Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.
The Who, Live at The Oval 1971 (Polydor/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)
Initially available as part of the band's revived Wholigan Fan Club, The Who's Live At The Oval 1971 is coming to general release. The album finally canonizes the group's celebrated performance at "Goodbye to Summer," a British benefit concert for the people of Bangladesh. Featuring several songs from the band's just-released Who's Next, including "Behind Blue Eyes," "Won't Get Fooled Again," and "Bargain," the 15-track set was available for decades as a poor-quality bootleg until now; it's been remixed from Glyn Johns' original eight-track analogue tapes by Bob Pridden and Richard Whittaker, with John and Layla Astley mastering the discs. Richard Evans designs the package, including a new cover illustration by Townshend's nephew Josh, and Andy Neill will pen liner notes. Available on CD, 2LP, and digitally. Read more here.
John Williams, The Anthology Vol. 1 (1969-1990) (Sony Classical) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)
John Williams - The Anthology Vol. 1 (1969-1990) is the first of three massive box sets from Sony Classical celebrating the soundtrack maestro in his 93rd year. It sets an impressive bar for the series: with Williams' conducting work for the Boston Pops and others celebrated in a pair of box sets, this volume will offer a cross-licensed selection of Williams' most essential soundtracks - 22 discs containing material from 28 films. Williams' longtime archivist Mike Matessino is a co-producer for the project, and his high-quality remasters of many of the soundtracks are included here. Some of the soundtracks reprise their expanded assemblies while others (most notably the Star Wars and Indiana Jones trilogies) are presented in their familiar album presentations; for the Star Wars films, it's the original album presentations remixed from the original film recordings by Williams' engineer Shawn Murphy, while the Indy discs are identical to their 2008 expansions by Music by John Williams director Laurent Bouzereau. Steven Spielberg, Williams' closest collaborator, pens a new foreword for the book, which will feature detailed essays on each score by Matessino and Williams authority John Takis. When all three sets are complete, the collection will encompass 75 discs of Williams magic. Get the full track listing and more here!
Oasis, Complete Studio Album Collection (Big Brother)
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Oasis have announced a box set collecting new pressings of all their studio albums. Ostensibly tied to the ongoing reunion tour (which kicked off in England to audience approval last week), Complete Studio Album Collection is exactly what it says: the band's seven studio albums issued between 1994 and 2008, plus 1998 B-sides collection The Masterplan. With the exception of that rarities collection, which settled for No. 2, all of these releases topped the U.K. album chart and represent some of the most acclaimed and/or hyped rock seen in England in the '90s and '00s. There's not a whole lot to say about these albums that's not already been said, and mastering details are scarce - but both formats will be available as standard pressings as well as Amazon exclusives that press each album on gold-colored discs or vinyl. Read more here.
Miles Davis, Miles '55: The Prestige Recordings (Craft Recordings) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)
Following last year's release of Miles '54: The Prestige Recordings, collecting the legendary trumpeter's 1954 sessions, Craft Recordings is turning the clock forward to Miles Davis' 1955 with - what else? - Miles '55. Out today in various formats including 3 LPs, 2 CDs, and both standard and high-resolution digital, Miles '55 brings together sixteen recordings cut by Davis at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Hackensack, New Jersey for the Prestige label. Though all of this material has been issued previously, all audio has been remastered from the original analog tapes by Paul Blakemore, with lacquers cut for vinyl by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio. Both the CD and LP iterations have Ashley Kahn's liner notes as well a commentary from late jazz historian Dan Morgenstern, who passed away last year at the age of 94. Get all of the details here.
Ray Charles, Come Live with Me (Tangerine) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)
Tangerine brings Ray Charles' 1974 album back into print for the first time in over 50 years. Come Live with Me, produced by the piano legend and arranged by longtime collaborator Sid Feller, features Charles' soulful readings of such songs as Jacques Brel and Rod McKuen's "If You Go Away," Meredith Willson's Music Man ballad "Till There Was You," and Felice and Boudleaux Bryant's title track. Available on CD, LP, and digitally.
Terry Riley, The Columbia Recordings (Sony Classical) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)
Sony Classical boxes up four albums from minimalist and electronic music pioneer Terry Riley, recorded by legendary engineer Fred Plaut for Columbia Masterworks as the avant-garde came to mainstream labels. The box includes In C (1968), A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969), Church of Anthrax (1971, with John Cale of the Velvet Underground) and Shri Camel (1980). The box also features a 50-page booklet with new remembrances from Riley's manager Thomas Walsh and producer David Behrman as well as rare photos and all text from the original releases.
John Fogerty, Legacy: The Creedence Clearwater Revival Years (Concord) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)
John Fogerty is embracing his history with Creedence Clearwater Revival - and celebrating his acquisition of his own song publishing - on this new album of 20 classic CCR songs, on which he's joined by his sons Shane and Tyler. Legacy features new recordings of such favorites as "Who'll Stop the Rain," "Proud Mary," "Fortunate Son," and "Bad Moon Rising," all in what might be described as "John's Versions." Available on CD, LP, and digital/streaming.
Jon Batiste, Big Money (Verve/Interscope) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)
Randy Newman and Andra Day are among the guests on the genre-bending new album, Big Money, from Oscar- and Grammy-award-winning singer/songwriter/musician/bandleader Jon Batiste. Available on CD, LP, and digitally.
Chris Stamey, Anything Is Possible (Label 51) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)
Stamey teams with guests including Marshall Crenshaw, Mitch Easter, Don Dixon, The Lemon Twigs, Pat Sansone, and Probyn Gregory for this album of original material plus a cover of The Beach Boys' beautiful "Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)." Available on CD, LP, and digitally.
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