MITCH MILLER SONGS: Disc One • Head of A&R for Columbia for Over 15 Years, TV Star, the DEFINITIVE COLLECTION 1
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THE NEW CHRISTY MINSTRELS Ramblin’ featuring “Green, Green” SELLING POINTS: Expanded Edition • Along with The Kingston Trio, The New Christy Minstrels Were the Most Popular Group of the STREET DATE: August 5, 2016 Early ‘60s Folk Boom • 1963’s Ramblin’ Album Was Their Creative High Hey, folk music fans! Have we got a Real Gone treat for Water Mark, and Stayed on the Charts for you! The New Christy Minstrels’ classic Ramblin’ album 77 Weeks has long been considered that great group’s creative high water work. Released in July of 1963, the album instantly made • Expanded Edition Features the Hit “Green, Green” the charts and stayed there for 77 weeks, earning founder Randy Sparks and his in Unreleased and Foreign-Language Versions group their first Gold Record…and bringing fame and a little “Green, Green” to one • 13 Bonus Tracks in All Including Six Unreleased Barry McGuire. Here it is again, in long-overdue, sonically superior remastered form Songs: Highlighted by a Demo of “Last Farewell" – and now in an expanded edition loaded with rare material (including six unreleased tracks) related to the album! 1. Ramblin’ • Newly Remastered in Vastly Improved Sound by 2. Mighty Mississippi You’ll hear the creation of “Green, Green” – the group’s biggest hit – in unreleased 3. Hi Jolly Sean Brennan at Battery Studios in NYC versions that feature members Dolan Ellis, Jackie Miller, and Gayle Caldwell (later 4. A Travelin’ Man 5. Down the Ohio • Liner Notes by New Christy Minstrels Expert “Jackie and Gayle” of Shindig fame), with Barry McGuire on only the third verse. It’s a great arrangement, very different from the hit single…and a MUST HAVE for every 6. The Drinkin’ Gourd (The Muddy Road to Freedom) Tom Pickles 7. Green, Green Christy fan. Plus, you’ll hear the German and Spanish versions of the hit – released in 8. Rovin’ Gambler • Rare Photos the US for the first time and recorded just after (future Byrd) Gene Clark joined the 9. Wagoner’s Song (Land of the Sacramento) group. PLUS…an unreleased “live” version recorded at Randy Sparks’ folk club 10. My Dear Mary Anne 11. Ride, Ride, Ride Ledbetter’s and a “gag” version with a solo by Randy himself (teasing his group). 12. Last Farewell And, there’s more…you’ll hear the brilliant Nick Woods’ amazing solo of “Natural 13. Walk the Road (Stereo Mix) Man” – originally intended to be the follow up single to “Green, Green.” Those plans 14. The Banjo (Stereo Mix) 15. Green, Green (Original Arrangement) 8548064 00490 were set aside when Randy came up with a little number called “Saturday Night”… 16. Green, Green (Original Arrangement which had “hit” written all over it. And, it was! Both songs are here…along with “The with Doubled Chorus) UPC: 848064004905 Banjo” (the B-side of “Green, Green”), “Walk the Road”, an unreleased version of 17. Grun, Grun (German “Green, Green”) FORMAT: CD “The Drinking Gourd,” and – most rare of all — a demo of “Last Farewell” (JFK’s 18. The Drinkin’ Ground (Abridged Version) PACKAGING: Jewel Case 19. Natural Man (Final Mix in Hollywood) favorite Christy song) with a pop arrangement featuring a terrific solo by Randy 20. Verde, Verde (Spanish “Green, Green”) RETURNABLE: Yes Sparks himself. 