With Halloween around the corner, the pre-Beatles pop specialists at Cherry Red's Croydon Municipal imprint have offered up a collection of spooky musical treats, Songs for Swinging Ghosts, along with a disc of more traditional fare, the girl group salute All About the Girls. The 22 tracks on Songs for Swinging Ghosts, comprising both vocals and instrumentals, are primarily drawn from U.K. releases though a handful of American artists are on hand, too. Compiler Bob Stanley of St. Etienne
A Man Alone: Varese Collects "The Greatest Songs of Rod McKuen" In November
On November 13, Varese Vintage will celebrate a singular career when the label releases Reflections - The Greatest Songs of Rod McKuen. This definitive overview of McKuen's work as a singer-songwriter features 24 of his most famous compositions including "If You Go Away," "Jean," "Seasons in the Sun," "A Man Alone" and "Love's Been Good to Me." Though a self-professed loner who often wrote of isolation and solitude, McKuen had an extraordinary ability in music, poetry and prose to
At Long Last: Original Soundtrack To "At Long Last Love" Comes To CD - AND YOU CAN WIN!
Is it an earthquake or simply a shock? Is it the good turtle soup or merely the mock? Last Friday, Varese Vintage had an unexpected treat for fans of Peter Bogdanovich's cult classic musical comedy with the first-ever CD release of the original RCA Victor soundtrack to At Long Last Love. Bogdanovich, the Oscar-nominated director of films including The Last Picture Show, Paper Moon and What's Up, Doc intended At Long Last Love to pay homage to Hollywood's dazzling musical comedies of the
Hungry Heart: Bruce Springsteen Expands "The River" In New Box Set
Bruce Springsteen is going down to The River on December 4 when Columbia Records releases The Ties That Bind: The River Collection. This 4-CD/3-DVD or 4-CD/2-BD set promises a treasure trove of previously unreleased material across its 53 audio tracks plus four hours of never-before-seen video footage. Springsteen's fifth album, The River was released on October 17, 1980. The sprawling double album reached the top of the Billboard 200 chart and No. 2 in the U.K., and yielded the hit single
Sweeter Than Ever: Nick Kamen's Debut, With Madonna Collaboration, Expanded to 2 CDs
Nick Kamen's career as a singer was a short-lived one, spanning just four LPs between 1987 and 1992. But the former Levi's model - best known for his role in the denim company's "Launderette" television advertisement in which he walks into a laundromat and removes his shirt and 501s - scored considerable success in that period including a U.K. Top 5 hit co-written and produced by none other than Madonna. Cherry Red's Cherry Pop label has recently reissued Nick Kamen, the debut album from the
Release Round-Up: Week of October 16
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The dB's and Friends, Christmas Time Again! (Omnivore) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Omnivore revisits and revises the classic alt-rock Christmas compilation. Producer Chris Stamey has added new performances by Yo La Tengo & Jeff Tweedy, Marshall Crenshaw, Robyn Hitchcock, and Big Star's Third (featuring Mike Mills of R.E.M. taking lead vocals on Big Star's "Jesus Christ") to selected tracks from past editions of the album for a total of 22
Hear The Bang: Lost Country-Rock Classic By Late Singer-Songwriter Denny Lile Is Rediscovered
Singer-songwriter Denny Lile was only 21 years old when a newspaper headline proclaimed "Maybe THIS time it's Denny Lile's turn," but he was already a veteran of the music business and its vagaries. A couple of singles came and went with his band Elysian Field on Imperial Records; the same fate befell Soul, Inc. and its handful of singles on the Laurie label. At the time of that headline, Lile was striking out with his own group Otis for the single release of "Hear the Bang." A self-titled
When The Heart Rules The Mind: Esoteric Reissues, Expands Howe and Hackett's "GTR"
Esoteric Recordings has recently reissued landmark albums by Genesis' Anthony Phillips and Tony Banks; now, the Cherry Red imprint has turned its attention to GTR, the lone album from the group formed by Steve Hackett of Genesis and Steve Howe of Yes and Asia. The 1986 Arista release of GTR has been expanded by Esoteric to two CDs with the addition of three bonus tracks and a full-length live concert previously released as part of the King Biscuit Flower Hour series. Yes and Asia manager
Great Scott! "Back to the Future" Trilogy Reissued on CD and Vinyl
