Cosmic rock doesn’t get much more cosmic (or ambitious!) than Hawkwind’s live album Space Ritual – and this month, it’ll be expanded beyond all imagination in an epic 10CD/Blu-ray box set from Cherry Red and Atomhenge, the label responsible for the group’s catalogue. Space Ritual (50th Anniversary Edition) will feature the original, newly remastered 1973 double album as well as new mixes in stereo and surround by Stephen W. Tayler. Additionally, the box will feature Tayler’s new mixes of the three live sets – recorded just before Christmas 1972 in Liverpool, Sunderland…
Release Round-Up: Week of September 15
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today! The Who, Who’s Next / Life House (Polydor/UMe) 10CD/1BD: The Who Official Store / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: The Who Official Store / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: The Who Official Store / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP (Album Only, Black Vinyl): The Who Official Store / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP (Half-Speed Mastered Album Only): The Who Official Store / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP (Transparent Blue Vinyl w/tip-on jacket): The Who Official Store Links TBD 4LP (Album + San Francisco Concert): The Who Official Store / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP (Album + Life House Demos): The…
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The Big Express (Surround Sound Series)
Following expanded remixes of XTC’s Drums and Wires, Black Sea, Skylarking, Oranges & Lemons and Nonsuch as well as the Dukes of Stratosphear collection Psurroundabout Ride, Steven Wilson has worked his stereo and surround magic on one of the two missing releases in that 1980-1992 run: The Big Express. The CD/Blu-ray set features the new mixes of the album in hi-res stereo and 5.1 surround, plus the first Dolby Atmos mix of an XTC album, along with three similarly mixed studio B-sides. Hi-res stereo versions of the original album and instrumental mixes will feature on the Blu-ray, alongside a…
Diamonds and Pearls: Super Deluxe Edition
7CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 12LP/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP (milky white vinyl): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Official Store (clear vinyl) Vinyl Singles Box: Official Store The expanded edition of Prince’s Diamonds and Pearls comes two years past the 30th anniversary of the album and features a wide assortment of the bonus audio content that’s accompanied expansions of 1999, Purple Rain and Sign O’ the Times. The album, newly remastered by Bernie Grundman, is complemented by a collection of B-sides, remixes and edits; 33 previously unreleased recordings from the…
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The Purple Album: Special Gold Edition
CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rhino gives David Coverdale and Whitesnake’s The Purple Album the ongoing remaster/remix treatment it’s given many of the band’s other albums with Coverdale in the driver’s seat. The remixed “Special Gold Edition” album of Mark III and Mark IV-era Deep Purple covers comes with a bonus disc of live material, alternate mixes, and the original demo tape that secured Coverdale the gig as the group’s frontman more than 50 years ago. An accompanying Blu-ray is packed with music videos, live clips and new commentary…
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You Keep On Moving: David Coverdale Pays Tribute to Deep Purple Years with Expanded Whitesnake Set
David Coverdale first entranced the rock world with his vocals as a onetime member of Deep Purple. The latest reissue from his own band, Whitesnake, will join his past and present together with some stirring archival finds for fans. On October 13, Rhino will give 2015’s The Purple Album the ongoing remaster/remix treatment it’s given many of the other albums with Coverdale in the driver’s seat. The remixed “Special Gold Edition” album of Mark III and Mark IV-era Deep Purple covers comes with a bonus disc of live material, alternate mixes, and…
Release Round-Up: Week of August 25
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today! Shania Twain, Come On Over: Diamond Edition (Mercury/UMe) 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP (U.S.): ShaniaTwain.com 3LP (International): ShaniaTwain.com 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Three years after revisiting one of her first major releases, 1995’s The Woman in Me, country-pop icon Shania Twain will do the same for her 1997 follow-up Come On Over – the album that made her a pop star. The Diamond Edition of Come On Over will encompass a number of formats, including 2CD/2LP standard…
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Wake Up: XTC to Release Remixed ‘The Big Express’
Break out your speakers and climb aboard: another remix of an XTC album by Steven Wilson is coming to CD and Blu-ray this fall. Following expanded remixes of Drums and Wires, Black Sea, Skylarking, Oranges & Lemons and Nonsuch as well as the Dukes of Stratosphear collection Psurroundabout Ride, Wilson has worked his stereo and surround magic on one of the two missing releases in that 1980-1992 run: The Big Express. The CD/Blu-ray set, available September 22, features the new mixes of the album in hi-res stereo and 5.1 surround, plus the…
Review: Elvis Presley, “Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite: 50th Anniversary Edition”
