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Serious Hits... Live!

December 14, 2018 By

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Serious Hits... Live! is considered one of the most successful live albums ever made.  Since its release in 1990, it has been certified 4x Platinum with over 4 million copies sold.  Culled from stadium and arena shows from his Seriously, Live! World Tour, the album finds Collins performing many of his biggest hits, from "Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)" and "You Can't Hurry Love" to "Another Day In Paradise" and "Easy Lover" featuring Philip Bailey.

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Formats: CD Genre: Jazz, Pop

A Hot Night In Paris

December 14, 2018 By

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Phil Collins' live album A Hot Night In Paris features instrumental performances of songs from across Collins' solo discography, as well as select tracks from his time in Genesis.  Credited to The Phil Collins Big Band and featuring Collins on drums, the album also includes covers of Miles Davis's "Milestones" and The Average White Band's "Pick Up the Pieces."  The latter features George Duke on keyboards.  The remastered album will be available on CD February 1 from Atlantic/Rhino.

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Formats: CD Genre: Jazz, Pop

Just One Look: Linda Ronstadt Releases First Concert Album, "Live in Hollywood"

December 14, 2018 By Joe Marchese 44 Comments

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Despite having recorded over two dozen acclaimed studio albums on labels including Capitol, Asylum, Elektra, and Verve, Linda Ronstadt never got around to releasing a live album.  Happily, Rhino Records is rectifying that with the February 1 release on CD, LP, and digital platforms of Live in Hollywood from the legendary songstress. Live in Hollywood was recorded on April 24, 1980 at Television Center Studios in Hollywood for an HBO special in which she was accompanied by a top-tier band that

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Linda Ronstadt

Release Round-Up: Week of December 14

December 14, 2018 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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Welcome to another Release Round-Up. Here's a look at what's coming out today, December 14! Bruce Springsteen, Springsteen on Broadway [2CD] (Columbia) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Springsteen on Broadway captures songs and selected stories from The Boss' acclaimed, Tony Award-winning engagement on the Great White Way. Mixed by Bob Clearmountain and mastered by Bob Ludwig, the album arrives one day before the closing show, and also just before it's broadcast in full on

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Folk, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: ABBA, Andra Day, Blink-182, Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, Bruce Springsteen, Buck Owens, Cake, Candi Staton, Carly Simon, Chaka Khan, David Gilmour, Depeche Mode, Dionne Warwick, Dua Lipa, Fun Lovin' Criminals, James Taylor, k.d. lang, Lady Gaga, Laurie Anderson, Paul McCartney, Paula Cole, Pete Yorn, Radiohead, Social Distortion, The Chemical Brothers, The Foo Fighters, The Monkees, The Offspring, The Spinners, Toby Keith, Tom Brumley, Unicorn

Gone So Fast: Omnivore Brings Unicorn's Lost, Gilmour-Produced Folk-Rock Gems to CD, LP, and Digital

December 13, 2018 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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The '70s folk-rock group Unicorn released three albums for EMI during the decade. The recordings were produced by Pink Floyd's David Gilmour and highlighted the band's talent for laid-back folk-rock. Their smooth, Eagles-like sound, Crosby & Nash-esque harmonies, and slick, professional production value could have won them critical acclaim, but history has largely forgotten their lush original material. (Cherry Red's Esoteric imprint has recently taken a look at their core discography.)

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: David Gilmour, Unicorn

Pedal Patter: Omnivore Offers Buck Owens Classics on Tom Brumley Compilation, "Steelin' The Show"

December 13, 2018 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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Buck Owens and His Buckaroos were among the hottest country acts of the 1960s, thanks in no small part to Tom Brumley's masterful pedal steel guitar work.  Tomorrow, December 14, Omnivore Recordings will release a new compilation, Steelin' The Show, which collects some of "Tender" Tom Brumley's best work.  The collection will be available on CD and through digital download and streaming services. As music historian Scott Bomar notes, Brumley was a true craftsman on pedal steel and dobro. "He

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Country Tags: Buck Owens, Tom Brumley

The Right Stuff: New Kids' Breakthrough 'Hangin' Tough' Revisited In 2019 With Remixes, New Tracks

December 12, 2018 By Sam Stone 4 Comments

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Originally released in 1988, Hangin' Tough was the breakthrough album by pop sensation New Kids On The Block.  With such hits as "Please Don't Go Girl," "You Got It (The Right Stuff)," "Hangin' Tough," and "I'll Be Loving You (Forever)," the album garnered critical acclaim, a Grammy nomination, and two American Music Awards (Favorite Pop/Rock Album and Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group.)  It has since sold more than 14 million copies worldwide and been certified 8x Platinum in the U.S. Now,

