Craft Recordings has been doing great things with the Stax Records catalogue in honor of its 60th anniversary (check out our most recent review of the new Isaac Hayes box set for proof!) - and now, they're continuing a beloved box set series with a new collection of the label's singles. Continuing the trend established by The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (released in 1991 and reissued by Rhino in 2016), The Complete Stax-Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 2: 1968-1971 (1993, reissued 2014) and
A Case of You: Herbie Hancock's 'River: The Joni Letters' Celebrates 10 Years with Expanded Reissue
A decade ago, Herbie Hancock's latest surprised both jazz enthusiasts and mainstream audiences - and now, it's available in a new expanded edition. Verve and UMe will reissue Hancock's River: The Joni Letters for its 10th anniversary this Friday, December 15. The original album, mostly featuring songs of Joni Mitchell, will be paired with a bonus EP of four additional recordings from the sessions. Two of them - covers of "A Case of You" and "All I Want" - were previously only available on an
Flying High: Craft to Release Country Joe and The Fish Vinyl Box
The Summer of Love may be 50 years over, but Craft Recordings is getting into the spirit of the season next month with a deluxe vinyl box set of every album released that year by psych-rock outfit Country Joe and The Fish. The Wave of Electrical Sound is a 4LP/1DVD box that features remastered mono and stereo versions of the group's two 1967 albums, Electric Music for the Mind and Body and I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die, both released by Vanguard Records. All records will be pressed on
Far Beyond The Pale Horizon: Roxy Music Expand Debut Album for 45th Anniversary in 2018
While Roxy Music essentially broke up at the start of this decade - having performed on and off since 1972 - guitarist Phil Manzanera promised a box set covering the band's first album back in 2014. Now, it's one of the latest reissue announcements in a rapidly-filling 2018 release schedule. UMC will release a 3CD/1DVD version of the British art-rockers' debut on February 2. In addition to the original album (presented as mastered by Bob Ludwig in 1999), two discs of unreleased material will
Opportunities: Pet Shop Boys Go Back to the Beginning with Remasters of Original Reissue Campaign
Almost a year after the Pet Shop Boys announced their Catalogue 1985-2012 reissue series - which, over the course of 2017, saw the expansion of the remaining un-reissued albums from the duo's Parlophone years - they will restart things with new remasters of the first three entries in the series. The band's debut album Please (1986) and follow-ups Actually (1987) and Introspective (1988) will all be remastered and reissued March 2. These 2CD sets faithfully replicate the Further Listening
Review: Big Country, 'We're Not In Kansas (The Live Bootleg Box Set 1993-1998)'
Everyone's got a band they love that just gets under their skin the way that others don't. Maybe they're loved by countless others around the world, maybe they've got a smaller but intense cult following - but when their music hits you, the air around you changes, you feel lighter, you want to share the feeling with your most loved and trusted friends. Big country is one of those bands for me. "In a Big Country," the band's sole U.S. Top 40 hit from 1983, had a profound impact on me as a
The People's Tenor: Pavarotti Celebrated with New Compilation, Massive Box Set
Luciano Pavarotti's career began at the Teatro Municipale in Reggio Emilia in northern Italy, playing Rodolfo in Puccini's La bohème in 1961. It ended at the Winter Olympics in Turin in 2006 where, before a live and televised audience of millions, he delivered one final rendition of his signature aria, "Nessun dorma," from Puccini's Turandot. In those 45 years, he was inarguably the world's most beloved operatic tenors, crossing over on a level few international stars of any genre had ever
Singles Box Rising For The Fall At Cherry Red
John Peel famously summed up his favorite band, The Fall, as such: "They are always different; they are always the same." So it's little surprise that the Manchester post-punk group's complete singles output would take up a box set - a 7CD box released by Cherry Red Records this week. The Fall's The Singles 1978-2016 will collect the sides issued by the group during those years on a number of labels, most notably Rough Trade, Beggars Banquet and Cherry Red itself, the group's current label
World Turning: Fleetwood Mac To Expand Self-Titled 1975 Album
