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UPDATE: REO Speedwagon Will Keep on Loving You

May 6, 2011 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

 

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Way back in July 2010, we reported on some rumblings of an expanded reissue of REO Speedwagon's 1980 Hi Infidelity.  Better late than never!

Thanks to the good people at MusicTAP for passing along the long-awaited news!   The 30th Anniversary Edition of the nine-times-platinum album which spawned "Keep On Loving You" and "Take It on the Run"  is finally set for release!  Frontman Kevin Cronin has kept to his word, as he told Billboard last year that the band recently found old acoustic studio demos from the original sessions and hoped to include them in a deluxe reissue.  And so Hi Infidelity - 30th Anniversary Edition, due on June 28, will append a 9-track bonus disc to the original album.  All nine tracks, collectively entitled The Crystal Demos, are previously unissued and present the album's tracks in embryonic form.  (Every track except "Out of Season" is present as a demo.)  The album's reissue will coincide with the band's June-through-September tour of the United States!  Cronin had mentioned to Billboard the possibility of the band playing the entire album on this summer's tour; wouldn't that be something?

Hit the jump for the skinny, direct from the label, plus track listing!  We'll update with a pre-order link as soon as one is available!

One of the undisputed arena rock kings of the '70s and '80s, REO Speedwagon has sold more than forty million records and has charted thirteen Top 40 hits. They toured endlessly in the arenas of the U.S., building up a sizeable audience due to their amazing live show. And then, in 1980, they delivered Hi Infidelity, a record that not just summarized their strengths, but captured everything that was good about arena rock. There's an urgency to the songs and the performances that gives it a real emotional core. This is great arena rock, filled with hooks as expansive as Three Rivers Stadium and as catchy as the flu. The record's two biggest hits -- the power ballad "Keep On Loving You" and the surging "Take It On the Run" -- define their era, but what gives the album real staying power is that the rest of the record works equally well -- most apparently on the album's opener, "Don't Let Him Go," whose insistent beat sent it to the album rock charts, but also such great album tracks as "Follow My Heart," the sun-kissed '60s homage "In Your Letter," and "Tough Guys."  Hi Infidelity - 30th Anniversary Edition features the classic album in its entirety on Disc 1. Disc 2 consists of never-before-released studio demos of nine of these historic tracks. What's really great about these songs is not just the sheen of professionalism that makes them addictive to listen to, but also the strain of pathos that runs through them. The album's title isn't just a clever pun, but a description of the tortured romantic relationships that populate the tracks.

REO Speedwagon, Hi Infidelity - 30th Anniversary Edition (Epic LP 36844, 1980 - reissued Epic/Legacy 88697 69579 2, 2011)

Disc 1: The Original Album

  1. Don't Let Him Go
  2. Keep On Loving You
  3. Follow My Heart
  4. In Your Letter
  5. Take It on the Run
  6. Tough Guys
  7. Out of Season
  8. Shakin' It Loose
  9. Someone Tonight
  10. I Wish You Were There

 Disc 2: The Crystal Demos

  1. Someone Tonight
  2. Tough Guys
  3. In Your Letter
  4. Follow My Heart
  5. Take It on the Run
  6. Don't Let Him Go
  7. Keep On Loving You
  8. Shakin' It Loose (Instrumental)
  9. I Wish You Were There

All tracks on Disc 2 previously unreleased.

Categories: News Tags: REO Speedwagon

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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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  1. Mike says

    May 6, 2011 at 7:30 pm

    Very cool! Definitely miss this band as it was back then. Hi Infidelity was the album where they were firing on all cylinders. Richrath's rock guitar was the perfect balance for Cronin's pop. Without Gary nowadays REO is a smaltzy pop band meandering in David Foster territory. Ugh. But Hi Infidelity was a phenominal album. Will definitely be picking this up.

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