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Hello Hooray: Audio Fidelity Preps SACDs for Alice Cooper, Peter, Paul and Mary, Yes' Jon Anderson and Heart

January 24, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Olias of Sunhillow SACDThis February, the Audio Fidelity label continues to grow its collection of stereo hybrid SACDs with four new releases that touch upon classic rock, progressive rock, and vintage folk.

Jon Anderson's debut solo album Olias Of Sunhillow was released in the summer of 1976 and climbed the charts to the U.S. Top 50 as well as to an even more impressive No. 8 in Anderson’s U.K. home.  The Yes frontman and multi-instrumentalist utilized a variety of synthesizers, tape loops, unexpected instruments and sound effects to create the album inspired by Roger Dean’s cover artwork for Yes’ 1972 album Fragile as well as the rich literary world of J.R.R. Tolkien.  Anderson’s Olias is named for the titular character, an architect who designs a spacecraft on which the aliens of Sunhillow can travel to a new land.  Audio Fidelity describes the cosmic concept album as showcasing “Anderson's uncommon gifts for melody and harmony as well as for songwriting. Together with arrangements that veer from the rustic to sci-fi, the music appears to travel through Earth and Space, incarnating the elements of the material and ethereal worlds. The scope of the music is cinematic, freely pursuing concepts to every corner of its vision and fashioning an experience that is as breathtaking for its range as it is for its depth.”  The SACD package replicates the original artwork by artist David Fairbrother Roe.  Kevin Gray has remastered the album at Cohearant Audio.

Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar SACDShock rockers supreme Alice Cooper delivered one of the band’s all-time classics with 1973’s U.S. and U.K. chart-topping Billion Dollar Babies.  Alice’s sixth studio album, the platinum-selling LP produced by Bob Ezrin yielded four Billboard Hot 100 hits including "Elected", "Hello Hooray," "Billion Dollar Babies" and "No More Mr. Nice Guy.”  After the album was released, the band embarked on a tour which reportedly broke U.S. box office records previously held by the Rolling Stones despite not meeting revenue projections.  Magician James Randi designed special effects for the spectacularly horrific production.  Building on the success of the previous year’s School’s Out, Billion Dollar Babies (with its songs about everything from dentistry to necrophilia) was the perfect vehicle for Cooper’s hard rock theatre to come alive – or dead.  Audio Fidelity’s SACD edition has been remastered by Steve Hoffman at Stephen Marsh Mastering.

Hit the jump for a look at what's coming from Heart and Peter, Paul and Mary!  Plus: pre-order links and track listings!

Heart-  Magazine SACDHeart’s 1978 album Magazine had a difficult route to its official release.  An early version of the LP was released without Ann and Nancy Wilson’s consent against the backdrop of a prolonged contract dispute with Mushroom Records.  When it finally was released in authorized form, the album that had been intended to follow the band’s debut Dreamboat Annie actually arrived after another LP (and new label debut), Little Queen. But whether you consider Magazine to be Heart’s second or third studio album, it remains a strong effort from the hard-rocking band, with original songs alongside covers of “Without You,” “Mother Earth Blues” and “I’ve Got the Music in Me.”  And despite taking a backseat to the Top 10 smash Little Queen, Magazine still earned a respectable Top 20 placing on the U.S. Albums chart.  Audio Fidelity’s new SACD of this often-underrated Heart gem has been remastered by Steve Hoffman.

Peter Paul and Mary SACDPeter Yarrow, (Noel) Paul Stookey and Mary Travers played a major role in the sixties folk revolution when their debut album, 1962’s Peter, Paul and Mary shot to the top of the U.S. Albums chart and remained there for over a month.  Boasting the hits “Lemon Tree” and “If I Had a Hammer,” the Warner Bros. album netted two Grammy Awards and established the trio as a force with which to be reckoned.  The trio deftly brought an accessible pop sensibility to traditional folk, incorporating elements of jazz and even gospel into their immaculate settings.  The double-platinum performance of the spirited, optimistic and infectious Peter, Paul and Mary was never topped by the group even as they continued to chart hits throughout the 1960s including “Puff, the Magic Dragon,” “Blowin’ in the Wind” and “Leaving on a Jet Plane.”   Audio Fidelity’s SACD release has been remastered by Steve Hoffman.

