"Sacred Hearts And Fallen Angels: The Gram Parsons Anthology" by GRAM PARSONS featuring The International Submarine Band (Bob Buchanan, Chris Etheridge, Donnie Owens with guest Glen Campbell), The Byrds (with Roger McGuinn, John Hartford and Chris Hillman) and The Flying Burrito Brothers (with Chris Hillman, "Sneeky" Pete Kleinow, Chris Etheridge, Bernie Leadon (of Eagles), Byron Berline, Michael Clarke, Leon Russell) and Solo Album guests Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt (May 2001 UK Warner Strategic Marketing/Rhino 2CD Compilation – 46 Tracks with One Previously Unreleased – Bill Inglot and Dan Hersch Remasters) - A Review by Mark Barry...

"...Luxury Liner..."

Ingram Cecil Connor III (his real name) is a Bovril Artist – you either worship at the lapels of his nudie suit or you view it as barf on an otherwise perfectly clean white tuxedo. People either love or hate Gram Parsons and his honky tonks.

What you won't be, however, is unimpressed by the sheer hard work and effort that went into this obvious reissue labour of love for Rhino Records of the USA (way back in 2001). And if ever a groundbreaking musician deserved accolades for smashing down hither too impenetrable barriers (America's youth and its misunderstanding or even loathing of what they saw as hick Country music) – then Florida's GRAM PARSONS in your boy (brutally taken from us in September 1973 aged only 23). Let's get with the fallen angel...

UK released May 2001 (reissued 21 June 2004) - "Sacred Hearts And Fallen Angels: The Gram Parsons Anthology" by GRAM PARSONS on Warner Strategic Marketing/Rhino 8122-76780-2 (Barcode 081227678029) is a 46-Track 2CD Compilation of Remasters covering his entire career from 1968 to 1970 with The International Submarine Band, The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Bros through to his two solo albums of 1973 and 1974 (including material with The Fallen Angels and posthumous releases from years later). Newly remastered from original tapes by BILL INGLOT and DAN HERSCH – it plays out as follows:

CD1 (77:55 minutes):

1. Blue Eyes

2. Luxury Liner

3. Do You Know How It Feels To Be Lonesome

4. I Must Be Somebody Else You've Known

5. Miller's Cove

6. Knee Deep In The Blues

Tracks 1 to 6 by THE INTERNATIONAL SUBMARINE BAND - "Safe At Home" LP released April 1968 in the USA on LHI Records LHI-S-12001.

7. Hickory Wind

8. You're Still On My Mind

Tracks 7 and 8 by THE BYRDS - "Sweethearts Of The Rodeo" LP released July 1968 in the USA on Columbia CS 9670 (Stereo)

9. The Christian Life

10. You Don't Miss Your Water

11. One Hundred Years From Now

Tracks 9 to 11 by THE BYRDS - "Sweethearts Of The Rodeo" outtakes first issued on "The Byrds", October 1990 US 4CD Box Set on Columbia 46773

12. Christine's Tune (Devil In Disguise)

13. Sin City

14. Do Right Woman

15. Dark End Of The Street

16. Wheels

17. Juanita

18. Hot Burrito No. 1

19. Hot Burrito No. 2

Tracks 12 to 19 buy THE FLYING BURRITO BROS. - "The Gilded Palace Of Sin" LP released February 1969 in the USA on A&M Records SP-4175 and April 1969 in the UK on A&M Records AMLS 931

20. High Fashion Queen

21. Older Guys

22. Cody, Cody

23. Wild Horses

Tracks 20 to 23 by THE FLYING BURRITO BROS. - "Burrito Deluxe" US LP released May 1970 on A&M Records SP-4258 and A&M Records AMLS 983 in the UK

24. Sing Me Back Home

Track 24 (and Track 1 on CD2) by THE FLYING BURRITO BROS. - first issued as unreleased tracks on the "Close Up The Honky Tonks" 2LP compilation released June 1974 in the USA on A&M Records SP-3631 and July 1974 in the UK on A&M Records AMLH 63661

