Zombies, Everly Brothers, Paul McCartney Featured On Varese’s Record Store Day Slate

March 17, 2015 By Joe Marchese — 1 Comment

RSD 2015

If you’re looking for Zombies on Record Store Day – and we’re not talking about The Walking Dead, either! – Varese Sarabande’s line-up for the April 18 event is just for you!  Besides a treat from the British rockers, the label is also offering up vintage rock-and-roll from The Everly Brothers, girl-group pop courtesy The Dixie Cups, a rare soundtrack from Sir Paul McCartney, and more!

Straight from the label’s press release, here’s the lowdown on each release you can expect at your local participating independent record retailer on Saturday, April 18!

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The Zombies, R.I.P Album (Mono) (Limited Edition of 5,000)

Intended as the follow-up to the iconic Zombies album Odessey And Oracle, this is the first legitimate vinyl release of the never issued Zombies R.I.P. album as it was intended in the United States, in the original running order and from the correct master mixes.

Side One:

  1. She Loves The Way They Love Her
  2. Imagine The Swan
  3. Smokey Day
  4. Girl Help Me
  5. I Could Spend The Day
  6. Conversation Off Floral St

Side Two:

  1. If It Don’t Work Out
  2. I’ll Call You Mine
  3. I’ll Keep Trying
  4. I Know She Will
  5. Don’t Cry For Me
  6. Walking In The Sun

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The Everly Brothers, Fifteen Everly Hits (Limited Edition of 1,800)

This greatest hits album was originally issued on Cadence Records in 1962. It features Don and Phil Everly’s classic chart-topping hits, and it is available on vinyl for the first time in almost 50 years.  Tracks 5 and 8 on Side One, and Tracks 1, 3, 6, 7 on Side Two are in stereo; the remaining tracks are in mono.

Side One:

  1. Wake Up Little Susie
  2. All I Have To Do Is Dream
  3. Bird Dog
  4. Devoted To You
  5. (‘Til) I Kissed You
  6. I Wonder If I Care As Much
  7. Claudette
  8. Oh What A Feeling

Side Two:

  1. Let It Be Me
  2. Bye Bye Love
  3. Take A Message To Mary
  4. Problems
  5. Maybe Tomorrow
  6. When Will I Be Loved
  7. Poor Jenny

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The Dixie Cups, Chapel Of Love (Limited Edition of 1,800) 

Members of The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame, The Dixie Cups were a 60s girl group from New Orleans, made up of sisters Barbara Ann and Rose Lee Hawkins and their cousin Joan Marie Johnson. In 1964, they had the mega hit “Chapel of Love,” written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Phil Spector.  The album, co-produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, has been unavailable for over 40 years and is very hard to find. It sells for hundreds of dollars on the collectors market.   Tracks 1, 2, and 3 on Side One and all of Side Two are in stereo.

Side One:

  1. Chapel Of Love
  2. Gee The Moon Is Shining Bright
  3. I’m Gonna Get You Yet
  4. Ain’t That Nice
  5. Thank You Mama, Thank You Papa
  6. Another Boy Like Mine

Side Two:

  1. Gee Baby Gee
  2. Iko Iko
  3. Girls Can Tell
  4. All Grown Up
  5. People Say

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The Family Way: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Stereo) (Limited Edition of 3,000)

Music Composed by Paul McCartney, Supervised and Orchestrations arranged by George Martin

While on a break between Revolver and Sgt. Pepper in late 1966, Paul McCartney recorded the film score to the Hayley Mills film The Family Way, with a lot of help from Beatles arranger/producer George Martin.

This 1967 soundtrack is one of the most elusive Beatles souvenirs. The original vinyl album has been long out of print, and it is commanding sky-high prices on the collector’s circuit.  The tracklist includes “Love in the Open Air” by The Tudor Minstrels.

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Orange Is The New Black: Orange Is The New Black: Music From the Original Series (Limited edition of 1,800)

The album features the original score soundtrack from the first two seasons of the hit Netflix television series Orange Is The New Black. Gwendolyn Sanford, Brandon Jay, and Scott Doherty composed the score. The soundtrack will be available in a special orange and black vinyl edition.

Side One:

  1. I Don’t Need Your Cornbread …Don’t You Hate When You’re Husband Is Gay Right In Front Of You…Neptune
  2. Crazy Peppers…Stuck On You…Cry For Him
  3. Toilet To Myself…Unwanted Penis
  4. Don’t Make Me Cut You…She Is Risen…Suicidal Thoughts Will Come
  5. Crying On The Toilet…Who Are You
  6. Eat The World…Almost Blissful
  7. Bra And Panties
  8. Fun with Cigarettes
  9. Chapman’s Angle…Immediately Postpartum
  10. Tables And Clicks…Felt Up
  11. The Baby And The Bath Water…My 5th Abortion & Wasting Squirrel Bullets…Score One For Pennsatucky

Side Two:

  1. Enter The Pornstache…Spotless…Exit The Pornstache
  2. King Cone…Devil Eyes…Rocker Lezzy Girlfriend
  3. Alex In The Dryer…This Is Your Life…The Hurting…I Heart U
  4. Getting Caught…All’s Well That Ends…Enter The Healy
  5. Less Feisty More Heisty…Fire
  6. No No Yes No No
  7. Out Of Order…Boil And Bubble…Make Believe
  8. Fly On Little Wing…Going Home
  9. Red Sees Red

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Fury: Special 10 inch vinyl album from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Limited Edition of 1,000)

This is the first new score from composer Steven Price since his Academy Award win for Gravity.

Side A

  1. April, 1945
  2. The War Is Not Over
  3. Fury Drives Into Camp
  4. Airfight
  5. Emma

Side B

  1. This Is My Home
  2. Machine (3:22)
  3. Still In This Fight (3:39)
  4. Wardaddy Piano Theme

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Whiplash: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Limited Edition of 1,000)

The soundtrack from the Award Winning film features original jazz songs written for the film, original underscore written for the film, and classic jazz standards by Stan Getz, Duke Ellington and more. There are also choice snippets of dialog included on the soundtrack that sum up the narrative of the film and help to put the music in context (à la Pulp Fiction). The Original Score and Big Band Songs were created by Justin Hurwitz. The original jazz songs were created by Grammy-nominated composer, Tim Simonec.

Side One:

  1. Snare Liftoff
  2. Overture
  3. Too Hip To Retire
  4. Whiplash
  5. Fletcher’s Song In Club
  6. Upswingin’
  7. Rehearsal Medley: First Nassau Band Rehearsal / Second Nassau Band Rehearsal / Studio Band Eavesdrop / Studio Band Rehearsal After Breakup
  8. Caravan

Side Two:

  1. Good Job
  2. Practicing
  3. Intoit
  4. Accident
  5. Casey’s Song
  6. Dismissed
  7. Drum & Drone
  8. Carnegie
  9. When I Wake
  10. Hug From Dad
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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 and beyond, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with labels including Real Gone Music and Cherry Red Records, has released newly-curated collections produced and annotated by Joe from iconic artists such as Dionne Warwick, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, The Spinners, Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Meat Loaf, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Liza Minnelli, Darlene Love, Al Stewart, Michael Nesmith, and many others.

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1 thought on “Zombies, Everly Brothers, Paul McCartney Featured On Varese’s Record Store Day Slate”

  1. Peter Aarts

    I am VERY pleased with ,, 15 Everly Hits ” . Can hardly wait to replace my old CADENCE LP :>) Thanks !!!!

    Reply

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