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Omnivore Recordings has been living up to its name with a little bit of everything – and the next few months promise to continue in that tradition with high-profile titles from artists including Vince Guaraldi, Gene Clark, The Rose Garden, Dennis Coffey, and Malo!

Good grief!  Jazz great Vince Guaraldi is best known for his immortal scores for Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts animated television specials and first feature film, but the multi-faceted pianist and composer was a man of many talents.  All of those – including his work for Peanuts – comes in the spotlight on a new 2-CD set, The Complete Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Recordings.  Due on July 6, this collection boasts three full Guaraldi albums –Oh, Good Grief! (1968), The Eclectic Vince Guaraldi (1969), and Alma-Ville (1970).  Oh, Good Grief! found Guaraldi revisiting his seminal Peanuts compositions for his new label, while he artistically stretched out on the latter two LPs.  The Eclectic Vince Guaraldi placed him in rock territory and he even stepped in front of the microphone to sing; Alma-Ville returned him to more traditional (but no less inventive) jazz territory.  Three previously unreleased tracks – including covers of “Do You Know the Way to San Jose” and “The Beat Goes On” – round out this exciting collection which features liner notes by Guaraldi historian Derrick Bang.  Also on July 6, Oh, Good Grief! will be reissued on vinyl in a Kevin Gray remaster pressed at RTI on translucent red vinyl.

Omnivore is no stranger to the music of Gene Clark, country-rock pioneer and founding member of The Byrds.  Now, the label has a holy grail to Clark fans: his 1967 post-Byrds demos as first heard on the ultra-rare Liberty Records acetate Gene Clark Sings for You.  And that’s not all.  The expanded Sings for You, due on June 15 in CD, 2-LP vinyl, and digital formats, also boasts the contents of a second acetate recorded by Clark for the band The Rose Garden for their consideration, as well as a demo of “Till Today” from the personal collection of the band’s John Noreen.  (The LP does not contain a download card.)

“Till Today” was recorded by The Rose Garden on their sole long-player, released in 1968 on Atco.  Now, that album is also being reissued on CD as part of A Trip Through the Garden: The Rose Garden Collection.  The folk-rock quintet best known for the U.S. top 20 hit “Next Plane to London” only released one LP and two post-album single sides, but Omnivore is bolstering those with a whopping 14 more tracks including live cuts, studio and rehearsal tracks.  Both A Trip Through the Garden and Gene Clark Sings for You feature new liner notes by John Einarson and remastering by Michael Graves.

Last year, Resonance Records released Hot Coffey in the D, a live set from Detroit guitar hero Dennis Coffey recorded in 1968 live at Morey Baker’s Showplace Lounge.  Now, Omnivore is continuing the Coffey story with a new live release from the same group of Coffey, Lyman Woodard on organ, and Melvin Davis on drums.  Though this album is drawn from the same residency at Morey Baker’s, the track listing is entirely different.  One Night at Morey’s: 1968 will be available on CD and digital platforms on June 1.  Taken directly from Coffey and production partner Mike Theodore’s own tapes, it features original songs as well as smoking soul-jazz covers of “Eleanor Rigby,” “I’m a Midnight Mover,” “Cissy Strut,” “Groovin’,” and more.

Latin Bugaloo: The Warner Bros. Singles collects all fourteen A- and B-sides released by Latin rock band Malo on Warner Bros. Records between 1971 and 1973.  The Bay Area band blended funk, soul, rock, and jazz, and augmented its raw, powerful sound with a horn section.  As Malo was known for its extended jamming, all of the singles were cut down to radio-friendly length; accordingly, the tracks here have been sourced from the original single masters.  Latin Bugaloo includes the hit “Suavecito” as well as a single only released in Turkey containing “Pana” b/w “Just Say Goodbye.”  It’s due on May 25 on CD only.

All of these Omnivore releases can be pre-ordered at the links below!

