Label: Real Gone Music
Format: LP, Valentine Red With White Swirl Vinyl, Insert With Liner Notes And Pics From Artist's Collection
Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Jackie DeShannon got her start singing gospel at home and in church as a child in her native Kentucky, and then singing country songs in her teens on her own weekly radio show, followed by rockabilly in the late 1950s. But her career really started in full swing after she moved to Los Angeles in the early 1960s and signed to Liberty Records and its song publishing arm, Metric Music, where she would write on her own as well as in collaboration with Sharon Sheely, Randy Newman, Jack Nitzsche, and Jimmy Page. Her recordings during this time initially emphasized rhythm-and-blues material and then embraced the folk era blending with west coast country rock and the Southern California sound. As a staff member of Metric Music, Jackie created a countless number of demo recordings. Although some of these have appeared on unofficial/bootleg CDs over the years and a few were sprinkled in her with her Liberty/Imperial releases, there has never been a complete authorized commercial issue of DeShannon demos until now. Covering the years 1966-68, LOVE FOREVER offers over 16 demo selections by Jackie which reflect the decade's shift to a more introspective songwriting approach. Although Jackie enjoyed major hit singles such as "What the World Needs Now Is Love" and her evergreen anthem "Put a Little Love in Your Heart," her craftsmanship as a tunesmith took a more personal tack here. And with recollections by Lady Love herself incorporated into Richie Unterberger's liner notes as well as photographs from her private collection, LOVE FOREVER paints a picture of a timeless artist evolving with the times, on her way to new creative territory in the 1970s with career crowning compositions and recordings at Capitol, Atlantic, Columbia, and Amherst Records. And best of all, 10 of the 16 tracks have never appeared ANYWHERE (and only one on vinyl), so most of the tunes and tracks on LOVE FOREVER will be new even to DeShannon devotees. Pressed for Record Store Day in Valentine red with white swirl vinyl limited to 1250 copies!
A1. SUN INTERLUDE A2. LOVE IN OUTER SPACE A3. THE SHADOW WORLD (excerpt) B1. THE COSMIC EXPLORER B2. .THE COSMIC EXPLORER B3. UNTITLED PIANO SOLO B4. FRIENDLY GALAXY No. 2 C1. WHY GO TO THE MOON? / IT'S AFTER THE END OF THE WORLD / C2. SPONTANEOUS SIMPLICITY C3. WATUSI D1. PERCUSSION INTERLUDE D2. INTERSTELLAR LOW WAYS D3. SOMEWHERE ELSE (9.10) E1. THEY'LL COME BACK E2. 2; TONE SCIENCE INTERLUDE E3. THE SATELLITES ARE SPINNING E4. SUN RA AND HIS BAND FROM OUTER SPACE E5. CALLING PLANET EARTH E6. IMAGINATION E7. I'LL WAIT FOR YOU E8. WE TRAVEL THE SPACEWAYS F1. THE WORLD OF LIGHTNING F2. BLACKMYTH F3. 2A.THE SHADOWS TOOK SHAPE F4. 2b. STRANGE WORLDS F5. 2c. JOURNEY THROUGH THE OUTER DARKNESS F6. MYTH TONE POEM (UNTITLED) F7. SKY (2.02) F8. THREE CHEERS FOR RA G1. PRELUDE G2. THEME OF THE STARGAZERS G3. THE SHADOW WORLD H1. THE SATELLITES ARE SPINNING H2. SECOND STOP IS JUPITER H3. TONE SCIENCE H4. NEXT STOP MARS I1. SPONTANEOUS SIMPLICITY I2. FRIENDLY GALAXY No. 2 J1. PLEASANT TWILIGHT J2. OUTER SPACEWAYS INCORPORATED / YOU BETTER GET READY K1. ENLIGHTMENT K2. CALLING PLANET EARTH K3. SPACE BOP (UNTITLED) K4. SPACE BALLAD (UNTITLED) K5. SUN RA AND HIS BAND FROM OUTER SPACE / THEME OF THE STARGAZERS / WE'LL WAIT FOR YOU L1. SOMEBODY ELSE'S IDEA / WALKING ON THE MOON / IT'S AFTER THE END OF THE WORLD L2. WE TRAVEL THE SPACEWAYS L3. TONE SCIENCE INTERLUDE L4. DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES L5. THE SATELLITES ARE SPINNING
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