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Release Round-Up: Week of June 21

June 21, 2019 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Prince Originals

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Prince, Originals (Warner/NPG) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Originals brings together 15 demos of songs Prince gave away to other artists including The Time, Sheila E., Kenny Rogers, Martika, Vanity 6, and The Bangles. Tidal will exclusively offered the album for high-resolution streaming on June 7, with the CD and wide digital release out today, and vinyl configurations to follow in July.  A Target exclusive CD edition adds one

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bill Evans, Def Leppard, Glen Campbell, James Brown, John Miller, LaToya Jackson, Philip Bailey, Prince, Sha Na Na, The Hollywood Vampires, The Rolling Stones, Travis, Wes Montgomery, Willie Nelson

Been Through the Desert: America Releases "Live at the London Palladium," "Live in Central Park 1979" and More on CD, DVD

June 20, 2019 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

America Live in Central Park

The celebration of 50 years of America continues.  We've already filled you about the Capitol-era Classic Album Collection, the reissue of Archives Vol. 1, and the upcoming 50th Anniversary: The Collection, but there's more on the way courtesy of the band's own America Records and available through the band's webstore. The label has recently released Live at the London Palladium, a chronicle of the band's 2018 stand at the famed venue, on 2CD, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, viewable in all DVD players),

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: America

Girl of My Dreams: Cherry Red, RPM Celebrate Twinkle with "The Complete Recordings"

June 20, 2019 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Twinkle Girl in a Million

Twinkle, a.k.a. Lynn Ripley, may be best-remembered today for "Golden Lights," covered by The Smiths.  But Morrissey (who also included her self-written "death disc" entitled "Terry" among his list of "Singles to be Cremated With") was just one of her famous fans - a rank also including Elton John and Sir Tim Rice.  The Surrey-born singer went to school with Camilla Parker-Bowles, shared bills with The Beatles, Cilla Black, and Dusty Springfield, and hung out with Keith Moon and Jimi Hendrix. 

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Twinkle

Play On: 55th Anniversary

June 19, 2019 By

The Ides of March Play On

Chicago's hometown favorite band The Ides of March, led as always by singer-songwriter Jim Peterik, return with a new studio album.  Play On boasts 14 new songs sure to form a new chapter in the 55-years-and-counting history of the horn-rock band.  The CD has one bonus track, the original single version of the Ides' enduring classic "Vehicle."

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Formats: CD Genre: Rock

Echo in the Canyon: Music From and Inspired by the Documentary Film

June 19, 2019 By

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Jakob Dylan and a group of friends including Beck, Cat Power, Fiona Apple, Norah Jones, Eric Clapton, Neil Young, and Regina Spektor revisit thirteen Laurel Canyon classics on this album inspired by director Andrew Slater's recent documentary film.  Songs include "I Just Wasn't Made for These Times" by Dylan with Young, "Expecting to Fly" with Spektor, "Goin' Back" with Beck, "You Showed Me" with Cat Power, and more.

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

Lesley Step Lightly: The GM Recordings Plus 1974-1982

June 19, 2019 By

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British singer-songwriter and prolific backing vocalist Lesley Duncan ("Love Song")'s three albums and seven singles for the GM label are collected on RPM's new 3-CD set with copious bonus material including her 1974 BBC In Concert recording, a live track from the 1973 Reading Festival, and post-GM material including the charity single "Sing Children Sing" (with Kate Bush, Pete Townshend, Madeline Bell, and others) and tracks recorded with her producer-arranger husband Tony Cox in the 1980s.

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

The Singles Collection

June 19, 2019 By

Bay City Rollers The Singles Collection

Cherry Red's 7a imprint has rounded up all 47 of The Bay City Rollers' single sides on the Bell, Arista, and Epic labels released between 1971 and 1981 on a 3-CD clamshell box set.  Includes "Saturday Night," "Bye Bye Baby," "Give a Little Love," and all of the group's international smashes.  The set has been remastered by James Bragg and includes a 28-page booklet with single-by-single annotation.

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop

The Man Who: 20th Anniversary Edition [Various Formats]

June 19, 2019 By

Travis The Man Who

2CD/2LP Box: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Scottish rock band Travis' sophomore album, 1999's The Man Who, gets a 20th anniversary deluxe edition from Craft Recordings.  Produced by Nigel Godrich, it spent eleven weeks atop the U.K. Albums Chart, and has sold over 3.5 million copies worldwide.  The box set features the expanded original album and bonus tracks (including B-sides and live

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Rock

It's Life's Illusions I Recall: Edsel Collects Judy Collins' 1960s Albums on New Box Set

June 19, 2019 By Joe Marchese 17 Comments

Judy Collins Elektra Albums

With a crystalline voice and a songbook encompassing the best of folk, pop, Broadway, and beyond, Judy Collins remains an American treasure.  The Seattle native first made a splash on the Colorado folk scene; soon, she was gaining notoriety in Connecticut and then in the fertile Greenwich Village stomping grounds of New York City.  It was in New York that the luminous Collins - a classical piano prodigy, talented guitarist, gifted adapter and later, songwriter, and a singer with a three-octave