When Elvis Presley said Aloha from Hawaii 50 years ago, the whole world was watching – or close to it. The King, fashionably late, stepped onstage at Honolulu’s International Center (capacity at the time: roughly 6,000) at 1:00 a.m. on January 14, 1973 for a scheduled 12:30 a.m. concert. Satellites were beaming the program to a reported audience of over one billion. Another fanciful claim by Colonel Parker? Perhaps. But Aloha was a technological achievement. It was the most expensive entertainment broadcast to that point in history and suitably lavish, with Elvis…
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Release Round-Up: Week of August 11
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today! Elvis Presley, Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite: 50th Anniversary Edition (RCA/Legacy) 3CD/1BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Elvis Presley’s seminal 1973 returns for its 50th anniversary in a new box set. This edition takes its cues from the audio contents of last year’s 3-CD release from the mail-order Follow That Dream label but with some crucial changes. Here, you have the original album on CD 1 as remixed by Matt-Ross Spang for that ’22 release, the…
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Release Round-Up: Week of August 4
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! Spinners, The Complete Atlantic Singles: The Thom Bell Productions 1972-1979 (Real Gone/Second Disc) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music) This definitive 2-CD anthology from upcoming Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees The Spinners presents every one of the quintet’s beloved A- and B-sides helmed by the late, great Thom Bell on Atlantic Records, with each and every song in its original single version. It adds up to a total of 43 mighty tracks on 2 CDs,…
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That’s the Look: ABC’s ‘The Lexicon of Love’ Updated with 40th Anniversary Vinyl/Blu-ray Box
Who’s got the look? British band ABC’s effortlessly cool debut The Lexicon of Love helped established a cutting-edge style for the decade to come, and it’ll be reissued about a year on from its 40th anniversary this summer in a pair of new vinyl editions. Universal Music Recordings will bring Lexicon back into print on LP August 4 with a new half-speed master cut by Miles Showell at Abbey Road. That new master will also be featured as part of a 4LP deluxe box set, which will include nearly all the contents…
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Release Round-Up: Week of June 23
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today. Little Feat, Sailin’ Shoes: Deluxe Edition (Warner/Rhino) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1972’s Sailin’ Shoes was the second album from the original Little Feat lineup of singer-guitarist Lowell George, drummer Richard Hayward, keyboard player Bill Payne, and bassist Roy Estrada. The LP spawned numerous signature songs which would later be covered by the band’s many fans, including “Sailin’ Shoes” (Van Dyke Parks, Robert Palmer), “Easy to Slip” (Bob Weir, Black Crowes), “A Apolitical Blues” (Van Halen),…
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Ziggy Stardust: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (50th Anniversary)
Over 50 years after David Bowie bade farewell to one of his most recognizable onstage personas, the show in which he did so is being reissued and restored. Ziggy Stardust: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack will be reissued by Parlophone just one month after the exact anniversary of that landmark date at Hammersmith Odeon in London. Originally issued in truncated form in 1983, the program was remixed and restored in 2003; this updated presentation will feature two tracks finally added into the running order: a medley of “The Jean Genie” and The Beatles’…
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Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite: 50th Anniversary Edition
3CD/1BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Elvis Presley’s seminal 1973 returns for its 50th anniversary in a new box set. This edition takes its cues from the audio contents of last year’s 3-CD release from the mail-order Follow That Dream label: the original album on CD 1 as newly remixed by Matt-Ross Spang, the dress rehearsal on CD 2 as reprised from the 2013 Legacy Edition, and multiple takes of the additional songs captured for the U.S. broadcast on CD 3, also remixed by Ross-Spang. New to this release, however,…
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Elvis’ ‘Aloha’ Beams Into Box Set for 50th Anniversary
America said Aloha to Elvis Presley in between a trip to the Dark Side of the Moon and a visit to the Houses of the Holy when the once and future King’s Aloha from Hawaii album earned a berth between Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin atop the Billboard chart. Presley’s Honolulu concert of January 14, 1973, preserved on records by RCA, was monumental in every respect. The most expensive entertainment broadcast to that point in time, Aloha from Hawaii was viewed by an estimated audience of over one billion people. The RCA soundtrack has long been one of Presley’s most beloved…
Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide: Bowie’s Final Ziggy Gig Gets 50th Anniversary Reissue