Over the last few years, Fleetwood Mac and Warner Music have worked together to expand their most "classic rock" era--the albums recorded with the line-up of Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood between 1975 and 1987. After deluxe editions of Rumours, Tusk, Mirage and Tango In The Night, the group finally unites the chain with a new expansion of their self-titled 1975 album, the first to feature this line-up, due in January 2018. Before the album
Soundtrack Watch: Varese Preps Limited Editions For Goldsmith, Jarre, Stephen King Films
There's been a flurry of great catalogue activity from our friends at soundtrack label Varese Sarabande! A trio of limited editions, an exciting wide reissue of two soundtracks to a popular film series, and a quirky, cool box set tied to a popular novelist have all been announced by the label in the last few weeks. Varese recently put the latest titles in their long running limited edition CD Club on sale, right around Halloween--so it's fitting that the first is a horror score from the late,
Hail! Hail! Chuck Berry's 'The Great Twenty-Eight' Becomes Vinyl Box Set
One of the greatest compilations of all time is going deluxe thanks to the team at UMe. A five-disc vinyl version of Chuck Berry's The Great Twenty-Eight (1982) is due in stores in early 2018. The Great Twenty-Eight may have one of the most accurate titles in compilation history: more than two dozen of the Missouri-born rock legend's best-loved singles and B-sides from his most successful period on Chess Records from 1955 to 1965. Ten of the tracks were Top 40 hits on Billboard's Hot 100,
A Fine Romance: Verve To Release Unheard Ella Fitzgerald Live Gig
A previously unreleased pair of Ella Fitzgerald live sets are coming to CD next month, as part of a celebration of the iconic singer's centennial year! 1956 was a pivotal year for Ella Fitzgerald. She had recently become the first artist on her manager Norman Granz's brand-new label Verve Records. That year, she'd record and release Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Song Book, her first of eight albums over the next decade that would spotlight and celebrate various composers of what we
Feel The Force: Vinyl Box is Disney's First Catalogue Release For 'Star Wars'
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...well, five years ago in California, anyway...The Walt Disney Company purchased Lucasfilm Ltd. for a staggering $4 billion, gaining the rights to George Lucas' space epic Star Wars and beginning a new sequel trilogy (as well as several film and TV spin-offs) in the $42 billion franchise. Only now, however, has Disney Music Group announced its first physical catalogue product: a triple-LP vinyl box set of John Williams' original Oscar-winning score to
Life Is Right: Omnivore Plans Standalone Release For Classic Big Star Concert
Omnivore Recordings has long been the destination for all things Big Star--and next year, the label will release one of the band's few official live concerts outside of the box set it debuted in. Live At Lafayette's Music Room, to be released January 12, showcases the legendary power pop band kicking off 1973 at the acclaimed Memphis venue. Co-founder Chris Bell had recently departed the group, leaving singer/guitarist Alex Chilton, bassist Andy Hummel and drummer Jody Stephens to continue as
If You Just Believe: Josh Groban Expands Hit Holiday Album for 10th Anniversary
The Christmas season is almost upon us, and classical crooner Josh Groban is celebrating with an expanded edition of Noël, his best-selling holiday album. Released in the fall of 2007, a holiday record was something of an inevitability for the lyric baritone, who at the time had spent the better part of the previous decade becoming an adult contemporary sensation. At 19, he stepped in for opera singer Andrea Bocelli during a rehearsal for the Grammy Awards in 1999, where he sang "The Prayer"
Extra-Terrific: Inside The Art of La-La Land's 'E.T.' Soundtrack Reissue
Attendees of this past weekend's Mondo-Con were treated to a special new print from the master pop-culture provider: a striking new poster for E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. Eagle-eyed fans will recognize the graphic from its debut on La-La Land Records' 35th anniversary double-disc expansion of John Williams' Oscar-winning soundtrack. It's a wondrous image: of the film's protagonist Elliott, seen from behind astride his bicycle as he looks upward into the evening sky, reflecting on the incredible
The Pharcyde Take Another 'Bizarre Ride' On Expansion of Their Debut Album
One of '90s hip-hop's most acclaimed albums--as well as one of the most beloved rap debut albums of all time--is being reissued and expanded this month to mark its quarter century. The Pharcyde's Bizarre Ryde II The Pharcyde will get the red carpet treatment by Craft Recordings as either a 2CD expanded edition or a 5LP set that includes the original album and all three of its original 12" singles. Both sets, released November 17, will be remastered by Dave Cooley at Elysian Masters and