CD2 (78:36 minutes):

1. To Love Somebody (as per Track 24 on CD1)

2. Still Feeling Blue

3. We'll Sweep Out The Ashes In The Morning

4. A Song For You

5. Streets Of Baltimore

6. She

7. The New Soft Shoe

8. Kiss The Children

9. How Much I've Lied

Tracks 2 to 9 are from his first solo debut LP "GP" as GRAM PARSONS – released January 1973 in the USA on Reprise MS 2123 and March 1973 in the on Reprise K 44228 (reissued April 1976 using the same K 44228 catalogue number but with Warner Brothers corporate logo on the label). 

10. Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man

11. That's All It Took

12. California Cotton Fields

Tracks 1 to 12 by GRAM PARSONS and THE FALLEN ANGELS - Posthumously released LP "Live 1973" issued February 1982 in the USA on Sierra Records GP 1973

13. Return Of The Grievous Angel

14. Hearts On Fire

15. Brass Buttons

16. $1000 Wedding

17. Love Hurts

18. Ooh Las Vegas

19. In My Hour Of Darkness

Tracks 13 to 19 are from his second and last official studio album "Grievous Angel" as GRAM PARSONS – released January 1974 in the USA on Reprise MS 2171 and June 1974 in the UK on Reprise K 54018.

20. Brand New Heartache

21. Sleepless Nights

22. The Angels Rejoiced Last Night

Tracks 20 to 22 are from posthumous GRAM PARSONS and THE FLYING BURRITO BROS. LP "Sleepless Nights" - released April 1976 in the USA on A&M Records SP 4578 and June 1976 in the UK on A&M Records AMLH 64578.

From the outer card slipcase through to the two individual card digipaks housing two themed label CDs and a fantastic chunky 52-booklet - "Sacred Hearts And Fallen Angels: The Gram Parsons Anthology" reeks of class and dedication on the part of its compilers. CD1 for instance repros the Lee Hazelwood Industries logo for the February 1968 American "Luxury Liner" 45 on LHI 45-1205 (from the "Safe As Milk" album) - while CD2 goes to the solo career and gives us a tan label of his February 1974 American single for "Love Hurts" on Reprise REP 1192. Beneath each see-through CD trays is memorabilia – an American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Membership Form for a 19 July 1967 engagement (guaranteed by Lee Hazelwood) while CD2 has a handwritten note to Rick Grech. It’s a testament to detail.

The 52-page booklet too is crammed full of GP goodness - an introduction by the first lady of Country Rock Emmylou Harris and Rhino's James Austin – an in-depth career discussion by Holly George-Warren and thereafter a track-by-track breakdown. Throughout there are beautiful photos of all the key players, pictures of the various bands he was in and on to the solo year of 1973, outtakes from album covers and finally massively in-depth reissue credits. Musicians include Glen Campbell guesting on two International Submarine Band tunes - Roger McGuinn, John Hartford and Chris Hillman when GP was with The Byrds - Chris Hillman, "Sneeky" Pete Kleinow, Chris Etheridge, Bernie Leadon (of Eagles), Byron Berline, Michael Clarke when he was with The Flying Burrito Bros. and guests like Leon Russell, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt. There is a lot here. The Audio comes courtesy of two long-time Rhino-associated engineers – BILL INGLOT and DAN HERSCH – and as ever – it all sounds so damn good. Like most fans I've had the Flying Bros twofer on A&M Remasters CD and the GP Warner Brothers one too since the 90s - but this 2001 original master tapes trawl trumps the lot. To the music...

