The relentless rock of German band Scorpions made them radio staples in the '80s and '90s and a touring act to this day. This fall, to commemorate their 60th anniversary as a band, they'll release a multi-format compilation bringing together songs from nearly every one of their studio and live albums. From the First Sting, available September 26, will be available as a 180-gram 2LP or 1CD set offering 16 classic singles including "Rock You Like a Hurricane" and "Wind of Change," or a 2CD set
So Here We Are: Bloc Party Expand 'Silent Alarm' for Its 20th Anniversary
Another seminal album of the mid-'00s indie rock boom is getting reissued this year: Bloc Party's debut Silent Alarm. A 20th anniversary edition of the album, available on two CDs or four white vinyl LPs on September 26, will pair the original album (featuring favorites "She's Hearing Voices," "Helicopter," "So Here We Are" and "Banquet") with 23 B-sides and rarities, including nine unreleased demos and live cuts. An accompanying booklet will feature rare photos from the band's personal
The Living Return: Cherry Pop Continues Swing Out Sister Box Set Series
U.K. sophisti-pop act Swing Out Sister is getting a new box set from Cherry Red in July - and it's a good excuse for us to shine a light on both collections the label has recently planned for the group. Known for their international 1987 hit "Breakout," the group - primarily consisting of singer Corinne Drewery and keyboardist Andy Connell, along with the talents of producer Paul Staveley O'Duffy, who's produced nearly all the group's albums - have released decades' worth of jazzy originals
Glitter Years: Cherry Red Collects The Bangles' '80s Recordings for New Box
A box set from Cherry Red this fall will offer nearly everything from the first decade of The Bangles' discography. Watching the Sky: The Bangles Box Set will join together on four CDs the band's three studio albums (All Over the Place (1984), Different Light (1986) and Everything (1988)) - most with non-LP single, B-side and remix material - plus a further bonus disc of rare material, including the group's pre-major label studio material. It's 27 bonus tracks in all, plus a liner notes essay
Dizzy: The Medicine Label Anthology
Green Apple Quick Step's Dizzy: The Medicine Label Anthology contains both of the band's albums for the label as well as several bonus tracks. In addition, each album is going to be released individually on vinyl. Founded in 1992, Green Apple Quick Step's members included lead vocalist Tyler Willman, guitarists Daniel Kempthorne (a.k.a. Daniel J. Travanti of The Briefs) and Steve Ross, singer-bassist Mari Ann Braeden, and drummer Bob 'Mink' Martin. Hailing from Tacoma, Washington, the group
Review: Robin Trower, "For Earth Below: 50th Anniversary Edition"
1975's For Earth Below proved a turning point for Robin Trower. The ex-Procol Harum guitarist's third solo set, it introduced drummer Bill Lordan to Trower's power trio which also included singer-bassist James Dewar. Building on the success of its predecessor, Bridge of Sighs, the album became Trower's most successful in the United States and solidified his place in the guitar-hero pantheon. Now, Chrysalis Records has revisited the blues-rock classic in a new 4CD mediabook edition, mirroring
Make It Fast, Make It Urgent: Foreigner Add More to '4'
Foreigner is bringing 4 to the fore with a new deluxe box set devoted to their blockbuster fourth album. Available September 12, this new edition of 4 will include a new remix of the original 1981 album and three discs of unreleased material, including studio outtakes, unheard songs from the recording sessions, instrumental mixes and selections from the band's world tour of 1981-1982. A Blu-ray Audio will include the album remix (plus the newly-released "Fool If You Love Him," available as
Anyway, Here's a Deluxe Edition: Oasis' 'Morning Glory' Gets Reissued
We're days away from Oasis' unimaginable reunion tour kickoff - and we're at least getting some new reissue out of the whole thing. The British rock icons will offer a slightly expanded edition of 1995's (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, pairing a 2014 remaster of the album (which initially came with additional bonus material) with a bonus EP of new unplugged mixes of four of the album's tracks (plus a non-album B-side, "Acquiesce." The group's songwriter/guitarist Noel Gallagher and Callum
Baby I'm-A Want You: Elektra Celebrates 75 Years with Monthlong Initiative
