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They've Got the Music in Them: Edsel Expands Kiki Dee and Carmelo Luggeri's "A Place" With Unreleased Songs

June 30, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Kiki and Carmelo - A PlaceIf you're a fan of Kiki Dee, rest assured that Edsel won't be breaking your heart any time soon.  The Demon Music Group label has recently followed its series of Kiki's Rocket albums with a deluxe, expanded edition of her most recent release: 2013's collaboration with singer/songwriter/guitarist Carmelo Luggeri, A Place Where I Can Go.  The original 11-track album has been expanded with an entire second disc of previously unreleased bonus material.

Kiki Dee first joined in performance with British-born Carmelo Luggeri 20 years ago, in 1995, for the live album Almost Naked.  Luggeri's diverse credits included work with Julian Lennon, Bill Wyman, Paul Rodgers and Andy Williams; his eclectic C.V. made him a perfect match for Dee's wide-ranging musical tastes.  Reinventing some of her classic songs as well as new favorites in an acoustic, "unplugged" style, Almost Naked reminded listeners that the blue-eyed soul queen was still a vital recording artist.  The collaboration between Dee and Luggeri was so fruitful that the pair has released three joint studio albums in the ensuing years, including 2013's A Place Where I Can Go on their own Spellbound Recordings label.  With Dee on lead and backing vocals, and Luggeri playing guitars, bass, keyboards, string pads, and Irish bouzouki (plus supplying additional vocals and programming!), A Place Where I Can Go featured ten original tracks penned by Dee and Luggeri, plus a rendition of Sheila Carabine, Amanda Walther and Michael Roth's "Horses" as a duet between Kiki and Eddi Reader (Fairground Attraction).  Luggeri produced and arranged the entire LP in a rootsy, bluesy and primarily acoustic style, with modern, electronic production flourishes subtly added into the soundscapes emphasizing Kiki's recognizable voice and his delicate, stylish picking.

Edsel has expanded the 2013 album with a full complement of 13 bonus tracks on this edition's second disc.  A number of reinterpretations of familiar songs will make this disc a particular treat.  Dee and Luggeri perform Paul McCartney's "My Love," which featured in their live shows circa 2001.  Smokey Robinson's "Ain't That Peculiar" is heard in a 1994 home demo predating Almost Naked, and U2's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" is presented in the duo's 2002 demo.  A voice-and-guitar version of Kiki's classic 1974 hit "I've Got the Music in Me" was recorded for this project.  Among the many other previously unreleased treats here are a 2014 radio mix with augmented instrumentation of the nostalgia-minded A Place Where I Can Go single "Sidesteppin' with a Soulman," three outtakes from the 1998 Where Rivers Meet album, and more unheard demos recorded between 1996 and 2003 including "Ella," written for a children's television program that never aired.

The expanded edition of A Place Where I Can Go adds up to a treasure trove of songs from the vibrant blue-eyed soul voice of Kiki Dee and her most frequent collaborator.  This 2-CD set is attractively housed in a slipcase and includes a 24-page full-color booklet with full lyrics to the original album, numerous photographs, and track-by-track notes by Kiki and Carmelo for the bonus disc's selections.  Phil Kinrade has mastered the bonus material while the original album is mastered by Dick Beatham.  A Place Where I Can Go is available now from Edsel at the links below!

Kiki Dee and Carmelo Luggeri, A Place Where I Can Go: Expanded Edition (Edsel EDSK 7095, 2015) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

CD 1: The Original Album (released on Spellbound Recordings, 2013)

  1. Lay Your Wisdom Down
  2. Keep the Sun (On Everything I Do)
  3. She's Smiling Now (A Mother's Song)
  4. Sweeter Rain (Prelude)
  5. Sweeter Rain
  6. Sidesteppin' (With a Soulman)
  7. Horses
  8. Forward Motion
  9. Come to Your Heart
  10. A Place Where I Can Go
  11. In the Middle of This Sound (Reprise)

CD 2: Demos and Outtakes (previously unreleased)

  1. My Love (2001)
  2. Ain't That Peculiar (1994)
  3. Ella (2002)
  4. SIdesteppin' with a Soulman (Radio Mix) (2014)
  5. On the Way (1995)
  6. Here for All Time (1995)
  7. You Won't See Me Crying (1995)
  8. Colour Me Blue (1996)
  9. Kiss Your World Goodbye (2003)
  10. I've Got the Music in Me (2015)
  11. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (2002)
  12. This Town (1996)
  13. Wild As Can Be (1996)

Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Pop Tags: Carmelo Luggeri, Kiki Dee

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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. Andrea says

    July 1, 2015 at 7:48 am

    Recent Kiki Dee reissues on Edsel were disappointing and compressed, probably from digital. Let's hope they'll do it properly this time. I'm not holding my breath though.

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  2. Kurt says

    July 3, 2015 at 9:08 pm

    Edsel would do well to release Kiki's one time labelmate Lulu's late 70s/early80s output on Rocket/Alfa/GTO, which includes the top 20 US hit "I Coul Never Miss You (More Than I Do)" - most of which has never been released on CD.

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    • Kurt says

      July 3, 2015 at 9:16 pm

      Perhaps TheSecondDisc label would be interested in putting out the material, which also includes a Grammy nominated performance (Best Rock Vocal - Female) in "Who's Foolin Who" from Lulu's self-titled 1981 album on Alfa.

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