Although Lee Hazlewood had an eye for talent and a love for a tune with a Pop-Country bint as was evidenced in so many of his Pop hits - even Lee probably didn't think The International Submarine Band would amount to much (poor sales kind of proved it). But that doesn't stop a tune like "Luxury Liner" sounding like it had been pedal-steeling around for decades instead of coming out of a bunch of under 20-year olds (Donnie Owens guests on Guitar). GP's talent for a great hooky ballad immediately leaps out at you too when listening to his co-write on "Do You Know How It Feels To Be Lonesome?" Glen Campbell guests on guitar for two - "I Must Be Somebody Else You've Known" and "Miller's Cove" - both with the best audio I've heard for this notoriously bootlegged album.

Guitarist Bob Buchanan co-wrote the mighty "Hickory Wind" with Gram for the Byrds-do-Country 1968 album "Sweetheart Of The Rodeo" - tall pines and oak trees in South Carolina. John Hartford plays Banjo and Guitar while Lloyd Green plucks that Pedal Steel. Jukebox Honky Tonk kicks in with "You're Still On My Mind" - an empty bottle and a broken heart sounding 'so' good. Cleverly this Anthology then reaches for three of the then new "Sweetheart Of The Rodeo" outtakes on "The Byrds" 1990 4CD Box Set - a lilting cover of William Bell's 1961 Stax hit "You Don't Miss Your Water" alongside a GP original - the nobody knows song "One Hundred Years From Now".

The Flying Burrito Bros open their account with the jaunty "Christine's Tune (Devil In Disguise)" that soon descends into The Everly Brothers doing distorted guitar. Chris Hillman and Gram drag us down to "Sin City" - three years to pay or a stint in the poor house. Both the Chris Moman/Dan Penn Soul covers - "Do Right Woman" and "Dark End Of The Street" now have slow Countrified arrangements that work – while – the two parts of "Hot Burrito" sound like Todd Rundgren on Bearsville. There was an increasing sophistication to "Burrito Deluxe" – it’s tracks feeling like a dry run for the Eagles emerging sound and that Rolling Stones tie-in on "Wild Horses" always blows me away.

CD2 brings us large chunks of the two official albums - eight of the eleven on January 1973's "GP" with eight of the ten on January 1974's "Grievous Angel" and of course those stragglers afterwards ("Sleepless Nights" and the "Live 1973" posthumous compilation). Sticking with "GP" - fans will thrill to the stunning audio on "We'll Sweep Out The Ashes In The Morning" - the Pedal Steel of Al Perkins (from Stephen Still's band Manassas) clear as a bell – the song bolstered up by Emmylou Harris giving it some of passion's guilt in her ache. That's followed by the duo-tenderness of "A Song For You" - a superb GP original. Traditional Country infuses the uprooted 'our kin in Tennessee' Tompall Glaser and Harlan Howard song "Streets Of Baltimore" - that Glen Hardin piano so beautifully clear and complimentary.

So many would cover the inherent heartbreak in "She" - a stunning co-write with Chris Etheridge - hallelujah. I'd forgotten how subtle the Byron Berline fiddle is in the quietly gentle mix of "The New Soft Shoes" - beautifully judged harmony vocals too and that perfectly complimentary pedal steel and solo. Rik Grech provided the life ain't easy tune "Kiss The Children" where our sap in on the barroom floor dreaming of whiskey instead of his loved ones. The final cut from "GP" is a co-write with Pam Rifkin on "How Much I've Lied" - a 'losing you was a silly thing to do' tale of dumbass infidelity. It's not the full album, but man what a classic in the Country Rock vein "GP" is.

The live rendition of "Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man" with Emmylou’s sympatico harmony vocals is fabulous and the burst into flames at the mere mention of her name in "That's All It Took" – another lilting woe-is-me ballad. The pedal-steel band brings it all bopping home with the dad, mom and family relocation hopefulness in "California Cotton Fields".