21. Saturday Night BOX LOT: 30 It’s a great package for folkies everywhere – remastered by Sean Brennan at 22. Green Green (Live at Ledbetter’s) GENRE: Folk 23. The Far Side of the Hill Battery Studios in New York, with detailed notes by Christy guru Tom Pickles that 24. Last Farewell (Pop Demo Arrangements) PARENTAL ADVISORY: No tell the story of Randy Sparks and his group at their absolute peak! So, c’mon! Let’s 25. Green, Green (Gag Version) go Ramblin’ ! SELLING POINTS: MITCH MILLER SONGS: Disc One • Head of A&R for Columbia for Over 15 Years, TV Star, THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION 1. The Yellow Rose of Texas Oboist and English Horn Player, Mitch Miller Exerted 2. Tzena, Tzena, Tzena an Outsized Influence on Pop Music During the ‘50s 3. Meet Mister Callaghan and Early ‘60s STREET DATE: August 5, 2016 4. Autumn Leaves (Les feuilles mortes) 5. Lisbon Antigua (In Old Lisbon) • Signed and/or Produced Such Talents as Doris Day, 6. Song for a Summer Night Frankie Laine, Jo Stafford, Johnny Mathis, There was never anybody like Mitch 7. Elaine (Gitane) Guy Mitchell, and Many Others 8. Napoleon Miller in the music business. And 9. Without My Lover (Bolero Gaucho) • Miller Was Also a Bestselling Recording Artist in His Own there never will be again. Head of 10. Under Paris Skies (Sous le ciel de Paris) Right, Releasing 13 Top Ten Albums and a Series of A&R for Columbia for over 15 years, 11. The Bonnie Blue Gal Charting Singles Often Credited to “Mitch Miller & The 12. Piece for English Horn star of his own television show on 13. Greensleeves Gang” NBC, accomplished oboist and 14. Song of Delilah • The Definitive Collection Includes 38 Tracks That 15. The Bowery Grenadiers English Horn player, Miller was Span His Recording Career at Columbia 16. Medley: The River Kwai March/Colonel enormously influential on pop Bogey March • Features Such Hits and Favorites as “The Yellow Rose 17. The Children’s Marching Song of Texas,” “Tzena, Tzena, Tzena,” “Meet Mister music during the ‘50s and early (Nick Nack Paddy Whack) ‘60s, producing and nurturing the 18. You Are My Sunshine Callaghan,” the Famous “The River Kwai March”/ 19. Do-Re-Mi ”Colonel Bogey March” Medley, “Song for a Summer careers of such popular artists as Night,” “The Guns of Navarone,” and “The Longest Day” Doris Day, Frankie Laine, Jo Stafford, Johnny Mathis, Guy Disc Two Mitchell and many others, while famously passing on more rock and • Notes by Gene Sculatti 1. Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree • Photos from the Columbia Vaults roll-oriented acts like Elvis, The Beatles, and Buddy Holly. But Miller’s (With Anyone Else but Me) • Remastered by Maria Triana at Battery Studios in NYC contribution didn’t stop there—he was also a successful recording artist 2. On Top of Old Smokey 3. Shenandoah • Sing Along with Mitch on 38 Tracks! in his own right, recording 13 Top Ten albums and a series of 4. When the Red Robin Comes Bob Bob bestselling singles with an orchestra and chorus, often credited to Bobbin’ Along 5. Tunes of Glory Mitch Miller and the Gang. Spanning the years 1950 to 1962, The 6. Jeepers Creepers 8248064 00488 Definitive Collection covers virtually his entire recording career at 7. It’s Only a Paper Moon Columbia, and includes such chart-topping highlights as “The Yellow 8. Red River Valley UPC: 848064004882 9. That Old Gang of Mine FORMAT: 2-CD Set Rose of Texas,” “Tzena, Tzena, Tzena,” “Meet Mister Callaghan,” the 10. The Longest Day famous “The River Kwai March”/”Colonel Bogey March” medley, “Song 11. I’ll Take You Home Again, Kathleen PACKAGING: Slimline Jewel Case 12. Beautiful Ohio RETURNABLE: Yes for a Summer Night,” and more, plus the movie themes “The Guns of 13. The Gang That Sang “Heart of My Heart” BOX LOT: 30 Navarone” and “The Longest Day.” Gene Sculatti’s notes (festooned 14. The Whistler and His Dog 15. By the Light of the Silvery Moon GENRE: Easy Listening with photos from the Columbia vault) trace a career arc like no other in 16. Bidin’ My Time PARENTAL ADVISORY: No the annals of the music industry. 38 freshly remastered tracks (by Maria 17. Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair Triana at Battery Studios) for you to sing along with Mitch! 18. The Guns of Navarone 19. Goodnight Sweetheart.