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On December 6, Real Gone Music will release a quartet of reissues from a diverse lineup of country-rock, jam band, pop, and avant-garde luminaries.

First up is a limited-edition, 2-LP issue of Country Joe and the Fish’s Live! Fillmore West 1969 which not only featured the legendary Berkeley band (with replacement bassist Jack Casady of Jefferson Airplane), but also their famous friends.  Originally released on Vanguard in 1994, the raucous and ramshackle concert was recorded in January 1969 as a farewell to the band’s “classic” lineup.  The explosive album features a lengthy, 38-minute “Donovan’s Reef Jam” that features the Grateful Dead’s Mickey Hart on drums.  After 25 minutes, Jerry Garcia, Steve Miller, and the Airplane’s Jorma Kaukonen join in on guitars.  Another friend, Dave Getz from Big Brother and the Holding Company, sits in on “It’s So Nice to Have Your Love.”  Real Gone’s 50th anniversary reissue marks the first vinyl appearance of this document in almost 20 years.  Only 1,000 yellow vinyl copies are being pressed up.  The discs are housed in a newly designed, six-panel, double-gatefold package that includes the original liner notes from producers Sam Charters and Bill Belmont.

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Next up is a CD reissue of Tony Joe White’s 1971 live recording, That On the Road Look “Live,”  which will also be revisited on white vinyl for Record Store Day Black Friday this November.  The CD reissue contains the same program, recorded while White was opening for Creedence Clearwater Revival.  The original multitrack tapes were prepared for release shortly after the tour, but were only finally released in 2010 as a Rhino Handmade exclusive.  Now, the concert arrives for its first-ever regular retail release.  With a killer band (check out Duck Dunn on bass) and a fantastic setlist (a ten-minute “Polk Salad Annie”!) this album is not one to miss!

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Real Gone will also revisit a pair of limited-edition releases from their past on December 6, including Klaus Nomi‘s self-titled album.  Previously released just five months ago on cabaret smoke vinyl (we reviewed it here!), the fantastically off-kilter avant-garde album will now be issued once more on hot pink vinyl.  For folks who may have missed out on the last pressing, this is a good opportunity to spin the operatic, other-worldly cult classic.

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Real Gone will also reissue their fantastic Mamas and Papas compilation, The Complete Singles.  Originally released as a 50th anniversary 2-CD set in 2016 and reissued on limited-edition green vinyl for Record Store Day Black Friday last year, the collection will now receive a widespread vinyl release on black wax.  The 2-LP set includes all 31 singles (A- and B-sides!) from the iconic pop group, which were thought lost forever.  After a years-long, intercontinental mission, Real Gone was able to bring together all the classic tracks.  This reissue will utilize the existing Aaron Kannowski remaster which made those single mixes sound better than ever.  The gatefold packaging boasts liner notes from Ed Osborne that feature exclusive interview excerpts from Lou Adler and Michelle Phillips alongside rarely seen photographs of the band.

So whether you like sunshine pop, swampy country-rock, stoned jam band grooves, or avant-garde opera, Real Gone’s new and revisited reissue titles will be sure to delight.  All four are due on December 6 and you can pre-order them with the links below!

Country Joe and The Fish and Friends, Live! Fillmore West 1969 (originally Vanguard CD 139/40, 1994 — reissued Real Gone Music, 2019) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Side 1:

1. Keys of Life
2. Lightning Strikes
3. The Twist
4. Nomi Song
5. You Don’t Own Me

Side 2:

1. The Cold Song
2. Wasting My Time
3. Total Eclipse
4. Nomi Chant
5. Samson and Delilah (Aria)

The Mamas and the Papas, The Complete Singles (originally Real Gone Music CD RGM-0418, 2016 — reissued Real Gone Music, 2019) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Side 1:

1. Go Where You Wanna Go (Dunhill 4018, 1965)
2. Somebody Groovy (Dunhill 4018/4020, 1965)
3. California Dreamin’ (Dunhill 4020, 1965)
4. Monday, Monday (Dunhill 4026, 1966)
5. Got a Feelin’ (Dunhill 4026, 1966)
6. I Saw Her Again (Dunhill 4031, 1966)
7. Even If I Could (Dunhill 4031, 1966)
8. Look Through My Window (Dunhill 4050, 1966)

Side 2:

1. Once Was a Time I Thought (Dunhill 4050, 1966)
2. Words of Love (Dunhill 4057, 1966)
3. Dancing in the Street (Dunhill 4057, 1966)
4. Dedicated to the One I Love (Dunhill 4077, 1967)
5. Free Advice (Dunhill 4077, 1967)
6. Creeque Alley (Dunhill 4083, 1967)
7. Did You Ever Want to Cry (Dunhill 4083, 1967)
8. Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming) (Dunhill 4099. 1967)
9. Straight Shooter (Dunhill 4099, 1967)

Side 3:

1. Glad to Be Unhappy (Dunhill 4107, 1967)
2. Hey Girl (Dunhill 4107, 1967)
3. Dancing Bear (Dunhill 4113, 1967)
4. John’s Music Box (Dunhill 4113, 1967)
5. Safe in My Garden (Dunhill 4125, 1968)
6. Too Late (Dunhill 4125, 1968)
7. Dream a Little Dream of Me (ABC/Dunhill 4145, 1968)
8. Midnight Voyage (ABC/Dunhill 4145, 1968)

Side 4:

1. For the Love of Ivy (ABC/Dunhill 4150, 1968)
2. Strange Young Girls (ABC/Dunhill 4150. 1968)
3. Do You Wanna Dance (ABC/Dunhill 4171, 1968)
4. My Girl (ABC/Dunhill 4171, 1968)
5. Step Out (ABC/Dunhill 4301, 1972)
6. Shooting Star (ABC/Dunhill 4301, 1972)