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Emperor of Easy: Lost Columbia Masters 1962-72

February 28, 2020 By

RGM 0992 Andy Williams Emperor of Easy Revised Cover

Real Gone Music has the first-ever collection of never-before-heard music from Andy Williams' Columbia Records years. Emperor of Easy: Lost Columbia Masters 1962-72 boasts 20 selections direct from the Columbia vault encompassing 16 previously unreleased studio outtakes and four rare singles. Every track on Emperor of Easy is new to CD including Andy's renditions of "Two for the Road," "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'," "Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town," "This Guy's in Love with You," and a

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal

Dionne Warwick's "Déjà Vu: The Arista Recordings" Box Out Today from Cherry Red, SoulMusic

February 28, 2020 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Dionne Warwick Deja Vu

UPDATED 2/28: Earlier this week, the popular competition show The Masked Singer unmasked The Mouse.  But to anyone who's ever listened to a radio over the past 50-plus years, there was no need for a reveal.  It was obvious that, underneath the giant mouse head, was the voice of only one person: the inimitable Dionne Warwick.  Over 40 years ago, Warwick left Warner Bros. Records and signed to Clive Davis' Arista label to begin a new chapter in her remarkable career.  Today, Cherry Red's SoulMusic

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Dionne Warwick

Release Round-Up: Week of February 28

February 28, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Allman Brothers Trouble No More Cover

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Allman Brothers Band, Trouble No More: 50th Anniversary Collection (Mercury/UMe) 5CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 10LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada UMe is marking The Allman Brothers Band's 50th anniversary with a new 5-CD or 10-LP box set boasting 61 newly remastered tracks including classics, rarities, and seven previously unreleased tracks.  Trouble No More is bookended with the band's never-before-heard

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Charles Strouse, Charlie Parker, Dionne Warwick, Dom Flemons, Don Flemons, Eileen Farrell, Harry Chapin, Horace Tapscott, James Taylor, Sergio Mendes, The Allman Brothers Band

Short Takes, Broadway Edition: London "Annie" Comes to CD, Kritzerland Continues "Revisited," and Mondo Has "Bathtubs"

February 27, 2020 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Annie OLC

The sun will come out tomorrow...because that's the release date for Stage Door Records' world premiere CD release of the Original London Cast Recording of Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse, and Martin Charnin's beloved musical Annie. A little over a year after its smash, Tony Award-winning debut on Broadway, Annie opened in the West End at the Victoria Palace Theatre (today the home of Hamilton). While original star Andrea McArdle repeated her performance for the first 40 performances, the role of

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings Tags: Charles Strouse, DeSylva Brown and Henderson, Martin Charnin

I Sing To Know I'm Alive: Lost Nina Simone Classic Reissued on CD, LP in April

February 27, 2020 By Sam Stone 2 Comments

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Few singers could conjure as much emotion through words and tone as Nina Simone.  While many of her best-known albums from the '60s and '70s have become widely available in recent years, music from her ex-U.S. years have been much harder to find.  Among the most sought-after is Fodder On My Wings, a 1982 album originally released on the French label Carrere.  Decades out-of-print on a major label, the album will be re-released by Verve and UMe - complete with new cover art - on April 3.  Whether

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Nina Simone

Review: Frank Zappa, "The Hot Rats Sessions"

February 26, 2020 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Hot Rats Sessions

What is jazz-rock? The label has been applied to the work of diverse artists such as Chicago, Blood Sweat & Tears, Miles Davis, Steely Dan, and Santana (and that's just to name some of the most well-known exponents) not to mention an entire cadre of fusion artists like the groups Weather Report and Return to Forever. In the jazz-rock canon, the name of Frank Zappa certainly stands tall. The multi-faceted artist delivered one of the genre's earliest and most seminal albums with 1969's Hot

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

Our Night to Howl: Andy Williams' "Emperor of Easy: Lost Columbia Masters 1962-1972" Collects Unreleased Tracks, Rarities

February 25, 2020 By The Second Disc 6 Comments

RGM 0992 Andy Williams Emperor of Easy Revised Cover

With all apologies to Christmas, March just might be the most wonderful time of the year to be an Andy Williams fan. On March 27, Real Gone Music will release the first-ever collection of never-before-heard music from Andy's Columbia Records years. Emperor of Easy: Lost Columbia Masters 1962-72 boasts 20 selections direct from the Columbia vault encompassing 16 previously unreleased studio outtakes and four rare singles. Every track on Emperor of Easy is new to CD. Throughout his two decades

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Andy Williams, The Williams Brothers

Nashville Tears

February 25, 2020 By

Rumer Nashville Tears

Rumer returns with a beautiful new studio album celebrating the words and music of songwriter Hugh Prestwood.  While Prestwood never became a household name, his songs have been covered by the likes of Judy Collins, Jimmy Buffett, Barbara Mandrell, Trisha Yearwood, and Kathy Mattea.  Now Rumer adds herself to that illustrious list with this collection of 15 Prestwood compositions including "Hard Times for Lovers," "Ghost in This House," and the Emmy-winning "The Song Remembers When," plus a

