Bob Seger Reissue News

Amazing, thanks---just now pre-ordered, suspecting that it might sell out pretty quick.

Although it's true that Tyler's re-up of the justly renowned Myonga comp still works:
https://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/86612418452/never-mind-the-bullets-bob-seger-1966-1974 Still---I want this fuckin' finally and justly legit CD (even though it's shorter)(also mp3s can go wonky, CDs not not nearly as often, in my longform experience) with its CD booklet of rockscholarly notes, and photos, hopefully incl. thee immortal one 'ccompanying Tyler's post.

best new reissue!

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/bob-seger-and-the-last-heard-heavy-music-the-complete-cameo-recordings-1966-1967

kills me that "Looking Back" isn't on this set

"Looking Back" was later, like '72 or '73.

ah OK, still kind of a bummer

https://i.imgur.com/Zhb6GCL.jpg

I think this is from when Bob Seger was on SST.

The South Korean reissue label Big Pink has put out Back In '72, Mongrel, Brand New Morning and Noah. If they're anything like the version of Luis Gasca's For Those Who Chant (early '70s Latin jazz-rock fusion) I bought, they'll be coming in really nice mini-LP sleeves and have excellent sound. Dusty Groove has them.

The other day one of the he SiriusXM Deep Tracks guys spun what was clearly a vinyl rip of "The Stealer" from Back In '72, and I thought of this thread.

Wow, didn’t know until now that Seger had covered that. Free’s version is a little stiff, and listening to Seger’s, it’s a little clunky (he should’ve sung it in a slightly higher register), but the Faces’ version is all-time, one of the best things they ever did. Bettye LaVette’s version is equally stunning.

Tyme to ask tylerw to re-re-up the xpost Myonga comp (which placed in Pazz & Jop): for one thing, it goes further than the finally authorized collection, with "Heavy Music" etc.

and yes tyler, best photo ever on cover
https://64.media.tumblr.com/a7b49a6fcf535ee442e2234eb0d2c771/tumblr_n61gv5f3mB1qzy30io1_1280.jpg

i still listen to that comp all the time

was super-gratified years ago when I was spinning the comp:
Mr Veg heard one of the early tracks & perked up like “who’s this?” and when I told him “Bob Seger” he said “I didn’t know Seger was cool & garagey like this” and I was like PRAISE BE MYONGA VON BONTEE FOR PREACHING THE GOSPEL

Not a bad title either!

A rare case of an artist who was less willing to release his own records than ABKCO/Allen Klein, and that's the one good thing about ABKCO owning the Cameo/Parkway catalog - at least they released a few of those singles 17 years ago (from the original masters to boot).

...and they've subsequently issued several single-artist comps, genre collections, and licensed out stuff out to Ace and other boutique labels.

Tyme to ask tylerw to re-re-up the xpost Myonga comp

this is not the original comp -- i've replaced the tracks with better rips as they've become available over the years -- but here you go

well alright! Thanks!!

(charlie's good tonight)

thx mookie, yeah some of these trax are also on the Michigan Nuggets boot that I have, but I appreciate the better rips

*Raises a can of respectably inexpensive beer to mookie*

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yes!!!!!!!!!!

Haha it's funny...Rob O'Connor is a Facebook friend, and a few months ago an online talk came around the topic of early Seger, and Rob happened to mention the "Bullets" comp, asking if anyone had heard it or had any info where it came from. I was happy to tell him. :D

\m/

One note about "Rambling' Gamblin' Man" - it was never mixed to stereo, only to mono, and unfortunately early on somebody decided to make a shitty fake-stereo copy that more or less replaced the mono version for many years. If you have the CD of the album of the same name, you'll notice that it's in fake stereo there too. The original mono mix wasn't issued until the double-CD Ultimate Hits compilation in 2011. Unfortunately, they compressed the shit out of it and spiked the treble.

You can find transfers from the original mono 45 on YouTube. Here's one below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmB7MvL2slA

Thanks!! Was wondering about that, should have looked around.

so which version is on the new upload mookie, do u know?

i . . . don't. although i doubt a mono version would be 271 kbps, so it's probably the bad stereoed-up version

also there are both mono and stereo versions of the 'heavy music' comp out there -- which comprise tracks 1-6 of the 'never mind the bullets' comp i uploaded -- from which i took the stereo versions, which may or may not have been for the best?

joke's on me for assuming that one wouldn't use the best available recording i guess. although tbf everything on the comp i uploaded is ripped to -V0 from a reasonable flac source, and arguing over the fidelity of lossy audio files is a game for suckas

Also true, and thanks again for doing this!

lol I ask b/c I bought the 45, I also have the Heavy Music 45, happy to send over rips to compare

in that case, you have the real deal

btw I listened to this thing today and yr version totally rules, I think there are extra tracks? love it

was just listening to the original version a few days ago, so seeing this revival with an upgraded version is a very welcome treat.
ta muchly for this mookieproof.

It truly is amazing that this thread is arguably the center of the best actual 'reissuing' of this period of his work, given his stature. Though per unperson's post seems like it's being partially redressed, but what are the sources they're using?

I've only bought one of their releases, but their reputation is pretty solid, I think. They do a lot of obscure late 60s/early 70s titles from major labels' catalogs, kinda like what Wounded Bird used to do but with much nicer packaging.

Seems like whenever Seger is asked in interviews why his early stuff isn't more widely available, he says something like "Punch doesn't think it's that important, and whatever Punch says, goes."

xxxpost dear birdistheword: a helpless friend (not me, I swear) really digs the mono "RGM" except tone arm x dead air don't suit playlist he's making, wants to know if you or anybody can rec. a transfer on YouTube w/o dead air (cos he can't be arsed to find it himself, so I'm enabling/passing along request, thanks for your consideration and the link above, which is fine with me).

How about this one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jniips1Icxo

Great, thanks again bird!

You're welcome!

I am listening to this again, it still rules