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World On A String

September 18, 2016 By

Frank Sinatra World on a String

Featuring performances spanning 1953 to 1982, this new live collection boasts more than four hours' worth of rare audio and video from the legendary Chairman of the Board - over 90 tracks on CD alone including such Sinatra favorites as "I Get a Kick Out of You," "I've Got You Under My Skin," "The Lady is a Tramp," "Witchcraft" and "Bewitched" right up through "Strangers in the Night," ""My Way" and "(Theme From) New York, New York."  Nelson Riddle, Billy May, Don Costa, Gordon Jenkins and Quincy

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal

Stand Up: The Elevated Edition

September 18, 2016 By

Jethro Tull Stand Up Elevated Edition

For the past several years, Jethro Tull has been releasing expanded editions of their albums featuring new remixes by Steven Wilson.  Coming on November 18, just under a year after the release of the last reissue in the series of 1976's Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!, is a 2CD/1DVD version of 1969'sStand Up, entitled Stand Up: The Elevated Edition.  It includes: Original album and bonus tracks (including the previously unreleased "Bouree") remixed in 5.1 surround and stereo by

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock

The Wonder of You: Elvis with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

September 18, 2016 By

Elvis The Wonder of You

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD/LP Deluxe Box: Amazon U.K. This new collection follows the pattern of last year's chart-topping If I Can Dream, grafting vintage Elvis Presley vocals to newly recorded orchestral settings.  Produced by the same team of Don Reedman and Nick Patrick, with the Royal Philharmonic recorded at Abbey Road Studios, The Wonder of You features 15 songs from several of Elvis' preferred genres from

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

The New Complete Edition

September 18, 2016 By

Mozart Complete

225 years after the composer's passing, W.A. Mozart: The New Complete Edition chronicles every last note of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's many compositions over a staggering 200 discs. Limited to 15,000 copies worldwide, this box features 240 hours of performance, including five hours of new recordings, some done on instruments the composer personally used.  Eighteen labels, including Decca and Deutsch Grammophon, will be represented, and 70% of the recordings are alternate to Philips Classics'

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classical/Opera

Listen Without Prejudice 25

September 18, 2016 By

George Michael Listen 25

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 remastered version of the original album.  The second disc is the CD premiere of Michael's MTV Unplugged concert from

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Pop

Release Round-Up: Week of September 16

September 16, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Led Zeppelin Complete BBC Sessions

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Led Zeppelin, The Complete BBC Sessions (Atlantic/Swan Song/Rhino) 3 CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5 LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3 CD/5 LP Super Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Digital Download: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. This new collection expands the original double-disc set, from 1997, which was culled from the band's appearances on BBC radio between 1969 and 1971. This updated

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bobby Rush, Jim Steinman, Led Zeppelin, Meat Loaf, Pete Townshend, Petula Clark, Shirley Horn, Various Artists, Willie Nelson

Have Some Faith in The Sound: George Michael's "Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1" To Be Expanded to a Box Set To Mark Anniversary

September 15, 2016 By Randy Fairman 5 Comments

George Michael Listen 25

Last year marked the 25th anniversary of George Michael's second solo album Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1.  While nothing hit the shelves last year to commemorate the occasion, that is being rectified this year when Legacy Recordings releases Listen Without Prejudice 25 on November 11. After the breakup of Wham! in 1986, George Michael moved quickly to kick his solo career into high gear.  The result was the 1987 album Faith, where he wrote (or co-wrote) and produced every track.  Buoyed by

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: George Michael

New 200CD Box Set is the Last Word on Mozart

September 13, 2016 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

Mozart Complete

How much do you love Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? A mammoth box set from Decca is celebrating the composer this fall. The Austrian composer lived just 35 years, from 1756 to 1791, but his impact on Western music is hard to deny. An acclaimed keyboardist and a composer from age five, Mozart's body of work--which spanned from symphonies to concertos, chamber and sacred music, and even operas like The Marriage of Figaro and The Magic Flute--remains the most influential of the classic period. It's a

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classical/Opera Tags: Mozart

Going On Together: Elvis Joined by Royal Philharmonic for Orchestral Sequel

September 13, 2016 By Randy Fairman 3 Comments

Elvis The Wonder of You

Despite having passed away nearly 40 years ago, Elvis Presley remains a large presence on the charts and on the shelves of stores.  Just this year, Elvis has had a 60-disc box devoted to all of the music he released in his lifetime and a 2-CD set concentrating on his final recordings .  And last year's If I Can Dream: Elvis Presley with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, melding Elvis' vocals with new orchestral backings, hit the Top 25 in the U.S. but was a larger success in the U.K. - hitting

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Elvis Presley

Release Round-Up: Week of September 9

September 9, 2016 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Beatles Live at the Hollywood Bowl

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up...one of the most packed in recent memory! Beatles, Live at the Hollywood Bowl (Apple/Capitol/UMe) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada  Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Since the advent of the compact disc era, The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl has been the forgotten stepchild of the Fab Four's legendary catalogue.  That changes today with the first-ever commercial CD/DD release of the 1977 album on September 9 via

