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Release Round-Up: Week of December 9

December 9, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up!

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Randy Newman, The Randy Newman Songbook (Nonesuch) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

The Randy Newman Songbook box set marks the first-ever combined release of all three of the legendary songwriter's piano-and-voice Songbook albums (including the new Vol. 3) recorded in 2003 and 2010 with producers Mitchell Froom and Lenny Waronker.  All songs have been resequenced as one cohesive, thematically-linked listening experience spread over 4 CDs.  Additionally, the box boasts five exclusive, previously unreleased bonus tracks: the now-standard "Feels Like Home," "A Wedding in Cherokee County," "I'm Dreaming," "Family Album: Homage to Alfred, Emil and Lionel Newman," and "Wandering Boy" - the latter the debut recording of one of Newman's oldest compositions.  This set is also available on vinyl.

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The Doors, London Fog 1966 (Elektra/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

The earliest known live recording of The Doors - recorded in 1966 at Sunset Strip's London Fog club - is presented for the first time on a CD/LP box set limited to 18,000 copies.  Read more here!

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Meat Loaf, Bat Out of Hell Hybrid Stereo SACD (Analog Spark) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Just in time for its arrival as a musical on the London stage next spring, Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman's magnum opus (produced by Todd Rundgren) returns to high-resolution on Analog Spark's new stereo hybrid SACD.  This release is playable on all CD players. Watch this space for full coverage soon!

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Buck Owens, The Complete Capitol Singles 1957-1966 (Omnivore) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

The Complete Capitol Singles 1957-1966 presents 56 sides on two discs - every A- and B-side recorded by country legend Owens with his Buckaroos and producer Ken Nelson for the venerable Hollywood label.  Check out Joe's full review here!

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Laura Nyro, Eli and the Thirteenth Confession / New York Tendaberry Vinyl Reissues (Analog Spark)

Eli: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
New York Tendaberry: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

Analog Spark has produced a truly beautiful pair of 180-gram vinyl reissues from the late, great singer-songwriter Laura Nyro.  Both Eli and New York have been cut from the original Columbia stereo tapes by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound, and have been pressed and plated at RTI.  Both titles, in addition, are housed in gorgeous Stoughton tip-on jackets and include original lyric inserts.

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Paul Desmond, Desmond Blue (Analog Spark) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

The fine folks at Analog Spark also have a bona fide jazz classic on deluxe 180-gram vinyl this week.  Desmond Blue paired the famed Dave Brubeck Quartet saxophonist (and composer of "Take Five") with a string section for a release in RCA's famed Living Stereo series.  Like the Laura Nyro titles, Desmond Blue has been cut by Ryan Smith from the original stereo tapes, and is housed in a sturdy Stoughton tip-on jacket.  Watch for more coverage on Analog Spark's recent vinyl releases soon!

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Evanescence, The Ultimate Collection (Concord Bicycle) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

The Ultimate Collection features, on six vinyl albums, Evanescence's full studio discography on 180-gram vinyl. In addition to Fallen, The Open Door (a double LP) and Evanescence, the box features the first wide release of Origin, a 2000 self-released demo collection; plus Lost Whispers, a rarities disc featuring four unreleased tracks, including a new version of Origin's "Even In Death." A 52-page book of handwritten lyrics, artwork and photos rounds out this deluxe package.  Read more here!

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Social Distortion, The Independent Years 1983-2004 (Concord Bicycle) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Punk icons Social Distortion are rounding up four of their albums for your turntable in a new vinyl box set.  The Independent Years 1983-2004 fills in the gaps on either side of their major-label tenure from 1990 to 1996, with fresh vinyl pressings of Mommy's Little Monster, Prison Bound, Mainliner (Wreckage from the Past), and Sex, Love and Rock 'N' Roll.  Read more here!

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The Cretones, Thin Red Line: Expanded Edition (Varese Vintage) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Varese Vintage brings the 1980 Planet Records debut of power-pop band The Cretones to CD.  Though The Cretones were overshadowed at the time by Linda Ronstadt's having covered three of their songs on her new wave-influenced Mad Love album, this reissue gives the four-person group headed by Mark Goldenberg and Peter Bernstein a chance to shine.  This remastered edition boasts three previously unreleased bonus tracks: "Mood Vertigo," "Quit It," and "Taking the World with Kisses."

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Kylie Minogue, Kylie Christmas: Snow Queen Edition (Parlophone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Kylie Minogue's 2015 Christmas album, featuring duets with Iggy Pop, James Corden, the late Frank Sinatra and others, is expanded with six new bonus tracks including a cover of Roy Wood's "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day" and a duet with Mika on Paul McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime."

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Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, The Complete Studio Albums box sets

Volume 1 (1976-1991) (Geffen/UMe): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
Volume 2 (1994-2014) (Reprise/Warner Bros.): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

To commemorate the 40th anniversary of their debut album, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers are collecting all their studio albums into two new vinyl box sets.  The Complete Studio Albums Volume 1 (1976-1991) and The Complete Studio Albums Volume 2 (1994-2014) bring together, across 21 pieces of 180-gram vinyl, all 16 studio releases from singer/guitarist Petty, guitarists Mike Campbell and Scott Thurston, keyboardist Benmont Tench, bassists Ron Blair and Howie Epstein and drummers Stan Lynch and Steve Ferrone. (Three of the albums, of--Full Moon Fever (1989), Wildflowers (1994) and Highway Companion (2006)--are solely credited to Petty despite ample contributions from The Heartbreakers and other guest musicians.)

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Neil Young, Peace Trail (Reprise) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Peace Trail introduces ten new, primarily acoustic songs from the always-prolific Neil Young.  The album, available on CD, DD and LP, was recorded at Rick Rubin's Shangri-la Studios and features Young on vocals and guitar, Jim Keltner on drums, and Paul Bushnell on bass. It was produced by Young and John Hanlon.

Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Buck Owens, Evanescence, Kylie Minogue, Laura Nyro, Meat Loaf, Neil Young, Paul Desmond, Randy Newman, Social Distortion, The Cretones, The Doors

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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. Magnus Hägermyr says

    December 9, 2016 at 11:59 am

    The price tag drops way under half price for Randy Newman in the CD-version. That's more like it. I really enjoy the more intimate takes on his classics to have as an alternative to the fab orginals. I also hope for a price reduction for The Doors after the release date. That's normaly the case.

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