“Life Moves Pretty Fast: The John Hughes Mixtapes” Gets Released On November 11

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Eric Alper

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Aug 5, 2022

“Life Moves Pretty Fast: The John Hughes Mixtapes” Gets Released On November 11

Demon Music group in conjunction with the Hughes family are proud to present the first official compilation of music from the movies of legendary filmmaker John Hughes, covering the classic eighties period 1983 – 1989, and will be released on November 11, 2022.

For anyone growing up in the 1980s, the films of John Hughes are some of the most iconic of the decade and have created a lasting cultural impact still felt and referenced across TV, film and music. As well as the characters and stories created in these iconic movies, what made John Hughes’ movies different from the rest was the symbiotic relationship between scene and music. Whether Cameron Frye staring at the painting in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off set to The Dream Academy’s “Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want (Instrumental)”, Duckie and Andie from Pretty In Pink at prom set to Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark’s “If You Leave”, or even Neal and Del’s classic “Those aren’t pillows” scene from Planes, Trains and Automobiles set to Emmylou Harris’ “Back In Baby’s Arms”.

“Music was a huge part of filmmaking for him, it was a thing he seemed to like the most.” Matthew Broderick

Curated by John Hughes’ music supervisor Tarquin Gotch, this Limited Deluxe Edition 4CD boxset includes 74 tracks from the movies National Lampoon’s Vacation, Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Pretty In Pink, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Some Kind Of Wonderful, Planes, Trains And Automobiles, She’s Having A Baby, The Great Outdoors and Uncle Buck. It also includes a 14 track cassette, and re-issue of the 7” single “Beat City” / “I’m Afraid” originally distributed to the fan club mailing list upon the release of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.

“Back when we were working on these movie soundtracks, the best way to send music around the world was the cassette, by Fedex. We sent John cassettes of newly released music, of demos, of just finished mixes (and in return he would send VHS videos of the scenes that needed music).” Tarquin Gotch

The films of John Hughes spawned many classic tracks, some licensed for the films, some commission specifically, and many going on to become huge international hits from acts such as Simple Minds, Kate Bush, Furniture, Yello, and The Psychedelic Furs.

“It serves as a reminder not just to the musicians he championed in the 1980s, but to how intensely his search for music expanded beyond this era. Until his final days, he was still collecting outrageous amounts of music from around the world, galaxies removed from the New Romantic and new wave sounds that, to many, still define him.” James Hughes

The 4CD booklet includes memories from Matthew Broderick, James Hughes, Tarquin Gotch, Ron Payne, plus track-by-track sleeve notes.

“John said he only made movies so he could choose what music to put in them, so as his success at the Box Office grew, and thus his power with the studios, the number of tracks in his films, by up and coming UK bands, steadily grew.” Tarquin Gotch

CD1 & CD2 Track Listing

CD1

1. Kajagoogoo – Kajagoogoo (Instrumental) 2. Simple Minds – Don’t You (Forget About Me) 3. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – If You Leave 4. Oingo Boingo – Weird Science 5. Furniture – Brilliant Mind 6. Dave Wakeling – She’s Having A Baby 7. The Flowerpot Men – Beat City 8. The Psychedelic Furs – Pretty In Pink 9. Flesh For Lulu – I Go Crazy 10. Dr. Calculus – Full Of Love 11. Lick The Tins – Can’t Help Falling In Love 12. Steve Earle & The Dukes – Six Days On The Road (Album Version) 13. Kirsty MacColl – You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet Baby (Soundtrack Version) 14. Suzanne Vega & Joe Jackson – Left Of Center 15. Pete Shelley – Do Anything (Soundtrack Version) 16. Carmel – It’s All In The Game 17. The Dream Academy – Power To Believe (Instrumental) 18. Kate Bush – This Woman’s Work 19. New Order – Elegia

CD2

1. The Beat – March Of The Swivelheads (Rotating Heads – Dub Version) 2. Nick Heyward – When It Started To Begin 3. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Tesla Girls 4. Big Audio Dynamite – BAD 5. Kill**g Joke – Eighties 6. The Specials – Little B***h 7. Gene Loves Jezebel – Desire (Come and Get It) (US Club Mix) 8. Flesh For Lulu – Slide 9. Love And Rockets – Haunted When The Minutes Drag 10. Sigue Sigue Sputnik – Love Missile F1-11 (Ultraviolence Mix) 11. Lords Of The New Church – Method To My Madness 12. The Jesus And Mary Chain – The Hardest Walk (Single Version) 13. Echo & The Bunnymen – Bring On The Dancing Horses 14. General Public – Tenderness 15. The Blue Room – I’m Afraid 16. Belouis Some – Round, Round 17. Thompson Twins – If You Were Here 18. The Dream Academy – Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want (Instrumental)

CD3 & CD4 Track Listing

CD3

1. Yello – Oh Yeah 2. Book Of Love – Modigliani (Lost In Your Eyes) 3. Otis Redding – Try A Little Tenderness 4. Patti Smith – Gloria: In Excelsis Deo 5. Westworld – Ba-Na-Na-Bam-Boo 6. Divinyls – Ring Me Up 7. Topper Headon – Drummin’ Man 8. Billy Idol – Catch My Fall 9. The Association – Cherish 10. Penguin Cafe Orchestra – Music For A Found Harmonium 11. Zapp – Radio People 12. The Blue Room – Cry Like This 13. Ray Charles – Mess Around 14. Joe Turner – Lipstick, Powder and Paint 15. Darlene Love – (Today I Met) The Boy I’m Gonna Marry 16. Marvin Gaye – How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) 17. Perry Como With Mitchell Ayres And His Orchestra And The Ray Charles Singers – Juke Box Baby 18. The Chordettes – Mr. Sandman 19. Ray Anthony And His Orchestra – The Peter Gunn Theme

CD4

1. Lindsey Buckingham – Holiday Road 2. Emmylou Harris – Back in Baby’s Arms 3. Hugh Harris – Rhythm Of Life 4. Spandau Ballet – True 5. Propaganda – Ab**e – Here 6. The Dream Academy – The Edge of Forever 7. Yello – Lost Again (Album Version) 8. Bryan Ferry – Crazy Love 9. The Rave-Ups – Positively Lost Me 10. Los Lobos – Don’t Worry Baby 11. Steve Earle – Continental Trailways Blues (Album Version) 12. The Revillos – Rev Up! 13. Boston – More Than A Feeling 14. Balaam And The Angel – I’ll Show You Something Special 15. The Rave-Ups – Rave Up/Shut Up 16. Pop Will Eat Itself – Beaver Patrol 17. The Vapors – Turning Japanese 18. Silicon Teens – Red River Rock

Cassette & 7″ Single Track Listing

CASSETTE

Side A

1. Simple Minds – Don’t You (Forget About Me) 2. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – If You Leave 3. Oingo Boingo – Weird Science 4. Yello – Oh Yeah 5. Dave Wakeling – She’s Having A Baby 6. Lick The Tins – Can’t Help Falling In Love 7. The Flowerpot Men – Beat City 8. Steve Earle & The Dukes – Six Days On The Road – Album Version 9. Kate Bush – This Woman’s Work

Side B

1. The Psychedelic Furs – Pretty In Pink 2. Furniture – Brilliant Mind 3. Kill**g Joke – Eighties 4. Sigue Sigue Sputnik – Love Missile F1-11 (Ultraviolence Mix) 5. Flesh For Lulu – I Go Crazy 6. Echo & The Bunnymen – Bring On The Dancing Horses 7. General Public – Tenderness 8. Kirsty MacColl – You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet Baby 9. The Dream Academy – Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want (Instrumental)

7” SINGLE

Side A

1. The Flowerpot Men – Beat City

Side B

1. The Blue Room – I’m Afraid

BRASS CAMEL Mash Genres with Whirling Maelstrom of Sound Across Debut Single, “Easy”

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Eric Alper

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Aug 4, 2022

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BRASS CAMEL Mash Genres with Whirling Maelstrom of Sound Across Debut Single, “Easy”

Supersonic forces assemble like musical avengers to unify the grittiness of rock, the uptempo complexity of big band, and the sophistication of jazz, forming a whirling maelstrom of sound all in Brass Camel’s genre-defying debut single, “Easy.”

