Rhino Rediscovery: Wounded Bird to Reissue Handmade Titles As Budget Sets

Rhino Handmade is back! Sort of.

Reissue label Wounded Bird Records will release this week seven titles originally released on Warner Music’s boutique label in the early to mid-2000s. These sets were originally handsome vault-clearing exercises for a diverse crop of artists who were on the Warner, Atlantic or Reprise labels at some point in their careers, including works by Doug Sahm of Sir Douglas Quintet, blues legend Taj Mahal, rockabilly-punk outfit The Blasters, singer-songwriter Danny O’Keefe (“Good Time Charlie’s Got the Blues”), Crazy Horse (sans Neil Young), John Sebastian and bluesman Long John Baldry.

A few notes are in order for the discerning buyer: if you’ve bought titles by Wounded Bird in the past, you might know that the packaging is not what you might expect from a major boutique label. The liner notes and in-depth track information that graced these original releases is unfortunately gone. Also gone in some cases is actual repertoire: John Sebastian’s The Reprise Recordings (originally titled Faithful Virtue on Handmade) loses two live sets on the third disc, including Sebastian’s set at Woodstock and another performance at Winterland in 1969. Two tracks recorded by The Blasters for the cult soundtrack to the film Streets of Fire in 1984 are also left off the band’s otherwise-complete set.

But if there is an upside, it’s that Wounded Bird has gotten seven long-out-of-print titles onto CD for the first time in nearly a decade – and for those interested in the music above all, that can’t be a bad thing. All titles are available in the States this Tuesday; hit the jump for a full breakdown of each with order links!

Long John Baldry, Boogie Woogie: The Warner Bros. Recordings (released as Rhino Handmade RHM2 7896, 2005 – reissued Wounded Bird WOU-1921, 2014)

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Disc 1: It Ain’t Easy (Warner Bros. Records WS 1921, 1971) and bonus tracks

1. Intro: Conditional Discharge
2. Don’t Try to Lay No Boogie Woogie on the King of Rock and Roll
3. Black Girl
4. It Ain’t Easy
5. Morning Morning
6. I’m Ready
7. Let’s Burn Down the Cornfield
8. Mr. Rubin
9. Rock Me When He’s Gone
10. Flying
11. Going Down Slow *
12. Blues (Cornbread, Meat and Molasses) *
13. Love in Vain *
14. Midnight Hour Blues *
15. Black Girl (Alternate) *
16. It Ain’t Easy (Alternate) *
17. I’m Ready (Alternate) *
18. Radio Spot *

Disc 2: Everything Stops for Tea (Warner Bros. Records BS 2614, 1972) and bonus tracks

1. Intro: Come Back Again
2. Seventh Son
3. Wild Mountain Thyme
4. Iko Iko
5. Jubilee Cloud
6. Everything Stops for Tea
7. You Can’t Judge a Book
8. Mother Ain’t Dead
9. Hambone
10. Lord Remember Me
11. Armit’s Trousers
12. Radio Spot #1 *
13. Bring My Baby Back to Me (Live – April 1972) *
14. Only Love Can Break Your Heart *
15. I’m Just a Rake & Rambling Boy *
16. Radio Spot #2 *

* denotes tracks first released on this compilation

Taj Mahal, Sing a Happy Song: The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings (released as Rhino Handmade RHM2 7749, 2001 – reissued Wounded Bird WOU-2294, 2014)

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Disc 1: Music Fuh’ Ya (Musica Para Tu) (Warner Bros. Records BS 2994, 1977) and Recorded Live 13 February 1977 At Ivanhoe Theatre in Chicago, IL(previously unreleased)

1. You Got It
2. Freight Train
3. Baby, You’re My Destiny
4. Sailin’ Into Walkers Cay
5. Truck Driver’s Two-Step
6. The Four Mills Brothers
7. Honey Babe
8. Curry
9. Farther Down the Road (You Will Accompany Me) (Live)
10. Freight Train (Live)
11. Going Up to the Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue (Live)
12. Blackjack Davy (Live)
13. Truck Driver’s Two-Step (Live)
14. Ain’t Nobody’s Business But My Own (Live)
15. Johnny Too Bad (Live)

Disc 2: Brothers: Original Soundtrack from the Warner Bros. Motion Picture (Warner Bros. Records BS 3024, 1977) and Evolution (The Most Recent)(Warner Bros. Records BSK 3094, 1978)

1. Love Theme in the Key of D
2. Funky Butt
3. Brother’s Doin’ Time
4. Night Rider
5. Free the Brothers
6. Sentidos Dulce (Sweet Feelings)
7. The Funeral March
8. Malcom’s Song
9. David and Angela
10. Sing a Happy Song
11. Queen Bee
12. Lowdown Showdown
13. The Most Recent (Evolution) of Mothafusticus Modernusticus
14. Why You Do Me This Way
15. Salsa De Laventille
16. The Big Blues
17. Highnite
18. Southbound with the Hammer Down

John Sebastian, The Reprise Recordings (released in part as Rhino Handmade RHM2-7758, 2004 – reissued Wounded Bird WOU-6379, 2014)

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Disc 1: John B. Sebastian (Reprise Records RS 6379, 1970) and Cheapo Cheapo Productions Presents Real Live John Sebastian (Reprise Records Reprise MS 2036, 1971)

1. Red-Eye Express
2. She’s a Lady
3. What She Thinks About
4. Magical Connection
5. You’re a Big Boy Now
6. Rainbows All Over Your Blues
7. How Have You Been
8. Baby, Don’t Ya Get Crazy
9. The Room Nobody Lives In
10. Fa-Fana-Fa
11. I Had a Dream
12. Mobile Line (Gonna Carry Me Away from the Bull Frog Blues)
13. Lovin’ You
14. Fishin’ Blues
15. Younger Girl
16. Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind
17. Rooty-Toot
18. In the Still of the Night
19. Teen Angel
20. Blue Suede Shoes
21. Ballad of a Teenage Queen
22. Nashville Cats
23. Waiting for a Train
24. My Gal
25. Younger Generation
26. Darlin’ Be Home Soon
27. Blues for Dad and JB’s Happy Harmonica
28. Amy’s Theme

Disc 2: Cheapo Cheapo… continued, The Four of Us (Reprise Records Reprise MS 2041, 1971) and The Tarzana Kid (Reprise Records Reprise MS 2187, 1974)

1. Goodnight Irene
2. Well, Well, Well
3. Black Snake Blues
4. I Don’t Want Nobody Else
5. Apple Hill
6. Black Satin Kid
7. We’ll See
8. Sweet Muse
9. The Four of Us
10. Give Us a Break
11. Music for People Who Don’t Speak English
12. Sitting in Limbo
13. Friends Again
14. Dixie Chicken
15. Stories We Can Tell
16. Face of Appalachia
17. Wild Wood Flower
18. Wild About My Lovin’
19. Singing the Blues
20. Sportin’ Life
21. Harpoon

Disc 3: Welcome Back (Reprise Records MS 2249, 1976)

1. Hideaway
2. She’s Funny
3. You Go Your Way and I’ll Go Mine
4. Didn’t Wanna Have to Do It
5. One Step Forward, One Step Back
6. Welcome Back
7. I Needed Her Most When I Told Her to Go
8. A Song a Day in Nashville
9. Warm Baby
10. Let This Be Our Time to Get Along

Crazy Horse, Scratchy: The Complete Reprise Recordings (released as Rhino Handmade RHM2 7884, 2005 – reissued Wounded Bird WOU-6438, 2014)

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Disc 1: Crazy Horse (Reprise Records RS 6438, 1971) and Loose (Reprise Records MS 2059, 1972)

1. Gone Dead Train
2. Dance, Dance, Dance
3. Look At All the Things
4. Beggars Day
5. Downtown
6. Carolay
7. Dirty, Dirty
8. Nobody
9. I’ll Get By
10. Crow Jane Lady
11. Hit and Run
12. Try
13. Move
14. All Alone Now
15. All the Little Things
16. Fair Weather Friend
17. You Won’t Miss Me
18. I Don’t Believe It
19. Kind of Woman
20. One Sided Love
21. And She Won’t Even Blow Smoke in My Direction

Disc 2: Bonus tracks

1. Dirty, Dirty (Alternate Version) *
2. Scratchy (Takes #1-3) *
3. Dear Song Singer *
4. Downtown (Unedited Long Version) *
5. Susie’s Song (Take #1-5) *
6. When You Dance You Can Really Love *
7. Radio Spot *
8. Can’t Help Loving That Girl – Danny & The Memories (single A-side – Valiant 6049, 1961)
9. Don’t Go – Danny & The Memories (single B-side – Valiant 6049, 1961)

* denotes tracks first released on this compilation

Doug Sahm, The Genuine Texas Groover: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (released as Rhino Handmade RHM2 7845, 2003 – reissued Wounded Bird WOU-7254, 2014)

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Disc 1: Doug Sahm and Band (Atlantic SD 7254, 1973) and bonus tracks

