Dion – “Wonder Where I’m Bound”
Written by admin on June 12, 2010 – 8:53 pm -| Dion DiMucci’s lost folk-rock masterpiece, “Wonder Where I’m Bound,” has finally been issued on CD.
“Wonder Where I’m Bound” was originally released in 1969 in the wake of Dion’s “Abraham, Martin and John” comeback single, which had reached number four on the pop charts. The single was the latest in a string of successes for producer Phil Gernhard, who had turned to Dion to record it after reportedly considering and rejecting around 300 acts. |
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“Abraham, Martin and John” had received both critical acclaim and commercial success, with Billboard calling it one of Dion’s “best performances of all time” (Billboard, September 28, 1968). The challenge was to sustain this by releasing material that complimented Dion’s new folk rock sound. A number of unreleased recordings that Dion had made at Columbia were brought together, including his folk-rock reading of Tom Paxton’s “I Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound,” which had been recorded in 1965 and now had strings added to match the style of “Abraham, Martin and John.”
Dion – “I Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound”
The full track list of “Wonder Where I’m Bound” is:
- I Cant Help But Wonder Where Im Bound
- It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
- A Sunday Kind Of Love
- Knowing I Wont Go Back There
- 900 Miles
- Now
- Southern Train
- The Seventh Son
- Farewell
- Wake Up Baby
- Baby, Please Dont Go.
Even though there were two compilations of Dion’s Columbia recordings in the 1990s, much of the album is making its debut on CD. The recordings are from the original master tapes.
Dion’s “Wonder Where I’m Bound” comes with a 16-page booklet, with detailed liner notes from pop historian Andrew Sandoval.
You can buy Dion’s “Wonder Where I’m Bound” from the following online retailers:
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