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Ray Gooliak / Home Away From Home
Ray Gooliak is one of the finest Hawaiian singer-songwriter. However please note that Ray is not native Hawaiian but coming from Kentucky. "Home Away From Home" was originally released in 1979. When you will listen to his album "Home Away From Home" without any information about his career, you must feel that Ray is the one of the Los Angeles based Westcoast singer such as Ned Doheny and/or CSN&Y. "Maui On My Mind" is very impressive tune, which I believe you will satisfy with. As a matter of fact, I had no chance to listen to Ray Gooliak's albums before getting his reissued CDs in 2000. Due to the lost master tape, the reissue of the album on CD was done using its analog vinyl. Therefore, you may find several sound detects on the reissued CD as written on the liner notes in Japanese. Release: 1979 Label: Silver Sidewalk Production, USA (SSR-001-V) First Reissued CD Release: Cool Sound, Inc. Japan (COHI-1001, released on 25 June, 2000) Tracks: 1. Goodbye Aloha 2. Dream Lady 3. Making Amends 4. Love Is All 5. See 6. Take Good Care (Of Your Time) 7. Maui On My Mind 8. Hold Her Own 9. All Alone 10. Home Away From Home Bonus Track(s) added to Reissued CD(s) 2010 Big Pink, South Korea (BIG PINK 73, released in September 2010) 11. Such A Mess 12. Laugh Too Loud Producer: Ray Gooliak Ray Gooliak: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Bass, Drums, Percussion - Musicians - Sax: Gerald Smith Background Vocals: J. Michael Henderson, Bryan Muppy #RayGooliak
2 AOR Big Pink, South Korea Cool Sound Inc., JapanTakeito
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Promised Love
LaBounty first album was opened by “Lie To Me”, self-remake version was later included on his second solo album “This Night Won’t Last Forever”. And “Crazy”, “I Hope You'll Be Very Unhappy Without Me” and “Open Your Eyes” were also self-remade on the second. It seems to be those four songs on both albums are using same basic tracks. However, it must be interesting for you if you will compare both versions to find out how LaBounty would remake on the second album. Speaking of CD reissue, it could not be achieved until 2017, despite that Warner Music France successfully released 4 CDs Box Set “Time Starts Now - the Definitive Box Set Anthology” in 2011 which featured several tracks from the first album. With Bill LaBounty and also Jay Senter, the producer of the album, the first albumCD reissue was planned in 2010’s by Japanese label, but due to certain copyright issue, it was not materialised then. Hence, the Big Pink edition licensed from Captain Crystal Music was supposedly reissued without using original master tapes, thus someone pointed out the dynamic range was not good enough. Release: 1975 Label: 20th Century Records, USA (T-492) First Reissued CD Release: August, 2017 (Big Pink Music, South Korea, BIGPINK 512)* Tracks: 1. Lie To Me 2. Together 3. Crazy 4. I Hope You'll Be Very Unhappy Without Me 5. Always Be Near 6. Take A Step (Yesterday Waltz) 7. Pretty Little Angel 8. Open Your Eyes 9. Another Drunk 10. Another Drunk (Outro) Producer: Jay Senter Bill LaBounty: Vocals, Keyboards - Musicians - Bass: Max Bennett, Jim Hughart, Stu Woods Drums: Carlos Vega, Ed Greene Keyboards: Larry Knechtel, Mike Melvoin Guitar: Ray Parker Jr., Lee Ritenour, Mike Deasy Orchestration: Mike Melvoin #BillLaBounty
AOR 20th Century Records, USA Big Pink, South Korea CDTakeito