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Song To The Siren: Unreleased Tim Buckley, Reissued Electric Prunes Arriving From Real Gone Music

May 4, 2020 By Sam Stone 5 Comments

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On June 12, Real Gone Music will dig into the '60s underground with a pair of exciting vinyl releases.

The first is a reissue of The Electric Prunes' Release of an Oath.  By the time the album was released in 1968, the band - known for "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)" - featured none of its original members, yet two key players in the band's success remained: engineer-producer Dave Hassinger and composer-arranger extraordinaire David Axelrod.  It's said that Axelrod's complex arrangements led to band members leaving in frustration during sessions for the Prunes' previous album, Mass in F Minor.  This time around, for the Old Testament-inspired Release of an Oath, Axelrod was armed with members of The Wrecking Crew.  The expert session players tackled his compositions (and their jazzy, sometimes avant-garde arrangements) with ease, creating a classic that still sounds exciting to this day.

Real Gone's upcoming edition is the first-ever vinyl reissue of Release of an Oath and will be presented on 140-gram maroon-and-white splatter vinyl, limited to just 1,000 copies.

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The same day, Real Gone will release a new double-LP gold vinyl edition of the celebrated Tim Buckley collection The Dream Belongs To Me: Rare and Unreleased Recordings, 1968-1973.  Originally released on CD in 2001, the 14-track set celebrates one of the era's most captivating artists with early versions of fan favorites circa 1968 and demos for 1973's Sefronia.  These stark and stripped-down versions are a fascinating glimpse into the creative process of a unique, singular artist whose work continues to endure.  This gold vinyl edition retains the original liner notes and rare photos and is presented in a gatefold sleeve.  It's limited to 1,000 copies, so fans will want to secure their orders soon!

You can find track lists and pre-order links below!

The Electric Prunes, Release of an Oath (Reprise RS 6316, 1968 - reissued Real Gone Music, 2020) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Side One

  1. Kol Nidre
  2. Holy Are You
  3. General Confessional

Side Two

  1. Individual Confessional
  2. Our Father, Our King
  3. The Adoration
  4. Closing Hymn

Tim Buckley, The Dream Belongs To Me: Rare and Unreleased Recordings, 1968-1973 (Manifesto MFO 40706, 2001 - reissued Real Gone Music, 2020) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

  1. Song to the Siren
  2. Sing a Song for You
  3. Ashbury Park
  4. Danang
  5. Happy Time
  6. Buzzin' Fly
  7. Sefronia
  8. Because of You
  9. The Dream Belongs to Me
  10. Falling Timber
  11. Stone in Love
  12. Freeway Dixieland Rocketship Blues
  13. Honeyman
  14. Quicksand

Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk Tags: The Electric Prunes, Tim Buckley

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Sam Stone has been obsessed with catalog music ever since his folks gave him a Contours best-of collection for his fourth birthday. He quickly began to learn all he could about rock and roll history and beyond, a passion that continues to this day. Sam followed his love for music to the classroom, earning a B.A. from Towson University in Electronic Media and Film, concentrating on radio and audio production, as well as an M.A. in Audio Arts from Syracuse University. He has put his knowledge and skills to work at prominent reissue labels and is excited to bring his perspectives on catalog music to a broader audience. When he’s not writing for The Second Disc, Sam can be found researching about music, talking about Joni Mitchell’s career, and adding another box set to his Amazon wish list.

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Comments

  1. Richard Allen says

    May 4, 2020 at 10:47 am

    It is not the first ever reissue on vinyl. It came out on vinyl legit in the '80s in Greece.

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    • Joe Marchese says

      May 4, 2020 at 11:24 am

      Fair enough. But that release is still under the original catalog number (RS 6316). I would consider that a re-pressing rather than a reissue with remastering and all that the designation entails today. (Germany re-pressed the album in the 1970s, as well, for its tenth anniversary.) Thanks for reading.

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      • Richard Allen says

        May 4, 2020 at 11:26 am

        I"m being pedantic!

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  2. Kevin Walsh says

    May 4, 2020 at 4:31 pm

    How can you say the Buckley is unreleased, but then reveal that it WAS released two decades ago?

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    • Avatar photoJoe Marchese says

      May 4, 2020 at 5:13 pm

      Hey there Kevin. Where does Sam say the Buckley is unreleased? It was unreleased at the time of its original release, hence the title and the headline here; I think the article makes that abundantly clear. Renaming the reissue "Once-Rare and Once-Unreleased Recordings" would have been rather silly... 🙂

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