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Kritzerland Takes Flight With "The Red Balloon" World Premiere Release

August 4, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

The Red Balloon

For its latest release, the Kritzerland label has turned to a classic film in which music is very nearly a central character.  Though it won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, writer-director Albert Lamorisse's 1956 The Red Balloon (Le Ballon Rouge) has very little dialogue.  Many scenes of its whimsical story play only with music, and others just with natural sound.  Now, the movie's bewitching score by Maurice Le Roux is coming to disc for the very first time in a two-for-one

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Jean Prodromidès, Maurice Le Roux

All This Time: Sting to Issue Vinyl Box Set

August 2, 2016 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

Sting The Studio Collection

Can't get enough of the vinyl resurgence? Looking to bone up on the solo works of Sting ahead of his first rock album in nearly 15 years? A new box set has got you covered. A&M/Interscope will release The Studio Collection, an 11-LP set covering all of Sting's eight solo albums between 1985 and 2013, on September 30. The set, which features meticulously recreated packaging, new vinyl masters cut at Abbey Road Studios and the debuts of both Brand New Day (2000) and Sacred Love (2003) on

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Sting

(Don't) Walk On By: Rumer's "This Girl's in Love" Celebrates Bacharach and David

August 1, 2016 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Rumer This Girls In Love

I hear the music coming out of your radio... Who's today's foremost young interpreter of the timeless music of Burt Bacharach and Hal David?  Chances are many would answer with one name: Rumer.  On October 21, the singer-songwriter will release her first full-length tribute to the songwriting legends with the debut on Rhino/EastWest of her fourth album, the eagerly-anticipated This Girl's in Love: A Bacharach and David Songbook. In 2010, Rumer released the single Sings Bacharach at

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Burt Bacharach, Hal David, Rumer

Now, Voyager: Big Break Collects Dexter Wansel's "Philadelphia International Records Anthology"

August 1, 2016 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Dexter Wansel Anthology

Are you ready to blast off?  With the August 5 release of Dexter Wansel's Stargazer: The Philadelphia International Records Anthology 1976-1980, Big Break Records is headed for the stars.  Wansel was one of the brightest lights of PIR's "Mk. II" period, releasing four criminally underrated LPs on the label.  His work as an artist, songwriter, arranger and producer pushed the envelope of Philly soul, bringing in elements of jazz fusion and even progressive rock.  Stargazer brings together all of

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Dexter Wansel

Back On The Street Again: Vibe On Records Reissues, Expands Cher's "I Paralyze"

July 29, 2016 By Joe Marchese 24 Comments

Cher I Paralyze

I Paralyze, the seventeenth studio album from the one and only Cher, had all of the earmarks of a hit album.  Her first and only LP for Columbia Records, it boasted a line-up of heavy hitters including producer-songwriters John Farrar (a string of Olivia Newton-John's most beloved hits including "Magic," "Have You Never Been Mellow," and "Hopelessly Devoted to You") and David Wolfert (whose credits include Melissa Manchester, Dolly Parton, Barbra Streisand and Dusty Springfield), songwriter

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Cher

Out On The Run Tonight: Bruce Springsteen to Release Companion Album to Autobiography With 5 Unreleased Tracks

July 28, 2016 By Randy Fairman 6 Comments

Bruce Springsteen Chapter and Verse

Being in the public eye for over 40 years and being one of the biggest rock stars on the planet for much of that time, there has been much written and documented about Bruce Springsteen - from articles to interviews to documentaries to books.  But despite some of his songs having some personal content, The Boss had never sat down to tell his own story.  Happily, this fall, Springsteen's autobiography Born To Run is released by Simon and Schuster on September 27. Four days before that, on

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

Let There Be More Light: Pink Floyd Announces Massive Box Set Tracing Band's Early Years

