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Music For The People: Real Gone’s Record Store Day Slate Features Vinyl Debuts for an Eclectic Array of 1990s and 2000s Titles

April 9, 2021 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Steve Wynn Dekad

We continue our look at the releases for the upcoming Record Store Day events on June 12 and July 17.  This time we're focusing on our friends at Real Gone Music.  The RGM label will offer an eclectic array of releases, focused on music from the 1990s and 2000s, over both RSD Drops.  Visit RecordStoreDay.com for a list of participating retailers and more information on these two Drops. First up are the releases for June 12: Devo's Gerald V. Casale AKA Jihad Jerry and The Evildoers, Mine Is

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Devo, Gruntruck, L7, Love Spit Love, Record Store Day, Steve Wynn, Tad, VAST

And The Clock Goes Round: Unreleased 1968 Elton John Album to Debut on Record Store Day

April 7, 2021 By Randy Fairman 9 Comments

Elton John Regimental Sgt. Zippo

Amongst all of the many Record Store Day announcements, one of the most exciting has to be Island/Mercury's announcement of an unreleased Elton John album finally seeing the light of day: 1968's Regimental Sgt.  Zippo, due on the June 12, 2021 RSD Drop. One of the best box sets of last year was Elton John's Jewel Box.  Among its 8 CDs were three discs of rarities spanning 1965-1971.  Perhaps the most intriguing tracks included were those intended for an unreleased album entitled Regimental

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Elton John

A Cowboy’s Dream: Real Gone Music Issues Volume Two of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys’ “Tiffany Transcriptions”

March 15, 2021 By Randy Fairman 5 Comments

Bob Wills Way Out West

Bob Wills, The King of Western Swing, is back.  Almost seven years ago, Real Gone Music issued Riding Your Way: The Lost Transcriptions for Tiffany Music 1946-1947.  "Real Gone has given the royal treatment to the King of Western Swing," we wrote in assessing the landmark set.  Now, the label is returning to Wills' discography for a second volume.  Way Out West: The Lost Transcriptions for Tiffany Music 1946-1947 Volume Two is due on April 30, the same date as Real Gone and Second Disc Records'

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Country Tags: Bob Wills

Get Down: Real Gone Continues Black Jazz Series with Henry Franklin and Gene Russell, Goes Brazilian with Sivuca

January 28, 2021 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Gene Russell Talk to My Lady

Real Gone Music has announced a trio of new releases for February 26 including two more additions to its growing Black Jazz library and one from an unsung hero of Brazilian music. Bassist Henry Franklin has an enviable musical resume, from playing with Hugh Masekela at Monterey Pop and on the chart-topping "Grazing in the Grass" to recording and performing with such luminaries as Stevie Wonder, The Three Sounds, Woody Shaw, O.C. Smith, and Al Jarreau.  Franklin made his debut as a leader with

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Jazz Tags: Gene Russell, Henry Franklin, Sivuca

Make Someone Happy: Upcoming Real Gone Reissues Include More Black Jazz and Limited Soundtrack Vinyl Including “Sleepless In Seattle”

January 7, 2021 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Sleepless in Seattle Vinyl

As the holiday season is over and the new year has just begun, let's look at some of the titles Real Gone Music has coming out in January and February. The label is continuing its Black Jazz reissue series with a trio of releases over next two months.  The first, available tomorrow, January 8, is Cleveland Eaton's 1975 album Plenty Good Eaton.  The double bassist, who passed away in July, played with numerous artists over the years and was a sideman on recordings by Bunky Green, Ramsey Lewis,

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Popular Standards/Vocal, Soundtracks Tags: Bill Loose, Calvin Keys, Celine Dion, Cleveland Eaton, Rudolph Johnson

Christmas in July: Real Gone Highlights Special Sale with New CD Reissue of “Seasons Greetings” by The Fantastic Strings of Felix Slatkin

July 21, 2020 By Randy Fairman 3 Comments

Felix Slatkin Seasons Greetings

As a heat wave grips a large portion of the U.S. and the news seems to be lacking in upbeat stories, Real Gone is looking to Christmas to brighten some spirits.  The label has started a "Christmas in July" sale, and its centerpiece is a new-to-CD reissue of 1961's Seasons Greetings by The Fantastic Strings of Felix Slatkin. Slatkin, born right before Christmas on December 22, 1915, studied the violin at an early age and joined the St. Louis Symphony at 17.  He eventually moved to Los Angeles

