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Release Round-Up: Week of February 5

February 5, 2016 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Welcome to February's first Release Round-Up!

Elton - Wonderful Crazy Night

Elton John, Wonderful Crazy Night (Island/UMe)

Deluxe Edition CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
Standard Edition CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
Box Set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

Sir Elton returns with his 32nd studio album!  Featuring his longtime band and production by T Bone Burnett, Wonderful Crazy Night returns Elton to his upbeat, piano and guitar-heavy 1970s sound.  Available on standard CD (10 tracks), Deluxe Edition CD (12 tracks), DD and vinyl as well as a box set with 10-track CD, vinyl and 4-track bonus CD.  Target has an exclusive version with two additional, as-yet-unconfirmed tracks.

Johnny Cash - Koncert

Johnny Cash, Koncert V Praze (Concert in Prague) (Columbia/Legacy)

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

Johnny Cash's Koncert V Praze (In Prague Live) captures the 1978 Prague concert with Cash, The Carter Family and the Tennessee Three held in front of about 50,000 people over 4 shows that sold out in 2 days. Koncert V Praze wouldn't be released in Czechoslovakia until 1983 by Supraphone Records, and it didn't see an American release until it was included in the 2012 Complete Columbia Album Collection box.  It now, finally, receives a standalone release - and at $5.99 USD for the CD as of this writing at Amazon, it's quite a steal!

Ralph Stanley - Jessup

Ralph Stanley and The Clinch Mountain Boys featuring Ricky Skaggs and Keith Whitley, The Complete Jessup Recordings Plus! (Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Ralph Stanley and his brother Carter formed the Clinch Mountain Boys in 1946 and became big names in the bluegrass scene.  When Carter passed away in 1966, Ralph pressed on with the act and were joined around four years later by future country and bluegrass stars Ricky Skaggs and Keith Whitley due to a chance encounter.  The pair joined the Clinch Mountain Boys for three albums on the Jessup label, all of which are collected on the 2-CD, 34 track Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys featuring Ricky Skaggs and Keith Whitley: The Complete Jessup Recordings Plus!.

Circle Jerks - VI

The Circle Jerks, VI (Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Real Gone has one from hardcore punk band The Circle Jerks: their 1987 albumVI, which was actually the Jerks' fifth effort.  This album includes a song that was featured in the film Sid and Nancy.  The Circle Jerks, founded in 1979, had a rather tumultuous history and disbanded in 1990.  They got back together in 1994 and released one more album in 1995, which is their final release to date.  Liner notes, lyrics and memorabilia images round out RGM's newly-remastered reissue.

DIck's Picks 2

Grateful Dead, Dick's Picks Vol. 2: Columbus, OH - 10/31/71 (Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Halloween comes early this year!  The only single-disc release in Grateful Dead's Dick's Picks series is reissued by Real Gone.  This crackling concert from Halloween 1971 features a transcendent "Dark Star" as well as a spirited "Sugar Magnolia," a rare, early-'70s performance of "St. Stephen" (the final live version until 1976) and a great "Not Fade Away"/"Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" closer to round out the 59-minute program.

Marty Robbins - Gunfighter Ballads Vinyl

Marty Robbins, Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs (Mono Edition) (Real Gone/Columbia) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

A true country classic returns to vinyl: Marty Robbins' 1959 Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs.  Featuring "El Paso," Robbins' most successful single, this mono 180-gram vinyl reissue has been remastered by Vic Anesini and is limited to 600 copies.

Doug Sahm and Band

Doug Sahm, Doug Sahm and Band (Gold Vinyl Edition) (Real Gone/Atlantic) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Doug Sahm was of course a part of the Sir Douglas Quintet in the 1960s; Jerry Wexler brought him to Atlantic in 1973.  Sahm's first album there, Doug Sahm and Band, was a star-studded affair featuring guests like Dr. John, David Bromberg, Flaco Jimenez and, most notably, Bob Dylan.   This new gold vinyl edition of Sahm's only charting album is limited to 1,000 copies.

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The Ides of March, Vehicle: Expanded Slipcase Edition (Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Real Gone reissues its own Expanded Edition of The Ides of March's classic debut Warner Bros. LP in a new, slipcased (and lower-priced) edition.

Red Bird Girls in True Stereo

Various Artists, The Red Bird Girls: Very First Time in True Stereo 1964-1966 (Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

One of Real Gone's earliest releases is reissued in a new jewel case edition (the prior release was housed in a digipak), featuring true stereo versions of classics from Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller's Red Bird label.

Chicago - Love Songs

Chicago, Love Songs (Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Chicago's 2005 Love Songs compilation gets a slight makeover with the Earth, Wind and Fire/Bill Champlin duet on "After the Love is Gone" (from a joint Chicago/EWF concert) replaced by "Love Lives On" from Chicago XXXVI.  The live 2004 version of "If You Leave Me Now" with EWF's Philip Bailey is still present on the collection.

Nancy LaMott Sings David Zippel

Nancy LaMott, Sings David Zippel (Midder Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

The late cabaret great Nancy LaMott (1951-1995) is celebrated on this new release inaugurating The Nancy LaMott Collectors Series.  This volume, drawn from the singer's archives, features Nancy's inimitable vocals on songs penned by lyricist David Zippel (City of Angels, Disney's Hercules).  As an added treat, the late composers Marvin Hamlisch and Cy Coleman accompany LaMott on their tracks.

Now Power Ballads

Various Artists, Now That's What I Call Power Ballads (Legacy Recordings) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Here you have 18 examples of deliciously over-the-top power balladry from the likes of Bon Jovi, Journey, Night Ranger, Boston, KISS, Skid Row, and more!

Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Chicago, Doug Sahm, Elton John, Grateful Dead, Ides of March, Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, Nancy LaMott, Ralph Stanley, The Circle Jerks

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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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Comments

  1. Robert says

    February 5, 2016 at 12:02 pm

    Anyone know what the bonus tracks are on the Target Deluxe Edition of the Elton John record? Can't currently find a track listing anywhere.

    Reply
    • Avatar photoJoe Marchese says

      February 5, 2016 at 12:10 pm

      We can confirm that the Target edition is the 12-track Deluxe Edition plus live versions of "Looking Up" and "Wonderful Crazy Night" (same as on the Japanese edition).

      Reply
      • Robert says

        February 5, 2016 at 6:59 pm

        Thanks!

        Reply
  2. Zubb says

    February 5, 2016 at 12:32 pm

    I wonder who approved that awful cover for Elton's new album. Yikes!

    Reply
  3. Galley says

    February 6, 2016 at 7:43 am

    I snagged the Ides of March release this time. The slipcase is nothing special, and I am a fan of slipcases!

    Reply

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