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 (10/11/19) 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 The Rave-Ups The Book Of Your Regrets (Epic, 1988– Genre: Rock) The Book of Your Regrets Hamlet Meets John Doe EP (Epic, 1989– Genre: Rock) https://open.spotify.com/album/3Iz4ZqxXP04Al3LGA19K7n?si=EDXDnC29QhaeaOaZ0YcXyw Chance (Epic, 1990– Genre: Rock) https://open.spotify.com/album/4EnIFgoLMGoZdCMZIxVF3E?si=NoieuImDTfqMm1h-Y9glkQ Founded in Pittsburgh in 1979, this rock unit gained greater recognition after relocating their sonic base to Los Angeles. The band eventually landed musical cameos in the ‘80’s teen film classic ‘Pretty in Pink’ and the 90’s TV smash ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’. Over their tenure, they produced a solid pioneering blend of singer-songwriter, power-pop, alternative rock, and early hints of alt-country. Today revs up digital service providers with the debut of the Rave-Ups entire Epic output. Quazar Quazar (Expanded Edition) (Arista, 1978– Genre: R&B) https://open.spotify.com/album/33EwsvPyuTTorDLKIMPuw3?si=v0UtNsFSQr6t7pn0x4Yfag The sole album by the short-lived funk troupe led by former P-Funk vocalist Glenn Goins who also served as the producer and arranger of the album. Sadly, Goins passed away before the album's release, effectively sealing the group's fate. The album was released by Arista Records in the fall of 1978, after Funkadelic's ‘One Nation Under A Groove.’ The album also features contributions from former P-Funk drummer Jerome Brailey. Both Glenn Goins and Jerome Brailey were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Parliament-Funkadelic.This expanded version includes the single versions of "Funk 'N' Roll (Dancin' In The Funkshine)", "Funk With A Bigfoot" and "Savin' My Love For A Rainy Day". The Tractors Farmers In A Changing World (Arista Nashville, 1998– Genre: Country) https://open.spotify.com/album/3qo2eZr69EitybX4StewBG?si=HF7_bIgASlOp-u9IcJVYRw An alt-country band composed of a loose group of musicians headed by guitarist Steve Ripley (who sadly passed away in January 2019) were first signed to Arista in 1994. Their third and final album for the label ‘Farmers in a Changing World’ now completes the band’s offering at DSP’s. Ripley was the only ‘official’ member of the group and stated The Tractors were more of a "state of mind.” Charlie McCoy The Real McCoy (Expanded Edition) (Monument, 1969– Genre: Country) https://open.spotify.com/album/6Vkg9O94ZKvGFGpBwiGqmS?si=tMdrOWKGSpe17RC1esbXVA A Grammy-winning American session musician noted mainly for his harmonica performances, Mr. McCoy was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2009. Based in Nashville, Charlie’s distinct harp playing is heard on recordings by Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Chet Atkins, Waylon Jennings and Loretta Lynn. This expanded edition of ‘The Real McCoy’ features the original 1969 release plus bonus cuts issued on the 1972 re-release. Pharoah Sanders Love Will Find a Way (Expanded Edition) (Arista, 1978– Genre: Jazz) + https://open.spotify.com/album/0orhXwlJ4LCfDwMYVAXsdW?si=kZ2BtyRWSAukUCyPSenaOw Legendary saxophonist Ornette Coleman once described Pharoah Sanders as "probably the best tenor player in the world.” Emerging from John Coltrane's groups of the mid-1960s, Sanders is an important figure in the development of free jazz. This expanded edition of 1978’s ‘Love Will Find a Way’ features 2 rare single versions of ‘As You Are’ (featuring the great Phyllis Hyman) and ‘Got to Give It Up’ ALSO AVAILABLE TODAY AT DIGITAL SERVICE PROVIDERS! Eddy Raven Right Hand Man (RCA, 1986– Genre: Country) https://open.spotify.com/album/3shrQI2yUGXtS2RL6O7A8d?si=3PTHIh6tTr-DbLGPPAX7qA Fredi Grace and Rhinstone Get On Your Mark (Expanded Edition) (RCA, 1982– Genre: R&B) https://open.spotify.com/album/1CzTtpcgi4LvfR3u02t1gk?si=BjqnrtjRSVCTXiWCXdTS6g Robert Shaw Chorale Christmas Hymns and Carols, Vol 1 (Expanded Edition) (RCA, 1952– Genre: Holiday) https://open.spotify.com/album/74vigf7PdiiQa9Dxn9VwOw?si=cubADkGBTdGxFwZ29CFiQw George Beverly Shea I Believe (RCA, 1969– Genre: Gospel) https://open.spotify.com/album/2xm2DLFlHibrPch7JevkH9?si=QPcxjnNtT1GBSA4Ou6Ls5w John Neel Amazing Marching Machine (Epic, 1969– Genre: Jazz) https://open.spotify.com/album/1cqzHQzSfYStPej6a15liL?si=WZpDA8YIQEaKJrVxXnVrvQ Nat Stuckey New Country Roads (RCA, 1969– Genre: Country) New Country Roads
@Sydster, on the Eddy Raven Love and Other Hard Times upload, please tell Sony to post the 2 missing songs.