Answering the question of what Kamasi Washington would sound like if he played for Dream Theater, Vancouver, Canada’s Brass Camel is a tight musical collective determined to supply audiences with a new harmonic experience that transcends the traditional confines of music. Brass Camel is looking to change the game with their revelatory debut album due out later this year.

Channeling a signature blend of blues, funk, and 70s prog rock, Brass Camel’s grasp of rhythmic texture and song composition create a daring synthesis of musical energy that turns genre conventions on their head. A dash of Queen, a sprinkle of Parliament-Funkadelic, and a splash of Rush are infused to create an infectious cocktail of unforgettable sound encapsulating Brass Camel’s vision for “Easy.”

Refined psychedelia is the basis of Brass Camel’s aesthetic, translating not only through their sound but also in the lyrics, which tell a tale of the languishing we sometimes feel when navigating the world and our place within it.

Recorded at the historic Afterlife Studios in Vancouver, Canada, Brass Camel laid down their tracks while absorbing the majesty of the legendary recordings that have graced the studio’s past, such as Diana Ross and The Supremes and Led Zeppelin. After hammering out an album’s worth of material at the beginning of this year, the songs were sent to award-winning producer Ben Kaplan (Mother Mother, Rare Americans) to ensure the finishing touches brought the music together.

Brass Camel was founded in 2018 as the brainchild of renaissance musician Daniel Sveinson. Once dubbed “The Rock and Roll Kid,” Sveinson has been gracing stages since he was ten years old and was the subject of the documentary film of the same name. Playing with some of the most legendary stage performers who ever lived, including Les Paul, Sveinson has been an accomplished musician looking to bring his unique harmonic style to the world through the raw energy of Brass Camel. Their electrifying debut album will shatter the earth when it lands later this year on September 9th.

Power-Pop Rockers The Scary Loud Go Anti-Establishment with Electrifying “No Need School”

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Eric Alper

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Aug 4, 2022

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Power-Pop Rockers The Scary Loud Go Anti-Establishment with Electrifying “No Need School”

Toronto-based power pop band The Scary Loud split the earth with their heart-pounding song about exposing the redundancies and weaknesses of the education system on their electrifying new single, “No Need School.”

An outright rejection of the established order, “No Need School” is a visceral interpretation by The Scary Loud of the failures of government-run learning institutions. They are the latest in a long line of artists who have criticized the established educational order, such as Alice Cooper and Pink Floyd — while lending a bend towards going your own way, frontman, vocalist and guitarist Scotty Komer (producer; Silverstein, Protest the Hero, Zach Oliver) reveals.

“I wrote the song to be a bit of a ‘follow your dreams’ and ‘don’t listen to what you’re told is the proper path to a future’ kind of message,” he shares.

As a rush of sound hits the ears, The Scary Loud makes an unmistakable impression with top-notch production quality and a sonic intensity that fills any room. Make no mistake: this is a big fuzzy guitar band that builds on a foundation of vintage guitar amps to a loud, punishing rock sound; heavy drum and bass performances merge to form the gritty backbone of the band, while refined guitar riffs and soaring vocals propel The Scary Loud into the musical stratosphere.

All of the rhythmic composition within “No Need School” serves to convey the message and hit listeners with hard truths about the tedious reality of school systems. The song also goes into how institutions negatively affect the perception of students well after they leave the classroom.

Founded by Komer, The Scary Loud is comprised of various members of Canadian punk and hardcore bands such as Boys Night Out, The Pettit Project, Love You To Death, and Twin Rivals. The rhythm section is provided by drummer Sean Balestri and bassist Connor Lovat-Fraser, while lead guitarist Joe Baldasio rips his axe to shreds. This eclectic group of artists forms an act greater than the sum of their parts and is a harmonic force with a bright future.

If you love Frankie Valli & The 4 Seasons, here’s a 45-CD Box Set For You

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Eric Alper

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Aug 3, 2022

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If you love Frankie Valli & The 4 Seasons, here’s a 45-CD Box Set For You

If you love Frankie Valli & the 4 Seasons, like REALLY dig them, today is your lucky day. The group will be releasing a 45-Disc Super Deluxe Box Set limited to just 2,500 copies. There’s 44 CDs documenting a career from 1961 to 2016 featuring 31 newly remastered studio albums and all of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons’ worldwide singles totaling over 800 tracks including bonus live albums, demos, outtakes, b-sides and more.

With career sales of over 175 million records and their long-time membership of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons have inspired fans and enlightened the music world for more than sixty years. For the first time ever, Madfish presents the complete works of a collective who are, simply, one of America’s most important pop groups ever – a quartet who sang about the everyday tragedies and victories that they shared with their audience. A group of the people, for the people.

