Warren zevon record store day 20216/12/2023 ![]() That’s the case with “The Truth,” whose title may ring a bell with Prince fans but has gone unheard by most of them. There’s nothing unreleased here, but one of the favorite staples of Record Store Day is when something that previously saw light only as part of a boxed set or other bigger collection gets its own singular release for the first time. If you miss this cobalt-blue edition on RSD, don’t fear - a standard black LP, CD and digital release will get wide distribution come July 2, after a decent collectors’ interval of three weeks. Besides a remastering and retitling, Petty’s estate and vault overseer Ryan Ulyate have removed a few tracks from the soundtrack LP, which recently appeared in the “Wildflowers” box because they derived from those sessions, and replaced them with four previously unheard numbers: two original vocal tunes (“105 Degrees” and “One of Life’s Little Mysteries”), a cover of JJ Cale’s “Thirteen Days” and the instrumental “French Disconnection.” It may be more a case of playing musical chairs with some of these tunes than worrying about creating a definitive version of an album that wasn’t that definitive, but Petty fans appear ready to adopt it as an official canon entry, based on strong reaction to the new tracks when they premiered this week on his SiriusXM channel. to that whole project is “Angel Dream,” an interestingly mongrelized version of the “She’s the One” soundtrack that succeeded “Wildflowers” in the Petty (+ Heartbreakers) catalog. When the phenomenal and seemingly exhaustive “Wildflowers” boxed set came out last year, Petty fans mostly thought a bow was being put on that particular fruitful mid-’90s era. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, “Angel Dream (Songs and Music from the Motion Picture She’s the One)” “Zippo” will zip right off the shelves this weekend, but since it’s designated as a “Record Store Day” first, it would appear it’s destined for a re-release at some point… unlike the expanded edition of “17-11-70” that John put out for RSD four years ago and never again issued anywhere else, mercurial vinyl geek that he is.Ģ. (An article just published on Elton’s website explains the history of the project.) Most of the songs did appear in some form on his rarities-filled “Jewel Box” collection last year, but five of those are heard in their finished form for the first time here, and one (“You’ll Be Sorry to See Me Go”) is a complete premiere. ![]() But apparently it is an authentic (planned) album and not just a set of likeminded flower-power demos. Pepper” never got so close to release that it had actual cover art prepared, so this very belated first issue colorizes an ink drawing done of John in his handlebar-mustache days in the late ’60s. How many people knew there was a “lost” Elton John debut album, recorded in 1967-68 and planned for release but shelved in favor of “Empty Sky”? And that it was faintly psychedelic? Apparently, Elton, who later covered “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds,” came by his trippiness at least a little bit naturally, or while heavily under the influence of “Sgt. Here’s a list of 22 releases that caught our fancy, although of course it’s really just a start. ![]() But be prepared to head to the secondary market if you tarry on the most coveted or least pressed titles. It’s worth reiterating that there should be plenty of spoils later on in the day, and for days to come, for shoppers who aren’t into the competitiveness of the morning hours. Some indie stores are making do with the traditional early morning lines, while some have set up lotteries for appointments.
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