Who was the most commercially successful American poet/singer-songwriter of the 20th century?
The answer is: Rod McKuen, Now, for the first time anywhere, his complete 1960s RCA Victor recordings are compiled in a lavish boxed set of 7 compact discs.
These 192 recordings represent Rod McKuen at the peak of his mid-to-late 1960s popularity and include his Gold album Listen To The Warm. Features dozens of previously unissued performances. Most tracks never-before-released on compact disc anywhere. Contains Rod's acclaimed English adaptations and collaborations with Jacques Brel, such as Seasons In The Sun and If You Go Away, the latter recently named as 'Song of The Century.'
In addition to his enormous success in America, Rod Mckuen has established himself as an international star in England (where he has hosted his own BBC-TV series), Australia, the Netherlands, France, South Africa and numerous other countries.
Rod McKuen's three dozen books of poetry have been published in eleven languages, sold 65 million copies, and placed him securely among the most popular poets of all time. He's also worked as a rodeo cowboy, lumberjack, and B-movie actor.
'If You Go Away' concentrates on four fruitful years of McKuen's recording and songwriting career. Since the 1950s, he estimates, more than 200 albums have been released under his name, and selections from his catalog of more than 1,500 compositions have been recorded by singers including Ray Charles, Petula Clark, Johnny Cash, and Frank Sinatra. This collection gathers Rod's six original albums for RCA Victor, released between 1965-'68, plus an incredible lode of unreleased master and alternate takes, demos, and even a few 'live' recordings.
Included are Rod Mckuen's own versions of such now-standard original compositions, translations and poems as If You Go Away, The World I Used To Know, and Seasons In The Sun...Read more at: https://www.bear-family.de/
Track Listing
Disc 1:
- The Summer's Long
- Channing Way
- Each Of Us Alone
- I've Been To Town
- Yes
- The Hunters
- One Day Soon
- Summer In My Eye
- Times Gone By
- Looking Back At 30
- So Many Others (remake)
- The Lovers
- Rusting In The Rain
- The Plains Of My Country Ballet Suite In 3...
- Alamo Junction
- The Summer's Long (alt. take)
- The House Upon The Hill
- Stanyan Street Revisited
- We Have Only Love (demo)
- On My Own (demo)
- The Tamarack Tree
- Take Me Home Again
- Sleep Now Love
- Trashy
- So Many Others (alt. take)
Disc 2:
- Some Trust In Chariots
- People Change
- How Deep Is Down'
- When Flora Was Mine
- If You Go Away (Ne me quites pas)
- So Long San Francisco
- The Loner
- Solo
- The Lonely Things
- She
- The Good Times Is All Done Now
- Truck Stop
- Thank You
- I Turn To You
- Church Windows (instr.)
- Flowers
- Me And The Cat
- For Silence Is Golden (demo)
- Watching You Sleep/Thank You
- My Old Man
- Darlin' Don't You Know (& GLENN YARBROUGH)
- The Girls Of The Summer (GLENN YARBROUGH)
- Happy Birthday Ernie (Bon Anniversary Ernie)
- My Mother's Eyes
- The World I Used To Know (rejected vers.)
- Gee It's Nice To Be Alone (demo)
- If You Go Away (alt. vers.)
- So Long San Francisco (alt. lyrics)
Disc 3:
- The Hurtin'
- You
- Before The Monkeys Came
- The Summertime Of Days
- The Women
- Zangra
- Down At Mary's Old Time Bar
- Meantime
- Open The Windows And See All The Clowns
- I'm Strong, But I Like Roses
- The Statue
- Ain't You Glad You're Livin', Joe
- Loneliness In Crowds
- Nouveau Fleur (instr.)
- Something More
- Meantime (alt. take)
- Open The Window & See All The Clowns (alt)
- Don't Forget To Bring Her A Rose
- Ain't You Glad You're Livin' Joe
- The Habit
- You (take 2)
- I'm Strong But I Like Roses (alt. take)
- Meantime (1st version)
- Kill The Wind
- Open The Window & See All The Clowns
- Loneliness In Crowds (alt. take)
- Something More (demo)
Disc 4:
- I'll Say Goodbye (Je Partirai)
- La Mer Sans Soleil (Sea Without Sun)
- Le Bourgeois
- Through European Windows
- Song Without Words (Chanson Sans Paroles)
- Paris (Mon Arbre)
- Baby Be My Love (L'amour Avec Toi)
- The Ever Constant Sea
- Like A Child
- On The Road Again (Qu'est-ce Que Tu Attends.)
- Nathalie
- The Far West (Le Plat Pays)
- Pushing The Clouds Away
- Do You Like The Rain'
- Gifts From The Sea
- Some Day We'll See Spain (Concerto for Guitar
- & Orch.) Extract from 2nd Movement
- Seasons In The Sun
- Capri In July
- Je Vien de Loin, (french vocal/1st
- international issue)
- A Kind Of Loving
- I'n Only Me
- Chasin' The Sun
- The Money Boys Of Cannes (demo & GLENN
- YARBROUGH)
- Bon Soir Mademoiselle
- Through European Windows (alt. take)
Disc 5:
- Prologue: A Cat Named Sloopy
- To Share The Summer Sun
- Round, Round, Round
- I'll Never Be Alone
- The Ducks On The Millpond
- Midnight Walk
- Listen To The Warm
- It's Raining
- Weekend
- Brown October
- Where Are We Now'
- The Singing Of The Wind
- Dandelion Days
- I Live Alone
- Epilogue: One Day I'll Follow The Birds
- Entre Act: Listen To The Warm (instr.)
- I Have Loved You In So Many Ways
- We Touch Shoulder To Shoulder
- Sunday In November
- Beyond This Wall (The Phoenix)
- The Warm And Gentle Girls
- Be Gentle, Please
- Hurry
- Round, Round, Round (reprise)
- Conversation After 1:AM
- I Have Loved You In So Many Ways (theme)
- After The Toll Beach
- Listen To The Warm (alt. vocal)
- Twenty-Nine
- Midsummer
Disc 6:
- The Single Man
- Leave Me Something
- I Never Go There Anymore
- The Phoenix
- The Last Of The Wine
- Elegy #1
- The Girls Of The Summer
- Where Would I Be'
- Elegy #2
- I've Saved The Summer
- In Passing
- Some Of Them Fall
- Elegy #3
- The Importance Of The Rose (C'est La Rose)
- The Ivy That Clings To The Wall (instr.)
- Inside Of Me
- The Voyeur
- Home To See Maria
- The Lovers Of December
- Things To Come (Gymnopedes #1)
- Home By Water (Gymnopedes #3)
- Sometimes
- And To Each Season
- The Wind Of Change
- The Girls Of The Summer (alt. vocal)
- The Ivy That Clings To The Wall (vocal)
Disc 7:
- Up
- I'll Catch The Sun
- Glad Rag Doll
- The Women (alt. take)
- We Have Only Love
- Soldiers Who Want To Be Heroes (parody)
- The Waltz Goes On (demo)
- To Die In Summertime (demo)
- Seasons In The Sun (alt. vocal)
- So Many Others
- Ain't You Glad You're Livin', Joe (alt.)
- Simple Gifts (demo)
- If You Go Away
- Love And Let Love (demo)
- Some Of Them Fall (alt. vocal)
- When The Green Berets Come Home
- The New Words
- Portuguese Bend
- El Monte
- Children One And All
- We
- I Never Will Marry (demo & CHET ATKINS)
- River, River (demo & CHET ATKINS)
- Things Bright And Beautiful
- One By One (& DON HO)
- All Of Me Is Mine (demo)
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