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DELUXE 7-DISC BOX SET: "If You Go Away: The RCA Years"
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"If You Go Away: The RCA Years"
For life-long fans and those seeking a consummate and insightful introduction to an artist who has touched millions of fans across the globe, this one-of-a-kind box set offers a definitive collection of Rod Mckuen's greatest works in one elegant package.
The 7-CD Box Set contains every track released on Rod’s six best-selling and most influential albums, as well as 111 previously unreleased tracks, which include demos for (among others) The Beach Boys & Barry Sandler, alternate takes, unissued songs and duets with Glenn Yarbrough, Don Ho, Anita Kerr, Chet Atkins, Henry Mancini and Nelson Riddle.
The box also includes a beautiful 101-page hardcover book with a nearly 40,000 word track-by-track commentary written by the author himself and over 200 rare and often candid photos, some of which Rod had never seen before the first printing of this collection.
First 500 copies signed by Rod & numbered.
CD #1 ROD McKUEN SINGS HIS OWN
1. Summer's Long, The
2. Channing Way
3. Each Of Us Alone
4. I've Been To Town
5. Yes
6. Hunters, The
7. One Day Soon
8. Summer In My Eye
9. Times Gone By
10. Looking Back At 30
11. So Many Others
12. Lovers, The
13. Rusting In The Rain
ADDITIONAL TRACKS
14. Plains Of My Country, The
15. Alamo Junction
16. Summer's Long, The - (alternate)
17. House Upon The Hill, The
18. Stanyan Street Revisited
19. We Have Only Love - (Demo)
20. On My Own - (Demo)
21. Tamarack Tree, The
22. Take Me Home Again
23. Sleep Now Love
24. Trashy
25. So Many Others - (alternate)
CD #2 THE LONER
26. Some Trust In Chariots
27. People Change
28. How Deep Is Down?
29. When Flora Was Mine
30. If You Go Away
31. So Long San Francisco
32. Loner, The
33. Solo
34. Lonely Things, The
35. She
36. Good Times Is All Done Now, The
37. Truck Stop
38. Thank You
39. I Turn To You
ADDITIONAL TRACKS
40. Church Windows - (instrumental)
41. Flowers
42. Me And The Cat
43. For Silence Is Golden - (Demo)
44. Watching You Sleep / Thank You
45. My Old Man
46. Darlin' Don't You Know (with Glenn Yarbrough)
47. Girls Of The Summer, The (with Glenn Yarbrough)
48. Happy Birthday Ernie
49. Flowers
50. My Mother's Eyes
51. World I Used To Know, The (rejected version)
52. Gee It's Nice To Be Alone - (Demo)
53. If You Go Away - (alternate Take)
54. So Long San Francisco (alternate)
CD #3 OTHER KINDS OF SONGS
55. The Hurtin'
56. You
57. Before The Monkeys Came
58. Summertime Of Days, The
59. Women, The
60. Zangra
61. Down At Mary's Old Time Bar
62. Meantime
63. Open The Windows And See All The Clowns
64. I'm Strong, But I Like Roses
65. Statue, The
66. Ain't You Glad You're Livin', Joe
67. Loneliness In Crowds
ADDITIONAL TRACKS
68. Nouveau Fleur - (instrumental)
69. Me And The Cat
70. Something More
71. Meantime - (alternate Take)
72. Open The Window & See All The Clowns (alt)
73. Don't Forget To Bring Her A Rose
74. Ain't You Glad You're Livin' Joe
75. Habit, The
76. Habit, The
77. My Old Man
78. You - (alternate Take)
79. I'm Strong But I Like Roses - (alternate)
80. Meantime - (1st Version)
81. Kill The Wind
82. Don't Forget To Bring Her A Rose (alternate)
83. Open The Window & See All The Clowns (ver. 3)
84. Loneliness In Crowds (alternate)
85. Something More - (Demo)
CD #4 THROUGH EUROPEAN WINDOWS
86. I'll Say Goodbye (Je Partirai)
87. La Mer Sans Soleil (Sea Without Sun
88. Le Bourgeois
89. Through European Windows
90. Song Without Words (Chanson Sans Paroles
91. Paris (Mon Arbre)
92. Baby Be My Love (L'amour Avec Toi)
93. Ever Constant Sea, The
94. Like A Child
95. On The Road Again
96. Nathalie
