The height of Cannonball’s fusion phase arguably came in 1970, a year that yielded no less than three live albums-all produced by David Axelrod-that have since ascended to cult favorite status.
Joe Zawinul) with him and taking the electric innovations of Bitches Brew and filtering them with through his own earthy sensibility. Julian “Cannonball” Adderley first gained notice as the bluesier saxophone voice on Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue (John Coltrane being the other), and in the late ‘60s and early ’70s, he was engaged in an ongoing artistic conversation with Miles, often trading musicians (e.g. And, after a two-month delay, the label’s long-awaited retrospective of Bobby Darin’s Motown years finally comes to fruition. 1 (and starting all over again by re-releasing Vol. Real Gone then winds down its 36-volume reissue series of the Grateful Dead’s Dick’s Picks by releasing Vol. Then, Real Gone serves up some long sought-after vinyl platters with the limited edition release on 180-gram of the ferocious debut record from Cactus, the supergroup featuring Vanilla Fudge’s Carmine Appice and Tim Bogert, The Detroit Wheels’ Jim McCarty, and Amboy Dukes vocalist Rusty Day, and, on translucent green vinyl, the soundtrack to The Return of the Living Dead (braaiiinsss!) with songs by The Cramps, The Damned, The Flesh Eaters and more.įinally, the label delves deep into the catalog of singer-songwriter/guitarist Dan Fogelberg with a 2-CD retrospective that pulls 28 tracks from 11 different albums for a comprehensive career retrospective, while country great Johnny Paycheck receives the same thorough treatment with a 40-track set that contains a full 32 of his chart hits. And two albums crucial to the development of country rock, The Beau Brummels’ Triangle and Bradley’s Barn, rest cheek by jowl on one impossibly melodic CD. Right on the heels of Mavis Staples’ new solo record comes a twofer containing two classic albums the Staple Singers cut for the Epic label in the mid ‘60s, both also making their CD debuts. Two long out-of-print live albums from the Cannonball Adderley Quintet-both produced by the legendary David Axelrod-debut on CD, offering the tenor sax titan’s trademark blend of free jazz, fusion, R&B and always a whole lot of soul.
After a month off to take care of some business (the label changed distribution), Real Gone comes roaring back in May with a release schedule with something for just about every music lover.
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