Release Round-Up: Week of May 13

May 13, 2016 By Joe Marchese — 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up!

Linda Ronstadt, Frenesi (Remastered Edition) (Elektra/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Linda Ronstadt’s 1992 Spanish-language album Frenesi returns to CD in a newly-remastered edition with no additional content. Consider this an appetizer for the upcoming expanded remaster of Trio!

Allen Toussaint, The Complete Warner Recordings (Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Rhino has a reissue of its 2003 limited edition Rhino Handmade collection featuring the late New Orleans legend’s three 1970s Warner Bros. and Reprise albums (Life, Love and Faith; Southern Nights; and Motion) plus a full live concert. 2 CDs.

Grateful Dead, Red Rocks 7/8/78 (Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

The Dead’s complete show on July 8, 1978 at Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre is preserved on 3 CDs. Rhino today also releases a Dead.net-exclusive 12-CD box with the band’s shows at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, MO (7/1/78), St. Paul Civic Center, St. Paul, MN (7/3/78), Omaha Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NE (7/5/78), and Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison CO (7/7/78 and 7/8/78). The band’s line-up consisted of Jerry Garcia, Donna Jean Godchaux, Keith Godchaux, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh and Bob Weir. Read more on both titles here!

The Blind Boys of Alabama, Spirit of the Century: Expanded Edition (Omnivore) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

The Grammy-winning Spirit of the Century moved The Blind Boys of Alabama’s gospel sound forward, featuring traditional songs performed in a bluesy soul stew – plus a handful of recent compositions from somewhat unexpected sources such as Tom Waits and The Rolling Stones! Omnivore’s expanded edition adds seven previously unissued tracks from a 2001 concert at The Bottom Line!

The Blind Boys of Alabama, Higher Ground: Expanded Edition (Omnivore) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

On this Grammy-winning LP, the renowned gospel group – joined by Robert Randolph and the Family Band – covered the likes of Aretha Franklin (“Spirit in the Dark”), Curtis Mayfield (“People Get Ready”), Prince (“The Cross”), Jimmy Cliff (“Many Rivers to Cross”) and Stevie Wonder (the title track). Omnivore has added seven previously unissued bonus cuts from a 2002 broadcast of Morning Becomes Eclectic.

Miles Davis, The Complete Prestige 10-Inch LP Collection (Prestige/Concord) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

The new vinyl release The Complete Prestige 10-Inch LP Collection presents all ten 10-inch LPs on which Miles Davis appeared as a leader for Prestige Records, plus a bonus record featuring Davis as a guest artist with Lee Konitz. All albums have been remastered from the original analog master tapes and reproduced on 10-inch vinyl, including the original cover artwork and liner notes. Also in the box is a 16-page booklet featuring rare photographs and insightful new notes by historian Ashley Kahn, as well as a collectible print of a painting by Davis. The complete list of albums is as follows: Modern Jazz Trumpets (featuring Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Dorham and Fats Navarro); The New Sounds;Blue Period; Miles Davis Plays the Compositions of Al Cohn; Miles Davis Quartet; MilesDavis All Star Sextet; Miles Davis Quintet; Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins; Miles Davis All Stars, Vol. 1; Miles Davis All Stars, Vol. 2; and, as a bonus, Lee Konitz’s The New Sounds, featuring Davis as a guest artist.

Henry Mancini, The Pink Panther / The Music from Peter Gunn / Hatari! Hybrid Stereo SACD (Analogue Productions)

Acoustic Sounds has brought three of Henry Mancini’s classic RCA albums to newly-remastered hybrid stereo SACD (playable on all CD players), featuring three of his most beloved scores. All three titles are currently shipping from Acoustic Sounds!

Various Artists, 5 Classic Albums: Motown Chartbusters (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Universal U.K. brings the Motown Chartbusters series of compilation CDs to its budget-line “5 Classic Albums” box set series. The release promises to includes Volumes 1-5, but note that the Amazon U.K. track listing is currently showing the contents reflecting Vols. 1-3, 5 & 6! We will update as soon as we have more information, but either way, this set offers a whole lotta Classic Motown bang for your buck!

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Allen Toussaint, Grateful Dead, Henry Mancini, Linda Ronstadt, Miles Davis,

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.

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1 thought on “Release Round-Up: Week of May 13”

Galley
May 14, 2016 at 11:56 am

There aren’t any remastering credits, but the three Linda Rondtadt albums sound great. Compared to the originals, they are just a little louder.

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