Track Listing
– Disc 1 –
1 Big Girls Don’t Cry (Mono)
2 Yes Sir, That’s My Baby (Mono)
3 Peanuts (Mono)
4 La Dee Dah (Mono)
5 Teardrops (Mono)
6 Apple of My Eye (Mono)
7 Never on a Sunday (Mono)
8 I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (Mono)
9 The Girl in My Dreams (Mono)
10 Oh Carol (Mono)
11 Lost Lullabye (Mono)
12 Sherry (Mono)
13 Big Girls Don’t Cry (Stereo)
14 Yes Sir, That’s My Baby (Stereo)
15 Peanuts (Stereo)
16 La Dee Dah (Stereo)
17 Teardrops (Stereo)
18 Apple of My Eye (Stereo)
19 Never on a Sunday (Stereo)
20 I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (Stereo)
21 The Girl in My Dreams (Stereo)
22 Oh Carol (Stereo)
23 Lost Lullabye (Stereo)
24 Sherry (Stereo)
25 Trance (Live Demo Acetate 1961, Unissued)
26 Bermuda (Mono)
27 Spanish Lace (Mono)
28 I’ve Cried Before (Mono 45)
29 Ain’t That a Shame (BBC Saturday Club ‘Live’, Unissued)
30 Big Girls Don’t Cry (BBC Saturday Club ‘Live’, Unissued)
31 Sherry (Stereo Mix, from ‘Golden Hits’)
32 I’ve Cried Before (New Stereo Sync 2020, Unissued)
33 That’s You (Orginal Version of ‘Like You’, Demo Acetate, Unissued)
– Disc 2 –
1 Merry Christmas Medley (Mono)
2 What Child Is This (Mono)
3 The Carol of the Bells (Mono)
4 Excelsis Deo Medley (Mono)
5 Little Drummer Boy (Mono)
6 First Christmas Night Medley (Mono)
7 Joy to the World Medley (Mono)
8 Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town (Mono)
9 Christmas Tears (Mono)
10 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (Mono)
11 The Christmas Song (Mono)
12 Jungle Bells (Mono)
13 White Christmas (Mono)
14 Merry Christmas Medley (Stereo)
15 What Child Is This (Stereo)
16 The Carol of the Bells (Stereo)
17 The Excelsis Deo Medley (Stereo)
18 Little Drummer Boy (Stereo)
19 First Christmas Night (Stereo)
20 Joy to the World Medley (Stereo)
21 Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town (Stereo)
22 Christmas Tears (Stereo)
23 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (Stereo)
24 The Christmas Song (Stereo)
25 Jingle Bells (Stereo)
26 White Christmas (Stereo)
– Disc 3 –
1 Walk Like a Man (Mono)
2 Silhouettes (Mono)
3 Why Do Fools Fall in Love (Mono)
4 Tonite, Tonite (Mono)
5 Lucky Ladybug (Mono)
6 Alone (Mono)
7 One Song (Mono)
8 Sincerely (Mono)
9 Since I Don’t Have You (Mono)
10 My Sugar (Mono)
11 Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo (Mono)
12 Big Girls Don’t Cry (Mono)
13 Goodnight My Love (Mono)
14 Walk Like a Man (Stereo)
15 Silhouettes (Stereo)
16 Why Do Fools Fall in Love (Stereo)
17 Tonite, Tonite (Stereo)
18 Lucky Ladybug (Stereo)
19 Alone (Stereo)
20 One Song (Stereo)
21 Sincerely (Stereo)
22 Since I Don’t Have You (Stereo)
23 My Sugar (Stereo)
24 Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo (Stereo)
25 Big Girls Don’t Cry (Stereo)
26 Goodnight My Love (Stereo)
27 I Am All Alone – Four Seasons Unissued Live Demo Acetate 1961[Tommy Devito Archive]
28 Like You (Organ Version, Mono Acetate, Unissued)
29 Connie-O (Mono 45)
30 Big Girls Don’t Cry (Mono 45)
31 Connie-O (Alternate Stereo Mix)
– Disc 4 –
1 Candy Girl (Mono)
2 Happy, Happy Birthday Baby (Mono)
3 Honey Love (Mono)
4 Soon (I’ll Be Home Again) (Mono)
5 Stay (Mono)
6 Dumb Drum (Mono)
7 Marlena (Mono)
8 Long Lonely Nights (Mono)
9 New Mexican Rose (Mono)
10 That’s the Only Way (Mono)
11 Melancholy (Mono)
12 Ain’t That a Shame (Mono)
13 Candy Girl (Stereo)
14 Happy, Happy Birthday Baby (Stereo)
15 Honey Love (Stereo)
16 Soon (I’ll Be Home Again) (Stereo)
17 Stay (Stereo)
18 Dumb Drum (Stereo)
19 Marlena (Stereo)
20 Long Lonely Nights (Stereo)
21 New Mexican Rose (Stereo)
22 That’s the Only Way (Stereo)
23 Melancholy (Stereo)
24 Ain’t That a Shame (Stereo)
25 Like You (Frankie Valli 1963 Acetate, Trumpet Arrangement, Unissued)
26 Starmaker (Mono)
27 Silver Wings (Mono)
28 Peanuts (Stereo Mix from ‘Golden Hits’)
29 Starmaker (Stereo Mix from ‘Golden Hits’)
30 Silver Wings (Stereo Mix from ‘Golden Hits’)
– Disc 5 –
1 Born to Wander (Mono)
2 Don’t Cry Elena (Mono)
3 Where Have All the Flowers Gone (Mono)
4 Cry Myself to Sleep (Mono)
5 A Ballad for Our Time (Mono)
6 Silence Is Golden (Mono)
7 New Town (Mono)
8 Golden Ribbon (Mono)
9 Little Pony Get Along (Mono)
10 No Surfin’ Today (Mono)
11 Searchin’ Wind (Mono)
12 Millie (Mono)
13 Born to Wander (Stereo)
14 Don’t Cry Elena (Stereo)
15 Where Have All the Flowers Gone (Stereo)
16 Cry Myself to Sleep (Stereo)
17 A Ballad for Our Time (Stereo)
18 Silence Is Golden (Stereo)
19 New Town (Stereo)
20 Golden Ribbon (Stereo)
21 Little Pony Get Along (Stereo)
22 No Surfin’ Today (Stereo)
23 Searchin’ Wind (Stereo)
24 Millie (Stereo)
25 Millie (Alternate Version, Mono)
– Disc 6 –
1 Big Man’s World (Mono)
2 You Send Me (Mono)
3 Mountain High (Mono)
4 Life Is But a Dream (Mono)
5 Church Bells May Ring (Mono)
6 Dawn (Go Away) (Mono)
7 Only Yesterday (Mono)
8 16 Candles (Mono)
9 Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (Mono)
10 Earth Angel (Mono)
11 Don’t Let Go (Mono)
12 Do You Wanna Dance (Mono)
13 Big Man’s World (Stereo)
14 You Send Me (Stereo)
15 Mountain High (Stereo)
16 Life Is But a Dream (Stereo)
17 Church Bells May Ring (Stereo)
18 Dawn (Go Away) (Stereo)
19 Only Yesterday (Stereo)
20 16 Candles (Stereo)
21 Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (Stereo)
22 Earth Angel (Stereo)
23 Don’t Let Go (Stereo)
24 Do You Wanna Dance (Stereo)
25 Live on Stage 1964: Stay; Since I Don’t Have You; Cry Myself to Sleep; Dawn (Go Away)
26 Cousin Brucie Theme
27 Brunswick Bowling Spot
– Disc 7 –
1 Save It for Me (Mono)
2 The Touch of You (Mono)
3 Danger (Mono)
4 Marcie (Mono)
5 No One Cares (Mono)
6 Rag Doll (Mono)
7 An Angel Cried (Mono)
8 Funny Face (Mono)
9 Huggin’ My Pillow (Mono)
10 The Setting Sun (Mono)
11 Ronnie (Mono)
12 On Broadway Tonight (Mono)
13 Save It for Me (Stereo)
14 The Touch of You (Stereo)
15 Danger (Stereo)
16 Marcie (Stereo)
17 No One Cares (Stereo)
18 Rag Doll (Stereo)
19 An Angel Cried
20 Funny Face (Stereo)
21 Huggin’ My Pillow (Stereo)
22 The Setting Sun (Stereo)
23 Ronnie (Stereo)
24 On Broadway Tonight (Stereo)
25 Save It for Me (Unique Mono 45)
26 Silence Is Golden (Unique Mono 45)
– Disc 8 –
1 Show Girl (Mono)
2 Where Is Love (Mono)
3 One Clown Cried (Mono)
4 My Prayer (Mono)
5 Little Darlin’ (Mono)
6 Bye Bye Baby (Baby Goodbye) (Mono)
7 Betrayed (Mono)
8 Somewhere (Mono)
9 Living Just for You (Mono)
10 Little Angel (Mono)
11 Big Man in Town (Mono)
12 Toy Soldier (Mono)
13 Show Girl (Stereo)
14 Where Is Love (Stereo)
15 One Clown Cried (Stereo)
16 My Prayer (Stereo)
