Melanie De Biasio - Il Viaggio - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Woodstock and Glastonbury Fayre icon Melanie had been working with Easy Action on the deluxe vinyl and CD re of one of the most legendary albums in her long catalogue prior to her very sad passing. In 1972, Melanie and her producer and husband Peter Schekeryk began work on what she intended to be her most ambitious album yet. Stoneground Words was to be a double album - the first such statement from any female rock artist. It would also be the first worldwide on Neighborhood Records, the tag she and Schekeryk established in 1971 - another first, as she entered territory into which only the Beatles, the Stones and the Moody Blues had previously stepped. Even more crucially, however, it was her personal response to the enormous success, earlier in the year, of the hit InchBrand New KeyInch - Inchthe bicycle song,Inch as so many people recall it. Stoneground Words returned to the drawing board. Ten songs were selected; the remainder were placed to one side; and the album was released to generally positive reviews which included Melody Maker's assertion that it was Inchthe most sophisticated she's made. The naiveté of [the past has] been replaced by deeper, more comprehensive methods of expression.Inch She is the first to admit that the new edition of Stoneground Words is not a true facsimile of the original. The paperwork for all three projects, after all, disappeared long ago, as did the tapes (Inchwho knows where?Inch) Stoneground Words will be released in March 2024 by Easy Action / Neighbourhood Records.

Various Artists - Concert Arias 1956-1970 / Various [COMPACT DISCS] date 09/19/1995

Album has been out of print for over 30 years. Recorded live in front of a small private audience in a residential studio in Miami in 1978. This unique album includes brand new songs along with some classics such as 'Nickel Song', 'Ruby Tuesday', 'Brand New Key'. The latter was performed in the style that Melanie had originally envisioned it to be. The pinnacle of this album is arguably the stunning version of the single InchCycloneInch which segues into the classic InchCandles in the Rain Inch. Of this album Melanie defiantly said, InchI wasn't making this album for the music industry, I was making it for me - this is who I am, this is what I do, and if you don't like, too bad.Inch And the album sounds all the better for it, being as organic as you can get - a singer songwriter and an elite band of musicians doing what they do best... this album is one of the overlooked classics in the Melanie catalogue.