And the Hits Just Keep On Comin’. Michael Nesmith titled his 1972 RCA album ironically – when it “bubbled under” the Billboard 200 at No. 208, it actually bested its predecessor by three slots – but the LP did feature the once and future Monkee’s rendition of one major favorite, “Different Drum.” The 1965 tune became an enduring hit for the Stone Poneys featuring Linda Ronstadt in 1967, establishing Nesmith outside of The Monkees. Since 1968, he’s released 16 studio albums. Recently, 12 of them – every album from 1970-1994 including the…
Release Round-Up: Week of March 29
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up. Here’s what’s due for March 29! John Coltrane, Coltrane ’58: The Prestige Recordings [5 CD] (Craft Recordings) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The year 1958 was a breakout one for saxophone legend John Coltrane. It marked the year when Coltrane–already well-established as a talented sideman–began to make a name for himself as a solo musician and developed his signature “sheets of sound” style while exploring many other routes. To mark the 70th anniversary of Prestige, Coltrane’s complete 1958 recordings are released today on…
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Different Drummer: Edsel Collects Michael Nesmith’s RCA and Pacific Arts Years on New Box Set
And the Hits Just Keep On Comin’. Michael Nesmith titled his 1972 RCA album ironically – when it “bubbled under” the Billboard 200 at No. 208, it actually bested its predecessor by three slots – but the LP did feature the former and future Monkee’s rendition of one major favorite, “Different Drum.” The 1965 tune became an enduring hit for the Stone Poneys featuring Linda Ronstadt in 1967, establishing Nesmith outside of The Monkees. Since 1968, he’s released 16 albums. Now, 12 of them – every album from 1970-1994 including the compilation…
Review: Michael Nesmith and The First National Band Redux, “Live at The Troubadour”
Michael Nesmith always traveled to the beat of a different drum. While serving as one-fourth of The Monkees, Nesmith was expanding his musical horizons beyond the group’s infectious Brill Building pop stylings. “I wanted beautiful music wherever I could find it,” he writes in the liner notes to his new release on 7a Records. “But if I wanted to sing it myself and write it myself, I had to have an understanding of what that music was, and how to get to it. So, the first place I looked was in my…
Release Round-Up: Week of July 27
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Bob Dylan, Live 1962-1966: Rare Performances from the Copyright Collections (Columbia/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The new 2-CD set Live 1962-1966: Rare Performances from the Copyright Collections draws on Dylan’s previously issued limited edition “copyright extension” collections to offer a sampler of Dylan onstage, from a pair of songs recorded on April 16, 1962 at Gerdes Folk City in New York (“Blowin’ in the Wind” and “Corrina, Corrina”) to “Ballad of a Thin Man” from May 20, 1966 at Edinburgh’s ABC Theatre. Many of his most famous songs are…
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Different Drum: Michael Nesmith’s First National Band Releases Live Album On 7a Records
Before embarking with Micky Dolenz on the acclaimed, currently-playing The Monkees Present: The Mike & Micky Show, Michael Nesmith staged another remarkable event earlier this year. For five performances only in January, Nesmith reformed his pioneering country-rock group, The First National Band. The FNB didn’t venture out of California, but the sold-out concerts attracted worldwide attention. Now, everyone will have a chance to hear what they missed when 7a Records – the label dedicated to all things Monkees – issues Michael Nesmith and The First National Band Redux Live at the Troubadour…
Release Round-Up: Week of March 23
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Miles Davis and John Coltrane, The Final Tour: Bootleg Series Vol. 6 (Columbia/Legacy) 4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Copenhagen LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada This latest volume of Miles Davis’ Bootleg Series brings together five performances by Davis and John Coltrane recorded during the Spring 1960 Jazz at the Philharmonic European Tour, Coltrane’s final such outing as a sideman: two shows from Paris’s L’Olympia Theater on Monday, March 21; two shows from the next night at Stockholm’s Konserthuset; and one from Copenhagen’s Tivolis Koncertsal three days later, on…
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Release Round-Up: Week of September 15
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! The Doors, The Singles (Elektra/Rhino) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 2CD/1BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. Vinyl box set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. Singles compiles all 20 of the singles from The Doors’ official discography. This not only includes every A and B-side from their core studio albums, but several albums recorded and released after the passing of frontman Jim Morrison, including Other Voices (1971) and Full Circle (1972) plus An American Prayer (the divisive 1978…
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Listen to the Man: 7a Records Releases Mike Nesmith Solo Show On CD, Vinyl
By 1975, Michael Nesmith’s bona fides as a groundbreaking pioneer of country-rock were well established. After his first solo LP, 1968’s orchestral The Wichita Train Whistle Sings, the once and future Monkee had released six well-received albums and yielded a pair of hit singles, “Joanne” and “Silver Moon”- not to mention “Different Drum,” a major hit for Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Poneys. On November 27, 1975, Nesmith recorded an intimate set in London at the BBC Paris Theatre, during which he performed his recent solo hits and even (sorta) looked back…
Release Round-Up: Week of April 14
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Michael Nesmith, Infinite Tuesday: Autobiographical Riffs – The Music (Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Rhino Records offers a 14-track companion CD to Michael Nesmith’s memoir Infinite Tuesday – An Autobiographical Riff (due on April 18). This collection has tracks from Nesmith solo as well as The Monkees and The First National Band, charting his singular and often-trailblazing work over the decades. Read more here! The book is available next Tuesday, April 18, at Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada, and…
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Different Drum: Michael Nesmith’s “Infinite Tuesday” Offers Soundtrack to His Autobiography
On April 18, Crown Archetype will release Infinite Tuesday: An Autobiographical Riff, the long-awaited memoir by Michael Nesmith. The book chronicles Papa Nez’s life from his childhood days in Dallas, Texas through his success with The Monkees, groundbreaking work in music video and virtual reality, and beyond. Four days before the book’s release, however, Rhino Records will issue a companion CD tracing Nesmith’s musical evolution. The April 14 release of Infinite Tuesday: Autobiographical Riffs – The Music features 14 tracks from Nesmith with The Monkees and The First National Band, and as…
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Release Round-Up: Week of September 4
The fall is almost upon us – which means some of the most exciting release weeks of the year are just around the corner! We hope you’ve checked out Ted’s farewell to the sounds of summer, because we’re kicking off September right here with a new release from Second Disc Records – as well as goodies from The Doors, Eydie Gorme, Micky Dolenz, Peter Frampton, Pugwash, and many more! To our U.S. readers, we wish you a safe and happy Labor Day weekend filled with great new (and old) sounds! Wilson Pickett,…
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