Deborah Allen Releasing Expanded RCA Albums Via Legacy Recordings Deal

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Deborah Allen. Photo: Cyndi Hornsby

Deborah Allen has signed with Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, and will release expanded editions of her RCA Records albums, Let Me Be The First and Telepathy. 

Let Me Be The First was the first all-digital produced album in Nashville, while Telepathy‘s title track was written and produced by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Prince (under the pseudonym Joey Coco).

Remastered by Sean Brennan at Battery Studios, the digital reissue campaign also features bonus tracks appended to each album and a special Telepathy EP containing a single version, club mix and instrumental version, as well as Allen’s holiday classic, “Rockin’ Little Christmas.”

Each release contains bonus tracks that were originally issued as B-sides, single-only releases or on soundtracks. Additionally, one of the two videos recorded for the song “Telepathy” officially arrives at digital video providers today, with the “Rockin’ Little Christmas” video expected to be released closer to the holiday season.

“These albums are a representation of the work that has given me the great fortune to share a very inspired and enriching time in my life and career that provides some missing pieces of my musical history with a wonderful trip down memory lane that my fans have been asking about for quite some time,” shares Allen. “I’m so happy and grateful that Legacy Recordings saw the value of this body of work that is very special to me.”

Allen is celebrating her 40th anniversary of her signature song “Baby I Lied.” She performed and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Josie Music Awards at the Grand Ole Opry House on Sunday night, Oct. 22. She will also receive the prestigious Hot Buttered Soul Award in Memphis on Nov. 16.

Let Me Be The First (Expanded Edition)
1. I Can’t Stand It
2. Your Love
3. Please Don’t Fall In Love
4. Prove You Right
5. If I Didn’t Love You
6. Let Me Be The First
7. You Do It
8. Heartache And A Half
9. It’s A Good Thing
10. It Makes Me Cry
11. Time Is Taking You Away From Me (RCA Victor single PB-13600)
12. I Hurt For You [New Mix] (RCA Victor single PB-13776)
13. Halfway Right (from The River Rat Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Album RCA Victor LP CBL1-5310)

Telepathy (Expanded Edition)
1. Telepathy
2. You Can’t Say No
3. You’re The Kind Of Trouble
4. One Step Closer
5. Don’t You Think I Don’t Love You
6. What’s Right Tonight
7. Take A Picture
8. You Can Tell Me Anything
9. Somebody For Everybody
10. You Better Come Back To Me (RCA Victor single PB-13600)

Telepathy – EP
1. Telepathy [Single Version]
2. Telepathy [Club Mix]
3. Telepathy [Instrumental]
4. Rockin’ Little Christmas (RCA Victor single PB-13904)

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