Asbury Park Then And Now - chronicles the music of the shore's musicians
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artists listed at Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/6zrplk
<http://tinyurl.com/6zrplk> 5 Stars -- What's on Asbury Park
Then & Now double cd release, October 7, 2008
This double CD contains 46 classic and new tracks from 1963 to 2008 with
all of the original creators of the Sound of Asbury Park. Eight never
before heard tracks with 5 members of the E Street Band backing shore
legend Stormin' Norman, plus Nicky Addeo & The Night Owls, The
Jaywalkers, The Motifs, Harry Ray & The Valtairs who later became a
member of Ray Goodman and Brown, The Soul Set, The Joyful Noyze,
Stormin' Norman & Steel Breeze, The Uniques, Tony Maples, Barbaroso and
The Historians and more. This is the history of the whole sound that
started Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Southside Johnny who took it to
another lever. If you like the Jersey shore sound, good music and
history to go along, Asbury Park Then & Now is the best double set on
the market and just out!
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>From the the October 17 issue of Two River Times, Story and Photo by
Andy McDonough
Norman Seldin's new CD set "Asbury Park Then And Now" features some of
the Jersey Shore's finest musicians.
Who can tell what will make the history books and what won't? Local
musician and music producer, Stormin' Norman Seldin seems to have an
idea. His two-CD collection of the music of Asbury Park is being played
worldwide. "It's crazy," says Seldin, holding up a list of the top ten
hits of a popular German radio station. Two cuts from his CD by
Barbaroso and The Historians are among the top hits for Rockin' Rollin'
Rheinwelle this week. "We're getting requests for this music," he says,
"from around the world!"
Seldin knows the shore music scene, perhaps better than anyone, having
been active as a player and producing concerts since his early teens.
With the exception of tours to the Mississippi Delta and some large
venues where he has shared the stage with
greats including Roy Orbison, The Temptations and Jackie Wilson, Seldin
has been a regular on the shore music scene with his bands. In addition
to his early bands, like The Soul Set, he has recorded over the years
with some of the shore's best known acts, including The Valtairs, Nicky
Addeo, The Uniques, Tony Maples, The Shondells, Babaroso and the
Historians, and the Motifs, managing many of their scheduled
appearances.
Always producing and recording music, in the 1980s Seldin hit the
recording studio with many of the area's best players, including a few
who have gone on to receive international acclaim either as members of
Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band or with formidable acts of their own,
like Southside Johnny Lyon. Those sessions were never released until
Seldin compiled them with classic recordings from the Asbury scene and
some current recordings on Asbury Park Then and Now. The CD set boasts
46 cuts with some famous personnel, but also some of the local artists
who stayed behind to keep the Jersey shore music scene alive. "We have
well over 250 hours of digital remastering invested in this project,"
says Seldin, "But it is worth it to hear some of these great songs again
sounding so good again."
In addition to classic Doo Wop sounds on the CD set, Springsteen fans
will find eight never-before-heard recordings with E Street Band members
Garry Tallent, Clarence Clemons, Max Weinberg, the late Danny Federici,
and Roy Bittan, from 1980s recording sessions. Seldin sings lead, with
local guitar legend, Billy Ryan, on guitar and harmony on "I Wanna Rock
'n' Roll" by Southside Johnny. Plus, you can hear Clarence Clemons'
first studio session with Seldin's band, Joyful Noyze. There are also
features by Nicky Addeo, the Motifs, the Jaywalkers and more.
In a new book from Rutgers Press, Local Heroes, author Anders Martensson
and photographer Jorgen Johansson focus on the myths, legends, and
romantic visions of Asbury's music scene. The book delves into the
backgrounds of the widely popular artists, Bruce Springsteen, Steven Van
Zandt, and Southside Johnny Lyon, whose names are now inseparable from
the town that launched their careers, but the author also devotes seven
pages to Seldin and his bands that helped to forge what became known as
the Jersey Shore sound - what some have come to call SOAP or the Sound
of Asbury Park.
Asbury Park Then and Now is available locally at Seldin's Trinkets, 2
West Front St. Red Bank (732-741-6990) or Jack's Music Shoppe 30 Broad
St. Red Bank (732-842-0731) or can be ordered online at Amazon.com.
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