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Boots & Rod. Photographed
by Edward, May 2010. ©2010 By Stanyan Music Group. All Rights Reserved
A Thought for Today
Praise is easier than criticism. Often
it’s needed more and works more wonders.
TO BEGIN WITH
Must be something in the air, summer perhaps, since most of today’s
questions concern new CD’s in the works. Best of all, long requested
compact discs based on albums from the 1970’s previously unreleased
digitally.
.ASK
ROD
PHILADELPHIA
For years on end now I have been looking for a CD
containing the song: "Philadelphia". Could you please help me with this?
Thank you in advance! Jan van Buuren, the Netherlands
Dear Jan, “Philadelphia” is not currently available on any CD but the
good news is that I have just mastered the track for compact disc and it
and all the other songs from New Ballads and a full dozen other LP's not
previously available on CD will be available in a deluxe 8 disc package
released on Bear Family Records later in the year.
Sorry I don't have an exact release date as yet because the set is still
being assembled but when it's completed and ready for release I'll
announce the date on my website and Ben will inform all of those on our
mailing list of its availability. So stay tuned.
The title of the collection will be Rod McKuen: Love's Been Good to Me /
The Warner Bros. Records Years Vol 1. Thanks for asking Jan and all my
best to you, Rod
PASTORALE
Greetings Rod, Thanks again for your wonderful
music and words....just listening to your album Rod sings Jacques Brel.....very
beautiful......may I ask you if the complete Pastorale album will be
released on CD? I have a cut down version and am keen to obtain the full
double album ..... best wishes mate from Australia, Patrick
Dear Patrick, Ditto regarding the answer to the above question. I
managed to squeeze all but two of the songs from the original double LP
onto one CD. The remaining songs were both also featured on The Rod
McKuen Show, an album previously released only in Great Britain, that
collection is now featured in the set as well so in effect all of the
tracks from Pastorale are represented. The McKuen Show, incidentally has
tracks that were unissued in America including “Oh Me, Oh My” and my
studio recordings of “Mr. Bojangles” and “London.” Cheers & Thanks, Rod
WOODSHEDDING
Rod, I have seen you in concert and on TV but I
have never seen you playing an instrument. As you have written such a
large body of work, what instrument do you specialize in. Regards:
Phillip Smith
Dear Phillip, As an instrumentalist I 'fool around' with the piano,
guitar & some wind instruments but only for fun and the purpose of
chording my songs. I don't consider myself accomplished enough to play
any musical instrument in public. Even if I did it would be awkward
because I use my hands and body as much as my voice to perform my work
and those of others. Woodshedding is fun but more so with nobody
watching. Thanks for asking. All My Best, Rod
THE ART OF CATCHING TRAINS
Rod, I was packing away some books the other day
and happened on Lonesome Cities. I bought 8 of your books at a thrift
store, some time ago. I had them all years ago. Don't know what happened
to them. This was always my favorite. I hear your voice reading “The Art
of Catching Trains”, to me and it makes me feel young, again. I am 59
and not all that old, but, you were part of my youth and made it worth
being there. Thank you, Roseanne (Tiger) Salyer
Dear Roseanne, Thanks for the nice thoughts about "The Art Of Catching
Trains”. Here we go again. I just finished mastering the Lonesome Cities
album & if things go as planned it will be released on CD near the end
of the year as part of the "Rod On Warner Bros. Records Collection, Part
1." And thanks too for your continued interest in my work . . . God
Bless Thrift Shops. Cheers, Rod
SIMPLE GIFTS
Hi, Loved your site today. If I read it in the
morning it starts my day with things to think about---if I read it at
night like I'm doing now it puts me in a quiet mood for sleep.
Has your kitten ever brought you food? Mine brings me all kinds of food
and makes me follow her to the porch to retrieve it. A few days ago she
brought me a lizard for dinner. I didn't like it much, too greasy. So
today she brought me a mole and I felt so sorry for it lying there dead
that I got it as she requested and when she wasn't looking I put it in
the garbage. I was in the mood for Chinese. . How could we live without
a sense of humor? Sleep well, Dolores
Dear Dolores, Ah the 'gifts' my outdoor cats have brought me through the
years and the number of moles, mice & birds I've had to rescue from
their mostly playful jaws. They always seemed to take particular joy in
bringing in and dumping at my feet hapless half dead critters. Living in
coyote country we no longer have cats that are allowed the run of the
yard and beyond. Just as well, they seem house happy and I was never
into 'road' or 'cat' kill anyway.
As Ever, Rod
RM 6/11/2010 Previously unpublished
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