Artist:Rod Stewart f/Ronald Isley
Song:This Old Heart of Mine
Album:Storyteller: The Complete Anthology 1964-1990
Anyone familiar with this blog will know that I like to write about discography orphans. These are recordings from outside an artist's standard discography and can be difficult to track down. That's not the case with Rod Stewart's recording of The Isley Brothers classic This Old Heart of Mine with Ronald Isley. But it was recorded for the 1989 4CD box set Storyteller so it is a discography orphan. But it is easy to find. It's not surprising that Stewart would want to record with one of his musical heroes. Stewart has always sprinkled R&B classics throughout his recordings. In fact, he recorded This Old Heart of Mine on the 1975 album Atlantic Crossing. That was his first album for Warner Bros. When record companies are compiling a career spanning box set, they will usually include recordings exclusive to the box set. This is to get fans to spend a lot of money on something they don't need. On Storyteller, those two recordings are This Old Heart Heart of Mine and Stewart's cover of the Tom Waits song Downtown Train. Both were released as singles. This Old Heart of Mine reached #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Downtown Train reached #3. This Old Heart of Mine was produced by Bernard Edwards and Trevor Rabin. The Storyteller box set was certified 2XPlatinum. So I think it's fair to say that Warner Bros.' strategy was successful. They also released the single CD distillation of the box set Downtown Train for those who don't want the whole box set. These are both easy to get at a reasonable price. Here's the video for This Old Heart of Mine by Rod Stewart featuring Ronald Isley.
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