Fifteen years ago this morning, the cast of Broadway’s The Book of Mormon was celebrating its opening on Broadway and basking in the glowing reviews. The show continues today at its original home, The Eugene O’Neill Theatre. As part of the anniversary celebration, Rhino is releasing a new edition of the original cast album on June 26 on both CD and LP. The Book of Mormon was conceived by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. They joined with Robert Lopez (who had written songs for the musical Avenue Q and would go on to co-write the songs…
Oh, My Word! “Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space” Arrives on Vinyl
While fans around the world are impatiently waiting for the return of Doctor Who on Christmas 2026, Demon Music Group is keeping the time-traveling hero busy on records. The label recently announced the upcoming Record Store Day release of The Rescue, a 1965 story starring William Hartnell as The First Doctor, and has just released another classic serial to vinyl: The Wheel in Space. The Wheel in Space originally aired over six episodes from April 27, 1968–June 1, 1968. It is the final serial of Doctor Who’s fifth season and stars Patrick…
Better Off Dancing: Real Gone Reissues The Donnas’ ‘Bitchin” on a 2-LP Set with Bonus Tracks
Since 2020, Real Gone has been reissuing albums from The Donnas catalog. On Friday, the label revisited the group’s final studio album, 2007’s Bitchin’, in an expanded 2-LP edition. The band formed in California in 1993. Brett Anderson (lead vocals), Allison Robertson (guitar, backing vocals), Maya Ford (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Torry Castellano (drums, percussion, backing vocals) met when they were in the eighth grade. The self-taught musicians formed a band to perform at a school dance. The quartet initially started a group called The Electrocutes which had a metal queen…
Climb Aboard The Tardis: Edsel Collects Classic Jon Pertwee “Doctor Who” Audio Adventures on 4-CD Boxset
Edsel has recently released a box set which should be of interest to classic Doctor Who fans. Doctor Who: The Jon Pertwee Collection is a 4-CD set which collects two audiobook versions of novelizations of some of Pertwee’s episodes. The audiobooks are read by Pertwee himself, and the set also includes some other bonus rarities from the BBC archives. Jon Pertwee took over playing the Doctor in January, 1970 in the first episode of Season 7. The third person to play the role (after William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton), his tenure would…
Omigod, You Guys! Ghostlight Brings “Legally Blonde: The Musical” To Vinyl For the First Time
Omigod, you guys! Ghostlight Records is giving another beloved Broadway cast album a vinyl debut. This time the show is Legally Blonde and the 2-LP set hits store shelves tomorrow, July 18. In 2000, author Amanda Brown was working on a manuscript to turn her experiences at Stanford Law School into a novel. She met with producer Marc Platt who helped her accomplish that while also selling the idea for a film version. Eventually titled Legally Blonde, the screenplay was written by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith. Directed by Robert Luketic,…
Everybody Say Yeah: Real Gone’s July Slate Includes Vinyl Reissues of Mary Chapin Carpenter, “Kinky Boots,” Rusted Root, More
As summer heats up, Real Gone has another slate of six varied releases hitting store shelves, tomorrow, July 11. You’ll find a variety of genres here from Broadway to nu metal to rock to country to jazz. First up is a vinyl reissue of the Broadway cast album Kinky Boots. The 2013 show is based on the 2005 movie of the same title. The story revolves around Charlie, who inherits a failing shoe factory from his father. To turn the business around, he teams with drag performer Lola to begin manufacturing high-heeled…
Set Your Sights on Monday: Omnivore Expands America’s “Hearts” for Its 50th Anniversary
