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Release Round-Up: Week of October 29

October 29, 2013 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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Bananarama, Deep Sea Skiving / Bananarama / True Confessions / Wow! / Pop Life / Please Yourself: Deluxe Editions (Edsel) The pop trio's London discography gets the royal treatment with these 2CD/1DVD expanded editions featuring loads of rare and unreleased bonus tracks. Deep Sea Skiving: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Bananarama: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. True Confessions: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Wow!: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Pop Life: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Please Yourself: Amazon U.S. /

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets Tags: Leo Sayer, Patti Page, The New Christy Minstrels, The Ramones

Release Round-Up: Week of October 22

October 22, 2013 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

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Tears for Fears, The Hurting: Deluxe Edition (Mercury/UMe) The landmark debut album from the U.K. hitmakers celebrates its 30th anniversary with a new double-disc deluxe edition stocked with rare single-only material and a deluxe box set version with a bonus disc of John Peel sessions and the In My Mind's Eye live concert film on DVD. 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 3CD/1DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Van Morrison, Moondance: Expanded Edition (Warner Bros./Rhino) Though Van would rather you

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, DVD Tags: Laura Nyro, Matt Monro, Queen, Robin Trower, Spencer Davis Group, Tears for Fears, Ten Years After, The Waterboys, TLC, UFO, Van Morrison

Release Round-Up: Week of October 15

October 15, 2013 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

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Eric Clapton, Unplugged: Expanded and Remastered Edition (Reprise/Rhino) The guitar god's '90s comeback was done on an acoustic. The Grammy-winning, best-selling album and the acclaimed episode of MTV Unplugged from which it was taken are paired up and considerably expanded, more than two decades later. (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) King Crimson, The Road to Red (Panegyric) Holy crumbs, this 21CD/1DVD/2BD set is a massive tribute to King Crimson's Red album, including new stereo and surround

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets Tags: ABBA, Paul Simon, Taylor Dayne, The Alan Parsons Project, The Art of Noise, The Partridge Family, Vinyl

Release Round-Up: Week of October 8

October 8, 2013 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Barbra Streisand, Martina McBride, Neil Diamond, Talking Heads, Tammy Wynette, Television, The Kinks, The Police, The Stooges, The Velvet Underground, Tony Bennett

Release Round-Up: Week of September 30/October 1

October 1, 2013 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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Most titles this week are already out in the States, on account of Justin Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience - 2 of 2 hitting stores on Monday. So without further ado... Rush, The Studio Albums 1989-2007 / Vapor Trails Remixed (Atlantic/Rhino) All of the Canadian rock gods' albums for Atlantic in one box, with 2002's Vapor Trails newly remixed (and available separately). The Studio Albums: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Vapor Trails Remixed: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. The Bongos, Phantom Train /

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets Tags: Old 97's, Patrice Rushen, Patti Page, Perry Como, Poco, Richard Barone, Rush, Sarah McLachlan, The Bongos, The Grateful Dead, The Lords of the New Church, Waylon Jennings

Release Round-Up: Week of September 24

September 24, 2013 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

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Nirvana, In Utero: 20th Anniversary Edition (DGC/UMe) The grunge icon's final album is greatly expanded in numerous formats for its two-decade mark, with B-sides, a new mix of the album and the band's Live and Loud concert feature from MTV on CD and DVD. Check the post above to figure out which one suits you best! 1CD Standard remaster: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 1CD Expanded remaster: Target (U.S.) 2CD Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 3CD/1DVD Super Deluxe Box: Amazon U.S. / Amazon

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, DVD Tags: Lenny Kravitz, Nirvana, The Band, The Mamas and The Papas, The Waitresses, Vinyl

Release Round-Up: Week of September 17

September 17, 2013 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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The Band, LIve at the Academy of Music: The Rock of Ages Concerts (Capitol/UMe) This five-disc box set (four CDs and a DVD) features selections from The Band's famed four-night run in New York in 1971. Though these shows would create the live Rock of Ages album, this box instead features highlights from the shows on two discs (including guest appearances by Bob Dylan), another two discs of the complete soundboard mix of the final concert on New Year's Eve 1971, and a DVD with 5.1 surround mixes

