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Gold Reissues Coming Soon for Collins, Taylor, Wonder

January 4, 2011 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Audiophile specialist label Audio Fidelity has announced its initial trio of 24K Gold CD reissues for 2011, and it is comprised of three familiar names, all of whom have previously had titles reissued on the label: Phil Collins, James Taylor and Stevie Wonder.

Already having tackled the gold CD of Collins' 1981 solo debut Face Value, Steve Hoffman returns to remaster the artist's 1985 breakthrough, No Jacket Required. Spawning four U.S. Top 10 singles, No Jacket Required was the former Genesis drummer's third solo LP (Audio Fidelity has revealed no plans yet to reissue 1982's Hello, I Must Be Going) and first to go No. 1 in the U.S. Quite simply, this record is a juggernaut, with "One More Night," "Take Me Home" and leadoff track "Sussudio" all ubiquitous. Sting even makes a guest appearance on "Long Long Way to Go."

1974's Walking Man was James Taylor's fifth studio LP, and followed 1972's One Man Dog, itself recently reissued by Audio Fidelity. Like One Man Dog, Walking Man has been remastered by Steve Hoffman. Produced by guitarist David Spinozza, this underrated and overlooked LP found Taylor moving away from the introspective, acoustic sound of his commercial peak and experimenting with horn and string arrangements as well as excursions into jazz, folk and edgier rock. The latter is represented by "Rock 'n' Roll is Music Now" (on-the-nose title, no?) where Taylor is joined by his old friend Paul McCartney as well as McCartney's wife Linda and Taylor's wife Carly Simon. The same group adds background vocals to "Let It All Fall Down," while Simon appears on a number of tracks. In addition to his own material, Taylor covers Chuck Berry's "The Promised Land" as well as Joey Levine and Spinozza's "Ain't No Song." While Walking Man didn't yield any hit singles, Taylor would find his commercial groove again with the following year's Gorilla, on which he introduced "Mexico" and famously gave new life to "How Sweet It Is (to Be Loved by You)."

The same year as Walking Man, Stevie Wonder released Fulfillingness' First Finale. Like Taylor's LP, Wonder's remains an overlooked title in his catalogue, largely because the singles weren't overtly radio-friendly. While Fulfillingness isn't Wonder's most accessible LP, it's as rewarding than any of his other, more familiar titles. It boasts the electrifying "Boogie On Reggae Woman" and an angry message to President Nixon, "You Haven't Done Nothin'." Wonder is joined by an illustrious "who's who" of background vocalists, including Paul Anka, The Jackson 5, Minnie Riperton, the Persuasions, Syreeta Wright and Deniece Williams, and Funk Brother James Jamerson lays down some killer bass on "Too Shy to Say." Kevin Gray handles the remastering honors as he has done for the label's reissues of two other prime Wonder classics, Music of My Mind and Talking Book. Fulfillingness' First Finale took home the statue for Album of the Year at the 1975 Grammy Awards; Wonder had received the same award the previous year for Innervisions and would again take it in 1977 for Songs in the Key of Life. Upon accepting Album of the Year in 1976 for Still Crazy After All These Years, Paul Simon famously thanked Wonder for not releasing an album that year!

Hit the jump for pre-order information, track listings and full discographical information!

All three titles are limited edition 24K Gold CDs, and are available for pre-order directly from Audio Fidelity.  In addition, Fulfillingness is currently scheduled for January 11 at Amazon.com, while No Jacket Required is due there on February 1. There is no active link as of today for Walking Man.

Phil Collins, No Jacket Required (Originally released as Atlantic 81240, 1985 - reissued as Audio Fidelity AFZ102, 2011)

  1. Sussudio
  2. Only You Know and I Know
  3. Long Long Way to Go
  4. I Don't Wanna Know
  5. One More Night
  6. Don't Lose My Number
  7. Who Said I Would
  8. Doesn't Anybody Stay Together Anymore
  9. Inside Out
  10. Take Me Home
  11. We Said Hello Goodbye

James Taylor, Walking Man (Originally released as Warner Bros. W 2794, 1974 - reissued as Audio Fidelity AFZ109, 2011)

  1. Walking Man
  2. Rock 'n' Roll is Music Now
  3. Let It All Fall Down
  4. Me and My Guitar
  5. Daddy's Baby
  6. Ain't No Song
  7. Hello Old Friend
  8. Migration
  9. The Promised Land
  10. Fading Away

Stevie Wonder, Fulfillingness' First Finale (Originally released as Tamla T6-332S1, 1974 - reissued as Audio Fidelity AFZ108, 2011)

  1. Smile Please
  2. Heaven is 10 Zillion Light Years Away
  3. Too Shy to Say
  4. Boogie On Reggae Woman
  5. Creepin'
  6. You Haven't Done Nothin'
  7. It Ain't No Use
  8. They Won't Go When I Go
  9. Bird of Beauty
  10. Please Don't Go

Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: James Taylor, Phil Collins, Stevie Wonder

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JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with Real Gone Music, has released newly-curated collections produced by Joe from iconic artists such as Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Chet Atkins, and many others. He has contributed liner notes to reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, B.J. Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, and Andy Williams, and has compiled releases for talents including Robert Goulet and Keith Allison of Paul Revere and the Raiders. Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and in 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray. Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.

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Comments

  1. RageATL says

    January 13, 2011 at 12:50 am

    Regarding the gold version of "Face Value":

    As compared to the original, lowly aluminum CD pressing from the mid-eighties, this gold CD is virtually identical. The only difference I hear is that the levels on the gold CD are lower so you have to raise the volume a little bit more but I hear little to nothing to think that any remastering was done. They got my $25 but save your money and pick up the plain old regular CD. I'm "one-and-done" with AF and will stick exclusively with Mobile Fidelity, a reissue label that actually does enhance the sound of their reissues for the same price. The only thing I can hope for is that this pressing lasts longer due to the substrate used on it. Happy listening. 😉

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