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Fill My Little World: Cherry Red Reissues The Feeling's "Twelve Stops and Home" In Deluxe Box

August 1, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

The Feeling 12 Stops

The Feeling burst onto the scene from Horsham, West Sussex, England in early 2006 when their single "Sewn" became a top ten hit in their native United Kingdom.  Across the pond, the song was featured on television's Medium and One Tree Hill, and worldwide, it was heard as part of the soundtrack to the football (or soccer)-themed video game FIFA 07.  The melodic rock piano ballad had both a current radio-friendly sheen and a retro vibe reminiscent of pop's halcyon days.  It was included in June

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: The Feeling

Another Sleepy Dusty Delta Day: Bobbie Gentry's Complete Capitol Masters Collected On New Box Set

July 31, 2018 By Joe Marchese 15 Comments

Bobbie Gentry Girl from Chickasaw County

Why did Billie Joe McAllister jump off the Tallahatchie Bridge?  It's almost as big a mystery as why Bobbie Gentry vanished from view after 1981.  Happily, the enigmatic singer-songwriter left behind an enduring and diverse body of work which is now being celebrated on a comprehensive box set from Universal's U.K. arm.  On September 21, the 8-CD collection The Girl from Chickasaw County: The Complete Capitol Masters will collect all seven of Gentry's 1967-1971 Capitol Records studio albums plus

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Country, Pop Tags: Bobbie Gentry, Glen Campbell, Kelly Gordon

Love Kills: Joe Strummer's Solo Material Highlighted In New Collection

July 30, 2018 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Joe Strummer 001

When it comes to Joe Strummer, 001 is the number to watch.  That's the name of the upcoming box set that shines a deserved light on the late Clash frontman's work outside of his famous band - solo, with former bandmate Mick Jones, and with his 101ers and The Mescaleros.  001 arrives on September 28 from Ignition Records in an array of formats, including 2CD, 2CD Deluxe, 4LP, and a 2CD/4LP/7"/Cassette Super Deluxe edition. The first CD of 001 compiles 20 eclectic, previously released sides

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Cassette, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, The Clash

Ride Like the Wind: "California Groove IV" Box Set Captures Sounds of Summer

July 27, 2018 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

California Groove 4

Warner Music France is providing a breezy soundtrack for summer with the fourth installment of California Groove.  Arriving seven years after Volume 3, this impressive 6-CD box set is a little bit country, a little bit-rock-and-roll - not to mention filled with pop, lounge, jazz, dance, R&B, soul, and beyond.  It's too eclectic to be filed under "yacht rock," though many of that so-called genre's bright lights are here, including Christopher Cross and Steely Dan.  What it is, however, is a

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop Tags: America, Burt Bacharach, Christopher Cross, James Taylor, Jeff Larson, Nicolette Larson, Steely Dan, Various Artists

My Precious: Rhino Reissues 'Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers' Box Set on CD, Blu-ray, Vinyl

July 25, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Lord of the Rings Two Towers Vinyl

Rhino is taking another journey to Middle-earth this Friday, July 27, with the reissue of the second soundtrack from director Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy.  The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - The Complete Recordings, composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Howard Shore, follows the reissue earlier this year of the Fellowship of the Ring soundtrack.  Like that set it will be available in two deluxe physical formats: a 5-LP vinyl box set and a 3-CD/1-Blu-ray Audio

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Howard Shore

Can't Get It Out of My Head: ELO's "The U.K. Singles Volume One" Arrives From Legacy in September

July 24, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

ELO The UK Singles Volume One

As Jeff Lynne gears up for a North American tour this August, Legacy Recordings has announced a new box set celebrating the legacy of Electric Light Orchestra.  The U.K. Singles Volume One: 1972-1978 will be released on Friday, September 21, collecting ELO's 45 RPM singles and one EP originally released in the U.K. between those years on 16 newly-remastered vinyl discs. Beginning with 1972's "10538 Overture" b/w "First Movement (Jumping Biz)" and ending with 1978's The ELO EP containing

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Electric Light Orchestra, Jeff Lynne

Loving the Alien [1983-1988]

July 20, 2018 By

David Bowie Loving the Alien Cover

11CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 15LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada  The fourth annual volume of Parlophone's ongoing series of box sets dedicated to the late David Bowie, Loving the Alien (1983-1988), arrives on 11 CDs or 15 vinyl LPs.  This lavish set is filled with more exclusive material than any of its predecessors, as only three studio albums are included, all in newly remastered editions: Let's Dance (1983), Tonight (1984), and Never Let Me Down (1987). 

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

Plays Well with Others

July 20, 2018 By

Phil Collins Plays Well with Others

Phil Collins has always been a collaborative artist - and now 59 of his favorite tracks recorded with other artists are being collected on a new 4-CD or digital box set!  These discs represent a "Who's Who" of talent, with Collins' friends including Robert Plant, Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, Quincy Jones, Tony Bennett, The Bee Gees, Four Tops, Collins' Genesis bandmate Peter Gabriel, and many more.

