CARL DIXON archives box set ‘Peaced Together’
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MelodicRock Classics is extremely excited and maybe just a little relieved to be announcing the long-awaited CARL DIXON archives box set ‘Peaced Together’. Well over 3 years in the making, the 6CD box set will arrive in fans hands by October 24. The advance release date is to allow time for off-shore manufacturing and shipping. The last 6CD set MRC released had some issues with jewel cases, so we have explored all options worldwide to find the best case possible for these important releases. You can pre-order NOW, with the full digital delivery due next month.
‘Peaced Together’ is a 6CD box set in a ‘fat-pack’ jewel case, limited to strictly 500 units worldwide and priced at $99 (including worldwide shipping).
Since 2022, Carl Dixon and MRC CEO Andrew McNeice have been swapping files, sourcing audio, digitising tapes, reels and DATs and then starting over again with new improved files and now, we have both finally reached agreement that everything is as good as could possibly be. JK Northrup has been involved all along the way, adding his thoughts and overseeing the remastering of every track.
Carl Dixon states: “PEACED TOGETHER is in part the realization for me of every artist’s dream; that people care about your work and want to share it with the world. It is, I hope, part of its charm that this project is based largely on music that has never gone through the stages of refinement, polishing and presentation to the world in big-bucks album releases.
This collection consists of my unreleased musical works save one or two exceptions. It spans many years and veers across different styles and genres, some more fashionable now than others, but I’m pleased that I can hear elements of my true self throughout. Some of these works were rerecorded for inclusion in album projects but most remained known only to me and to those who helped make them.
I am delighted to now have these many “hidden gems” released out into the wide world by Andrew McNeice and MelodicRock Classics. I hope they bring a measure of joy to all who choose to spend time listening. Rock on wit’ ya bad selves!” ~ CD. 2025
Carl Dixon is of course the world renowed Canadian guitarist, singer and songwriter, who has been fronting CONEY HATCH since 1981 as well as releasing 6 solo albums and writing with a whole host of artists along the way.
The 6CD set will be broken up into the following categories:
Disc 1 – Anthems Volume 1
Disc 2 – Anthems Volume 2
Disc 3 – More Rock & Some Roll
Disc 4 – The Softer Side
Disc 5 – A Little Centre of Left
Disc 6 – Tracks That Can’t Be Left Behind
These songs come from a variety of sources and eras, but it’s best left to Carl to expand on his earlier comment:
“The one hundred-plus tracks on ‘Peaced Together’ are evidence of a life spent in song writing whenever and however it could be done. From my earliest studio demos with my high school chums, to the most recent DAW creations from my home studio, it’s all expressing something that I thought needed to be said. We all write, sing and play our personalities through our art.
Here lies AOR Rock in various stages of development, sure, but there’s so much more in addition.
Some of the AOR stalwarts who appear on Peaced Together as co-writers and performers include Stan Meissner, Marc Ribler, Van Stephenson, Brett Walker, Taylor Rhodes, Kevin Savigar, Marc Ferrari, Steve Shelski, Jack Conrad and Steve Plunkett and that’s just Disc 1!
Harry Hess turns up in two songs we recorded during the run-up to the debut Harem Scarem album; that’s his unmistakable voice you hear on Too Much Paradise.
Songwriters are generally an affable, collaborative bunch and I learned much from all of my partners over the years. Special mention must go to Van Stephenson who was very kind and instructive in his gentle way when I was a greenhorn turning up in Nashville for the first time. Four of these songs are my collaborations with him.
Uniquely, eight tracks included here are collaborations with my father Ron Dixon, based on his poems and writings. Something of him endures through the music.
A VERY wide range of styles and approaches is heard on ‘Peaced Together’. Nashville, New York, L.A., San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Toronto and smaller communities; I travelled far and wide to meet great people and make these songs.
There’s lots of rock as you might expect with my history but also pop, blues, country and funk. Sometimes they were just for fun, sometimes it was like trying on a stylish hat to see if it looked good on me. I’m proud of all of these tracks, else I would not have put them out on display like this.
It’s crazy to me that we haven’t emptied the cupboards to make this collection.”
‘Peaced Together’ is a 6CD box set in a ‘fat-pack’ jewel case, limited to strictly 500 units worldwide and priced at $99 (including worldwide shipping).
All pre-orders will receive the complete audio package well in advance of the physical delivery and is the only way to guarantee a copy of this amazing set of songs in a one-off pressing.
