JERRY WILLIAMS: GONE First scheduled for release in 1979, Jerry Williams’ debut album for Warner Brothers Records was pulled from distribution before it ever made the record stores, victim of a dispute with the label. But the story didn’t end there; though only promotional copies of the album were ever minted—this record was indeed “Gone”—those copies have been passed from hand over the last 35 years and have become hotly sought-after collector items. But then, such a strange turn of events somehow suits Jerry Williams; born in Oklahoma and raised in the Ft. Worth, Texas area, the man is one of the great mysteries of SELLING POINTS: modern music. • Jerry Williams Is the Greatest Rock and Gone was going to be the breakthrough album for Williams. Produced by Chris Kimsey as his first project following the production of the Rolling R&B Songwriter You Never Heard Of, with Stones’ smash Some Girls album, Gone offered a totally unique mix of rock Songs Recorded by Delbert McClinton, Eric and soul, and featured players like bassist Donald “Duck” Dunn, drummer Jeff Clapton, Bonnie Raitt and Stevie Ray Porcaro and guitarist Steve Cropper. But, due to a falling-out with the label so severe that Williams Vaughan Among Many Others was served with a restraining order barring him from entering the Warner Bros. building, the album was quashed. But Williams wasn’t done; two years after its release, singer Delbert McClinton hit the Top Ten with the Gone track • His 1979 Album, Gone, Should Have Been “Givin’ It Up for Your Love,” and the next year Eric Clapton would record such Williams songs as “Forever Man,” His Big Break But Was Pulled from “Pretending” and “Running on Faith.” Bonnie Raitt began recording Williams originals in 1982 and has never quit. Circulation Due to a Label Dispute; It’s Fans like Stevie Ray Vaughan, ZZ Top, the Eagles and the Fabulous Thunderbirds have spread the Texan’s songs around the world, with millions of copies sold. Since Become a Serious Cult Classic Now, as one of the most enigmatic and intriguing musical figures of the past 50 years, someone whose outsized talent landed him in Little Richard’s band at the age of 16 (with another guitarist named Jimmy James • Produced by Williams and Chris Kimsey, a.k.a. Jimi Hendrix) and someone whom the Los Angeles Times eulogized after his death in 2005 as “probably the Who Produced the Rolling Stones’ most successful unknown songwriter in rock and rhythm and blues.” Jerry Williams is an artist whose time has Some Girls Album come. Finally. Our Real Gone reissue of Gone comes with liner notes by Williams champion Bill Bentley, who has over the • Features Such Stellar Sidemen as years bought about 50 copies of the LP to share with friends—a long-overdue CD debut to say the least! Donald “Duck” Dunn, Steve Cropper and Jeff Porcaro Songs: 1. Gone 6. Song for My Father • Liner Notes by Williams Devotee Bill Bentley 2. Easy on Yourself 7. Givin’ It Up for Your Love 3. I’ve Got Dreams to Remember 8. Getting Stronger • Worldwide CD Debut 4. Call to Arms 9. Philosophizer 5. Talk to Me 10. This Song STREET DATE: February 3, 2015 LABEL: Real Gone Music GENRE: Rock ORDER USING 848064003311 FORMAT: CD SELLING POINTS: GEORGE JONES & TAMMY WYNETTE: • George Jones and Tammy Wynette Are Songs of Inspiration One of the Most Celebrated Couples in the History of Country Music, Famous for Their Part of the attraction of country music is the way it juxtaposes the pious Larger-Than-Life Music and Marriage and profane, the sacred and sinful; Saturday night’s partier is Sunday morning’s penitent. And never was this contradiction at the core of • The First Collection of Its Kind, Songs of country music quite so captured than by the very public ups and downs Inspiration Presents the Pair’s Devotional of the marriage between George Jones and Tammy Wynette. Here was a couple whose alcohol and drug-fueled fights were legendary; yet one Recordings always got the sense that they were just two mixed-up people who truly loved each other and were just having a hard time getting along • Includes Songs Pulled from the Albums in this world. Plenty of attention has been paid to George and George Jones & Tammy Wynette: We Love Tammy’s wild side; this collection focuses on their “mild” side, with 26 to Sing About Jesus & Tammy Wynette: tracks of inspirational music taken from two albums and some Inspiration singles. The first 11 tracks hail from their 1972 album We Love to Sing About Jesus, while the next 11 songs come from Tammy’s album Inspiration (CD debut!), • Inspiration Makes Its CD Debut on This which was released in 1969, the year she married George (and shortly after “Stand by Your Man” made her Package a superstar). Four single sides from the ‘70s, three by Tammy, one by George, round out the set. As far as we can tell this is the only collection ever to highlight George and Tammy’s inspirational material, and it is a real treat to hear • Also Includes Solo Inspirational Singles them tackle this uncharacteristic fare. John Alexander supplies the liner notes, and the music is remastered at Sony’s from George and Tammy own Battery Studios. A real treat, and not just for Sundays! • Liner Notes by John Alexander Songs: • Remastered at Sony’s Own Battery Studios George Jones & Tammy Wynette: Tammy Wynette: Inspiration Tammy Wynette Singles We Love to Sing About Jesus 12. You’ll Never Walk Alone 23. The Wonders You Perform 1. We Love to Sing About Jesus 13. Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep 24. Gentle Shepherd • 26 Tracks 14. Just a Closer Walk with Thee 2. Old Fashioned Singing 25. I’d Like to See Jesus (On the Midnight 15. I Believe 3. He Is My Everything 16. Battle Hymn of the Republic Special) 4. Me and Jesus 17. How Great Thou Art STREET DATE: February 3, 2015 5. Noah and the Ark LABEL: Real Gone Music 18. He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands George Jones Single 6. Let’s All Go Down to the River 19. It Is No Secret What God Can Do 26. It’s a 10-33 (Let’s Get Jesus on the Line) GENRE: Inspirational 7. Let’s All Sing Ourselves to Glory 20. Crying in the Chapel FORMAT: CD 8. Talkin’ About Jesus 21. He 9. When Jesus Takes His Children Home 22. May the Good Lord Keep and Bless You 10. Everything’s Gonna Be Alright 11. Show Him That You Love Him ORDER USING 848064003199.