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Release Round-Up: Week of October 20

October 20, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

George Michael Listen 25

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! George Michael, Listen Without Prejudice 25 (Columbia/Legacy) 2-CD (Disc 1 & 2 Only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3-CD/1-DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Legacy is delivering a deluxe edition of George Michael's classic 1990 album.  Listen Without Prejudice 25 sees release in several formats.  The biggest is a 3-CD/1 DVD box set.  The first CD contains a

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Cheap Trick, Donald Fagen, Fred Astaire, George Michael, Jackie Shane, Joe Jackson, Nick Lowe, Pet Shop Boys, Steely Dan, The Jam, The Smiths, Willie Nelson

Rush Say Hello To "A Farewell To Kings" For 40th Anniversary

October 19, 2017 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

A Farewell To Kings

Rush are issuing a deluxe album box set for their fifth studio album, 1977's A Farewell To Kings, this winter. In stores December 1, the 40th anniversary edition of this album--the first of the Canadian prog legends' discography to go gold in the United States--will be paired with a full concert from 1978, remixed from the original multitracks by original album producer Terry Brown and significantly expanded from its original release as part of the live set Different Stages in 1998. Fans can

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

Review: David Bowie, "A New Career in a New Town: 1977-1982"

October 19, 2017 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

David Bowie A New Career Cover Only

I. Art Decade Keep Up with David's Changes, read an insert from the David Bowie Fan Club packaged in original pressings of the artist's 1977 album Low and painstakingly replicated on the edition included in the new 11-CD (or 13-LP) box set A New Career in a New Town 1977-1982.  Indeed, it was no small feat to follow the restless artist's many transformations.  1975's Station to Station saw the formal introduction of The Thin White Duke, a nattily-dressed but rather unpleasant fellow; who

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: David Bowie

Tori Amos, Richard Hell Lead Rhino's Record Store Day Black Friday Slate

October 18, 2017 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Richard Hell Blank Generation 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition 2397526

Rhino Records is planning 11 titles for this year's Record Store Day Black Friday--and two of them are fairly unexpected catalogue treats from two very different artists. First up, the label has announced an upcoming expanded edition on CD and LP of Richard Hell & The Voidoids' Blank Generation. Hell, a founding member of Television and one of the key figures of early punk rock in New York and beyond (his personal style of spiked hair and safety pins is said to have influenced Malcolm

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Holiday, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Aretha Franklin, Neil Young, Otis Redding, Pantera, Son Volt, The Doors, The Grateful Dead, The Notorious B.I.G., Tori Amos, Twisted Sister

Peaches En Regalia: Frank Zappa's "Halloween 77" Shows Collected On New Box Set

October 18, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Frank Zappa Halloween 77 Box

If you ever wanted to look in the mirror and see the famously mustachioed visage of Frank Zappa staring right back at you, has Zappa Records got a box set for you!  Halloween 77, due on Friday, October 20, celebrates the 40th anniversary of the musical iconoclast's run at New York's late, lamented Palladium from October 28-31, 1977.  The "costume box set" includes a mask and costume certain to spice up your trick-or-treating, in addition to a candy bar-shaped USB drive featuring six shows (158

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Rock Tags: Frank Zappa

Hitch a Ride To Rockaway Beach: Ramones Light Fuse On "Rocket To Russia" Reissue

October 17, 2017 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Rocket to Russia

A third 40th anniversary deluxe edition is coming from the Ramones and Rhino, featuring the band's third album, Rocket To Russia. With punk rock reaching a fever pitch in the summer of 1977, the Queens quartet and Leave Home's producer and engineer, Tony Bongiovi and Ed Stasium, again came together to record another hard-hitting album of urgent but melodic tunes. Drawing from surf rock influences (and featuring a significantly bigger budget than their previous two records), Rocket To Russia

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

The Vinyl Collection

October 16, 2017 By

Carpenters VInyl Collection

The Vinyl Collection contains, on 12 LPs, every non-holiday Carpenters studio album, from 1969's Ticket to Ride (originally titled Offering, but renamed after their commercial breakthrough for their very first single) to 1989's Lovelines, released six years after the tragic passing of Karen Carpenter.  The set also includes The Singles 1969-1973, the hugely successful compilation album which became a 7x platinum smash and No. 1 seller in the United States alone upon its release in 1973.  Every

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Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Pop

Voice of the Heart: Carpenters Vinyl Box Set Due in November

October 13, 2017 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Carpenters VInyl Collection

On November 17, it will be yesterday once more with A&M Records and UMe's release of a new vinyl box set dedicated to the remarkable legacy of the Carpenters.  Encompassing 20 Billboard Top 40 hits, including three No. 1s and five No. 2s, as well as fifteen Adult Contemporary No. 1s, the music of the beloved, three-time Grammy-winning brother-sister duo became a cornerstone of American popular song.  Karen's beautifully soulful voice, with a tinge of melancholy and incapable of a dishonest

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Wilco Uncover Sunken Treasures On Reissues of Their First Two Albums

