Jason Odd
From:
Stawell, Victoria, Australia
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Posted 3 Apr 2007 8:52 am |
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The Omni Record Corporation was started by David Thrussell in Australia, yep, my neck of the woods.
David is generally known as an electronic artist, the creator of a multitude of recordings (Snog, Black Lung and Soma amongst others) and film scores (The Hard Word, Thunderstruck etc).
The Omni Recording Corporation was founded to make available various recordings of left of centre country acts, the first of which, a Jack & Misty Blanchard anthology has been followed by compilations and reissues of albums by John D. Loudermilk, Porter Wagoner, Jimmy Driftwood, a second Jack & Misty collection, Jimmy Driftwood and now the Stonemans, Malvina Reynolds and Norma Jean.
There's also couple of obscure electronic artists on Omni, and I've enjoyed the previous eight volumes in the Omni series, but I thought I'd list the upcoming titles:
The Stonemans
The Stonemans - "In All Honesty" 28 track CD Anthology
Omni 109
Whats the word on the street.. A "Bluegrass Carter Family" ...with beads and incense!....
With a recorded legacy that predates the Carter Family and a uniqueness that is still unequalled, The Stonemans are both a curiosity and a phenomenon.
Ernest V. "Pop" Stoneman appeared out of obscurity in 1924 to release "The Sinking of the Titanic" a disc (78rpm) reputed to have sold over a million copies at the time and certainly the most popular "Hillbilly" record of its era. With a prosperous recording and live performance career throughout the late 1920's "Pop" was to see it all wiped out by The Great Depression and spent the next
decades in dire poverty. In the 1960's "Pop" joined with five of his twenty-three (?!?) children to form The Stonemans and they had notable success together until "Pop's" death in 1968. 1969-1970 saw the Stoneman offspring re-group after their great loss and record three fine but much overlooked albums for RCA Victor.
Was it Bluegrass, or was it Country Pop or was it Hippie Folk-Rock?
Who cares? What matters most is that it was great, great music!
From the melancholy ode to mortality "According To the Plan", to the rollicking race to the gallows "Turner's Turnpike", the jaw-dropping
take on "Who'll stop The Rain", to the exuberant "Let's Get Together" and numerous other highlights, The Stonemans were never dull and
often a gas man!!
With exclusive liner notes, rare photos and recollections from surviving family members, all tracks are lovingly remastered from the original RCA Victor tapes and appear here for the first time on CD.
Remastered 2007 from the original RCA Victor tapes!
Deluxe packaging, 20 page full colour booklet with exclusive notes, rare photos, interviews with two members of the band etc.
First time on CD for ALL tracks.
from: IN ALL HONESTY
RCA Victor LSP-4343
1970
1. Proud To Be Together (Happy To Be What We Are)
2. Who'll Stop The Rain
3. I'll Be Here In The Morning
4. According To The Plan
5. Hang Them All
6. Colossus
7. Six White Horses
8. Don't Look Now (It Ain't You Or Me)
9. Somebody's Waiting For Me
10. Let's Get Together
from: CALIFORNIA BLUES
RCA Victor LSP-4431
1970
11. California Blues (Blue Yodel #4)
12. Looks Like Baby's Gone
13. Doesn't Anybody Know My Name
14. Jimmy's Thing
15. Railroad Bill
16. Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane
17. Shades Of Yesterday
18. Turner's Turnpike
from: DAWN OF THE STONEMANS' AGE
RCA Victor LSP-4264
1970
19. But You Know I Love You
20. Two Kids From Duluth Minnesota
21. What Am I Doing Hanging Round
22. Banjo Signal
23. Weed Out My Badness
24. All The Guys That Turn Me On Turn Me Down
25. Tecumseh Valley
26. Wildwood Flower
27. In The Plan
28. Me And Bobby McGee
Available to ship early May 2007.
Norma Jean - "I Guess That Comes From Being Poor / Body And Mind"
Original Albums Remastered 2007 with Extra Tracks
Omni 111
UPC: 9 312231 233265
...country-concept genius from the proto- Dolly Parton! ...first time on CD!!
If talent and sincerity automatically brought fame then everyone would know her name... Instead today Norma Jean is unjustly considered little more than a footnote in country music history. The fine recordings on offer here tell of a much greater story.
Best known for her on and off stage association with Porter Wagoner and a string of moderate hit singles during the mid 1960s, by 1972 the spotlight had waned for Norma Jean. But 1972 is also the year
that Norma recorded her greatest album, the country-concept opus: I Guess That Comes From Being Poor. Derided by some as a Dolly Parton clone, few understood that Norma was doing "Dolly" before Dolly was, not only as Porter's singing and touring partner but also in the style and content of her fine recordings.
