Monday, January 23, 2012

The Complete Columbia Singles by Mark Lindsay

Out Feb. 28

 After a spectacularly successful stint as the lead singer and saxophonist for Paul Revere and the Raiders, Mark Lindsay commenced a solo career for Columbia that cemented his reputation and legacy as one of the truly great pop-rock singers of the '60s and '70s.

Now, for the first time, all of his singles for the label plus an unreleased track, a stunning version of Tim Hardin's "Reason to Believe" that was originally slated to be one side of Mark's first solo single have been collected on to CD in one place in chronological order and in their original commercial format (which means mono on the first five tracks, stereo on the rest). Most of these original single mixes have never appeared on CD before.

The accompanying booklet features photos from Mark's private archive, and liner notes by Ed Osborne that feature interviews not only with the artist himself but also with Jerry Fuller, Artie Butler and Tom Bahler, all of whom worked on these singles.

Spanning his entire solo career with Columbia, carefully mastered by Vic Anesini at Battery Studios in New York, and representing his finest work for the label, these recordings render all other Mark Lindsay solo collections superfluous.


Track Listings

1. Reason To Believe (Mono Version)
2. First Hymn From Grand Terrace (Mono Single Version)
3. The Old Man At The Fair (Mono Single Version)
4. Arizona (Mono Single Version)
5. Man From Houston (Mono Single Version)
6. Miss America (Stereo Single Version)
7. Small Town Woman (Stereo Single Version)
8. Silver Bird (Stereo Single Version)
9. So Hard To Leave You (Stereo Single Version)
10. And The Grass Won't Pay No Mind (Stereo Single Version)
11. Funny How Little Men Care (Stereo Single Version)
12. Problem Child (Stereo Single Version)
13. Bookends (Stereo Single Version)
14. Been Too Long On The Road (Stereo Single Version)
15. All I Really See Is You (Stereo Single Version)
16. Are You Old Enough (Stereo Single Version)
17. Don't You Know (Stereo Single Version)
18. Something Big (Stereo Single Version)
19. Pretty, Pretty (Stereo Single Version)
20. California (Stereo Single Version)
21. Someone's Been Hiding (Stereo Single Version)
22. Mamacita (Stereo Single Version)
23. Song For A Friend (Stereo Single Version)
24. Photograph (Stereo Single Version)


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