[2012-03-06] Mark Lindsay "The Complete Columbia Singles" (Real Gone)

Linda · **Posted:** Sun Mar 04, 2012 10:02 pm

Description
After a spectacularly successful stint as the lead singer and saxophonist for Paul Revere and the Raiders, Mark Lindsay commenced a solo career for Columbia that cemented his reputation and legacy as one of the truly great pop-rock singers of the ‘60s and ‘70s.

Now, for the first time, all of his singles for the label—plus an unreleased track, a stunning version of Tim Hardin’s “Reason to Believe” that was originally slated to be one side of Mark’s first solo single—have been collected on to CD in one place in chronological order and in their original commercial format (which means mono on the first five tracks, stereo on the rest). Most of these original single mixes have never appeared on CD before.

The accompanying booklet features photos from Mark’s private archive, and liner notes by Ed Osborne that feature interviews not only with the artist himself but also with Jerry Fuller, Artie Butler and Tom Bahler, all of whom worked on these singles.

Spanning his entire solo career with Columbia, carefully mastered by Vic Anesini at Battery Studios in New York, and representing his finest work for the label, these recordings render all other Mark Lindsay solo collections superfluous.

Tracklist
1. Reason to Believe (Previously Unreleased)
2. First Hymn from Grand Terrace
3. The Old Man at the Fair
4. Arizona
5. Man from Houston
6. Miss America
7. Small Town Woman
8. Silver Bird
9. So Hard to Leave You
10. And the Grass
11. Won’t Pay No Mind
12. Funny How Little Men Care
13. Problem Child
14. Bookends
15. Been Too Long on the Road
16. All I Really See Is You
17. Are You Old Enough
18. Don’t You Know
19. Something Big
20. Pretty, Pretty
21. California
22. Someone’s Been Hiding
23. Mamacita
24. Song for a Friend
25. Photograph

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006QHH2FM/?tag=imwan-20

Jimbo · 19 Jul 2006

I got a promo of this last week. I was disappointed that the Raiders' 3-CD collection from Collectors' Choice didn't include Lindsay's solo hits, but this new comp more than makes up for it. Good sound, interesting liner notes. Most of the music is pretty 60s-middle-of-the-road, though. Still, fills in a lot of holes for Top 40 collectors.

[2012-03-06] Mark Lindsay "The Complete Columbia Singles" (Real Gone)

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