CHAD & JEREMY: Ark-elogy

Chad & Jeremy

Ark-elogy

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A brilliant new recording of 18 of the most popular recordings from over a dozen worldwide LP releases in their impressive catalog, including "Summer Song", "Homeward Bound", and "Yesterday's Gone"

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To celebrate the 40th anniversary of their last album for Columbia Records, "The Ark", Chad & Jeremy now release "Ark-eology", a newly recorded tribute to their legendary classic albums "The Ark" and "Of Cabbages And Kings", favorites long sought after by collectors and fans worldwide.
Produced by Chad Stuart, the album is the 25th release of the duo, as they revisit eighteen of the most popular recordings from over a dozen worldwide LP releases in their impressive catalog. These brand new recordings, including "Summer Song"," Yesterday’s Gone" and "Homeward Bound", are a sonic marvel compared to the decades old material. They reveal the crystal clear vocals and harmonies like never before. With a mixture of original arrangements and new adaptations, Chad & Jeremy show what it’s like to be masters of their craft, recording this new album themselves, and playing all the instruments. All of their Columbia albums, and several others, are represented in this brilliant new digital recording. After more than 30 years of performing together, Chad & Jeremy deliver their best ever.

From 1964 to 1967, Chad & Jeremy had eleven U.S. hit singles and over seventeen worldwide releases. In the ensuing years, the music of Chad & Jeremy has been re-released on over thirty three albums around the world.

The Chad & Jeremy bio at the All Music Guide states: “Of the many British Invasion acts that stormed the charts in the wake of the Beatles, Chad & Jeremy possessed a subtlety and sophistication unmatched among their contemporaries, essentially creating the template for the kind of lush, sensitive folk-pop embraced by followers from Nick Drake to Belle & Sebastian”.

Chad Stuart and Jeremy Clyde met at drama school in 1960 and soon began playing folk clubs in London where they were discovered by famed movie composer, John Barry. They became a sensation in America riding the wave of the British Invasion with eleven Top 40 hits including Summer Song, Yesterday’s Gone, Willow Weep for Me, and Distant Shores.

The duo appeared as themselves in legendary TV shows including The Dick Van Dyke Show, Patti Duke Show, Batman and Laredo. They hosted Hullabaloo, appeared on The Tonight Show and all the classic variety shows like The Hollywood Palace, Andy Williams, Danny Kaye and Red Skelton.

Some of their most critically acclaimed work was the progressive 1967 release "Of Cabbages and Kings", followed a year later by "The Ark", which prompted Rolling Stone Magazine to proclaim: “Chad and Jeremy - out of schlock rock into progressive rock.” The Ark proved to be their last album for Columbia, as Jeremy returned to acting and the duo disbanded. They reunited for an album and tour in the 1980’s as well as a musical, "Pump Boys & Dinettes". The latest phase in their career began in 2003 with a PBS TV music special. Since then they have performed their two-man show all over the United States, Canada, Hawaii and the Philippines.

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  • Warm and Wonderful
    author: Tony Piccirillo

    The songs here are 40+ years old. What's remarkable is that you need not even know that these were hits when you were a kid. The lyrics remain relevant, and meaningful, and that's a smart comment on the guys' original choice (or at the very least, agreement) to record them in the first place. So, the song choices may be a trip down memory lane, but the new arrangements, the pristine sound, and the simple virtuosity of the new performances make this both new and contemporary. One of the best sounding, and best performed, CD's of the year.

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