17 Little Darlin’ (Stereo)
18 Bye Bye Baby (Baby Goodbye) (Stereo)
19 Betrayed (Stereo)
20 Somewhere (Stereo)
21 Living Just for You (Stereo)
22 Little Angel (Stereo)
23 Big Man in Town (Stereo)
24 Toy Soldier (Stereo)
25 A Sunday Kind of Love (Mono)
26 Girl Come Running (Mono 45)
27 Little Angel (Mono)
28 A Sunday Kind of Love (Stereo)
– Disc 9 –
1 Introduction
2 Blues in the Night (Mono)
3 Just in Time (Mono)
4 Little Boy (In Grown Up Clothes) (Mono)
5 I Can Dream Can’t I (Mono)
6 Introduction to the Group
7 How Do You Make a Hit Song? (Mono)
8 Medley: By Myself; Ja Da; We Three (Mono)
9 Day in, Day Out (Mono)
10 My Mother’s Eyes (Mono)
11 Mack the Knife (Mono)
12 Come Si Bella (Mono)
13 Brotherhood of Man (Mono)
14 Brotherhood of Man (Reprise) (Mono)
15 Introduction
16 Blues in the Night (Stereo)
17 Just in Time (Stereo)
18 Little Boy (In Grown Up Clothes) (Stereo)
19 I Can Dream Can’t I (Stereo)
20 Introduction to the Group
21 How Do You Make a Hit Song? (Stereo)
22 Medley: By Myself; Ja Da; We Three (Stereo)
23 Day in, Day Out (Stereo)
24 My Mother’s Eyes (Stereo)
25 Mack the Knife (Stereo)
26 Come Si Bella (Stereo)
27 Brotherhood of Man (Stereo)
28 Brotherhood of Man (Reprise) (Stereo)
29 Little Boy in Grown Up Clothes (Mono 45)
30 Close Your Eyes (Clearwater, Florida 1964)
31 I Still Care (Demo Mono Acetate, Unissued)
– Disc 10 –
1 What the World Needs Now Is Love (Mono)
2 Anyone Who Had a Heart (Mono)
3 Always Something There to Remind Me (Mono)
4 Make It Easy on Yourself (Mono)
5 Walk on By (Mono)
6 What’s New Pussycat (Mono)
7 Queen Jane Approximately (Mono)
8 Mr Tambourine Man (Mono)
9 Like a Rolling Stone (Mono)
10 Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright (Mono)
11 All I Really Want to Do (Mono)
12 Blowin’ in the Wind (Mono)
13 What the World Needs Now Is Love (Stereo)
14 Anyone Who Had a Heart (Stereo)
15 Always Something There to Remind Me (Stereo)
16 Make It Easy on Yourself (Stereo)
17 Walk on By (Stereo)
18 What’s New Pussycat (Stereo)
19 Queen Jane Approximately (Stereo)
20 Mr Tambourine Man (Stereo)
21 Like a Rolling Stone (Stereo)
22 Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright (Stereo)
23 All I Really Want to Do (Stereo)
24 Blowin’ in the Wind (Stereo)
25 On the Good Ship Lollipop (Wonder Who – Stereo)
26 Youre Nobody ‘Til Somebody Loves You (Wonder Who – Stereo)
– Disc 11 –
1 Working My Way Back to You (Mono)
2 Pity (Mono)
3 I Woke Up (Mono)
4 Living Just for You (Mono)
5 Beggars Parade (Mono)
6 One Clown Cried (Mono)
7 Can’t Get Enough of You Baby (Mono)
8 Sundown (Mono)
9 Too Many Memories (Mono)
10 Show Girl (Mono)
11 Comin’ Up in the World (Mono)
12 Everybody Knows My Name (Mono)
13 Working My Way Back to You (Stereo)
14 Pity (Stereo)
15 I Woke Up (Stereo)
16 Living Just for You (Stereo)
17 Beggars Parade (Stereo)
18 One Clown Cried (Stereo)
19 Can’t Get Enough of You Baby (Stereo)
20 Sundown (Stereo)
21 Too Many Memories (Stereo)
22 Show Girl (Stereo)
23 Comin’ Up in the World (Stereo)
24 Everybody Knows My Name (Stereo)
25 Let’s Hang on (Unique Mono 45)
26 Too Many Memories (Unique Mono 45)
27 Opus 17 (Don’t You Worry ‘Bout Me (Mono 45)
– Disc 12 –
1 C’mon Marianne (Mono)
2 Let’s Ride Again (Mono)
3 Beggin’ (Mono)
4 Around and Around (Andaroundandaroundandaroundandaround) (Mono)
5 Good-Bye Girl (Mono)
6 I’m Gonna Change (Mono)
7 Tell It to the Rain (Mono)
8 Dody (Mono)
9 The Puppet Song (Mono)
10 Lonesome Road (The Wonder Who)
11 C’mon Marianne (Stereo)
12 Let’s Ride Again (Stereo)
13 Beggin’ (Stereo)
14 Around and Around (Andaroundandaroundandaroundandaround) (Stereo)
15 Good-Bye Girl (Stereo)
16 I’m Gonna Change (Stereo)
17 Tell It to the Rain (Stereo)
18 Dody (Stereo)
19 The Puppet Song (Stereo)
20 Lonesome Road (Stereo) (The Wonder Who)
21 Tell It to the Rain (Unique Mono 45)
22 Beggin’ (Mono 45)
23 Dody (Mono 45)
24 C’mon Marianne (Mono 45)
25 Let’s Ride Again (Mono 45)
26 Watch the Flowers Grow (Mono 45)
27 Raven (Mono 45)
28 Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? (Mono 45)
– Disc 13 –
1 My Funny Valentine
2 (You’re Gonna) Hurt Yourself
3 Ivy
4 Secret Love
5 Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
6 My Mother’s Eyes
7 The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore
8 The Trouble with Me
9 The Proud One
10 You’re Ready Now
11 The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore (Mono 45)
12 This Is Goodbye (Mono 45)
13 You’re Ready Now (Mono 45)
14 Cry for Me (Mono 45)
15 (You’re Gonna) Hurt Yourself (Mono 45)
16 The Proud One (Mono 45)
17 Ivy (Mono 45)
18 Can’t Take My Eyes Off You (Alternate Mix -Stereo Gold Version)
19 You’re Ready Now (Alternate Mix -Stereo Gold Version)
20 The Proud One (‘Stereo Gold’ Version)
21 (You’re Gonna) Hurt Yourself (‘Stereo Gold’ Version)
– Disc 14 –
1 By the Time I Get to Phoenix
2 Expression of Love
3 For All We Know
4 Sunny
5 Watch Where You Walk
6 To Give (The Reason I Live)
7 Eleanor Rigby
8 Fox in a Bush
9 September Rain
10 Make the Music Play
11 Stop and Say Hello
12 Donnybrook
13 By the Time I Get to Phoenix (Outtake, Mono)
14 Donnybrook (Outtake, Mono)
15 Expression of Love (Outtake, Mono)
16 For All We Know (Outtake, Mono)
17 Fox in a Bush (Outtake, Mono)
18 Make the Music Play (Outtake, Mono)
19 September Rain (Here Comes the Rain) (Outtake, Mono)
20 Stop and Say Hello (Outtake, Mono)
21 Sunny (Outtake, Mono)
22 Stranger in Paradise (Stereo, Unissued)
23 Natural Morning (Mono, Unissued)
– Disc 15 –
1 Sherry
2 Big Girls Don’t Cry
3 Connie-O
4 Walk Like a Man
5 Candy Girl
6 Marlena
7 Peanuts
8 Ain’t That a Shame (Alternate Take)
9 Dawn (Alternate ‘Last’ Take)
10 Stay
11 Big Man in Town (Alternate Mix)
12 Alone
13 Save It for Me (Alternate Mix)
14 Girl Come Running (Alternate ‘Last’ Take)
15 Rag Doll (Unique Stereo Release)
16 Bye Bye Baby
17 Toy Soldier
18 Let’s Hang on (Alternate Take)
19 Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
20 Working My Way Back to You
21 Opus 17 (Don’t You Worry ‘Bout Me)
22 I’ve Got You Under My Skin
23 Tell It to the Rain
24 Beggin’
25 Silence Is Golden (First Stereo Release)
26 C’mon Marianne
27 Watch the Flowers Grow (First Stereo Release)
28 Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? (First Stereo Release)
– Disc 16 –
1 American Crucifixion Resurrection (Mono)
2 Mrs Stately’s Garden (Mono)
3 Look Up, Look Over (Mono)
4 Something’s on Her Mind (Mono)
5 Saturday’s Father (Mono)
6 Wall Street Village Day (Mono)
7 Genuine Imitation Life (Mono)
8 Idaho (Mono)
9 Wonder What You’ll Be (Mono)
10 Soul of a Woman (Mono)
