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The Wayfarer: Bruce Springsteen Returns With New Long-Player, "Western Stars"

April 26, 2019 By Sam Stone 3 Comments

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Yesterday, Bruce Springsteen announced the release of his highly anticipated new solo album, Western Stars, which marks his first studio work since High Hopes in 2014. Due on June 14 from Columbia, Western Stars marks a return to "character driven songs and sweeping, cinematic orchestral arrangement[s]," as Springsteen described it in a statement. According to the press release, the album is partly inspired by classic Southern California pop of the '60s and '70s, and Springsteen has

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

To the Valley Below: Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue Celebrated With Documentary and Box Set

April 26, 2019 By Sam Stone 14 Comments

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Preliminary details have begun to emerge about an upcoming multi-disc box set and Martin Scorsese-directed Netflix documentary celebrating the 1975 leg of Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour.  As first reported in Variety, Dylan's legendary tour will be commemorated on June 7 with a 14-CD, 148-track live box set.  The mammoth collection brings together all five professionally recorded Dylan sets from October and November 1975, as well as recently discovered rehearsals recorded at New York's

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Bob Dylan

Release Round-Up: Week of April 26

April 26, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Prince Ultimate Rave

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Prince, Ultimate Rave (Legacy/NPG) Ultimate Rave (2-CD/1-DVD): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic (2-LP Purple Vinyl): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada  Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic (2-LP Purple Vinyl): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada This new 2-CD/1-DVD collection brings together two of Prince's albums from the turn of the new millennium:  Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic from 1999 and Rave In2

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Alfred Drake, Baker Gurvitz Army, Bill Evans, Cheap Trick, Dorothy Ashby, Frank Wess, Iain Matthews, J.J. Johnson, Joe Simon, Kurt Weill, Marvin Gaye, Millie Jackson, Nils Lofgren, O.F.R., Prince, Steeleye Span, The Cranberries, Wes Montgomery

Originals

April 25, 2019 By

Prince Originals

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 first exclusively offer the album for high-resolution streaming on June 7, with a CD and wide digital release arriving two weeks later on June 21, and vinyl configurations to follow in July.  A Target exclusive CD edition adds one bonus track, "Nothing Compares 2 U (Cinematic Remix)."

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

Go While We Can: Real Gone Reissuing Grateful Dead's Fillmore East 1970 Concert

April 25, 2019 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

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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.  Next up is Road Trips Vol. 3 No. 3 - Fillmore East 5-15-70, due on June 14.  That date is the 49th anniversary of Workingman's Dead, the classic album that this volume of Road Trips is meant to commemorate. Originally released in 2010 in honor of Workingman's Dead's 40th anniversary, this 3-CD release features material from the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Grateful Dead

Nothing Compares: 'Originals' Collects Prince's Demos of Songs Given to Others

April 25, 2019 By Sam Stone 3 Comments

Prince Originals

There are few artists as prolific as Prince. His legendary Vault is said to contain hundreds of albums' worth of material. On June 7 -- what would have been Prince's 61st birthday -- The Prince Estate and Warner Bros. Records will issue Originals, a new album of further treasures from the archives. As first reported by Variety (just one day before the estate welcomes fans to the annual Prince Celebration at Paisley Park, his recording complex-turned-museum), Originals brings together 15 demos

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Kenny Rogers, Martika, Prince, Sheila E, The Bangles, The Time

Sher-oo!/Modern Priscilla

April 24, 2019 By

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This new two-fer from Cherry Red's SFE imprint collects Cilla Black's third and tenth albums, Sher-oo! (1968) and Modern Priscilla (1978), on 2 CDs.  21 bonus tracks are spread across the two albums (14 for the former and 7 for the latter) including 11 cuts which are new to CD.  A 32-page booklet has liner notes, photos, and interviews.

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

Cilla/In My Life

April 24, 2019 By

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Cherry Red's SFE imprint brings together the late Cilla Black's debut album Cilla (1965) with In My Life (1974), the latter of which is making its premiere on CD in full, on this new 2-CD set.  17 bonus tracks (including the original mono album) have been added to the former, and 9 bonus tracks to the latter.  All told, 3 songs are new to CD.  A 32-page booklet features liner notes, photos, and interviews.

