The End of the Game, influential blues guitarist and Fleetwood Mac co-founder Peter Green's 1970 proper debut album, should have marked a beginning rather than the promised end. But Green's title was prescient; he didn't return with another album for almost a decade even as his old band skyrocketed to superstardom. Cherry Red's Esoteric Recordings imprint has just returned The End of the Game to CD in a single-disc, expanded edition. Green entered the studio for The End of the Game under
I'm a Believer: 7a Records Brings Micky Dolenz's "Live in Japan" to CD, DVD, and LP
Last year, 7a Records - the label dedicated to all things Monkees - chronicled the early 1980s rise of Monkeemania in Japan with the release of Davy Jones' Live in Japan. On May 8, 7a will celebrate another Monkee solo tour from that era with Micky Dolenz's own Live in Japan. Like Davy's entry, Micky's release will be available in CD/DVD and vinyl LP formats. Early 1982 saw Dolenz make the trip to Japan where he embarked on his first tour as a solo artist. Much as Jones had adopted the
Review: Hank Williams, "Pictures from Life's Other Side"
Hank Williams' Pictures from Life's Other Side isn't your ordinary box set. The collection from BMG is essentially a big, handsome coffee table book with six CDs as musical accompaniment. But when the subject is Hank Williams, the music can't be an afterthought - and it certainly isn't here. The discs in this lavish tome present all 144 tracks recorded by Williams for his 1951 radio show sponsored by the Mother's Best flour company. After gaining a considerable audience as part of the popular
U're Gonna C Me: New Wave of Prince Reissues Includes Live Box Set
Legacy Recordings and The Prince Estate are partying like it's 2001-2002! On April 17, The Rainbow Children (2001) and One Nite Alone... (2002) will be reissued along with Prince's first official live albums from the tour that took place in between those two studio releases. One Nite Alone...Live! and One Nite Alone: The Aftershow...It Ain't Over! will both premiere on vinyl in limited edition purple, while The Rainbow Children returns to CD for the first time in years and on a clear double
Shake a Tail Feather! RPM Collects Complete Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels
Between 1965 and 1968, Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels scored a series of hits on producer-impresario Bob Crewe's DynoVoice and New Voice labels. With the prolific Crewe at the helm, Ryder's records featured a fiery blend of blue-eyed soul and pure, high-adrenaline rock-and-roll. Mitch Ryder (real name: William Levise, Jr.) set the stage for Michigan rockers from Bob Seger to Grand Funk Railroad to conquer the charts. For one of its final releases, Cherry Red's RPM imprint has celebrated the
Parker's Mood: Craft Recordings Marks Charlie "Bird" Parker's 100th with New Box Set
Saxophonist and bebop pioneer Charlie "Bird" Parker (1920-1955) exerted tremendous influence on his contemporaries as he pushed the envelope of jazz with his trailblazing approaches to melody, rhythm, and harmony. 2020 would have marked Bird's 100th birthday, and Craft Recordings is getting ready to celebrate. On February 28, the label will release a new four-LP box set (also available digitally). The Savoy 10-Inch LP Collection brings together Parker's sessions for the venerable label spanning
Review: Bobby Hatfield, "Stay with Me: The Richard Perry Sessions"
During rehearsals for their landmark single "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'," Righteous Brother Bobby Hatfield reportedly asked producer/co-writer Phil Spector just what he was supposed to do while Bill Medley took the lead on the powerful song. Spector's reply? "Go to the bank!" The producer wasn't kidding, as the anthemic ballad became a No. 1 on both sides of the Atlantic, the fifth best-selling song of the U.S. in 1965, and the most-played song on radio and television of the entire 20th
More and More: Demon's "Gold" Series Features Andy Williams, Gene Pitney, The Tremeloes
Demon Music Group's Crimson Productions label is continuing its series of low-priced, music-packed releases under the Gold banner. Among January's releases in the series were titles from Andy Williams, Gene Pitney, and The Tremeloes. Andy Williams (1927-2012) remains one of the most beloved popular vocalists of all time. After brief affiliations with Columbia Records (with Kay Thompson and his siblings, The Williams Brothers) and RCA Victor's X imprint, Williams established himself at Archie
Dream Away: Mike Moran's "Time Bandits" Score Premieres on CD, George Harrison Song Included
