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Santa Claus is Comin’ To Town: Bruce Springsteen Gifts Free Unreleased Concert Tracks from 1980 Tempe, Arizona Show to Fans as Addition to Box Set

December 24, 2015 By Randy Fairman 14 Comments

Bruce Tempe Concert

Bruce Springsteen is giving a Christmas gift to his fans.  Earlier this month, Springsteen released The Ties That Bind: The River Collection box set which contained The River, an alternate version of the album and disc of outtakes.  Also included in the box set was a filmed concert from Tempe, Arizona, recorded on November 5, 1980.  However, not all of the concert was filmed, so the complete show was not in the box set. Fortunately, the entire audio from the concert was preserved.  Now,

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Bruce Springsteen

May the Force Be With You: Sony Re-Releases “Star Wars” Soundtracks in CD and LP Box Sets, “The Force Awakens” Soundtrack Out Today

December 18, 2015 By Randy Fairman 1 Comment

Star Wars Ultimate Collection

Today sees the release of the hotly-anticipated Star Wars: The Force Awakens in theaters (well, technically, yesterday at 7 PM).  As the film seems poised to break several box office records, a deluge of Star Wars products has hit the shelves.  Among these offerings released today is the soundtrack CD featuring John William's seventh score for the iconic franchise.  To tie in with all of the Star Wars happenings, Sony Masterworks recently announced that the label will be releasing two box sets

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks Tags: John Williams

Won’t You Dance With Me: Real Gone Goes Country with Barbara Mandrell, Ralph Stanley, Marty Robbins and Doug Sahm with Bob Dylan and Others

December 17, 2015 By Randy Fairman 13 Comments

Barbara Mandrell This Time

Real Gone is in a country mood this February, with the majority of their slate devoted to the country and western genre.  But that is not all you will find on the label's mix of CDs and vinyl for the month. Kicking things off is collection drawn from Barbara Mandrell's tenure at Columbia Records: This Time I Almost Made It - The Lost Columbia Masters.  This CD features liner notes by our very own Joe Marchese based on a fresh interview with Mandrell, and is centered around Mandrell's final

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Barbara Mandrell, Bob Dylan, Circle Jerks, Doug Sahm, Grateful Dead, Marty Robbins, Ralph Stanley, The Ides of March

Lose That Long Face: “Judy Garland Sings Harold Arlen” Premieres New-to-CD Tracks, Unearths Lost Recording

December 15, 2015 By Randy Fairman 5 Comments

Judy Garland Sings Harold Arlen

Whether imploring those around her to "Get Happy" or dreaming of a place "Over the Rainbow," Judy Garland gave some of the most immortal performances of her career (and indeed, of the whole of popular music as well as film) with the songs of Harold Arlen.  In Arlen's sophisticated yet blues-based melodies, Garland found the perfect expressions in which to bare her soul, alternately with vulnerability, tenderness, desperation and joy.  Now, JSP Records, the label which has recently released such

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal, Soundtracks Tags: Harold Arlen, Judy Garland

Fun, Fun, Fun: Two Unreleased Beach Boys Concerts from 1965 Released from the Vaults

December 14, 2015 By Randy Fairman 23 Comments

Beach Boys Live in Chicago 1965

Over the past several years since copyright laws were changed in the EU, it has become a tradition at the end of the year for record labels to release "copyright extension" releases featuring unreleased material from their biggest artists to protect their interests in said material.  Hot off the heels of a compilation of Motown unreleased material from 1965 comes another release in this vein from a group who has made this a yearly tradition:  The Beach Boys.  This last Friday, Capitol put up

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download Genre: Pop Tags: Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys

Real Gone Celebrates Christmas With The Soulful Strings, John Gary, Four Seasons

December 10, 2015 By Randy Fairman 1 Comment

Four Seasons Greetings

Real Gone Music is this year's source for classic Christmas reissues - including two from our own Second Disc Records imprint!  Here, we're taking a look at three more titles from the label's Christmas feast! At first glance, The Soulful Strings might appear to be just another of those ubiquitous sixties instrumental studio outfits, delivering MOR versions of the day's popular hits.  Yet, a closer look at Cadet Records' Soulful Strings - and most of its brethren, truth be told - reveals some

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Frankie Valli, John Gary, The Four Seasons, The Soulful Strings

