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Release Round-Up: Week of April 7

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up!

Who Brunswick

The Who, The Brunswick Singles 1965-1966 (UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

The Who box up replicas of seven early 7-inch singles plus an eighth with The High Numbers’ “Zoot Suit” b/w “I’m the Face” on this deluxe vinyl box set.  Read more here.

Hermans Hermits - Bear Family 50

Herman's Hermits, The 50th Anniversary Anthology (Bear Family) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

Bear Family gives the “I’m Into Something Good” and “There’s a Kind of Hush” pop stars the deluxe treatment with this new release featuring 66 tracks (spanning hits, B-sides, rarities and demos).  Every track is presented in never-before-heard true stereo mixes; only eight of these songs have ever appeared in true stereo before. That’s not all.  This altogether stunning collection, produced by Ron Furmanek and annotated by Andrew Sandoval, boasts a 140-page book with a foreword by Herman himself, Peter Noone!  A must for fans of classic pop.

Jesse Winchester - Seems Like

Jesse Winchester, Seems Like Only Yesterday—Live in Montreal 1976  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) / Craig Fuller/Eric Kaz, Craig Fuller/Eric Kaz (Expanded Edition) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) /  The Crumbsuckers, Life of Dreams/Beast on My Back (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) / Cannonball Adderley, Big Man (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

Real Gone Music's latest slate is here with rare music from troubadours, jazzmen and rockers alike!  Full details on the slate can be found here.  Note that Dusty Springfield's Faithful - featuring Dusty's complete sessions with Jeff Barry, and including liner notes by yours truly - will now arrive on April 28!  Trust me, it's worth the wait!

Dion - Bitter End

Dion, Recorded Live at the Bitter End (Omnivore/Ace) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

Omnivore Recordings in the U.S. and Ace Records in the U.K. delivers a stunning, intimate and never-before-released concert performance from Dion recorded at New York’s legendary Bitter End in August 1971.  Look for Joe's review soon!

Bad Company

Bad Company, Bad Company: Deluxe Edition and Straight Shooter: Deluxe Edition (Swan Song/Rhino)

Bad Company: Deluxe Edition (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)
Straight Shooter: Deluxe Edition (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

Rhino reissues Bad Company's first two albums in deluxe editions packed with previously unreleased tracks and new liner notes!  Get full details and tracklistings here.

Steve Vai - Stillness

Steve Vai, Stillness in Motion: Vai Live in L.A. (Legacy)

2-CD Edition (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)
2-DVD Edition (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

The master shredder's October 12, 2012 concert from Los Angeles is captured in audio & video configurations from Legacy!  Full details can be found here.

Neon Art 3

Art Pepper, Neon Art: Volume Three (Omnivore) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

Omnivore has the third volume of the late Art Pepper’s Neon Art on CD with three lengthy performances recorded in Japan on November 13-19, 1981!

Grace Slick Two-Fer

Grace Slick, Welcome to the Wrecking Ball!/Software (BGO) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

BGO pairs Grace Slick's third and fourth solo albums, from 1981 and 1984, respectively, in one new package!

Jackie Wilson - NYC

Jackie Wilson, NYC 1961-1966 / Garnet Mimms, Looking for You: The Complete United Artists & Veep Singles / Eddie Bo, Baby I'm Wise: The Complete Ric Singles 1959-1962 (Ace)

Jackie Wilson: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.
Garnet Mimms: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.
Eddie Bo: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.

Ace has a trio of releases from classic soul men, all with enough rare material to sate even the most dedicated collectors!

Brian Wilson - No Pier Pressure

Brian Wilson, No Pier Pressure (Capitol) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

Brian Wilson returns with his long-anticipated eleventh studio album featuring Al Jardine, David Marks and Blondie Chaplin of The Beach Boys, plus Nate Ruess of fun., She & Him, Kasey Musgraves, Sebu Simonian of Capital Cities, Peter Hollens, Mark Isham, and longtime members of Wilson’s band.  Wilson and Joe Thomas (The Beach Boys’ That’s Why God Made the Radio) have produced.  This U.S. link is for the Deluxe Edition with 16 tracks!  A Standard Edition features only 13 tracks.  The U.K. edition linked above (and a U.S. Target exclusive) boasts two additional tracks - new recordings of "Love and Mercy” and “In the Back of My Mind.”

Todd - Global

Todd Rundgren, Global (Esoteric Recordings/MVD)

Standard Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 
Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.

Todd Rundgren is back with his 25th studio album which is described as fusing “rock, soul and EDM” – undoubtedly as only Todd could do. Though he’s of late been busy with Ringo Starr’s All-Starr Band, Rundgren will also take to the road in April and May to support his latest release.  Songs include “Global Nation,” “Flesh and Blood,” “Skyscraper” and “This Island Earth.”  Global will be available via Cherry Red’s Esoteric label in the U.K. in standard and deluxe editions and MVD Entertainment stateside in a standard edition.  The 180-gram vinyl edition will arrive on April 27.  The U.K. deluxe edition adds the NTSC/Region Free DVD of The Unpredictable Todd Rundgren, a full 110-minute concert recorded at City Winery in New York City in March 2012.  Watch out for Joe's review soon!

Chuck Soundtrack

Tim Jones, Chuck: Original Soundtrack (Varese Sarabande) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

Varese brings Tim Jones' score to the cult favorite TV show to CD for the first time including a trio of tracks from the show's fictional band Jeffster: "Fortunate Son," "Fat Bottom Girls" and "Take on Me."  Chuck fans: check back later today for a special opportunity to take this soundtrack home!

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Joe Marchese

JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with Real Gone Music, has released newly-curated collections produced by Joe from iconic artists such as Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Chet Atkins, and many others. He has contributed liner notes to reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, B.J. Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, and Andy Williams, and has compiled releases for talents including Robert Goulet and Keith Allison of Paul Revere and the Raiders. Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and in 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray. Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.

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  1. The Brian Wilson isn't really 'exclusive' - those 'bonus songs' are standard on most Import versions. Only thing better might be the price. I can wait.

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    • Um, the two bonus tracks ARE U.S. Target exclusives (at a reasonable $15.99 for 18 tracks) and also included on the U.K. edition as indicated above. Time and interest don't pemit a rundown of every import edition. For those who prefer the shorter versions, or to get an import edition from Japan or elsewhere, that's swell, too!

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      • The Canadian Deluxe version includes all 18 tracks and I picked it up for $12. The versions of “Love and Mercy” and “In the Back of My Mind” sound to me as though they are demos, not new recordings. “Love and Mercy” sounds quite nice in a stripped down arrangement, much less produced than the one on Wilson's first solo album, but “In the Back of My Mind” is actually embarrassing. His vocal is wildly off, and I am surprised he would want anyone to hear it. The album is quite enjoyable other than that.

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  2. I personally love Brian's "rough around the edges" solo recording of "In the Back of My Mind." For me, it's akin to listening to Burt Bacharach singing "Alfie" (which I recognize would be deemed a negative by a lot of folks). Nevertheless, it's the artists' humanity and their deep relationship with the respective songs that, IMO, really shine through on said recordings.

    Here's the backstory on ITBOMM: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Back_of_My_Mind

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