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Stir It Up: Bob Marley's 'Catch a Fire' Goes Deluxe for Its 50th Anniversary

September 22, 2023 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

Bob Marley Catch a Fire 50th

One of reggae's most enduring international releases gets the deluxe treatment this fall, with a new reissue of Bob Marley & The Wailers' Catch a Fire. Available November 3, the 50th anniversary set (available on three CDs or three LPs with a single-sided bonus 12") brings together Marley's first album for Island Records along with an unreleased 1973 concert at London's Paris Theatre, unreleased session versions (similar to material featured on a 2001 deluxe edition of the album) and

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul, Reggae Tags: Bob Marley, Bob Marley and the Wailers

Arthur Baker Presents Dance Masters: John Luongo - The Classic Dance Remixes

September 21, 2023 By

Dance Masters John Luongo CD box

4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon U.K. (signed print) / Amazon Canada 6LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. (signed print) / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Arthur Baker-presented Dance Masters series follows generous box sets on Shep Pettibone and Baker himself with a new overview of John "T.C." Luongo, who parlayed working in and around the Boston club scene into more than a decade of 12" remix work, first for some of the greatest R&B artists crossing

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

The Complete Budokan 1978

September 21, 2023 By

Dylan Budokan cover

4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Bob Dylan camp is re-examining the artist's time in Japan with a brand-new box set showcasing two of the sets from Budokan in full. The Complete Budokan 1978 offers four CDs of Dylan and his band's sets on February 28 and March 1, 1978, with 36 of the 58 tracks released for the first time and everything newly remixed from the original 24-track analog tapes. (In a simple, delightful twist of

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

In Utero: 30th Anniversary Edition

September 20, 2023 By

Nirvana In Utero 5CD

5CD: UDiscoverMusic.com / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada  8LP: UDiscoverMusic.com / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada  2CD: UDiscoverMusic.com / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP + 10-Inch: UDiscoverMusic.com / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The culmination of the band's tragically short career, Nirvana's In Utero initially stoked fears over its raw, aggressive, and seemingly uncommercial sound.  To say that those fears were unfounded is an

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Rock

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret: Deluxe Edition

September 20, 2023 By

Non Stop Erotic Cabaret

Marc Almond's Tenement Symphony isn't the only title involving the U.K. synthpop singer going deluxe this year. On October 20, UMR will give you all a boy could give you with a massive deluxe edition of Soft Cell's breakthrough debut album, Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret.  The 6CD set, housed in a 10" x 10" box, presents the beloved New Wave classic alongside a treasure trove of B-sides, remixes, live cuts, demos and other audio curiosities. Of the set's 98 tracks, 40 of them are previously unreleased,

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Electronic, Pop

Tulsa Sound

September 20, 2023 By

JJ Cale Tulsa Sound

The 9-LP collection Tulsa Sound features new remastered versions of late guitarist-singer-songwriter J.J. Cale's eight studio albums released on the Shelter and Mercury labels between 1971 and 1983, along with a ninth bonus disc, The Early Years, collecting six single sides Cale cut for Liberty Records in 1965 and 1966. All albums have been remastered at Abbey Road Studios and will be pressed on assorted color vinyl. The box also includes a 40-page hardback book featuring rare photos,

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Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock

Space is Deep: A Classic Hawkwind Live Album Gets a Box Set in September

September 18, 2023 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Hawkwind Space Ritual

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

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD Genre: Everything Else, Rock Tags: Hawkwind, Lemmy Kilmister, Motörhead

Twisting by the Pool: Dire Straits Offer Expanded, Unreleased Material for Live Box Set

September 18, 2023 By Mike Duquette 7 Comments

Dire Straits Live 1978 1992 vinyl packshot

When Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits reissued their classic catalogue in a box set in 2020, it only covered studio recordings. Now, a companion box will feature their live material, including 29 unreleased tracks. Live 1978-1992 will offer expansions of two classic Dire Straits concert albums (1984's Alchemy: Dire Straits Live and 1993's On the Night, one of the last releases before their dissolution), the 1993 companion EP Encores, 1995's Live At The BBC compilation and, for the first time

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler, Thin Lizzy

True Faith: New Order's Classic Compilation 'Substance 1987' Gets Expanded

September 15, 2023 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

New Order Substance 2023

Style over Substance? New Order offered both on their unforgettable 1987 compilation - and it's getting expanded as a 4CD set this fall. The newly-remastered Substance 1987 collects once more a dozen classic sides from the British electronic band, from 1981's ceremony to the then-new "True Faith" as well as exclusive updates of "Temptation" and "Confusion." The double vinyl is pressed on black or retail-exclusive red and blue discs, while the 2CD and double cassette (the latter exclusive to

