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Published on 2026-03-06
Edsel Records announces Walter Egan The Album Collection 1977-1980, a 4-CD set featuring Fundamental Roll, Hi Fi, Not Shy and The Last Stroll.
We are pleased to announce Walter Egan – The Album Collection 1977–1980, set for release on June 26 via Edsel Records.
In a career that’s now into its sixth decade, Walter Egan has perhaps defined what it means to be a “songwriter’s songwriter.” He has been a protégé of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, songwriter for Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris, and a near-bandmate with the Eagles and Jackson Browne.
Between 1977 and 1980 Egan recorded four studio albums for Columbia Records in the USA. Gathered here for the first time in this 4-CD collection are those albums — Fundamental Roll, Hi Fi, Not Shy, and The Last Stroll — which feature an accomplished songwriter and supernaturally talented musician at the very peak of his powers. Each record includes the very cream of L.A.’s “golden era” players and producers, with Fundamental Roll in particular produced in its entirety by Lindsey Buckingham.
The album also boasts vocal arrangements by Stevie Nicks, with both Nicks and Buckingham providing backing vocals around the same time Fleetwood Mac’s career was about to go supernova with Rumours.
Focus tracks during the collection’s titular time window include the 1978 US Top 10 hit “Magnet and Steel,” which became a calling card for Egan and later appeared in films such as Boogie Nights and This Is 40. “Hot Summer Nights” has been covered by artists in France, Denmark, and Japan, and was sampled by Dr. Dre for Eminem’s 2009 single “We Made You.” Egan’s catalogue is a diverse body of work, at the core of which is a dedication to following his creative instincts.
The collection is presented in deluxe 7-inch packaging as a 4-CD set with a 12-page illustrated book. Sleeve notes are provided by respected music writer Jason Draper (Prince: Chaos and Disorder, Led Zeppelin Revealed, Only The Good Die Young) based on a new interview with Walter Egan reflecting on his work and career. A special signed edition of the collection, limited to 1,000 copies, will also be available.
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