October 12, 2017 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Wilco header

Wilco is digging deep for new expanded reissues of their first two albums, due this December from Rhino Records. The Chicago alternative outfit was born in 1994 from the ashes of influential alt-country outfit Uncle Tupelo, following the dissolution of Jeff Tweedy and Jay Farrar's creative partnership. Farrar went on to form Son Volt, while Wilco began with Tweedy and the rest of the band--bassist Jon Stirratt, multi-instrumentalist Max Johnson and drummer Ken Coomer--plus new lead guitarist

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Uncle Tupelo, Wilco

Kick 30

October 12, 2017 By

Kick 30

INXS' oft-reissued Kick gets a definitive edition for its 30th anniversary, with 3 CDs rounding up everything from the last box set plus additional, coveted remixes, and a Blu-ray premiering Giles Martin's new Dolby Atmos mix - plus all seven original music videos and a new promo video!  A vinyl edition features the original album on two half-speed mastered LPs!

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Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop

Hotel California: 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

October 12, 2017 By

hotel california

2CD/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rhino offers a 2-CD/1-BD deluxe edition of the 1976 Eagles classic, containing the original remastered album on CD 1, ten previously unreleased live recordings on CD 2, and a Blu-ray Audio disc with high-resolution stereo and 5.1 mixes.  It's all housed within an 11x11 hardback book-style package.  Also available in 1-CD and 2-CD versions.

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Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock

Hungry for Fun: Samantha Fox Receives 4 Disc CD/DVD "Fox Box" from Cherry Pop

October 12, 2017 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Samantha Fox The Fox Box

Last year marked the 30th anniversary of Samantha Fox's debut on Jive Records.  Recently, Cherry Red imprint Cherry Pop Records released a box set chronicling her career.  The 2CD/2DVD set Play It Again, Sam: The Fox Box traces Fox's musical journey from 1986 all the way up through the present day. While initially gaining fame in the U.K. as a model, Samantha Fox began a career in music at nearly the same time.  In her early teens, she formed the band SFX, which also included Ringo Starr's

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop Tags: Samantha Fox

Such a Lovely Place: Rhino Expands Eagles' "Hotel California" In November

October 11, 2017 By Joe Marchese 13 Comments

Eagles Hotel California Deluxe

The doors to the Hotel California are opening anew. On November 24, Rhino will deliver a new 2-CD/1-Blu-ray Audio set of the 1976 Eagles classic that includes the remastered album, ten previously unreleased live recordings, as well as hi-res stereo and 5.1 mixes.  Hotel California: 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition is housed in an 11x11 hardbound book offering rare and unseen photos from the era, a replica tour book, and an 11x22 poster. Additionally, a 2-CD Expanded Edition (with both of the

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

Wondrous World: Rhino Releases 'Harry Potter' Vinyl Box Set

October 11, 2017 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Harry Potter packshot

Rhino Records is inviting vinyl fans on a musical trip to Hogwarts, with a box set of soundtracks from the Harry Potter film series. J.K. Rowling's series of children's novels about an orphaned boy who discovers his magical powers--and, naturally, recruits his fellow magical friends to an all-out battle of good versus evil--has become a major cultural force since the release of debut book Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone in 1997. The original seven books, released over the following

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks Tags: John Williams, Pulp, Radiohead

Release Round-Up: Week of October 6

October 6, 2017 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Carol Burnett Sings

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Carol Burnett, Carol Burnett Sings: Expanded Edition (Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Real Gone celebrates the 50th anniversary of The Carol Burnett Show with the comedy legend's third solo album and first for RCA Victor.  A tie-in to the groundbreaking variety show, Carol Burnett Sings features four songs performed on early episodes: "Georgy Girl," "Enter Laughing," "I Believed It All" and "There's No Business Like Show

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Carol Burnett, Charles Bernstein, Elvis Presley, Eric Clapton, Frank Sinatra, Jerry Yester, John Lee Hooker, John Zacherle, P.P. Arnold, Sepultura, Spandau Ballet, The Bee Gees, The Replacements, Whitesnake

Mystify Me: INXS Ready New 'Kick' Box

October 5, 2017 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

Kick 30

Come over here: INXS' landmark album Kick is getting another deluxe reissue for its 30th anniversary. The Australian rockers' sixth album was the one that propelled the group to their greatest international success, particularly in America, where some six million copies were sold and four singles ("Need You Tonight," "Devil Inside," "New Sensation" and "Never Tear Us Apart") all reached the Top 10 of Billboard's Hot 100. And that success has parlayed itself into not one, not two, but three

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: INXS

Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track - Deluxe Edition

October 1, 2017 By

Saturday Night Fever OST

2-CD/2-LP/1-BD Box Set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-CD Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Saturday Night Fever is 40 years old, and Capitol and UMe are marking the occasion with a new box set.  In this 2-CD/2-LP/1-BD presentation, you'll find the original remastered album on CD and double LP as well as the film on Blu-ray (presented here in a recently restored 40th anniversary cut overseen by director John Badham and packed with extras from previous DVD

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Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks

Diamonds [Various Formats]

September 30, 2017 By

Elton Diamonds

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Elton John looks back on his extraordinary career with a new retrospective, available in 1-CD 2-CD, 3-CD, and 2-LP formats.  Whew!