97. Far West, The
98. Pushing The Clouds Away (with Anita Kerr)
99. Do You Like The Rain? (with Anita Kerr)
100. Gifts From The Sea (with Anita Kerr)
ADDITIONAL TRACKS
101. Someday We'll See Spain (extract from Concerto #3 for Guitar & Orchestra)
102. Seasons In The Sun
103. Capri In July
104. Je Vien De Loin (French vocal – 1st International issue)
105. Kind Of Loving, A
106. I'm Only Me
107. Chasin' The Sun
108. Money Boys Of Cannes, The (Demo with Glenn Yarbrough)
109. Bon Soir Mademoiselle
110. Through European Windows - (alternate)
CD #5 LISTEN TO THE WARM
111. Prologue: A Cat Named Sloopy
112. To Share The Summer Sun
113. Round, Round, Round
114. I'll Never Be Alone
115. Ducks On The Millpond, The
116. Midnight Walk
117. Listen To The Warm
118. It's Raining
119. Weekend
120. Brown October
121. Where Are We Now?
122. Singing Of The Wind, The
123. Dandelion Days
124. I Live Alone
125. Epilogue: One Day I'll Follow The
ADDITIONAL TRACKS:
NOTE: THESE 17 TRACKS COMPRISE PART 2 of LISTEN TO THE WARM, PREVIOUSLY ONLY AVAILABLE ON A STANYAN LIMITED EDITION LP.
126. Entre Act: Listen To The Warm - (instrumental)
127. Listen To The Warm
128. I Have Loved You In So Many Ways
129. We Touch Shoulder To Shoulder
130. Sunday In November
131. Beyond This Wall (The Phoenix)
132. Warm And Gentle Girls, The
133. Be Gentle, Please
134. Hurry
135. Round, Round, Round
136. Conversation After 1:am
137. I Have Loved You In So Many Ways
138. Me And The Cat
139. After The Toll Beach
140. Listen To The Warm - (alternate single version))
141. Twenty-Nine
142. Midsummer
CD #6 THE SINGLE MAN
143. Single Man, The
144. Leave Me Something
145. I Never Go There Anymore
146. Phoenix, The
147. Last Of The Wine, The
148. Elegy #1
149. Girls Of The Summer, The
150. Where Would I Be?
151. Elegy #2
152. I've Saved The Summer
153. In Passing
154. Some Of Them Fall
155. Elegy #3
156. Importance Of The Rose, The (C'est la Rose)
ADDITIONAL TRACKS
157. Ivy That Clings To The Wall, The (Instrumental)
158. Inside Of Me
159. Voyeur, The
160. Home To See Maria
161. Lovers Of December, The
162. Things To Come (Gymnopedes #1)
163. Home By Water (Gymnopedes #2)
164. Sometimes
165. And To Each Season
166. Wind Of Change, The
167. Girls Of The Summer, The (Alternate vocal)
168. Ivy That Clings To The Wall, The (vocal)
CD #7 I’LL CATCH THE SUN
NOTE: WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS NONE OF the 27 TRACKS ON THIS 7th CD HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY RELEASED
169. Up (with Nelson Riddle)
170. I'll Catch The Sun
171. Glad Rag Doll
172. Women, The (Alternate take)
173. We Have Only Love
174. Soldiers Who Want To Be Heroes (Parody version for AFRS)
175. Waltz Goes On, The (demo)
176. To Die In Summertime (demo)
177. Seasons In The Sun (alternate vocal)
178. So Many Others
179. Ain't You Glad You're Livin', Joe
180. Simple Gifts
181. If You Go Away
182. Love And Let Love (demo)
183. Don't Forget To Bring Her A Rose
184. Some Of Them Fall (alternate vocal)
185. When The Green Berets Come Home (Demo)
186. New Words, The (Demo)
187. Portuguese Bend (Instrumental with Henry Mancini)
188. El Monte (Live at Santa Monica Civic Aud.)
189. Children One And All (Live at Santa Monica Civic Aud.)
190. We
191. I Never Will Marry - (Demo, With Chet Atkins)
192. River, River - (Demo, With Chet Akins)t
193. Things Bright And Beautiful (Live at Santa Monica Civic Aud.)
194. One By One - (with Don Ho)
195. All Of Me Is Mine
For life-long fans and those seeking a consummate and insightful introduction to an artist who has touched millions of fans across the globe, this one-of-a-kind box set offers a definitive collection of Rod Mckuen's greatest works in one elegant package.