Jac Holzman was still in college when he and pal Paul Rickolt each chipped in three hundred bucks to start a record company. That label, Elektra Records - so named for Greek mythology's daughter of Atlas and Pleione, but with the "c" swapped out for a "k" - inaugurated its catalogue with the simply-titled New Songs, an album of poetry settings by composer-pianist John Gruen. Elektra soon shifted its emphasis to folk music, growing its discography with recordings by Theodore Bikel, Josh White,
Another Ticket: Eric Clapton, Roxy Music Classics Come to SHM-CD
And the SHMs just keep on coming! Following batches of Japanese pressings of albums by Paul McCartney, Quincy Jones and Sting, two more classic catalogues from Universal Music Group are getting reissued on the format this summer: the first decade-plus of album by Eric Clapton - available this Friday, July 4 - and five titles from Roxy Music, available later in the month on July 25. Clapton's discs - 1970's Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (recorded as part of Derek & The Dominos), his
So Long and Good Night: My Chemical Romance's Breakthrough Gets a New Remix
"Long ago / Just like the Hearse you die to get in again..." With those dramatic words, most fans had their introduction to a new kind of emo band: New Jersey's own My Chemical Romance. More than two decades after catapulting into the mainstream with 2004's Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, the band have revisited it with a new expanded and remixed edition. Re-released by Reprise on June 6 and available on CD, vinyl and digitally, Three Cheers now features a striking new remix from original
Legacy: The Creedence Clearwater Revival Years
John Fogerty is embracing his history with Creedence Clearwater Revival - and celebrating his acquisition of his own song publishing - on this new album of 20 classic CCR songs, on which he's joined by his sons Shane and Tyler. Legacy features new recordings of such favorites as "Who'll Stop the Rain," "Proud Mary," "Fortunate Son," and "Bad Moon Rising," all in what might be described as "John's Versions." Available on CD, LP, and digital/streaming. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from
Rapture of the Deep: 20th Anniversary Edition
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada A 20th anniversary edition of Rapture of the Deep, Deep Purple's 18th studio album, offers a remix and resequencing of the album by Roger Glover, with two non-LP tracks ("MTV" and "Things I Never Said") now added into the sequence. This was the second album from the band's longest-tenured line-up, the "Mk. VIII" arrangement that joined Ian Gillan, Glover, and Ian Paice with former Rainbow
Made In Japan: Super Deluxe Edition
5CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 10LP: Deep Purple Store / Rhino.com 2LP: Amazon U.K. Coming from Rhino on August 15 - 52 years since the first of the concerts represented on the original LP were staged - a new super deluxe edition of Made in Japan, spanning 5CD/1 Blu-ray or 10 LPs, offers new mixes by Steven Wilson of the original album and the complete trio of concerts it came from, complete with bonus encores and a few original single edits. The band's longtime
From the Beginning
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.S. (White Clear) / Target (Black/Translucent Splatter + Sticker Sheet) / Walmart (Black Marbled) Mötley Crüe are going back From the Beginning with a new career-spanning compilation. The new CD or 2LP set includes more than a dozen singles and ke cuts from their heyday as one of glam metal's biggest acts ("Smokin' in the Boys Room," "Girls Girls Girls," "Dr. Feelgood," "Kickstart My
Once Upon a Time: 40th Anniversary Edition
5CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Ruby Red LP (with "Don't You (Forget About Me)" as bonus track: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada A reconfigured version of a Simple Minds box set released a decade ago will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the band's biggest international success, Once Upon a Time. This new 5CD edition offers the original 1985 album (featuring the singles "Alive and Kicking," "Sanctify Yourself," "All the Things She Said" and "Ghost Dancing")
Joni's Jazz
4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 8LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada What is jazz? The question has been debated often, but now we know how Joni Mitchell might answer. The legendary singer-songwriter's Archives series is continuing with its first themed compilation, appropriately entitled Joni's Jazz. These 61 selections - available on 4 CDs or 8 LPs - draw from nearly every core album in the Mitchell discography with just a couple of exceptions (Clouds, Ladies of
