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The Cadence Albums

May 27, 2020 By

Andy Williams Cadence Recordings

The Cadence Albums presents on 8 CDs all of Andy Williams' albums for Archie Bleyer's independent label, plus 15 bonus single sides. At Cadence between 1955 and 1961, Andy developed his smooth, relaxed style and established his reputation for vocal excellence. He scored some of his most beloved hits at the label including "Canadian Sunset" (No. 7 U.S., 1956), "Butterfly" (No. 1 U.S. and U.K., 1957), "I Like Your Kind of Love" (No. 8 U.S./No. 16 U.K., 1957), "The Hawaiian Wedding Song" (No. 11

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

She Satisfies: Cherry Red Laces Up Shoes' Elektra Years on Box Set

May 26, 2020 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Shoes Elektrafied

For more than 40 years, Shoes has been celebrating the art of pop with its compact, melodic nuggets worthy of The Beatles, The Raspberries, or Big Star. Hailing from the town of Zion, Ill. on the banks of Lake Michigan, Shoes was formed by Gary Klebe and brothers John and Jeff Murphy, three kids united in their love of music. Between 1979 and 1982, Shoes - still going strong today, by the way - was signed to Elektra Records where they released three acclaimed albums. Cherry Red has recently

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop Tags: Shoes

Peggy Lee at 100: Grammy Museum Presents Panel Discussion and Virtual Exhibit; Documentary, CD, and DVD Coming This Summer

May 25, 2020 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Peggy Lee 100 Logo

100 years ago tomorrow - May 26, 1920 - Norma Deloris Egstrom was born in Jamestown, North Dakota. You know her as Peggy Lee: groundbreaking singer, songwriter, actress, and artist. Though she passed away in 2002, her music is as present today as ever - and her influence just as strong. Peggy's songs have recently scored such television shows as Ryan Murphy's Hollywood and Amy Sherman-Palladino's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and have been heard in commercials promoting Samsung and Tropicana

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Categories: News Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Peggy Lee

Homegrown

May 23, 2020 By

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Indie-exclusive LP + print bundle: Locate your nearest record shop! Neil Young's lost 1975 album finally sees a release, on both CD and vinyl. Homegrown has been all-analog mastered by John Hanlon from the original master tapes. As for visuals, the album will be presented in a replica of the originally planned artwork.  Seven of its twelve songs are previously unreleased, and guests include Levon

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

A Hot Summer Night [Various Formats]

May 23, 2020 By

Donna Summer Hot Summer Night

CD/DVD: Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada link TBD 2-LP Colored Vinyl: Amazon U.K./ Amazon Canada Driven by the Music brings this classic concert from Donna Summer to CD/DVD and LP.  It was recorded on August 6, 1983 as part of Summer's Hard for the Money tour at the then-recently opened Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa, California. In front of over 18,000 fans, Summer performed material from the new album (the smash "She Works Hard for the Money," "Woman," "Unconditional Love" with Musical

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul

Release Round-Up: Week of May 22

May 22, 2020 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Iron City Houserockers Have a Good Time

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Joe Grushecky, Have a Good Time But Get Out Alive! 40th Anniversary Edition (Cleveland International) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Joe Grushecky and The Houserockers' bar-band classic is returning to print in a newly expanded edition adding a second disc with 16 previously unreleased tracks including demos and rarities. The 40th anniversary edition of Have a Good Time But Get

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock Tags: Bing Crosby, Dennis DeYoung, Elizabeth Swados, Franck Pourcel, Jackie Gleason, Jeff Healey, Jim Peterik, Joe Grushecky and the Iron City Houserockers, Phil Ochs, Steve Earle

Boogie Chillen': Ace Collects John Lee Hooker's Early Years, Premieres Unreleased Tracks

May 21, 2020 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

John Lee Hooker Documenting the Sensation Recordings

Ace Records is celebrating the late blues legend John Lee Hooker (1912 or 1917 - 2001) with a historic new box set. Due on May 29, Documenting the Sensation Recordings 1949-1952 accomplishes just that feat. When Ace purchased Sensation Records from Bernard Besman, a number of Hooker sides were among the acquisition. Besman had previously sold some of Hooker's recordings to United Artists and Greene Bottle. Until now, Ace hadn't completed research into the total contents of the acquisition. Over

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Blues Tags: John Lee Hooker

UPDATE: More Ways To Enjoy Bob Dylan's Upcoming "Rough and Rowdy Ways"

May 20, 2020 By Sam Stone 2 Comments

UPDATED 5/20/20: Bob Dylan has been on a roll, getting us through lockdown with new singles that find him as clever and compelling as ever. On Thursday evening, May 7, the Bob Dylan Twitter account posted another cryptic tweet - complete with a pulp book-inspired illustration and a lyric quote - which had fans everywhere wondering if we might get another treat to tide us over. Well, come midnight that evening, we got our answer as "False Prophet" was released on digital streaming services.

