The annals of rock have been filled with colorful characters, but few can compare to Richard Penniman, a.k.a. Little Richard. Over the course of just eighteen months beginning in 1955, the man who has called himself The King and Queen of Rock and Roll recorded the songs that laid the foundation of the genre, notching seventeen R&B Top 10s - four of which also made the Pop Top 10. After that initial burst of fame, however, Richard retreated from the spotlight. The new box set Directly from
Jim Peterik, Don Dixon, Jules Shear, Justin Currie, Julian Velard Fight Cancer on "You Can't Live on Love Alone"
Many of you reading this might know Popdose as one of your favorite pop-culture hangouts on the Internet. Recently, our good friends at Popdose have curated a special digital-only release that not only features an array of remarkable artists, but helps a great cause, too. You Can't Live on Love Alone: Songs for the Fight Against Multiple Myeloma arrived on Amazon last week, on June 2. This 19-track compendium is headlined by artists ranging from veterans (Jim Peterik of The Ides of March
More "I Love You"s: Cherry Pop Reissues, Expands "The Lover Speaks"
The Lover Speaks once more! Cherry Red Group's Cherry Pop label has just offered up a new, expanded and remastered reissue of the new wave duo's gleaming slice of synth-pop. 1986's eponymous debut for The Lover Speaks, a.k.a. vocalist-lyricist David Freeman and composer-arranger Joseph Hughes, might be best remembered today for including the original recording of "No More 'I Love You's," a 1995 hit for Annie Lennox on both sides of the Atlantic. But Cherry Pop's reissue makes the case for the
Release Round-Up: Week of June 9
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, headlined by the long-awaited return of The Rolling Stones' Sticky Fingers in a variety of formats and editions! The Rolling Stones, Sticky Fingers (UMe) 3-CD/1-DVD Super Deluxe Edition Box Set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-CD/1-DVD Deluxe Edition Box Set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-CD Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 1-CD Standard Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-LP Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Digital Download:
Love Is The Answer: Edsel Collects Complete Big Tree Albums of England Dan and John Ford Coley
Here's one from the "Just in Case You Missed It" Department... Thanks to the endurance of hit songs like "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" and "We'll Never Have to Say Goodbye Again," the music of England Dan (Seals) and John Ford Coley is still in regular rotation on soft-rock and oldies radio stations today. The duo was only together for roughly a decade, but in that time they notched over ten charting singles, three of which went Top 10 Pop and four of which topped the Adult
The Bad Seeds: "Nick Cave Heard Them Here First" Features Dylan, Cash, Pitney, More
Ace Records has an unusual name on its roster: that of Australian musical iconoclast Nick Cave. An artist who's lived up to his description as rock's "Prince of Darkness," Cave has nonetheless drawn on a wide array of influences in crafting his own intense, personal and powerful songbook. Ace has rounded up the original versions of 25 songs recorded over the years by the artist on the collection entitled Nick Cave Heard Them Here First. This anthology follows the label's similar sets for The
Hey, Look Me Over! Harbinger Celebrates The Music of Cy Coleman On New Collection
When Bob Dylan released his first collection of standards earlier this year, the venerable singer-songwriter took umbrage at the notion that he was "covering" classic songs. "I don't see myself as covering these songs in any way," he reflected. "They've been covered enough. Buried, as a matter a fact. What me and my band are basically doing is uncovering them." Among the songs uncovered by Dylan was Cy Coleman and Joseph McCarthy's "Why Try to Change Me Now," first recorded by Frank Sinatra
Review: Nils Lofgren, "Nils Lofgren"
Nils Lofgren was only in his teenage years when Neil Young called upon him to add piano and guitar to his now-classic 1970 album After the Gold Rush. The Chicago-born musician's association with Young announced him in a big way, launching a career that flourishes to this very day. Lofgren served a brief stint in Crazy Horse, playing on that band's 1971 album, and with his own band Grin recorded four well-received albums between 1971 and 1973 on the Epic and A&M labels. It was in 1975 for
They're Gonna Groove: Led Zeppelin Reissues Final Three Albums On July 31 In Variety of Formats
