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Those reading this blog two years ago will remember my raving about the Brian Wilson/Bacharach colloboration What Love Can Do as part of the Target-distributed compilation New Music From An Old Friend, where American songwriters revived one of their classics alongside a new song. Well, it looks like this compilation is being rejigged, repackaged and reissued by 429 records. The Wilson/Bacharach song is now the title track and hook for the album – so good to see this great this song get additonal publicity.

The press release that I have received goes as follows

BRIAN WILSON ANCHORS NEW CD “WHAT LOVE CAN DO”  

SET FOR RELEASE ON 429 RECORDS AUGUST 4

 

Legendary Musicians Remake Their Classic Songs & Contribute All New Track

 

All New Wilson Track “What Love Can Do” First Single To Radio

 

July 7, 2009 Santa Monica, CA:  429 Records is announcing the release of a one-of-a-kind collection of songs by some of the music world’s most creative songwriters.  Titled “WHAT LOVE CAN DO,” it’s a project put together by legendary producer Phil Ramone that brings together celebrated musicians such as Brian Wilson, Kris Kristofferson, Kenny Loggins, Burt Bacharach and many others each of whom have gone back into the studio to recreate one of their all-time hits as well as a brand new song.  It’s a unique idea where artists, under the creative genius of Phil Ramone, record a fresh take on a timeless classic while also offering an up-to-date example of their artistry.  Brian Wilson’s remake of “God Only Knows” sparkles next to his all new song and album title track “What Love Can Do” (the first single from the project going to radio) as an example.  WHAT LOVE CAN DO will be released on 429 Records on August 4.

 

WHAT LOVE CAN DO is more than just a nostalgic look back for the artist and the listener but it’s a heartfelt message from each artist involved that their music is more vibrant and evocative than ever.  The lineup of artists participating in the project is truly stellar representing the pop, rock, folk and jazz genres. 

 

1)         “God Only Knows”                              Brian Wilson

2)         “Un Baile Del Corazon”                        Stephen Bishop

3)         “Your Goodbye”                                  Richard Marx

4)         “A Love Song”                         Kenny Loggins

5)         “Sunday Morning Coming Down”         Kris Kristofferson

6)         “I Still Remember”                                Burt Bacharach, John Pagano

7)         “Rainbow Connection”             Paul Williams, Willie Nelson

8 )         “Hold On To The Nights”                     Richard Marx

9)         “The Wonder”                                      Kris Kristofferson

10)       “I’ll Remember Your Name”                 Kenny Loggins

11)       “New Music From An Old Friend”       Paul Williams, Jane Monheit

12)       “Save It For A Rainy Day”                   Stephen Bishop, Eric Clapton

13)       “Alfie”                                                  Burt Bacharach, Peabo Bryson

14)       “How About Now”                              Kenny Loggins

15)       “What Love Can Do”                           Brian Wilson

 

429 Records is a unit of the Savoy Label Group (SLG).  SLG is the North American unit of CME (Columbia Music Entertainment), the oldest music company in Japan.  The Savoy Label Group has evolved into a leading independent company consistently outperforming competitors in key music categories as monitored by Billboard Magazine. SLG is lead by Steve Vining and CME is headed by Chairman Strauss Zelnick, founder of Zelnick Media which owns interests in and manages an array of media companies.

 

www.429records.com

 

Contact:

Kurt Nishimura

SILVERLAKE MEDIA

323/663-6303

kurtnishimura@earthlink.net

 

The Carole King songs on the original compilation have gone, with the new songs being tracks 2 and 14 from Stephen Bishop and Kenny Loggins. You can also see a video of What Love Can Do at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OjnJBypWdA.

A few weeks ago I posted about the launch of the book collaboration between Brian and Blake Jones.  Well, here is an insider perspective of the event by another Jones; this time Dylan Jones, the editor of GQ. Looks like a very exclusive event, especially at those prices….

This seems to be Brian’s new message on his current tour. I’ve been scouring the net a bit to look for news of his recent European shows, and the response seems to be positive, as per this review for instance. Some interesting new songs in the show including 409, Little Deuce Coupe, Custom Machine, Shut Down, Desert Drive, Soul Searching and Your Imagination, as well as the closing part of That Lucky Old Sun, making the shows more reflective of Brian’s solo career as well reviving some old car songs. As mentioned in the Mirror review, there were also some rock and roll tributes. Overall it sounds like a bit of a party oriented retrospective of Brian’s career- maybe relaxing a bit without the pressure of a new or resurrected work.

Some more tour dates have been added for Brian as follows, previously announced dates are here.

August 28, 2009
Valhall Station
Tromso, Norway

August 30, 2009
The Concert House
Gothenburg, Sweden

September 1, 2009
Concert Hall
Glassgow, Scotland

This now means he will be performing at least once in every month for the second half of 2009!

We also wish Nelson Bragg all the best as he recovers from hospitalisation -he is missing the current part of the tour but is planning to travel to the UK soon to tour with Anny Celsi who has a new album out on Monday -I hope to be able to review that here soon.