Balance: Expanded Edition
2CD/2LP/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Van Halen's catalogue is attaining further Balance with an expanded edition of the band's final album recorded with second lead singer Sammy Hagar. The band's 10th studio album is reborn as a 2CD/2LP/Blu-ray set offering the remaster featured in 2023 box set The Collection II, three studio rarities, eight unreleased live tracks, and a
Hearts: 50th Anniversary Edition
Omnivore Recordings is reissuing, remastering, and expanding America's Hearts, featuring "Sister Golden Hair," "Daisy Jane," and "Woman Tonight," for its 50th anniversary. This new edition adds six bonus cuts to the original album's dozen tracks. Five of these are unreleased alternate versions and mixes of songs from Hearts including a unique arrangement of Bunnell's "People in the Valley," a stunning vocal-and-strings-only mix of "Daisy Jane" (spotlight both George Martin's rich string charts
Set Your Sights on Monday: Omnivore Expands America's "Hearts" for Its 50th Anniversary
A few years ago, Omnivore Recordings released two volumes of America's demos under the titles Heritage I and II, chronicling the years 1970-1976. Now the label is reteaming with the band to revisit this halcyon period of the band's history with an expanded 50th anniversary edition of 1975's Hearts. It's due August 8 on CD. Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell, and Dan Peek were riding high in 1975. The bandmates had teamed for the first time with legendary producer George Martin the previous year
I Predict a Riot: Kaiser Chiefs' Breakthrough Debut Goes Deluxe for 20th Anniversary
Kaiser Chiefs' debut album is going big for its 20th anniversary this summer, in a variety of formats. Employment will be available July 25 from UMR in a trio of physical formats. The newly remastered album, including the singles "I Predict a Riot," "Modern Way" and "Everyday I Love You Less and Less," will be pressed on both 3CD and vinyl formats with a bonus track, "Riot" B-side "Take My Temperature" and redesigned album artwork. The remainder of the 3CD set offers B-sides, compilation
Stand Inside Your Love: Smashing Pumpkins Revisit 'Machina' Duo in New Vinyl Box
The Smashing Pumpkins are revisiting the material that initially marked their final bow with a sprawling, unusual box set. 2000's Machina/The Machines of God will be remastered and reissued on CD and double vinyl from UMe on August 22. Additionally, a new box set, Machina (Aranea Alba Editio), will offer a remixed and resequenced, 48-track quintuple-album drawing from Machina, its sequel Machina II/The Friends and Enemies of Modern Music and assorted B-sides, plus a further three LPs of 32
Release Round-Up: Week of June 27
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Bruce Springsteen, Tracks II: The Lost Albums 1983-2018 (Columbia/Legacy) 7CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 9LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Lost and Found: Selections from the Lost Albums (Columbia/Legacy) 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon
Disco Connection: Ace Releases Isaac Hayes' "Hot Buttered Singles Volume 2"
Last year, Ace released the first of a two-volume series collecting Isaac Hayes' single sides for the Stax label and his own Hot Buttered Soul imprint of ABC Records. As Hayes was known for his epic productions, the shorter single edits offered a very different listening experience than the full album tracks. Earlier this year, the second volume arrived, and though Hot Buttered Singles Volume 2: 1972-1976 chronicles a period in which Hayes had less crossover success, it's nonetheless filled
That's What Makes Us Humans Being: Van Halen's 'Balance' Set for Deluxe Edition
Van Halen's catalogue is attaining further Balance with an expanded edition of the band's final album recorded with second lead singer Sammy Hagar. The band's 10th studio album, released in 1995, will be reissued August 15 as a 2CD/2LP/Blu-ray set offering the remaster featured in 2023 box set The Collection II, three studio rarities, eight unreleased live tracks and a half-dozen music videos (including another live performance from the vault). Standalone 2CD and 2LP editions will be
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