FLACO JIMÉNEZ The Complete Arista Recordings King of Conjunto Music and sideman to the stars, Flaco Jiménez is responsible for taking the humble, much-maligned accordion and making it hip. His early regional recordings for a multitude of SELLING POINTS: labels including Corona, D.L.B., Norteño, Dina and Joey made him a local music legend in the San Antonio area. But, after • Flaco Jiménez Is the King of Conjunto Music being tapped by fellow Texas icon Doug Sahm to play on the and Made the Accordion Cool landmark album Doug Sahm and Band , Flaco quickly became the accordionist of choice for everybody from Ry Cooder to • After a String of Successful Album Releases on Buck Owens to the Rolling Stones. His celebrated status Local Texas Labels, Flaco Went On to Play with among fellow musicians did not escape notice from the major Doug Sahm, the Rolling Stones, Ry Cooder, labels. Warner Bros. signed him for 1992’s , and Arista signed him Buck Owens and Many Others Partners shortly thereafter, at first attempting to make a crossover country star out • The Complete Arista Recordings Collects Both of the conjunto master. Flaco Jiménez , his 1994 self-titled debut for the SONGS: of the Albums He Made for the Arista Label, label, featured such guest stars as Raul Malo of the Mavericks (singing lead on “Seguro Que Hell Yes”) and Radney Foster (singing a duet with Flaco Flaco Jiménez (1994) Flaco Jimenez (1994) and Buena Suerte, 1. Seguro Que Hell Yes Señorita (1996) on “Jealous Heart”), supplementing Flaco’s core band of Oscar Tellez on 2. El Pesudo bajo sexto and vocals, Fred Ojeda on vocals, Max Baca on bass and Flaco’s 3. Por Las Parrandas • Flaco Jimenez Blended Country with Conjunto son David on drums. Perhaps due to its mix of country and conjunto styles, 4. Por Una Mujer Bonita 5. Jealous Heart and Featured Guest Stars Raul Malo of the the album didn’t chart, but it did win a Grammy for Best Mexican- 6. Open Up Your Heart Mavericks and Radney Foster American/Tejano Performance. It’s also prime Flaco, as the tension 7. Que Problemas between the country and conjunto stylings actually makes for a very 8. Carolina • Buena Suerte, Señorita Was a Straight-Ahead, engaging and intriguing album. When it came time to make 1996’s Buena 9. Que Lo Sepa el Mundo 10. Cat Walk Kickass Conjunto Record Featuring Flaco’s Suerte Señorita , however, all thoughts of building a bridge between Core Band of Oscar Tellez, Max Baca, Nashville and San Antonio were out the window, and Flaco and his core Buena Suerte, Señorita (1996) Fred Ojeda and Son David Jiménez band settled in to make, as co-producer Cameron Randle put it, “a 100% 11. Borracho #1 12. Mala Movida turbo conjunto record.” (Another choice quote from Randle: “How long 13. Tico Taco Polka • Randy Poe’s Liner Notes Feature Quotes does it take to listen to this record? To paraphrase Flaco, about a six-pack Taken from a Fresh Interview with the Legend 14. En Avión Hasta Acapulco and a half.”) Fan favorite “Borracho #1” leads off the album, followed by 15. Buena Suerta, Señorita one propulsive, kick-ass conjunto song after another, highlighted by the 16. El Gallo Copetón • Two Long Out-of-Print Albums, a Key 17. Dos Cosas Missing Part of the Flaco Jiménez Discography title tune that features a rare solo vocal turn by Flaco. Both of these 18. Contigo Nomas albums have long been out of print, and for this Real Gone reissue, we’ve 19. Mis Brazos Te Esperan added liner notes by Randy Poe that feature quotes from Flaco taken from 20. Swiss Waltz Poe’s fresh interview with the legend. Essential stuff, and a key, missing STREET DATE: September 11, 2015 part of the Flaco Jiménez discography! LABEL: Real Gone Music GENRE: Roots/Americana ORDER USING 848064003892 FORMAT: CD 