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Ride Me Back Home [Various Formats]

May 12, 2019 By

WillieNelson RideMeBackHome

CD:  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Vinyl:  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Gold vinyl:  Barnes and Noble Music and merchandise bundles:  Willie Nelson's Online Shop On the heels of his 86th birthday, Willie Nelson and Legacy Recordings announced his latest album, Ride Me Back Home.  Due on June 21, the album includes new originals and a handful of covers from the singular talent.  According to journalist Mikal Gilmore (quoted in Legacy's press release), the album

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country, Popular Standards/Vocal

The Complete Capitol Singles: 1971-1975

May 12, 2019 By

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Omnivore Recordings' third and final volume in their comprehensive series of Buck Owens' Capitol singles is due May 31. The Complete Capitol Singles: 1971-1975 will include every side that the legendary country picker and singer recorded for the label until the end of his tenure there -- 42 tracks in all across two CDs! The 1970s saw Buck Owens embracing the creative freedom of his home studio. Away from the confines and strict schedules of a conventional recording studio, Owens was free to

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Formats: CD Genre: Country

Let's Have Some Fun: Cherry Red, Robinsongs Celebrate Bar-Kays with "The Definitive Collection"

May 10, 2019 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Bar Kays Definitive Collection

Now in their sixth decade, The Bar-Kays' place in the R&B pantheon is assured.  From the Memphis soul stew of their first single "Soul Finger" in 1967 through the funk-drenched workouts of the 1970s, the common factors have been the band's authenticity, grit, and musicianship.  Now, the full story of the band has been told on Cherry Red and Robinsongs' recent release The Definitive Collection, a 3-CD, 46-song anthology spanning their 1967-1989 recordings on the Stax/Volt and Mercury

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Funk, R&B/Soul Tags: The Bar-Kays

Release Round-Up: Week of May 10

May 10, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Cilla Black Cilla and In My Life

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Cilla Black, Cilla/In My Life (SFE/Cherry Red) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Cherry Red's Strike Force Entertainment imprint has two more reissues in the ongoing series of definitively remastered and expanded Cilla Black albums. First up is the late vocalist's debut album Cilla (1965) with In My Life (1974), the latter of which is making its premiere on CD in full.  This 2-CD set adds 26 bonus tracks, three of which are new to

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Allen Toussaint, Bonnie Raitt, Cher, Cilla Black, David Newman, Howard Jones, Professor Longhair, Rare Earth, The Neville Brothers, Thomas Newman

Review: Resonance Delivers Unreleased Jazz from Bill Evans, Wes Montgomery

May 9, 2019 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Bill Evans Evans in England

Resonance Records marked this year's Record Store Day with two world premieres celebrating the artistry of two late jazz titans, Bill Evans and Wes Montgomery.  Now, those titles have arrived on CD, and they're both worthy successors to the label's past releases from both artists. Evans in England, featuring bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Marty Morell, captures the pianist's longest-running trio a little over a year into their lifespan and already showcasing their exquisite interplay. 

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Jazz Tags: Bill Evans, Wes Montgomery

DEVELOPING: Rhino Celebrates Woodstock 50th with Massive, Complete 38-CD Box Set (UPDATED WITH ORDER LINKS)

May 8, 2019 By Joe Marchese 19 Comments

Woodstock Deluxe Box

Rolling Stone has broken the news this morning that Rhino Records is getting back to the garden in a big (make that BIG) way. Woodstock 50 - Back to the Garden: The Definitive 50th Anniversary Archive, due August 2, will live up to its name as the last word on the legendary festival.  This 38CD/1BD set, limited to 1,969 copies, will include every note performed onstage by every act at Yasgur's Farm over those three days of peace and music, save two tracks by Jimi Hendrix (omitted at the request

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Creedence Clearwater Revival, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, Richie Havens, Sly and the Family Stone, The Band, The Who

UPDATED: Different Drummer: Edsel Collects Michael Nesmith's RCA and Pacific Arts Years on New Box Set

May 8, 2019 By Joe Marchese 10 Comments

Michael Nesmith Songs

And the Hits Just Keep On Comin'.  Michael Nesmith titled his 1972 RCA album ironically - when it "bubbled under" the Billboard 200 at No. 208, it actually bested its predecessor by three slots - but the LP did feature the once and future Monkee's rendition of one major favorite, "Different Drum."  The 1965 tune became an enduring hit for the Stone Poneys featuring Linda Ronstadt in 1967, establishing Nesmith outside of The Monkees.  Since 1968, he's released 16 studio albums.  Recently, 12 of

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop Tags: Michael Nesmith

Getz at the Gate: The Stan Getz Quartet Live at The Village Gate, November 26, 1961

May 7, 2019 By

Getz at the Gate

Verve Records and UMe are taking fans back to the evening of November 26, 1961, when tenor saxophone great Stan Getz and his quartet comprising pianist Steve Kuhn, bassist John Neves, and drummer Roy Haynes took the stage at New York's Village Gate. The show was professionally recorded, possibly for release, but for one reason or another, was never issued.  Every note of that performance - 15 songs, total, including many classic standards - will be heard on the labels' 2-CD or 3-LP release of