The Boss: Diana Ross Celebrated with New Digital Compilation
Usually it takes 60 years to get to a diamond anniversary, but what's a few years early to celebrate Diana Ross! The R&B legend will be honored with a lifetime achievement award at the American Music Awards on November 19, and a new digital compilation will be released that weekend (Friday, November 17) to get the celebration started. Diamond Diana: The Legacy Collection is a breezy 15-track non-chronological trip through Miss Ross' unprecedented career. Focusing primarily on her solo
Happy Christmas, Beatle People! New Fab Four Holiday Vinyl Box, 'Sgt. Pepper' Remix Hi-Def Audio and Vinyl Announced
The Beatles are planning three special gifts for collectors, just in time for the Christmas season: a vinyl box set of the band's beloved Christmas messages to fans, plus new editions of this year's Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band remix and reissue on vinyl and hi-def digital audio. All three titles hit stores December 15! If you were a Beatlemaniac during the band's original heyday, nothing could be better than getting a special present from The Beatles Fan Club. Seven original
Bananarama Bunch Up Remixes On Expanded 'Greatest Hits Collection'
Ahead of their upcoming tour--including their first trek to America!--Bananarama will reissue their Greatest Hits Collection (1988) with a bonus disc of original material. Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey and Keren Woodward were once named the female vocal group with the most chart entries ever by the Guinness Book of World Records, and it's not too outlandish a claim. If you've been near a radio on both sides of the Atlantic since the '80s, you've probably heard at least one of their hits:
Bad As Him: Tom Waits' Anti- Catalogue To Be Remastered, 'Real Gone' Remixed
Iconoclastic singer Tom Waits is reissuing the latest part of his catalogue this winter. Waits' website recently announced remastered CD and vinyl editions of his entire Anti- catalogue, issued between 1999 and 2011. Waits and his longtime wife/musical collaborator Kathleen Brennan have personally remastered these six albums, with 2004's Real Gone receiving a new remix by Karl Derfler. The titles will release roughly in reverse chronological order: 2011's Bad As Me streets next Friday,
One of a Kind: Bruford Brings Box Set
As the founding drummer of Yes and a prominent member of King Crimson in the 1970s, Bill Bruford was a key figure in the developing prog rock scene. Now, he's preparing a box set devoted to the first band he ever created: the aptly-titled Bruford. Seems Like a Lifetime Ago 1977-1980 will include Bruford's complete output, with some exciting extras as well. The group's first two albums, Feels Good to Me (1978) and One of a Kind (1979), have been newly remixed in both stereo and 5.1 surround by
Yeh Yeh! Matt Bianco Expands Sophomore Album On Cherry Pop
Cherry Pop will reissue an expanded edition of Matt Bianco's self-titled sophomore album this week, with a dazzling array of bonus tracks. Released in 1986, Matt Bianco introduced a new line-up of the U.K.-based continental jazz-pop group; vocalist Basia and keyboardist Danny White had both left the group (the duo would collaborate on every Basia solo album afterward); vocalist Mark Reilly subsequently recruited Mark Fisher, who'd played keyboards for Wham!, to share creative responsibilities
Lovin' You: Capitol/UMe to Reissue Minnie Riperton's Breakthrough Album
No one else could make us feel the colors that Minnie Riperton brings--and this winter, a newly expanded edition of her breakthrough album, 1974's Perfect Angel, will honor the singer for what would have been her 70th birthday. Born on the South Side of Chicago, Minnie Riperton was a musical pro when she released Perfect Angel in 1974. Blessed with a five-octave range and a compelling high soprano, she'd sung background vocals on many Chess Records releases and had joined the label's
Review: The Smiths, "The Queen Is Dead: Deluxe Edition"
The Smiths have been apart far longer than they were together in the mid-1980s, making the Manchester quartet today less of a band and more of an idea. It's interesting to see how a new deluxe edition of The Queen Is Dead (Warner Bros. 0190295783372), the group's most lauded album, interprets that thesis through its content and packaging. While the band may have made for a mere cult sensation in America, but in their native England (where success was fleeting but far more consistent), they
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