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets Tags: Matt Monro, Oscar Peterson, Roy Orbison, The Alan Parsons Project, The Band, The Grateful Dead, Vinyl

Release Round-Up: Week of September 10

September 10, 2013 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

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The Clash, Sound System / Hits Back / 5 Studio Album Box Set (Columbia/Sony Music/Legacy) Coming from the U.K., a new double-disc Clash compilation, a simple box of the band's classic albums in new mini-LP packaging (The Clash (U.K.), Give 'Em Enough Rope, London Calling, Sandinista! and Combat Rock) and a deluxe swag-filled set featuring those five albums, three discs of non-LP tracks and unreleased rarities and a DVD full of more rare treats. Hits Back (2CD): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Hits

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets Tags: The Clash, Vinyl

Release Round-Up: Week of September 3

September 3, 2013 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

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Rod Stewart, Rarities (Mercury/UMe) It's Rod at his rarest: two discs of outtakes, non-LP singles and other good stuff, including two unreleased BBC session tracks. (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Jefferson Starship, Live in Central Park NYC May 12, 1975 / Claudia Lennear, Phew! / Ponderosa Twins Plus One, 2+2+1=Ponderosa Twins Plus One / Jo Ann Campbell, All the Hits--Her Complete Cameo Recordings / Joanie Sommers, Come Alive!--The Complete Columbia Recordings / Stonewall Jackson, Original

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Mike Oldfield, Poco, Rod Stewart, Rush, Stonewall Jackson, The Breeders, The Paley Brothers, Vinyl

Release Round-Up: Week of August 27

August 27, 2013 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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The Beach Boys, Made in California (Capitol/UMe) Six discs of career-spanning tunes - hits and rarities aplenty - from the best band to come out of Hawthorne, California. (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Bob Dylan, Another Self Portrait (1969-1971): The Bootleg Series Vol. 10 (Columbia) Revisit one of the most polarizing periods of Dylan's career with the latest Bootleg Series entry, featuring outtakes from Nashville Skyline, Self Portrait and New Morning. A deluxe version includes Dylan and The

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Bob Dylan, Mario Lanza, Naked Eyes, Nina Simone, Robert Palmer, Sly & The Family Stone, The Band, The Beach Boys, Vinyl

Release Round-Up: Week of August 20

August 20, 2013 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

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Fleetwood Mac, Then Play On: Deluxe Edition / Fleetwood Mac: 1969-1972 (Warner Bros./Rhino) The pre Buckingham-Nicks era of the Mac gets some love on CD and vinyl: their last Peter Green-led album from 1969 is expanded with bonus tracks, and it's also included in a remastered vinyl box set with follow-ups Kiln House (1970), Future Games (1971) and Bare Trees (1972) (plus the 1969 single "Oh Well" on 45). Then Play On: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 1969-1972: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Jimi

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets Tags: Nas, Richard Pryor, Santana, Sarah McLachlan, Tammy Wynette, The Lumineers, The Monkees, The Staple Singers

Release Round-Up: Week of August 13

August 13, 2013 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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Harry Nilsson, Flash Harry (Varese Vintage) Never released in the U.S. or on CD, the wave of Nilssonmania continues with this: Harry's last album, released in 1980, now available on remastered vinyl or CD with several unheard bonus tracks. CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. LP: Amazon U.S. Nik Kershaw, The Riddle: Remastered Expanded Edition (UMC) Kershaw's second LP, featuring one of the most criminally underrated singles ever in the title track, is reissued as a double-disc set with B-sides,

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Tags: Nik Kershaw, The S.O.S. Band, Vinyl

Release Round-Up: Week of August 6

August 6, 2013 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

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Elvis Presley, Elvis At Stax (RCA/Legacy) Four decades after the King decamped to the famous Memphis studio to cut some country-fried soul sides, this triple-disc box set presents the fruits of those labors, greatly re-contextualized from the original albums that featured these sessions (1973's Raised on Rock/For Ol' Times Sake and 1974's Good Times). 3CD box set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 1CD highlights: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2LP highlights: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Gloria