Come this July, worldwide release day shifts to Friday. And with this morning's announcement from Led Zeppelin, it looks like Friday, July 31, will be the mightiest of the month - and perhaps even the summer! On that date, the band will conclude its deluxe edition series with a plethora of reissues for its three final studio albums: Presence, In Through the Out Door and Coda. As with the previous deluxe editions, Presence, In Through The Out Door, and Coda have been newly remastered by
Not Fade Away: Rhino Celebrates Live Grateful Dead With 4-CD and 80-CD Box Sets
With the ongoing celebration of the band's 50th anniversary and the upcoming reunion shows at Chicago's Soldier Field, the Grateful Dead have arguably been more visible in 2015 than in any point since the passing of Jerry Garcia in 1995. The long strange trip continues this fall with Rhino Records' release of the band's most lavish release to date. 30 Trips Around the Sun, due on September 18, is a whopping collection of never-before-released live Dead. It will be available both as an 80-CD
Always and Forever: Big Break Reissues Heatwave, Silver Convention
Big Break Records, an imprint of the Cherry Red Group, is back in a big way with its first three reissues of 2015! Expanded editions of Heatwave's first two albums Too Hot to Handle and Central Heating as well as Silver Convention's Summernights all have arrived in stores in the U.K. this week, and are due in the U.S. next week! Heatwave burst onto the scene in a big way with 1976's Too Hot to Handle, an album that lived up to its title with three hit singles. The group's membership crossed
Release Round-Up: Week of June 2
This week's Release Round-Up is headlined by a legendary singer-songwriter's first appearance on Second Disc Records, plus an array of box sets, reissues and beyond from across the musical spectrum! Paul Williams, A Little on the Windy Side: Expanded Edition (Second Disc/Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) The newest release from our very own Second Disc Records imprint of Real Gone Music is here! The first-ever American reissue of Paul Williams' 1979 Portrait Records album has
Love Conquers All: Paul Williams' "A Little on the Windy Side" ARRIVES TOMORROW From Second Disc Records
Tomorrow, June 2, sees the release of the newest title from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music: a remastered and expanded edition of Paul Williams' 1979 Portrait Records album A Little on the Windy Side! We hope you enjoy this special preview! Paul Williams closed out a decade of remarkable productivity with 1979's A Little on the Windy Side, his one and only album for Epic Records' Portrait imprint. Produced by his brother Mentor Williams in Nashville, Tennessee with the city's
River Deep Mountain High: Ace Returns to the Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich Songbook
With Sweet Things, Ace Records has picked a most apt title for its third volume of music from the Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry songbook (Ace CDCHD 1434). Though Greenwich and Barry were united as husband and wife for just the short period of 1962-1965, and only worked together for a short time after that, a year hasn't gone by since when their enduring songs haven't been recorded and re-recorded. The collection's 24 titles span 1963-1978 and blend hits and rarities from the duo with tracks
Break On Through: The Doors' "Other Voices" and "Full Circle" Come To CD, LP
A lost chapter of The Doors' story is finally coming to light this fall. On September 4, Rhino will reissue for the very first time on officially-sanctioned CD and 180-gram vinyl the two albums released by The Doors - John Densmore, guitarist Robby Krieger, and keyboardist Ray Manzarek - following the 1971 death of Jim Morrison: Other Voices (1971) and Full Circle (1972). The albums will be made available as a two-CD set, newly remastered by The Doors' longtime associate and original Other
Gasoline Alley Bred: The Hollies' "Complete 1969-1973" Box Set Coming From Parlophone
Parlophone is getting back on a carousel this July with the release of a new 5-CD box set from The Hollies. Changin' Times: The Complete Hollies January '69 - March '73 follows up the label's 2011 collection The Clarke, Hicks & Nash Years: The Complete Hollies: April 1963 - October 1968. The July 10 U.K. release collects every commercially-released album track and non-album single from the band recorded between January 1969 and March 1973, for a total of 92 songs (including some previously
Cherry Red's él Label Mines Jazz and Beyond with Django Reinhardt, Grant Green and More
Cherry Red's él label is in a jazz mood with three recent releases from two late legends of the guitar, Django Reinhardt and Grant Green, and one fondly-remembered group, The Temperance Seven! Though Django Reinhardt (1910-1953) lived to just 43 years of age, the Belgian-born French guitarist of Romani descent invented a wholly new vocabulary for jazz guitar, sometimes referred to as "gypsy jazz." Able to use just two fingers on his left hand, he created a singular style of swing thanks to