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

Like Someone in Love: Unreleased Stan Getz Concert Arrives from Verve in June

May 7, 2019 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Getz at the Gate

Tenor saxophone legend Stan Getz's career spanned six decades in which he played with everyone from Antonio Carlos Jobim and Dizzy Gillespie to Barry Manilow and Huey Lewis.  On June 14, Verve Records and UMe will take fans back to the evening of November 26, 1961, when Getz and his quartet comprising pianist Steve Kuhn, bassist John Neves, and drummer Roy Haynes took the stage at New York's Village Gate. The show was professionally recorded, possibly for release, but for one reason or another,

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

Running Back: Esoteric Revisits Van Der Graaf Generator's "The Aerosol Grey Machine" With 50th Anniversary Box Set

May 7, 2019 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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Cherry Red's Esoteric Recordings imprint has recently released a new box set that celebrates the 50th anniversary of the debut from British prog-rockers Van Der Graaf Generator.  Their first album, The Aerosol Grey Machine has been released in an expanded, 2-CD/LP/7" box set. The progressive pioneers originally formed in 1967 with Peter Hammill on vocals and guitar, Chris Judge Smith on drums and vocals, and Nick Pearne on keyboards.  By the time their debut was released on Mercury in

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, Rock Tags: Van Der Graaf Generator

Road Trips Vol. 3 No. 3 - Fillmore East 5-15-70

May 6, 2019 By

Grateful Dead Road Trips Vol 3 No 3

Real Gone Music is continuing its trip through the Grateful Dead's Road Trips series, bringing each volume to general retail for the first time in reverse order.  Road Trips Vol. 3 No. 3 - Fillmore East 5-15-70 arrives on June 14, the 49th anniversary of Workingman's Dead, the classic album that this volume of Road Trips is meant to commemorate.  This 3-CD release features material from the early and late shows performed at the gone-but-not-forgotten Fillmore East in New York City on May 15,

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock

Goin' 50 [Various Formats]

May 3, 2019 By

ZZ Top Goin 50

3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada ZZ Top is Goin' 50 with a new, multi-format collection celebrating the band's half-a-century of music.  The single disc of Goin' 50 (available June 14) collects 18 of the Texas trio's biggest and baddest hits, from their breakthrough in the '70s to their most recent studio release, 2012's La Futura. Then, on August 16, a Lone Star State-sized 3CD or

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

The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus [Various Formats]

May 3, 2019 By

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2-CD/DVD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Blu-ray: Amazon Links TBD DVD: Amazon Links TBD The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus is coming back to town.  The new editions will be available in multiple physical configurations. The 2-CD Expanded Edition boasts newly remixed and remastered audio and newly discovered, unreleased performances from Taj Mahal, Julius Katchen,

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Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

The Legacy [1961-2017]

May 3, 2019 By

Glen Campbell The Legacy 1961 2017

Capitol and UMe are revisiting Glen Campbell's 2003 career-spanning 4-CD box set with a new edition in digipak packaging that drops the fourth live disc and replaces it with a survey of the artist's work from 2004-2017.  The set boasts 78 tracks total from the country-pop legend.

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Country, Pop

Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers: New ZZ Top Set Celebrates Half Century of Blues and Beards

May 3, 2019 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

ZZ Top Goin 50

Rhino is celebrating a half century of ZZ Top with a new, multi-format compilation due this summer. Goin' 50 collects 18 of the Texas trio's biggest and baddest hits, from their breakthrough in the '70s to their most recent studio release, 2012's La Futura. That disc will be available to buy, stream or download on June 14 - and on August 16, as the group embarks on a 50th anniversary tour, a Lone Star State-sized 3CD or 5LP edition of Goin' 50 will be released. That set offers tracks from

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: ZZ Top

Release Round-Up: Week of May 3

May 3, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Pete Seeger, The Smithsonian Folkways Collection (Smithsonian Folkways) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Smithsonian Folkways' newly curated collection celebrates the late troubadour with 137 tracks over 6 CDs - classic songs, collaborations, and live recordings including 20 previously unreleased tracks, all of which were remastered by Pete Reiniger.  From his first recording sessions with Folkways founder Moses Asch through his '90s

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Tags: Alan Parsons, Jim Peterik, Joe Iconis, Johnny Shines, Lamb of God, Pete Seeger, Simon Bonney

True Grit: Capitol Reissues, Updates "Glen Campbell: The Legacy" Box Set For June Release

May 2, 2019 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Glen Campbell The Legacy 1961 2017

Since going out of print, Capitol Records' 2003 box set Glen Campbell: The Legacy [1961-2002] has been regularly commanding three-figure sums on the secondhand market.  Yesterday, the label delivered some great news to fans of the late superstar.  On June 21, Capitol and UMe will issue a new, updated version of the box set in slimmer, digipak packaging, and with a completely new Disc Four bringing the story of Campbell's incredible career to its completion. The first three CDs of the original