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets Tags: Vinyl

Release Round-Up: Week of July 30

July 30, 2013 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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Nilsson, The RCA Albums Collection (RCA/Legacy) Easily one of the box set purchases of the year. Every one of the legendary singer/songwriter's 14 solo albums for the RCA label, newly remastered and expanded with bonus tracks, mono mixes and other treasures, plus another three discs of rarities and outtakes. The packaging is beautiful and the music more than matches. You will not be disappointed. (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Dionne Warwick, The Complete Warner Bros. Singles / We Need to Go Back

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets Tags: Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Sly & The Family Stone, The Cult

Release Round-Up Special: James Taylor, CSN, "Blade Runner" Released by Audio Fidelity

July 16, 2013 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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In lieu of a standard Release Round-Up this week, here's a look at the major three titles that are out today: the latest gold discs and SACDs from Audio Fidelity. The titles released today are Crosby, Stills & Nash's CSN, James Taylor's Gorilla and Vangelis' soundtrack album to Blade Runner. The third studio album by the folk-rock supergroup Crosby, Stills and Nash, released in 1977, is crucially different from the ones before - this time, there's no contribution from Neil Young. (Young

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Soundtracks Tags: Crosby Stills and Nash, James Taylor, Vangelis

Release Round-Up: Week of July 9

July 9, 2013 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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Merry Clayton, The Best of Merry Clayton (Ode/Legacy) Tell all the people: the singer who gave The Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter" its soulful grit recorded several LPs for Lou Adler's Ode label. In honor of her belated star turn in the new documentary Twenty Feet from Stardom, Legacy has released the first-ever compilation of selections from these works, including many impressive covers of the likes of The Doors, James Taylor and Neil Young. (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Brainstorm, Journey

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Tags: Merry Clayton, The S.O.S. Band

Release Round-Up: Week of July 2

July 2, 2013 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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CHIC and Various Artists, Nile Rodgers Presents The CHIC Organization: Up All Night - The Greatest Hits (Rhino U.K.) This new double-disc compilation, featuring hits from CHIC, Sister Sledge, Debbie Harry and more, might be the best Nile Rodgers-centric compilation in its price range. (Amazon U.K. / Amazon U.S.) Blood Sweat & Tears, Rare, Rarer & Rarest / Joe Farrell Quartet, Joe Farrell Quartet / Herbie Hancock, Treasure Chest / Sha Na Na, The Night is Still Young (Wounded Bird) A

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets Tags: Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Herbie Hancock, Sister Sledge, The Allman Brothers Band, The Association, The Grateful Dead, Vinyl

Release Round-Up: Week of June 25

June 25, 2013 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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The Beatles, Help! (Blu-Ray Disc) (Capitol/Apple) The Fab Four's second film gets the hi-def disc treatment. (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) The Three O'Clock, The Hidden World Revealed (Omnivore) Early works by power-pop legends The Three O'Clock shine on this new compilation, featuring cuts from their early works on Frontier Records and 10 unreleased tracks. (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Omnivore) Released on

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Big Star, Bob Marley, Steve Earle, Sylvester, The Allman Brothers Band, The Beatles, The Moody Blues, The Three O'Clock, Vinyl

Release Round-Up: Week of May 28

May 28, 2013 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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Wings, Wings Over America: The Paul McCartney Archive Collection (MPL/Hear Music/Concord) Paul McCartney's first great U.S. tour was chronicled brilliantly on this 1977 live album, and it's been greatly expanded herein for McCartney's ongoing reissue campaign. 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 3CD (Best Buy exclusive) 4CD/1DVD box: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Tony Bennett & Dave Brubeck, 

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets Tags: Burt Bacharach, MFSB, Paul McCartney, The Monkees, The O'Jays, Tony Bennett

