Cherry Red’s Morello imprint is opening up the honky-tonks. The label has remembered late country legend Lefty Frizzell with an expanded three-for-one release drawn from Frizzell’s mid-sixties recordings for Columbia Records (where his recording career began in 1950). Saginaw, Michigan/The Sad Side of Love/Puttin’ On + 16 Bonus Tracks offers a total of 51 tracks including three complete albums and a selection of singles spanning 1964-1971. William Orville “Lefty” Frizzell (1928-1975) was inspired by Jimmie Rodgers, a.k.a. “The Singing Brakeman,” to make his living in music. His nickname was earned for his…
Release Round-Up: Week of May 21
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Micky Dolenz, Dolenz Sings Nesmith (7a Records) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Deep Discount) Micky Dolenz tackles more than a dozen compositions by his friend and longtime bandmate Michael Nesmith on this exciting new album available on CD and LP. Micky is in top vocal form bringing his own energetic stamp to Nesmith’s beguiling tunes. Tracks include “Different Drum,” “Circle Sky,” “Propinquity (I’ve Just Begun to Care),” “Tapioca Tundra,” and “You Are My One.” Michael’s son Christian Nesmith has produced and arranged the album. If you’d like to…
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Holiday Gift Guide Review: Lefty Frizzell, “An Article from Life: The Complete Recordings”
The music of William Orville “Lefty” Frizzell (1928-1975), one of the most influential honky-tonk singers of all time, has long been a cornerstone of the Bear Family catalogue. The German reissue specialists first compiled the Frizzell oeuvre in 1984 as a 14-LP box set, updating that in 1992 on 12 CDs. Now, more than 25 years later, the Bears have returned to the country-and-western troubadour’s career for the most definitive chronicle ever. An Article from Life: The Complete Recordings has every one of Frizzell’s original recordings presented on 20 CDs in a…
Give Me More, More, More: Bear Family Compiles The Ultimate Lefty Frizzell Box Set
The venerable Bear Family label is no stranger to the music of William Orville “Lefty” Frizzell (1928-1975), one of the most influential honky-tonk singers of all time. The German reissue specialists first compiled the Lefty oeuvre in 1984 as a 14-LP box set, updating that in 1992 on 12 CDs. Now, more than 25 years later, the Bears are returning to the Texas-born troubadour’s career for the most comprehensive chronicle ever. An Article from Life: The Complete Recordings is due in the U.S. on October 19, presenting every one of Frizzell’s recordings…