11 Sassy (45 Version, Mono)
12 Night Hawk (45 Version, Mono)
13 I’ve Got You Under My Skin (Mono 45)
14 Electric Stories (Mono 45)
15 Watch Where You Walk (Mono)
16 I Make a Fool of Myself (Mono)
17 September Rain (Mono)
18 To Give (The Reason I Live) (Mono)
19 A Face Without a Name (Mono)
– Disc 17 –
1 American Crucifixion Resurrection (Stereo)
2 Mrs Stately’s Garden (Stereo)
3 Look Up, Look Over (Stereo)
4 Something’s on Her Mind (Stereo)
5 Saturday’s Father (Stereo)
6 Wall Street Village Day (Stereo)
7 Genuine Imitation Life (Stereo)
8 Idaho (Stereo)
9 Wonder What You’ll Be (Stereo)
10 Soul of a Woman (Stereo)
11 I Make a Fool of Myself (Stereo, 1967)
12 Electric Stories (Stereo)
13 The Singles Game (Stereo)
14 Tell It to the Rain (45 Version, Stereo)
15 Raven (Stereo)
16 You’ve Got Your Troubles (Stereo)
– Disc 18 –
1 Emily (Mono)
2 And That Reminds Me (Mono)
3 Circles in the Sand (Mono)
4 Sorry (Mono)
5 The Girl I’ll Never Know (Angels Never Fly This Low) (Mono)
6 She Gives Me Light (Mono)
7 To Make My Father Proud (Mono)
8 A Patch of Blue (Mono)
9 The Morning After Loving You (Mono)
10 Medley: Any Day Now; Oh, Happy Day (Mono)
11 Emily (Stereo)
12 And That Reminds Me (Stereo)
13 Circles in the Sand (Stereo)
14 Sorry (Stereo)
15 The Girl I’ll Never Know (Angels Never Fly This Low) (Stereo)
16 She Gives Me Light (Stereo)
17 To Make My Father Proud (Stereo)
18 A Patch of Blue (Stereo)
19 The Morning After Loving You (Stereo)
20 Medley: Any Day Now; Oh, Happy Day (Stereo)
21 Dream of Kings (Stereo)
– Disc 19 –
1 Raven (Take 1, Unissued)
2 Heartaches and Raindrops (Stereo)
3 Where Are My Dreams (Stereo)
4 Lay Me Down (Original Title ‘This Time’) (Stereo)
5 Sleeping Man (Stereo)
6 Whatever You Say (Stereo)
7 I Just Can’t Help Believin’ (Stereo, Unissued)
8 Beggin’ (Mono Acetate, Unissued)
9 What Good Am I (Demo, Unissued)
10 I’m Gonna Change (Alternative Mono Version, Vocal and Backing, Unissued)
11 Dream of Kings (Mono 45)
12 Circles in the Sand (Mono)
13 Emily (Alternate Mono)
14 Where Are My Dreams (Mono 45)
15 You Can’t Take It All from a Man (Mono, Early Production of ‘One Man’, Unissued)
16 Just How Loud (Can the Music Play) (Mono, Unissued)
17 The Goose (Mono, Unissued)
18 I Need to Get to Know You (Mono, Unissued)
19 One Man (Mono, Unissued)
20 C’mon Marianne (Mono Instrumental, Unissued)
21 And That Reminds Me (Mono Instrumental, Unissued)
22 Unnamed Song (Mono Instrumental, Unissued)
– Disc 20 –
1 A New Beginning (Prelude)
2 Sun Country
3 You’re a Song (That I Can’t Sing)
4 The Night
5 A New Beginning
6 When the Morning Comes
7 Poor Fool
8 Touch the Rainchild
9 Love Isn’t Here (Like It Used to Be)
10 Walk on, Don’t Look Back
11 How Come?
12 Life and Breath
13 Hickory
– Disc 21 –
1 Charisma (Single Version)
2 Just Look What You’ve Done
3 Love Isn’t Here (Like It Used to Be)
4 Baby I Need Your Loving
5 Inside You
6 Thank You
7 Hickory
8 Life and Breath
9 The Night
10 With My Eyes Wide Open
11 You’ve Got Your Troubles
12 Listen to Yesterday (Previously Unreleased Alternate Version)
13 The Scalawag Song (And I Will Love You) Alternate Title: Silver Fishes
14 Listen to Yesterday (45 Version)
15 I Wonder Why (1973 Demo, Previously Unissued)
16 Hickory (Rehearsal)
– Disc 22 –
1 My Heart Cries Out to You
2 What Love Has Joined Together
3 Loving You, That’s My Thing
4 Never Gonna Give My Love to You
5 Stop, Look, Listen to Your Heart
6 Minute By Minute (Day By Day)
7 After You
8 Star
9 Hymn to Her
10 Lovers
11 You Can’t Hold on
12 Whatever You Want
13 Future Years
14 My Eyes Adored You (Alternate Closing Lyric)
15 Whatever You Want (Alternate Version 2)
16 Inside You (Alternate Version)
17 Lovers (Alternate Version)
18 You Can’t Hold on (Alternate Version, Take 6)
19 Hymn to Her (Alternate Version)
20 Future Years (Alternate Version)
21 You Can’t Hold on (Alternate Version)
– Disc 23 –
1 I’ve Got Love for You, Ruby
2 Why?
3 He Sure Blessed You
4 Waking Up to Love
5 I Can’t Live a Dream
6 My Eyes Adored You
7 In My Eyes
8 Swearin’ to God
– Disc 24 –
1 Silver Star
2 Storybook Lovers
3 Harmony, Perfect Harmony
4 Who Loves You
5 Mystic Mr Sam
6 December 1963 (Oh, What a Night)
7 Slip Away
8 Emily’s (Salle de Danse)
9 Who Loves You (Unique 45 Mix)
10 Brian’s Song (Stereo Instrumental)
11 Who Loves You (B-Side, Disco Version)
12 A Day in the Life
13 We Can Work It Out (Stereo 45)
14 Emily’s (Salle de Danse) Alternate Mix (Edit, Unissued)
15 Golden Slumbers (Mono) – Frankie Valli (Unissued)
16 And I Love Her (Mono) – Frankie Valli (Unissued)
17 The Fool on the Hill (Mono) – Frankie Valli (Unissued)
– Disc 25 –
1 Our Day Will Come
2 How’d I Know That Love Would Slip Away
3 You Can Bet (I Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere)
4 Heart Be Still
5 Elise
6 Carrie (I Would Marry You)
7 Sweet Sensational Love
8 Closest Thing to Heaven
9 Walk Away Renee
10 Fallen Angel (UK Stereo 45)
11 Our Day Will Come (45 Edit)
– Disc 26 –
1 Easily
2 We’re All Alone
3 Can’t Get You Off My Mind
4 So She Says
5 Lucia
6 Boomerang
7 You’re the Song (That I Can’t Stop Singing)
8 Look at the World, It’s Changing
9 Where Were You (When I Needed You)
10 What Good Am I Without You
11 You to Me Are Everything (45 Only)
12 Can’t Get You Off My Mind (DJ Promo Mix)
13 Boomerang (Instrumental Rehearsal)
14 You to Me Are Everything (Instrumental Rehearsal)
15 You’re the Song (That I Can’t Stop Singing) (Instrumental Rehearsal)
– Disc 27 –
1 If We Should Lose Our Love
2 Let’s Get It Right
3 Long Ago
4 Rhapsody
5 Helicon
6 Down the Hall
7 Put a Little Away
8 New York Street Song (No Easy Way)
9 I Believe in You
10 Who Loves You (Featuring Don Ciccone) (Original Master Demo)
11 Warsaw Concerto (Live, Barres Willkes, Pennsylvania, 2/5/75)
12 I Got Love for You Ruby (Live, Milwaukee, June 1975)
13 You’re Never Too Old to Rock ‘N’ Roll (Demo / Rehearsal, 1983)
14 You’re Never Too Old to Rock ‘N’ Roll (Live, 1983)
– Disc 28 –
1 I Need You
2 Second Thoughts
3 I Could Have Loved You
4 With You
5 Native New Yorker
6 Lady Put the Light Out
7 Boats Against the Current
8 Rainstorm
9 I’m Gonna Love You
10 There’s Always a Goodbye
11 Native New Yorker (Alternate Mix 1982)
– Disc 29 –
1 Grease
2 Needing You
3 Sometimes Love Songs Make Me Cry
4 Without Your Love
5 Over Me
6 Save Me, Save Me
7 You Can Do It
8 A Tear Can Tell
9 You Better Go
10 No Love at All
11 Save Me, Save Me (45 Mix)
– Disc 30 –
1 Back in Action (With Fade)
2 Fancy Dancer (Longer Version Than 45 with Fade)
3 Let It Be Whatever It (Longer Version with Extra Vocals)
4 Dr Dance (Extended 2nd Mix with Extra Vocals)