Release Round-Up: Week of May 7

May 7, 2013 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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TABU Reborn, Wave 3: The S.O.S. Band, S.O.S. / Cherrelle, High Priority / Alexander O'Neal, Hearsay / Kathy Mathis, Katt Walk (Tabu/Edsel) The latest wave of Tabu reissues available from the U.K.: all have bonus tracks, with Cherrelle and Alexander O'Neal's sets presented as two-disc packages. Amazon U.K. links are above; here are U.S. links for The S.O.S. Band, Cherrelle, Alexander O'Neal and Kathy Mathis. Burt Bacharach, Anyone Who Had a Heart: My Life and Music (Harper) One of the

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Burt Bacharach, Shirley Bassey, Small Faces, The S.O.S. Band

Release Round-Up: Week of April 30

April 30, 2013 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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Shalamar, Friends: Deluxe Edition / The Isley Brothers, Winner Takes All: Expanded Edition / Bootsy Collins Presents Sweat Band: Expanded Edition / The Gap Band, Gap Band VII: Expanded Edition / Billy Paul, Lately: Expanded Edition (Big Break) The Big Break titles we covered yesterday include a double-disc expansion of one of Shalamar's most enduring LPs, plus Isleys, P-Funk and albums from Total Experience Records. Full coverage/pre-order links here! Blue Oyster Cult, Imaginos / Sea

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Tags: Mott the Hoople, Phyllis Hyman, Shalamar, The Isley Brothers, The Tubes

Release Round-Up: Week of April 23

April 23, 2013 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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Bob Marley & The Wailers, Kaya: 35th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (Island/Tuff Gong/UMe) A newly-remastered deluxe version of Marley's follow-up to Exodus, featuring the bonus track "Smile Jamaica" and an unreleased live show. A vinyl edition includes the regular album and the bonus track. 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Electric Light Orchestra, Zoom / Live / Jeff Lynne, Armchair Theatre (Frontiers) ELO's 2001 album Zoom, and a subsequent set from a tour to

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Tags: Bob Marley

Release Round-Up: Week of April 16

April 16, 2013 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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Shuggie Otis, Inspiration Information/Wings of Love (Epic/Legacy) Nearly 40 years after Inspiration Information, Shuggie Otis' second and most recent LP, the R&B singer/songwriter/guitarist returns with a greatly expanded double-disc edition of that album featuring material recorded in the intervening years. (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) David Bowie, Aladdin Sane: 40th Anniversary Remaster (EMI) Ziggy goes back to America in this newly-remastered straight reissue of the 1973

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Release Round-Up: Week of April 9

April 9, 2013 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

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Brainstorm / S.O.S. Band / Cherrelle / Alexander O'Neal, "Tabu Reborn" Expanded CD Editions (Wave 1) (Tabu/Edsel) After a fresh batch of vinyl last week, the Tabu Records reissue campaign (going strong through next year) kicks off with expanded editions of Brainstorm's Stormin', The S.O.S. Band's III, Cherrelle's Fragile and Alexander O'Neal's self-titled debut. All feature bonus tracks (Alexander O'Neal has a bonus disc) and fresh deluxe packaging. Stormin': Amazon U.S. / Amazon

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Morrissey, Paul Anka, Sandie Shaw, The S.O.S. Band, Vinyl

Release Round-Up: Week of April 2

April 2, 2013 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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The S.O.S. Band / Cherrelle / Alexander O'Neal, "Tabu Reborn" Vinyl Editions (Wave 1) (Tabu/Edsel) The start of a lengthy reissue campaign from Demon Music Group, these are 180-gram vinyl reissues of The S.O.S. Band's III (1982), Cherrelle's 1984 debut Fragile, and Alexander O'Neal's self-titled debut from 1985. Expanded editions of these albums come out on CD next week, followed by a great many more waves of product throughout 2013 and into 2014! S.O.S. Band: Amazon U.S. / Amazon

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets Tags: Mad Season, Margaret Whiting, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Nancy Wilson, Rilo Kiley, Simple Minds, Stephanie Mills, The Four Tops, The Grateful Dead, The S.O.S. Band

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