A few years ago, Omnivore Recordings released two volumes of America’s demos under the titles Heritage I and II, chronicling the years 1970-1976. Now the label is reteaming with the band to revisit this halcyon period of the band’s history with an expanded 50th anniversary edition of 1975’s Hearts. It’s due August 8 on CD. Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell, and Dan Peek were riding high in 1975. The bandmates had teamed for the first time with legendary producer George Martin the previous year for Holiday. That album peaked at No. 3 on…
Feel My Way: Omnivore Goes Grunge with Green Apple Quick Step 2-CD Anthology and Vinyl Reissues
Omnivore Recordings has announced that the label is going back to the ’90s with three upcoming titles from Seattle grunge band Green Apple Quick Step. The 2-CD Dizzy: The Medicine Label Anthology is due out on July 25. It contains both of the band’s albums for the label as well as several bonus tracks. In addition, each album is going to be released individually on vinyl. Founded in 1992, Green Apple Quick Step’s members included lead vocalist Tyler Willman, guitarists Daniel Kempthorne (a.k.a. Daniel J. Travanti of The Briefs) and Steve Ross,…
Corner of the Sky: Real Gone’s June Line-Up Includes “Lost” Dusty Springfield Album Plus Jazz, Heavy Metal, Bluegrass, More
As we roll into summer, Real Gone has another varied line-up for June. It is anchored by an unreleased album by Dusty Springfield but also features a jazz rarity from Joe Henderson and Woody Shaw as well as metal, bluegrass, and even an adult film soundtrack. All of these titles are being released tomorrow, June 6, and you can read on for more information. By the beginning of the 1970s, Dusty Springfield was at a career crossroads. Although she remained on her U.K. label home Phillips, she had left her American record…
Listen To The Warm: Real Gone’s May Line-Up Includes Rare Petula Clark plus Jesse Ed Davis, Lamb, The Bottle Rockets, Béla Fleck & the Flecktones and Others
We’ve already told you about the Jackie DeShannon CD – Love Forever: Demo Recordings 1966-1968 – coming from Real Gone Music tomorrow, May 9. But the label has a packed line-up of other titles ranging from pop to metalcore and years spanning the 1960s to 2000s on both CD and vinyl. Keep reading for all of the details. First up is a new expanded CD reissue of Petula Clark’s 2007 album Solitude & Sunshine: The Songs of Rod McKuen. Clark and McKuen first met in France in the 1960s and became good friends. …
Only You Can Free My Mind: Real Gone Music and Omnivore’s RSD Lineups Include Better Than Ezra, Francoise Hardy, Jackie DeShannon, Doc Pomus, More
Continuing our look through this year’s Record Store Day offerings, here’s the lineups for Real Gone Music and Omnivore. You’ll find music from the 1960s and the 1990s, and each company has a collection of rare demo recordings by a famed songwriter (Jackie DeShannon and Doc Pomus). All descriptions are taken directly from Real Gone Music and Omnivore Recordings. Visit RecordStoreDay.com for the full list of participating retailers you can visit on Saturday, April 12, to join in the festivities. REAL GONE MUSIC Better Than Ezra, How Does Your Garden Grow? (2-LP Orange Crush…
The Last Word: Real Gone’s First November Releases Include 30th Anniversary Edition of Mary Chapin Carpenter’s “Stones In The Road” Plus Misery Signals, The Unfolding
As usual, Real Gone’s first releases in November are an eclectic bunch. The label is releasing the 30th anniversary edition of a contemporary country classic album, a psychedelic exploitation record from the 1960s, and a 20th anniversary edition of a metalcore album. Read on for more details for these releases all hitting store shelves tomorrow, November 15. In 1994, Mary Chapin Carpenter was at the pinnacle of country music. The singer-songwriter’s fourth album for Columbia, Come On Come On, was the biggest seller of her career. Singles were still being released from…
The Ghostman Always Rings Twice: Real Gone Reissues Frankie Stein and His Ghouls and Vincent Price for Halloween
Halloween is just around the corner and Real Gone is getting into the spirt of things with several reissues hitting store shelves tomorrow, September 6. The first and most expansive release is Frankie Stein and His Ghouls: The Complete Ghoul-Lection which collects the five albums from the group released in 1964 and 1965. These albums were aimed at children and were released on Power Records, an imprint of Peter Pan Records. Aside from novelty records like these, Peter Pan and Power released numerous book and record sets over a few decades from…
