The A-side of the first Bay City Rollers single was, appropriately enough, "Keep On Dancing." The Scottish band's cover of the Gentrys oldie became a top ten hit on the U.K.'s Bell Records, and earned the Rollers a slot on Top of the Pops. The best was still yet to come, however, and the band would keep listeners dancing for roughly a decade. The Rollers' ascent to superstardom is chronicled on a recent 3-CD clamshell box set from Cherry Red's 7Ts imprint. The Singles Collection is a tour
Sinatra Sings Alan and Marilyn Bergman
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada A new collection celebrates Frank Sinatra's enduring recordings from the songbook of Oscar-winning lyricists Alan and Marilyn Bergman, from 1960 to 1988. The LP edition has 10 previously released tracks while the CD and digital iterations add three bonus tracks including the non-LP single "Christmas Memories" and two previously unreleased tracks: "Leave It All to Me" and "How Do You Keep the
My Way: 50th Anniversary Edition
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Green Vinyl: uDiscover Store Capitol/UMe/Frank Sinatra Enterprises reissues the Chairman's 1969 contemporary pop LP My Way with four bonus tracks, all of the famous title anthem: live versions from 1971 and 1987, and duets with Willie Nelson and Luciano Pavarotti. David Ritz has penned the new liner notes. Available on CD, LP, and digital platforms.
Promise Kept: The Complete Artist House Recordings
Omnivore Recordings is continuing its association with the late saxophone great Art Pepper with a new box set. Promise Kept: The Complete Artists House Recordings, available on 5 CDs and digital platforms, collects all four of Pepper's albums for John Snyder's Artists House label with copious bonus material. In total, 19 bonus tracks are spread across the set, some of which have appeared on compilations and some of which appear for the very first time. Also available digitally.
Blue World
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada A lost John Coltrane recording has been unearthed with this never-before-heard five-song session from 1964, as recorded in Rudy Van Gelder's studio in June of that year and featuring reworkings of Trane classics like "Naima" and "Village Blues" in multiple takes plus "Blue World," "Like Sonny," and "Traneing In." Blue World has been mastered from its original analog tapes by Kevin Reeves at Universal
You're Breaking My Heart [Expanded Edition]
Real Gone Music reissues and expands Keely Smith's You're Breaking My Heart, the late chanteuse's hard-to-find, U.K.-only album from 1965. Among its 12 songs are interpretations of Neal Hefti's "Sunday Mornin'", the Willie Nelson standard "Crazy," Jimmie Hodges' "Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)," and her original composition "I'll Always Be in Love With You." A previously unreleased demo of Tony Hatch's "Call Me" is the bonus track, and the whole set has been remastered by Mike Milchner
Different Kinda Different [Expanded Edition]
Johnny Mathis' first album of the 1980s, Different Kinda Different, arrives in an expanded edition. Mathis ushered in the decade with one of the most romantic and sensual albums in his extensive discography. Different Kinda Different teamed him once more with Jack Gold and Gene Page for a set that lived up to its title as it spotlighted numerous new songs. Two sizzling pop-soul duets with Paulette McWilliams, "Different Kinda Different" and "I'd Do It All for You," are at the heart of an
I Only Have Eyes for You/Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me [Expanded Edition]
Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music continue celebrating the oeuvre of Johnny Mathis with this two-for-one collection featuring The Voice of Romance's 1976 and 1977 albums with producer Jack Gold and arranger Gene Page. On these albums, Mathis saluted songwriters including Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield ("The Hungry Years"), Alan O'Day ("Do Me Wrong, But Do Me"), Stephen Sondheim ("Send in the Clowns"), Marvin Hamlisch and Ed Kleban ("One"), and the team of Michael Masser and Gerry
Leave It All to Me: Sinatra's "My Way" Gets 50th Anniversary Reissue, "Sings Alan and Marilyn Bergman" Arrives in October
Get ready to celebrate the eternal Chairman of the Board with a pair of releases due October 11 from Capitol Records/UMe and Frank Sinatra Enterprises. Last week, the labels announced a 50th anniversary edition of Sinatra's 1969 LP My Way, available on CD, digital, and LP; and an all-new compilation entitled Sinatra Sings Alan & Marilyn Bergman, also on all three formats. Originally issued on the Reprise label in March 1969, My Way was Sinatra's second consecutive foray into the world of
