Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, and Andy Williams, and has compiled releases for talents including Robert Goulet and Keith Allison of Paul Revere and the Raiders. He has contributed liner notes to reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, B.J. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with Real Gone Music, has released newly-curated collections produced by Joe from iconic artists such as Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Chet Atkins, and many others. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. "I'll Be Your Lover, Too" (Alternate Version)."I've Been Working" (Alternate Version).Van Morrison, His Band and the Street Choir(Warner Bros. Pre-order links are not yet active, but watch this space! Records and Rhino on October 30 at which time they will also be available digitally. Take 10 of "Call Me Up in Dreamland" and an alternate of "I'll Be Your Lover Too" round out the reissue.īoth single-disc titles are due from Warner Bros. Morrison's falsetto shines on Take 3 of "Gypsy Queen," while the alternate version of "I've Been Working" ratchets up the funk quotient. How to follow Moondance? He returned a few months later in 1970 with His Band and the Street Choir, featuring some of his most loose and fresh songs like the hit "Domino" and "Blue Money." This remastered version of the album is expanded with five previously unreleased bonus tracks, including an early, raw take of "Give Me a Kiss" without piano, horns or backing vocals. Morrison, of course, followed up the mystical Astral Weeks with the much more commercial Moondance. These bonus tracks include the first take of "Beside You," extended versions of "Slim Slow Slider" and "Ballerina," and a stripped-back alternate take of "Madame George" that emphasizes the vibraphone. The upcoming deluxe edition presents four previously unreleased recordings offering a fly-on-the-wall view of the interplay between Morrison and the quartet that joined him in the studio: bassist Richard Davis, guitarist Jay Berliner, percussionist Warren Smith, Jr., and Modern Jazz Quartet drummer Connie Kay. Both 1968's label debut Astral Weeks and 1970's jubilant His Band and the Street Choir will get remastered and expanded editions on October 30.Īstral Weeks failed to dent the charts when it was released in the fall of 1968, but the hypnotic song cycle's singular fusion of folk, jazz, soul, blues and beyond has earned Astral Weeks its status as an ahead-of-its-time classic. There's even more coming from Van Morrison!įollowing up on 2013's multi-disc deluxe edition of the Northern Irish soul man's 1970 classic Moondance and on the heels of Legacy Recordings' announcement earlier this week that the Sony imprint has acquired the majority of Morrison's post-1971 catalogue, Rhino has just announced two new deluxe editions drawn from Morrison's seminal early Warner Bros.
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