Love of A Lifetime: Real Gone’s August Slate Includes Grateful Dead and Firehouse Plus Jazz and Heavy Metal Releases
As usual, Real Gone’s August lineup is made up of an eclectic bunch of titles. You will find everything here from rock to jazz to heavy metal, spanning the 1960s to the 2000s. All these titles hit store shelves tomorrow, August 9. First up a is a continuation of Real Gone’s series of Grateful Dead Dick’s Picks vinyl sets with Dick’s Picks Volume 12 –Providence Civic Center 6/26/74 & Boston Garden 6/28/74. These concerts occur just before and after the release of their studio album From the Mars Hotel which came out…
Summer Song: Real Gone’s June Slate Includes Live Music from Fanny Plus More from Israel Vibration, Smoking Popes, and Stina Nordenstam
Real Gone’s slate for June has an international flavor to it featuring recordings from Germany and artists from Jamaica and Sweden. All four of these projects are hitting store shelves tomorrow, June 7. Read on for all of the details. First up is Live on Beat Club ’71-’72 from Fanny. When Richard Perry signed the group to Reprise in 1969, they became the first all-female rock band signed to a major label. The foursome (June Millington – guitar, Jean Millington – bass, Alice De Buhr – drums, and Nickey Barclay – keyboards)…
So Much To Say: Real Gone’s May Slate Includes Elaine Brown, Tweet, and Thomas Newman
Real Gone’s May slate is hitting store shelves tomorrow, May 3, and we’ve got all the details of the trio of releases below. First up is the vinyl reissue of Elaine Brown’s Seize the Time – Black Panther Party from 1969. Brown has been an activist for most her life and became the first and only Chairwoman of the Black Panther Party in 1974, appointed by Huey Newton. She first joined the Party in 1968 after having worked at the newspaper Harambee and being a representative at the Black Congress in California. …
We Can Make It Together: Real Gone’s March Line-Up Includes Steve and Eydie, Hardline, Spineshank, The Donnas, and Fanny
Real Gone again has a wide variety on tap for its March line-up on CD and vinyl. You’ll find pop, rock, and heavy metal from the 1950s through the early 2000s in this slate of releases. All of these titles will be available tomorrow, March 1. Last December, a PBS special debuted devoted to the careers and legacy of Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme. Hosted by their son, David Lawrence, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme: Memories of My Mom and Dad traced the music of the duo over the decades with performance…
On The Road: Real Gone’s Record Store Day Slate Includes John Hartford, Bottle Rockets, Roches, Duncan Sheik, Joe Pesci, More
Continuing our look at this year’s Record Store Day releases, here is what Real Gone has coming on April 20. Among these eight releases you’ll find a variety of genres from pop to rock to bluegrass to alt=country to grunge. All descriptions are taken directly from the label. If you are interested in any of these titles, they will be available at your local record store on April 20. Head over to recordstoreday.com for a list of participating retailers. U.K. readers, please visit recordstoreday.co.uk and Canadian readers, please visit recordstoredaycanada.ca. All of Real Gone’s titles are…
Mind Games: Universal’s Record Store Day Lineup Includes Beatles, Elton, The Who, John Lennon, Charlie Parker, U2, Ringo Starr, “Wicked”, Frank Zappa, More
Continuing our look through this year’s Record Store Day list, here is a glance at twenty-one releases from the Universal family of labels. All descriptions are taken from the labels. If you are interested in any of these titles, they will be available at your local record store on April 20. Head over to recordstoreday.com for a list of participating retailers. U.K. readers, please visit recordstoreday.co.uk and Canadian readers, please visit recordstoredaycanada.ca. The Beatles, “I Saw Her Standing There”/”I Want To Hold Your Hand”/”She Loves You”/”Til There Was You” (4 Individual 3″…
