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Andrew Gold (1975) What’s Wrong With This Picture (1976) All This And Heaven Too (1978) Whirlwind (1980) plus 3 bonus tracks. Plus a disc of out-takes and unreleased recordings and another with two live performances. DVD: Promo videos, Live Old Grey Whistle Test 15th March 1977 and OGWT in the studio 24th Jan 1978. Esoteric.
Our Overview.
One of the finest musicians and songwriters to emerge from the Los Angeles music scene in the mid-1970s, Andrew Gold had already established a reputation as an arranger and key member of Linda Ronstadt’s band before breaking out as a solo artist with his self-titled debut album in 1975. His song “Endless Flight” was covered by British singer Leo Sayer on his album of the same name the following year. The classic album ‘What’s Wrong With This Picture’ followed in 1976 and spawned the huge hit “Lonely Boy” and broke Andrew internationally. His third album ‘All This And Heaven Too’ would produce three international hit singles in “Thank You For Being A Friend”, “Never Let Her Slip Away” and “How Can This Be Love” and was another acclaimed work. The 1980 album ‘Whirlwind’ was Andrew’s final album for Asylum. More muscular in nature, it featured the excellent “Kiss This One Goodbye”.
Andrew Gold’s recorded legacy is now celebrated with this boxed set featuring 73 tracks on six CDs, including the aforementioned all newly re-mastered from the original Asylum Records master tapes, along with a disc of out-takes and rarities from the album sessions and a CD comprising 18 live tracks (17 previously unreleased) drawn from a concert at the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles in 1977 and a BBC TV concert recorded in London in November 1976 for the classic series ‘The Old Grey Whistle Test’. It also includes an additional 80 minute DVD featuring six promotional videos, the complete BBC Old Grey Whistle Test concert recorded in November 1976 and broadcast in March 1977 & a special Andrew Gold feature from the show first broadcast in 1978 – all of which are previously unreleased. The set also includes a lavishly illustrated booklet and a poster. ‘Lonely Boy - The Asylum Years’ is a fitting tribute to Andrew Gold, a much missed master of his craft.
Track Listing:
CD1: That’s Why I Love You / Heartaches In Heartaches / Love Hurts / A Note From You / Resting In Your Arms / I’m A Gambler / Endless Flight / Hang My Picture Straight / Ten Years Behind Me / I’m Coming Home / Hang My Picture Straight (Live At Santa Monica Civic 1975)
CD2: I Hope You Feel Good / Passing Thing / Do Wah Diddy / Learning The Game / Angel Woman / Must Be Crazy / Lonely Boy / Firefly / Stay / Go Back Home Again / One Of Them Is Me
CD3: How Can This Be Love? / Oh Urania (Take Me Away) / Still You Linger On / Never Let Her Slip Away / Always For You / Thank You For Being A Friend / Looking For My Love / Genevieve / I’m On My Way / You’re Free / Endless Flight (Live At The Gator Bowl, Jacksonville, Florida 1978)
CD4: Kiss This One Goodbye / Whirlwind / Sooner Or Later / Leave Her Alone / Little Company / Brand New Face / Nine To Five / Stranded On The Edge / Make Up Your Mind
CD5: Within A Word / Broken Pinball Machine / Ten Years Behind Me (Demo) / Lonely Boy (Original Version) / Firefly (Early Unfinished Version) / Feel It / Gorilla Jam / Gambler (Version #1) / Still You Linger On (Alternate Take) / Thank You For Being A Friend (Outtake) / Genevieve (Original Version) / Gambler (Version #2) / Traffic Jam / The In Crowd
CD6: Live Recordings – Released 1976 / 1977: Hope You Feel Good / Stay / That’s Why I Love You / Endless Flight / Learning The Game / Hang My Picture Straight / One Of Them Is Me / Lonely Boy (Live At The Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles – 6th January 1977) / Heartaches In Heartaches / That’s Why I Love You / Endless Flight / Do Wah Diddy Diddy / Learning The Game / Angel Woman / Hope You Feel Good / One Of Them Is Me / Lonely Boy / Go Back Home Again (Live At The New Victoria Theatre, London 23rd November 1976)
DVD: The Promotional Videos: Lonely Boy / Go Back Home Again / Thank You For Being A Friend / Never Let Her Slip Away / How Can This Be Love / Kiss This One Goodbye // BBC TV Live At The New Victoria Theatre, London – Broadcast 15th March 1977: Heartaches In Heartaches / That’s Why I Love You / Endless Flight / Do Wah Diddy Diddy / Learning The Game / Angel Woman / Hope You Feel Good / One Of Them Is Me / Lonely Boy / Go Back Home Again // BBC TV Old Grey Whistle Test 24th January 1978: Hope You Feel Good / Andrew Gold Interview / One Of Them Is Me