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A Ghost Is Born: Deluxe Edition

January 31, 2025 By

Wilco A Ghost is Born deluxe

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 9CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 9LP/4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Following an acclaimed, Grammy-winning deluxe edition of Wilco's mainstream breakthrough Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, the same creative team has assembled a similarly lavish set for the band's 2004 follow-up A Ghost is Born.  The deluxe set - made up of either nine CDs or nine LPs and four CDs - packages the

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

Power Up! 'Super Mario' Music Comes to CD and Vinyl

January 30, 2025 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Super Mario World

Video game music - particularly of a certain vintage - is kind of hit or miss in the physical catalogue space or otherwise, so it gives us pleasure to point out a few upcoming releases of music old, new and otherwise from Nintendo's venerable Super Mario series on CD and vinyl. Available for the first time as a sprawling 3LP set, Warner Music Japan will make available the original soundtrack album to 1990's Super Mario World - the plucky plumber's first side-scrolling adventure for the 16-bit

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, Soundtracks Tags: Koji Kondo, Nobuo Uematsu, Yoko Shimomura

The Complete CD Collection

January 29, 2025 By

Eric Burdon and WAR Complete CD Collection

Eric Burdon and WAR's The Complete CD Collection brings together the complete released output of the funk-soul band during the period in which it was fronted by ex-Animals vocalist Eric Burdon.  The 4-CD set has three complete albums: Eric Burdon Declares "War," The Black-Man's Burdon, and archival compilation Love Is All Around.  Bernie Grundman has remastered all albums.  As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Funk, R&B/Soul

Rush 50

January 29, 2025 By

Rush 50

4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 7LP: Amazon U.S. (TBD) / Amazon U.K. (TBD) / Amazon Canada (TBD) Super Deluxe 4CD/7LP: Official Store / uDiscover Music Rush 50 comprises a generous 50-track overview of the group's output spanning their entire career across four CDs or seven 180-gram LPs, plus a 104-page hardcover book featuring new 50th anniversary artwork by the band's creative director Hugh Syme and liner notes by David Fricke and Philip Wilding. (A super deluxe box set

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

Going Back Again: Rhino Boxes Fleetwood Mac's Classic Quintet Albums

January 29, 2025 By Mike Duquette 16 Comments

Fleetwood Mac 1975 to 1987 box

Today in "sure, why not": Rhino will release a box set of Fleetwood Mac's classic albums as a quintet. 1975 to 1987, available March 28, is exactly what it states: a box set of Fleetwood Mac (1975), Rumours (1977), Tusk (1979), Mirage (1982) and Tango in the Night (1987) - available as a 5CD set or a 6LP crystal-clear vinyl box. (D2C orders from Rhino will add an additional reissue of a promotional 12" on crystal clear vinyl, offering stereo and mono versions of Rumours-era non-album cut

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Christine McVie, Fleetwood Mac, John McVie, Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks

Premium Rush: Canadian Rock Legends Prep New Career-Spanning Box Set

January 28, 2025 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

Rush 50

A new career-spanning box set will commemorate the singular discography of Canadian rock trio Rush. Rush 50, due March 21, comprises a generous 50-track overview of the group's output spanning their entire career across four CDs or seven 180-gram LPs, plus a 104-page hardcover book featuring new 50th anniversary artwork by the band's creative director Hugh Syme and liner notes by David Fricke and Philip Wilding. (A super deluxe box set will include both physical formats, the hardcover book,

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

Takin' on a New Direction: Tina Turner's 'Private Dancer' Set for 40th Anniversary Box Set

January 23, 2025 By Mike Duquette 6 Comments

Version 1.0.0

The album that unquestionably coronated Tina Turner as the Queen of Rock and Roll will be celebrated with a new deluxe box set this spring: 1984's blockbuster Private Dancer. Available March 21, the album - featuring the hits "What's Love Got to Do with It," "Better Be Good to Me," the scintillating title track and more - will be reissued as a 5CD/Blu-ray deluxe box packed with rare B-sides, remixes, additional studio material from the Private Dancer era (including the unreleased "Hot for You

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bryan Adams, David Bowie, Tina Turner

Madness is the Gift: Disturbed Celebrate 25 Years of Debut Album with New Box Set

January 23, 2025 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Disturbed The Sickness 25

One of the first big metal debut albums of the 2000s will be expanded for its 25th anniversary: Disturbed's The Sickness. The Chicago group's breakthrough (previously reissued for its 10th anniversary just around when The Second Disc was getting started!) will be repackaged as a deluxe 3CD/1LP box set featuring seven unheard demos, three soundtrack rarities, a new mix of "Glass Shatters" (a celebrated entrance theme for WWE superstar Stone Cold Steve Austin), and a live bonus disc featuring

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

In Memoriam: Garth Hudson (1937-2025)

January 21, 2025 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Garth Hudson Publicity Photo

This morning, it was announced that Garth Hudson, 87, had died in a Woodstock, New York nursing home.  Hudson was the last surviving member of The Band, and with his passing, an era has come to a close.  Though best known for his virtuosic organ playing, Hudson was a multi-instrumentalist who brought various colors to The Band's rootsy, organic brand of Americana.  Hudson's sound tapped into the many veins of American popular music and could, by turns, conjure a raucous revival, a whimsical