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country, Pop

The Monkees Live: The Mike and Micky Show [Vinyl]

February 25, 2020 By

The Monkees Live The Mike and Micky Show

To coincide with their latest run of joint performances, The Monkees bring the acclaimed Mike and Micky Show to LP.  (The CD was released earlier this year.)  The joyous and rocking 25-track package features Nesmith, Dolenz, and a killer band on hits and deep cuts alike from The Monkees' debut right up through their most recent (non-holiday) studio album, Good Times.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop

Hidden Depth: Cherry Red, Esoteric Expand "The End of the Game" from Fleetwood Mac's Peter Green

February 25, 2020 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Peter Green The End of the Game

The End of the Game, influential blues guitarist and Fleetwood Mac co-founder Peter Green's 1970 proper debut album, should have marked a beginning rather than the promised end. But Green's title was prescient; he didn't return with another album for almost a decade even as his old band skyrocketed to superstardom. Cherry Red's Esoteric Recordings imprint has just returned The End of the Game to CD in a single-disc, expanded edition. Green entered the studio for The End of the Game under

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green, Zoot Money

Live in Japan

February 24, 2020 By

Micky Dolenz Live in Japan

CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Deep Discount LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Deep Discount 7a brings Micky Dolenz's 1982 tour of Japan to CD/DVD and LP with Live in Japan.  This multi-format release has the full concert on CD and (region-free) DVD plus rare bonus tracks on CD; as well as a 180-gram splatter-colored LP edition with the concert only (sans the introductory "(Theme From) The Monkees").

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Formats: CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Pop

I'm a Believer: 7a Records Brings Micky Dolenz's "Live in Japan" to CD, DVD, and LP

February 24, 2020 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Micky Dolenz Live in Japan

Last year, 7a Records - the label dedicated to all things Monkees - chronicled the early 1980s rise of Monkeemania in Japan with the release of Davy Jones' Live in Japan. On May 8, 7a will celebrate another Monkee solo tour from that era with Micky Dolenz's own Live in Japan. Like Davy's entry, Micky's release will be available in CD/DVD and vinyl LP formats. Early 1982 saw Dolenz make the trip to Japan where he embarked on his first tour as a solo artist. Much as Jones had adopted the

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Categories: News Formats: CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Micky Dolenz, Paul Williams, The Monkees

Review: Hank Williams, "Pictures from Life's Other Side"

February 24, 2020 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Hank Williams Pictures from Lifes Other Side

Hank Williams' Pictures from Life's Other Side isn't your ordinary box set. The collection from BMG is essentially a big, handsome coffee table book with six CDs as musical accompaniment. But when the subject is Hank Williams, the music can't be an afterthought - and it certainly isn't here. The discs in this lavish tome present all 144 tracks recorded by Williams for his 1951 radio show sponsored by the Mother's Best flour company. After gaining a considerable audience as part of the popular

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Country Tags: Hank Williams

One World

February 23, 2020 By

Billy Ocean One World

Billy Ocean recently celebrated his 70th birthday, but he's the one giving a gift to his fans.  The "Caribbean Queen" singer has announced the release of his first album of new material in 10 years, entitled One World. The record sees Ocean reunite with producer Barry Eastmond, whose credits include a number of Billy's best-loved hits, like "When The Going Gets Tough" and "Love Zone."  Available on CD and vinyl.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop

Up All Nite With Prince: The One Nite Alone Collection

February 23, 2020 By

Prince Up All Nite Collection

4CD/DVD Box Set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada One Nite Alone... LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada One Nite Alone...Live! 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada One Nite Alone...The Aftershow: It Ain't Over! 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The 5-CD box set Up All Nite With Prince: The One Nite Alone Collection rounds up the titular studio album (Prince's intimate follow-up to The Rainbow Children) and its two associated live albums in one

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

The Rainbow Children

February 23, 2020 By

Prince The Rainbow Children

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Rainbow Children, The Artist's 24th studio album, returns to CD and vinyl.  It was first released as an exclusive on his NPG Music Club website and then issued commercially in November 2001. His first album to be released without the support of a major label, the LP features many of Prince's familiar lyrical themes intertwining sex, love, and spirituality, it musically showcased a

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

Street Fighting Years: Super Deluxe Edition

February 23, 2020 By

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UMC revisits Simple Minds' 1989 album Street Fighting Years as a 4-CD box set.  The cinematic Trevor Horn and Stephen Lipson-produced LP featured the band's first U.K. No. 1, "Belfast Child," even as the group underwent personnel changes.  This expanded edition is the latest in UMC's ongoing Simple Minds reissue series and features a newly remastered version of the album (undertaken by Andrew Walters at Abbey Road Studios) alongside a disc of B-sides, edits and 12″ remixes.  The box is rounded

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Pop, Rock

Greatest Hits [Remaster]

February 23, 2020 By

James Taylor Greatest Hits

Last year's release from James Taylor of The Warner Bros. Albums featured a beautifully remastered set of his LPs from the label, but one core release was missing: 1976's best-selling Greatest Hits, featuring a handful of exclusive tracks including his WB re-recordings of "Carolina in My Mind" and "Something in the Way She Moves" and a live "Steamroller."  Now, that album is coming back to CD and vinyl in newly remastered form (overseen by Peter Asher) to complement the box set's studio albums.

