne in 1978) mix alongside lesser-known sides by The Turbans, The Channels, The Nutmegs and The Mello-Kings. ALSO AVAILABLE TODAY AT DIGITAL SERVICE PROVIDERS! The Electric Junkyard The Electric Junkyard (RCA Victor, 1969 – Genre: Rock) https://open.spotify.com/album/6ZbUkhKmW3Y4pkrff8wB5k?si=o1ClYGOMQHOL6mJwrzCF_w Burl Ives Softly and Tenderly (Columbia, 1969 – Genre: Folk) https://open.spotify.com/album/5dKvyrdcAthx86FNXZFky1?si=1ZreFw6ORaC_aHPSRuoC9w Max Morath At The Turn Of The Century (RCA Victor, 1969 – Genre: Soundtrack) https://open.spotify.com/album/1RVCl60lTuMalwlSZdNbOP?si=38C084LzQlCtyCfQ-Z096g The Nashville Brass Play More Nashville Sounds (RCA Victor, 1969 – Genre: Country) https://open.spotify.com/album/2gWHF6xCHPtkjJQKp4yJK2?si=pjGvWCILTleaNL1XsMt5gQ Eddy Raven Love and Other Hard Times (RCA, 1985 – Genre: Country) https://open.spotify.com/album/3RhkpTAztJ6n0MGWKPopQ5?si=oxmRN8FZRxCnIX8qDHzhxA John Wesley Ryles I Kay (Columbia, 1969 – Genre: Rock) https://open.spotify.com/album/1KcfCXb8Ep9RwYfLLBewFG?si=s0LEqvjMQAGKuia-WiTZ7Q Various Artists A Child’s Christmas (Harmony, 1968 – Genre: Holiday) https://open.spotify.com/album/42oJ6lhRqdEer7VMHAPMmn?si=QBq1SUhSRGiYnOJhzTqcfA Tammy Wynette Let’s Get Together (Epic, 1977 – Genre: Country) https://open.spotify.com/album/7GfqvAplr6AqnDXAvyijab?si=QcWGGTfzTaqe1oiTH676kA Frankie Yankovic Polka Dots (RCA Victor, 1969 – Genre: Polka) https://open.spotify.com/album/0Zhn7BHjiCbwBBYk8AEKYf?si=Ae-o6W6CT6CAEceQUt7lXg
Hello there Ladies & Gentlemen! Here are the vintage SME back catalog titles from the LEGACY VAULT hitting Digital Service Providers for the VERY FIRST TIME today (09/27/19) for streaming and download if you’d like some digital ‘tune news’ to read and/or report, and here are some key selections from recent LEGACY VAULT releases in a Spotify Playlist to follow and listen as you browse (updates and additions made every week) – hit shuffle and see where you land: https://open.spotify.com/user/legacyrecordings/playlist/140fXpvq0BOsTqHT7I30Yt Muddy Waters Mannish Boy (Ruckus Roboticus Remix) (Blue Sky/Legacy, 2019 – Genre: Blues) https://open.spotify.com/album/5MvASmK46XRKdRYmYuh8nJ?si=i1gptP2zS6uMA4eL6z3lig This beat-heavy remix of Muddy Waters’ immortal Chicago blues standard—as re-recorded by the guitarist for his Johnny Winter-produced comeback album Hard Again in 1977—has been heard in a myriad of trailers and commercials, including ads for Avengers: Age Of Ultron and Applebee’s. In honor of its latest use, in the brand-new trailer for Martin Scorsese’s highly-anticipated Netflix filmThe Irishman, it’s now available to stream and download! Rick Derringer All American Boy (Expanded Edition) (Blue Sky, 1973 – Genre: Rock) + https://open.spotify.com/album/2qUO0zPeu06VHisaFdmqpZ?si=0x8r7UEFTsGicUzzBNg9mg Between the fluke pop hit as a teen (The McCoys’ chart-topping “Hang On Sloopy”) and the chest-beating ‘80s anthem “Real American” (the theme music for WWF/WWE superstar Hulk Hogan), Rick Derringer was a solid guitarist who’d logged time in the ‘70s as a sideman and producer for both Johnny and Edgar Winter. With his debut solo album, featuring guest appearances by Edgar Winteras well as Joe Walsh of the Eagles, Derringer finally came into his own. His song “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo,” originally recorded for a Johnny Winter LP, became a rock radio