"Wait a minute, wait a minute. Doc, ah...are you telling me that you built a time machine...out of a DeLorean?" With those words, audiences were in for the ride of a lifetime with Back to the Future, 1985's hit sci-fi comedy about a teenager who accidentally ends up 30 years in the past and has to ensure his existence by setting up his parents before making it back to his present day. With a winning cast that included Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd as the dynamic duo of young Marty McFly
Real Gone "Goes Crazy" With December Releases From The Dictators, Nat King Cole, King Curtis, More
Real Gone Music has just announced its December release slate, and the label is closing out 2015 with as dizzyingly eclectic a line-up as ever - from the proto-punk clamor of The Dictators to the velvet vocals of Nat "King" Cole. Real Gone previews its December 4 offerings on Record Store Day - Black Friday, November 27, with a special 10" EP from The Dictators featuring previously unreleased tracks unavailable anywhere else! Then, the following week comes an expanded edition of the band's The
This Note's For You: Neil Young Readies "Bluenote Café" For November Release
The ever-prolific Neil Young is following up his latest studio album The Monsanto Years with another dip into his fabled Archives. Bluenote Café is the title of his Archives Performance Series Volume 11, due in 2-CD and 4-LP editions from Reprise Records on November 13. Bluenote Café takes its name from the horn-powered band which backed Neil on his 1987-1988 tour before and after the April '88 release of the studio album This Note's for You (originally credited to Neil Young and the
Release Round-Up: Week of October 9
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up highlighted by the first course of a Christmas feast, plus a trio of deluxe box sets, new albums from veteran artists, and more! The Three Suns, A Ding Dong Dandy Christmas / George Melachrino and His Orchestra, Christmas Joy / John Gary, The John Gary Christmas Album / The Soulful Strings, The Magic of Christmas (Real Gone Music) The Three Suns: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. George Melachrino: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. John Gary: Amazon U.S. /
It Must Be Love: Edsel Reissues Five From Singer-Songwriter Labi Siffre
Despite a relatively small catalogue of under ten albums in over forty years, British singer-songwriter Labi Siffre has long been recognized as one of the most original voices in pop. Artists as diverse as Rod Stewart, Madness, Joss Stone and Kenny Rogers have all recorded his songs; hip-hop performers like Kanye West and Eminem have sampled him. Edsel has recently celebrated Siffre's legacy with a program of five reissues - expanded editions of four of his studio albums plus a new edition of
Straighten Up and Fly Right: Universal Creates Nat King Cole's "Musical Autobiography" On New Box Set
Over 50 years ago, on February 15, 1965, the world lost Nat "King" Cole at the age of 45. But in a career sadly cut short by lung cancer, Cole left an indelible legacy in the worlds of jazz and popular vocals. That immense legacy is being celebrated this fall by Universal Music with the release tomorrow, October 9, of His Musical Autobiography, a 10-CD/2-DVD retrospective box set featuring 262 tracks spanning the period of 1939 to 1965. Cole's familiar classics, both solo and with his King
Stax of Wax: Ace Mines Stax Records For New Anthology, Isaac Hayes and David Porter Reissues
Ace Records has recently celebrated the enduring legacy of Stax Records with a trio of exciting releases from some of the label's leading lights. The Isaac Hayes Movement's 1975 Disco Connection makes its first ever CD appearance, joined by Hayes' songwriting partner David Porter's equally rare 1970 ...Into a Real Thing in a newly-expanded edition. Ace tops it all off with Ian Levine's Solid Stax Sensations, a revelatory collection showcasing the varied sides of the Stax label family. It's
Jethro Tull Continues CD/DVD Reissue Series with "Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll," Includes New Steven Wilson Mixes
On the heels of May's reissue of Jethro Tull's Minstrel in the Gallery, Rhino and Chrysalis have announced the next volume in the labels' ongoing deluxe series for the band. The roots of the concept album Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die can be found in Minstrel; now, Too Old... is scheduled for its own reissue on November 27 in advance of its own 40th anniversary next spring. It will be available as an expanded 2-CD/2-DVD set and as a standalone single-CD remaster of the original
Croydon Municipal Pops More "Popcorn," Revisits "Troxy Music" On Recent Compilations
Croydon Municipal, an imprint of Cherry Red Group, has recently continued two of its popular series with the releases of Troxy Music 2 and Popcorn Exotica. Like the first volume of Troxy Music, this edition is subtitled Fifties and Sixties Film Themes; this time around, it's Screen 2. Compiler Bob Stanley and compiler/annotator Martin Green set out the collection's ethos in the liner notes, explaining how both Hollywood and Great Britain fought against the onslaught of television: "Hollywood