Going to the Country: "Dylan, Cash and the Nashville Cats" Chronicles Birth of Music City Country-Rock
Two legendary artists headline a new anthology arriving on June 16, 2015 from Legacy Recordings. Dylan, Cash and the Nashville Cats: A New Music City, a 2-CD, 36-track compilation, serves as an audio companion and soundtrack to the exhibit of the same name currently on display at Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame through December 31, 2016. Like the exhibit, this new release explores the timeless sounds created at the intersection of country, folk and rock in Nashville between, roughly
Cajun Honey: Ace Collects Rare Tracks By New Orleans' Clarence "Frogman" Henry and Eddie Bo
Mardi Gras 2015 may have come and gone, but Ace Records is keeping the sound of New Orleans alive year-round, most recently with a pair of new releases from two venerable artists - Clarence "Frogman" Henry and Eddie Bo. Born in 1937, New Orleans native Clarence Henry was one of many musicians inspired by blues singer and pianist Henry Roeland "Roy" Byrd, a.k.a. Professor Longhair. A pianist, trombonist and a vocalist with a croak that earned him the nickname "Frogman," the young Henry was
You Can't Ever Come Down: Esoteric Revisits "The American Metaphysical Circus"
"We were firmly in the American tradition of artistic and political radicalism intermixed with patriotism, and to thus establish a psychic 'distance' from The Beatles." So stated Joseph Byrd in a 2004 interview excerpted in the liner notes to Esoteric Recordings' new reissue of 1969's The American Metaphysical Circus. The album, credited to Joe Byrd and the Hippies, exemplified the adventuresome spirit of the era which led the venerable Columbia Records label to sign a number of
Release Round-Up: Week of May 26
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! We hope all of our U.S. readers enjoyed a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. And now, without further ado, onto the music! Yes, Progeny: Seven Shows from Seventy-Two (Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Finally, after a brief delay, Progeny is here! This whopping 14-CD box captures seven complete concerts from Yes circa 1972 - the same tour leading up to the performances preserved on Yessongs. For those who don't need 14 discs, 2-CD and 3-LP
In Memoriam: Anne Meara (1929-2015)
Please excuse this interruption of The Second Disc's regular programming to allow for a personal remembrance of the late Anne Meara (Fame, Rhoda, The King of Queens, All My Children). Anne Meara was so much more than "mother of Ben Stiller." Though that famous credit - of which she was incredibly, enormously proud - adorns many of the headlines about her passing this weekend at the age of 85, let it be known that Anne was also a comedienne, an actress, a humorist, a playwright, an artist, a
Review: Andrew Gold, "The Late Show - Live 1978"
Isn't it about time for an Andrew Gold renaissance? Then again, the late artist's music is still very much a part of today. Just tune in to TV Land, Hallmark, or Logo TV and you'll hear Cynthia Fee's rendition of Gold's "Thank You for Being a Friend" introducing the exploits of Dorothy, Rose, Blanche and Sophia on every episode of The Golden Girls. And when "yacht rock" playlists started popping up, reviving breezy, laid-back 1970s soft rock sounds (many of which emanated out of California),
Ace Collects Good Vibrations On "Here Today! The Songs of Brian Wilson"
2015 has been a banner year for Brian Wilson. The Beach Boys legend has already released a new album, is currently preparing for a tour with Searching for Sugar Man cult hero Rodriguez, and will next month see the full release in theatres of his biopic Love and Mercy. Ace Records is joining the celebration with the June 29 U.K. release (July 10 in the U.S.) of Here Today! The Songs of Brian Wilson. One of Ace's first releases in its Songwriters and Producers Series was 2003's Pet Projects:
It's Your Thing: The Isley Brothers' RCA and T-Neck Albums and More Collected On 23-CD Box Set
Get ready for a release that will make you want to shout! Today marks the 74th birthday of Ronald Isley, one-third of the original founding trio of The Isley Brothers. Since bursting onto the scene with 1959's Shout! on the RCA Victor label, Ronald, Rudolph and O'Kelly Isley - plus Ernie and Marvin Isley and Chris Jasper - the R&B legends have notched four Top 10 Pop singles, sixteen Top 40 albums, thirteen Gold, Platinum or Multi-Platinum albums, and inductions into the Rock and Roll
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