Release Round-Up: Week of April 14

April 14, 2015 By Joe Marchese — No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up featuring box sets, deluxe editions, rare albums and more!

The Replacements, The Complete Studio Albums 1981-1990 (Sire/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

Rhino boxes up the Minnesota rockers’ complete studio output in one tidy package, utilizing the 2008 remasters but sans all bonus material.

Tori Amos, Little Earthquakes and Under the Pink: Deluxe Editions (Rhino)

Little Earthquakes: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.
Under the Pink: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.

Rhino has expanded singer-songwriter Tori Amos’ first two albums with a second disc of non-LP bonus material. The original albums only are also available on vinyl.

Various Artists, Playlist: The Very Best Of… (Legacy)

Ben Folds Five: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.
James Brown: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.
Jagged Edge: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.
DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.
Santana: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.

Sony welcomes five more titles to its ongoing Playlist series blending hits and rarities! See Randy’s full rundown with track listings, discography and more!

Andy Williams, Can’t Help Falling in Love/Home Lovin’ Man (BGO) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

BGO brings together two of Andy Williams’ U.K. albums in one package. Can’t Help Falling in Love, the U.K. equivalent of Andy’s U.S. Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head LP, remained on the U.K. albums chart for almost a year, and its title track went Top 10. 1971’s Home Lovin’ Man, the Brit answer to Love Story, went to No. 1 on the U.K. albums chart thanks to two major hit singles: the title track and “It’s So Easy.” Both albums have track listing variations to their U.S. counterparts. BGO’s slipcased release includes new liner notes.

Sammy Davis, Jr., Sammy Swings/The Sammy Awards (Sepia) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

The U.K.’s Sepia label mines the oft-overlooked Decca catalogue of Sammy Davis, Jr. for this two-fer of the late, great entertainer’s Sammy Swings (1957) and The Sammy Awards (1959). (This title is released in accordance with current U.K. public domain laws.)

Phil Harris, The South Shall Rise Again/You’re Blase (Sepia) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

Here are 26 recordings from Phil Harris, the future voice of Baloo the Bear in Disney’s The Jungle Book, recorded between 1949 and 1958 (with many tracks reportedly appearing on CD for the first time.) This release from Sepia Records is in accordance with current U.K. public domain laws.

Kitty Wells, Heartbreak U.S.A. / Queen of Country Music (Sepia) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

Sepia Recordings releases two vintage albums by country legend Kitty Wells on one CD plus bonus tracks, for a total of 28 tracks all in stereo. These recordings are released in accordance with current U.K. public domain laws.

Bachman, Heavy Blues (Linus) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. )

Guitarist Randy Bachman, of The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive fame, teams with bassist Anna Ruddick and drummer Dale Anne Brendan for the debut of blues-rock trio Bachman. For Heavy Blues, Bachman has brought along contributions from some heavy friends including Neil Young, Peter Frampton, Joe Bonamassa, Robert Randolph and the late Jeff Healey.

Categories:

Release Round-Up

Formats:

Box Sets, CD

Genres:

Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock

Tags:

Andy Williams, Kitty Wells, Phil Harris, Randy Bachman, Sammy Davis Jr., The Replacements, Tori Amos

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 and beyond, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with labels including Real Gone Music and Cherry Red Records, has released newly-curated collections produced and annotated by Joe from iconic artists such as Dionne Warwick, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, The Spinners, Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Meat Loaf, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Liza Minnelli, Darlene Love, Al Stewart, Michael Nesmith, and many others.

Joe has written liner notes, produced, or contributed to over 200 reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them America, JD Souther, Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, BJ Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, Petula Clark, Robert Goulet, and Andy Williams.

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.