Rick Springfield
Springfield
Expanded Edition Remastered CD with Bonus Tracks | ICON 1062
- Previously unreleased vintage Rick Springfield studio album!
- Plus rare single sides for first time on CD worldwide
- Unheard bonus live versions of 8 of the album tracks, introduced by the legendary Wolfman Jack
- 16 of 21 tracks previously unissued
- 20-page full color booklet includes unseen photos and memorabilia
- 5000-word liner notes essay by Ken Sharp includes new commentary from Rick Springfield plus the contributing musicians and his then-manager, and full track by track discussion
- Digitally remastered from the original master tapes by Vic Anesini
Track Listing
- Original Springfield Album
- 1. Trash *
- 2. Call The Fire Brigade *
- 3. Eleanor Rigby
- 4. Child Within
- 5. Beethoven Street *
- 6. Sukaya *
- 7. Sweet Teezer *
- 8. Pearly And Me *
- 9. American Girls
- 10. Elektra *
Bonus Tracks
- Bonus Single – First Time on CD
- 11. Streakin’ Across The U.S.A.
- 12. Music To Streak By
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Live at Northwest Speedway, Post Falls, Idaho, 1974 - 13. Wolfman Jack Introduction *
- 14. Music To Streak By *
- 15. Trash *
- 16. Call The Fire Brigade *
- 17. Sukaya *
- 18. Eleanor Rigby *
- 19. American Girls *
- 20. Elektra *
- 21. Beethoven Street *
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* Previously Unreleased
Lineup
- Rick Springfield – Guitar, Piano, Vocals
- Peter Leinheiser aka Peter Lyon – Guitar, Background Vocals
- Gabriel Katona – Keyboards, Saxophone, Background Vocals
- Les Smith – Bass, Background Vocals
- Eddie Rodriguez – Drums, Background Vocals
Special Guests
- Jimmie Haskell – String arrangements
Rick Springfield seemed to be on a fast track to stardom by 1974. He had it all: a batch of well-crafted commercially viable songs, a great voice, muscular musicianship and striking good looks. After scoring with 1972’s “Speak to the Sky” single, he assembled his first solo band and hit the road in pursuit of his dreams. “It was a hedonistic couple of months of rock and roll and partying and no parents,” remembers Springfield. “Songs came out of all that fire and sexual angst of being 25 and being on your own.”
But when Rick delivered his completed Springfield album to Columbia Records, the label balked. Its hard rock sound and suggestive lyrics flew in the face of the pink and perky bubblegum sound they expected. In early ’75, the Springfield album was officially shelved.
For almost 50 years, Springfield has sat in the vaults…until now. Remastered from the original tapes and expanded with unheard live performances of its material, Springfield finally takes its rightful place in Rick’s catalog.