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Folk, Pop Tags: Judy Collins

Purple: 25th Anniversary Edition [Various Formats]

June 19, 2019 By

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3-CD/LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rhino celebrates 25 years of Stone Temple Pilots' Purple with a new box set.  The 3-CD/1-LP super deluxe box brings together a newly remastered edition of the classic album on CD and LP,  plus unreleased rarities, alternate versions, and live tracks from the era.  There are a number of early versions, demos, and acoustic takes of the beloved

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Rock

Live at Woodstock

June 19, 2019 By

Creedence Live at Woodstock

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Woodstock's 50th anniversary is right around the corner, and Craft Recordings is marking the occasion with the release of Creedence Clearwater Revival's complete performance at the historic festival.  Live at Woodstock is available in CD, 2-LP, and digital formats (including high-resolution 96/24) featuring the band's complete performance at Yasgur's farm.  The set will also be included in full on

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

Welcome to the Vault

June 19, 2019 By

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Welcome To The Vault is the first-ever Steve Miller Band rarities collection.  The 3CD/DVD box set features 52 songs that span Miller's career, including 38 previously unreleased recordings and 5 never-before-heard songs.  With demos, rehearsal takes, newly unearthed compositions, classic concert recordings, and more, Miller has dived into the vaults with a celebratory collection that's bound to please any fan.  The DVD is also a treasure trove of rarities, featuring 21 performances including

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock

Rubberband

June 19, 2019 By

Miles Davis Rubberband

Rhino has unearthed a lost album recorded by Miles Davis in 1985-1986 prior to his label debut Tutu.  The LP has been completed by original co-producers Randy Hall and Zane Giles with Davis' nephew Vince Wilburn, Jr., who played drums on the album sessions.  Ledisi and Lalah Hathaway have been enlisted to complete the vocal tracks.  Available on CD, 2-LP vinyl, and digital platforms.

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

Country Music - A Film by Ken Burns: The Soundtrack

June 19, 2019 By

Ken Burns Country Music

5CD: 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 1CD: Walmart.com Filmmaker Ken Burns has tackled many subjects over the years, from the Civil War to baseball.  His documentaries have garnered numerous awards over the years.  In 2001, he took an in-depth look at the genre of jazz.  Now, he's exploring a different genre with Country Music, an eight-part, 16-1/2-hour documentary premiering September

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country

Live in Japan [Various Formats]

June 18, 2019 By

Davy Jones Live in Japan

2CD/DVD Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Keymail Records (U.K.) / Deep Discount (U.S.) 3LP Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Keymail Records (U.K.) / Deep Discount (U.S.) 7a Records releases a Davy Jones treasure trove on Live in Japan, available in both 2CD/DVD and 3LP formats. The 2CD/DVD set presents both of Jones' officially released (and long-unavailable) Japanese concert albums in their best sound yet, plus numerous singles and rarities from the

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

Review: "Getz at the Gate: The Stan Getz Quartet Live at The Village Gate - Nov. 26, 1961"

June 18, 2019 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Getz at the Gate

1962 is rightfully viewed as a breakthrough year for tenor saxophonist Stan Getz, the year in which he successfully brought the Brazilian bossa nova sound to the mainstream with guitarist Charlie Byrd on Jazz Samba.  1961, on the other hand, has receded as a kind of footnote in his musical history despite two strong albums: the orchestral jazz fusion Focus, with arranger Eddie Sauter (late of The Sauter-Finnegan Orchestra and later an in-demand orchestrator of such Broadway musicals as 1776),

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Jazz Tags: Stan Getz

Trying To Make A Living: Classics From Chicago's Independent Blues Scene Collected on "Cadillac Baby's Bea and Baby Records"

June 18, 2019 By Sam Stone 4 Comments

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Blues fanatics rejoice!  Earwig Music Company invites listeners to take a spin with a new 101-track, 4-CD collection of classic Chicago blues, R&B, and gospel recordings.  Cadillac Baby's Bea & Baby Records: The Definitive Collection, due to arrive on July 19, chronicles one of Chicago's finest indie blues labels.  Bea & Baby Records was founded by entrepreneur and music fanatic Narvel "Cadillac Baby" Eatmon.  From 1959-1989, the label and its subsidiaries (among them Key, Keyhole,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Blues, Funk, Gospel, Rap/Hip-Hop Tags: Andre Williams, Hound Dog Taylor, James Cotton, Sleepy John Estes & Hammie Nixon

Make Your Own Sweet Sunshine: Davy Jones' "Live in Japan" Arrives on CD/DVD and LP from 7a Records

June 17, 2019 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Davy Jones Live in Japan

7a Records is heading to Davy Jones' locker...or more accurately, his vault, as the label has announced its most extensive project yet.  The late Monkee's Live in Japan is a remarkable and comprehensive collection of both of Jones' officially released (and long-unavailable) Japanese concert albums in their best sound yet, plus numerous singles and rarities from the early 1980s.  The set, due on August 2 in two formats, paints a vivid portrait of Jones' solo work during the period prior to The