Glad to see that Quazar album reissued. Glenn Goins had a great voice! That Nat Stuckey albums smokes, too!
Ha Ha. Yes! Exactly those two. (But is there a non-Spotify download available? I'm not on the platform. Any chance for HDtracks availability like the Mike Nesmith RCA releases?)
With all of the Rick Derringer reissues, I can only hope that SONY LEGACY might finally get to my long awaited "It Hurts To Be In Love" by Dan Hartman, which is one of the best overlooked pop albums ever!
Recently bought a few of the lossless albums from HD Tracks, specifically the Ray Price's Cherokee Cowboys album. Buddy Emmons might as well have been in my living playing. The sound was great!
All the Ray Price High Resolution albums I've purchased sound great to my ears. My only disappointment is that my favourite of his, For The Good Times, was not given the same attention. The transfer is only 44/24.
Hello there Ladies & Gentlemen! Please accept my apologies for the delay in posting this past week's update...a less-than-smooth transition to the latest OSX combined with switching out my trusty iPad for a newer model wreaked a bit of havoc with my usual workflow and it has taken a moment to get things normalized. So, now that things are up and running, here are the vintage SME back catalog titles from the LEGACY VAULT hitting Digital Service Providers for the VERY FIRST TIME this past Friday (10/18/19) 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 Willie Nelson My Own Peculiar Way (RCA Victor, 1969) – Genre: Country) My Own Peculiar Way Willie Nelson’s ninth album followed one of his biggest early country hits: “Bring Me Sunshine,” a killer example of Willie’s distinctive croon. And yet, even with a killer title track (first recorded by Willie on his debut album earlier that decade) and a solid co-write with Hank Cochran in “Any Old Arms Won’t Do,” the album was a flop, arguably bogged down in its countrypolitan production. But listen closely and you’ll hear the first instance of Willie playing his newest guitar—an amplified Martin N-20 acoustic that he’d name “Trigger,” and can be heard on every one of his albums since. Henry Mancini A Warm Shade Of Ivory (RCA Victor, 1969 – Genre: Instrumental) https://open.spotify.com/album/1IsqBLmLMj3DmSQFqRzDa8?si=6fyNhIZARy-rFca1v2hgmw Six Hours Past Sunset (RCA Victor, 1969 – Genre: Instrumental) https://open.spotify.com/album/36cc8x5p6JbWAqFfgGjTUN?si=HPB_bg39QZSKBY5FoJ6xsw One of Hollywood’s greatest film composers—with four Oscars, 20 Grammy Awards and works like “The Pink Panther Theme” and “Moon River” to prove it—Henry Mancini was also a solid easy-listening artist for RCA Victor, the very label that issued most of his classic soundtracks. On these two albums, he leads his orchestra from the piano on standards (“In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning,” “By The Time I Get To Phoenix,” even an arrangement of Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata”) as well as soundtrack favorites by others (“Windmills Of Your Mind” from The Thomas Crown Affair, and Nino Rota’s “Love Theme From Romeo and Juliet”—this version of which knocked The Beatles’ “Get Back” from the top of theBillboard Hot 100). Andy Williams Get Together With Andy Williams (Columbia, 1969 – Genre: Pop) https://open.spotify.com/album/2GTeWySZfC01435LIFbKob?si=gUQ54CS6SKKP4n2xzTB7OA Known during the ‘60s for his buttoned-up ballads (“Moon River,” “Can’t Get Used To Losing You”), Andy Williams let it swing a little on Get Together, offering a side marked “Ballads” (including his takes on Rota’s “Love Theme From Romeo and Juliet” and Stevie Wonder’s “My Cherie Amour”) and another marked “Not So Ballads” (featuring covers of “Put a Little Love In Your Heart,” “Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In” and “Sweet Caroline,” plus backing vocals by his frequent junior collaborators The Osmond Brothers, before little Donny took them to a new pop plateau). ALSO AVAILABLE TODAY AT DIGITAL SERVICE PROVIDERS! James Blackwood Sings His Favorite Gospel Solos (RCA Victor, 1969 – Genre: Gospel) https://open.spotify.com/album/7yXMdK9mDiMminvQlBrFNC?si=awAqo78YQ0O4vZuz1VsfQw Fargo I See It Now (RCA Victor, 1969 – Genre: Rock) https://open.spotify.com/album/5eyVuj2YQxVW1LOxZxqo9U?si=BWD6RX9VRgexszOvjnN9JA The Organ Masters Music For Skaters (RCA Camden, 1969 – Genre: Instrumental) https://open.spotify.com/album/3nHLjuFzqn3RteLJiYl28p?si=aB-UZDbNSLi_Lz32vmXyag The Sons Of The Pioneers Visit the South Seas (RCA Victor, 1969 – Genre: Country) https://open.spotify.com/album/4ZLbiDCJPPfi8f5YkMxKXu?si=AKso8gLYQHWk1i8RmzoDFA
The Fargo album is one of the most underrated, unheralded pop albums of the '60's... you owe it to yourself to listen to it if you like the era.
