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Release Round-Up: Week of July 31

July 31, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Led Zeppelin - Coda SDE

Led Zeppelin, Presence / In Through the Out Door / Coda [Various Editions] (Swan Song/Atlantic)

Presence:

Super Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.
Deluxe Edition CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.
Original Album CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.
Original Album Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.
Deluxe Edition Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.

In Through the Out Door:

Super Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.
Deluxe Edition CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.
Original Album CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.
Original Album Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.
Deluxe Edition Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.

Coda:

Super Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.
Deluxe Edition CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.
Original Album CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.
Original Album Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.
Deluxe Edition Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.

Led Zeppelin's final three albums receive the deluxe expanded treatment in a variety of formats.  Read here for full details!

Alice Cooper - Studio Albums

Alice Cooper, The Studio Albums 1969-1983 (Warner Bros./Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

Rhino brings together the first 15 studio albums recorded by the original Alice Cooper Band and Alice Cooper, solo, on this new box set.  Read the full information here!

Peanuts Greatest Hits

Vince Guaraldi Trio, Peanuts Greatest Hits (Fantasy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

This 12-track compilation (including "Linus and Lucy," "Christmas Time is Here," "Great Pumpkin Waltz" and more) of Guaraldi's Peanuts tunes features new liner notes from Guaraldi historian Derrick Bang.

The Band - The Capitol Albums

The Band, The Capitol Albums 1968-1977 (Capitol/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

This box set contains 180-gram vinyl replica editions of Music From Big Pink, The Band, Stage Fright, Cahoots, Rock of Ages, Moondog Matinee, Northern Lights - Southern Cross and Islands.  The first four titles are, per the label, only available in this box set.

Ashford and Simpson - Stay Free

Ashford and Simpson, Is It Still Good to Ya / Stay Free: Expanded Editions (Big Break Records)

Is It Still Good to Ya: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.
Stay Free: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.

Big Break Records celebrates the enduring legacy of Nickolas Ashford and Valarie Simpson with two expanded and remastered reissues from the duo's Warner Bros. tenure.  1978's Is It Still Good to Ya boasts an additional seven tracks including alternate mixes, 12-inch remixes and single versions, while 1979's Stay Free adds four bonuses including the Tom Moulton mix of the smash hit "Found a Cure."  Both reissues feature deluxe booklets with copious new liner notes by Christian John Wikane.  Watch this space for full coverage of these titles soon!

Ray Parker Jr - Woman Out of Control

Ray Parker, Jr., Woman Out of Control/Sex and the Single Man (SoulMusic/Cherry Red) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

SoulMusic Records, in association with Cherry Red, pairs Ray Parker Jr.'s final two Arista albums, from 1983 and 1985, on one newly-remastered CD featuring fresh liner notes from Kevin Goins!

Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Alice Cooper, Ashford and Simpson, Led Zeppelin, Ray Parker Jr., The Band, Vince Guaraldi

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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.

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