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They had a #1 hit and one of the most enduring (and controversial) hits of the '70s in "Brother Louie" - the groundbreaking song about an interracial love affair recently heard (in a re-recorded version) as the theme song of Louis C.K.'s hit TV series Louie - but Stories have never had any kind of collection devoted to their work. One reason for that might be that the band had two distinct eras: the first two albums with Ian Lloyd and the Left Banke's Michael Brown as co-leaders of the band, and the third and final album with Lloyd as the sole frontman. Which we have kept in mind in putting together in this compilation, which features four single sides that have never been on CD. Stories Untold starts with the "Two by Two (I'm Losing You)" / "Love Songs in the Night" single taken from the Ultra Violet's Hot Parts soundtrack that was purportedly recorded by the Left Banke but was credited to Steve Martin, who was a founding member of that group along with Brown. We also include the solo singles that Brown and Lloyd released on the Kama Sutra and Scotti Bros. labels, respectively. But at the heart of the collection are the songs the band released as Stories and Ian Lloyd & Stories - the original hit single versions of "Brother Louie," "I'm Coming Home," "Darling," "Mammy Blue" and "If It Feels Good, Do It," plus key album tracks, all remastered at Sony's Battery Studios in New York. Larry Watts' notes untangle the story behind Stories. 19 tracks of superb progressive pop from the '70s!

1. Two By Two (I'm Losing You) - Steve Martin
2. Love Songs In The Night - Steve Martin
3. I'm Coming Home
4. Take Cover
5. Circles - Michael Brown
6. Darling
7. Brother Louie
8. Please, Please
9. Love In Motion
10. Mammy Blue
11. If It Feels Good, Do It - Ian Lloyd & Stories
12. Another Love - Ian Lloyd & Stories
13. Hard When You're So Far Away - Ian Lloyd & Stories
14. Stories Untold - Ian Lloyd & Stories
15. Earthbound/Freefall - Ian Lloyd & Stories
16. Slip Away - Ian Lloyd
17. She Broke Your Heart - Ian Lloyd
18. Love Stealer - Ian Lloyd
19. Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah) - Ian Lloyd

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Omigod omigod omigod, someone finally put "Slip Away" on a CD! Written and produced by Ric Ocasek, hit #50 in 1979.

I remember the song being big on New York radio, but it never broke out nationally:



That's a rip of the original vinyl, not Real Gone's new remaster. Ric Ocasek can be clearly heard in the background vocals. It seemed like Ian Lloyd was going to ride the new wave/power pop onslaught into the charts that summer, but it didn't happen.

I'm Coming Home was a big hit in central Va, # 1 on the local chart. I thought these guys were British based on Ian Lloyd's vocals, and heck they even look British, but alas they're all Yanks. I have The History of The Left Banke LP which has tracks 1, 2, 3, & 7 of the above, looking forward to this new comp, hope it's all in stereo.

I did not know this, from Wiki:

"As a backup singer, Lloyd worked with numerous major recording artists, most notably Foreigner, who used Lloyd's vocals on hits like "Feels Like the First Time," "Cold as Ice," "Waiting for a Girl Like You," "Juke Box Hero", and "Double Vision." Lloyd can also be heard on Billy Joel’s "I Go to Extremes", as well as tracks by Yes, Peter Frampton, Survivor, and Ian McDonald."

This is pretty cool to see, although it's got some data superimposed over it. Ian Lloyd's current label has uploaded a 1974 appearance by Stories on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert: