Please read this carefully : I made the "And Finally...It's The Left Banke" collection from the two Bam Caruso vinyl albums - And Suddenly (Bam Caruso KIRI 021 - 1982) & Walk Away Renee (Bam Caruso PABL 056 - 1985) - it means i do not have the Bam Caruso CD edition (i have to say i've never seen a proper copy of the CD, so if anybody has one, contact me). So the artwork has been made from the 1982 Bam Caruso LP, it has also been slightly revamped fitting in the complete track listing and updating the title. Below are some very acute notes found somewhere and written by an unknown fan.
"The Left Banke's catalog is entirely out of print, and both the impossibly rare "And Finally" disc (comprising the original stereo mix of the first album, along with the second album and rarities) and the not-impossibly-rare "There's Gonna Be a Storm disc" (same concept, only with a remix of the first album) are going for ridiculous prices on eBay or Amazon. Paying these ridiculous prices benefits nobody but the seller - Mercury ain't seeing a dime, the band ain't seeing a dime - so why not get the material for free until the inevitable reissue comes along? The Left Banke's first album, "Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina," (as featured on "And Finally...") is the original stereo mix which reflects the mixed origins of the original album, and ranges from wide stereo ("I've Got Something On My Mind") to might-as-well-be-mono ("Barterers And Their Wives"). Somewhat peculiarly, it appears as if no mono mix of the album was prepared, allegedly per a Mercury experiment to "single-format" its releases. Most copies that are marked "mono" are actually stereo records; while "real" mono copies do exist, they are fold-downs, and apart from a weird, mis-spliced version of the "Shadows" intro are little more than curios. The Banke's mainstream debut on CD, "There's Gonna Be a Storm: The Complete Recordings," was in print from 1992 to around 2003, and managed to shoot up in value the instant it went out of print. Huh? Anyway, compilers Bill Inglot and Andrew Sandoval elected to remix the entire first album for its inclusion on "Storm." In some cases, they attempted to replicate the original mono singles mixes, only in stereo ("Renee"); in other cases, they preferred near-mono mixes; and in at least one case, they produced an actual mono mix ("Shadows"). These were the versions most easily available to Banke fans in the CD era."
AND FINALLY...IT'S THE LEFT BANKE (1988)
Walk Away Renee / There's Gonna Be A Storm / Desiree / Myrah / Shadows Breaking Over My Head / Let Go of You Girl / Sing Little Bird Sing / I Haven't Got the Nerve / Goodbye Holly / Dark is the Bark / I've Got Something on My Mind / Pretty Ballerina / In the Morning Light / She May Call You Up Tonight / My Friend Today / Barterers and their Wives / Pedestal / Evening Gown / Lazy Day / What Do You Know / Bryant Hotel / Nice To See You / Give The Man A hand / Ivy Ivy
THERE'S GONNA BE A STORM:
The Complete Recordings 1966-1969 (1992)
Walk Away Renee / I Haven't Got the Nerve / Pretty Ballerina / She May Call You Up Tonight / I've Got Something on my Mind / Barterers and Their Wives / Let Go of You Girl / What Do You Know / Evening Gown / Lazy Day / Shadows Breaking Over My Head / Ivy Ivy / Men are Building Sand (previously unreleased) / Desiree / Dark is the Bark / My Friend Today / Sing Little Bird Sing / And Suddenly / Goodbye Holly / In the Morning Light / Bryant Hotel / Give the Man a Hand / Nice to See You / There's Gonna Be a Storm / Pedestal / Myrah.
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