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Garth Hudson, The Band

Sex Pistols' American Epitaph Chronicled in New Box Set

January 15, 2025 By Mike Duquette 6 Comments

Sex Pistols Live in the USA

The story of the Sex Pistols' final tour - and ultimate undoing - will be told in new releases coming from UMC in March. Live in the U.S.A. 1978 will mark the first complete and official releases of three of the punk quartet's seven American concerts in January 1978. Presented for the first time in sequence are the tour's opener at the South East Music Hall in Atlanta, Georgia on January 5, a particularly raucous performance at Dallas, Texas' Longhorns Ballroom five days later, and the

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

Dead or Alive's 'Youthquake' Spins Around Into New Deluxe Edition

January 15, 2025 By Mike Duquette 8 Comments

Dead or Alive Youthquake packshot

This winter, Edsel will continue its long association with the Dead or Alive catalogue with a new deluxe edition of the band's 1985 breakthrough Youthquake, to be reissued February 21 for its 40th anniversary. The 4CD set (in double gatefold packaging with an O-ring joining the two) collects a new remaster of the album, 18 remixes (including a whole disc devoted to period and latter-day versions of hit single "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" and a live set taken from two nights at London's

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop Tags: Dead or Alive, Stock Aitken Waterman

Total Mass Retain: Rhino Reissues Yes' "Close to the Edge" in Super Deluxe Set

January 14, 2025 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Yes Close to the Edge Packshot

Yes' fifth album, Close to the Edge, continued the band's early winning streak. The 1972 release - their final album of the decade to feature drummer Bill Bruford and first to feature the band's now-famous "bubble" logo type - featured just three songs (two of which had multiple movements). But they were sufficiently power-packed as to propel the LP to top five berths in both the U.K. and U.S. and eventual Platinum sales status. On March 7, Rhino will revisit Close to the Edge as a

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

Love Changes (Everything): Cherry Pop Expands Climie Fisher Discography

January 13, 2025 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Climie Fisher banner

Two reissues by Cherry Red, separated by nearly a year, collect the brief but intriguing discography of late-'80s U.K. duo Climie Fisher - including a raft of rare and unreleased bonus material totaling seven discs between them. The wait is finally over for fans of the group when Climie Fisher's 1987 debut Everything gets a major expansion from the Cherry Pop imprint on March 21. The set features the remastered album and a whopping 51 bonus tracks: versions and remixes of singles "Love

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop Tags: Climie Fisher

Just Like Paradise: David Lee Roth's Solo Works Remastered for New Box Set

January 9, 2025 By Mike Duquette 6 Comments

David Lee Roth box set

Diamond Dave's got a whole new shine, thanks to a forthcoming box set from Rhino. David Lee Roth's The Warner Recordings 1985-1994, coming February 21, will include the four LPs (and one EP) the iconoclastic singer released outside of his concluding tenure as the vocalist for Van Halen. All of the albums have been newly remastered, and will be available at general retailers as a 5CD set. (Rhino's official store will exclusively carry a vinyl version.) Roth's solo career began four decades ago

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: David Lee Roth, Nile Rodgers, Steve Vai

Like a Beast: W.A.S.P. Box Set Coming to CD from Madfish

January 9, 2025 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

WASP The 7 Savage CD box

After not one but two pressings on vinyl over the last two years, Madfish Music will release their collection of heavy metal band W.A.S.P.'s major label material on CD this month. The 7 Savage 1984-1992 collects all six of the L.A. shock rockers' studio and live releases for Capitol Records, along with a newly-compiled assortment of 15 non-LP tracks (three more than the equivalent disc in the vinyl box). The slipcased set also features a CD-sized version of the 60-page hardcover book that

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Rock Tags: W.A.S.P.

Quartet's First Film Music Release of 2025 is Barry, Barry Good

January 7, 2025 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

John Barry Polydor Years

As if the feast of John Barry expanded film scores, from James Bond to Out of Africa, hasn't been exciting enough, Quartet Records kicked off the new year with the announcement of more rarities from the celebrated British composer. The label has issued The Polydor Years, a 3CD collection that brings together re-recordings of classic themes, unique arrangements and original music released on albums, singles and compilations in the mid-'70s in Europe. 1972's The Concert John Barry, 1974's Play

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Holiday Gift Guide Review: Joni Mitchell, "Archives: Volume Four (1976-1980)" and "The Asylum Albums (1976-1980)"

December 20, 2024 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Joni Archives 4 cover

Earlier this year, Joni Mitchell brought her now-famous Joni Jam shows to the Hollywood Bowl for two sold-out evenings.  A little more than 45 years ago, Mitchell closed out her North American tour with a series of shows some fifteen minutes away from the Bowl at the Greek Theatre; a selection from that concert closes the fourth volume of the Joni Mitchell Archives series of box sets.  The Bowl shows proved another triumph for the artist who's now widely recognized for the innovations that

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Categories: Holiday Gift Guide, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop Tags: Joni Mitchell