Still extremely upset about the Bear Family Box set that was in production and that was going to include many rare recorded live songs and every single existing recording. Sad it was put off indefinitely by the Cline estate. Think Charlie shot it down. Don't know the details though. Only half recalling and speculating. He's passed. I asked Bear Family on FB about it and they said, unfortunately, it is not going to be released. Sad. I love Bear Family's Box Set of Dolly Parton & Porter Wagner. Beautiful set.
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 (10/25/19) 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 Various Artists Live at Bill Graham’s Fillmore West (Columbia, 1969 - Genre: Rock) https://open.spotify.com/album/1FSxsC7uAgaI4sRVtpDzLQ?si=LstHI-WPQgawTvKWSVhzQQ As rock counterculture coalesced in the late 1960s, promoter Bill Graham was at the center of it all, helping acts like Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother and The Holding Company and The Grateful Dead get their big break playing the Fillmore West, the now-historic club he owned. Over two weekends in the winter of ‘69, the Fillmore hosted a killer jam session headed by Nick Gravenites and Mike Bloomfield (the singer and guitarist for The Electric Flag) and featuring guest turns by bluesman Taj Mahal and his longtime guitarist Jesse Ed Davis. ‘60s rock lovers and blues enthusiasts have long held Bloomfield’s guitar work (heard on everything from early recordings with The Paul Butterfield Blues Band to Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone”) as the gold standard - and this rare live record offers another killer example of his work. Tyrese What Am I Gonna Do EP (RCA, 2001 - Genre: R&B) https://open.spotify.com/album/5TQSePCGLf1xH1nfol878y?si=LNdVibBRSr6I1ijrMAyJiQ Before he found fame on the silver screen in films like Baby Boy, three Transformers movies and six The Fast and The Furious installments, Tyrese Gibson was smoldering on the stereo with as a smooth and soulful model turned singer. “What Am I Gonna Do” was the second single from his sophomore album 2000 Watts, co-written and produced by Jake & Trev (formerly of new jack swing group Joe Public). This EP features a handful of remixes and versions of the track, available digitally for the first time. Elliott Murphy Just a Story From America (Columbia, 1977 - Genre: Rock) https://open.spotify.com/album/3G2Zt7oBgoaOorD9lazQrT?si=tUo0YiaeSCGFimFIhI_nzg Not unlike Bruce Springsteen, Elliott Murphy’s musical style was centered on vivid lyrical storytelling and the delirious saving power of rock and roll. (Rolling Stone praised them both as “the best Dylan since 1968” in a joint review of The Wild, The Innocent and The E Street Shuffle and Murphy’s debut Aquashow.) For his fourth album, Just a Story From America, Murphy traveled to London to record at George Martin’s AIR Studios with a studio band that included Mick Taylor of The Rolling Stones (who contributes a notable solo on “Rock Ballad”) and drummer Phil Collins. Murphy’s affinity for poetic flourishes shine on tracks like “Anastasia” (an early minor hit in France, the country Murphy now calls home) and “Drive All Night” (not to be confused with Springsteen’s cut from The River). The Bloodhound Gang Mama Say EP (Ruffhouse/Columbia, 1995 – Genre: Rock) https://open.spotify.com/album/6pHScs1hFP9W8ueuxvhppG?si=VVt_1FxaQye9iPIsYtWEAQ Before they broke into the mainstream with the international hit “The Bad Touch” and its memorable, monkey-suited music video, The Bloodhound Gang introduced themselves to the rock world with Use Your Fingers, their 1995 debut. From the start, the group’s distinctive style was apparent: a fusion punk, hip-hop and electronica into songs overstuffed with dirty jokes and pop culture references. Case in point: single “Mama Say,” which sampled both Michael Jackson and Duran Duran. These four rare remixes are making their digital debut. Wild Wild 1 (Columbia, 1988 – Genre: Rock) https://open.spotify.com/album/48MHmovcBFObFKAXO5D6In?si=muEExY6mTVa_1pNtnzd9SA Wild’s hear-it-to-believe-it combination of electronic funk and turbo-charged glam-metal had an effect on at least one star of the Sunset Strip. According to legend, the L.A.