5 Eat Your Heart Out (Extended Mix)
6 Passion for Paris (Extended Mix)
7 Soul (Latin Version)
8 Back in Action (Reprise) TV Instrumental
9 Where Did We Go Wrong (Original Long Version Extra Vocal)
10 If It Really Wasn’t Love (No Female Backing: Valli Solo)
11 Just Say That You Love Me (Valli Solo)
– Disc 31 –
1 Where Did We Go Wrong (Duet with Chris Forde)
2 Let It Be Whatever It Is
3 If It Really Wasn’t Love
4 Passion for Paris (An American in Paris)
5 Soul / Heaven Above Me (Duet with Chris Forde)
6 Just Tell Me You Love Me
7 Eat Your Heart Out
8 Back in Action (Alternate Version with New Ending – No Fade)
9 Soul (Latin Version) / Heaven Above Me
10 Dr Dance (TV Mix)
– Disc 32 –
1 Who Loves You
2 Our Day Will Come
3 Medley: Save It for Me; Rag Doll; Dawn (Go Away)
4 Let’s Hang on
5 Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
6 Fallen Angel
7 Silver Star
8 Slip Away
9 December 1963 (Oh, What a Night)
10 Swearin’ to God
11 My Eyes Adored You
12 Medley: Working My Way Back to You; Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow; Opus 17 (Don’t You Worry ‘Bout Me); I’ve Got You Under My Skin
13 Spend the Night in Love
14 Heaven Must Have Sent You (Here in the Night)
15 Grease
16 Medley: Sherry; Walk Like a Man; Big Girls Don’t Cry; Bye Bye Baby (Baby Goodbye)
– Disc 33 –
1 Book of Love
2 Streetfighter
3 Moonlight Memories
4 Veronica
5 Commitment
6 What About Tomorrow
7 Did Someone Break Into Your Heart Last Night
8 Once Inside a Woman’s Heart
9 Streetfighter (12″ Version)
10 Book of Love (Live, Tropicana 1986)
11 Swearin’ to God (Live, Tropicana 1986)
12 Credit to Horns (Live, Tropicana 1986)
13 Streetfighter (Live, Tropicana 1986)
14 Band Intros (Live, Tropicana 1986)
15 They Don’t Make Love Like They Used to (Live, Tropicana 1986)
– Disc 34 –
1 You Made It Beautiful
2 Can’t Say No to You
3 Gypsy Woman
4 Deep in Your Love (Unissued)
5 Testin’ the Water (Unissued)
6 American Pop
7 East Meets West (Us 45)
8 My Older Lover
9 Let’s Hang on (Promo CD Single Version)
10 The Biggest Part of Me
11 My Love
12 Can’t Take My Eyes Off You (CD Single Version)
– Disc 35 –
1 Love Has a Mind of It’s Own
2 Learn How to Say Goodbye
3 Hope and Glory
4 This Time
5 You and Your Heart So Blue
6 Run for Your Life
7 Help Me to Believe in You
8 State of My Heart
9 The Girl in My Dreams
10 Even Now
11 Just the Way You Make Love to Me
12 The Naked I
– Disc 36 –
1 The Naked I
2 Learn How to Say Goodbye
3 Love Has a Mind of It’s Own
4 Help Me to Believe in You
5 Book of Love
6 You and Your Heart So Blue
7 State of My Heart
8 December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)
9 Who Loves You
– Disc 37 –
1 December 1963 (Oh, What a Night)
2 The Naked I
3 Book of Love
4 Love Has a Mind of It’s Own
5 Learn How to Say Goodbye
6 Fly Like An Eagle (‘State of My Heart’ Alternative Title)
7 You and Your Heart So Blue
8 Who Loves You
9 Silver Star
10 Learn How to Say Goodbye (Euromix Version)
11 December 1963 (Oh, What a Night) (Euromix Version)
– Disc 38 –
1 Big Girls Don’t Cry (Enhanced Original Version)
2 Big Girls Don’t Cry (12″ Club Mix)
3 Big Girls Don’t Cry (Dirty Dancing Rap)
4 Who Loves You (Single Ben Liebrand Re-Mix ’88)
5 Who Loves You (12″ – Ben Liebrand Re-Mix ’88)
6 Who Loves You (Instrumental Re-Mix)
7 December 1963 (Oh, What a Night) (Summer ’88 Re-Mix)
8 December 1963 (Oh, What a Night) (12″ Re-Mix ’88)
9 December 1963 (Oh, What a Night)(Instrumental)
10 Beggin’ (Pilooski Re-Edit)
11 The Night (Pilooski Re-Edit)
12 The Night (Four Seasons 2012 Version)
– Disc 39 –
1 Take Good Care of My Baby
2 My Cherie Amour
3 Spanish Harlem
4 Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye
5 Any Day Now
6 Let It Be Me
7 What a Wonderful World
8 Call Me
9 This Guy’s in Love with You
10 Sunny
11 My Girl; Groovin’
12 What Becomes of the Broken Hearted
13 On Broadway (The Jersey Boys)
– Disc 40 –
1 Joy to the World; Do You Hear What I Hear?
2 The Christmas Song
3 Winter Wonderland
4 Merry Christmas Baby
5 Frosty the Snowman
6 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
7 Jingle Bell Rock
8 Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
9 Blue Christmas
10 What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve
11 White Christmas
12 O Come All Ye Faithful; Angels We Have Heard on High
13 We Wish You a Merry Christmas
– Disc 41 –
1 Opus 17 (Don’t You Worry ‘Bout Me)
2 I Got Love for You Ruby
3 Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
4 Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
5 Blowin’ in the Wind
6 Working My Way Back to You
7 Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?
8 Rag Doll
9 Love the One You’re with
10 Medley: Sherry; Walk Like a Man; Big Girls Don’t Cry; Bye-Bye Baby (Baby Goodbye)
11 If
12 Let’s Hang on
13 C’mon Marianne
14 If I Were a Carpenter
– Disc 42 –
1 Dawn (Go Away)
2 The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore
3 The Night
4 Medley: Ronnie; and That Reminds Me; Candy Girl; Tell It to the Rain
5 Rag Doll
6 A New Beginning
7 I Can See Clearly Now (Sung By Bill Deloach)
8 I’ve Got You Under My Skin
9 Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
10 C’mon Marianne
11 Frank Sinatra ‘The Nearness of You’ Spoof
12 You’re Ready Now
– Disc 43 –
1 Medley: Save It for Me; Opus 17 (Don’t You Worry ‘Bout Me)
2 I Got Love for You Ruby
3 Introduction to the Group
4 Dawn (Go Away)
5 You Are the Sunshine of My Life
6 Working My Way Back to You
7 Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
8 Stay
9 Intro; Silence Is Golden
10 My Love
11 Medley: Sherry; Walk Like a Man; Big Girls Don’t Cry; Bye-Bye Baby (Baby Goodbye)
12 Medley: Bridge Over Troubled Water; the Long and Winding Road; McArthur Park
13 Medley: The Way We Were; All in Love Is Fair
14 Love’s Theme
15 More Introductions
16 My Eyes Adored You
17 If I Were a Carpenter
18 If
19 Let’s Hang on
– Disc 44 –
1 December 1963 (Oh, What a Night)
2 Medley: Sherry; Walk Like a Man
3 Ronnie
4 Big Girls Don’t Cry
5 Save It for Me
6 Cry for Me
7 (Who Wears) Short Shorts
8 Rag Doll
9 Silence Is Golden
10 Dawn (Go Away)
11 Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
12 Who Loves You
13 December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) (Reprise)
14 American Crucifixion Resurrection (Mono)
15 Mrs Stately’s Garden (Mono)
16 Look Up, Look Over (Mono)
17 Something’s on Her Mind (Mono)
18 Saturday’s Father (Mono)
19 Wall Street Village Day (Mono)
20 Genuine Imitation Life (Mono)
21 Idaho (Mono)
22 Wonder What You’ll Be (Mono)
23 Soul of a Woman (Mono)