It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas: Legacy Adds Amazon Exclusive 3-CD Set to “Classic Christmas Album” Series

November 24, 2015 By Randy Fairman 2 Comments

Classic Christmas Album Amazon

With Thanksgiving this Thursday and Black Friday the day after, the Christmas season is officially upon us (if it hasn't already arrived a couple of weeks ago!).  There have been several Christmas reissues we've talked about so far this season, including the four new entries in Legacy's Classic Christmas Album series.  And now we've got information on a fifth entry for this year:  the simply-titled Classic Christmas Album.  And we're also happy to say that this Amazon exclusive, 3-CD, 42-song

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Various Artists

Dreams Will Not Be Thwarted: New Springsteen Live Archive Release Arrives From 2013 Wrecking Ball Tour

November 16, 2015 By Randy Fairman 1 Comment

Springsteen Ippodromo

A little over a month since the last release, a new installment in Bruce Springsteen's live archive series has been released: Ippodromo Delle Capannelle, Rome, Italy, 2013. This concert from July 13, 2013 comes at the tail end of the Wrecking Ball Tour which had begun over a year earlier in March of 2012.  A concert from right before this tour began, from March 9, 2012 at the Apollo Theater in New York, has been previously released by the Springsteen archive.  Also previously released are

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Rock Tags: Bruce Springsteen

Review: Alanis Morissette, “Jagged Little Pill: Collector’s Edition”

November 13, 2015 By Randy Fairman 2 Comments

Alanis Jagged 4 CD Box

As time marches on, nostalgia of course goes along with it.  So, with the passage of time, we've arrived at an era of nostalgia for the 1990s.  Hard as it may be for some to believe, 20th and 25th anniversaries for major releases in the '90s keep occurring - and items are released in commemoration.  Thus, Rhino has recently reissued Alanis Morissette's 1995 smash album Jagged Little Pill in a variety of iterations including a 2-CD version and a 4-CD Collector's Edition. When Morissette traveled

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Alanis Morissette

G-L-O-R-I-OUS: Legacy Announces New Set Featuring Van Morrison’s Complete Recordings with Them

November 5, 2015 By Randy Fairman 6 Comments

Complete Them

It has been a pretty big year for Van Morrison, both with new recordings and reissues.  At the beginning of 2015, he released his latest studio effort, Duets- Re-Working the Catalogue.  In August, it was announced that Sony/Legacy Recordings had acquired the rights to the majority of his catalogue.  The label quickly released an Essential volume and put 33 albums up on digital services with the promise of more projects to come.  Then, just last week, Rhino released expanded editions of two of

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Them, Van Morrison

Our Big Record Store Day Black Friday Round-Up Featuring McCartney, Bowie, Wilson, Queen, Ronstadt, More

October 30, 2015 By Randy Fairman 12 Comments

Paul McCartney Say Say Say

Over the past couple of weeks, we've told you about the 2015 Black Friday Record Store Day offerings from Legacy, Omnivore and Real Gone Music.  Well, the full list of releases which are coming out on November 27 has been announced and we've got the details below including new titles from Rhino, Varese Sarabande, Hear Music and more! The entire list is over 125 items long, so we've just highlighted some entries below in which you might be interested.  The full listing can be seen at

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Brian Wilson, Garbage, Janis Joplin, Linda Ronstadt, Otis Redding, Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, Queen, The Kinks, The Zombies, Wes Montgomery

Don’t Fear the Reaper: “Now!” Series Releases a Halloween Volume

October 26, 2015 By Randy Fairman 3 Comments

Now Halloween

We've reported on several Christmas reissues being released in the lead-up the yuletide season.  And when it comes to holidays throughout the year, Christmas certainly reigns supreme in terms of the quantity of music devoted to it.  However, some other holidays and occasions throughout the year have music devoted to them.  One of the more popular ones is Halloween which is coming up this weekend.  To provide a soundtrack to your Halloween parties or trick-or-treating, Legacy Recordings, in

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Blue Oyster Cult, Donovan, Mike Oldfield, Various Artists, Warren Zevon

You’ve Got the Touch: Legacy’s 2015 Black Friday RSD Slate includes Presley, Cash, Hendrix, Isley Brothers and “Transformers” Soundtrack

