George Harrison, The Apple Years 1968-1975 (Apple/Universal, 2014) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)
Here, at last, are George Harrison's complete albums for Apple Records, all beautifully remastered and featuring select bonus material. These six albums are available in a deluxe box set with a bonus DVD or as individual reissues:
Wonderwall Music (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)
Electronic Music (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)
All Things Must Pass (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)
Living in the Material World (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)
Dark Horse (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)
Extra Texture (Read All About It) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)
David Bowie, Sound + Vision (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)
In case you missed it the last time around, here's a slimmed-down reissue of the 2003 iteration of Bowie's box set covering the chameleonic rock star's career through 1997 on four CDs.
John Coltrane, Offering: Live at Temple University (Impulse!/Resonance) (Amazon U.S. /Amazon U.K.)
Here, at last, is the famous concert in which John Coltrane put down his saxophone and sang - or at least vocalized in an intense, some might say inexplicable, manner. Ashley Kahn puts this remarkable, and remarkably inscrutable, 1966 Philadelphia performance in perspective in the deluxe 24-page booklet that accompanies this 2-CD release.
Hollies, Fifty at 50 (Parlophone/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. )
This new 3-CD Hollies anthology, marking the harmony purveyors' 50th year of recording, arrives in the U.K. today with a U.S. edition to follow next month.
Jerry Lee Lewis, The Knox Phillips Sessions: The Unreleased Recordings (Saguaro Road) (Amazon U.S. /Amazon U.K. )
In the mid-1970s, Jerry Lee Lewis returned to Sun Studios with Sam Phillips' son Knox now running the show; Knox recorded the piano pounder on country, pop and gospel classics from "Beautiful Dreamer" to "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown." Ten tracks from the Knox Phillips sessions are included on this single-disc release.
Pugwash, A Rose in a Garden of Weeds (Omnivore) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. )
Omnivore has a "preamble through the history of Pugwash," the Irish band described by the label as a "mix of The Beach Boys meets ELO meets XTC." This 17-track collection spans the period between 1999's Almond Tea As Served By... through 2011's The Olympus Sound and should serve as a perfect introduction to an underrated group.
Edwin Starr, Soul Master: Expanded Edition / Involved: Expanded Edition (Big Break)
Big Break dips back into the Motown vault for two generously expanded editions of albums from "War" hero Edwin Starr including his 1968 Motown LP debut Soul Master with a whopping 17 bonus tracks, and 1971's Involved (featuring "War') with 13 bonuses!
Soul Master: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.
Involved: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.
Leonard Cohen, Popular Problems (Columbia) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)
The poet and troubadour celebrates his 80th birthday with the release of a new album featuring nine new songs.
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, Cheek to Cheek (Interscope/Columbia) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)
Also not a reissue, but certainly of interest - the 88-years young jazz vocal great teams with the audacious pop superstar for a set of swinging standards. Available in standard and deluxe editions, as well as Target, iTunes and HSN exclusives with extra material.
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