Lovingly remastered from the original RCA Victor tapes and presented here for the first time on CD is the whole genius of the I Guess That Comes From Being Poor album and also highlights from the excellent Body And Mind and Another Man Loved Me Last Night LPs. Singing from the heart about her own humble beginnings and at times troubled life, Norma Jean delivered stinging tales in a soaring voice and a sugar coating!
Remastered 2007 from the original RCA Victor tapes!
Deluxe packaging, 16 page full colour booklet with exclusive notes, rare photos etc.
First release on CD for ALL tracks!
30 track CD! All original recordings!
I GUESS THAT COMES FROM BEING POOR
RCA Victor LSP-4745
1972
1. I Guess That Comes From Being Poor
2. Hungry Eyes
3. One's On The Way
4. Life Of A Poor Boy
5. Hundred Dollar Funeral
6. The Lord Must Have Loved The Poor Folks
7. There Won't Be Any Patches In Heaven
8. Po' Folks
9. Old Doc Brown
10. Coat Of Many Colors.
from: BODY AND MIND
RCA Victor LSP-3977
1968
11. In The Park After Dark
12. Truck Drivin' Woman
13. Woman Hungry
14. Ramblin' Man
15. A Dime At A Time
16. All Of Me Belongs To You
17. Once More I'll Let You In
18. Promises Promises
19. Body And Mind
20. Tippy Toeing
21. I Threw Away The Rose
22. Yesterday All Day Long Today.
from: ANOTHER MAN LOVED ME LAST NIGHT
RCA Victor LSP-4351
1970
23. Another Man Loved Me Last Night
24. Long Ago Is Gone
25. Somebody's Gonna Plow Your Field
26. I Wish I Didn't Have To Miss You
27. You Wouldn't Know Love
28. You're At Your Best (When You Lie)
29. All I've Got Left
30. Home Made Love
Available to ship early May 2007.
Malvina Reynolds - "Malvina Reynolds" Original Album Remastered 2007 with Extra Tracks
Omni 112
UPC 9 000331 604275
The Groovey Grandma of Folk! With The Byrds and The Dillards!!!
First time on CD!!
"...the most unique songwriter in the United States, perhaps the world. She refuses to give up on the human race." Pete Seeger
Best known for the renditions of her fabulous songs that became big hits for other artists - Little Boxes (Pete Seeger), Morningtown Ride (The Seekers), Turnaround (Harry Belafonte), amongst others -
Malvina Reynolds was the grooviest grandma to ever strut across the folk singer stage! At the ripe age of 70 (in 1970) she joined forces with members of The Byrds, The Dillards, The Sunshine Company,
producer Alex Hassilev (of fabulous folkies The Limeliters) and others to cut her self-titled psyche-protest opus! With a heart of gold and an acid tongue Malvina wraps her creaking, aching voice
around paeans to the Black Panther Party (Daddy's In The Jail), the approaching eco-apocalypse and humanity's de-evolution (There'll Come A Time), an imaginary army made up of bankers and diplomats (We Hate To See Them Go), LSD, DDT and other hot topics at the close of the tumultuous 1960s.
Rounding out the collection are a handful of extremely rare 45 only cuts, alternate versions and six astounding previously unreleased tracks. Lovingly remastered from the original tapes, all selections make their first appearance on CD here!
Remastered 2007 from the original master tapes!
Deluxe packaging, 16 page full colour booklet with exclusive notes, rare photos etc.
First release on CD for ALL tracks!
24 track CD! All original recordings! Many rare 45 tracks. Six previously unreleased tracks!!
1. The World's Gone Beautiful
2. Daddy's in the Jail
3. It Isn't Nice
4. Boraxo
5. We Hate to See Them Go
6. There'll Come a Time
7. From Way Up Here
8. The Desert
9. D.D.T.
10. Let It Be
11. Morningtown Ride
12. No Hole in My Head
13. Alcatraz*
14. Like The Miller Grinds The Wheat*
15. The Rand Hymn**
16. Plutonium**
17. Tungsten*
18. Cement Octopus*
19. The Albatross*
20. Buying The Package**
21. Overtime**
22. Nancy Newman**
23. There'll Come a Time (alt)**
24. It Isn't Nice (alt)*
*only issued previously on 45
**previously unreleased
Available to ship early May 2007.
Cheers
J. |
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