Freddie Mercury’s Isolated Vocals For Queen’s “Love Of My Life”

Eric Alper

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Aug 3, 2022

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Freddie Mercury’s Isolated Vocals For Queen’s “Love Of My Life”

Written by Freddie Mercury, Queen’s Love of My Life is from their 1975 album A Night at the Opera, although it’s their live album Live Killers’ version of the song that reached number 1 in the singles chart in Argentina and Brazil, and stayed in the charts in both countries for an entire year.

My Next Read: “Long Train Runnin’: Our Story of The Doobie Brothers” by Pat Simmons and Tom Johnston

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Eric Alper

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Aug 2, 2022

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My Next Read: “Long Train Runnin’: Our Story of The Doobie Brothers” by Pat Simmons and Tom Johnston

For the first time, the incredible true story of the legendary band, The Doobie Brothers, written by founding members Pat Simmons and Tom Johnston.

Only a very few rock bands have had the longevity, success, and drama of The Doobie Brothers. Born out of late 1960s NorCal, and led by Pat Simmons and Tom Johnston, they stood alongside their contemporaries The Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers, and many others as an iconic American rock band. The train was rolling along, hits were flowing like wine, and arenas were packed with fans who wanted to see them live…then Tom Johnston, the band’s front man and lead guitarist, became ill and had to leave.

The Doobies’ train came to a screeching halt. All of a sudden the band started contemplating the end of the road only seven years into their career, just as things were taking off. But Pat Simmons made sure they were far from the end and began the process of keeping the band together through most of the next decade.

A soul-steeped backup singer for Steely Dan named Michael McDonald took a shot at singing some of the Doobies’ songs on tour, and all of a sudden a new chapter in the Doobie Brothers’ story began. The band expanded their sound and had even more hits with their new front addition. Tom recovered from his health issues, but the band had moved on. When it came time for a reunion concert in the ’80s, Tom got the call and was back in the mix. Led once again by Pat and Tom, The Doobie Brothers have been touring ever since and maintain a massive fan base the world over.

Never before have Pat and Tom shared their story, in their own words. In Long Train Runnin’ they’ll change that.

The Cure Announce “Wish” 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

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Eric Alper

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Aug 2, 2022

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The Cure Announce “Wish” 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

Wish was The Cure’s 9th studio album, released on April 21, 1992. It became the band’s best-selling album, reaching #1 in the UK and #2 in the US, where it was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Alternative Music Album category. The album yielded three hit singles, “High” in March 1992 – which reached #8 in the UK – the evergreen “Friday I’m In Love” in May 1992 and “A Letter To Elise,” which was released in October 1992. That year’s Wish tour would be the Cure’s most extensive, with 111 shows in 21 countries.

The new deluxe 3CD 45-track edition of Wish includes 24 previously unreleased tracks & four that are new to CD and digital.

CD1 contains the original Wish album, newly remastered by Robert Smith and Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios. The second disc features 21 previously unreleased demos, including four studio vocal demos from 1990 and 17 instrumental demos from 1991, nine of which are previously unreleased songs. The third CD in the set features the four tracks from the mail-order-only cassette Lost Wishes released in 1993, which have never appeared on CD or digitally. “Uyea Sound” from that cassette can be heard as a digital single now.

Also included are the previously unreleased song “A Wendy Band” from the 1992 Manor Studio sessions, a previously unheard mix of the epic live favorite “From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea,” as well as five rare 12-inch mixes. Finally, closing the set is an unheard live version of “End” from Paris Bercy in October 1992

The prolific period of recording Wish began with demo sessions at The Live House in Cornwall and continued at Farmyard Studios in the Cotswolds. “We got around forty songs put down during those two sessions,” recalls Robert Smith, “we were on fire!”

On arrival at The Manor, a residential studio in Oxfordshire, in September 1991, the band all bought bicycles. Robert Smith, “There was a pub down the nearby canal path, and most early evenings we’d cycle down there for a ‘livener’ or two. I was the only one ‘un-cool’ enough to have a bike with lights, so I was always at the back on the way there and always at the front on the way back… I still can’t believe we never ended up in the water.”

From the start of the recording, Smith had a clear vision of what Wish should be. “The overall sound was in my head from the start. We used a pretty small palette of sounds, as we did with Disintegration, but managed to create a lot of different kinds of songs with it. I think Kiss Me was more of a reference than Disintegration.”

Listening back to the album in 2022, Smith has said, “There’s a side to the album which I had kind of forgotten, a very gentle, yearning thing which is quite beautiful. Trust is one of the best things we’ve ever done, I think, it’s played with great feeling, and To Wish Impossible Things is another gorgeous, melancholic piece… in fact it could well be my favourite song on the record.”

