Winter 2007
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BLIND FAITH |
PETE TOWNSHEND |
GRANT GREEN |
PAUL MAURIAT |
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GEORGE HARRISON Living In The Material World (Capitol / Apple) Long time followers of George Harrison will no doubt appreciate the 2006 CD remaster of Material World. The sound is easily twice as good as the 1992 remaster and the new high tech remaster truly allows the album to breath, something even slightly missing from the 1971 Lp. Theres a deluxe edition with a bonus DVD that captures George in rare footage with Eric Clapton live in Japan and more. Despite Georges famous quote, now in the liner notes that They feel threatened when you talk about something that isnt just Be-Bop-A-Lula, Living In The Material World also rose above the spiritual on the toe-tappin' Dont Let Me Wait Too Long and the lush orch-pop of Try Some Buy Some. And the rest is equally brilliant. www.georgeharrison.com
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BEE GEES The Studio Albums 1967-1968 (Reprise) The
BeeGees you only thought you knew is the hype behind Rhinos latest
six CD box set from the U.K. pop legends. Established already in Australia,
where they emigrated to in 1958, the brothers Gibb burst on the scene
in 1967, with the Beatle-y sound of New York Mining Disaster 1941
and they were gangbusters from then on. Now on the 40th anniversary
of their U.S. debut, Rhino has collected their first 3 albums in a box,
freshly remastered as double CD with both stereo and mono mixes on one
disc backed with a second CD of rare tracks and outtakes complete with
innovative packaging, extensive booklets. With the brothers extensive
vault of tapes primed for archival exploration on the famous Reprise
Records, this in the works BeeGees reissue series should
provide more than a few extra kicks. www.rhino.com
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BLIND
FAITH
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PETE
TOWNSHEND Who Came First (Universal) As
the world gets ready for the first new album from The Who in
24 years, Endless Wire, its worth noting
that Hip-O have reissued a series of solo albums from Pete Townshend,
including his now historic 1972 solo debut Who Came First.
For their 06 remaster, Hip-O have taken the liberty of combining the
original nine track album with nine bonus tracks from his work on the
3 album Meher Baba tribute series. Also worth hearing is Townshends
double CD Scoop titles from the 80s and 00
consisting of rare demos and unreleased rarities and a 2006 dual disc
version of Rough Mix, (1977 + 3 bonus cuts) with
a DVD side featuring 5.1 and interview video footage. Also on tap in
2006 are revived Townshend CD remasters of All The Best Cowboys
Have Chinese Eyes ( 1982 +3), Empty Glass (April
1980 + 4), White City (1985 +3), The Iron Man (1989
+ 3), Psychoderelict (1993 + 1) and Pete Townshends
Deep End Live! (1986 + 2). Founding Who vocalist Roger Daltrey
also benefits from Hip-Os prolific reissue strategy with remasters
of his various solo efforts including Ride A Rock Horse (1975
+2), his famous 1973 self-titled solo debut with Leo Sayer and Russ
Ballard, and his best MCA album from 1977, One Of The Boys,
featuring new and covers of tracks written by Paul McCartney,
Colin Blunstone and Murray Head and more greatness with
amazing guitar cameos from Hank Marvin, Eric Clapton,
Alvin Lee, John Entwistle, and late greats Mick Ronson
and Jimmy McCulloch. www.thewho.com
/ www.petetownshend.com
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GRANT
GREEN Feelin' The Spirit (Blue Note)
Blue
Note Records have a number of CD reissues by the late great Grant Greennone
perhaps cooler than an 06 reissue of Grants 1963 album Feelin
The Spirit. Having explored both Latin music and country-western
on his 1962 albums, Green went way back on an album of Sanctified Church
spirituals and Gospel music, all built around Greens instrumental
jazz guitar arrangements. Combining modern jazz, blues and gospel music,
Greens approach figured his legendary guitar sound in a group
with top players like Herbie Hancock (piano) and Billy Higgins
(drums). On Feelin The Spirit, Greens guitar/piano
chemistry with Herbie Hancock borders on E.S.P. Everyone knows these
songs inside out and Green and company do justice with revivalist standards
like Go Down Moses (Let My People Go) and Joshua Fit
De Battle Ob Jericho. Like all of Greens Blue Note remasters,
Feelin The Spirit features excellent CD sound, while filling
in the albums unique history with new and original liner notes.
www.bluenote.com
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PAUL
MAURIAT Blooming Hits (Collector's Choice) The
60s were still infinitely sexier than the double 0s. Case
in point is the perennial fascination of 60s composers like Henry
Mancini, Les Baxter and Frances Paul Mauriat And His Orchestra,
whos 10 track 1968 Philips Records album Blooming Hits,
has just been reissued for the first time in 2006 on Collectors
Choice Music. Having passed away on November 3, 2006, Mauriat and his
easy listening orchestra will be forever remembered for his arrangement
and orchestration of the André Popp classic Love Is Blue
and the beautiful music album also features instrumental covers of Penny
Lane, Something Stupid, Theres A Kind
Of Hush and more. Mauriats personification of easy listening
sounds is still worth checking out 40 years on by 60s culture
fans and with the sonic remastering you can even hear some cool acoustic
guitar picking on Love Is Blue amid the strings and harpsichords.
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