Omnivore Recordings Round-Up: Big Star's "In Space" Reissue and A Pair of Mister Rogers Albums On the Way
Omnivore Recordings has a reputation for being one of the most diverse reissue labels around. What other label could be home to Big Star and Mister Rogers? Well, omnivorous listeners have reason to delight, as Omnivore has announced new reissues from both legendary talents due for release in October! It's been more than fifty years since the celebrated children's show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood first aired, yet Fred Rogers' name remains in the public eye thanks in no small part to the
Review: Expanded Reissues of Renaissance's "Live at Carnegie Hall" and "Novella"
Esoteric Recordings, the progressive rock arm of Cherry Red, has built a reputation for excellent reissues of prog classics, some once-overlooked and others legendary favorites. Among those landmark recordings that have received the Esoteric treatment is Renaissance's Live at Carnegie Hall. The 1976 release became one of the defining live albums of the decade and has recently been newly remastered and expanded to a 3-CD set as part of the label's ongoing Renaissance reissue series. Live at
Release Round-Up: Week of August 23
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Here's what arriving today, August 23. Elvis Presley, American Sound 1969 (RCA/Legacy) (Amazon U.S.) The Elvis 1969 celebration continues! In January of that year, Presley and his band began sessions with producer Chips Moman at American Sound Studios in Memphis, which resulted in his acclaimed From Elvis In Memphis album and its lead single "In the Ghetto." He also laid down such iconic songs as "Suspicious Minds," "Kentucky Rain,"
Turn Around, Look At Me: Real Gone Continues Keely Smith Reissue Series With "You're Breaking My Heart"
Once upon a time, Keely Smith was one-half of Las Vegas' royal couple, alongside her then-husband Louis Prima. But she soared in a career of her own, and following tenures at Capitol and Dot Records, she signed with Frank Sinatra's Reprise label with the promise of retaining rights to her master tapes. In 2016, Real Gone Music began bringing her Reprise titles on CD to the first time ever. Following reissues of The Intimate Keely Smith, Little Girl Blue/Little Girl New, and Sings the John
Traneing In: Never-Before-Released John Coltrane Tapes Set To Arrive on "Blue World"
Jazz aficionados worldwide have good reason to celebrate with the news of a new John Coltrane album that features lost performances from 1964! The album arrives on September 27 through Verve/Impulse! and is entitled Blue World. The 8-song collection features Coltrane's "Classic Quartet" as recorded in a newly unearthed session at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in June of that year. The sessions that make up Blue World were commissioned by Quebecois filmmaker Gille Groulx, a rabid Coltrane fan
Glory Days: Springsteen's 1986 Bridge School Performance Featuring CSNY Arrives on Digital, CD
Bruce Springsteen has announced the latest volume in his long-running series of live concert downloads/CD-Rs available exclusively through Nugs.net. Bridge School: October 13, 1986 captures The Boss' memorable performance at Neil Young's Bridge School Concert at Mountain View, California's Shoreline Amphitheatre. Backed by Danny Federici and Nils Lofgren, Springsteen's ten-song set was his first solo acoustic performance in over a decade. The setlist included favorites from his then-recent
Make the Moment Count: a-ha Announces Expanded Reissues of "Minor Earth | Major Sky" and "Lifelines" Due in October
a-ha broke onto the scene in the '80s with a run of five successful albums, but went on a seven-year hiatus in 1993 following the release of Memorial Beach. In the interim, the Norwegian trio - Morten Harket, Magne Furuholmen and Pål Waaktaar-Savoy - explored different interests until they were invited to perform at the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize concert in Oslo. Their two-song set brought them international attention and they soon reconvened in New York to write what would become their 2000
Twist My Wrist! Cherry Red Releases Career-Spanning Anthology from Early U.K. Rock and Roll Star Jess Conrad
Brixton-born entertainer Jess Conrad has been involved in every facet of showbiz over a career spanning seven decades: theatre, film, television, commercials, cabaret, reality shows, and pop music. The latter field is, naturally, the subject of Cherry Red and El's new 2-CD, 63-song anthology Jess for You: The Definitive Collection which packs hits, rarities, and seven never-before-released tracks. Conrad made a big splash in the first wave of rock-and-rollers to come from Great Britain. He
