DISC ONE

Artful Dodger

1. Wayside 2. You Know It’s Alright 3. It’s Over 4. Follow Me 5. Long Time Away SELLING POINTS: ARTFUL DODGER 6. Think Think 7. Silver and Gold 8. Things I’d Like to Do Again • Artful Dodger Is One of the Great, Lost, Ahead-of-Their-Time The Complete Columbia Recordings 9. Waiting Place Power Pop Groups (2-CD Set) 10. New York City • Their Three Albums for the Columbia Label, 1975’s Artful Honor Among Thieves Dodger , 1976’s Honor Among Thieves , and 1977’s Babes on STREET DATE: March 3, 2017 Broadway , Are Considered Early Power Pop Classics 11. Honor Among Thieves • The Complete Columbia Recordings Includes All Three Artful Dodger was a band ahead of its time, 12. Not Enough Albums Plus Single Versions of the Songs “Scream” and casting hard-edged hooks into a mid-‘70s pond 13. Scream 14. Keep A-Knockin “Can’t Stop Pretending” that wasn’t quite ready to bite on the genre that came to be known as power pop. Had they come • Earlier CD Versions of Artful Dodger and Honor Among DISC TWO along a few years later, things might have been Thieves Command Huge Sums Online, While Babes on Broadway Makes Its CD Debut on This Collection quite different for this outfit hailing from Fairfax, 1. Keep Me Happy VA, for their three albums for the Columbia label 2. Remember • Newly Remastered by Maria Triana at Battery Studios in hold up to this day as shining examples of the 3. Dandelion New York style. Their first two records, 1975’s Artful 4. Hey Boys 5. Good Fun • Liner Notes By Jeremy Cargill Feature Fresh Quotes from Dodger and 1976’s Honor Among Thieves , combine Beatle-esque pop and driving rock in Band Members Steve Cooper and Steve Brigida 6. Scream (Single Version) the finest Raspberries tradition (interestingly, • Includes Rare Photos from the Columbia Vaults Artful Dodger had a big following in Babes on Broadway • 2-CD Set, 31 Tracks Cleveland, the Raspberries’ home town); they feature refreshingly straightforward production 7. Can’t Stop Pretending from Jack Douglas (Aerosmith) and/or Eddie Leonetti and some really 8. Alright

tremendous songwriting especially on tracks like “Wayside” and “Scream.” And 1977’s Babes on 9. Who in the World Broadway , while showing some signs of a group frustrated with its lack of commercial success, 10. Wave Bye-Bye 11. All I Need definitely has its moments, particularly on the song “Can’t Stop Pretending.” Unfortunately, 12. Babes on Broadway without a stylistic pigeonhole to place them in, Columbia was unable to move any copies and 8848064 00556 13. Mistake dropped them, which explains why Artful Dodger has been so hard to find in the digital era, 14. Loretta with CDs of their first two albums commanding huge sums online and the third one never UPC: 848064005568 15. Idi Amin Stomp FORMAT: 2-CD Set coming out at all. Now, Real Gone Music is shining a long-overdue spotlight on this seminal 16. C’Mon Everybody PACKAGING: Slimline Jewel Case power pop band with a 2-CD set that includes all three albums plus a couple of single versions, RETURNABLE: Yes their COMPLETE recordings for the Columbia label, newly remastered by Maria Triana at Battery 17. Can’t Stop Pretending (Single Version) BOX LOT: 30 Studios in New York. Jeremy Cargill’s notes feature fresh quotes from band members Steve GENRE: Rock Cooper and Steve Brigida, plus we’ve dug up some rare photos from the Columbia vaults. PARENTAL ADVISORY: No Power pop fans, prepare to have your minds blown!

SELLING POINTS: TALES FROM THE CRYPT PRESENTS: DEMON KNIGHT • Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight Was a 1995 Horror Film Starring William Sadler, Billy Zane, and Jada Pinkett Smith ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK • While the Film Did Not Do Well at the Box Office and Was Critically Panned, the Soundtrack Ranks as One of the Best of (LIMITED OPAQUE GREEN VINYL EDITION) Its Era and of Its Kind STREET DATE: March 3, 2017 • Features an All-Star Line-Up of Metal and Thrash Bands Including Pantera, Megadeth, Melvins, Ministry, Biohazard, TRACKS: Machine Head, Sepultura, Rollins Band, and Filter Wanna hear the soundtrack to Armageddon? This 1995 film • Also Features a Quintessential “Horrorcore” Rap Tune from SIDE ONE Gravediggaz starred William Sadler as the • Only the Pantera Song Was Issued Previous to the Soundtrack, Demon Knight, who, along with 1. Cemetery Gates (Demon Knight Edit)— and Most of the Tracks Are Otherwise Unavailable his new recruit, Jada Pinkett Pantera • The Filter Song “Hey Man Nice Shot” Was the Band’s First Smith, is charged with fending 2. Hey Man Nice Shot—Filter Release Ever, and Went On to Become a Hit 3. My Misery (Demon Knight)—Machine Head off The Collector (Billy Zane) 4. Diadems—Megadeth • Previously Released on Vinyl Only in Europe and his army of demons from 5. Instant Larry—Melvins • Limited Edition Opaque Green Vinyl Edition Limited to acquiring an ancient relic that 1100 Copies is the only thing preventing the com - SIDE TWO • The Soundtrack to the Apocalypse plete destruction of the human race. While the flick did meh box of - 1. Fall Guy—Rollins Band fice and was panned critically, the soundtrack was easily one of the 2. Beaten—Biohazard best of its era and of its kind, an all-star line-up of thrash and heavy 3. Policia—Sepultura metal acts mostly doing otherwise unavailable material (only the 4. Tonight We Murder—Ministry 8848064 00486 track by Pantera appears to have been released prior to the movie). 5. 1-800-Suicide—Gravediggaz The Pantera, Megadeth, Melvins, and Biohazard entries are particu - UPC: 848064004868 FORMAT: Regular Weight Opaque Green Vinyl lary good, and the one hip hop tune on the collection, Gravediggaz’ PACKAGING: LP Jacket “1-800-Murder,” is an archetypal “horrorcore” rap song. But per - LIMITED EDITION: 1100 haps the best tune is “Hey Man Nice Shot” by Filter, an outfit that RETURNABLE: No hadn’t released anything prior to this soundtrack. Since this movie BOX LOT: 30 GENRE: Metal came out in 1995, it only came out on LP in Europe; our Real Gone PARENTAL ADVISORY: No reissue brings it back on opaque green vinyl limited to 1100 copies!