Be All Your Own: Real Gone’s February Slate Includes Black Jazz, Maryann Farra, Medeski, Martin & Wood, Orgy, and Allen Ginsberg (Featuring Dylan, McCartney, Others)
Real Gone is starting off 2024 with another set of eclectic titles. We’ve already told you about the new Andy Williams rarities collection When You Fall in Love: Lost Columbia Masters 1977-1982 featuring liner notes by our own Joe Marchese, but here is the rest of Real Gone’s slate featuring a wide range of material from the 1950s through the 2000s. All of these titles hit store shelves tomorrow, February 2. Black Jazz Records was founded in 1969 by pianist Gene Russell and percussionist Dick Schory. Russell envisioned the label as a…
One More Time: Real Gone’s September Slate Includes Cowboy Junkies, “A Mighty Wind,” Marvelous 3, Rooney, and Paradox
In addition to Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music’s CD collection of Al Stewart singles coming out tomorrow, September 8, Real Gone has five vinyl reissues from the 1980s-2000s from a variety of genres hitting store shelves. We’ve got all of the details below. German thrash metal band Paradox was founded in 1986 in Würzburg, Germany by Charly Steinhauer and Axel Blaha. That same year the group recorded a demo which garnered the attention of Roadrunner Records, who signed the band and placed them on their Roadracer imprint. The next year,…
Freedom Blues: Real Gone Releases Include A Little Richard Singles Collection on Vinyl and Hamza El Din
This week Real Gone Music has a couple of titles coming out, both featuring music from the 1960s but in very different styles: The Complete Atlantic & Reprise Singles from Little Richard and Al Oud from Hamza El Din. The Little Richard title is available tomorrow, July 14, while the Hazma El Din title is available now from Real Gone’s website and at other retailers on August 4. First up is The Complete Atlantic & Reprise Singles from Little Richard. This 15-track compilation gathers up the four single sides he released on…
The Way of the Sword: Real Gone’s July Releases Include Vinyl Debuts of “The Last Samurai,” Ill Biskits, and Owsley
In addition to Real Gone’s Music and Second Disc Records’ reissue of the soundtrack to The Flasher by Pool-Pah and songwriter-arranger Rupert Holmes, Real Gone also has three other titles hitting store shelves today. All three hail from the 1990s or 2000s and all are making their vinyl debuts. First up is the only album from hip-hop group Ill Biskits: 1995’s Chronicle of Two Losers. The German-born, Virginia-based duo of Deeda (M. Warrens) and Kleph Dollaz (Darrel Durant) released their first single on the independent NYC label Khari Entertainment in 1994. It…
You Learn: Rhino To Release First Ever Vinyl Reissue of Alanis Morissette’s 2005 Compilation “The Collection” in August
Two weeks ago today, June 13, marked the 28th anniversary of the 1995 release of Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill, the album which catapulted the Canadian singer-songwriter to global stardom. Rhino has just announced a first-time vinyl reissue of an album that celebrated the 10th anniversary of this breakthrough: Morissette’s 2005 greatest hits compilation The Collection. The release featured 18 tracks drawing on Alanis’ four American studio albums to that point and songs from other one-off appearances. This new vinyl reissue will hit store shelves on August 25 in a variety of…
Day of the Sword: Quartet Brings Ennio Morricone’s “Red Sonja” Score To Vinyl
A new documentary series, simply entitled Arnold, recently premiered on Netflix. The three-part film chronicles the life and career of Arnold Schwarzenegger. If you go back to the earliest part of the bodybuilder-turned-actor-turned-Governor’s film career, you will find his two Conan films and the related Red Sonja. The 1985 movie starred Brigitte Nielsen as the red-headed warrior and composer Ennio Morricone was brought on to provide the score. That score has been given its very first vinyl reissue by Quartet Records in a limited edition. Red Sonja’s origins are slightly convoluted. She…