1. (Is Anybody Going to) San Antone
2. It’s Gonna Be Easy
3. Your Friends
4. Poison Love
5. Wallflower
6. Dealer’s Blues
7. Faded Love
8. Blues Stay Away from Me
9. Papa Ain’t Salty
10. Me and Paul
11. Don’t Turn Around
12. I Get Off
13. Goodbye San Francisco, Hello Amsterdam *
14. Never No Mo’ Blues *
15. Sometimes *
16. Miller’s Cave *
17. On the Banks of the Old Ponichartrain *
18. Hey Good Lookin’ *
19. Please Mr. Sand Man *
20. Chicken and the Bop *
21. Columbus Stockade *
22. The Blues Walked On In *

Disc 2: The Sir Douglas Band, Texas Tornado (Atlantic SD 7287, 1973) and bonus tracks

1. San Francisco FM Blues
2. Someday
3. Blue Horizon
4. Tennessee Blues
5. Ain’t That Loving You
6. Texas Tornado
7. Juan Mendoza
8. Chicano
9. I’ll Be There
10. Hard Way
11. Nitty Gritty
12. From a Jack to a King
13. Leave Me Alone with the Blues
14. I’m Just Tired of Getting Burned (Alternate Version) *
15. Blue Horizon (Take #5)
16. Nitty Gritty (Backing Track) *
17. Sometimes You’ve Got to Stop Chasing Rainbows *
18. Bobby’s Blues *
19. Your Friends (Full-Length Version) *
20. Papa Ain’t Salty (Full-Length Version) *

* denotes tracks first released on this compilation

The Blasters, The Slash Recordings (released in part as Slash/Warner Bros./Rhino R2 78345, 2002 – reissued Wounded Bird WOU-7834, 2014)

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Disc 1: The Blasters (Slash Records SR-109, 1981), Non Fiction (Slash Records 23818, 1983) and bonus tracks

1. Marie Marie
2. No Other Girl
3. I’m Shakin’
4. Border Radio
5. American Music
6. So Long Baby Goodbye
7. Hollywood Bed
8. Never No More Blues
9. This is It
10. Highway 61
11. I Love You So
12. Stop the Clock
13. Red Rose
14. Barefoot Rock
15. Bus Station
16. One More Dane
17. It Must Be Love
18. Jubilee Train
19. Long White Cadillac
20. Fool’s Paradise
21. Boomtown
22. Leaving
23. Tag Along
24. Justine (Outtake) *
25. Flat Top Joint (Outtake) *
26. Leave My Money Alone (Outtake) *

Disc 2: Hard Line (Slash Records 25803, 1985), Over There: Live At The Venue in London (Slash/Warner Bros. 23725, 1982) and bonus tracks

1. Trouble Bound
2. Just Another Sunday
3. Hey, Girl
4. Dark Night
5. Little Honey
6. Samson and Delilah
7. Colored Lights
8. Help You Dream
9. Common Man
10. Rock and Roll Will Stand
11. Can’t Stop Time (Outtake) *
12. Cry for Me (Outtake) *
13. Kathleen (Outtake) *
14. High School Confidential (Live, 1982)
15. What Will Lucy Do? (Live, 1982) *
16. Crazy Baby (Live, 1982) *
17. Got Love If You Want It (Live, 1982) *
18. Rock Boppin’ Baby (Live, 1982)
19. Walkin’ with Mr. Lee (Live, 1982) *
20. Keep a Knockin’ (Live, 1982)
21. I Don’t Want to Live (Live, 1982)
22. Go, Go, Go (Live, 1982)
23. Roll ‘Em Pete (Live, 1982)
24. Take Out Some Insurance (Live, 1985) *

* denotes tracks first released on this compilation

Danny O’Keefe, Classics (released as Rhino Handmade RHM2 7862, 2004 – Wounded Bird WOU-7864, 2014)

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1. Covered Wagon
2. Steel Guitar
3. Good Time Charlie’s Got the Blues
4. Shooting Star
5. The Road
6. I’m Sober Now
7. Angel Spread Your Wings
8. Magdalena
9. Steppin’ Out Tonight
10. Mad Ruth/The Babe
11. So Long Harry Truman
12. Quits
13. It’s Been a Good Day
14. The Runaway
15. Islands
16. You Look Just Like a Girl Again
17. All My Friends
18. Just Jones
19. On the Wheel of Love
20. The Jimmy Hoffa Mem. Bldg. Blues
21. (Keep Your) Back to the Wall
22. The Street

Tracks 1-2 from Danny O’Keefe (Cotillion SD 9036, 1970)
Tracks 3-6 from O’Keefe (Signpost SP 8404, 1972)
Tracks 7-10 from Breezy Stories (Atlantic SD 7264, 1973)
Tracks 11-13 from So Long Harry Truman (Atlantic SD 18125, 1975)
Tracks 14-18 from American Roulette (Warner Bros. BS 3050, 1977)
Tracks 19-22 from The Global Blues (Warner Bros. BSK 3314, 1979)