Lifesong

WIN-1003

Track Listing:
1) HIGH WIRE
2) PETER STAYS AND SPIDER-MAN® GOES
3) SQUARE BOY
4) NEW POINT OF VIEW
5) SPIDER-MAN®
6) NO ONE'S GOT A CRUSH ON PETER
7) GWENDOLYN®
8) COUNT ON ME
9) DR. OCTOPUS ® (PT. 1 & 2)
10) GREEN GOBLIN®
11) A SOLDIER STARTS TO BLEED
12) TIME WILL SHOW THE WAY
13) PLUS: ORIGINAL NARRATIONS BY THE
      CREATOR OF SPIDER-MAN®, STAN LEE

The Album:

There's never been a more perfect time than now for the re-emergence of one of the most requested albums at virtually every reissue label. Originally released 25 years ago, Lifesong Records teamed with Marvel® Comics for a critically-acclaimed and very musical LP that explored the life of America's favorite superhero, Spider-Man®. Scoff if you must, but it wasn't just kid stuff! Any 8 to 18 year-old fanboy worth his weight in webbing agreed it was one of the coolest records in their collection, and college radio was all over its myriad of musical styles that included pop, rock, reggae, swing and doo-wop. It retold the origin of Spider-Man®, his encounters with Dr. Octopus® and The Green Goblin®, and his romance with girlfriend Gwen Stacey® with narration by Marvel®'s own Stan Lee, cover artwork by famed Spidey-artist John Romita and a musical bed that included the likes of Rolling Stone Magazine darlings Crack The Sky, and super-saxophonist David Sanborn. As a special treat to fans, NO ONE'S GOT A CRUSH ON PETER has been restored to full track status from its original use as incidental music. What a bargain! But wait, it gets better...also added is the closing narration by Lee. Excelsior! For anyone who grew up watching the original cartoons of the '60s, owned this album in the '70s, read the comics through the '80s, watched the '90s animated upgrade, or are kids of the new Millennium, this CD becomes the perfect souvenir of a childhood that, for many, will continue as long as there's a friendly neighborhood Spider-Man®!

The Artist:

We all know about the radioactive spider that bit Peter Parker® and turned him into Spider-Man®, so we won't go into that here. A Marvel® Comics exec saw Spider-Man®'s musical potential and sold Lifesong Records' Terry Cashman, Tommy West (both Jim Croce's producers and the vocal duo Cashman & West) and Phil Kurnit on the merits of a pop-rock approach to the superhero. The label's own highly creative roster of producers, recording artists and songwriters immediately pitched-in, including jingle singer Marty Nelson whose vocals were on almost every other commercial in the '70s. Nelson became the singing voice for Spider-Man®, and was able to handle the psuedo-rock opera's vocal demands as well as co-produce the ambitious project. The icing on the cake was narration by comicdom's crowned king, Stan Lee. Since the day it was taken out of circulation, the album has become a valued collector's item that reportedly has sold for $500 on eBay this past year.

CDCHD 936

Track Listing:

1. (Lookin' For the) Heart of Saturday Night

2. Midtown American Main Street Gang

3. You've Awakened Somethin In Me

4. Guitar Queen

5. Pattern of My Lifeline, The

6. (I Used To Be a) Brooklyn Dodger

7. Streetheart Theme

8. Power of Love Within, The

9. Spanish Harlem Incident

10. Do You Believe In Magic

11. Fie In the Night

12. We Don't Talk Anymore

13. Hollywood

14. Midnight Lover

15. Street Mama

16. All Quiet On 34th Street

17. You Are My Star - (featuring Tony Battaglia)

18. Poor Boy

LSCD-7050

Tracks Listing

1. Safety In Numbers (5:56)
2. Lighten Up McGraw (4:55)
3. Atlantic City (4:13)
4. Nuclear Apathy (8:34)
5, Flashlight (Of Love) (4:35)
6. Jungle Man Lonely (4:41)
7. Long Nights (4:18)
8. A Night On The Town (With Snow White)
9. Give Myself To You (3:03)
10. The Crying Father, Farmer From Idaho (4:27)

THE ALBUM:

Jelly Roll Johnson's distinctive, soulful style of harmonica identifies him as one of Nashville's great musicians. This album joins Jelly Roll's talents with acoustic performances by some of Nashville's best singers / songwriters. With its spare production style, this album weaves together Americana tunes with flavors ranging from blues to pop to folk, enhanced by Johnson's expressive harp. 

THE ARTIST:

Many of Nashville's greatest artists can boast of Jelly Roll Johnson's artistry and soul added to their albums: Shania Twain, The Judds, Randy Travis, Trisha Yearwood, Kenny Rogers, Jo Dee Messina, Alabama, John Michael Montgomery, Ricky Scaggs, Hal Ketchum, Alison Krauss, Kathy Mattea, Tim McGraw, Reba McEntire and Lee Ann Womack, are just a few. The singers/ songwriters here perform all vocals and most of the acoustic guitars: Tony Arata, writer of Garth Brooks' hit The Dance; Malcolm Holcombe; J. Fred Knobloch, co-writer of Faith Hill's If My Heart Had Wings and George Strait's smashMeanwhile; Suzi Ragsdale and Verlon Thompson, who penned the Trisha Yearwood hit You Say You Will.

