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Release Date Friday 28th February 2025
All pre-orders will be dispatched/made ready for collection on that day.
TRACK LISTING
Disc 1 1. Right By My Side (Etude) / 2. River Bayou / 3. Midnight And You / 4. Fran / 5. Other Side Of Town / 6. Song
Called Love / 7. Can’t Be Alone / 8. River Song / 9. On The Morning That She Came / 10. One Of These Days / 11. Run
Jenny Run
Disc 2 1. Blue Monday (Demo) [Bonus Track] / 2. She Wrote A Song (Demo) [Bonus Track] / 3. Song Called Love (Demo)
[Bonus Track] / 4. Day Break (Demo) [Bonus Track] / 5. Do I (Demo) [Bonus Track] / 6. Baby Oh Baby (Demo) [Bonus
Track] / 7. Lonely Times (Demo) [Bonus Track] / 8. Good To Know (Demo) [Bonus Track] / 9. Caroline (Demo) [Bonus
Track] / 10. River Song (Demo) [Bonus Track] / 11. River Bayou (Demo) [Bonus Track] / 12. She Wrote A Song (Demo
Version 2) [Bonus Track] / 13. Blue Monday (Demo Version 2) [Bonus Track]
The debut album from the Michael Brown led project (The Left Banke, Stories) Contains a bonus disc featuring 13
previously unissued demos from the band • Freshly remastered with new liner notes from set co-Producer Daniel Coston
featuring new interviews with original band members When the lone album by The Beckies was released in 1976, what
should have been a beginning quickly became the end of the band’s story. With little to no promotion from Sire Records,
the album sank under a wave of changing fashion and sounds. —Daniel Coston, from his liner notes After forming The
Left Banke, Montage, and Stories, the world became familiar with the brilliant songwriting of Michael Brown. Post-Left
Banke, Brown was introduced to singer Scott Trusty by a mutual friend. They collaborated on a Trusty solo single in 1970 just before Brown formed Stories. Reconnecting with Trusty a few years
later, Scott introduced Michael to a few Kansas City musician friends who had just relocated to New York – Jimmy
McAllister and Gary Hodgden (soon to be rechristened as Gary West) – and the new collective quickly began writing and
recording songs in a loft space. Known as "Brown's Band," the demos soon found their way to Seymour Stein, and The
Beckies (renamed after West's wife) had a home. Sadly, as happens, the lack of live performances and promotions saw
their debut sink without a trace, but those who heard it loved the power pop and lush Brown and Hodgdon compositions.
A bit of a holy grail for those in the know, the album found folks scouring the used bins for a copy of The Beckies. Now,
nearly 40 years after its original release, the original album (and more!) returns on Good To Know: The Beckies Story.
The original 11-track album appears on the first disc, while the second contains 13 previously unissued songs from those
original demo sessions – displaying the band's dynamics in a way the way their eventual album sometimes hinted at.
Remastered by Grammy-winning engineer Michael Graves, Good To Know: The Beckies Story also contains new liner
notes from set co-Producer Daniel Coston, featuring interviews with remaining band members telling the story of The
Beckies and their post-Beckies journeys. Good to know, indeed.
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