Some time ago, we reported on Cherry Red's new reissue of an Ace compilation and subsequent intention to reissue all of the band's back catalogue later in the year. Now, the U.K. reissue label has revealed their titles for June, and all three Ace LPs are slated for release this summer, each greatly expanded with bonus material. The Sheffield pub-rockers - best known, of course, for the U.S. Top 5 hit "How Long" and the kickstarting of vocalist Paul Carrack's career (he'd later join Roxy Music,
Archives for May 25, 2011
More Kinks to Kronikle in Second Wave of U.K. Deluxe Reissues
This year's deluxe reissues of The Kinks' first three LPs were among the more surprising and better-received catalogue projects in 2011. And the second wave of deluxe editions is on its way from Universal U.K.! Expansions of the band's Face to Face (1966), Something Else by The Kinks (1967) and Arthur (or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) (1969) are due out June 20 with the usual features (mono and stereo mixes, non-LP singles, BBC sessions and other rare and unreleased goodies). Of
Short Takes: Folds Dishes on Rarities, Elfman on the Box, Carly Simon and More
Ben Folds has previously hinted at a vault-clearing project of some type, and he elaborated on the set in a recent interview on Australia's Triple J Radio. According to Folds, the set will comprise three discs' worth of rarities, live material and a hits compilation. The centerpiece of the material, Folds said, is newly-discovered tapes - originally feared lost when a flood damaged his Nashville studio - of rough mixes intended for a fourth Ben Folds Five album. He said the set would arrive in
Review: Chicago, "Live in '75"
When they took the stage at Largo, Maryland’s Capital Centre in June, 1975, nostalgia was foremost on the minds of the members of Chicago. Early in the set so immaculately preserved by Rhino on the new Live in ’75 (Rhino Handmade RHM2 526436, 2011), comments are made from the stage with a great deal of surprise: “[Here’s] another blast from the past!” “Nostalgia is in nowadays.” “We would like to be nostalgic.” Would the Robert Lamm, Walter Parazaider, Lee Loughnane and James Pankow of 1975
Dave Brubeck Digitally "Digs Disney" On New Legacy Edition
It was prescient that the cover of the November 8, 1954 edition of Time was devoted to jazz pianist and composer Dave Brubeck. Just five years later he and his Quartet would release Time Out, the watershed in his series of "Time"-themed albums, the first jazz album to sell one million copies and one of the genre's biggest-selling albums of all time. Propelled by the success of saxophonist Paul Desmond's sinuous, sophisticated "Take Five," Time Out was a No. 2 pop album and was certified