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Rick Nelson, Mark Lindsay, McGough and McGear (with Hendrix and McCartney!) Are Real Gone In February

January 6, 2012 By Joe Marchese 11 Comments

With another month comes another slate of rare music on both CD and vinyl from one of the real up-and-comers in the reissue biz, Real Gone Music!  The label’s February centerpieces just might be Rick Nelson’s The Complete Epic Recordings and Mark Lindsay’s The Complete Columbia Singles, but those two releases are being joined by titles from Sean (T.S.) Bonniwell, McGough and McGear, Eddie Hazel and the girls of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller’s Red Bird label on CD, plus Hank Thompson on vinyl!  The titles will arrive in two waves, on February 21 and February 28.

The Complete Columbia Singles of Mark Lindsay follows a similar 2010 Collectors’ Choice Music release for Paul Revere and the Raiders, the band with which Lindsay made his name as both lead vocalist and saxophonist!  Lindsay’s solo collection will include every A- and B-side released on Columbia (including the smash hit "Arizona"), plus a previously unissued rendition of Tim Hardin’s “Reason to Believe,” originally planned as the flip of the singer’s debut single.  The first five tracks are in mono, and the balance in stereo, and the songs are presented in chronological order.  Ed Osborne contributes new liner notes, drawing on interviews with Lindsay, songwriter Jerry Fuller, arranger Artie Butler and singer Tom Bahler.  The Complete Columbia Singles arrives February 28.

On the complete albums front, Real Gone is also compiling Rick Nelson’s Epic Records period.  Although Nelson recorded three albums’ worth of material at Epic, only one LP was released during the singer’s lifetime, 1977’s Intakes.  Musical renaissance man Al Kooper produced the intended follow-up, Back to Vienna, but the album collected dust on the Epic shelf, while Rockabilly Renaissance – a commercial prospect if there ever was one, with Nelson returning to his musical roots – was posthumously overdubbed.  Although the original albums have all seen the light of day in the compact disc age, The Complete Epic Recordings, due out February 28, will mark the American debut of 11 of its 41 tracks.  James Ritz has produced and written the liner notes, while Rockabilly Renaissance was restored to its original format by Bear Family’s Richard Weize.

With Paul McCartney releasing his latest studio album, Kisses on the Bottom, in time for Valentine’s Day in February, it might also be a good month to spread the love to Macca’s younger brother Mike, a.k.a. Mike McGear.  Roger McGough and Mike McGear were two-thirds of the Scaffold, the comedy/rock band remembered for U.K. No. 4 hit “Thank U Very Much" and chart-topper "Lily the Pink."   The duo’s eponymous 1967 album on the Parlophone label welcomed a “Who’s Who” of rock royalty: John Mayall, Spencer Davis, Paul Samwell-Smith, Graham Nash, brother Paul, and even Jimi Hendrix, whose searing guitar lights up two tracks!  McGough & McGear makes its long-overdue American CD debut, with new liner notes by Richie Unterberger, on February 21.

Hit the jump for more releases from Eddie Hazel, Sean Bonniwell and Hank Thompson, plus the girls of Leiber and Stoller's Red Bird Records label!

The catalogue of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller’s Red Bird label has been mined on CD numerous times before, but Real Gone’s February 21 release of The Red Bird Girls presents twenty cuts in true stereo for the very first time.  You’ll hear songs both familiar and unfamiliar from artists like Ellie Greenwich, Evie Sands, the Goodies, the Jelly Beans, the Dixie Cups, and the Ad-Libs, including a previously unreleased Neil Diamond song performed by his producer Greenwich, “Call Me His.”  Ron Furmanek has remixed and remastered the tracks, while the 16-page booklet contains interviews with Red Bird artists and producer Brooks Arthur.  Stories of Red Bird have become legendary, with Leiber and Stoller eventually selling their share of the company for one dollar (!) to partner George Goldner, but the real story of the short-lived label is in the ebullient pop you’ll hear here.

Plainfield, New Jersey’s Eddie Hazel was best known as a pivotal part of George Clinton’s titanic funk outfit Parliament/Funkadelic.  As a solo artist, Hazel recorded Game, Dames and Guitar Thangs in 1977, co-producing the album with Clinton and enlisting many of the P-Funk stars to play. Real Gone reissues this lost classic with a gatefold wallet CD sleeve and new liner notes on February 21.

Sean “T.S.” Bonniwell, like Hazel, is best-remembered for his work in a band.  But the Music Machine (“Talk Talk”) leader also recorded a solo album, 1969’s Close.  The Capitol Records release found Bonniwell turning his back on his garage roots for an orchestrated pop suite with touches of bossa nova.   The album didn’t fare well in the commercial sphere, and Bonniwell retired from music directly afterwards, but he was made aware of Real Gone’s reissue before his death last month from cancer.  He remixed Close and contributed to the liner notes for the CD due on February 21.

