Dion - Wonder Where I'm Bound [1969] [FLAC]

One of Uncut's "50 Greatest Lost Albums"

Artist: Dion
Release: Wonder Where I'm Bound
Discogs: 3307055
Released: 1969 / 2010
Label: Columbia / Cherry Red
Catalog#: CS 9773 / CRNOW 17
Format: FLAC / Lossless / Log (100%) / Cue / CD
Country: Europe
Style: Pop, Rock, Folk Rock

Tracklisting:

01. I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound (With The Wanderers)
02. It's All Over Now Baby Blue
03. A Sunday Kind Of Love
04. Knowing I Won't Go Back There
05. 900 Hundred Miles
06. Now (With The Wanderers)
07. Southern Train
08. The Seventh Son
09. Farewell
10. Wake Up Baby (With The Wanderers)
11. Baby, Please Don't Go

Dion’s ’75 excursion with Phil Spector, Born To Be With You is often lauded as his masterpiece. But Wonder Where I’m Bound, a US-only LP comprised mostly of outtakes released to cash in with 1968 hit, “Abraham, Martin & John”, is long due reappraisal, too. This was largely recorded in 1964/5, and buried among the expected doo-wop material were some good surprises, including the fiery garage blues of Willie Dixon’s “The Seventh Son”, and a haunting take on the title track, written by Tom Paxton, which featured a pre-Highway 61 Al Kooper on keys. Dion’s version of “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” is astonishing – West Coast folk-rock with added NY grime, it manages to recall The Velvet Underground at their most melodic. But Dion got there first!

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