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Release Round-Up: Week of April 29

April 29, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up!

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Various Artists, Here Today: The Songs of Brian Wilson (Vinyl) (Ace) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Ace brings its acclaimed 2015 Here Today: The Songs of Brian Wilson compilation to 180-gram white vinyl in a slimmed-down form (12 tracks vs. 25 on the CD) with all of Ace’s deluxe hallmarks of packaging and annotation!  The album features Darian Sahanaja of The Brian Wilson Band and The Wondermints along with Kirsty MacColl, Carmen McRae, The Tokens, The Castells, Nick DeCaro, Betty Everett, Bobby Vee and more!

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Leon Russell, Leon Russell (Hybrid Stereo SACD) (Audio Fidelity) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Leon Russell’s debut album comes to hybrid stereo SACD (playable on all CD players) from Audio Fidelity for the first time in the United States.  Leon Russell features guest turns from George Harrison and Ringo Starr, Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett, Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Joe Cocker, Merry Clayton and Clydie King. Tracks include “A Song for You,” “Delta Lady” and “Roll Away the Stone.”

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Bad Company, Live in Concert 1977 and 1979 (Swan Song/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

This 2-CD set from the original line-up of Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs, Simon Kirke and Boz Burrell includes more than two-and-half hours of unreleased music, all culled from 24-track tapes in the band’s archives. Live in Concert 1977 & 1979 boasts two previously unreleased concerts, with one additional bonus track taken from the group’s June 26, 1979 show in Washington, DC.   The first disc captures the band’s May 23, 1977 show at the Summit House in Houston, Texas, recorded during the tour for the Burning Sky album.  The second disc jumps to March 9, 1979 for a gig in London promoting the Desolation Angels album. Though only a CD edition is scheduled for April,Live in Concert will be issued on vinyl as two individual 2-LP sets later in 2016.

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Linda Ronstadt, Canciones de Mi Padre/Mas Canciones (Remastered Editions) (Rhino)

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Mas Canciones (1991) : Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

Rhino has Linda Ronstadt’s three classic, best-selling Spanish language recordings reissued at a budget price with no additional material but with newly-remastered sound!  Canciones de Mi Padre and Mas Canciones are available now; Frenesi follows on May 13!

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Cream, Classic Album Selection (Polydor/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Fresh Cream, Disraeli Gears, Wheels On Fire and swansong Goodbye are all collected in this compact 5-CD box set from the classic rock supergroup featuring Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker.

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Glen Campbell, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour: Country Special (Shout! Factory) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada)

This new DVD release from Shout! Factory features new-to-DVD performances from the legendary Glen Campbell as well as special guests Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash, Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Mel Tillis, Minnie Pearl and Jerry Reed on songs including “Folsom Prison Blues,” “Act Naturally,” “Born to Lose,” and more!  It’s a 50+-minute TV country celebration as only Glen could have delivered!

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Various Artists, The Ladies of “Too Slow to Disco” (How Do You Are? Recordings) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

The popular “yacht rock” series continues with this edition dedicated to female artists “too slow to disco,” and it’s quite a line-up, including Carole King, Rickie Lee Jones, Evie Sands, Carly Simon, Melissa Manchester, Carole Bayer Sager, and more!  Available on CD, DD and LP.

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Various Artists, Now That’s What I Call Broadway! (Legacy/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Now That’s What I Call Broadway! rounds up 18 tracks from the past 40 years of musical theatre, including familiar tunes from A Chorus Line and Chicago (1975) right up through Matilda (2013) and Carole King’s Beautiful (2014).  Read more, including the full track listing here!

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Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake, Sissle and Blake Sing Shuffle Along (Harbinger) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Harbinger Records has a treat for fans of the just-opened Broadway show Shuffle Along, or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed: a collection of archival recordings relating to the original production of the groundbreaking African-American musical.  This release features the show’s composers, Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle, as well as members of the original Broadway cast. This is the musical as heard on Broadway in 1921, including cuts were recorded by the composers in 1950.

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Barbara Dickson, John, Paul, George, Ringo…and Bert / Spend, Spend, Spend: Original Cast Recordings (Chariot)

John, Paul, George, Ringo…and Bert: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
Spend, Spend, Spend: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

Two rare London cast albums featuring Barbara Dickson are reissued this week, including Willy Russell’s John, Paul, George, Ringo…and Bert with Dickson singing an array of classic Beatles songs.

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Various Artists, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: Volume One (Time Life) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Time Life brings to vinyl a collection of live performances from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremonies.  This inaugural volume has tracks from 1993-2009 including Prince, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne jamming on “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” James Taylor playing “Woodstock,” Cream tearing through “Sunshine of Your Love,” Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band doing “johnny B. Goode” with Chuck Berry, and much more!

Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, DVD, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Pop Tags: Bad Company, Barbara Dickson, Brian Wilson, Cream, Glen Campbell, Leon Russell, Linda Ronstadt, Various Artists

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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