The Dublin Sessions is a posthumous album by American musician Del Shannon which was released on July 7, 2017. He recorded this previously unreleased album in 1977 with his UK-based touring band called Smackee at Ireland's Dublin Sound Studios and was long believed lost.[1]
| The Dublin Sessions | ||||
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| Released | July 7, 2017 | |||
| Recorded | 1977 | |||
| Studio | Ireland's Dublin Sound Studios Dublin, Ireland | |||
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| Length | 37:55 | |||
| Label | RockBeat | |||
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Edsel Records included this CD in a box set entitled Stranger in Town: A Del Shannon Compendium, which contains 14th of his studio albums and three compilation and was released on February 24, 2023.[2]
Background
editShannon shopped around this 1977 material with no success. By the time he got out of rehab and started working with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on what would become the Petty-produced Drop Down and Get Me, the Dublin material “just sort of fell into the rear-view mirror.”[3] Shannon originally mixed and then remixed the tracks at Cherokee Studios in California but opted to never release them.[1]
Critical reception
editCleveland.com wrote: "Sometimes, when a record label unearths material from the vaults, one listen tells you why it stayed unreleased for so long. Other times, the tracks are good enough to make you wonder how they could have remained in the can until now.[4]
Track listing
editSide one
editAll tracks are written by Del Shannon, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Best Days of My Life" | 3:28 | |
| 2. | "Love Letters" | Edward Heyman, Victor Young | 3:00 |
| 3. | "Till I Found You" | 2:25 | |
| 4. | "Raylene" | 4:14 | |
| 5. | "One Track Mind" | 3:22 | |
| 6. | "Black Is Black" | Michelle Grainger, Tony Hayes, Steve Wadey | 3:07 |
Side two
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Oh, Pretty Woman" | Roy Orbison, Bill Dees | 3:31 |
| 2. | "Another Lonely Night" | 4:06 | |
| 3. | "Amanda" | Stuart Cowell, Del Shannon | 3:57 |
| 4. | "Love Don't Come Easy" | Max Crook, Del Shannon | 3:24 |
| 5. | "Today I Started Loving You Again" | Merle Haggard, Bonnie Owens | 2:21 |
References
edit- ^ a b "The Dublin Sessions". theseconddisc.com. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
- ^ "Stranger in Town: A Del Shannon Compendium". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "Del Does Dublin". nodepression.com. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
- ^ "Del Shannon - The Dublin Sessions Album Reviews". cleveland.com. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 2023-12-10.