The full track listing is as follows:
DISC 1
01. Buried Alive 3:18
02. Walk Through The Fire (Demo) 3:50
03. Cloud Of Love 5:16
04. Good Time To Be Bad 3:35
05. Don't You See 3:20
06. I Believe In Angels 3:59
07. Love Strikes (Demo) 4.00
08. Edge Of A Heartbreak 3:41
09. Hold Your Fire 3:06
10. Kid Blue 3:21
11. Leap Of Faith 4:20
12. Love's Gonna Take Some Time 3:18
13. Hot Streak Gone Cold (Demo) 3:35
14. She's A Touch Like You 4:05
15. If Love Could See Me Now 3:44
16. Until The Dawn 4:13
17. Hard To Leave 4:03
18. All I Want 3:56
19. Fight For Your Love (vocal Jimmy Lawrence) 3:50
DISC 2
01. Fuel For The Fire 3:52
02. Against The Night (Demo) 3:51
03. Fools Paradise 3:03
04. Goodbye To A Good Thing 3:36
05. From Here On 4:51
06. Come My Way 3:39
07. Might Have Been 2:59
08. Here Comes Trouble 3:42
09. Taste Of Love (Demo) 4:33
10. Up To No Good 4:03
11. Animal Attraction 3:46
12. Bad To The Bone (vocal Andrew Elt) 4:12
13. Bad Seed 3:33
14. No Middle Ground 4:42
15. Shadow (Demo) 4:05
16. Magic Happens 3:54
17. Treacherous Emotions (Demo) 3:49
18. To The Love 4:13|
19. I'm Rattled 2:39
DISC 3
01. A Fool in Love 3:30
02. Giving Up The Ghost 4:25
03. Too Much Paradise (vocal Harry Hess) 4:05
04. Across the Great Divide (Demo) 5:51
05. Knee Highs 5:38
06. To Fall In Love 3:18
07. Old Testament Rock 3:11
08. Don't Walk Away Dreaming 4:35
09. Trust Me 4:09
10. Hot Florida Sunshine 4:55
11. Busted (Demo) 3:48
12. Illumination 3:49
13. Around and Around 3:22
14. Little Dancing Queen 3:58
15. I Know How to Treat a Lady (vocal Jimmy Lawrence) 3:42
16. Little Dreamer 3:58
17. Only a Fool 3:50
DISC 4
01. Can I Love You 3:34
02. Younger Generation 5:09
03. Where Do I Begin 4:06
04. Dreams Gone 2:25
05. Easy Words 3:59
06. Don't Disappoint Me 2:58
07. Don't Turn Out The Light 3:39
08. Song From The Island 3:04
09. Goodbye Eyes 4:59
10. Might Still Be in Love 3:15
11. Just Because 3.42
12. How's Your World Spinning 3:55
13. Tell Her I Called 3:24
14. Green Diamond 3:00
15. Until The Dawn 3:57
16. Same Moon Shining 2:56
17. Thought It Would Be Fun (Demo) 3.49
DISC 5
01. Can't Lose (What You Never Had) 4:17
02. Just a Few More Hours 3:08
03. Waiting In The Wings 3:27
04. Jacob & The Pig 3:39
05. That's Right 3:11
06. Seven Day World 3:23
07. Angel On Main Street 2:50
08. Get Whatcha Wanna 3:24
09. Missing You 3:56
10. I Want You 3:53
11. Showtime 3:33
12. Stand Together (Female Vocal Jessica Benoit) 4:26
13. It Is What It Is 4:01
14. Was Your Heart Broken 4:03
15. Strange Way To Live 4:05
16. Keep Your Control 4:04
17. Behind the Open Door (Demo) 5:44
DISC 6
01. Together Takes Us Any Place 2:46
02. Make Up Your Mind 3:05
03. So Much Love 4:01
04. When I Remember 4:19
05. By My Side 3:17
06. Look For Me In Dreamland 2.53
07. It’s A Wonder 2:26
08. Just A Girl I Used To Know 3:35
09. She Breaks Your Heart 3.16
10. Strayed And Stolen 3.28
11. The Gizmo In My Head 2:24
12. Take It Out In Rock 'n Roll 2:09
13. The Big 3-OH 3:14
14. Prisoner (with Jessica Palmer & Jessica Benoit) 3:31
15. Walk in Clouds 2:34
16. I'd Never Have Fallen 3:39
17. Theme from Tornado Hunters 0:45
18. Hendrix Tornado 0:53
19. The Blood Rises (Demo) 4:26