The 7-CD Box Set contains every track released on Rod’s six best-selling and most influential albums, as well as 111 previously unreleased tracks, which include demos for (among others) The Beach Boys & Barry Sandler, alternate takes, unissued songs and duets with Glenn Yarbrough, Don Ho, Anita Kerr, Chet Atkins, Henry Mancini and Nelson Riddle.
The box also includes a beautiful 101-page hardcover book with a nearly 40,000 word track-by-track commentary written by the author himself and over 200 rare and often candid photos, some of which Rod had never seen before the first printing of this collection.
First 500 copies signed by Rod & numbered.
CD #1 ROD McKUEN SINGS HIS OWN
1. Summer's Long, The
2. Channing Way
3. Each Of Us Alone
4. I've Been To Town
5. Yes
6. Hunters, The
7. One Day Soon
8. Summer In My Eye
9. Times Gone By
10. Looking Back At 30
11. So Many Others
12. Lovers, The
13. Rusting In The Rain
ADDITIONAL TRACKS
14. Plains Of My Country, The
15. Alamo Junction
16. Summer's Long, The - (alternate)
17. House Upon The Hill, The
18. Stanyan Street Revisited
19. We Have Only Love - (Demo)
20. On My Own - (Demo)
21. Tamarack Tree, The
22. Take Me Home Again
23. Sleep Now Love
24. Trashy
25. So Many Others - (alternate)
CD #2 THE LONER
26. Some Trust In Chariots
27. People Change
28. How Deep Is Down?
29. When Flora Was Mine
30. If You Go Away
31. So Long San Francisco
32. Loner, The
33. Solo
34. Lonely Things, The
35. She
36. Good Times Is All Done Now, The
37. Truck Stop
38. Thank You
39. I Turn To You
ADDITIONAL TRACKS
40. Church Windows - (instrumental)
41. Flowers
42. Me And The Cat
43. For Silence Is Golden - (Demo)
44. Watching You Sleep / Thank You
45. My Old Man
46. Darlin' Don't You Know (with Glenn Yarbrough)
47. Girls Of The Summer, The (with Glenn Yarbrough)
48. Happy Birthday Ernie
49. Flowers
50. My Mother's Eyes
51. World I Used To Know, The (rejected version)
52. Gee It's Nice To Be Alone - (Demo)
53. If You Go Away - (alternate Take)
54. So Long San Francisco (alternate)
CD #3 OTHER KINDS OF SONGS
55. The Hurtin'
56. You
57. Before The Monkeys Came
58. Summertime Of Days, The
59. Women, The
60. Zangra
61. Down At Mary's Old Time Bar
62. Meantime
63. Open The Windows And See All The Clowns
64. I'm Strong, But I Like Roses
65. Statue, The
66. Ain't You Glad You're Livin', Joe
67. Loneliness In Crowds
ADDITIONAL TRACKS
68. Nouveau Fleur - (instrumental)
69. Me And The Cat
70. Something More
71. Meantime - (alternate Take)
72. Open The Window & See All The Clowns (alt)
73. Don't Forget To Bring Her A Rose
74. Ain't You Glad You're Livin' Joe
75. Habit, The
76. Habit, The
77. My Old Man
78. You - (alternate Take)
79. I'm Strong But I Like Roses - (alternate)
80. Meantime - (1st Version)
81. Kill The Wind
82. Don't Forget To Bring Her A Rose (alternate)
83. Open The Window & See All The Clowns (ver. 3)
84. Loneliness In Crowds (alternate)
85. Something More - (Demo)
CD #4 THROUGH EUROPEAN WINDOWS
86. I'll Say Goodbye (Je Partirai)
87. La Mer Sans Soleil (Sea Without Sun
88. Le Bourgeois
89. Through European Windows
90. Song Without Words (Chanson Sans Paroles
91. Paris (Mon Arbre)
92. Baby Be My Love (L'amour Avec Toi)
93. Ever Constant Sea, The
94. Like A Child
95. On The Road Again
96. Nathalie
97. Far West, The
98. Pushing The Clouds Away (with Anita Kerr)
99. Do You Like The Rain? (with Anita Kerr)