Olias of Sunhillow and Billion Dollar Babies are set for release on February 4, while Peter, Paul and Mary and Magazine are due on February 18 from Audio Fidelity.  All titles are hybrid stereo CDs, meaning that they can be played on standard CD players while delivering high-resolution sound to those equipped with SACD players.  All four titles can be pre-ordered below!

Jon Anderson, Olias of Sunhillow (Atlantic LP SD 18180, 1976 – reissued Audio Fidelity SACD AFZ 156, 2014) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

  1. Ocean Song
  2. Meeting (Garden of Geda) / Sound Out The Galleon
  3. Dance of Ranyart / Olias (To Build The Moorglade)
  4. Qoquaq Ën Transic / Naon / Transic Tö
  5. Flight of the Moorglade
  6. Solid Space
  7. Moon Ra / Chords / Song of Search
  8. To The Runner

Alice Cooper, Billion Dollar Babies (Warner Bros. LP BS 2685, 1973 – reissued Audio Fidelity SACD AFZ 170, 2014) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

  1. Hello Hooray
  2. Raped and Freezin’
  3. Elected
  4. Billion Dollar Babies
  5. Unfinished Sweet
  6. No More Mr. Nice Guy
  7. Generation Landslide
  8. Sick Things
  9. Mary Ann
  10. I Love the Dead

Heart, Magazine (Mushroom LP MRS-5008, 1978 – reissued Audio Fidelity SACD AFZ 171, 2014) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

  1. Heartless
  2. Devil Delight
  3. Just the Wine
  4. Without You
  5. Magazine
  6. Here Song
  7. Mother Earth Blues
  8. I've Got the Music in Me

Peter, Paul and Mary, Peter, Paul and Mary (Warner Bros. LP WS 1449, 1962 – reissued Audio Fidelity SACD AFZ 161, 2014) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

  1. Early in the Morning
  2. 500 Miles
  3. Sorrow
  4. This Train
  5. Bamboo
  6. It’s Raining
  7. If I Had My Way
  8. Cruel War
  9. Lemon Tree
  10. If I Had a Hammer
  11. Autumn to May
  12. Where Have All the Flowers Gone

Categories: News Tags: Peter Paul and Mary, SACD

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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. Mr MacGoo says

    January 25, 2014 at 7:56 pm

    Looking forward to the Jon Anderson release in Hi Def...should be good.

    Reply
  2. Rob says

    January 26, 2014 at 5:21 pm

    Magazine would be an ideal candidate for a deluxe reissue as there were two distinctly different versions of the album released. The original release (that the band never approved) has never seen a CD release.

    Reply
    • dustinsoper says

      January 26, 2014 at 6:55 pm

      Definitely, Rob!

      Reply
    • Jason Michael says

      January 27, 2014 at 5:30 pm

      What are the differences in the two Magazine releases? If I have the Mushroom vinyl from the late 70s, do I have the original mix?

      Reply
      • Rob says

        January 28, 2014 at 6:56 pm

        The original 1977 (unapproved by the band) version of the album has "Without You as the 2nd track on side 1. The version approved by the band that was issued in 1978 has "Without You" as the last track on side 1. There are many differences between the two versions. From the Wikipedia entry:

        "One of the most obvious differences is that on the original recording of "Heartless" Ann Wilson sings "The doc said come back again next week..." On the re-recorded version she sings "doctor" instead. The new lead vocal on "Heartless" is less controlled than the original. The synthesizer solo on "Just the Wine" was replaced by a flute solo and the song is slightly edited. The ending of "Magazine" fades about 30 seconds earlier. The live "Blues Medley" was edited to remove some of Roger Fisher's guitar solo sections and Ann Wilson's solo vocal parts."

        Reply
  3. Jason Michael says

    January 27, 2014 at 5:28 pm

    Apparently the Peter Paul & Mary release is derived from the master tape- the previous Warner release had digital reverb added, so this will be the first time to get the original mix on CD. It is one of my favorite albums, so I look forward to this.

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