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Blue Oyster Cult, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Faith No More, Herb Alpert, John Phillips, Leon Russell, Linda Ronstadt, Ramones, The Beatles, The Connells

Rock My Soul: Cherry Red, Grapefruit Collect Early British Hard Rock On "I'm a Freak, Baby"

September 7, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Im a Freak Baby

What do Deep Purple, The Move, Hawkwind, Fleetwood Mac and The Yardbirds all have in common?  Though each of those five bands carved out distinct musical identities, all incorporated elements of psychedelia in their early hard-rock explorations.  A new 3-CD box set from Cherry Red's Grapefruit imprint offers an in-depth chronicle of the music that planted the seeds of progressive rock and metal.  I'm a Freak, Baby is, as per its subtitle, A Journey Through the British Heavy Psych and Hard Rock

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Deep Purple, Fleetwood Mac, The Mickey Finn, The Yardbirds, Third World War, Uriah Heep, Various Artists

Release Round-Up: Week of September 2

September 2, 2016 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Robert Goulet Definitive

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up highlighted by the latest release from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music! The Isley Brothers, Groove with You...Live! (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) We're incredibly excited and proud to bring this sizzling, swooning and immersive double-album document of The Isley Brothers at the peak of their powers to CD for the very first time!  Groove with You...Live! features powerful renditions of

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Bobby Darin, Carpenters, Dionne Warwick, Freddie Mercury, Porter Wagoner, Robert Goulet, Rodgers and Hammerstein, The Isley Brothers, The Meters

It Was A New Day Yesterday: Jethro Tull Continues Reissue Series with "Stand Up" In New Stereo, Surround Mixes

September 1, 2016 By Randy Fairman 6 Comments

Jethro Tull Stand Up Elevated Edition

For the past several years, Jethro Tull has been releasing expanded editions of their albums featuring new remixes by Steven Wilson.  Coming on November 18, just under a year after the release of the last reissue in the series of 1976's Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!, is a 2CD/1DVD version of 1969's Stand Up, entitled Stand Up: The Elevated Edition. The sophomore album by the band, Stand Up was the first to feature music written completely by Ian Anderson (with the exception of

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Jethro Tull

Come Fly with Me: "The World on a String" Box Set Premieres Live Sinatra On CD and DVD

August 31, 2016 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Frank Sinatra World on a String

This fall, the Chairman of the Board will be globetrotting once again.  World on a String is the appropriate name of a new 4-CD/1-DVD box set celebrating Frank Sinatra's live performances on the world's stages.  This box, due on October 21 from UMe and Frank Sinatra Enterprises, follows previous live collections dedicated to Sinatra's performances in London, New York and Vegas.  Upping the ante, the new set has concerts from eight countries: Monaco, Australia, Egypt, Dominican Republic,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Frank Sinatra

May the Road Rise with You: PiL Plan Super Deluxe Versions of "Metal Box," "Album"

August 31, 2016 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

PiL Metal Box

John Lydon's first, best known band, The Sex Pistols, were recently the subject of a four-disc live box set. But Lydon's most lasting ensemble, Public Image Ltd., will celebrate two of their most beloved albums as newly expanded deluxe editions this fall. On October 28, PiL and Universal will release expanded editions of 1979's Metal Box and 1986's Album. Each will be presented as 4CD or 4LP boxes, featuring the remastered albums, B-sides, rare live tracks, alternate mixes and

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Public Image Ltd.

With Their New Face On: RPM Collects Spencer Davis Group's "Complete Recordings 1967-1969"

August 30, 2016 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Spencer Davis Group Taking Out Time

Cherry Red's RPM Records has just celebrated the legacy of The Spencer Davis Group with a new 3-CD box set.  Taking Out Time: Complete Recordings 1967-1979 brings together two complete albums with a host of singles, soundtrack performances, BBC sessions and rarities to paint a full portrait of the group's "Mk. II" years in which Eddie Hardin, Phil Sawyer, Ray Fenwick, Nigel Olsson and Dee Murray all passed through its ranks.  This release can be considered an expansion of RPM's 2000 release of

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: The Spencer Davis Group

There In The Spotlight: R.E.M. Expands "Out of Time" for Its 25th Anniversary

August 26, 2016 By Randy Fairman 2 Comments

REM Out of Time

Back in December, it was announced that Concord Bicycle Music had picked up the rights to R.E.M.'s Warner Bros. catalogue.  Now, the first major reissue project from that deal has been announced:  a remastered 25th anniversary deluxe edition of the band's most successful album Out of Time to be released on November 18.  This new package will be released in several configurations:  a 3 CD/1 Blu-ray set, a 2-CD set, a 3-LP set, a single LP of the original album and as a digital download. Out of

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: R.E.M.