100. Gifts From The Sea (with Anita Kerr)
ADDITIONAL TRACKS
101. Someday We'll See Spain (extract from Concerto #3 for Guitar & Orchestra)
102. Seasons In The Sun
103. Capri In July
104. Je Vien De Loin (French vocal – 1st International issue)
105. Kind Of Loving, A
106. I'm Only Me
107. Chasin' The Sun
108. Money Boys Of Cannes, The (Demo with Glenn Yarbrough)
109. Bon Soir Mademoiselle
110. Through European Windows - (alternate)
CD #5 LISTEN TO THE WARM
111. Prologue: A Cat Named Sloopy
112. To Share The Summer Sun
113. Round, Round, Round
114. I'll Never Be Alone
115. Ducks On The Millpond, The
116. Midnight Walk
117. Listen To The Warm
118. It's Raining
119. Weekend
120. Brown October
121. Where Are We Now?
122. Singing Of The Wind, The
123. Dandelion Days
124. I Live Alone
125. Epilogue: One Day I'll Follow The
ADDITIONAL TRACKS:
NOTE: THESE 17 TRACKS COMPRISE PART 2 of LISTEN TO THE WARM, PREVIOUSLY ONLY AVAILABLE ON A STANYAN LIMITED EDITION LP.
126. Entre Act: Listen To The Warm - (instrumental)
127. Listen To The Warm
128. I Have Loved You In So Many Ways
129. We Touch Shoulder To Shoulder
130. Sunday In November
131. Beyond This Wall (The Phoenix)
132. Warm And Gentle Girls, The
133. Be Gentle, Please
134. Hurry
135. Round, Round, Round
136. Conversation After 1:am
137. I Have Loved You In So Many Ways
138. Me And The Cat
139. After The Toll Beach
140. Listen To The Warm - (alternate single version))
141. Twenty-Nine
142. Midsummer
CD #6 THE SINGLE MAN
143. Single Man, The
144. Leave Me Something
145. I Never Go There Anymore
146. Phoenix, The
147. Last Of The Wine, The
148. Elegy #1
149. Girls Of The Summer, The
150. Where Would I Be?
151. Elegy #2
152. I've Saved The Summer
153. In Passing
154. Some Of Them Fall
155. Elegy #3
156. Importance Of The Rose, The (C'est la Rose)
ADDITIONAL TRACKS
157. Ivy That Clings To The Wall, The (Instrumental)
158. Inside Of Me
159. Voyeur, The
160. Home To See Maria
161. Lovers Of December, The
162. Things To Come (Gymnopedes #1)
163. Home By Water (Gymnopedes #2)
164. Sometimes
165. And To Each Season
166. Wind Of Change, The
167. Girls Of The Summer, The (Alternate vocal)
168. Ivy That Clings To The Wall, The (vocal)
CD #7 I’LL CATCH THE SUN
NOTE: WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS NONE OF the 27 TRACKS ON THIS 7th CD HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY RELEASED
169. Up (with Nelson Riddle)
170. I'll Catch The Sun
171. Glad Rag Doll
172. Women, The (Alternate take)
173. We Have Only Love
174. Soldiers Who Want To Be Heroes (Parody version for AFRS)
175. Waltz Goes On, The (demo)
176. To Die In Summertime (demo)
177. Seasons In The Sun (alternate vocal)
178. So Many Others
179. Ain't You Glad You're Livin', Joe
180. Simple Gifts
181. If You Go Away
182. Love And Let Love (demo)
183. Don't Forget To Bring Her A Rose
184. Some Of Them Fall (alternate vocal)
185. When The Green Berets Come Home (Demo)
186. New Words, The (Demo)
187. Portuguese Bend (Instrumental with Henry Mancini)
188. El Monte (Live at Santa Monica Civic Aud.)
189. Children One And All (Live at Santa Monica Civic Aud.)
190. We
191. I Never Will Marry - (Demo, With Chet Atkins)
192. River, River - (Demo, With Chet Akins)t
193. Things Bright And Beautiful (Live at Santa Monica Civic Aud.)
194. One By One - (with Don Ho)
195. All Of Me Is Mine