Vince Guaraldi, The Complete Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Recordings (Omnivore OV-288, 2018) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD)

CD 1

1. 1. Linus and Lucy
   2. You’re in Love, Charlie Brown
   3. Peppermint Patty
   4. Great Pumpkin Waltz
   5. He’s Your Dog, Charlie Brown (a.k.a. It’s Your Dog, Charlie Brown)
   6. Oh, Good Grief!
   7. Red Baron
   8. Rain, Rain Go Away
   9. Nobody Else
   10. Lucifer’s Lady
   11. Black Sheep Boy
   12. Once I Loved
   13. The Beat Goes On
   14. Yesterday
   15. Coffee and Doe-nuts
   16. Reason to Believe
   17. It Was a Very Good Year

CD 2

1. Do You Know the Way to San Jose (Take 15) (previously unreleased)
2. The Beat Goes On (Take 14) (previously unreleased)
3. Oh, Happy Day (previously unreleased)
4. The Share Cropper’s Daughter (previously unreleased)
5. The Masked Marvel
6. Cristo Redentor
7. Detained in San Ysidro
8. Eleanor Rigby
9. Uno y Uno
10. Alma-ville
11. Rio from the Air
12. Watch What Happens
13. Jimbo’s (a.k.a. Jambo’s)

CD 1, Tracks 1-8 from Oh, Good Grief!, Warner Bros.-Seven Arts LP WS 1747, 1968
CD 1, Tracks 9-17 from The Eclectic Vince Guaraldi, Warner Bros.-Seven Arts LP WS 1775, 1969
CD 2, Tracks 1-4 previously unreleased
CD 2, Tracks 5-13 from Alma-Ville, Warner Bros.-Seven Arts LP WS-1828, 1969

Gene Clark, Gene Clark Sings for You (Omnivore OV-280, 2018) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada TBD)

1. On Her Own
2. Past Tense
3. Yesterday, Am I Right
4. Past My Door
5. That’s Alright by Me
6. One Way Road
7. Down on the Pier
8. 7:30 Mode
9. On Tenth Street
10. Understand Me
11. A Long Time
12. Big City Girl
13. Doctor, Doctor
14. Till Today

All tracks commercially unreleased.

The Rose Garden, A Trip Through the Garden: The Rose Garden Collection (Omnivore OV-281, 2018) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD)

1. Next Plane to London
2. I’m Only Second
3. February Sunshine
4. Coins of Fun
5. Rider
6. She Belongs to Me
7. Flower Town
8. Till Today
9. Look What You’ve Done
10. Long Time
11. If My World Falls Through (Mono Single Version)
12. Here’s Today (Mono Single Version)
13. Down to the Wire
14. Charlie Fer de Lance
15. The World Is a Great Big Playground
16. Here’s Today (Stereo Mix)
17. If My World Falls Through (Stereo Mix)
18. Dead Men Never Die (Take 2)
19. I’m Only Second (Acetate Version)
20. Till Today (Rehearsal)
21. Till Today (Acetate Version)
22. Next Plane to London (Live)
23. So You Want to Be a Rock ‘n’ Roll Star (Live)
24. She Don’t Care About Time (Live)
25. Little Things (Live)
26. You Don’t Love Me (Live)

Tracks 1-10 from The Rose Garden, Atco LP SD 33-225, 1968
Tracks 11-12 (mono) & 16-17 (stereo) from Atco single 6564, 1968

Dennis Coffey, One Night at Morey’s: 1968 (Omnivore OV-284, 2018) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

1. I’m a Midnight Mover
2. Eleanor Rigby
3. Cissy Strut
4. Groovin’
5. Burning Spear
6. It’s Your Thing/Union Station
7. Mindbender
8. Big City Lights
9. Billie’s Bounce

All tracks previously unreleased

Malo, Latin Bugaloo: The Warner Bros. Singles (Omnivore OV-283, 2018) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada TBD)

1. Suavecito
2. Nena
3. Café
4. Peace
5. Just Say Goodbye
6. Pana
7. I’m for Real
8. Oye Mama
9. Latin Bugaloo
10. Midnight Thoughts
11. I Don’t Know
12. Merengue
13. Love Will Survive
14. Think About Love

Tracks 1-2 from Warner Bros. single 7559, 1971
Tracks 3-4 from Warner Bros. single 7605, 1971
Tracks 5-6 from Yanki (Turkey) single 45 YP-40, 1972
Tracks 7-8 from Warner Bros. single 7668, 1972
Tracks 9-10 from Warner Bros. single 7677, 1972
Tracks 11-12 from Warner Bros. single 7692, 1973
Tracks 13-14 from Warner Bros. single, 1974