[2018-07-13] Bobby Darin "Go Ahead And Back Up: The Lost Motown Masters" (Second Disc/Real Gone)

Linda · **Posted:** Thu May 17, 2018 4:37 pm

Description
Bobby Darin joined Motown Records in 1970, inaugurating the final phase in a remarkable career that saw him transform from a rock-and-roll teen idol to a sophisticated swinger to a socially conscious folkie. Yet before his tragic death at the age of 37 in 1973, Darin only released one album and a handful of singles for Berry Gordy’s legendary label. A few posthumous recordings followed in 1974 and a live album in 1987, but the story stayed the same: that despite the best efforts of all, Darin’s music for Motown never lived up to the great potential of the pairing. Now, more than 45 years after the artist’s passing, the truth can be revealed. Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records’ Go Ahead and Back Up: The Lost Motown Masters lifts the curtain on the final years of Bobby Darin’s life with 24 never-before-released recordings directly from the Motown vaults, their existence largely unknown to even Darin’s most ardent collectors and biographers. These include a lost album produced by Bobby in the raw, stripped-down style of his stage shows of the period; a return to standards as only Bobby could have recorded; and an album’s worth of stunning, surprising tracks written and produced by Motown’s cream of the crop. Go Ahead and Back Up features newly-discovered, never-before-heard songs and productions by a Motown “Who’s Who” of Smokey Robinson (who shares the microphone on “Cindy”), Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson, The Corporation (Berry Gordy, Fonce Mizell, Freddie Perren and Deke Richards), Jerry Marcellino and Mel Larson, and Mike Randall. The funky, soulful, and altogether exciting recordings on Go Ahead and Back Up finally give listeners a taste of where Bobby Darin might have been headed next. This ultimate collectors’ edition has been co-produced and annotated by Joe Marchese (Bobby Darin’s Another Song on My Mind: The Motown Years) and Andrew Skurow (Diana Ross and The Supremes’ Expanded Editions), while acclaimed engineer Kevin Reeves has mixed and mastered from the pristine original Motown tapes. A lavish 24-page booklet includes comprehensive liner notes and rare, never-before-published period photos. Thought you knew everything about Bobby Darin and The Motown Sound? Go Ahead and Back Up! This isn’t your mother’s Bobby Darin.

Tracklist
1. Go Ahead and Back Up
2. Higher and Higher
3. Help Me Make It Through the Night
4. Watch the River Flow
5. Lady Madonna
6. I Walk the Line
7. You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling
8. I Don't Know How to Love Her
9. Catch the Wind
10. We're Getting There
11. Stray Dog (Oh Let Her Be)
12. Child of Tears
13. I Think the Devil Must Be Beating His Wife
14. Cindy
15. I'm Glad About It
16. Oh Lord, Where Is My Baby
17. Young Joe Caldwell (a.k.a. Lucky Day)
18. The Letter (Extended Version)
19. Proud Mary (Version 1)
20. Proud Mary (Version 2)
21. rags to riches
22. Mona Lisa
23. Smile
24. Melodie (The Symphony Mix)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D33KLC4/?tag=imwan-20

Actorman · **Joined:** 30 Jun 2010 **Posts:** 192

Very cool. I thought everything was released on the previous "Another Song on My Mind: The Motown Years" collection. Had no idea there was still this much left in the vaults.

Linda · **Posted:** Fri Jun 08, 2018 9:09 pm

The pre-order price has dropped by $3.50, down to $15.48:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D33KLC4/?tag=imwan-20

Linda · **Posted:** Sun Jul 08, 2018 12:29 am

Linda wrote:

The pre-order price has dropped by $3.50, down to $15.48:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D33KLC4/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon has added an extra deal on top of this -- an additional $1.01 will be deducted at checkout.

Actorman · **Joined:** 30 Jun 2010 **Posts:** 192

Linda wrote:

The pre-order price has dropped by $3.50, down to $15.48:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D33KLC4/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon has added an extra deal on top of this -- an additional $1.01 will be deducted at checkout.

It's awesome that there is a coupon, but it's also a pain in the neck for those of us that already pre-ordered it. I had to cancel my originally order (which included a few other items) and then go back in and reorder everything again to apply the coupon.

Linda · **Posted:** Sat Jul 21, 2018 11:00 pm

An album sampler, and the opening track in full:

[2018-07-13] Bobby Darin "Go Ahead And Back Up: The Lost Motown Masters" (Second Disc/Real Gone)

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