Re：A Question re: Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme - That Holiday Feeling!

Date Posted：12/23/2016 05:22:07Copy HTML

The Real Gone Music CD is the exact same CD that Steve and Eydie released in 2002 through their record company GL Music. Gordon is just distributing it for them.

Re：A Question re: Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme - That Holiday Feeling!

Date Posted：12/24/2016 05:29:55Copy HTML

Re：A Question re: Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme - That Holiday Feeling!

Date Posted：12/24/2016 06:23:15Copy HTML

You're welcome, John, and Merry Christmas to you, too!

Re：A Question re: Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme - That Holiday Feeling!

Date Posted：01/28/2017 02:52:25Copy HTML

Re：A Question re: Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme - That Holiday Feeling!

Date Posted：02/03/2017 09:28:41Copy HTML

Sorry for the delayed response, I've been sick with the flu and bronchitis for the last half-month.

Glad to hear you enjoyed the Yule Log broadcast this year.

And no, there is no complete Steve & Eydie collection anywhere. Besides "Go Tell It On The Mountain," another bonus song that is missing from the reissue CD is Steve's great solo of "'Twas The Night Before Christmas," which he recorded exclusively in 1967 for Goodyear's The Great Songs Of Christmas, Vol. 7. There's also Eydie's solo of "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear," which she recorded exclusively in 1969 for RCA's Christmas In New York, Vol. 3.

In 2012, when Steve and Eydie first released their Christmas album through their private GL Music label, I mentioned to Steve about adding the above songs as additional bonus tracks to "Baby It's Cold Outside" and "Hurry Home For Christmas" which they had included on their new reissue CD. He said he'd look into it, but unfortunately nothing ever came of it.

As for Nat and Dino, perhaps complete collections for both will be forthcoming from Real Gone Music in the future. We'll see.

Re：A Question re: Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme - That Holiday Feeling!

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Re：A Question re: Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme - That Holiday Feeling!

Date Posted：02/03/2017 06:26:06Copy HTML

Thanks, Jon. And yes, I'm feeling a bit better now. There was a worry that the bronchitis would settle into pneumonia, but after a week on an inhaler and antibiotics, that danger, thankfully, now seems to have passed.

As for the new Real Gone Music Christmas CD releases that are coming out each year, Gordon pretty much now only releases what I personally recommend. This as a result of the sales success of my releases.

A complete Nat and Dino are meritorious ideas, but there are just too many other priorities ahead of them right now to consider. In addition to that, both artists would require engagement (meaning a fight) with UMG (Universal Music Group) to secure the copyrights for distribution, as they are a notoriously difficult company to deal with.

Unfortunately, all of Nat's holiday material (his Christmas album and singles) were on the Capitol Record label, which now belongs to UMG; as well as the first of Dino's two Christmas albums, which was another Capitol LP. Thankfully, though, Dino's second Christmas album was on his buddy Sinatra's Reprise Record label, and that now belongs to WMG (Warner Music Group), which would mean a relatively easy quest to secure the legal copyrights for distribution.

As for this year's CD releases, rest assured that, as always, I will make the exclusive announcement in a group email as well as here on my message board via my "Chip's Tips" column as soon as the deals are closed with the record companies.

Re：A Question re: Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme - That Holiday Feeling!

Date Posted：02/05/2017 04:03:59Copy HTML

Re：A Question re: Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme - That Holiday Feeling!

Date Posted：02/05/2017 07:17:36Copy HTML

Yes, that song as well as the two Christmas standards from Eydie's 1966 Spanish Christmas album with the Trio Los Panchos Navidad Means Christmas, "Noche De Paz" (Silent Night) and "Blanca Navidad" (White Christmas), will be included on a Real Gone Music complete Christmas collection CD if we do one.

Re：A Question re: Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme - That Holiday Feeling!

Date Posted：02/06/2017 03:42:46Copy HTML

Re：A Question re: Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme - That Holiday Feeling!

Date Posted：02/06/2017 07:18:47Copy HTML

I did some checking, and yes, apparently Sony Music recently acquired Dino's Reprise Records catalog. This is not a problem, as working with SME (Sony Music Entertainment) to secure copyrights for distribution wouldn't be a problem; however, WMG (Warner Music Group) would have been a trifle easier to deal with.