-based group shared a studio wall early on with Guns N’ Roses; long after Wild 1 faded from memory, Axl Rose recruited Wild keyboardist Dizzy Reed into GN’R for the Use Your Illusion albums and tour. (Along with Axl, Reed’s been the group’s only unchanged member since then.) 1910 Fruitgum Company Goody Goody Gumdrops (Buddah, 1969 - Genre: Pop) https://open.spotify.com/album/3FT9wvyMXzCrc6FcsFRBiT?si=-MI8kIgHSZ6sDlt6DGjREw Hard Ride (Buddah, 1969 - Genre: Pop) https://open.spotify.com/album/23Mg7O3lHChWuipDT4XpIT?si=8X3s5DVwS_eZIF218EuV-w The members of the 1910 Fruitgum Company wanted to make music like Vanilla Fudge, but producers Jerry Kasenetz and Jeffry Katz instead helped them become perhaps the best-known of the late ‘60s bubblegum pop era. While most acts of that wave were one-hit wonders, the Company put three singles in the Top 10: “Simon Says,” “1, 2, 3 Red Light” and “Indian Giver.” Now, the group’s two least-known albums for the Buddah label are digitally available, offering minor hits like the sugary “Goody Goody Gumdrops” and the psychedelic pop nugget “The Train.” ALSO AVAILABLE TODAY AT DIGITAL SERVICE PROVIDERS! Man The Genesis Of Man (Columbia, 1969 - Genre: Rock) https://open.spotify.com/album/77dC4VMJb66Aaff5Z3Go8W?si=yUJfLSbYQXqEJ0EE_lA0hA Rouvaun From The Heart Of a Man (RCA Victor, 1969 - Genre: Pop) https://open.spotify.com/album/3dukb6ZlMivKRf6MX8cXPe?si=Z3kxVcp_QiKpt24MAFtb4w The Statler Brothers Oh Happy Day (Columbia, 1969 - Genre: Country) https://open.spotify.com/album/3N2oXBlXzA4lk85cXWMj8T?si=5JjMvgjsQz-Zdy7KKfc9LA The Swordsmen The Swordsmen (RCA Victor, 1969 - Genre: R&B) https://open.spotify.com/album/67n3fzgOhd8OwCuhHk905P?si=wA1m-o0_RDSa1tt5geY_Cw
I'm still hoping Lauryn Hill's "Doo Wop (That Thing)" 12"/EP can be made available digitally. The "Album Version" is actually uncensored on the promo and it hasn't been released in any other format, to my knowledge. Lauryn Hill - Doo-Wop (That Thing)
Listening to the 1910 Fruitgum Co. now! Hope the Indian Giver album shows up sometime. I left it and my Lancelot Link album in the back window of the family car when I was young and they were never the same.
Very niche, but hoping Robert John & Michael (A. M.) Gately’s singles work for Columbia could be collected so I don’t have to acquire and digitize old 45s.
So, I went back and bought quite a few high resolution albums from HD Tracks, of these Sony reissues. A lot are offered in 24/192 FLAC and to me, the sound is night and day in some cases over their MP3 counterparts. Charlie Walker's "Don't Squeeze My Sharmon"(1967) is a perfect example. The sound is clear and bright, with no muddying. Curious how Sony chooses what to master in high resolution offerings? Some albums, like Jim Ed Brown "This is My Beat" (1968) make sense. At least to me. Sonically, there's a lot going on in those recordings. It would be nice to see some older reissues offered this way. There is no David Allan Coe offered in high resolution. Like him or not, his albums have some phenomenal musicianship and sound. I also wonder if any Mel Tillis is slated form reissue. His Columbia output is stellar, and the only offerings on CD are really the Collector's Choice disc and American Originals.
I'm grateful, as I've said before, for all the information shared in this thread. I was thrilled to be able to get the mono tracks from Rick Derringer,