Finally, Real Gone pays homage to a pioneer of rip-roaring, wild country with a special vinyl-only release.  Hank Thompson’s 1959 Songs for Rounders isn’t for the faint of heart, inspired by Thompson’s live readings of the song “Cocaine Blues.”  It’s reissued on February 28 in stereo on 160-gram vinyl, with liner notes by Colin Escott, writer of Broadway’s Million Dollar Quartet.  Thompson’s true-life story reportedly was the basis of the 1987 novel Crazy Heart by Thomas Cobb, which in turn became a 2009 feature film starring Jeff Bridges as the down-and-out country star.

Track listings have not yet been revealed for this septet of releases, so watch this space for more details soon!

Categories: News Tags: Mark Lindsay, McGough and McGear, Paul McCartney, Paul Revere and The Raiders, Rick Nelson

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Joe Marchese

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. realgoneguy says

    January 6, 2012 at 3:36 pm

    Just FYI, the Bonniwell album is a CD release, not vinyl

    Reply
    • Joe Marchese says

      January 6, 2012 at 3:57 pm

      Fantastic! The article has been amended to reflect that. Thanks!

      Reply
  2. Zubb says

    January 6, 2012 at 8:15 pm

    I am particularly excited about the Mark Lindsay and Rick Nelson releases! It would have been great to have Lindsay's Warner/Curb and Greedy Ltd. singles as well, but I am not complaining. I can't wait. I will be pre-ordering these titles. THANK YOU GORDON ANDERSON!

    Reply
    • Zubb says

      January 6, 2012 at 10:13 pm

      p.s. I hope Real Gone Music includes Mark Lindsay's recording of the Burt Bacharach song "Something Big" in this collection.

      Reply
      • Joe Marchese says

        January 7, 2012 at 9:46 am

        Mark's recording of "Something Big" is a favorite of mine, Zubb! Fantastic song and performance.

        Reply
      • Dean Davenport says

        January 7, 2012 at 1:52 pm

        It'll be there. It was a Columbia release. Hate to pat myself on the back, but I pitched this idea to Gordon Anderson in December 2010 just as Collector's Choice was getting ready to let him go. He requested a track listing so I sent him one via email. I included Lindsay's stuff from other labels but this Columbia Singles release will fit the bill just fine. Man, I can't wait for this one. Long time coming.

        Reply
      • zubb says

        January 8, 2012 at 7:17 pm

        Interesting Dean. I too compiled my own "Essential" Marl Lindsay dream collection. I am curious how it will match up with the forthcoming Real Gone Music release. Here is my list, sans the non Columbia recordings. Have I missed anything?

        1. First Hymn From Grand Terrace/
        2. The Old Man At The Fair
        3. Arizona/
        4. Man From Houston
        5. Miss America/
        6. Small Town Woman
        7. Silver Bird/
        8. So Hard To Leave You
        9. And The Grass Won’t Pay No Mind/
        10. Funny How Little Men Care
        11. Problem Child/
        12. Bookends
        13. Been Too Long On The Road /
        14. All I Really See Is You
        15. Are You Old Enough/
        16. Don’t You Know
        17. Something Big/
        18. Pretty, Pretty
        19. California/
        20. Someone’s Been Hiding
        21. Mamacita/
        22. Song For A Friend
        23. Photograph
        24. Green Light and Blue Skies
        25. Counter Clockwise (?)

        Reply
  3. Kevin says

    January 6, 2012 at 10:00 pm

    I need you to restore my memory - were Rick Nelson's Epics on a Bear Family box?

    I recently started telling people that I do not have a "photographic memory", but rather a "watercolor memory"

    Reply
    • Zubb says

      January 6, 2012 at 10:11 pm

      I believe they were on the boxed set titled The Last Time Around 1970-1982 from Bear Family.

      Reply
      • Jon Osborn says

        May 11, 2020 at 11:59 pm

        Zubb - Do you have a nice copy of Green Lights And Blue Skies?

        Reply
  4. Eddie Scott says

    January 7, 2012 at 4:41 pm

    About the "Real Gone Girls" CD, this isn't not the first time the Red Bird hits are being offered in stereo; there was a collection called "The Very Best of Red Bird-Blue Cat Records" that came out in 1998 on Taragon and offered full stereo remixes of 14 of the label's classic hits (excepting only The Tradewinds' "New York Is A Lonely Town" which is in mono) and the remixing was done by the same Ron Furmanek mentioned in the piece about the new "Real Gone Girls" CD.

    Reply

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