It’s going to be way too much for the casual fan, but the serious Brett Walker fans are going to absolutely love this set.Įdition Notes: There are a couple of different ways to get Last Parade. Northrup) and give die-hard Brett Walker a collection of material that enhances his legacy and provides a look into his early work and creative process. The MelodicRock label went to great lengths to curate and polish these rare songs (remastering by J.K. It’s a departure from his AOR sound, and doesn’t have the same appeal as some of the earlier material in this set, but he still sounds great and I’d rather hear more Brett Walker material than less. It’s weird hearing Walker’s songs sung by someone else, but who better than Carl Dixon?ĭisc 6: The Unreleased Archives Volume 3 (The Midwestern Moods) – The final 17 songs in this set are late career recordings where Walker was trying a more heartland singer/songwriter sound. These upbeat melodic rock songs are very much in keeping with Walker’s best albums.ĭisc 5: The Unreleased Archives Volume 2 (More Anthems & Guest Spots) – 18 more rarities, including six songs with vocals by Carl Dixon of Coney Hatch. Bootleg versions of these songs have been circulating for years, but we finally get a proper remastered version here.ĭisc 4: The Unreleased Archives Volume 1 (The AOR Anthems) – the title says it all when it comes to these 17 songs. This is the project Walker worked on prior to his solo debut, and while it shares a few songs from Nevertheless, it has a much more ’80s production and approach. Either way these are really cool to hear.ĭisc 3: Person to Person (The Complete Original Recordings) – These 18 tracks are a collector’s dream. Some of the alternate approaches work really well, and some don’t. It’s the songs that didn’t make the album that are most interesting though, as they paint a picture of what might have been if Walker had gone in a less AOR direction at the time.ĭisc 2: Album Cuts (The Alt Mixes) – 17 alternate versions of songs from Walker’s studio albums (including some cool alternate versions of Nevertheless songs). Featuring more than 100 previously unreleased (and newly remastered) songs, Last Parade is the perfect tribute to Walker’s music and too-brief career.ĭisc 1: The Early Demos – 16 demo recordings from 1991-1993, featuring early versions of many of the songs from his essential album Nevertheless. The late AOR singer/guitarist/songwriter Brett Walker is the subject of a painstakingly assembled 6-disc box set on the MelodicRock label titled Last Parade. Brett Walker: Last Parade (MelodicRock, 2019)
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