July 28, 2016 By Randy Fairman 10 Comments

Pink Floyd Creation

Back in May we told you about Pink Floyd's vinyl reissue campaign for this year.  At the time, there was no word on any further CD reissues.  But all that changed this morning when word came out about what may be the most expansive Pink Floyd project yet:  the 27-disc The Early Years 1965-1972.  Due to be released on November 11 from Pink Floyd Records/Sony, the set contains 6 CD/DVD or Blu-ray book-style packages (which will be released separately) and a 7th "Extra" CD/DVD or Blu-ray package

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Pink Floyd

Towering Twosome: Robinsongs Reissues Jazz-Disco Classics From Lalo Schifrin, Brick

July 28, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Lalo Schifrin Black Widow and Towering

In a career now in its seventh decade, there's little that Lalo Schifrin hasn't accomplished.   The four-time Grammy-winning Argentinean composer-arranger-conductor created one of the most memorable television themes of all time with his "Mission: Impossible," worked with Count Basie, Cannonball Adderley and Sarah Vaughan, scored innumerable films (racking up six Oscar nominations in the process) and released a variety of solo albums for labels including Verve, Tabu and CTI.  Two of his LPs for

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Funk, Jazz, R&B/Soul Tags: Brick, Lalo Schifrin

Review: Rhonda Ross, "In Case You Didn't Know"

July 27, 2016 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Rhonda Ross In Case You Didnt Know

In Case You Didn't Know: Rhonda Ross has dropped a new release.  The album of that title showcases the singer-songwriter on a set of fourteen potent, original tracks.  Ross, a gifted vocalist with an expressive instrument, has written or co-written every song on the album, and though the CD's exclusive retailer CD Baby categorizes the record as "Jazz Fusion" - calling to mind the liquid soundscapes of Return to Forever or Weather Report - that term only tells part of the artist's story.  The

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Rhonda Ross

Above and Beyond: Varese Brings Papa John Phillips, Wynn Stewart to Vinyl

July 27, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

John Phillips John the Wolfking of LA

For his first solo album - and lone solo LP released during his lifetime - John Phillips was careful not to repeat himself.  With The Mamas and the Papas in the rearview mirror at that moment in time, Papa John reinvented himself as John, The Wolfking of L.A. and surrounded himself with the day's top musicians to craft a beguiling, mellow portrait of Los Angeles circa 1970.  Varese Vintage expanded this one-of-a-kind record on CD in 2006, and has recently issued it on a new 180-gram vinyl

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: Country, Pop Tags: John Phillips, The Mamas and The Papas, Wynn Stewart

Dream Weaving: Gary Wright's Lost "Ring of Changes" Premieres, Features George Harrison and Mick Jones

July 26, 2016 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Gary Wright and Wonderwheel Ring of Changes

In a career spanning seven decades, there's little Gary Wright hasn't accomplished.  Having earned a role on Broadway before hitting his teenage years, the musically-talented New Jersey native moved to London, formed Spooky Tooth, befriended George Harrison, played on hit records from Harrison, Ringo Starr and Harry Nilsson, and launched his own successful career with smashes like "Dreamweaver" and "Love is Alive."  But one chapter of the Gary Wright story has been long lost: his 1972 album Ring

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Gary Wright, George Harrison, Mick Jones

Let's Go Out Tonight: David Bowie's "Who Can I Be Now" Box Set Arrives In September

July 25, 2016 By Randy Fairman 4 Comments

David Bowie Who Can I Be Now

Hot on the heels of last Friday's announcement that the next David Bowie box would include the unreleased album The Gouster, the details of what will be in the box have been released from Parolphone.  Coming on September 23 in CD, vinyl and digital download editions, David Bowie - Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976) will contain the following albums: Diamond Dogs (Remastered) 1-CD David Live (Original Mix) (Remastered) 2-CD David Live (2005 Mix) (Remastered) 2-CD The Gouster (Previously

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: David Bowie

Can You Hear Me: Upcoming David Bowie Box To Premiere Unreleased Album "The Gouster"