When Wish was completed, Smith felt that they had achieved everything they had set out to do, but there was a glitch. “In the studio control room, it all sounded excellent, but I got too busy sorting out our upcoming concerts to properly oversee the mastering. It was too late to do anything about it; the album was out, and we were off around the world again. It has really bugged for me for a very long time.” Remastering the album earlier this year has finally given Smith the chance to address this “It has taken 30 years, but finally, finally, my Wish has come true.”

The Cure is undertaking a 44-date European Tour starting in October and ending with eight shows in the UK in December.

WISH Deluxe Edition
CD1 Original Album Remastered by Robert Smith and Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios
01: Open (6:51)
02: High (3:37)
03: Apart (6:38)
04: From The Edge of The Green Sea (7:44)
05: Wendy Time (5:13)
06: Doing The Unstuck (4:24)
07: Friday I’m In Love (3:38)
08: Trust (5:32)
09: A Letter To Elise (5:14)
10: Cut (5:55)
11: To Wish Impossible Things (4:43)
12: End (6:45)

CD2 Demos – All previously unreleased versions. *Unreleased track.
01: The Big Hand [1990 Demo] (4:38) [final version on B-side to A Letter To Elise 7”]
02: Cut [1990 Demo] aka “Away” (3:31) [final version appears on Wish]
03: A Letter To Elise [1990 Demo] aka “Cut” (5:01) [final version appears om Wish]
04: Wendy Time [1990 Demo] (5:13) [final version appears on Wish]
05: This Twilight Garden [Instrumental Demo] (3:25) [final version on B-side to High 7″]
06: Scared As You [Instrumental Demo] (2:33) [final version on B-side to Friday I’m In Love 12″]
07: To Wish Impossible Things [Instrumental Demo] (3:33) [final version appears on Wish]
08: Apart [Instrumental Demo] (3:38) [final version appears on Wish]
09: T7 [Instrumental Demo] (2:40) *
10: Now Is The Time [Instrumental demo] (2:20) *
11: Miss van Gogh [Instrumental demo] (2:48) *
12: T6 [Instrumental Demo] (3:14) *
13: Play [Instrumental Demo] (2:28) [final version on B-side to High 12″]
14: A Foolish Arrangement [Instrumental Demo] (2:28) [final version on B-side to A Letter To Elise 12″]
15: Halo [Instrumental Demo] (3:06) [final version on B-side to Friday I’m In Love 7″]
16: Trust [Instrumental Demo] (4:02) [final version appears on Wish]
17: Abetabw [Instrumental Demo] (2:26) *
18: T8 [Instrumental Demo] (2:17) *
19: Heart Attack [Instrumental Demo] (2:41) *
20: Swing Change [Instrumental Demo] (2:10) *
21: Frogfish [Instrumental Demo] (2:35) *

CD3: Lost Wishes / Studio Out-Takes / 12” Remixes / Live / Rare / Previously Unreleased.
*Unreleased track **Unreleased version
01: Uyea Sound [Dim-D Mix] (5:28 [from Lost Wishes MC 1993]
02: Cloudberry [Dim-D Mix] (5:22) [from Lost Wishes MC 1993]
03: Off To Sleep… [Dim-D Mix] (3:47) [from Lost Wishes MC 1993]
04: The Three Sisters [Dim-D Mix] (4:12) [from Lost Wishes MC 1993]
05: A Wendy Band [Instrumental] (3:47) *
06: From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea [Partscheckruf Mix] (7:36) **
07: Open [Fix Mix] (6:51) [B-side to High 12″]
08: High [Higher Mix] (7:15) [High 12″]
09: Doing The Unstuck [Extended 12” Mix] (5:54)
10: Friday I’m In Love [Strangelove Mix] (5:29 [Friday I’m In Love 12″]
11: A Letter To Elise [Blue Mix] (6:36) [A Letter To Elise 12″]
12: End [Paris Live 92] (8:38) **

WISH 2LP Remastered by Robert Smith and Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios. Vinyl cut by Milles Showell at Abbey Road Studios
A1: Open (6:51)
A2: High (3:37)
A3: Apart (6:38)

B1: From The Edge of The Green Sea (7:44)
B2: Wendy Time (5:13)
B3: Doing The Unstuck (4:24)

C1: Friday I’m In Love (3:38)
C2: Trust (5:32)
C3: A Letter To Elise (5:14)

D1: Cut (5:55)
D2: To Wish Impossible Things (4:43)
D3: End (6:45)

LOST WISHES D2C Exclusive replica cassette EP
SIDE A
01: Uyea Sound [Dim-D Mix] (5:28)
02: Cloudberry [Dim-D Mix] (5:22)
SIDE B
03: Off To Sleep… [Dim-D Mix] (3:47)
04: The Three Sisters [Dim-D Mix] (4:12)

WISH 1CD – Original Album Remastered by Robert Smith and Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios
01: Open (6:51)
02: High (3:37)
03: Apart (6:38)
04: From The Edge of The Green Sea (7:44)
05: Wendy Time (5:13)
06: Doing The Unstuck (4:24)
07: Friday I’m In Love (3:38)
08: Trust (5:32)
09: A Letter To Elise (5:14)
10: Cut (5:55)
11: To Wish Impossible Things (4:43)
12: End (6:45)

Metallica x Stranger Things: Joseph Quinn Meets Metallica

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Eric Alper

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Aug 2, 2022

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Metallica x Stranger Things: Joseph Quinn Meets Metallica

We call to order the most metal meeting ever of The Hellfire Club.

Behind The Scenes In Creating Daft Punk’s ‘Around the World’ Music Video

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Eric Alper

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Aug 2, 2022

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Behind The Scenes In Creating Daft Punk’s ‘Around the World’ Music Video

Daft Punk’s “Around the World” has just three words, the title alone, and it’s repeated 144 times. That didn’t stop it from being a club hit around the world and reached number one on the dance charts in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States, with a video that is visually stunning. They just released the making of the video and you can watch it below:

…and here’s the original.

My Next Read: “Paper Cuts: How I Destroyed the British Music Press and Other Misadventures” by Ted Kessler

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Eric Alper

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Aug 1, 2022

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My Next Read: “Paper Cuts: How I Destroyed the British Music Press and Other Misadventures” by Ted Kessler

PAPER CUTS is the inside story of the slow death of the British music press. But it’s also a love letter to it, the tale of how music magazines saved one man’s life. Ted Kessler left home and school around his seventeenth birthday, determined ‘to be someone who listened to music professionally’. That dream appeared forlorn when he was later arrested for theft behind the counter of the record shop he managed during acid house’s long hot summer of love. Paper Cuts tells how Kessler found redemption through music and writing and takes us on a journey alongside the stars he interviewed and the work-place dramas he navigated as a senior staffer at NME through the boom-time ’90s and on to the monthly Q in 2004, where he worked for sixteen years before it folded with him at its helm as editor in 2020.

We travel in time alongside musical heroes Paul Weller, Kevin Rowland, Mark E Smith, and to Cuba twice, first with Shaun Ryder and Bez, then with Manic Street Preachers. We spend long, mad nights out with Oasis and The Strokes, quality time with Jeff Buckley and Florence Welch, and watch Radiohead deliver cold revenge upon Kessler in public. A story about love and death, about what it’s like when a music writer shacks up with a conflict of interest, and what happens when your younger brother starts appearing on the cover of the magazines you work for, this is the memoir of “a delinquent doofus” whose life was both rescued and defined by music magazines.