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Rock

Outlaw Man: Cherry Red, Morello Collect Four Albums from Singer-Songwriter David Blue

May 20, 2020 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

David Blue Morello 4 Classic Albums

David Blue might be best-known for two things: writing "Outlaw Blues" on Eagles' Desperado album, and being a friend and occasional sidekick of Bob Dylan's. Yet he recorded seven albums (plus a major contribution to an eighth, the 1965 Elektra anthology Singer Songwriter Project) between 1965 and 1976 in addition to making appearances on stage and film before his untimely death in 1982. Cherry Red's Morello imprint has recently celebrated the late folk troubadour with a four-albums-on-two-CDs

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Pop Tags: Dave Mason, David Blue, Eagles, Graham Nash, Jennifer Warnes

Erroll Garner Plays Gershwin and Kern

May 19, 2020 By

Erroll Garner Plays Gershwin and Kern

Octave/Mack Avenue reissues Erroll Garner's 1976 tribute to two masters of American song, George Gershwin and Jerome Kern; it proved to be his final album released in his lifetime.  The album has been remastered with the Plangent Process, and includes one previously unreleased bonus track.  This marks the final release in Octave/Mack Avenue's 12-title reissue series for the late pianist's 100th birthday.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Jazz

State of Independence: Donna Summer Live Set Comes to CD, DVD, LP in July

May 19, 2020 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Donna Summer Hot Summer Night

Following its career-spanning Encore box set celebrating late superstar Donna Summer, Demon Music Group's Driven by the Music imprint will be bringing one of the diva's classic concerts to multiple formats. A Hot Summer Night will be issued on July 10 in both CD/DVD and 2-LP colored vinyl formats. The concert was recorded on August 6, 1983 as part of Summer's Hard for the Money tour. The She Works Hard for the Money album had just been released a couple of months earlier, in June, but Summer

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Categories: News Formats: CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Donna Summer

UPDATE WITH LINKS: Are You Ready? Neil Young Confirms "Homegrown" Release Date and Track Listing, Plots Further Archive Releases

May 18, 2020 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

For nearly 45 years, Neil Young fans have been clamoring for Homegrown, the lost album that was nearly released in 1975 and most recently slated for the still-yet-to-happen Record Store Day 2020. Now, it's been announced that the album described by Neil as "the missing link between Harvest, Comes A Time, Old Ways and Harvest Moon" will finally reach fans on June 19. "[Homegrown] is all analog! The purest sound," Young wrote in a post on his Neil Young Archives site. "Hear the vinyl. Get a

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Neil Young

I Like Your Kind of Love: Edsel Collects Early Andy Williams on "The Cadence Recordings" Box

May 15, 2020 By Joe Marchese 9 Comments

Andy Williams Cadence Recordings

By any metric, 2020 has been a challenging year. But fans of Andy Williams have had some rays of sunlight with a number of releases. Demon Music Group's Crimson Productions released the late vocalist's Gold, a 3-CD, career-spanning anthology of many of his finest recordings. Real Gone Music issued Emperor of Easy: The Lost Columbia Masters 1962-72, premiering 20 outtakes and rare singles on CD from Williams' first decade at the label. Now Demon's Edsel label is turning back the clock for a new

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Andy Williams

Release Round-Up: Week of May 15

May 15, 2020 By The Second Disc 6 Comments

Frank Sinatra Nice n Easy Cover

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Frank Sinatra, Nice 'n' Easy: 60th Anniversary Expanded Edition (Capitol/UMe) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP (Remixed Album Only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Capitol Records, Frank Sinatra Enterprises, and UMe have a 60th anniversary edition of Frank Sinatra's classic 1960 album arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle.  For the occasion, the album has been completely remixed and features three bonus tracks:

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Jazz, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Charles Strouse, David Bowie, Erroll Garner, Frank Sinatra, Marshall Chapman, Miles Davis, Ruthie Foster, Stephen Schwartz, Willie Nile

Have a Good Time But Get Out Alive! [40th Anniversary Edition]

May 13, 2020 By

Iron City Houserockers Have a Good Time

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Joe Grushecky and The Houserockers' bar-band classic is returning to print in a newly expanded edition adding a second disc with 16 previously unreleased tracks including demos and rarities. The 40th anniversary edition of Have a Good Time But Get Out Alive! arrives from the reactivated Cleveland International Records label on May 22 digitally, and June 19 for CD and vinyl formats.  Grushecky, who

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

Supertonic: Mixes

May 13, 2020 By

Diana Ross Supertonic

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Crystal Clear Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada For the legendary Diana Ross, it's clear that there truly ain't no mountain high enough. The superstar made chart history earlier this year when "Love Hangover 2020" reached the top position on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart - making it her fourth consecutive No. 1 remix of a song that had previously been No. 1 on the Hot 100 in its original version. Now, that record-setting

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul

The Best of Lost Tracks 2: 1936-1937

May 13, 2020 By

Judy Garland Best of Lost Tracks 2

Last year, JSP Records premiered its latest archival release celebrating the life and remarkable artistry of Judy Garland. Lost Tracks 2: 1936-1967 collected 50 rarities on two discs spanning the entirety of the late superstar's career, 40 of which were new to CD. Now, JSP is releasing a single-disc "highlights" edition of that seminal set with 25 tracks, adding one previously unreleased, newly-discovered bonus track: Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields' "You Couldn't Be Cuter" which the duo wrote