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

Egypt Station: Explorer's Edition

April 24, 2019 By

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2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3-LP black vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3-LP color vinyl: MusicVaultz / JPC.de Paul McCartney's Egypt Station: Explorer's Edition features the same audio content as the Traveller's Edition box set minus the swag (postcards, baggage tickets, luggage tags, lithographs, cards, a map, and a jigsaw puzzle!) - meaning that this 2-CD or 3-LP version has the original 2018 album plus all the tracks from the Egypt Station recording

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

Classic Album Collection: The Capitol Years

April 24, 2019 By

America Capitol Years

All six of America's Capitol albums are collected in one newly remastered box set.  Classic Album Collection: The Capitol Years presents newly remastered versions of 1979's Silent Letter, 1980's Alibi, 1982's View from the Ground, 1983's Your Move, 1984's Perspective, and 1985's In Concert in one deluxe, affordable package complete with a booklet.  It's been compiled by America archivist Jeff Larson and remastered by Andy Pearce.

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

Hunt It Down: Paul McCartney To Release Music-Only "Egypt Station: Explorer's Edition"

April 24, 2019 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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Earlier this year, Paul McCartney announced he'd be revisiting his most recent album -- 2018's Egypt Station -- with a lavish, limited-edition suitcase box set packed with vinyl, cassette, and CD versions of the album and a handful of bonus tracks, along with postcards, baggage tickets, luggage tags, lithos, playing cards, a map, and a jigsaw puzzle. While that Traveller's Edition box (due on May 10) is a luxurious, business-class trip, a slimmed-down set called Egypt Station: Explorer's Edition

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Step Inside Love: Cherry Red, SFE Expand Four More Cilla Black Albums in May

April 23, 2019 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

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Cherry Red's Strike Force Entertainment imprint is continuing its series celebrating the life and legacy of Cilla Black with the May 10 arrival of another pair of remastered and expanded 2-CD, 2-album collections.  First up is her debut album Cilla (1965) with In My Life (1974), the latter of which is making its premiere on CD in full; also released that day is Sher-oo! (1968) with another long-anticipated, new-to-CD title, Modern Priscilla (1978).  All of the previously released digital bonus

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

You Can Do Magic: America's Capitol Years Collected on New Box Set

April 22, 2019 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

America Capitol Years

After seven albums in as many years, Dan Peek departed America, leaving Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell to carry on in the band the trio formed.  The first release from the new duo line-up was 1977's Live, but it also marked the end of an era as America's final album on Warner Bros. Records.  Following that LP, Beckley and Bunnell briefly retreated from the studio; the pair didn't return with a new studio album for almost two years.  When they did, it was at a new label: Hollywood's venerable

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

In Search of Hades: The Virgin Recordings 1973-1979

April 21, 2019 By

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In Search of Hades celebrates Tangerine Dream's boundary-pushing albums Phaedra (1974), Rubycon (1975), the live Ricochet (1975), Stratosfear (1976), the live Encore (1977), Cyclone (1978), and Force Majeure (1979).  The gargantuan set features 16 CDs with bonus tracks for every title, plus two Blu-rays (featuring high-res stereo and surround mixes of three titles) and a hardcover book with new essays, historic photos, and memorabilia galore.  Additionally, Steven Wilson completed new stereo and

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Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD Genre: Rock

Motown: The Complete No. 1s

April 21, 2019 By

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For its 60th anniversary year, Universal Music Enterprises has begun reminding fans that "Motown Did It First"; now, the label that launched The Sound Of Young America is revisiting a box set that was released in celebration of its 50th anniversary a decade ago.  Motown: The Complete No. 1s featured more than 200 international chart-toppers, plus a handful of bonus masters that went to No. 1 through cover versions or samples. And the packaging was a delight: the discs were housed in five

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

McGear [Various Formats]

April 21, 2019 By

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2-CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. Link TBD / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD / Cherry Red Online Store LP:  Amazon U.S. Link TBD / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD / Cherry Red Online Store  Mike McCartney (a.k.a. Mike McGear)'s 1974 album McGear was produced by his brother Paul McCartney who also wrote or co-wrote the majority of the tracks.  Linda McCartney, Denny Laine, Jimmy McCulloch, and Denny Seiwell also appear on McGear, which has been dubbed by some fans as a "lost Wings album."  Now,

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Formats: CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

Return To West Grand Boulevard: 'Motown: The Complete No. 1s' Box Gets Expanded Reissue

April 19, 2019 By The Second Disc 9 Comments

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For its 60th anniversary year, Universal Music Enterprises has begun reminding fans that "Motown Did It First"; now, the label that launched The Sound Of Young America is revisiting a box set that was released in celebration of its 50th anniversary a decade ago. Motown: The Complete No. 1s is being reissued and expanded on June 28. Motown: The Complete No. 1s featured more than 200 international chart-toppers, plus a handful of bonus masters that went to No. 1 through cover versions or

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Force Majeure: Tangerine Dream Classics, Outtakes, and Surround Mixes Abound on "In Search of Hades" Box