October 23, 2015 By Randy Fairman 5 Comments

Sony RSD Black Friday 2015

Announcements about this year's Black Friday Record Store Day event have been trickling out.  A couple of days ago we brought you news of Omnivore's titles and before that, of Real Gone's Dictators release!   Now we can tell you about Legacy's slate for the day after Thanksgiving. The titles run the gamut in size from 7" singles to 12" 2-LP sets, and also range in genre from rock to country to hip-hop.  Several soundtracks are being released including a single from the 1960s Batman TV show,

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Country, Pop, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Earth Wind and Fire, Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Record Store Day, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Alan Parsons Project, The Isley Brothers

Long Time Comin’: Next Bruce Springsteen Live Archive Release Highlights 2005 “Devils & Dust” Tour

September 29, 2015 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Bruce Springsteen Ohio 2005

The next installment in Bruce Springsteen's live archive series has been revealed:  Schottenstein Center, Columbus, Ohio 2005. The show for this release is from July 31, 2005 and falls in the middle of Springsteen's Devils & Dust Tour.  Devils & Dust was released in April of that year, debuting at Number 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.  It was his first album following 2002's The Rising which had reunited Springsteen with the E Street Band for the first time on a new studio record in

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Rock Tags: Bruce Springsteen

It’s Beginning to Look Like Christmas: Real Gone Unwraps Seven Christmas Titles in November From Johnny Mathis, Glen Campbell and More

September 15, 2015 By Randy Fairman 4 Comments

Johnny Mathis Complete Christmas

Real Gone Music's October slate kicked off the label's yearly celebration of the music of Christmas including classic albums by George Melachrino, The Soulful Strings and The Three Suns - and that continues into November when the label releases a whopping seven titles for the holiday season! We've already told you this morning about our two Second Disc Records releases: Jim Nabors - The Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings and an expanded edition of Lynn Anderson's The Christmas Album. 

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Country, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Bobby Vinton, Glen Campbell, Jimmy Dean, Johnny Mathis, The Living Voices

Do You Hear What I Hear?: Legacy Adds Four New Entries to “Classic Christmas Album” Series

September 10, 2015 By Randy Fairman 7 Comments

Earth Wind and Fire Classic Christmas

Legacy Recordings is getting into the Christmas spirit this year by continuing its Classic Christmas Album series.  On October 2, four new entries will be released featuring artists who had their biggest successes in the '70s (Earth, Wind & Fire), '80s (a various artists compilation), '90s (Sarah McLachlan) and 2000s (Celtic Thunder). The majority of the material on these compilations is of a relatively recent vintage.  The exception is The Classic Christmas '80s Album which obviously

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Everything Else, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Celtic Thunder, Earth Wind and Fire, Sarah McLachlan, Various Artists

You Oughta Know: Rhino Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Alanis Morissette’s “Jagged Little Pill” with 4-CD Box

August 25, 2015 By Randy Fairman 5 Comments

Alanis Jagged 4 CD Box

This October, Rhino is celebrating one of the biggest albums of the 1990s: Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill.  To commemorate the album's 20th anniversary, a newly remastered 4-CD Collector's Edition and 2-CD Deluxe edition will be released on October 30. 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 had critics comparing her to Debbie

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download Genre: Pop Tags: Alanis Morissette

Turn It Up: Cherry Red Reissues Ted Nugent’s “Free-For-All” Featuring Meat Loaf

August 20, 2015 By Randy Fairman 1 Comment

Ted Nugent Free For All

Cherry Red imprint Hear No Evil Recordings has recently released a new reissue from a classic 1970's hard-rocker: Ted Nugent's second solo album for Epic Records, Free-For-All.  This also follows in HNE's line of Meat Loaf reissues as the Bat Out of Hell superstar is a prominent guest on the album singing over half of the songs. Ted Nugent, hailing from Detroit, got his start in music at a young age.  After performing in several bands, he formed the Amboy Dukes when his family moved to

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Meat Loaf, Ted Nugent

Sixteen Tons, What Do You Get?: Bear Family Releases Tennessee Ernie Ford 5-CD Box Set

August 17, 2015 By Randy Fairman 3 Comments

Tennessee Ernie Ford Portrait1

For years, Germany's venerable Bear Family label has been curating large box sets focusing on country, pop and early rock-n-roll.  These vast collections offer up a complete look at an artist's recordings during a specific period.  The label is continuing in this tradition by compiling a box set to coincide with the 60th anniversary of this artist's biggest hit.  On September 25, 2015, Tennessee Ernie Ford: Portrait of An American Singer (1949-1960) will be released in the U.S., marking the six