The "Grievous Angel" followed his hurtful loss in September 1973 from substance-related issues - gone at 23 with his star rising. Rhino offer a 'Remix' Of "Return Of The Grievous Angel" and it kicks like a mule. Again guitarists James Burton and Al Perkins hit the main spots with guest shots from Herb Pedersen and Bernie Leadon (of Eagles). Faves include "Ooh Las Vegas" which Deacon Blue named a 2CD compilation of rarities after - while the Bryants and The Everly Brothers would have been proud of "Brand New Heartache" - all finished off with a cover of The Louvins' "The Angels Rejoiced Last Night" - a story song of gambling and church with an uncredited advert for the "GP" album as it fades out.

For sure this much Country-Rock in one go might test a young un's patience in 2020 - but my God what a superbly handled tip of the Stetson to Gram Parsons. Rejoice indeed...

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Following the artistic triumph and musically magisterial "Blood On The Tracks" LP from early February 1975 was always going to be a tough one (never had love and pain been so articulate). Yet January's "Desire" began the new Bob Dylan year in more comeback-kid style – even rounding out 1976 with the obligatory live set "Hard Rain" - an album that admittedly few remember or care about now.

To the reissue - running to over 56 minutes on original vinyl - the much-loved "Desire" has always been a pretty Columbia/CBS Records LP to look at but a crushed compromise on the Audio front. Until the advent of CD... The first 1980s variant was good (better than the LP for sure) but this re-constructed Stereo CD Remaster from 2003 carried out by the mighty GREG CALBI – a name synonymous with transfer greatness for me – is an altogether different beast. The transformation here is amazing. Let's get details out of the way first before we delve into the songs...

UK re-released March 2004 – "Desire" by BOB DYLAN on Sony/Columbia 512345 2 (Barcode 5099751234524) is a straightforward CD Remaster of his 1976 9-Track LP. 

It was initially reissued September 2003 as a CD/SACD Hybrid Dual Format release in a gatefold card digipak/repro artwork (Columbia 512345 6 – Barcode 5099751234562) - but that was quickly deleted and replaced in 2004 with a standard jewel case issue using the same 2003 Remaster (itself repressed in 2009 and 2016). "Desire" plays out as follows (56:15 minutes):

1. Hurricane [Side 1]

2. Isis

3. Mozambique

4. One More Cup Of Coffee

5. Oh, Sister

6. Joey [Side 2]

7. Romance In Durango

8. Black Diamond Bay

9. Sara

Tracks 1 to 9 are the album "Desire" - released January 1976 in the USA on Columbia PC 33893 and January 1976 in the UK on CBS Records S 86003. Produced by DON DeVITO - it peaked at No. 1 in the USA and No. 3 in the UK.

The 8-page inlay reproduces the "Songs Of Redemption" notes from Allen Ginsberg – a stream of consciousness writing that has always been unreadable piffle to me. The disc uses the red Columbia label and there's an inlay with a profile photo of Bob live on some distant stage underneath the see-through CD tray. Overall it's merely good rather than being great or properly celebratory as it should be. But all of that goes out the window once you clap ears on the stunning GREG CALBI Remaster - a man whose had his mitts on McCartney's "Band On The Run", Paul Simon's "Graceland", Supertramp's "Crime Of The Century" and "Breakfast In America" and even John Mayer's Remastered catalogue. Calbi has lifted the 'mysterious and dark' musical cups of coffee out of the murkiness – those huge drums on "Joey" - a job well done it has to be said.

For "Desire" – Dylan once again reconstructed his musical sound. Every track features the even-present electric violin of Scarlett Rivera giving most tunes a weary dusty castanets-at-dawn almost Mexican vibe. Add to that are the endless words – brilliant rhymes done in conjunction with Broadway Theatre director Jacques Levy – Dylan unusually relinquishing control over the writing (Levy is co-credited as songwriter on all except "One More Cup Of Coffee" and "Sara" which are credited to Dylan alone). Country giant Emmylou Harris also lends her vocals to brilliant cuts like "One More Cup Of Coffee",  "Oh, Sister" and "Black Diamond Bay" - while Ronee Blakley adds to the wall of lady voices that became something of a signature style for BD (Steven Soles is the duet vocalist on "Hurricane"). The rhythm section is Rambling Jack Elliott's Bass player Ron Stoner (gorgeous work on "Isis" and "Sara") - while England's Howard Werth from Folk-Prog rock band Audience provides the huge drums heard to such effect on "Joey" and the soft-shoe shuffle on "Black Diamond Bay".

