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Release Round-Up: Week of November 6

November 6, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

This week's Release Round-Up brings the year's most eagerly-anticipated box set, a stunning new collection from the Fab Four, a Christmas feast including two titles from Second Disc Records, and more!

Bob Dylan 6-CD Bootleg 12

Bob Dylan, The Bootleg Series: Volume 12 - The Cutting Edge (Columbia/Legacy)

The Best of the Cutting Edge 2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.
The Best of the Cutting Edge 3-LP Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.
The Cutting Edge 6-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.
The Cutting Edge: Collector's Edition 18-CD: BobDylan.com Exclusive

Whether you're in for the 2-CD, 6-CD, or 18-CD edition, you won't want to miss this collection exploring the creation of three of rock's most powerful, enduring LPs: Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde!  Full track listings and more details can be found right here!  Joe's review is due later today.

Beatles 1 Plus Contents

Beatles, Beatles 1+ various editions (Apple/UMe)

  • Beatles 1: 1 CD/1 DVD (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)
  • Beatles 1: 1 CD/1 BD (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)
  • Beatles 1: 1 CD (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)
  • Beatles 1: 1 BD (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)
  • Beatles 1: 1 DVD (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)
  • Beatles 1+: 1 CD/2 BDs (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)
  • Beatles 1+: 1 CD/2 DVDs (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

The original chart-toppers from Beatles 1 (in newly-remixed stereo on CD) are joined by a spectacularly-restored music video for each song on the Beatles 1 editions above, with a full extra disc of bonus videos for the 1+ releases!  The videos have been remixed into 5.1 sound, adding an entirely new dimension to these beloved songs.  Read more here, and watch for Joe's review later today!

Jim Nabors - Complete Columbia Christmas

Lynn Anderson - The Christmas Album

Jim Nabors, The Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings / Lynn Anderson, The Christmas Album: Expanded Edition (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music)

Jim Nabors, The Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)
Lynn Anderson, The Christmas Album: Expanded Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.

Second Disc Records unveils its first-ever Christmas releases today from Jim Nabors and the late Lynn Anderson, both newly-remastered at Sony's Battery Studios with rare, new-to-CD tracks and Joe's liner notes!

Johnny Mathis - Complete Christmas

Johnny Mathis, The Complete Christmas Collection 1958-2010 (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

Glen Campbell - Complete Capitol Christmas

Glen Campbell, Complete Capitol Christmas Recordings (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

Bobby Vinton - Complete Epic Christmas

Bobby Vinton, A Very Merry Christmas: The Complete Epic Christmas Collection (Amazon U.S./ Amazon U.K.)

Jimmy Dean - Christmas Card

Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean's Christmas Card: The Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings (Amazon U.S.  Amazon U.K.)

Living Voices - Christmas

The Living Voices, Sing Christmas Music/The Little Drummer Boy (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

Four Seasons - Greetings

The 4 Seasons, 4 Seasons Greetings (Mono Mini-LP Replica remastered from tape; no new liner notes) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

Real Gone Music has an unprecedented slate of yuletide releases with the above six titles, most of which feature rare and new-to-CD tracks!  I've written the liner notes for every one of these titles except for the 4 Seasons, which is presented in a mini-LP sleeve with all original artwork!

Yes - Fragile

Yes, Fragile CD/BD Edition (Panegyric) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

Fragile is the fourth in a series of remixed and expanded Yes Classics. The classic original album has been remixed for 5. 1 Surround Sound from the original multi-track masters by Steven Wilson and is fully approved by Yes. The CD features a completely new stereo album mix by Wilson plus bonus tracks.  The all-region Blu-ray has 5.1 PCM Surround Sound and High Resolution Stereo mixes in 96/24 and in DTS-HD MA 5. 1.  The Blu-ray also features the original album mix in a high resolution flat transfer from the original stereo master tape source (192/24).  The BD also features the six additional tracks plus full album instrumental mixes, two additional alternate takes, a needledrop of an original U.K. vinyl pressing of Fragile, and needledrops of the original U.S. promotional single edits.  Also available in a CD/DVD-A format with fewer bonus tracks.

King Crimson - Thrak

King Crimson, Thrak Limited Edition Box Set (DGM) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

1995's Thrak arrives as the tenth release in the King Crimson 40th Anniversary series.  The first full album to feature the 'Double Trio' incarnation of the group, Thrak is being expanded to a whopping 16 (!) discs: 12 CDs, 1 DVD-A, 1 DVD & 2 Blu-ray discs, featuring studio & live recordings, many previously unreleased, from the earliest band rehearsals to their final gathering in Nashville in 1997. 

In addition, much of the material is presented in new 5.1 Surround & Hi-Resolution stereo mixes.

  You can read full details here.

Alan Parsons - Turn of a Friendly Card

The Alan Parsons Project, The Turn of a Friendly Card: Deluxe Anniversary Edition (Arista/Legacy U.K.) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

1980's The Turn Of A Friendly Card, the fifth album from The Alan Parsons Project, spawned several singles including "Games People Play," "Time" (featuring The Zombies' Colin Blunstone), "Snake Eyes" and the title track.  The 35th anniversary edition adds 37 bonus tracks - 27 of which are previously unreleased!

Ronnie Spector - Very Best

Ronnie Spector, The Very Best of Ronnie Spector (Sony U.K.) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

Sony's U.K. arms offers a near-definitive 19-track anthology from the great Ronnie Spector including her seminal Philles recordings, "Try Some Buy Some" with George Harrison, her E Street Band collaborations and more.  (Still no "Tandoori Chicken," however.)

New Order - Singles

New Order, Singles (Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

New Order's 2005 compilation featuring 2 CDs and 32 tracks has been newly remastered!

Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock Tags: Bob Dylan, Bobby Vinton, Glen Campbell, Jim Nabors, Jimmy Dean, Johnny Mathis, King Crimson, Lynn Anderson, New Order, Ronnie Spector, The Alan Parsons Project, The Beatles, The Four Seasons, The Living Voices, Yes

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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, 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. Zubb says

    November 7, 2015 at 12:29 pm

    Since the Ronnie Spector collection is on Sony, I am surprised that they did not include the Eddie Money single "Take Me Home Tonight" with featured Ronnie.

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