BUY NOW FROM INTRADAGeorge Harrison founded Handmade Films in 1978 with partner Denis O'Brien to finance Monty Python's Life of Brian after the film's original financiers abruptly pulled out. What began as an act of generosity by Harrison to his friends in the Pythons led to one of Britain's most successful film studios during the 1980s. One of Handmade's most acclaimed films, 1981's Time Bandits, was directed by Monty Python member Terry Gilliam. Starring fellow Pythons John Cleese and Michael
Ace Round-Up, Part Two: Spotlight on Merseybeat Girls, "Jon Savage's 1969-1971" and "Deep Soul Treasures"
Today, we're looking at another trio of recent releases from the team at Ace Records! If you missed Part One of our Ace Round-Up, click here! While The Beatles are no doubt Liverpool's most famous musical export, Merseyside - spanning 249 square miles (or 645 square kilometers) bordering Lancashire to the northeast, Greater Manchester to the east, Cheshire to the south and southeast, and The Irish Sea to the west - yielded an abundance of groups like The Cryin' Shames, Gerry and The
Review: The Band, "The Band: 50th Anniversary Edition"
How to top Music from Big Pink? Wisely, The Band didn't even try. Ditching the Dylan co-writes and the covers, The Band returned with their self-titled sophomore LP in fall 1969. Late in 2019, Capitol Records and UMe remixed and expanded that now-classic effort for its 50th anniversary in the style of 2018's Big Pink campaign with releases in a variety of formats - most notably, a 2-CD/2-LP/1-BD/1 -7" single super deluxe edition. The so-called "Brown Album" was recorded about as far from New
Play Don't Worry: Mick Ronson's Post-Bowie Recordings Anthologized On New Box
The late Mick Ronson (1946-1993) was inextricably linked with David Bowie, playing with the superstar during his pre-fame days in The Hype and then as a Spider from Mars supporting Ziggy Stardust. But while Ronno's powerful licks still reverberate from his time with Bowie - on albums including The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars, Hunky Dory, Aladdin Sane, The Man Who Sold the World, Pin Ups, and Lou Reed's Transformer - he left behind a rich legacy of music in other
Let's Do It Again: Playback Records Returns with Curtis Mayfield, Timi Yuro Collections
Australia's Playback Records label returned to the scene in 2019 with a pair of new releases and the promise of more to come. Today, we're looking at those new titles from Curtis Mayfield and Timi Yuro! As a writer, producer, and artist - both solo and with The Impressions - Curtis Mayfield (1942-1999) was one of the foremost exponents of Chicago soul. He penned such favorites as Jan Bradley's "Mama Didn't Lie" and Major Lance's "The Monkey Time," not to mention such Impressions hits as
A Really Good Time: Bryan Ferry's "Live at the Royal Albert Hall 1974" Arrives on Friday
Bryan Ferry surely took some fans by surprise when, in 1973, he released his first solo studio album. These Foolish Things was named after the 1935 standard, quite a far cry from the original music he was recording as frontman of Roxy Music. The all-covers LP was a journey through Ferry's record collection, featuring his reimagined versions of songs by Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, Lesley Gore, Smokey Robinson, and others. He followed up These Foolish Things in 1974
Run Out Groove Preps Paul Butterfield, Type O Negative Releases; Voting Open for Next Titles
There are just fourteen days left to pre-order Run Out Groove's beautiful vinyl premiere of The Butterfield Blues Band's Live at Woodstock, capturing Paul Butterfield and co.'s memorable set on two 140-gram vinyl LPs with stunning new artwork in a deluxe tip-on jacket. Place your orders here! In the meantime, however, ROG has announced a new release from Type O Negative. Last year, ROG reissued the goth metal band's None More Negative box set in a sold-out limited edition, and now, the label
Kids In America: Kim Wilde's First Three Albums Get Deluxe Treatment From Cherry Red
We're all young heroes/We only wanna be free... Kim Wilde's first three albums, originally released on RAK Records between 1981 and 1983, have returned to CD and vinyl from Cherry Red's Cherry Pop imprint. Daughter of rock-and-roller Marty Wilde (also the subject of a recent retrospective from Cherry Red), Kim rose to fame on the international success of her debut single "Kids in America" which inaugurated a run of five consecutive top 20 hit singles in the United Kingdom. ("Kids" went top 40
Lovin' on Borrowed Time: Cherry Red Collects Fast Buck's "Complete Recordings"
BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COMThe 1976 release of the self-titled album Fast Buck on notorious music manager Don Arden's Jet Records label heralded the release of a powerful new hard rock band. Ed Hamilton (lead vocals/guitar), Andy Locke (lead guitar/vocals), Mike Baron (drums/vocals), and Dave Kerr-Clemenson (bass/vocals) all had experience in other groups - Hamilton in The Outlaws and The Nightshift, Locke and Kerr-Clemenson with Edison Lighthouse and Merlin Q, and Baron with Worth. Fast Buck