Setting aside the overly cryptic and frankly pretentious Allen Ginsberg liner notes - long and wordy tunes prevailed for "Desire" – like BD could not stop penning rhyming couplets. The full album cut for "Hurricane" ran to eight and half minutes – "Isis" clocks in a few seconds under seven minutes - while the prison/civilian mobster life story "Joey" over on Side 2 is king of the streets at eleven minutes. "Black Diamond Bay" punches past seven and half and even the confessional love song "Sara" at five and half minutes feels twice as long emotionally. There's an epic feel to many of the songs reflected in the huge story themes...

Culled from the Autobiography "The Sixteenth Round" about Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter who was famously jailed for murder in 1967 and locked up in a tiny steel cage in New Jersey – "Hurricane" was the Bob Dylan of protest songs – Dylan angry at social injustice and not just bemoaning his own love life. I can remember hearing lyrics like "...the man the authorities came to blame for something he never done..." or "...if you're black...you might as well not show up on the streets unless you want to die in the heat..." and thinking – never mind calling the cops – call the lawyers. "Isis" is a weary marital song in all but name. A backbone piano jab plinks away throughout like a tired soldier walking home from battle – complimented occasionally with passionate Harmonica interludes as he sings about the world's biggest necklace and bodies in Pyramids and Isis in the meadow – the woman he loves that will somehow – inexplicably – do him in.

That Acoustic and Bass opening for "Mozambique" is gorgeous – Emmylou's voice ad-libbing in the background as Rivera strokes the electric violin. One of the best and almost unknown Dylan cover versions is by A&M artists NUTZ who did a take of the funereal "One More Cup Of Coffee" on their 3rd album "Hard Nutz" in 1977. I've always thought it one of his undiscovered jewels – and again Emmylou adding so much with her duet vocals. Side 1 ends on the sad "Oh, Sister" – Dylan hoping that she won't treat him like a stranger – that trademark Harmonica of his wailing in pain.

Side 2's "Joey" is a monster and one would think that at over eleven minutes it's a song that overstays its welcome. But Dylan pours on the factoids in the story of Joey Gallo – the American Government's one-time Public Enemy Number 1. Gunned down like a rabid dog at a Clam House in Little Italy in 1972 – typically rebel Bob sides with the street punk even as he relays the Mobster's less-than-angelic gambling habits and retribution tactics for his rivals. Lyrically it's a tour-de-force – bullets fly – war breaks out – the streets fill with blood and empty out – and through it all are the men in blue unfairly gunning for the 'king of the street' according to Dylan. The shadow of Ry Cooder and Tijuana lingers over "Romance In Durango" - mariachi trumpets and violin notes getting drunk in the throat-parched cantina of life. Panama hats in gambling rooms watch the last ship sail away in "Romance In Durango" – while the truly touching "Sara" is about as relationship personal as Bob Dylan gets (his wife).

Re-listening to the album on this wicked CD only reconfirms his legend. OK I still don’t think "Desire" is Part 2 of "Blood On The Tracks" (what could be) nor is "Street Legal" the poor third son of its two predecessors. I always see the three albums as some kind of golden Dylan period. And for sure with a little presentation and sequencing imagination - this CD reissue could have been better if it included the Quadrophonic mixes done in 1975 (altered versions and instruments) or even the "Catfish" outtake with Eric Clapton on Slide Dobro that turned up on 1991's stunning first volume of "The Bootleg Series – Rare And Unreleased 1961-1991". "Abandoned Love" and "Rita Mae" are other songs done as the sessions too – in fact a Legacy Deluxe Edition 2CD set anyone? But there is genius in them dar grooves/digital bits.

