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| Rockingale Records Announces Series Of Expanded Editions This week, Carole King's Rockingale Records will reissue her critically acclaimed 2001 album 'Love Makes The World, ' marking the first release in an extensive label re-launch that will include other deluxe editions - many on cd for the first time - and new releases, to be made available via a new arrangement with Ryko Distribution. Other planned releases include a concert DVD from King's 2004-'05 Living Room Tour, due later this year, first-time cd reissues of King classics like 'Simple Things' (1977), 'Welcome Home' ('78) and 'Touch the Sky' ('79), plus a signature Songwriter Demo series of archival and previously unreleased King recordings. King first launched Rockingale Records (an anagram of the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer's name) with the 2001 release of 'Love Makes The World.' "I wanted the freedom to do my own thing", King recalls. "The music business has really changed and for some of us, that¹s a great opportunity." Together with CK Masters, Rockingale Records provides a one-stop shop for licensing and release of Carole King recordings. The May 8 double-cd Deluxe Edition of LMTW includes five bonus tracks. "Where You Lead, I Will Follow", a duet with daughter Louise Goffin and a version of the theme song from Gilmore Girls, appears on a King recording for the first time, while "Lo Que Tú Eres Para Mí", with Alejandro Lerner, and "Two Hearts", with Graham Nash, are previously unreleased. King's modern-day standards "Birthday Song" and "Love for Christmas" fill out the collection, bringing it to 17 songs. The package also boasts a behind-the-scenes video featurette on the making of the album, a rare, in-depth interview with the artist and music videos for the title track and "Safe Again." The dozen original tracks on 'Love Makes the World' feature a diverse assemblage of guest artists, who intertwine their respective styles with King's own unmistakable sound. Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds brings his distinctive pop/soul songcraft and vocals to "You Can Do Anything", while k.d. lang and Carole trade vocal lines on "An Uncommon Love." Celine Dion reprises "The Reason", which appeared on her 1997 multi-platinum album 'Let's Talk About Love, ' in tandem with King, its co-writer. The title song (which was featured in a TV campaign for The Gap) resulted from a collaboration with breakbeat-house production duo PopRox. Wynton Marsalis plays a trumpet solo on "Wasn't Gonna Fall in Love", and producer David Foster brings his lush sound to "It Could Have Been Anyone." Additionally, the album contains a reworking of Goffin and King's "Oh No Not My Baby", a hit for Maxine Brown in the '60s, and again for Rod Stewart in 1973. A review of 'Love Makes the World' in the L.A. Times noted it "evokes [King's] signature clean, lush sound while being contemporary enough to remind us that big, romantic pop can express genuine feeling." write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Jazz News :: home page |