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Davy Jones

The Circle is Unbroken: Legacy To Release The Soundtrack to Ken Burns' "Country Music" in Box Set, Other Editions

June 14, 2019 By Randy Fairman 1 Comment

Ken Burns Country Music

Filmmaker Ken Burns has tackled many subjects over the years, from the Civil War to baseball.  His documentaries have garnered numerous awards over the years.  In 2001, he took an in-depth look at the genre of jazz.  Now, he is aiming to explore a different genre with Country Music, an eight-part, 16-1/2-hour documentary premiering September 15 on PBS.  And as with Jazz, there will be an accompanying soundtrack.  The most expansive of these is a 5-disc box set debuting on August 30 from Legacy

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country Tags: Charley Pride, Dolly Parton, George Jones, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, Patsy Cline, Rosanne Cash, Various Artists, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson

Love What We Make Together: Miles Davis' Lost "Rubberband" Gets September Release

June 14, 2019 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Miles Davis Rubberband

A new chapter is about to be written for Miles Davis' Warner Bros. years.  On September 6, Rhino will unveil Rubberband, the lost album recorded by the late trumpeter in 1985-1986, on CD, 2-LP vinyl, and digital formats. Davis began recording Rubberband shortly after joining Warner Bros. in 1985.  In October, he entered Los Angeles' Ameraycan Studios with producers Randy Hall and Zane Giles.  Davis - playing both trumpet and keyboards - was joined at Ameraycan by keyboardists Adam Holzman,

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, R&B/Soul Tags: Miles Davis

Amazing Journey: Roger Daltrey Releases "The Who's Tommy Orchestral" Live Album

June 14, 2019 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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Fifty years ago, The Who debuted Tommy at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London. The ambitious rock opera about a deaf, dumb, and blind pinball wizard turned messiah catapulted The Who into the upper echelons of arena rock and marked a new transition in their storied career. Last year, Who frontman Roger Daltrey embarked on a world tour performing The Who's Tommy with an orchestra. With David Campbell providing the arrangements and Keith Levenson conducting, the piece took on a new life in a new

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Roger Daltrey

Release Round-Up: Week of June 14

June 14, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

CaroleKing LiveAtMontreux1973 CD DVD

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Johnny Mathis, Killing Me Softly with Her Song/When Will I See You Again (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music continue celebrating Johnny Mathis' discography with two albums on one CD. 1973's Killing Me Softly with Her Song and 1975's When Will I See You Again both spotlight Mathis' silky interpretations of the day's greatest hits. Killing Me Softly with Her

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: ABBA, Bob Marley, Bruce Springsteen, Carole King, Grateful Dead, Hank Williams, Isaac Hayes, Johnny Mathis, R.E.M., Roger Daltrey, Stan Getz, Tangerine Dream, ZZ Top

OUT TOMORROW! Second Disc Records, Real Gone Bring Four Johnny Mathis Classics to CD

June 13, 2019 By The Second Disc 8 Comments

Johnny Mathis The Heart of a Woman and Feelings

As Johnny Mathis plays to packed houses across the country on his acclaimed The Voice of Romance Tour and on the heels of the February CD release of his treasured CHIC collaboration I Love My Lady, Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records are excited to continue our series of deluxe reissues from the superstar artist.  TOMORROW, a quartet of classic Mathis albums with a classic soul twist will be reissued on a pair of two-for-one releases.  All four LPs are making their standalone CD

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Carpenters, Jerry Fuller, Johnny Mathis, Melissa Manchester

Keep On Rock'n Me: Steve Miller Band Unleashes Unreleased Goodies on "Welcome To The Vault" Box Set

June 13, 2019 By Sam Stone 6 Comments

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The story of The Steve Miller Band presents a group that was always willing to move forward - from their blues roots in the late-'60s, to their slew of smash rock hits in the '70s, to their explorations into pop and other forms in the decades since.  Now, more than 50 years since the band's inception, The Steve Miller Band have announced an expansive 3-CD/DVD box set of rarities due October 11 entitled Welcome To The Vault. Welcome To The Vault is the first-ever Steve Miller Band rarities

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Blues, Classic Rock Tags: James Cotton, Les Paul, Steve Miller Band

Rave On: Cherry Red Collects Steeleye Span's Early Years on "All Things Are Quite Silent"

June 13, 2019 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Steeleye Span All Things are Quite Silent

The British folk revival of the mid- to late-1960s yielded many memorable artists, but few as enduring as Steeleye Span.  The group, still going strong today, notched a quartet of top 40 albums and a couple of bona fide hit singles while remaining true to their traditional roots.  Cherry Red's Cherry Tree imprint has recently revisited the band with a 3-CD set containing all three of their albums with founding member Ashley Hutchings plus a small clutch of bonus tracks.  All Things Are Quite

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Folk Tags: Steeleye Span

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