"...Nobody can throw the ball like Catfish can...a million dollar man... " – Bob Dylan sang on the "Desire" outtake "Catfish".

And when it comes to the enigma that is Mister Zimmerman – ain’t that the musical truth...

"The Innocent Age" by DAN FOGELBERG - November 1981 Double-Album on Full Moon and Epic Records with Joni Mitchell as a Guest (September 2012 UK Beat Goes On 2CD Remaster of the 1981 Double-Album) - A Review by Mark Barry...

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I purchased these superb sounding Dan Fogelberg 2CD reissues by Beat Goes On Records of England way back and have been meaning to review them ever since. 

I've covered Volume 1 "Home Free" (1972) / "Souvenirs" (1974), Volume 2 "Captured Angel" (1975) / "Nether Lands" (1977) and Volume 3 "Twin Sons Of Different Mothers" (1978) / "Phoenix" (1980) in separate reviews. Here are the details for Volume 4 that deals with his expansive and brilliant double-album from 1981 that featured a rare guest spot by Joni Mitchell on duet vocals. To details...

UK released 10 September 2012 - "The Innocent Age" by DAN FOGELBERG on Beat Goes On BGOCD 1073 (Barcode 5017261210739) is a 2CD set of Remasters that make up the 17 tracks of his 7th vinyl album (a 2LP set) "The Innocent Age" - first issued November 1981 in the USA on Full Moon KE2 37393 and in the UK on Epic EPC 88533.

Discs 1 (39:40 minutes):

1. Nexus [Side 1]

2. The Innocent Age

3. The sand And The Foam

4. In The Passage

5. Lost In The Sun [Side 2]

6. Run For The Roses

7. Leader Of The Band

8. Same Old Lang Syne

Disc 2 (40:50 minutes):

1. Stolen Moments [Side 3]

2. The Lion's Share

3. Only The Heart May Know

4. The Reach

5. Aireshire Lament [Side 4]

6. Times Like These

7. Hard To Say

8. Empty Cages

9. Ghosts

Like the other reissues in this superb series - the packed 24-page booklet is excellent - all artwork reproduced, lyrics, full credits and liner notes in this case by noted writer DAVID WELLS. With the lovely outer card wrap/slipcase it automatically feels like a classy presentation. But the big news for fans is the fabulous remasters. ANDREW THOMPSON at Sound Performance in London has done the deed (he's handled large numbers of BGO's reissues) and his transfers on this 2CD set are beautifully handled. On to the music...

It opens with a belter "Nexus" and a rare cameo appearance on duet 'descant' vocals by JONI MITCHELL. The guitar solo in the song combined with the vocals still sends me to this day (lyrics above). Respectfully dedicated to the Buffalo Springfield, track 2 "The Innocent Age" is pure Fogelberg magic where he plays all the instruments and employs lovely harmony vocals from BF original band member RICHIE FURAY.

The album was a smash (it hit Number 6 on the charts - rare for a double) and spawned 4 hit singles - "Same Old Lang Syne", "Hard To Say", "Leader Of The Band" and "Run For The Roses" (with Al Perkins on Steel Guitar). Other favorites include the Emitt Rhodes acoustic funk of "Stolen Moments" and the gorgeous ballad "Only The Heart May Know" featuring an aching vocal duet with EMMYLOU HARRIS. "The Reach" is equally as beautiful ("it's father and son...it's the way it's been done...") - the melody and lyrics reduce me to tears every time. Wonderful stuff really - all of it...

I posted a note on Dan Fogelberg's website when he sadly succumbed to cancer in December 2007 - yet another teenage hero of mine gone to the great gig in the sky.

Luckily this and all the other beautiful-sounding 2CD reissues in this superb Beat Goes On series do his musical legacy proud. Well done to all involved and RIP you lovely songsmith...