Over 50 years after David Bowie bade farewell to one of his most recognizable onstage personas, the show in which he did so will be reissued and restored. Ziggy Stardust: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack will be reissued by Parlophone August 11, just a month after the exact anniversary of that landmark date at Hammersmith Odeon in London. Originally issued in truncated form in 1983, the program was remixed and restored in 2003; this presentation will feature two tracks finally added into the running order: a medley of “The Jean Genie” and…
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Release Round-Up: Week of June 2
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today. Sylvester, Disco Heat: The Fantasy Years 1977-1981 (Second Disc/Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music) Disco Heat: The Fantasy Years 1977-1981 celebrates the late disco/dance music pioneer with 26 tracks on two CDs drawn from all six of his albums for the label, as well as the rare 12-inch Disco Versions that kept the dancefloors burning. In addition to crossover smashes including “You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)” and “Dance (Disco Heat),” the collection offers an array…
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The Definitive 24 Nights
The Definitive 24 Nights (Duck/Reprise/Rhino, 2023) 6CD/3BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 8LP/3BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD 1-2/LP 1-3: 24 Nights: Rock 2CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD 3-4/LP 4-5: 24 Nights: Blues 2CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD 5-6/LP 6-8: 24 Nights: Orchestral 2CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rhino rolls out a series of releases telling an even deeper story of the period that birthed Eric Clapton’s classic 1991Gold-certified live set 24 Nights. The Definitive 24 Nights is a three-part box set, spread over six CDs or eight LPs and three Blu-rays,…
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Release Round-Up: Week of April 21
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! Philip Bailey, State of the Heart: The Columbia Recordings (1983-1988) (SoulMusic/Cherry Red) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) State of the Heart celebrates the timeless voice of Earth, Wind & Fire’s Philip Bailey with expanded editions of his three solo LPs for Columbia Records in the ’80s: 1983’s Continuation, 1984’s Chinese Wall (including the mega-hit Phil Collins duet “Easy Lover”) and 1986’s Inside Out. The set features eight bonus tracks, including rare dance remixes and a few soundtrack songs…
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Wonderful Tonight(s): Eric Clapton Announces ’24 Nights’ Box Set
Like Cheap Trick and Budokan or The Allman Brothers Band and the Beacon Theatre, Eric Clapton has a kind of bond with London’s Royal Albert Hall. He’s played there more than 200 times in the last 60 years – more than any other artist – and condensed two runs of shows at the venue into the live album 24 Nights in 1991, the start of a critical and commercial renaissance for the guitar legend. On June 23, Rhino rolls out a series of products telling an even deeper story of the period…
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Smash: The Singles 1985-2020
6LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3CD/2BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 6LP White Vinyl: PetShopBoys.com 3 Cassette: PetShopBoys.com Pet Shop Boys have rounded up most of their A-sides released between 1985 and 2020 on this new box set available in a variety of editions including 3CD, 3CD/2BD (with two Blu-rays of music videos and extras), 6LP standard black vinyl, 6LP white vinyl, 3 cassettes, and digital formats.
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Love Comes Quickly: Pet Shop Boys Collect 35 Years of Singles on “Smash”
Pet Shop Boys are looking back on 35 years of music with a newly remastered singles collection to be released on June 16 in a variety of formats. Synthpop duo Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe released their debut single in 1984 with “West End Girls.” The strikingly original song melding catchy pop and irresistible dance rhythms was generally well-received but Tennant and Lowe suspected it hadn’t met its full potential. The following year, they re-recorded a new version with producer Stephen Hague for their first studio album, Please. That version shot to…
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Review: Elvis Presley, “Elvis on Tour”
When Elvis on Tour hit the big screen in 1972, Elvis Presley was no longer the frequent cinema fixture of the 1960s, when he would crank out two or even three motion pictures a year. His last movie appearance was the 1970 documentary Elvis: That’s the Way It Is, chronicling the Elvis Summer Festival of 1970 at Las Vegas’ International Hotel. Elvis on Tour painted with an even larger canvas. Though it had originally been mooted as a new showcase of Presley’s Vegas performances, the concept soon expanded to cover his 15-city…
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GRRR! Live
3LP black vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP red vinyl: uDiscoverMusic.com / Rolling Stones Store 3LP white vinyl: Barnes & Noble 2CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Mercury Studios commemorates a special night on The Rolling Stones’ 50 & Counting tour with the release of GRRR Live!, a 24-song set recorded at Newark, New Jersey’s Prudential Center on December 13 and 15, 2012. The concert arrives in a variety of formats including 3LP black vinyl, 3LP red vinyl, 3LP white vinyl, 2CD/Blu-ray, 2CD/DVD, 2CD, and digitally. The DVD, BD, and digital…
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