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Country Tags: Tennessee Ernie Ford

Christmas Joy: Real Gone Kicks off the Holidays with Four Seasons and More in October

August 14, 2015 By Randy Fairman 2 Comments

Four Seasons Greetings

It may be hard to believe, but the holiday season will be here sooner than we think!  To prove that point, Real Gone Music is getting Christmas started early with its October slate of releases featuring five yuletide gems along with three titles good for year-round enjoyment. This batch of Christmas classics kicks off with the 4 Seasons' The 4 Seasons Greetings, continuing Real Gone's series of mono Seasons reissues which began in September.  Next, you've got holiday tunes from crooner and

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Barry White, Frankie Valli, George Melachrino, Jay Dee, John Gary, The Beckies, The Four Seasons, The Grateful Dead, The Soulful Strings, The Three Suns

Paint With All the Colors of the Wind: Latest Disney Legacy Collection Release Features “Pocahontas”

August 10, 2015 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Pocahontas Legacy Collection

This past Friday, Walt Disney Records continued its Legacy Collection series.  Like the most last release, Toy Story, it celebrates a film marking its 20th anniversary:  1995's Pocahontas.  The new 2-CD set features the entire score along with several demos and alternate versions of songs. Pocahontas, Disney's 33rd animated film, was a departure from some of the films in the studio's past repertoire in that is was based on history and not a fairytale.  The movie chronicles the story of Native

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Alan Menken, Judy Kuhn, Stephen Schwartz, Vanessa Williams

Happy in the Morning: Sony Masterworks Reissues Lauren Bacall, Mickey Rooney Musicals and More

July 16, 2015 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Woman of the Year

Last week, we told you about Masterworks Broadway's search for suggestions of cast albums to reissue on vinyl.  This week, the label has just announced three new releases in their ongoing download/CD-R program. The first up on July 17 (this Friday) is the 1957 television cast of Pinocchio starring Mickey Rooney.  This is not the Disney musical, but a version of the story featuring music by Alec Wilder and lyrics by William Engvick.  It has only been available on CD before by public domain

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Cast Recordings Tags: Alec Wilder, John Kander and Fred Ebb, Lauren Bacall, Mickey Rooney

Takin’ It To the Streets: Rhino Announces 10-CD Doobie Brothers Box Set Collecting 1971-1983 Albums

July 13, 2015 By Randy Fairman 8 Comments

Doobie Brothers Warner Years

Rhino Records is continuing to release complete album box sets of artists in their catalog.  We've recently told you about sets for Chicago, Alice Cooper, and America and the label has just announced another similar box for The Doobie Brothers.  The Warner Bros. Years 1971 -1983 features the band's 10 albums recorded during that period, and it's set to be released in under two weeks on July 24. The core of The Doobie Brothers was formed when drummer John Hartman and

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Michael McDonald, The Doobie Brothers

Give My Regards to Broadway: Sony Masterworks Seeks Votes on Vinyl Reissues

July 10, 2015 By Randy Fairman 5 Comments

Cabaret OBC

Are you a vinyl enthusiast?  Do you enjoy the music of Broadway?  If so, then you might be interested in the poll being conducted right now by Sony Masterworks' Broadway division.  The label has just announced that it's seeking suggestions for Broadway cast album to reissue on vinyl.  By going to this link at Masterworks' website, you can vote on which titles you would like to see. The 14 titles on which you currently can vote encompass musicals by some of Broadway's biggest names including

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings Tags: Jerry Herman, John Kander and Fred Ebb, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Stephen Schwartz, Stephen Sondheim

A Brilliant Disguise: Springsteen Live Archive Series Spotlights Los Angeles, 1988

July 9, 2015 By Randy Fairman 4 Comments

Springsteen Live LA

The next release in Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's live archive series has just been announced: LA Sports Arena, California, 1988.  Coming toward the end of the U.S. leg of the Tunnel of Love Express Tour, this concert is from April 23, 1988 - the second night of a five-night stand in Los Angeles.  Performances from other nights in this stand have shown up on Springsteen videos over the years. The Tunnel of Love Express Tour marked several changes for Springsteen.  Most

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Rock Tags: Bruce Springsteen

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