sensation, crossing over to No. 23 on the pop charts, his biggest hit to date. Two single versions of “Rock and Roll” and a single version of follow-up “Teenage Love Affair” are featured on this new edition of Derringer’s breakthrough album. Herbie Hancock Feets Don’t Fail Me Now (Expanded Edition) (Columbia, 1979 – Genre: Jazz) + https://open.spotify.com/album/7o51eYlPgCJ1s86Tdy0XcZ?si=YVgNCAGcREW0jaQzb_5ZBQ Herbie Hancock’s reinvention from jazz pianist to MTV staple with 1983’s hip-hop instrumental “Rockit” sure seemed like a strange pivot…but in truth, it was nothing compared to what came in between those phases. In 1979, Hancock released Feets Don’t Fail Me Now, an album largely eschewing jazz in favor of vocal disco tracks co-written with heavy-hitting pop songwriters like Jeffrey Cohen (“Freeway of Love”), Allee Willis (“September”) and Ray Parker Jr. (“Ghostbusters”). Critics were confused, but albums like this (and 1982’s follow-up Lite Me Up) provide a crucial insight into Hancock’s growing interest in all things electronic. Feets moves anew with seven bonus single and disco versions of “Tell Everybody,” “You Bet Your Love,” “Honey From The Jar” and “Ready Or Not.” Various Artists Weird Nightmare: Meditations On Mingus (Columbia, 1992 – Genre: Jazz) https://open.spotify.com/album/7s3aBheDTuad5yzqLvslGh?si=I3hj0gWzQ5K8MQym_e02Ug This fascinating tribute to jazz legend Charles Mingus was assembled by producer Hal Willner, who’d previously assembled fascinating tribute albums on everything from Thelonious Monk to Disney films. Backed primarily by the unique-interval instruments of Harry Partch, a host of notable names pay tribute to Mingus’ most enduring compositions on Weird Nightmare, including Keith Richards and Charlie Watts of The Rolling Stones, Leonard Cohen, Henry Rollins, Elvis Costello, Chuck D of Public Enemy, Vernon Reid of Living Colour and others. Marty Robbins More Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs (Columbia, 1960 – Genre: Country) https://open.spotify.com/album/6dspTmxifT8b9Ognu93esN?si=a_7stcnARUmOFxgPoMyV0A Marty Robbins’ Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs, released in 1959, was a major critical and commercial success for the country singer, helping shape the sound and style of post-war Americana and yielding a No. 1 pop and country hit out of the single “El Paso.” A sequel was inevitable. Anchored by the Top 40 country single “Five Brothers” plus Robbins-penned originals like “San Angelo” and “She Was Young and She Was Pretty” and folk standards like “Streets Of Laredo,”More Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs is another fine love letter to the frontier spirit of yore. ALSO AVAILABLE TODAY AT DIGITAL SERVICE PROVIDERS! Barbara Mason Transition (Buddah, 1974 – Genre: R&B) https://open.spotify.com/album/4XnuvOxCPnEdhiijIcxCgy?si=fS-ATYQETGiKS_QDSD1ofg The Nashville String Band The Nashville String Band (RCA Victor, 1969 – Genre: Country) https://open.spotify.com/album/2CfXbBumC905ShLE7DUWuI?si=9FfkwgGHSRCso36q_K8PgA The Organ Masters My Favorite Things and Other Hits (Camden, 1969 – Genre: Pop) https://open.spotify.com/album/30yPg2Juj43k3koJtrdfR0?si=7FgiTN1QSCe3i92RIT8-gw The Rods The Rods (Arista, 1981 – Genre: Rock) https://open.spotify.com/album/6OvFrKCzEHK5lmwe1yYP7K?si=VUmCjBkZTxK4qTbOCGjGLQ Tammy Wynette Womanhood (Epic, 1978 – Genre: Country) https://open.spotify.com/album/1FAz382g1mTgFOwlZus80r?si=GddffvEHQyClDRQ_DI3wmA Only Lonely Sometimes (Epic, 1980 – Genre: Country) https://open.spotify.com/album/0M6eKmYok8LhQRmvPZdGy6?si=PGXvRamkSMmzSj5rAz0Rug