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Formats: CD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal, Soundtracks

Workingman's Dead: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

May 13, 2020 By

Grateful Dead Workingmans Dead

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Often hailed as one of Grateful Dead's most accessible albums along with its follow-up, American Beauty, Workingman's Dead placed its focus on tighter songcraft in a country/folk-oriented vein that would later be described as "Americana." It introduced the group's first chart hit, the timeless "Uncle John's Band," as well as the favorite "Casey Jones" which has received substantial airplay over the

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

Ready or Not: Philly Soul Arrangements and Productions 1965-1978

May 13, 2020 By

Thom Bell Ready or Not

This new anthology from Ace/Kent features 23 tracks produced and/or arranged (and/or written!) by legendary Philadelphia soul maestro Thom Bell from his earliest days at Cameo Parkway Records through the pivotal year of 1978 when he concluded work with The Spinners and returned to the Philadelphia International fold.  Along the way, you'll hear songs from that group as well as The Delfonics, The Stylistics, Ronnie Dyson, New York City, Dionne Warwick, Johnny Mathis, The O'Jays, and many others. 

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul

The Complete Collection

May 13, 2020 By

Nick Kamen 1

Cherry Pop is compiling the works of U.K. model-turned-singer Nick Kamen in a new 6CD box set. The Complete Collection offers remastered versions all four albums Kamen recorded for Warner Music between 1987 and 1992, plus dozens of bonus tracks and remixes, many of them previously unreleased or new to CD. (The label notes that 20 mixes are previously unreleased, though we suspect this number is higher.) Two never-before-heard tracks are also available: covers of The Everly Brothers' "So Sad" and

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop

Sing a Rainbow: Four More Cilla Black Albums Go Deluxe from Cherry Red, SFE

May 13, 2020 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Cilla Black Sings a Rainbow and Day by Day

Cherry Red's Strike Force Entertainment (SFE) imprint has released another pair of two-for-one titles in its definitive reissue series dedicated to the late superstar Cilla Black. 1966's Cilla Sings a Rainbow, the best-selling album of her career, has been paired with 1973's Day by Day with Cilla, her final LP produced by Sir George Martin; the latter makes its first appearance on CD. It's been joined by 1970's Sweet Inspiration with 1971's Images.  As with past volumes in this series, these

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Cilla Black

Sweeter Than Ever: Nick Kamen's Discography Compiled By Cherry Pop

May 12, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Nick Kamen 1

Cherry Pop will compile the works of U.K. model-turned-singer Nick Kamen this summer. Available July 24, the 6CD The Complete Collection offers remastered versions all four albums Kamen recorded for Warner Music between 1987 and 1992, plus dozens of bonus tracks and remixes, many of them previously unreleased or new to CD. (The label notes that 20 mixes are previously unreleased, though we suspect this number is higher.) Two never-before-heard tracks are also available: covers of The Everly

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop Tags: Madonna, Nick Kamen

Stone Crush on You: Light in the Attic Collects Memphis Soul from 1977-1987

May 12, 2020 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

Stone Crush Memphis Modern Soul

Light in the Attic is at it again with another exercise vault-digging that may well be the definitive word on Memphis' soul scene of the late-'70s and '80s.  Stone Crush: Memphis Modern Soul 1977-1987  is now available in an array of configurations.  Each documents the modern soul scene of Bluff City's post-Stax years.  Available on CD, double vinyl, or a special 2LP/7" set, Stone Crush is a labor of love from collectors/DJs Daniel Mathis and Chad Weekly that's over a decade in the

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul

The Mothers '70

May 11, 2020 By

Frank Zappa The Mothers 1970

This 4-CD box set celebrates 1970's short-lived Mothers of Invention iteration featuring Frank Zappa, Aynsley Dunbar (drums), George Duke (piano/keys/trombone), Ian Underwood (organ/keys/guitar), Jeff Simmons (bass/vocals) and Flo and Eddie a.k.a. Howard Kaylan (vocals) and Mark Volman (vocals/percussion) of The Turtles.  This lineup injected a heavily comedic, often off-color element to Zappa's oeuvre while still retaining the impeccable musicality for which the maverick composer was known. 

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Happy Together: The Zappa Trust Winds Back the Clock 50 Years With 'The Mothers 1970' Box Set

May 11, 2020 By Sam Stone 2 Comments

Frank Zappa The Mothers 1970

On Friday, Zappa Records/UMe announced its latest archival release. The Mothers 1970, a 4-CD box set, is due on June 26. Like previous Zappa archive projects such as last year's 50th anniversary edition of Hot Rats, this one has been produced by Ahmet Zappa and "Vaultmeister" Joe Travers to provide a look at a heralded period of creativity.  The short-lived Mothers of Invention iteration heard on these discs featured Aynsley Dunbar (drums), George Duke (piano/keys/trombone), Ian Underwood

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Flo and Eddie, Frank Zappa

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