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Cassette, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Electronic, Rock Tags: New Order

Release Round-Up: Week of September 15

September 15, 2023 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

The Who Who's Next

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

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Beck Bogert & Appice, Carly Simon, Hank Williams, Herb Alpert, John Kander and Fred Ebb, Steve Miller Band, The Who, Willie Nelson

Keeping the Faith: Second Billy Joel Vinyl Box Coming Soon

September 14, 2023 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Billy Joel Vinyl Collection 2

Call it another matter of trust: Legacy Recordings is releasing a second Billy Joel vinyl box. The Vinyl Collection, Vol. 2, releasing November 3, brings newly remastered and repressed LP versions of Joel's final six studio albums - Glass Houses (1980), The Nylon Curtain (1982), An Innocent Man (1983), The Bridge (1986), Storm Front (1989) and River of Dreams (1993) - plus the debut vinyl pressing of Joel's classical compositions set Fantasies & Delusions (2001) and the premiere audio

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

They Don't Know: Massive Kirsty MacColl Box, Packed with Hits Unreleased Tracks, Due in October

September 12, 2023 By Mike Duquette 8 Comments

Kirsty MacColl See That Girl

For just over two decades, Kirsty MacColl was one of England's most uniquely talented female rock singer/songwriters. This fall, nearly a quarter century after her passing, a new box set will examine her career in-depth. See That Girl (1979-2000), coming October 27 from Universal Music Recordings in the U.K., is an 8CD set loaded with 161 singles, rarities, remixes, live cuts and duets - including 47 previously unreleased recordings. Produced in partnership with the singer's estate, the set

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Billy Bragg, David Byrne, Kirsty MacColl, The Pogues

Relight My Fire: Edsel's 'Dance Masters' Series Continues with John Luongo Box

September 7, 2023 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

Dance Masters John Luongo CD box

Demon/Edsel's Dance Masters series only just released its second volume this summer - but a third one is on the way this fall, spotlighting the work of acclaimed remixer John Luongo. The Arthur Baker-presented series follows generous box sets on Shep Pettibone and Baker himself with a new overview of John "T.C." Luongo, who parlayed working in and around the Boston club scene into more than a decade of 12" remix work, first for some of the greatest R&B artists crossing over into disco,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: ABC, Bananarama, Billy Idol, Cher, Dan Hartman, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Fine Young Cannibals, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Huey Lewis and The News, John Luongo, John Waite, Johnny Mathis, KC and the Sunshine Band, Level 42, Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Marlena Shaw, Melba Moore, Patti Labelle, Peter Schilling, Rick Springfield, Shakin' Stevens, Soft Cell, Tina Turner, Visage, Wang Chung, ZZ Top

Is Your Love in Vain? Bob Dylan Expands Budokan Live Album for New Box Set

September 7, 2023 By Mike Duquette 12 Comments

Dylan Budokan packshot

There was something about Midwestern-born rockers on the CBS Records roster making stops at the Nippon Budokan Hall in Japan. In 1979, Columbia issued not one but two live albums from the Tokyo venue, both simply titled At Budokan. While the one by Cheap Trick essentially made them stars in their home country, a double album of rearranged hits from Bob Dylan sharply polarized fans and critics. Now, on November 17, the Dylan camp is re-examining the artist's time in Japan with a brand-new box

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Bob Dylan

Heart-Shaped Box: Nirvana's "In Utero" Returns in 30th Anniversary Box Set Editions

September 5, 2023 By The Second Disc 9 Comments

Nirvana In Utero 5CD

The culmination of the band's tragically short career, Nirvana's In Utero initially stoked fears over its raw, aggressive, and seemingly uncommercial sound.  To say that those fears were unfounded is an understatement: the 1993 album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and the U.K. Albums Chart, and has since been certified 6x Platinum in the United States.  On October 27, it will return from Geffen/UMe in a multi-format 30th anniversary edition. As TSD opined back in August 2013 as the

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Nirvana

Release Round-Up: Week of September 1

September 1, 2023 By The Second Disc 5 Comments

Peter Frampton at Royal Albert Hall

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today! Jethro Tull, Broadsword and the Beast: 40th Anniversary Edition (Parlophone) 5CD/3DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada This 40th anniversary "Monster Edition"of the Jethro Tull classic will feature Steven Wilson's new mixes of the original album, a slew of rare and previously unreleased recordings, demos, early mixes, and a 1982

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, SACD Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else, Folk, Pop Tags: Belinda Carlisle, Deacon Blue, Gordon Lightfoot, Jethro Tull, Neil Young, Peter Frampton, Tom Waits