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

Release Round-Up: Week of July 20

July 20, 2018 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Soul Asylum Made to Be Broken

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Cilla Black, Surround Yourself with Cilla/It Makes Me Feel Good [Expanded Edition] (Cherry Red/SFE) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Cherry Red celebrates the late, great Cilla Black with a new reissue campaign.   The first 2-CD set pairs 1969's George Martin-produced Surround Yourself with Cilla with 1976's It Makes Me Feel Good, produced by David Mackay (Cliff Richard, Blue Mink, The New Seekers).  22 bonus tracks (13 new to CD) are

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Cilla Black, John Fogerty, Lalomie Washburn, Marianne Faithfull, Public Image Ltd., Soul Asylum

Modern Love: Bowie's 'Loving The Alien' Box Chronicles His Wild '80s

July 19, 2018 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Bowie 83

  For David Bowie, the 1980s were years of tremendous ch-ch-changes, in which the stylistic chameleon went mainstream to great success, experienced some artistic disappointments, and solidified his place in the pantheon as a legend of rock.  Now, this era is being looked back upon in the fourth annual volume of Parlophone's ongoing series of box sets dedicated to the late superstar. Loving the Alien (1983-1988) will arrive on October 12 in 11CD and 15LP vinyl configurations. This

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: David Bowie

In the Air Tonite: Phil Collins' New Box Set "Plays Well with Others" Features McCartney, Clapton, Plant, Bennett

July 18, 2018 By Joe Marchese 11 Comments

Phil Collins Plays Well with Others

Throughout his career, Phil Collins has always been willing to share his talents - whether at the microphone or the drum kit, as a songwriter, or in the producer's chair - with his fellow musicians.  On September 28, the superstar will collect 59 of his favorite collaborations on a new 4-CD box set.  Rhino/Atlantic will release Plays Well with Others just one week before Collins launches his Not Dead Yet, Live! tour on October 5 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Collins states in the press

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Philip Bailey, Stephen Bishop, Tony Bennett, Various Artists

Graham Bonnet Gets "Real" On New 3-CD Archival Release from Cherry Red

July 17, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Graham Bonnet Reel to Real

Cherry Red's Hear No Evil (HNE) imprint has been revisiting the career of English rocker Graham Bonnet in an extensive program encompassing studio, live and vault material.  The recent release of Flying Not Falling: 1991-1999, expanding three albums from that period, has just been followed up with another 3-CD clamshell box set, Reel to Real: The Archives 1987-1992. The first disc of Reel to Real premieres 12 previously unreleased studio tracks.  The first three tracks were recorded in 1987

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An American Treasure

July 16, 2018 By

Tom Petty An American Treasure cover

4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 6LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. (TBD) / Amazon Canada  This career-spanning retrospective of rare and previously unreleased material from the late Tom Petty arrives on Reprise Records.  The aptly-titled An American Treasure will be the first posthumous collection of Petty material, and it should prove a vital reminder of the power of Petty's art.  The box set, assembled by Petty's wife Dana,

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

Road to Ruin: 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

July 16, 2018 By

Ramones Road to Ruin

Rhino continues its series of deluxe Ramones reissues with this 12x12, hardcover book-style 40th anniversary set for 1978's Road to Ruin including 3 CDs and 1 LP.  Disc One of the box set has the remastered version of the original album mix along with a 2018 stripped-down "Road Revisited" remix crafted by original producer Ed Stasium.  This remix is also included in the set on a 180-gram vinyl LP.  CD 2 boasts period rough mixes of every album track as well as bonus material such as single

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

It's a Long Way Back: Rhino Reissues Ramones' "Road to Ruin" In 40th Anniversary Box Set

July 13, 2018 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Ramones Road to Ruin

On September 22, 1978, The Ramones unleashed their fourth album on the world: Road to Ruin.  On September 21 of this year, almost forty years to the day, Rhino will reissue Road as part of the label's ongoing series of Ramones box sets.  It will arrive as a 3-CD/1-LP box set and a single-CD remaster of the original album. For Road to Ruin, Dee Dee, Joey, and Johnny were joined for the first time by drummer Marky Ramone (who replaced founder Tommy Ramone, who'd left the ranks to focus on

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

Into The Great Wide Open: 'An American Treasure' Collects Unreleased Tom Petty Tracks

July 10, 2018 By Joe Marchese 10 Comments

Tom Petty An American Treasure

Tom Petty's unexpected passing last October at the age of 66 was cause for reflection on the tenacious and passionate artist's lifetime of thrilling and quintessentially American rock-and-roll music.  There was no doubt that Petty's electric brand of soulful rock would live on, but fans were naturally hungry for more.  He had discussed a possible Wildflowers deluxe edition in the past, but that never materialized.  Yesterday, it was revealed on Sirius XM (home of his Tom Petty's Buried Treasure

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Thinkin' of a Master Plan: Eric B. & Rakim Discography Compiled In Vinyl/CD Box Set

July 9, 2018 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Eric B. and Rakim Complete