The Definitive Collection

December 18, 2024 By

BT Express Definitive Collection

Formed by Richard "Rick" Thompson (guitar), Bill Risbrook (tenor saxophone), Carlos Ward (alto saxophone), Louis Risbrook (bass), Dennis Rowe (percussion), Terrell Wood (drums), and Barbara Joyce Lomas (vocals) in Brooklyn, New York, B.T. Express aligned themselves with producer Jeff Lane and the independent Roadshow Records before ending up on the Scepter label as it sought to reinvent itself following marquee artist Dionne Warwick's departure.  Thanks to a Tom Moulton Mix, their catchy Scepter

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Funk, R&B/Soul

Ring the Bells and Sing: Progressive Sounds of 1975

December 17, 2024 By

Ring the Bells and Sing

Ring the Bells and Sing: with this new compilation, Esoteric Recordings takes a look at 1975 in progressive rock.  By compiler Mark Powell's admission, "1975 is not often referred to as a year that produced a wealth of legendary music."  He sets out to prove that assessment wrong with this 4-CD, 47-song compendium.  The set stresses the international reach of prog as well as the art of the album as opposed to the single; while many of these artists weren't regular hitmakers, Powell stresses that

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock

Holiday Gift Guide Review: Steve Martin, 'Steve in a Box'

December 16, 2024 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Steve in a Box

At this point in time, CD box sets have been a going concern (especially around the holidays) for nearly 40 years. Thousands of them have been released, and with the unexpected shift toward listening on vinyl (who'd have thought?) and digital (particularly streaming, which has a near-total grasp on music consumption today), you've got to have a really strong angle to encourage fans to part with some extra money and add new titles to their shelves. What more can be done? you (and sometimes we at

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Categories: Holiday Gift Guide, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Comedy Tags: Steve Martin, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Meet Danny Wilson! Cherry Red Revisits Scottish Pop Heroes in New Box Set

December 12, 2024 By Mike Duquette 6 Comments

Complete Danny Wilson

One of the most underrated pop acts of the late '80s will get the deluxe treatment in a new box set coming from Cherry Red next year: Scottish pop trio Danny Wilson. Complete Danny Wilson, due out February 28, will live up to its name across five discs comprising the band's two studio albums - Meet Danny Wilson (1987) and Bebop Moptop (1989) - along with two discs of B-sides and rarities and a live show featuring several unreleased performances. The set was assembled with the participation of

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Danny Wilson, Gary Clark

And If the Sun Comes Up Tomorrow: Hootie & The Blowfish Plan New Box Set

December 11, 2024 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

Hootie Atlantic Years packshot

More than 30 years after enjoying one of the most successful debut albums of all time, Hootie & The Blowfish will kick off 2025 with a new career-spanning box set on Rhino Records. The Atlantic Years 1994-2003, available January 25, brings together all four studio albums the quartet recorded for the label in their first decade - the chart-toppers Cracked Rear View (1994) and Fairweather Johnson (1996), Musical Chairs (1998) and their self-titled 2003 effort - plus the 2000 covers

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Darius Rucker, Hootie and The Blowfish

Holiday Gift Guide Review: 'Mary Poppins: 60th Anniversary Collection'

December 10, 2024 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Poppins packshot

I. In Every Job That Must Be Done, There is An Element of Fun When you're a child - no matter where you're from, or how perceptive you may be about such things - it's easy to get a sixth sense about something you watch or read and just feel is different from the rest of what you've watched or seen. The Wizard of Oz is that way for many people. So too is Mary Poppins, P.L. Travers' series of books about a magical nanny that was adapted into a colorful musical film by Walt Disney Studios in 1964.

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Categories: Holiday Gift Guide Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Dick Van Dyke, Irwin Kostal, Julie Andrews, Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, The Sherman Brothers

Pour a Little Sugar on It: The Chewy Chewy Sounds of American Bubblegum 1966-1971

December 6, 2024 By

Pour a Little Sugar on It

Perhaps the most fun release of the year - and certainly the sweetest - is this entry in Cherry Red's ongoing series of themed compilations.  Pour a Little Sugar on It: The Chewy Chewy Sounds of American Bubblegum 1966-1971, on the Grapefruit imprint, brings together 91 tracks from the golden age of bubblegum music.  Naturally, there are plenty of songs with food allusions ("Yummy Yummy Yummy," "Candy Apple Cotton Candy," "Gingersnap," and, of course, "Chewy Chewy" among them)...and artists with

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop

Release Round-Up: Week of December 6

December 6, 2024 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Laura Nyro Hear My Song

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles out today.  As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Laura Nyro, Hear My Song: The Collection 1966-1995 (Madfish) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Madfish) Over three years after the release of its 8LP vinyl box set American Dreamer 1967-1978, the Madfish label is returning to the discography of late singer-songwriter Laura Nyro for the 19CD box set Hear My Song: The

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Al Jarreau, Bill Evans, Bing Crosby, Christopher Cross, Flamin' Groovies, Henry Mancini, Jesse Malin, Laura Nyro, Lucinda Williams, Melanie, Nancy Wilson, Roxette, The Blasters, The Rolling Stones

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