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

Release Round-Up: Week of September 29

September 29, 2017 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

David Bowie A New Career Cover Only

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! David Bowie, A New Career in a New Town (1977-1982) (Parlophone) 11CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 13LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. The third release in Parlophone's series of chronological box sets dedicated to the music of David Bowie, A New Career in a New Town (1977-1982) closes the book on the legendary artist's RCA career.  It follows 2015's Five Years (1969-1973) and 2016's Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976),

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Anne Murray, Art Pepper, Belinda Carlisle, David Bowie, David Crosby, David Gilmour, Debbie Gibson, Ella Fitzgerald, Harry Nilsson, Herb Alpert, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Mathis, Michael Jackson, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Pink Floyd, Stone Temple Pilots, The Association, The Golliwogs, The Rolling Stones, Tommy Steele

They Don't Love You Like I Love You: Yeah Yeah Yeahs to Expand Debut Album

September 26, 2017 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Pack shot YYYs Delexue 2017 2048x2048

Wait: Fever to Tell, the breakthrough debut album by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, is being expanded to commemorate the band's first 15 years of recording. From the exciting New York City music scene at the dawn of the 21st century, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs--singer Karen O, guitarist/keyboardist Nick Zinner and drummer Brian Chase--were responsible for avant-garde dance punk that was visceral yet still beautiful and melodic. (London's The Times brilliantly described them as a mix of Blondie and Siouxsie

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Release Round-Up: Week of September 22

September 22, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Brian Wilson Playback

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Rolling Stones, Their Satanic Majesties Request: 50th Anniversary Special Edition (ABKCO) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The Rolling Stones' controversial 1967 immersion into psychedelia, Their Satanic Majesties Request, gets a 50th anniversary box set from ABKCO containing the original album in mono and stereo on both 180-gram vinyl and hybrid SACD (playable on all CD players) as newly remastered by Bob Ludwig, plus restored

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Brian Wilson, Chris Hillman, Isaac Hayes, Judy Collins, Leon Russell, Stephen Stills, The Rolling Stones, Van Morrison

Sex Pistols Offer Reissued "Bollocks" Box, "More Product"

September 21, 2017 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

Sex Pistols Bollocks 40

40 years after Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols charged into record stores, Virgin and Universal Music Catalogue are bringing a box set version of the set back into print--and they've also recently expanded a collection of interview excerpts for hardcore fans, too. Five years ago, Virgin/Universal expanded Never Mind The Bollocks as a deluxe box set which featured the original remastered album, a disc of studio rarities, a live disc and a DVD of performances and vintage

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else, Rock Tags: The Sex Pistols

Hallelujah: Johnny Mathis Releases New Album of Current Songs, Confirms Date of Career-Spanning Box Set

September 21, 2017 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Johnny Mathis Great New American Songbook

For more than sixty years, the voice of Johnny Mathis has been synonymous with romance, class, and sophistication.  He's performed songs by everyone from Richard Rodgers to Burt Bacharach, and worked with world-class musicians like Percy Faith, Ray Conniff, Henry Mancini, Thom Bell, Nelson Riddle, and Don Costa.  Now, the eternally youthful singer is turning to a new repertoire for his latest studio album.  On September 29, Columbia Records will release Johnny Mathis Sings the Great New American

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Stayin' Alive: 'Saturday Night Fever' Soundtrack Gets Super Deluxe Treatment

September 20, 2017 By Mike Duquette 8 Comments

Capito UMe Saturday Night Fever 40th Anniversary Edition

Get ready to strut into record stores--Saturday Night Fever's immortal soundtrack is being reissued as a super deluxe set alongside the film itself. Based on a New York Magazine article that was later found to be fabricated, Saturday Night Fever ironically solidified the image of disco in popular culture. John Travolta's rough-edged but sympathetic Tony Manero--a Brooklyn bum working in a hardware store by day and tearing up the floor of the 2001 Odyssey by night--established the young TV

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Soundtracks Tags: Bee Gees, David Shire, KC and the Sunshine Band, Kool and the Gang, MFSB, Tavares, The Trammps, Walter Murphy, Yvonne Elliman

The Complete Chris Bell

September 20, 2017 By

Chris Bell Complete

Omnivore's 6-LP box set collects the complete solo Chris Bell, with most of this material making its vinyl debut.  The first two LPs comprise Looking Forward: The Roots Of Big Star and Rock City - See Seven States.   (The Rock City material was included on the Looking Forward CD, but is presented separately here.)  The newly remastered I Am The Cosmos vinyl is the third LP, with the additional recordings from the 2-CD deluxe edition making up the two volumes of Outtakes & Alternates as LPs 4

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

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