8248064 00389 SELLING POINTS: RICCI MARTIN: BEACHED (EXPANDED EDITION) • Helmed by Ricci Martin, Son of Dean and Brother to Dean-Paul Martin of Dino, Desi & What if key members of The Beach Boys, Chicago, America, and Wings Billy, Beached Is the Greatest California Rock had teamed up to create one of the greatest California rock albums you’ve Album You’ve Never Heard never heard? Well, they actually did! Singer-songwriter, multi- instrumentalist, author and director Ricci Martin, the sixth child of • Recorded at the Beach Boys’ Brother Studios in legendary “King of Cool” Dean Martin (and younger brother of Dino, Desi 1977, the Album Was Co-Produced by and Billy’s Dean-Paul Martin!), got a little help from his friends to craft Carl Wilson and Features Dennis Wilson in 1977’s Epic Records release Beached . And the all-star cast was, indeed, a Rare Non-Beach Boys Role epic. Recording at The Beach Boys’ own Brother Studios in Santa Monica, • Contributors Also Include One-Time Beach Boy Ricci assembled his core team from the band’s axis (Ricci’s history with Ricky Fataar and Long-Time Beach Boys Sideman the Boys went way back; he even took the famous photograph adorning Billy Hinsche (of Dino, Desi & Billy) the group’s Sunflower album)! Carl Wilson co-produced, played and sang on Beached alongside longtime sideman Billy Hinsche (the Billy of • Other Sideman Include Peter Cetera of Chicago “Dino, Desi and…”), while Dennis Wilson, making a rare appearance outside Plus the Band’s Entire Horn Section, As Well As of The Beach Boys, shared drumming duties with Ricky Fataar, a member SONGS: America’s Gerry Beckley, Wings’ Jimmy of The Beach Boys’ most adventurous 1970s line-up. From Chicago, Ricci 1. Stop Look Around McCullough and the Inimitable Van Dyke Parks invited Peter Cetera along with the entire horn section of Lee Loughnane, 2. Moonbeams James Pankow and Walter Parazaider. America’s Gerry Beckley and 3. Belle of the Ball • First-Ever Domestic CD Reissue Wings’ Jimmy McCulloch dropped into the sessions, too, along with Van 4. Everybody Knows My Name Dyke Parks. Other names on the album sleeve, such as Bobby Figueroa, 5. Streets of Love • Includes Four Bonus Tracks Including Rare Mono 6. Spark of Me and Stereo Single Mixes of “Moonbeams” and Carli Muñoz and Ed Carter, will be familiar to Beach Boys aficionados, not 7. My Old Radio “Stop Look Around” to mention fans of Dennis Wilson’s cult classics Pacific Ocean Blue and 8. Precious Love Bambu ! This very special album of sun-flecked SoCal pop-rock was 9. I Don’t Like It • Newly Remastered by Vic Anesini at Sony’s entirely composed by Ricci Martin, with one song co-written by Carl 10. I Had a Dream Wilson. While made a brief appearance on CD in Japan roughly a 11. Here I Go Again Battery Studios Beached 12. Stop Look Around (Stereo Single Version) decade ago before quickly going out-of-print, Real Gone Music and 13. Moonbeams (Stereo Single Version) • Liner Notes by The Second Disc’s Joe Marchese Second Disc Records are thrilled to keep the summer alive with its first- 14. Stop Look Around ever American reissue. This expanded edition adds four rare bonus tracks (Mono Promo Single Version) STREET DATE: September 11, 2015 including the mono and stereo single mixes of “Stop, Look Around” and 15. Moonbeams LABEL: Real Gone Music “Moonbeams” (the mono mixes make their worldwide CD debuts). It’s all (Mono Promo Single Version) GENRE: Rock been freshly remastered by Vic Anesini at Sony’s Battery Studios, and features new liner notes by Joe Marchese. Ricci Martin’s Beached can now FORMAT: CD finally take its rightful place in the canon of Beach Boys lore as well as in the illustrious musical legacy of the Martin family. ORDER USING 848064003823 8348064 00382.