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Country, Gospel, Pop Tags: Anne Murray, Bobbie Gentry, Glen Campbell, Rita Coolidge, Steve Wariner

In the Mood for Love: Cherry Red Collects Early Blossom Dearie in New Box Set

May 2, 2019 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Blossom Dearie The Adorable

This past weekend - April 28, to be exact - would have marked the 95th birthday of Blossom Dearie.  The singer-pianist-songwriter with the recognizably wispy, coquettish voice recorded over 30 albums for labels including Verve, Capitol, and Fontana, and collaborated with talents including Johnny Mercer, Michel Legrand, and Bob Dorough.  Cherry Red's El label has just celebrated Dearie's early years with a new 3-CD set, The Adorable Blossom Dearie (superseding the label's previous single-disc

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Jazz, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Blossom Dearie, Bobby Jaspar

Salt of the Earth: ABKCO Revisits "The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus" With Expanded Deluxe Sets

May 1, 2019 By Sam Stone 4 Comments

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The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus is one of those great time capsules of the rock and roll era. Filmed at the Intertel TV Studio in Wembley on December 11, 1968 and directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, the movie was part rock show and part sideshow. The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus featured the original lineup of The Rolling Stones - Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Charlie Watts, and Bill Wyman - who served as the main music draw and the night's hosts. They were joined by a

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Tags: Eric Clapton, Jethro Tull, John Lennon, Marianne Faithfull, Taj Mahal, The Dirty Mac, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Yoko Ono

Changing My Tune: Kritzerland Reissues, Remasters Classic Gershwin, Coward Tributes

April 30, 2019 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Noel Coward Revisited

Kritzerland is continuing its long-running series of reissues drawn from Ben Bagley's Painted Smiles archives.  The label has just announced new editions of the long out-of-print George Gershwin Revisited and Noel Coward Revisited. George Gershwin Revisited remains one of the starriest releases in the Revisited series, featuring Barbara Cook, Elaine Stritch, Bobby Short, and Anthony Perkins.  Keeping with the focus of the series, producer Bagley and musical director-arranger Norman Paris

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Anthony Perkins, Barbara Cook, Ben Bagley, Bobby Short, Dorothy Loudon, Elaine Stritch, George Gershwin, Hermione Gingold, Noël Coward

Nils Lofgren Celebrates Old Friend Reed with "Blue for Lou"

April 30, 2019 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Nils Lofgren Blue for Lou

The pairing of Nils Lofgren and Lou Reed may have seemed an unlikely one; for one thing, neither gentleman needed much help from anyone else as a songwriter.  But the pair's brief collaboration yielded a full album's worth of songs - 13 total - which would be doled out between the artists on Lofgren's A&M release Nils and Reed's Arista album The Bells (both from 1979).  Much later, Lofgren tapped the song stash again for Damaged Goods (1995) and Breakaway Angel (2002), but five of their

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Lou Reed, Nils Lofgren

It Shall Be Released: Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue Revived On New Box Set, Netflix Film

April 30, 2019 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Bob Dylan Rolling Thunder Revue Cover

Fourteen years after his seminal documentary No Direction Home, director Martin Scorsese is returning to the life and music of Bob Dylan with a new concert film celebrating one of the Bard of Hibbing's most electrifying tours. Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese debuts June 12 on Netflix. The new film shines a spotlight on Dylan's unforgettable adventures with an amazing cast of characters on the road during his 1975-1976 tour.  It will also screen in theaters in London,

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Mick Ronson, Robbie Robertson, Roger McGuinn

Western Stars

April 29, 2019 By

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CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP black vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP color vinyl: Bruce Springsteen Online Shop Music and merchandise bundles: Bruce Springsteen Online Shop Bruce Springsteen returns with a new solo album. Western Stars marks his first studio work since High Hopes in 2014 and is described by the artist as featuring "character driven songs and sweeping, cinematic orchestral arrangement[s]."  Western Stars  is partly inspired by

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

Tuscaloosa

April 29, 2019 By

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CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD + litho: Neil Young Online Store 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP + litho: Neil Young Online Store A companion to the much-maligned (by Neil) Time Fades Away live album, Tuscaloosa captures Neil Young and Stray Gators - who had backed him up on the smash hit Harvest - live in concert on February 5, 1973. Recorded in the era between Harvest and Tonight's The Night, Young and the Gators launched new versions of

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Don't Be Denied: Rare Neil Young and Stray Gators Set Documented on "Tuscaloosa"

April 29, 2019 By Sam Stone 2 Comments

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Neil Young has been hard at work. It was recently announced that he and Crazy Horse had entered the studio and Young has written that they've got 8 tracks in the can. But for as much as Neil enjoys looking forward, he's also spent considerable time curating his legacy. The now near-mythical Archives Vol. 2 has been rumored to be on the way, his Archives website will soon see new exclusive rarities added, and he's got a number of vault projects in the works. One that fans can finally check off

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

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