UMe is revisiting the catalogue of influential hip-hop act Eric B. and Rakim with the July 13 release of a new box set. The Complete Collection 1987-1992, on 8 LPs and 2 CDs, brings together all four of the duo's classic albums (on the 4th & Broadway, Uni, and MCA labels) on eight vinyl LPs plus two CDs of remixes. Eric B. (Eric Barrier) was the DJ of the duo, and Rakim (William Griffin Jr., later Rakim Allah) the MC.  Eric B.'s love of James Brown inspired a reassessment of The Godfather

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Rap/Hip-Hop Tags: Eric B. & Rakim

Waiting for the Sun: 50th Anniversary Edition

July 3, 2018 By

Doors Waiting for the Sun Deluxe

The Doors' Waiting for the Sun is turning 50 with a new box set.  This 2-CD/1-LP box features Bruce Botnick's remastered version of the original stereo mix on both CD and 180-gram vinyl, plus a disc of 14 previously unreleased tracks including nine rough mixes and five live performances from Copenhagen on September 17, 1968. 

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

Music from Big Pink [Various Formats]

July 3, 2018 By

Super Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP Black Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP Pink Vinyl: uDiscoverMusic.com Just in time for its 50th anniversary, Capitol/UMe will reissue The Band's seminal exploration of Americana, Music from Big Pink, on CD, 2-LP vinyl, digital, and in a CD/BD/2-LP/1-7 inch single Super Deluxe Edition.  For its 50th, Big Pink has been spruced up by engineer Bob

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

Back to Big Pink: The Band's "Music from Big Pink" Turns 50, Goes Super Deluxe

June 29, 2018 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Music from Big Pink Super Deluxe

The Band is returning to Big Pink for its 50th anniversary. On August 31, Capitol/UMe will reissue the seminal Music from Big Pink on CD, 2-LP vinyl, digital, and in a CD/BD/2-LP/1-7 inch single Super Deluxe Edition. Though few groups would have had the audacity to name themselves The Band, that's exactly what Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Rick Danko and Richard Manuel did.  Big Pink was the album where the former Hawks (and former Bob Dylan backing band) crystallized the

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

Release Round-Up: Week of June 29

June 29, 2018 By The Second Disc 4 Comments

Supremes Sing HDH

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Supremes, Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland: Expanded Edition (Motown/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The Supremes' smash 1967 album featuring "You Keep Me Hangin' On" and "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" gets a must-have 2-CD deluxe treatment, including the original mono and stereo albums, rarities, outtakes, remixes, and a live set from The Copacabana in 1967 featuring one of the last joint performances of Diana Ross, Mary

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Big Country, Buffalo Springfield, Chicago, David Bowie, Graham Nash, Guns N' Roses, John Coltrane, Procol Harum, Ray Davies, Smash Mouth, Social Distortion, The Feeling, The Flaming Lips, The Posies, The Supremes, Yes

You Dreamer: Big Country's 'Long Face' Gets Longer with Cherry Red Box Set

June 28, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Big Country Why the Long Face

A beloved album from Big Country is about to get a lot bigger.  Tomorrow, Cherry Red Records will expand the Scottish band's 1996 album Why the Long Face into a 4-CD edition also including their live album from the same year, Eclectic, and two discs of bonus material. Last year, TSD described Big Country: "The story of Big Country goes like this: the quartet, featuring ex-Skids guitarist Stuart Adamson on vocals and guitar, guitarist Bruce Watson, bassist Tony Butler and drummer Mark

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Review: "Fab Gear: The British Beat Explosion and Its Aftershocks 1963-1967"

June 26, 2018 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Fab Gear box

"Yesterday's Gone": the song by folk-pop duo Chad and Jeremy opens the first of the six discs comprising Cherry Red and RPM's new box set Fab Gear: The British Beat Explosion and Its Aftershocks 1963-1967.  It's a most appropriate opener, as yesterday really was gone for an entire generation of artists swiftly rendered obsolete by the emergence of The Beatles.  As the box eloquently explains, the Fab Four "in name, song, band structure, image, defined this new Beat music...Until 1967, when The

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Chad and Jeremy, David Bowie, The Kinks, The Moody Blues, The Searchers, Various Artists

The Song Remains the Same [Various Formats]

June 21, 2018 By

Led Zeppelin The Song Remains the Same Cover

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Blu-ray Audio: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD 2CD/4LP/2DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham took the famous stage at New York's Madison Square Garden on July 27-29, 1973 for the concerts that were captured in the film The Song Remains the Same.  Now that film's soundtrack, produced by Page and originally

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

Unattended Luggage

June 21, 2018 By

Nick Mason Unattended Luggage

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Pink Floyd founding member Nick Mason's three solo albums are rounded up in one CD or vinyl box set as Unattended Luggage.  The 3-LP or 3-CD set includes Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports (1981), Profiles (1985), and White of the Eye (1987), with the latter making its CD debut.  All three albums will also be available as digital downloads and for streaming.

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

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