2023 Music Reissues Roundup (Part 3) Just like so many of these songs, you too were once previously unreleased. And then the light of day beckoned.
Time
Performer [Composer]
Song
Album [Format]
Misc
Misc –
REQ:Request
BED:Bed
NEW:New Release
( ):Label, Year Rec/Rel
Comment:
Background music, in order: (1) Steve Gray - "Led Balloon" (V/A: "Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs – Incident At A Free Festival ," Ace 2023 (2) Frank Zappa - "Transylvania Boogie (Unedited Master") ("Funky Nothingness," Zappa 2023) (3) Steve Miller Band -"White Elephant (Pre-"Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma") (Studio Rehearsal, June 21, 1973)" ("J50: The Evolution Of The Joker," Capitol/UMG 2023) (4) Grateful Dead - "Weather Report Suite (Take 11) [Not Slated] [8/16/73]" ("Grateful Dead Wake Of The Flood: The Angel's Share," Stream from Rhino Entertainment 2023) (5) Steve Marcus - "Tomorrow Never Knows" (V/A: "The Beatles – We Can Work It Out: Covers Of The Beatles 1962-1966," Strawberry 2023) (6) Emerson, Lake & Palmer - "Fanfare For the Common Man" (V/A: "Keith Emerson: Variations," Spirit of Unicorn Music 2023)
Time:
12:02
Artist:
The Nice [Emerlist Davjack/Srephen Sondheim/Leonard Bernstein]
[(1 and 3) Originally on 8-track version, only, of "Crabby Appleton," Elektra 1970 / (2) Originally on Single A-Side (b/w "Some Madness") Elektra 1970 / Original LP version (entitled "Lucy") on "Crabby Appleton," El] • (Grapefruit, 2023)
[From sessions recorded at Sausalito, CA "Record Plant" on August 1973 / Original studio version on "Wake of the Flood," Grateful Dead 1973] • (Grateful Dead Productions / Rhino, 2023)
Comment:
I decided to choose from this digital download "Angel's Share" release in place of the reissue of "Wake of the Flood" on Grateful Dead / Rhino 2023, where I felt the demos and live material paled next to these wonderful session practice recordings.
Time:
1:49
Artist:
David Bowie [David Bowie / John Lennon/Paul McCartney]