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Thread #142992   Message #3917734
Posted By: GUEST,Phil d'Conch
16-Apr-18 - 06:58 PM
Thread Name: 2015 Obit: What Became of Tia Blake?
Subject: RE: 2015 Obit: What Became of Tia Blake?
A quick update of the thread's discography:

Tia Blake - Paris and Montreal Demos, 1973-1976 (RSD Edition*,) Yep Roc Records, LP-10”, 21 April 2018


Side A - Montreal 1976, CBC Studio A:
My Father is a Lonely Man (2:24)
Yellow Hair (2:53)
Country Boy (3:20)

Side B - Paris 1973:
Betty and Dupree (2:56)
Hangman (2:59
White Bird (2:14)
Wish I was a Single Girl Again (2:53)
Wish I was a Single Girl Again (Rehearsal) (1:12)

Blurb:
“These demo recordings are an invaluable addition to the unique catalog of material written and recorded by early 1970’s folk singer Tia Blake, best known for her lost classic album Folksongs and Ballads, released on the small French SFP label in 1971. Born Christiana Elizabeth Wallman April 13, 1952 in Columbus, Georgia, Tia moved to Paris when she was 18 years old, where she learned how to play acoustic guitar and was introduced to Michel Bachelet and Jean-Paul Smets, the owner and A&R manager of SFP, who asked her to record her first album. Recorded in Montreal and Paris, this 10" EP features demos of traditional ballads and original songs by Blake and has been remastered from original tapes. First time on vinyl.”

*Record Store Day (RSD) is the third Saturday in April. The 21st this year. Online sales usually begin the following Saturday.

No catalog# or pricing just yet but I'd expect an RSD release to be somewhere north of U$50.