Jelly Roll Johnson is a genuine American Original, the pride of Nashville, Tennessee and Lake Charles, Louisiana. You can also enjoy Jelly Roll Johnson with J. Fred Knobloch on the American Originals Live At The Bluebird album (AMO-4003).

Produced by Michael Terry & Vinny Adinolfi

at The Music Lab, Trumbull, CT

Executive Producers: Terry Cashman, Tommy West & Phil Kurnit

Published by Sister John Music (BMI) and Antebellum Music (BMI)

®2009 PKM Productions LLC, P.O. Box 5807, Englewood, NJ 07631

Manufactured in the USA by Lifesong Records, a Division of

PKM Productions LLC.

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Disc: 1
1.  Tommy West: Things Are Getting  

     Better Now
2.  Tommy West: Old Radio
3.  Tommy West: I Know
4.  Tommy West: David And Dawn
5.  Tommy West: Nightingale
6.  Tommy West: I'm Ready For You
7.  Tommy West: Mammas, Don't Let Your  

     Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys
8.  Tommy West: Don't Fence Me In/Back   

     In The Saddle Again
9.   Tommy West: Cowboy
10. Tommy West: I'll Sing For You
11. Tommy West: I Know (Single Version)
12. Tommy West: Nightingale 

     (Original Version)
13. Tommy West: Old Radio 

     (Demo Version)
14. Tommy West: I'll Sing For You 

     (Demo Version)
15. Tommy West: Things Are Getting   

     Better Now (Demo Version)
16. Tommy West: You Be Don And I'll Be 

      Phil (bonus track)
17. Tommy West: Be A Woman 

     (bonus track)
18. Tommy West: The Girl In My Dreams     

     (bonus track)
19. Tommy West: On The Night We Met    

     (bonus track)
20. Tommy West: Babalu's Wedding Day 

     (bonus track)
Disc: 2
1.   Terry Cashman: Baby, Baby I Love You
2.   Terry Cashman: Cruisin'
3.   Terry Cashman: There I Go Again
4.   Terry Cashman: Easy To Sing A Love   

      Song
5.   Terry Cashman: Back To The Dawn
6.   Terry Cashman: New York City Blues
7.   Terry Cashman: Young Turks
8.   Terry Cashman: I Can't See
9.   Terry Cashman: We'll Be Together
10. Terry Cashman: The Dreamer
11. Terry Cashman: Song For Jane 

     (bonus track)
12. Terry Cashman: All The Goodtime Girls 

      Are Gone (bonus track)
13. Terry Cashman: Back To The Dawn -    

      Demo Version
14. Terry Cashman: All The Love 

     (bonus track)
15. Terry Cashman: Talkin' Baseball 

     (bonus track)
16. Terry Cashman: Cooperstown 

     (bonus track)
17. Terry Cashman: Now They're Writing   

     Songs (bonus track)
18. Terry Cashman: Passin' It On 

     (bonus track)

(2-CD set) Both Tommy West's Hometown Frolics and Terry Cashman's self-titled debut began as the fourth official Cashman & West album with the working title of Back To The Dawn. It was intended to be the first LP released on their new label, Lifesong, named after their third album for ABC/Dunhill. But the pair found themselves moving in different directions during Dawn's recording process, so two intensely personal and musically divergent albums emerged from the sessions instead of just one. Included on this package are previously unreleased Cashman & West outtakes such as the original attempts at Things Are Getting Better Now, I'll Sing For You, David And Dawn, and a very raw Back To The Dawn (whose rhythm section featured the rock group Crack The Sky), all of which reveal the process with which each of the solo albums began. They offer as much of a fly-on-the-wall's perspective as one can have on any recording project's history. For instance, one bonus track is the original version of Nightingale, an outtake from the album Lifesong, re-recorded by West for his solo project as a more upbeat country-rocker modeled during the pop-reign of the Eagles. Song For Jane, another Lifesong outtake, was a candidate for Cashman's project, but never made the final cut. Also included is the single version of West's I Know, a charting 45 that featured the artist on layers of later-added musical instruments.

This collection not only presents the albums, but it also tracks the artists' careers after their solo album releases. In West's case, we get demos of songs intended for his follow-up to Hometown Frolics plus his reverent oldies recordings. In Cashman's case, we're offered his famous baseball recordings, all of which make a statement much bigger than a commentary on the sport; they reflect on father-son traditions, keeping alive memories of great achievers, and having role models one can admire for decades and beyond.

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As heard on the Comcast Sports Net TV special CAL'S CALL TO THE HALL:  CAL STORIES, in honor or Carl Ripken Jr's. entry into the Baseball Hall of Fame