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Holiday Tags: Felix Slatkin, Leonard Slatkin

No Choice But To Hear You: Alanis Morissette’s “Jagged Little Pill” Celebrates 25th Anniversary With Digital Offerings, Including New Deluxe Edition of Album

June 26, 2020 By Randy Fairman 3 Comments

Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill

June 13 marked the 25th anniversary of Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill. In celebration, Morissette and Rhino Records are unveiling several digital offerings, the centerpiece of which is a new deluxe edition, pairing the original album with a concert from March of this year, available today. Alanis Morissette's first two albums did not indicate the direction her music would take for her biggest smash record. Released on MCA in her native Canada, 1991's Alanis and 1992's Now is the Time

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Alanis Morissette

Avengers Assembled: Mondo To Release Avengers’ “Infinity War” and “Endgame” Soundtracks in Exclusive Vinyl Box Set

April 28, 2020 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Avengers Mondo Slipcase

This past weekend marked the one-year anniversary of the opening of Avengers: Endgame in movie theaters. To coincide with this, Mondo, in conjunction with Marvel Music/Hollywood Records, has just announced vinyl versions of the soundtracks to both Endgame and 2018's Avengers: Infinity War in a 6-LP deluxe set or as two individual 3-LP releases. All of these releases are available to pre-order tomorrow at Mondo's webstore and will ship in June. Infinity War and Endgame marked the climax to

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Alan Silvestri

Like A Song: Craft Recordings Compiles “The Best of Ronnie Milsap” on CD

April 9, 2020 By Randy Fairman 8 Comments

Ronnie Milsap The Best Of

Craft Recordings has just announced a new collection celebrating country superstar Ronnie Milsap. Due out on May 29, The Best of Ronnie Milsap gathers up 12 of the artist's biggest hits from his first tenure at RCA. Craft's parent company, Concord Music, acquired the rights to 16 of Milsap's RCA albums from between 1977-2006 last year, and this is the first physical product to come from the acquisition (an expanded digital version of this compilation featuring 25 songs was released last June by

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Country, Pop Tags: Ronnie Milsap

Holiday Gift Guide Review: Mariah Carey, “Merry Christmas: Deluxe Anniversary Edition”

December 19, 2019 By Randy Fairman 1 Comment

Mariah Carey Merry Christmas Deluxe

Sitting atop the Billboard Hot 100 this week is a song which took a quarter-century to reach that peak: Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You." The song achieved a couple of milestones with that ranking: it now holds the record for the longest time between a song's debut and its reaching the top of the charts, and it's the first Christmas song to reach the peak in 60 years since The Chipmunks did it in 1959. Before this new milestone for Carey's tune, the song and the album of its

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Categories: Holiday Gift Guide, Reviews Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Holiday, Pop Tags: Mariah Carey

He’ll Climb Any Mountain: Cherry Red Releases Billy Ocean’s ‘Remixes and Rarities’

November 18, 2019 By Randy Fairman 2 Comments

Billy Ocean Remixes and Rarities

As colder temperatures begin to appear everywhere, we thought we might take a look at a collection where some of the material harkens back to the warmer, summer months: Cherry Red imprint Cherry Pop's recent release of Remixes and Rarities by singer-songwriter Billy Ocean. This 2-CD set gathers up 23 tracks from the period of 1976-1993. The Trinidad and Tobago native Ocean was raised in Romford, London. He got his professional start in the late 1960s recording singles as part of bands such as

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Billy Ocean

Stay The Night: Cherry Red Expands La Toya Jackson’s Second Album “My Special Love”

October 28, 2019 By Randy Fairman 4 Comments

LaToya Jackson My Special Love

Earlier this year, Cherry Red imprint Cherry Pop Records released an expanded edition of La Toya Jackson's sophomore album My Special Love, bringing the LP to CD for the first time since a long out-of-print Japanese issue in the early 1990s. Being a part of such a famous musical family, it was almost inevitable that La Toya would join her brothers in performing, whether she wanted to or not. She has said over the years how her father, Joe Jackson, heavily discouraged her from following any

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: La Toya Jackson

It’s Witchcraft – Cherry Red’s Righteous Imprint Compiles 2-CD Set of Halloween Novelties