The Eddy Raven title doesn't have all 10 of the songs on the vinyl LP, it was taken from the 1988 CD mastering which only has 8 tracks.
Hello there Ladies & Gentlemen! Here are the vintage SME back catalog titles from the LEGACY VAULT hitting Digital Service Providers for the VERY FIRST TIME today (10/04/19) for streaming and download if you’d like some digital ‘tune news’ to read and/or report, and here are some key selections from recent LEGACY VAULT releases in a Spotify Playlist to follow and listen as you browse (updates and additions made every week) – hit shuffle and see where you land: https://open.spotify.com/user/legacyrecordings/playlist/140fXpvq0BOsTqHT7I30Yt Waylon Jennings Waylon and Company (RCA, 1983 – Genre: Country) https://open.spotify.com/album/0IOE5DdxgqqlB5URvGIXc0?si=BHMQBFzmQ9as3oI6IiiRMQ Sweet Mother Texas (RCA, 1986 – Genre: Country) https://open.spotify.com/album/02ddCx7vysOgMYWp92U9uE?si=MZ8QDkSiQ2mrBbjxWUqIBw Waymore’s Blues (Part II) (RCA Nashville, 1994 – Genre: Country) https://open.spotify.com/album/33SlQsUftxn9J9Fn9Q2Aou?si=2mJ70GIBTe6ImOncitFS3Q This week, we’re honoring the outlaw country spirit of Waylon Jennings with three albums making their digital debuts! 1983’s Waylon and Company features all-star duets with famous friends like Jerry Reed (“Hold On! I’m Comin’”), the Top 5 country hit “The Conversation” (an ode to Hank Williams co-written and featuring his son, Hank Williams, Jr.), and the previous year’s chart-topping “Just To Satisfy You,” featuring friend and fellow Highwayman Willie Nelson. Sweet Mother Texas gathers recent outtakes ahead of Jennings’ first album for MCA, including a cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “I’m On Fire.” 1994’s Waymore’s Blues (Part II) was a one-off return to RCA with producer Don Was at the helm; it features “You Don’t Mess Around With Me,” heard on the soundtrack to the hit Western Maverick. Angela Bofill Angie (Expanded Edition) (Arista GRP, 1978 – Genre: R&B) + https://open.spotify.com/album/7KYOGBzyo40slOc0EJGOsb?si=TDJHjwipRq2Nmdb1DcpS-Q While Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen’s GRP label was primarily known for immaculate instrumental jazz, one of its first signees was a singer: Angela Bofill, a Bronx-raised singer with an impressive range honed by singing everything from R&B and Latin to classical music. Anchored by the R&B hit “This Time I’ll Be Sweeter,” debut album Angie appealed to both jazz and soul enthusiasts alike, raising the profiles of Bofill and her label. This expanded edition of the album includes the original single edit of “Sweeter” as a bonus track. Leroy Carr Blues Before Sunrise (Columbia, 1962 – Genre: Blues) https://open.spotify.com/album/3m0IuYmMafuKYjJftS1cA6?si=o6TY8omWTRO5jLtT5eV6OQ By the time Leroy Carr’s sole album for Columbia was released, the Nashville-born singer/pianist had been dead for almost 20 years, gone after complications from alcohol abuse at just 30 years old. But In the late ‘20s and early ‘30s, he was one of the most prolific blues singers around, influencing a swath of players through the middle of the 20th century, from Count Basie to Nat King Cole and Ray Charles. This