July 22, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

David Bowie The Gouster

What is The Gouster? Parlophone Records has the answer with the upcoming release of the second in the series of David Bowie's complete albums box sets, Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976). The label promises a full announcement next week of the set which will follow last year's Five Years (1969-1973), but in the meantime, a special addition to the box has been confirmed: the unreleased album The Gouster, an embryonic version of 1975's "plastic soul" classic Young Americans which found Bowie

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Shake It Up: Hot Shot Offers Hi-NRG On "Shoot Your Shot: The Divine Anthology"

July 22, 2016 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Shoot Your Shot The Divine Anthology

John Waters once called the late Divine his "fearless muse."  The so-called Pope of Trash and People's Pervert noted when speaking of the documentary film about his friend's life, "Who else could convincingly turn from teenage delinquent to mugger, prostitute, unwed mother, child abuser, fashion model, nightclub entertainer, murderess and jailbird, all in the same movie?"  Indeed, Divine's career was an extraordinary, and extraordinarily unlikely, one.  Divine's musical side has been celebrated

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance Tags: Divine

RPM Collects Unit 4 + 2 On "Concrete and Clay: The Complete Recordings"

July 21, 2016 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Unit 42 Complete

Unit 4 + 2 still gets airplay today thanks to "Concrete and Clay."  The 1965 single which hit No. 1 on the U.K. Pop charts and No. 28 on the U.S. Hot 100, and inspired covers by everyone from Gary Lewis and the Playboys to They Might Be Giants (including Randy Edelman's hit revival in 1976).  But there was more to the British pop band, as evidenced by RPM's double-CD anthology, Concrete and Clay: The Complete Recordings.    The 43 tracks here hail from 1964-1969 and encompass two albums, an EP

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Ticket to Ride: The Beatles' "Live at The Hollywood Bowl" Arrives In September

July 20, 2016 By Joe Marchese 21 Comments

Beatles Live at the Hollywood Bowl

Since the advent of the compact disc era, The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl has been the forgotten stepchild of the Fab Four's legendary catalogue.  That's about to change with the first-ever commercial CD/DD release of the 1977 album on September 9 via Apple/UMe.  The newly-retitled, remixed, remastered and expanded Live at the Hollywood Bowl will arrive one week in advance of the September 16 premiere of director Ron Howard's documentary film Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years which

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: The Beatles

Sail Away: "The Randy Newman Songbook" Box Set, "Vol. 3" Coming Soon

July 20, 2016 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Randy Newman Songbook 1

Randy Newman is back...just when America needs him the most!  While we're all waiting for the mordant troubadour's new studio album, due in 2017, Nonesuch Records has announced the September 23 release of the limited edition vinyl box set The Randy Newman Songbook.  This collection will premiere the third volume of his Songbook series (also available in a standalone edition) which began back in 2003. For more than fifty years, Newman has been a foremost chronicler of the American experience,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Randy Newman

That's The Way: Led Zeppelin's "Complete BBC Sessions" Coming In September

July 19, 2016 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Led Zeppelin Complete BBC Sessions

A whole lotta love is coming from Led Zeppelin this fall with the release from Atlantic/Swan Song of The Complete BBC Sessions on September 16.  This new collection expands the original double-disc set, from 1997, which was culled from the band's appearances on BBC radio between 1969 and 1971. This updated version has been fully and newly remastered under the supervision by Jimmy Page, and expanded with eight unreleased BBC recordings, including three rescued from a previously "lost" session

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Led Zeppelin

They Say It's Wonderful: Real Gone September Slate Includes Robert Goulet, Porter Wagoner and The Meters

July 19, 2016 By Randy Fairman 3 Comments

Robert Goulet Definitive

Even though summer has just begun, Real Gone Music is already looking toward the end of the season with its September releases.  As per the label's norm, the artists represented span a wide range of styles and genres. We've already told you about the Second Disc Records/Real Gone release of The Isley Brothers' lost Groove With You...Live! album.  Joe has also written the liner notes for another of Real Gone's September offerings:  Robert Goulet's 2-CD The Definitive Collection.  Joe put