Right Here Now: Marshall Crenshaw Unveils "# 392: The EP Collection"
When Marshall Crenshaw launched a vinyl EP subscription service in early 2013 as a vehicle for his new music, the veteran singer/songwriter/producer set out to not make a new album. Yet, as these things happen, he ended up with enough music to make one after all. # 392: The EP Collection is a new 14-track album with twelve songs drawn from the six EPs released between 2013 and 2015, plus two exclusive bonus tracks. All songs here make their CD debuts on this release. Each vinyl EP,
Anthony Phillips' "Private Parts and Pieces" Revealed On New Box Set
The Genesis celebration at Cherry Red's Esoteric Recordings imprint continues with the release of Anthony Phillips' Private Parts and Pieces I - IV, a new 5-CD box set collecting and expanding his four albums of the same name released between 1978 and 1984. Private Parts follows Esoteric's recent deluxe expansion of Phillips' The Geese and the Ghost as well as a number of other projects from members of his famous band including a reissue of the 1986 album by Steve Hackett's band GTR and Tony
Release Round-Up: Week of October 2
Welcome to our new Release Round-Up! Paul McCartney, The Paul McCartney Archive Collection: Tug of War (MPL/Concord) The Paul McCartney Archive Collection continues with 1982's Tug of War, featuring "Ebony and Ivory" and "Here Today." The release is available in various formats: 3-CD/1-DVD Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-CD Special Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-LP Vinyl Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Check out our full feature for information on what
Spotlight On: The 4 Seasons' "Sherry" and "Big Girls Don't Cry" Mono Editions
In recent months, Real Gone Music has further diversified its CD offerings with a line of mini-LP replica editions of rare titles from Banana and the Bunch, The Viscounts, and Jorge Ben. This Friday, the label kicks off an eagerly-anticipated series from New Jersey's favorite sons, The 4 Seasons. The band's first and third albums - from 1962 and 1963, respectively - were both headlined by U.S. No. 1 singles. The Vee-Jay releases Sherry and 11 Others (RGM-0386) and Big Girls Don't Cry and
Paul McCartney Archive Collection "Tug of War" and "Pipes of Peace" ARRIVE TOMORROW!
REMINDER! Tomorrow, October 2, will finally see the release of the next two installments in Paul McCartney's Archive Collection: Tug of War and Pipes of Peace! At last, we can say, say, say it's true: the next two volumes of the Paul McCartney Archive Collection are almost here in a variety of formats. Macca's second and third albums of the 1980s, the platinum sellers Tug of War and Pipes of Peace, will arrive from Concord Records and MPL with the expected array of bonus material,
Man, We Had a Party: Ace Collects Sequel Songs On "Second Helpings"
Numerous collections have compiled famous "answer songs." Ace Records' 2007 anthology The Answer to Everything had many of the best, like Jody Miller's "Queen of the House," Esther Phillips' "When a Woman Loves a Man" and Marilyn Michaels' "Tell Tommy I Miss Him." Early in the summer, Ace took a look not at answer songs, per se, but at sequel songs, on the compilation of Second Helpings: Sequels to the Songs That Left 'Em Hungry for More! The 24 tracks on this collection all hail from the
Perfectly Frank: "A Voice On Air" Box Set Collects Rare, Unreleased Sinatra Recordings
The Sinatra centennial celebration is picking up steam this fall with the release of a new 4-CD box set from Legacy Recordings. On November 20, the label will release Frank Sinatra: A Voice on Air (1935-1955), the first comprehensive, fully authorized collection of Sinatra's historic radio performances. Over 100 tracks have been meticulously restored from the original recording masters for what's being billed as "unprecedented high fidelity sound." A Voice on Air captures Sinatra during the
Long Time Comin': Next Bruce Springsteen Live Archive Release Highlights 2005 "Devils & Dust" Tour
The next installment in Bruce Springsteen's live archive series has been revealed: Schottenstein Center, Columbus, Ohio 2005. The show for this release is from July 31, 2005 and falls in the middle of Springsteen's Devils & Dust Tour. Devils & Dust was released in April of that year, debuting at Number 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. It was his first album following 2002's The Rising which had reunited Springsteen with the E Street Band for the first time on a new studio record in
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