Review: The Turtles, "Complete Original Album Collection" and "All the Singles"

August 19, 2016 By Joe Marchese 9 Comments

Turtles Album Collection

Prepare to be shell-shocked!  Manifesto Records and FloEdCo have, at long last, given fans of The Turtles deluxe sets befitting the band's happy (and happily subversive!) musical legacy.  The 6-CD Complete Original Album Collection and 2-CD All the Singles round up, in truly definitive fashion, the original band's recordings between 1965 and 1970 as first released on White Whale Records.  Though The Turtles have long been recognized as top-flight purveyors of classic 45s, a journey through their

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop Tags: Flo and Eddie, The Turtles

Release Round-Up: Week of August 19

August 19, 2016 By Joe Marchese 10 Comments

Turtles Album Collection

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Turtles, The Complete Original Album Collection (Manifesto/FloEdCo) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The definitive Turtles box set is here!  The Complete Original Albums Collection presents all six albums released by The Turtles between 1965 and 1970, expanded with rare bonus material. Each of the group's first three albums -- It Ain't Me Babe, You Baby and Happy Together -- is presented in its original mono and stereo mixes,

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Pop, Rock Tags: Chad and Jeremy, Dolly Parton, Josh White, The Heaters, The Scientists, The Spencer Davis Group, The Turtles

The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Freedom Jazz Dance

August 18, 2016 By

Miles Davis Freedom Jazz Dance

Freedom Jazz Dance, the fifth installment of Miles Davis' Bootleg Series, traces the great trumpeter's evolution in the studio from 1966 to 1968, tapping the original session tapes for rehearsals, partial and alternate takes, studio chatter and more.  The 3-CD set includes the master takes of performances which appeared on Miles Smiles (1967), Nefertiti (1968) and Water Babies (recorded 1967, released 1976) alongside over two hours of previously unreleased studio recordings from original

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Jazz

Miles Smiles (Again): "Bootleg Series: Freedom Jazz Dance" Chronicles Second Great Quintet In The Studio

August 18, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Miles Davis Freedom Jazz Dance

January 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of Miles Smiles, the second of five albums recorded by Miles Davis and his Second Great Quintet featuring tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter, pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Tony Williams.  In advance of that date, Columbia and Legacy Recordings will issue the fifth volume of Davis' acclaimed, ongoing Bootleg Series: Freedom Jazz Dance.  The October 21 release will trace Davis' evolution in the studio from 1966 to 1968, tapping the

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Jazz Tags: Miles Davis

A Capitol Arrangement: Paul McCartney Returns To Venerable Label

August 17, 2016 By Joe Marchese 13 Comments

paul mccartney ram

Paul McCartney is coming full circle. After years at Concord Records, successor to Hear Music, McCartney has signed a worldwide deal with Universal Music Group's Capitol Records label.  This new agreement brings all of the superstar's solo works beginning with 1970's McCartney to the Capitol fold, and also encompasses a new solo album that is currently in the works. McCartney commented in a statement: "This is genuinely exciting for me. Not only was Capitol my first U.S. record label, but

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Paul McCartney

Space Oddity: "The Man Who Fell To Earth" Soundtrack Premieres On CD

August 17, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

The Man Who Fell to Earth OST

2016 marks the 40th anniversary of The Man Who Fell to Earth, director Nicolas Roeg's trippy cult classic starring the late David Bowie as the stranded alien Newton.  Prior to his untimely death earlier this year, Bowie revisited Newton and the milieu of the film in his only musical theatre piece, Lazarus.  With the musical about to open in London, StudioCanal is revisiting the original film in a new four-disc Blu-ray box set due in the United Kingdom on October 24.  (No U.S. plans for the set

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks Tags: David Bowie, John Phillips

EXCLUSIVE! The Mamas and The Papas' "Ultimate Anthology" Collects Complete Recordings, Premieres Remixed "People Like Us" and Solo Outtakes

August 16, 2016 By Joe Marchese 47 Comments

THE MAMAS AND THE PAPAS ULTIMATE ANTHOLOGY cover art TJL 4 CD set

It's been more than 50 years since John Phillips, Michelle Phillips, Denny Doherty and Cass Elliot first joined their voices together in song as The Mamas and The Papas, yet the group's shimmering harmonies, rich melodies and affecting "words of love" are every bit as resonant today as during the turbulent 1960s.  This month, the rich legacy of the California dreamers is being celebrated with a remarkable new 4-CD collection from TJ Lubinsky's TJL Productions! TJL (responsible for last year's

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Pop Tags: The Mamas and The Papas

Thank You, Friends: Omnivore Presents Big Star's "Complete Third" In October

August 15, 2016 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Big Star Complete Third

Omnivore Recordings has kept the legend of Big Star alive with a number of projects over the years including the release of frontman Alex Chilton's Free Again: The 1970 Sessions, the soundtrack to the acclaimed documentary Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me, and Big Star: Live in Memphis.  Now, the label has turned its attention to its most expansive Big Star release yet: a definitive look into the making of the band's third album.  The 3-CD collection Complete Third, due on October 14, includes

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Alex Chilton, Big Star

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