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

Take A Step Back: Simple Minds Revisit Their 'Street Fighting Years' On New Box

February 21, 2020 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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On March 6, UMC will revisit Simple Minds' 1989 album with Street Fighting Years to the tune of a 4-CD box set.  The cinematic Trevor Horn and Stephen Lipson-produced LP featured the band's first U.K. No. 1, "Belfast Child," even as the group underwent personnel changes.  This expanded edition is the latest in UMC's ongoing Simple Minds reissue series and features a newly remastered version of the album (undertaken by Andrew Walters at Abbey Road Studios) alongside a disc of B-sides, edits and

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Simple Minds

Release Round-Up: Week of February 21

February 21, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Hank Williams Pictures from Lifes Other Side

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Hank Williams, Pictures from Life's Other Side - The Man and His Music in Rare Photos and Recordings (BMG) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) BMG salutes late singer-songwriter-legend Hank Williams with the release of Pictures from Life's Other Side - The Man and His Music in Rare Photos and Recordings. This lavish 6-CD collection presents all 144 tracks recorded by Williams for his 1951 radio show sponsored by Mother's Best Flour

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Everything Else, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Bob Crewe, Erasure, Eric Burdon, Fred Rogers, Hank Williams, Harry Nilsson, Miles Davis, Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels, Nancy Priddy, Neneh Cherry, Ozzy Osbourne, Peter Green, Ringo Starr, The Animals, The Staple Singers

U're Gonna C Me: New Wave of Prince Reissues Includes Live Box Set

February 20, 2020 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Prince Up All Nite Collection

Legacy Recordings and The Prince Estate are partying like it's 2001­-2002! On April 17, The Rainbow Children (2001) and One Nite Alone... (2002) will be reissued along with Prince's first official live albums from the tour that took place in between those two studio releases. One Nite Alone...Live! and One Nite Alone: The Aftershow...It Ain't Over! will both premiere on vinyl in limited edition purple, while The Rainbow Children returns to CD for the first time in years and on a clear double

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Prince

I'm Only Dancing: Unreleased David Bowie Concert Announced for Record Store Day 2020

February 20, 2020 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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Unreleased David Bowie concert tapes will be dusted off after 45 years in the vault and released for Record Store Day 2020, Parlophone has announced.  I'm Only Dancing (The Soul Tour 74)  puts the spotlight on the period between Diamond Dogs and Young Americans as Bowie began embracing the sounds of Philadelphia and emerged with a new reconfigured group, new stage design, and new songs to perform. The 2-LP or 2-CD set draws from recently discovered tapes of performances at the Michigan Palace

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Shake a Tail Feather! RPM Collects Complete Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels

February 20, 2020 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Mitch Ryder Sockin It to You

Between 1965 and 1968, Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels scored a series of hits on producer-impresario Bob Crewe's DynoVoice and New Voice labels.  With the prolific Crewe at the helm, Ryder's records featured a fiery blend of blue-eyed soul and pure, high-adrenaline rock-and-roll. Mitch Ryder (real name: William Levise, Jr.) set the stage for Michigan rockers from Bob Seger to Grand Funk Railroad to conquer the charts. For one of its final releases, Cherry Red's RPM imprint has celebrated the

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Bob Crewe, Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels

Review: Bobby Hatfield, "Stay with Me: The Richard Perry Sessions"

February 17, 2020 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Bobby Hatfield Stay with Me

During rehearsals for their landmark single "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'," Righteous Brother Bobby Hatfield reportedly asked producer/co-writer Phil Spector just what he was supposed to do while Bill Medley took the lead on the powerful song. Spector's reply? "Go to the bank!" The producer wasn't kidding, as the anthemic ballad became a No. 1 on both sides of the Atlantic, the fifth best-selling song of the U.S. in 1965, and the most-played song on radio and television of the entire 20th

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Al Kooper, Bobby Hatfield, Ringo Starr, The Righteous Brothers

Too Cool To Fool: Bowie's Archival 'Is It Any Wonder' EP Completes This Friday, Available Physically In March

February 14, 2020 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

DavidBowie IsItAnyWonder LP

On January 8 -- what would have been David Bowie's 73rd birthday -- Parlophone announced the latest releases in their ongoing series celebrating the rare and unreleased performances from the vault. The streaming EP Is It Any Wonder? was unveiled over the course of the last six weeks, with a new song hitting streaming services every Friday. Parlophone also previewed an upcoming Record Store Day release, ChangesNowBowie with the first selection on the EP, an intimate 1996 recording of "The Man Who

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Pop, Rock Tags: Brian Eno, David Bowie

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