And That's Not Nearly All: Soft Cell's 'Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret' Goes Massive for Box Set Season

August 31, 2023 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

Non Stop Erotic Cabaret

Marc Almond's Tenement Symphony isn't the only title involving the U.K. synthpop singer going deluxe this year. On October 20, UMR will give you all a boy could give you with a massive deluxe edition of Soft Cell's breakthrough debut album, Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret. The 6CD box set, housed in a 10" x 10" box, presents the beloved New Wave classic alongside a treasure trove of B-sides, remixes, live cuts, demos and other audio curiosities. Of the set's 98 tracks, 40 of them are previously

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Electronic, Pop Tags: Marc Almond, Soft Cell

Party It Down: "We're An American Band" Explores U.S. Hard Rock with Grand Funk, Vanilla Fudge, Mountain, Spirit, Nazz, More

August 30, 2023 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

We're An American Band

We're An American Band: the new 3-CD collection from Cherry Red's Grapefruit Records is titled after Grand Funk (Railroad)'s 1973 chart-topping anthem.  The song penned by Don Brewer and produced by Todd Rundgren was a semi-autobiographical look at life on the road, complete with parties, groupies, and guest stars.  The story goes that the title phrase developed from a friendly argument between Grand Funk and Humble Pie about British vs. American rock.  Brewer insisted that wasn't the way it

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Grand Funk Railroad, Iron Butterfly, Love, Mountain, Spirit, The Nazz, The Stooges, Todd Rundgren, Vanilla Fudge, Various Artists

Call Me the Breeze: J.J. Cale Vinyl Box Due in October

August 28, 2023 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

JJ Cale Tulsa Sound

Though not a household name like his contemporaries, J.J. Cale's guitar skills were celebrated by many of his peers - and his country/blues/jazz style helped usher in a whole new subgenre which lends its name to a new Cale vinyl box set: Tulsa Sound. Tulsa Sound features new remastered versions of Cale's eight studio albums released on the Shelter and Mercury labels between 1971 and 1983, along with a ninth bonus disc, The Early Years, collecting six single sides Cale cut for Liberty Records

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock Tags: J.J. Cale

Dookie: 30th Anniversary Edition

August 28, 2023 By

Dookie box

4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 6LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Official Store (color variant) The 4CD or 6LP edition features Green Day's bestselling original album alongside a collection of unreleased demos and rare outtakes, plus two live sets: the trio's infamous, mud-soaked performance at Woodstock '94 (released on vinyl for the album's 25th anniversary in 2019) and an unheard performance from just a month before in Barcelona, Spain. The boxes also have

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock

The Studio Albums: 1996-2004

August 28, 2023 By

Dio Studio Albums box

4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP/7": Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Niji Entertainment and BMG's The Studio Albums 1996-2004 features the final recordings Ronnie James Dio made with his band before the singer's passing in 2010. It'll be available on CD as well as a limited edition vinyl set featuring color variations for each album: 1996's Angry Machines will be pressed on Halloween orange with black marble vinyl, the double-album Magica (2000) on transparent

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock

Diamonds and Pearls: Super Deluxe Edition

August 28, 2023 By

Diamonds and Pearls deluxe cover

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

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Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

Over-Nite Sensation: 50th Anniversary Edition

August 28, 2023 By

Frank Zappa Over Nite Sensation

5CD/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP (45 RPM) Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP Deluxe Edition: Zappa.com / uDiscoverMusic.com The first of Frank Zappa's two Gold albums returns for its 50th anniversary in a new deluxe edition in various formats: a 4CD/1Blu-ray super deluxe edition, 2LP and 3LP "highlights" editions, and digital and Dolby Atmos releases.  The five-disc (4CD/1Blu-ray Audio) Super Deluxe Edition features a whopping 88 tracks in total,

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Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else

You Keep On Moving: David Coverdale Pays Tribute to Deep Purple Years with Expanded Whitesnake Set

August 28, 2023 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

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

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Deep Purple, Whitesnake

I'm the Slime: Zappa's "Over-Nite Sensation" Goes Super Deluxe for 50th

August 28, 2023 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Frank Zappa Over Nite Sensation

The title of Frank Zappa's 1973 album Over-Nite Sensation was, expectedly, dripping with sarcasm; the album was the prolific composer-bandleader's seventeenth overall release. But the "sensation" part was spot-on. The LP became Zappa's first of two U.S. gold-certified releases and an ideal entry point into his musical world. On November 3, Zappa Records and UMe celebrate the 50th anniversary of this landmark record in a variety of formats including a 4CD/1Blu-ray super deluxe edition, 2LP and

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else Tags: Frank Zappa

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