Still Magic: Mint Audio Collects Peter Skellern's "Complete Decca Recordings" on New 3-CD Set
Peter Skellern's 1972 hit "You're a Lady" introduced a new, original voice onto the pop scene. A No. 3 hit in his native England, the gentle ballad was covered by artists ranging from Davy Jones to Johnny Mathis. A second major hit came three years later with "Hold On to Love," and Skellern continued to make music on records, television, stages, and even churches for the rest of his life. The singer-songwriter sadly passed away in 2017 at the age of 69, but the U.K.'s Mint Audio label has
Because It's Christmastime: Chicago Releases New Christmas Album in October
Chicago is back on October 4 with the band's 37th studio album and fourth Christmas release. The simply-titled Chicago Christmas will arrive from Rhino Records on CD, LP, and digital platforms with eight original songs, two classic holiday standards, and one pop favorite. Produced by founding member Lee Loughnane, Chicago Christmas is the group's first holiday album to focus primarily on original compositions. For this project, the band members wrote new songs such as "All Over The World,"
Review: Bobby Rush Proves He's At the Top of His Game With "Sitting On Top of the Blues"
Legendary bluesman Bobby Rush is back with a new album, Sitting on Top of the Blues, which is released today on CD and LP through Rush's own Deep Rush label. At 86 years old, the Louisiana-born guitar slinger and singer has traveled from the Chitlin' circuit to the world's stages since 1951. He's released music on indie labels across the nation, recorded for Gamble & Huff, and has performed alongside a who's-who of funk, soul, and blues luminaries. You've probably heard some of his classics
Release Round-Up: Week of August 16
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Various Artists, Cadillac Baby's Bea & Baby Records: The Definitive Collection (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Earwig Music has one of the year's most intriguing box sets and most significant historical excavations - a beautiful 124-page, 4-CD hardcover tome chronicling in words and music the story of Narvel Eatmon, a.k.a. Cadillac Baby, and his Chicago label Bea & Baby Records. From 1959-1989, the label and its various
The Times They Are A-Changin': Shout! Factory Brings Peter, Paul and Mary's "Newport 1963-65" to CD, DVD
The Newport Folk Festival was created in 1959 in Newport, Rhode Island as a response to the rising prominence of folk music in America. In 1961, one of the great groups of the genre was formed when Peter Yarrow, Noel Paul Stookey, and Mary Travers lifted their voices in song as Peter, Paul and Mary. The trio frequently took the stage at Newport with many of their classic songs, and now, Shout! Factory is collecting eighteen such performances on a new set coming to CD, DVD, and digital formats
Run Back to Mama: Ace's "Horn Rock" Anthology Features Chase, Blood Sweat and Tears, Delaney and Bonnie, More
The new collection on Ace Records' BGP imprint packs a mighty punch. That's because it's dedicated to Horn Rock (with the equally-important subtitle And Funky Guitar Grooves), that boldest and brassiest of rock subgenres. The phrase "horn rock" immediately brings to mind the sound popularized by Chicago and Blood, Sweat & Tears (only one of which is represented here) but the added colors afforded by horns were applied to recordings in the baroque-rock, art-rock, psych-rock, and jazz-rock
Beyond and Before: Cherry Red's Avant-Pop and Art-Rock Collection Features Yes, Bowie, Zombies, Procol Harum, Mick Ronson
Cherry Red's Grapefruit imprint has continued its series of clamshell box sets exploring a particular period or genre in rock history with a new set dedicated to one of the U.K.'s most fertile periods. The 3-CD Lullabies for Catatonics: A Journey Through the British Avant-Pop/Art Rock Scene 1967-74 offers 49 nuggets at the intersection of pop and rock, psychedelia and pastoral folk, prog and glam, famous and unknown. Following up previous volumes like I'm a Freak Baby, Dust on the Nettles, and
One Singular Sensation: Second Disc Records, Real Gone Music Reissue, Expand Three Johnny Mathis Classics
Mark your calendars for September 13: that's when Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music will continue celebrating Johnny Mathis' remarkable discography with another pair of expanded releases encompassing three classic albums from The Voice of Romance. 1976's I Only Have Eyes for You and 1977's Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me both reunited Mathis with a pair of his favorite collaborators, producer Jack Gold and arranger Gene Page, for silky renditions of the day's pop smashes as only Mathis
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