October 25, 2019 By Randy Fairman 3 Comments

Music To Scare Your Neighbors

With Halloween less than a week away, we thought we'd take a look at a new compilation which was recently released from Cherry Red's Righteous Records imprint: the 2-CD Trick or Treat: Music To Scare Your Neighbours - Vintage 45s from Lux and Ivy's Haunted Basement. The Lux and Ivy in the title are the husband and wife mainstays of the punk/rockabilly group The Cramps, who debuted in the 1970s and were active until Lux's death in 2009. Aside from being punk innovators, the pair also

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Everything Else, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bo Diddley, Burt Bacharach, John Zacherle, Rod McKuen, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, The Coasters, The Cramps

Look Around: Real Gone Announces Limited Vinyl Reissues Featuring Rain Parade and The Vulcans

September 9, 2019 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Rain Parade Emergency Third Rail LP

Real Gone Music has recently announced two new vinyl reissues coming out this Friday, September 13. One is from the Paisley Underground genre and the other is an experimental effort combining reggae and electronic music. First up, is Rain Parade's Emergency Third Rail Power Trip. The band was part of the Paisley Underground movement in 1980s California which combined psychedelia with vocal harmonies, owing a debt to artists like The Byrds and Love from the 1960s. The Bangles are the

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop, Reggae, Rock Tags: The Rain Parade, The Vulcans

Get Your Hands On It: La-La-Land Celebrates 500th Release with “Planet of the Apes” Box Set

July 17, 2019 By Randy Fairman 2 Comments

Planet of the Apes Box

La-La Land Records has just announced its landmark 500th film score project.  In association with 20th Century Fox, Fox Music and Varèse Sarabande, the label is releasing at the end of this month a 5-CD box set of the scores to the original five Planet of the Apes films featuring music by Jerry Goldsmith, Leonard Rosenman, and Tom Scott. Planet of the Apes first hit cinemas in February 1968, based upon a book by French author Pierre Boulle.  Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, the movie

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Jerry Goldsmith, Leonard Rosenman, Tom Scott

The Circle is Unbroken: Legacy To Release The Soundtrack to Ken Burns’ “Country Music” in Box Set, Other Editions

June 14, 2019 By Randy Fairman 1 Comment

Ken Burns Country Music

Filmmaker Ken Burns has tackled many subjects over the years, from the Civil War to baseball.  His documentaries have garnered numerous awards over the years.  In 2001, he took an in-depth look at the genre of jazz.  Now, he is aiming to explore a different genre with Country Music, an eight-part, 16-1/2-hour documentary premiering September 15 on PBS.  And as with Jazz, there will be an accompanying soundtrack.  The most expansive of these is a 5-disc box set debuting on August 30 from Legacy

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country Tags: Charley Pride, Dolly Parton, George Jones, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, Patsy Cline, Rosanne Cash, Various Artists, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson

Avengers Assemble: Mondo To Release Limited-Edition Vinyl LPs of All 22 Marvel Cinematic Universe Scores Starting with “Ant-Man and The Wasp”

April 29, 2019 By Randy Fairman 2 Comments

Ant Man and the Wasp OST Mondo

This past weekend, Avengers: Endgame broke numerous box office records by taking in $1.2 billion at the global box office.  The release became an event as millions of people flocked to movie theaters to see the culmination of the previous 21 films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.  As with any film release this large, there are numerous product tie-ins.  Last week, Mondo announced that they were teaming with Marvel Studios, Disney, and Hollywood Records to reissue all 22 of the MCU soundtracks

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Christophe Beck

Go While We Can: Real Gone Reissuing Grateful Dead’s Fillmore East 1970 Concert

April 25, 2019 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Grateful Dead Road Trips Vol 3 No 3

Real Gone Music is continuing its trip through the Grateful Dead's Road Trips series, bringing each volume to general retail for the first time in reverse order.  Next up is Road Trips Vol. 3 No. 3 - Fillmore East 5-15-70, due on June 14.  That date is the 49th anniversary of Workingman's Dead, the classic album that this volume of Road Trips is meant to commemorate. Originally released in 2010 in honor of Workingman's Dead's 40th anniversary, this 3-CD release features material from the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Grateful Dead

Never Give Up, Never Surrender: Real Gone To Debut the Soundtracks to “Galaxy Quest” and “American Beauty” on Vinyl in May

April 10, 2019 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Galaxy Quest OST

Next month, Real Gone is debuting two films scores on vinyl.  Both hail from 1999 and feature the work of brothers David and Thomas Newman.  The siblings are also famously the sons of noted film composer Alfred Newman and cousins to Randy Newman. First up, coming out on May 3, is David Newman's score to Galaxy Quest.  Directed by Dean Parisot, the film is an affectionate send-up of the original Star Trek series (both on and off-screen).  Starring Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman,