April 19, 2019 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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Tangerine Dream was among the "true pioneers of electronic and ambient music, and the albums they recorded for Virgin Records between 1973 and 1979 remain classics of the genre" - so says progressive rocker and remixer extraordinaire, Steven Wilson.  And he should know, as Wilson has been heavily involved in a Tangerine Dream box set that spotlights the era, entitled In Search of Hades: The Virgin Recordings 1973-1979. Due from UMC/Virgin on June 14, In Search of Hades celebrates Tangerine

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD Genre: Everything Else Tags: Tangerine Dream

Release Round-Up: Week of April 19

April 19, 2019 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Rolling Stones, HONK [Various Formats] (Interscope) 1-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3-CD deluxe: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP standard: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP Target-exclusive blue vinyl: Target.com 4-LP deluxe color vinyl: The Rolling Stones' Online Shop Various music/apparel bundles: The Rolling Stones' Online Shop Honk is a new compilation album from The Rolling Stones that

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Aaron Neville, Allen Toussaint, Bananarama, Bil Evans, Stevie Nicks, The O'Jays, The Rolling Stones, Wes Montgomery

Simply Love You: Mike McGear's Wings-Backed Album "McGear" Expanded With Bonus Tracks and DVD

April 18, 2019 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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Cherry Red/Esoteric Recordings has announced the June 28 release of one of the most anticipated Beatles-related reissues:  an expanded, remastered 2-CD/DVD edition of Mike McGear's McGear album.  The 1974 album was produced by McGear's brother Paul McCartney who also wrote or co-wrote the majority of the tracks.  Linda McCartney, Denny Laine, Jimmy McCulloch, and Denny Seiwell also appear on McGear, which has been dubbed by some fans as a "lost Wings album."  McGear follows Esoteric's previous

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Categories: News Formats: CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Mike McCartney, Mike McGear, Paul McCartney, Wings

Many a New Day: Decca Broadway Relaunches Label with "Oklahoma!," "Tootsie"

April 17, 2019 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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If any single album could be said to have given birth to the concept of the original Broadway cast recording as we know it, that album would be Decca Records' 1943 preservation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! with its original stars Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts, and Celeste Holm.  Decca's Jack Kapp envisioned a release that would allow listeners across the nation to take Oklahoma! to their own homes, a true souvenir album that captured the energy and excitement of the smash production and

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Cast Recordings Tags: David Yazbek, Rodgers and Hammerstein

Mardi Gras In New Orleans: Macca-Sponsored Professor Longhair Concert "Live On The Queen Mary" Available on CD and LP

April 17, 2019 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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In March of 1975, Professor Longhair, the New Orleans blues singer and piano player extraordinaire, gave a concert aboard the Queen Mary ocean liner at a special Venus and Mars album release party organized by Paul McCartney and Wings in Long Beach, CA.  Three years later, a recording of the concert was released on Harvest Records.  On Friday, April 5, Live On The Queen Mary arrived back on shelves, reissued by Harvest and MPL in a number of configurations: CD, 2-LP, and a special "Long Live

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Jazz Tags: Paul McCartney, Professor Longhair

Only Wanna Be With You: Hootie and the Blowfish Celebrate 25th Anniversary of "Cracked Rear View" With Deluxe Reissues

April 16, 2019 By Sam Stone 3 Comments

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'90s pop superstars Hootie and the Blowfish are set to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their 21x platinum smash Cracked Rear View with a 2-CD Expanded Edition and 3-CD/DVD Deluxe Edition. Both configurations are due from Rhino on May 31 and boast a wealth of unreleased and hard-to-find content. The classic album was originally recorded at L.A.'s NRG Studios with Don Gehman producing. The result was an infectious collection that spawned four successful singles ("Hold My Hand," "Only Wanna Be

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Hootie and The Blowfish

She's Back

April 16, 2019 By

Dionne Shes Back

Dionne Warwick's newest, R&B-themed album features production by her son Damon Elliott and duets with Kenny Lattimore ("What Color Is Love"), Musiq Soulchild ("Am I Dreaming") and Bone, Thugs & Harmony's Krayzie Bone ("Deja Vu").  She's Back is available as a 2-CD set with the second disc reprising Warwick's 1998 album of re-recorded hits, Dionne Sings Dionne.

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Live at Montreux 1973

April 14, 2019 By

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CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Eagle Vision brings Carole King's 1973 show at the Montreux Jazz Festival to a variety of audio and video formats.  The concert features seven songs from Tapestry as well as another septet from her then most recent release, Fantasy. The CD and CD/DVD editions will feature the full, 18-track concert program. The 180-gram black vinyl LP, meanwhile, will

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Formats: CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

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