At the age of 21, he moved to Los Angeles, California, where he worked as a songwriter and collaborated with a number of artists and songwriters, including Survivor, Nick Gilder, Jonathan Cain (Journey), Russ Ballard, Carl Dixon and Alias featuring Freddy Curci. Everything I Want To Do (Piano Ballad Version)ġ4. Brett Walker was born in Norman, Oklahoma, United States. The original purchase of the box set came with some 50+ bonus tracks in MP3 download – songs which we didn’t have room for on the original set, so several of those songs have been curated to appear as bonus tracks on each release – exclusively on CD for the first time.ġ3. Person To Person – ‘The Complete Recordings’ (2CD Set) and Brett Walker – ‘Highlights From The Last Parade’(2CD Set) That’s 4 discs of Brett Walker and Person To Person magic. So it is with great pleasure that MelodicRock Classics has gone to work on two exclusive new releases! There has been some demand for a truncated version of the box set, as well as a stand-alone release of the Person To Person tracks. The set featured all unreleased material from Brett’s DAT archives, plus for the first time, the much sought after Person To Person demos. With only 500 units pressed, it quickly sold out. In 2018 under the MelodicRock Records banner, a 6-Disc retrospective of singer/songwriter Brett Walker’s career was released. Those that do pre-order will receive a download of another full disc worth of audio that couldn’t fit or wasn’t quite suitable due to audio quality.AOR, Melodic Rock, Arena Rock, 2CD kiadvány, 2023-as album. ‘Last Parade’ is strictly limited to 500 units worldwide and will not be re-pressed. ‘Last Parade’ will be a 6-disc box set (exact design TBC). The set will be priced at $99(includes shipping, airmail worldwide) Ballad versions or rockers instrumental pieces alt-mixes heavier guitar versions…you name it!įor the rest of the unreleased tracks, this set is a veritable treasure trove of classic BRETT WALKER, representing his various career paths – AOR, melodic rock, midwestern, acoustic – anthems, ballads and those classic singalong songs only Brett Walker can do.įor the first time, MRR is excited to announce the details of BRETT WALKER ‘Last Parade’ Box Set. The tracks you do recognise are mostly in a different form. From :īRETT WALKER ‘Last Parade’ is an historic release - a box set of the late, great singer/songwriter’s career – with a difference.Īlmost the entire box set is unreleased, never before heard material. If you’d like to pay tribute to Brett or write some good memories, please do so by August 15 via email share this info if you know someone that would be interested. This post is also an open invitation for those that personally knew Brett or were just big fans of Brett to submit some text for the accompanying booklet. There were at least 2 versions of almost every track on the DATs and sometimes 5 or even 6! Some are from all different mixes, others various audio quality and some completely different versions of known songs. JK Northrup has been busy mastering and remastering for the past several months!Įither way.hours and hours of listening time and so many amazing songs. At last count there was 174 song files in the “Work In Progress” folder. ‘Last Parade’ is the most complex project I’ve ever put together, mainly because of the vast number of songs. Fans of all eras will in fact, be blown away I’m sure. Some of the older unreleased material will rival the classic ‘Nevertheless’ album for melodic rock brilliance. I was blown away at the quality and the brilliance of these songs, with a cross-reference of styles present from throughout Brett’s career. Over no less than 47 DATs, it became evident that Brett was sitting on a treasure trove of unreleased material. Brett’s entire DAT collection was sent to me to digitize, which lead to an extraordinary discovery. I kept in touch, recalling various conversations I had with Brett about releasing his Person To Person songs and some of his unreleased demos, which collectors had been trading for some years.īrett’s wife Sheron and I agreed to look at what was available and see what could be done. Brett is also well known as, American songwriter and music producer whose music was featured on such television shows as Everwood, Sex and the City, and Baywatch. Titled ‘Last Parade’ (after one of the unreleased tracks), the special limited-edition package is set to pay tribute to one of the great songwriters of this genre and is scheduled for release in November via MelodicRock Records.īrett tragically and suddenly passed away in July 2013, with a special tribute paid to him by his band and wife at MRF3. He was born on Novemand his birthplace is Oklahoma. For the last 12 months I have been working on a legacy box set for the late, great BRETT WALKER.
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