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks Tags: David Newman, Thomas Newman

Take It On The Run: HNE Compiles REO Speedwagon’s Hit Era On Extras-Laden Box Set

March 20, 2019 By Randy Fairman 1 Comment

REO Speedwagon Classic Years

Last October, Cherry Red/Hear No Evil released the 8-CD The Early Years 1971-1977, chronicling REO Speedwagon's beginning on Epic Records.  And now they're back with the follow-up set: The Classic Years 1978-1990, containing the group's seven remaining Epic albums and a bonus live disc across 9 CDs, highlighting the period when REO Speedwagon became a household name. The first album in the box, 1978's You Can Tune A Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish, found REO Speedwagon at a time of change. 

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: REO Speedwagon

Alone Together: Real Gone To Reissue Dorothy Ashby, Frank Wess and “Cleopatra Jones” on Vinyl in April

March 19, 2019 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Cleopatra Jones OST

Real Gone has announced a pair of vinyl reissues due on April 26, and we've got the detail for you right here. First up is a new edition of Dorothy Ashby and Frank Wess' Minor Groove album from 1958.  Ashby was a jazz harpist who made her first headlining album the year before on the Regent label.  For her third album (now on the New Jazz label), she was joined by flautist Wess who was a member of Count Basie's band and who had made several solo recordings himself.  Here is how Real Gone

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Jazz, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Dorothy Ashby, Frank Wess, Joe Simon, Millie Jackson

Review: Elvis Presley, “The Best of The ’68 Comeback Special”

February 15, 2019 By Randy Fairman 5 Comments

Elvis Best of the 68 Comeback Special

This coming Sunday at 9 PM, NBC will air the 2-hour Elvis All-Star Tribute featuring performances by Yolanda Adams, Kelsea Ballerini, Dierks Bentley, Alessia Cara, Mac Davis, John Fogerty, Josh Groban, Adam Lambert, John Legend, Little Big Town, Jennifer Lopez, Post Malone, Shawn Mendes, Pistol Annies, Darius Rucker, Ed Sheeran, Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban.  These primarily present-day music stars will be commemorating Presley's famous 1968 television special which also aired

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Pop Tags: Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Darius Rucker, Elvis Presley, Post Malone, Shawn Mendes

What A Tale My Thoughts Could Tell: Real Gone Collects Gordon Lightfoot’s Complete 1970-1980 Singles in March

January 16, 2019 By Randy Fairman 1 Comment

Gordon Lightfoot Complete Singles

Next month, Gordon Lightfoot's "Sundown" celebrates the 45th anniversary of its single release.  The tune marked the first Hot 100 No. 1 hit for the Canadian folk, folk-rock, and country singer-songwriter.  On March 1, Real Gone Music will anthologize this period of Lightfoot's career with the release of the 2-CD The Complete Singles 1970-1980. Gordon Lightfoot began his recording career in Canada, releasing his first singles in 1962.  He signed with United Artists in 1965 and released his

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Pop Tags: Gordon Lightfoot

A Long Night Spent With You: Taking Back Sunday Celebrates 20th Anniversary on New Compilation “Twenty”

January 11, 2019 By Randy Fairman 2 Comments

Taking Back Sunday Twenty

Taking Back Sunday is celebrating their 20th anniversary this year and to mark the occasion, they have embarked on a tour and are releasing a career retrospective collection.  Out today from Craft Recordings, the simply-titled Twenty gathers nineteen songs from the band's career and adds in two new studio recordings. The alternative rock band was formed in Long Island, New York by guitarist Eddie Reyes in 1999.  The line-up has fluctuated a bit over the years but the main members over the

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Taking Back Sunday

Holiday Gift Guide Review: “In The Heights” and “Be More Chill” Original Cast Albums [Vinyl Editions]

December 17, 2018 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Be More Chill Vinyl

For the Broadway fan on your holiday list this year we thought we would take a look at a couple of vinyl cast albums recently released by Ghostlight Records: In The Heights and Be More Chill. Seven years before he rose to superstardom with Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda premiered his first musical on Broadway with In The Heights in 2008.  Miranda, who also starred, wrote the music and lyrics with the book written by Quiara Alegría Hudes.  The production was directed by Thomas Kail and

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Categories: Holiday Gift Guide, News, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings Tags: Joe Iconis, Lin-Manuel Miranda

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