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Greatest Hits of Rod McKuen (Expanded Edition)

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Rod McKuen Format: Audio CD
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In 1993, two Ohio boys, Gordon Anderson and Gabby Castellana, both separately started businesses—Collectors' Choice Music and Hep Cat Records --that were to become two of the most important outlets for buyers and sellers of vintage music recordings. Now, 18 years later, they have joined forces to launch Real Gone Music, a reissue label dedicated to serving both the collector community and the casual music fan with a robust release schedule combining big-name artists with esoteric cult favorites.

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Track Listings

1 Kaleidoscope
2 The World I Used to Know
3 Blessings in Shades of Green
4 Stanyan Street
5 The Ivy That Clings to the Wall
6 The Lovers
7 Ally, Ally Oxen Free
8 The Marvelous Clouds
9 I'll Catch the Sun
10 Lonesome Cities
11 One by One
12 If You Go Away
13 Doesn't Anybody Know My Name (2.10-6.18)
14 Seasons in the Sun
15 Jean
16 Listen to the Warm
17 Love's Been Good to Me
18 I Think of You
19 Rock Gently
20 The Importance of the Rose (Duet with Petula Clark)

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Rod’s 1969 Greatest Hits release didn’t exactly just feature his greatest hits. Instead of the usual music biz cash-in strategy of lifting songs from preceding albums to create a best-of, Rod—ever the artistic striver—chose his most popular songs to re-record with new arrangements with Arthur Greenslade. His unconventional move paid off with a gold record, which we at Real Gone have supplemented with six bonus tracks from earlier and later sessions to create a fully fleshed-out portrait of the singer-songwriter-performer. McKuen fans can recite many of the lyrics to these songs; the spoken word piece “Stanyan Street;” “The Ivy That Clings to the Wall,” first heard in the 1969 film The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie; “The Lovers,” which Jacques Brel translated and recorded; “Lonesome Cities,” later covered by Frank Sinatra on his all-McKuen album; “Seasons in the Sun,” which Terry Jacks took to #1; “If You Go Away,” which was performed by everybody from Dusty Springfield to Tom Jones to Brenda Lee; and, among the bonus tracks, “Jean,” which Oliver Swofford took to #2 on the charts in 1969. McKuen biographer Barry Alfonso contributes insightful liner notes, with copious photos and a new remastering by Mike Milchner at SonicVision. The place to dive into the McKuen discography! 1. Kaleidoscope 2. The World I Used to Know 3. Blessings in Shades of Green 4. Stanyan Street 5. The Ivy That Clings to the Wall 6. The Lovers 7. Ally, Ally Oxen Free 8. The Marvelous Clouds 9. I’ll Catch the Sun 10. Lonesome Cities 11. One by One 12. If You Go Away 13. Doesn’t Anybody Know My Name (2.10-6.18) 14. Seasons in the Sun 15. Jean 16. Listen to the Warm 17. Love’s Been Good to Me 18. I Think of You 19. Rock Gently 20. The Importance of the Rose (Duet with Petula Clark)

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  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.88 x 5.59 x 0.47 inches; 3.1 Ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Real Gone Music
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2020
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ December 6, 2019
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Real Gone Music
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B081WQGBK3
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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