Legacy Podcasts

Paul Simon continues with more secrets to his songwriting success.  First he discusses how to keep listeners engaged while taking songs off into the many directions to which they can go, followed by trying to unravel the mysteries of “Mystery Train.”  Songs in this episode include “Train in the Distance,” “Late in the Evening” and “American Tune.”

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In stores now from Legacy Recordings – Paul Simon – Songwriter – 2CD compilation of 32 great moments from his solo career. Includes all his solo hits, some deep album cuts and one brand new track, “The Sound of Silence” recorded live at New York City’s Webster Hall in June 2011.  This podcast series also includes music from Paul Simon’s most recent album, So Beautiful or So What, in stores now from Hear Music/Concord.

Legacy Podcasts celebrates Wynton Marsalis’ 50th birthday by launching the “Swinging into the 21st” series – looking back on the variety of themes present in the series of 10 albums he recorded for Columbia and Sony Classical 1999-2000.

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In stores now from Legacy Recordings – Swinging into the 21st – Saluting Wynton’s 50th birthday by looking back on his groundbreaking 1999 series of 10 albums, available now from the Wynton at 50 store in a variety of unique, collectible configurations – including the “Taste of New Orleans” bundle pictured below.

Ben Folds discusses “Tell Me What I Did,” another brand-new Ben Folds Five track that the band actually played live in one of their final shows together in Spring 2000 at Scranton University.

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In stores now from Legacy Recordings – Ben Folds: The Best Imitation of Myself – 3CD career spanning compilation includes hits, live tracks and rarities from his years with Ben Folds Five and as a solo artist. Also includes three brand new Ben Folds Five songs recorded earlier this year – “House,” “Tell Me What I Did” and “Stumblin Home Winter Blues.” More details are also online at benfolds.com.

The four-part Paul Simon “Songwriter” series celebrates his 70th birthday by helping Paul look back on all the crap he learned in high school. But seriously…Paul Simon discusses how his creative process evolved over time through his comments between some of the best known tracks from his solo career. Episode 1 features “Kodachrome,” “So Beautiful or So What” and “Mother and Child Reunion.

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In stores now from Legacy Recordings – Paul Simon – Songwriter – 2CD compilation of 32 great moments from his solo career. Includes all his solo hits, some deep album cuts and one brand new track, “The Sound of Silence” recorded live at New York City’s Webster Hall in June 2011.  The podcast series also includes music from Paul Simon’s most recent album, So Beautiful or So What, in stores now from Hear Music/Concord.

The Ben Folds – Best Imitation of Myself podcast series launches with Ben’s comments on “House” – one of three brand-new Ben Folds Five reunion tracks on the new 3CD compilation.

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In stores now from Legacy Recordings – Ben Folds: The Best Imitation of Myself – 3CD career spanning compilation includes hits, live tracks and rarities from his years with Ben Folds Five and as a solo artist. Also includes three brand new Ben Folds Five songs recorded earlier this year – “House,” “Tell Me What I Did” and “Stumblin Home Winter Blues.” More details are also online at benfolds.com.

The next piece in the “Young Man with the Big Beat” looks closely at Elvis’ manager, Col. Tom Parker – both the good and the bad. He was the creative mastermind behind Elvis’ rise to stardom, but there were always critics of his business practices that continued throughout Presley’s entire career.

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In stores now from Legacy Recordings – The Elvis Presley: Legacy Edition features his landmark RCA debut album plus more masters from those 1956 sessions on 2 discs.   The Young Man with the Big Beat 5-CD box set adds three more discs of previously unreleased outtakes, live tracks and interviews in a deluxe package with expanded liner notes and collectibles as pictured below. More details at elvisthemusic.com.

The first of four new episodes in our very popular Elvis podcast looks back on when he was not yet the king, but a young man with a big beat.  You’ll hear music from his landmark 1956 RCA sessions that produced some of rock & roll’s most seminal recordings – the self-titled debut album for his new label, plus his early 45-only hit singles “Hound Dog,” “Love Me Tender” and “Don’t Be Cruel.”

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In stores now from Legacy Recordings – The Elvis Presley: Legacy Edition features his landmark RCA debut album plus more masters from those 1956 sessions on 2 discs.   The Young Man with the Big Beat 5-CD box set adds three more discs of previously unreleased outtakes, live tracks and interviews in a deluxe package with expanded liner notes and collectibles as pictured below. More details at elvisthemusic.com.

Ozzy, Sharon, Bill Ward, Rudy Sarzo and others look back on how Ozzy created his first solo band lineup after being fired from Black Sabbath, the making of his first two solo albums and his relationship with late guitarist Randy Rhoads.  30th anniversary expanded reissues of Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman and a super deluxe CD+DVD+Vinyl box set are in stores now from Legacy Recordings.

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