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Country, Funk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Angel Witch, Dionne Warwick, Porter Wagoner, Robert Goulet, The Isley Brothers, The Meters, X-Ray Spex

BREAKING! Isley Brothers' "Groove with You...Live!" Coming From Second Disc Records, Real Gone Music

July 19, 2016 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Isley Brothers Groove with You Live

Are you ready to groove with us? On September 2, "The Great Lost Isley Brothers Album" is coming to CD from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music!  In 1980, Ronald, Rudolph, O'Kelly, Ernie and Marvin Isley and Chris Jasper were riding high with their singular, electrifying fusion of rock, funk and soul.  After having transformed in 1973 from a three-man vocal group to a self-contained six-man band, The Isleys cranked out hit after hit.  Original powerhouses like "That Lady," "Fight the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: The Isley Brothers

Bad Boy for Life: New Five-Disc Box Celebrates East Coast Hip-Hop Label

July 18, 2016 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Bad Boy Box Set

In the late '90s and early '00s, East Coast rap was dominated by one label: Bad Boy Entertainment. Now, their first 20 years will be celebrated in a five-disc box set later this summer. First reported by Billboard, Bad Boy Presents The 20th Anniversary Box Set features 80 curated tracks spanning from the label's first release, Craig Mack's "Flava in Ya Ear," up to 2014. Longtime Bad Boy associate and current president Harve Pierre produced the set, and journalist Michael A. Gonzalez provides

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Rap/Hip-Hop Tags: Janelle Monae, P. Diddy, Puff Daddy, The Notorious B.I.G., Various Artists

Last Train To Clarksville: The Monkees Compile Hits and Favorites On "50" and "Forever"

July 15, 2016 By Joe Marchese 12 Comments

Monkees 50 and Forever

"You Bring the Summer," goes one of the brightest tracks on The Monkees' new hit album Good Times!  Well, the summer is bringing more of Micky, Davy, Peter and Mike with the dual August 26 releases of Monkees Forever and The Monkees 50.  This announcement comes hot on the heels of the release of the lavish, definitive Blu-ray collection of The Monkees' television show! These two new collections are timed for the band's 50th anniversary (currently being celebrated on the road by a successful

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: The Monkees

An Apple A Day: RPM Collects Grapefruit's Fab "Yesterday's Sunshine"

July 15, 2016 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Grapefruit Yesterdays Sunshine

RPM Records continues to leave no stone unturned as it explores groups and artists that may have fallen between the cracks over the years. A recent release from Grapefruit is no exception. Throughout their relatively short existence, the members of the four-piece pop-psych band Grapefruit enjoyed the imprimatur of The Beatles.  Signed to Apple Music Publishing, the band was given a major promotional push but never attained any major success on the singles chart, and by the time the album

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Grapefruit, The Beatles

More Powerful Than A Locomotive: DC Celebrates Musical Legacy with New Collection

July 14, 2016 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

The Music of DC Comics Vol 2

Superheroes and comic book characters have become a larger force in pop culture over recent years with many comic-book based properties racing to the top of list box-office winners each year, and over ten comic book-related television shows scheduled to air this fall on various networks.  DC Comics, home to Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and dozens of others, has been a big part of that.  Next week also sees the annual San Diego Comic Con taking place, the largest comic and pop culture gathering

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Hans Zimmer, John Williams, Neal Hefti, Shirley Walker, Sun Ra, The Blues Project, Various Artists

Grim Grinning Ghosts! New Children's Book Series Features Audio Treasures from Disneyland

July 14, 2016 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

The Haunted Mansion

If you're a Disney fan looking for the perfect gift for a young reader and/or catalogue obsessive in training, have we got a gift for you! Next Tuesday sees the first release in a new Disney Publishing series for children. "Disney Parks Presents" will extend the experience of your favorite Disney attractions to the page and your CD player! It's a series of picture books with new original artwork, packaged with custom CDs that offer a newly-created audio version of the featured

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