collection features some of Carr’s most popular sides for the Vocalion label. Glass Prism Poe Through The Glass Prism (RCA Victor, 1969 – Genre: Rock) https://open.spotify.com/album/4NwRsT1fYFXJ5wZMf9Kp2K?si=ZT6ZvVG5RU6Q609ih9mKvQ On the surface, this Pennsylvania group sounds like any of the myriad psychedelic groups trying to make it in the Woodstock era. But Glass Prism had a very specific trick up their sleeve: they accompanied their grandiose sound with poetry by Edgar Allen Poe! Quoth The Raven: they make records like this nevermore. (Bonus trivia: the album was recorded by guitar legend Les Paul, in his New Jersey studio!) ALSO AVAILABLE TODAY AT DIGITAL SERVICE PROVIDERS! The Chosen Few The Chosen Few (RCA Victor, 1969 – Genre: Rock) https://open.spotify.com/album/3H0mB3A64fkNGoBXhjZx5u?si=_527xIO6Q4K6phIS7hjOAQ Lana Cantrell The 6th Of Lana (RCA Victor, RCA Victor, 1969 – Genre: Pop) https://open.spotify.com/album/4XNipWhgWrOWAyeZ8lmPg1?si=j6I-uw6sTkS8JYofA9HYKQ Glenn Jones Finesse (Expanded Edition) (RCA, 1984 – Genre: R&B) https://open.spotify.com/album/08662CpopOSMWRIJmmWiAZ?si=W0QFJ9DeSUC5kibJU43qzg Lion Dangerous Attraction (Scotti Brothers, 1987 – Genre: Rock) https://open.spotify.com/album/7z3Qzyqg7HMJVJpLhwlUte?si=ryQ1fG0sTGW0mdAwxoi66w Longwave Tidal Wave EP (RCA/BMG, 2003 – Genre: Rock) https://open.spotify.com/album/7iD4NEERmsiCZ7oKAGGrMz?si=4kanQxk2QyGd04xdVdrTwA Charley Pride The Best There Is (RCA, 1986 – Genre: Country) https://open.spotify.com/album/7LG6bdhu9OoyXTXsBzKHmR?si=wu7mCj0ITImJIBJawufZFw Andy Williams Happy Heart (Columbia, 1969 – Genre: Pop) https://open.spotify.com/album/7dpQ9JhEb0QbSIp0jcFAhi?si=M1XNjvPCQhWNCUjP22VrLQ Tammy Wynette Just Tammy (Epic, 1979 – Genre: Country) https://open.spotify.com/album/3KH5dKdKfG6fXOsQwsy3mt?si=Rp7cax1CS8ehggvLKL1Fsg HAVE A LISTEN TO THESE RECENTLY RELEASED VAULT CLASSICS TOO! Muddy Waters Mannish Boy (Ruckus Roboticus Remix) (Blue Sky/Legacy, 2019 – Genre: Blues) https://open.spotify.com/album/5MvASmK46XRKdRYmYuh8nJ?si=i1gptP2zS6uMA4eL6z3lig This beat-heavy remix of Muddy Waters’ immortal Chicago blues standard—as re-recorded by the guitarist for his Johnny Winter-produced comeback album Hard Again in 1977—has been heard in a myriad of trailers and commercials, including ads for Avengers: Age Of Ultron and Applebee’s. In honor of its latest use, in the brand-new trailer for Martin Scorsese’s highly-anticipated Netflix film The Irishman, it’s now available to stream and download! Rick Derringer All American Boy (Expanded Edition) (Blue Sky, 1973 – Genre: Rock) + https://open.spotify.com/album/2qUO0zPeu06VHisaFdmqpZ?si=0x8r7UEFTsGicUzzBNg9mg Between the fluke pop hit as a teen (The McCoys’ chart-topping “Hang On Sloopy”) and the chest-beating ‘80s anthem “Real American” (the theme music for WWF/WWE superstar Hulk Hogan), Rick Derringer was a solid guitarist who’d logged time in the ‘70s as a sideman and producer for both Johnny and Edgar Winter. With his debut solo album, featuring guest appearances by Edgar Winter as well as Joe Walsh of the Eagles, Derringer finally came into his own. His song “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo,” originally recorded for a Johnny Winter LP, became a rock radio sensation, crossing over to No. 23 on the pop charts, his biggest hit to date. Two single versions of “Rock and Roll” and a single version of follow-up “Teenage Love Affair” are featured on this new edition of Derringer’s breakthrough album. Herbie Hancock Feets Don’t Fail Me Now (Expanded Edition) (Columbia, 1979 – Genre: Jazz) + https://open.spotify.com/album/7o51eYlPgCJ1s86Tdy0XcZ?si=YVgNCAGcREW0jaQzb_5ZBQ Herbie Hancock’s reinvention from jazz pianist to MTV staple with 1983’s hip-hop instrumental “Rockit” sure seemed like a strange pivot…but in truth, it was nothing compared to what came in between those phases. In 1979, Hancock released Feets Don’t Fail Me Now, an album largely eschewing jazz in favor of vocal disco tracks co-written with heavy-hitting pop songwriters like Jeffrey Cohen (“Freeway of Love”), Allee Willis (“September”) and Ray Parker Jr. (“Ghostbusters”). Critics were confused, but albums like this (and 1982’s follow-up Lite Me Up) provide a crucial insight into Hancock’s growing interest in all things electronic. Feetsmoves anew with seven bonus single and disco versions of “Tell Everybody,” “You Bet Your Love,” “Honey From The Jar” and “Ready Or Not.” Various Artists Weird Nightmare: Meditations On Mingus (Columbia, 1992 – Genre: Jazz) https://open.spotify.com/album/7s3aBheDTuad5yzqLvslGh?si=I3hj0gWzQ5K8MQym_e02Ug This fascinating tribute to jazz legend Charles Mingus was assembled by producer Hal Willner, who’d previously assembled fascinating tribute albums on everything from Thelonious Monk to Disney films. Backed primarily by the unique-interval instruments of Harry Partch, a host of notable names pay tribute to Mingus’ most enduring compositions on Weird Nightmare, including Keith Richards and Charlie Watts of The Rolling Stones, Leonard Cohen, Henry Rollins, Elvis Costello, Chuck D of Public Enemy, Vernon Reid of Living Colour and others. Marty Robbins More Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs (Columbia, 1960 – Genre: Country) https://open.spotify.com/album/6dspTmxifT8b9Ognu93esN?si=a_7stcnARUmOFxgPoMyV0A Marty Robbins’ Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs, released in 1959, was a major critical and commercial success for the country singer, helping shape the sound and style of post-war Americana and yielding a No. 1 pop and country hit out of the single “El Paso.” A sequel was inevitable. Anchored by the Top 40 country single “Five Brothers” plus Robbins-penned originals like “San Angelo” and “She Was Young and She Was Pretty” and folk standards like “Streets Of Laredo,” More Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs is another fine love letter to the frontier spirit of yore. Barbara Mason Transition (Buddah, 1974 – Genre: R&B) https://open.spotify.com/album/4XnuvOxCPnEdhiijIcxCgy?si=fS-ATYQETGiKS_QDSD1ofg The Nashville String Band The Nashville String Band (RCA Victor, 1969 – Genre: Country) https://open.spotify.com/album/2CfXbBumC905ShLE7DUWuI?si=9FfkwgGHSRCso36q_K8PgA The Organ Masters My Favorite Things and Other Hits (Camden, 1969 – Genre: Pop) https://open.spotify.com/album/30yPg2Juj43k3koJtrdfR0?si=7FgiTN1QSCe3i92RIT8-gw The Rods The Rods (Arista, 1981 – Genre: Rock) https://open.spotify.com/album/6OvFrKCzEHK5lmwe1yYP7K?si=VUmCjBkZTxK4qTbOCGjGLQ Tammy Wynette Womanhood (Epic, 1978 – Genre: Country) https://open.spotify.com/album/1FAz382g1mTgFOwlZus80r?si=GddffvEHQyClDRQ_DI3wmA Only Lonely Sometimes (Epic, 1980 – Genre: Country) https://open.spotify.com/album/0M6eKmYok8LhQRmvPZdGy6?si=PGXvRamkSMmzSj5rAz0Rug