All of the Nights We'd Harmonize 'Til Dawn: Legacy Releases Live EP from Simon and Garfunkel
On November 28, 1969, The New York Times headline trumpeted "Simon and Garfunkel Perform to Full House at Carnegie Hall." Paul Simon described the concert as a "true test of faith" as The Rolling Stones were playing downtown at Madison Square Garden, but the duo's faithful certainly rewarded them (and were rewarded themselves) as both the November 27 concert and the second date that evening of November 28 were sold out. Despite dealing with the tensions that would drive them apart (and would
Ace Round-Up, Part One: London American and Westbound Records Anthologies
Having previously chronicled 1956-1966 over eleven volumes, Ace has returned to its London American Label series for a last (?) hurrah. The London American Label Year by Year: 1967 is packed with 28 stellar selections to illuminate a year in which the label was in steadfast decline. London had long been the destination for great American records, but the major U.S. companies were launching their own U.K. arms and declining to license to London. This led London to release fewer 45s from
Another Time, Another Place: Stage Door Expands Broadway's "Kwamina" For 2-CD Deluxe Edition
On January 31, Stage Door Records will revisit a short-lived yet ambitious 1961 Broadway musical from the co-writer of Damn Yankees and The Pajama Game. For his first musical since the baseball-centric Damn Yankees, composer-lyricist Richard Adler (working solo following the 1955 death of his partner Jerry Ross) turned his attention to a very different subject. Kwamina (which translates to "born on Sunday") recounted the (fictional) life story of Peter Kwamina Mwalla, the son of a West African
Milestones: "Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool" Soundtrack Coming on Legacy in February
Tuesday, February 25 will see the U.S. broadcast premiere of director Stanley Nelson's acclaimed film Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool, theatrically released last year. The Grammy-nominated Best Music Film chronicled the late Davis' life and art via previously unseen footage and new interviews with the likes of Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones, Carlos Santana, Clive Davis, Wayne Shorter and Ron Carter. Four days before the broadcast premiere, on February 21, Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings will
Wake Up Everybody: Vocalion Releases Quad SACDs from Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, O'Jays, Earth Wind and Fire, Helen Reddy
The U.K.'s Dutton Vocalion label has announced its first batch of hybrid SACD releases for 2020, all of which feature original quadraphonic and stereo mixes. (The stereo mixes are playable on all CD players.) This round follows an eclectic array of titles released in 2019 including albums by Paul Revere and The Raiders, The Guess Who, Argent, Blood Sweat & Tears, Carlos Santana, and numerous others. (Visit the Dutton Vocalion website for information on all of these titles and more!) The
You Oughta Hear The Song: Morello Reissues Classics from Tammy Wynette, Steve Goodman
Today, we're spotlighting two new releases from Cherry Red's Morello Records imprint. Tammy Wynette's One of a Kind/Womanhood/Just Tammy set of three albums on two CDs marks Morello's ninth visit to Wynette's extensive discography. This trio comprises her final three solo albums of the 1970s for the Epic Records label, all of which are making their CD debuts. All three LPs were produced by her longtime collaborator Billy Sherrill at CBS' Nashville studios and charted on the Billboard Country
All I Ever Wanted: Depeche Mode Announce Definitive Studio Collection On CD
Following a series of box sets collecting its 12-inch singles, pioneering English electronic band - and 2020 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees - Depeche Mode have announced a definitive survey of their studio works. The limited, numbered MODE is due on January 24 from Rhino/Warner (in the U.S.) and Sony (in the U.K.). The 18-CD collection rounds up all fourteen of Depeche Mode's studio albums plus four additional discs of bonus material. In total, MODE features 63 non-album singles,
You Got Me Anyway: Cherry Red Collects Complete Sutherland Brothers and Quiver on Box Set
This month, we'll be periodically looking at titles from the final months of 2019 which we haven't yet covered. Today's spotlight is on The Sutherland Brothers and Quiver's The Albums box set. Hailing from Aberdeenshire, Scotland, brothers Gavin and Iain Sutherland carved out one of the most consistent runs in '70s pop-rock, releasing eight melodic, memorable albums between 1972 and 1979 on the Island and CBS/Columbia labels. The brothers were born into a musical family, and when they moved
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