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Categories: News Formats: Cassette, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: New Kids on the Block

Holiday Gift Guide Review: R.E.M., "R.E.M. At The BBC"

December 10, 2018 By Randy Fairman 2 Comments

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"We were a fun party band who somewhere along the way learnt how to write songs," Michael Stipe is quoted as saying in the notes to Craft's Recordings new boxset R.E.M. At The BBC.  Of course, R.E.M. was much more than that over the course of their nearly 30-year career, going from college underground band to alternative pioneers to global superstars.  And with Craft Recordings' new 8-CD/1-DVD box, you can trace that career as seen and heard by UK audiences over the years. The quartet of

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Categories: Holiday Gift Guide, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Rock Tags: R.E.M.

Keep That Party Movin': Legacy Announces CD Reissues, Vinyl Debuts of Three '00s Prince Titles

December 10, 2018 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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In June, Legacy Recordings inked a historic deal with The Prince Estate that marked a new home for much of Prince's legendary music.  In August, 23 titles from Prince's catalog were released on streaming platforms, along with a new compilation called Prince Anthology: 1995-2010. Today, The Prince Estate and Legacy Recordings have announced the first in a series of Prince album re-releases on CD and vinyl. It's all part of Legacy's ongoing, definitive catalog reissue campaign. The roll-out of

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Prince

Goin' Back: Bruce Springsteen Announces Latest Live Archive Title, "Roxy '75"

December 10, 2018 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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On the heels of the new Songs of the Road collection that brings together picks from Springsteen's live archive, Nugs.net has announced a new installment in their Live Archive series. Roxy '75 presents the full October 18 early show that Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band performed at the famed L.A. venue. The set captures the group in outstanding form performing a setlist that spotlights the Born To Run album along with a string of covers.  Among them is a version of Carole King's

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

Release Round-Up: Week of December 7

December 7, 2018 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Paul McCartney and Wings Red Rose Speedway

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Wings, The Paul McCartney Archive Collection: Wild Life [Various Formats] (MPL/Capitol) 3CD/DVD Box: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP [Remastered Album + Bonus Audio]: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD [Remastered Album + Bonus Audio]: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Wild Life was the first Wings album but third overall by McCartney outside the shadow of his famous band.  Paul and his wife Linda teamed up

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Allan Holdsworth, Angela Lansbury, Aretha Franklin, Carpenters, Cher, Dave Grusin, Dick Van Dyke, John Mellencamp, Marc Shaiman, Morrissey, Paul McCartney, Scott Wittman, Sylvester, Van Morrison, Vanessa Daou, Wings

Something to Sing About: Johnny Mathis and CHIC's "I Love My Lady" Coming to CD from Second Disc, Real Gone

December 6, 2018 By The Second Disc 22 Comments

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Johnny Mathis was billed on his very first album as "A New Sound in Popular Song."  In the decades since that 1956 debut, the vocalist has always explored new avenues in pop from Latin music to Philly soul.  But the most adventurous of Mathis' 60-plus albums may be the one that got away...until now.  On February 1, 2019, Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music will proudly present the first-ever standalone compact disc release of I Love My Lady, the remarkable 1981 album by two American

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: CHIC, Johnny Mathis, Nile Rodgers

A Granz Old Time: Verve/UMe Honors 'The Founder' On New Box Set

December 6, 2018 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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On December 7, Verve/UMe will release The Founder, a 4-CD box set in honor of Norman Granz's centennial earlier this year (August 6, 1918).  The collection will also be available as a digital download and on streaming services. The set includes 44 tracks, some appearing on CD for the first time ever. It presents a chronological overview of the first two decades of the jazz impresario's impressive career by way of recordings of the musicians he recorded. The booklet includes new liner notes by

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Jazz, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Anita O'Day, Ben Webster, Billie Holiday, Bing Crosby, Buddy Rich, Charlie Parker, Count Basie, Dexter Gordon, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Fred Astaire, Gerry Mulligan, Johnny Hodges, Les Paul, Lester Young, Lionel Hampton, Louis Armstrong, Mel Tormé, Nat King Cole, Oscar Peterson, Paul Desmond, Sonny Rollins, Sonny Stitt, Stan Getz

Holiday Gift Guide Review: Lefty Frizzell, "An Article from Life: The Complete Recordings"

December 5, 2018 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

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The music of William Orville "Lefty" Frizzell (1928-1975), one of the most influential honky-tonk singers of all time, has long been a cornerstone of the Bear Family catalogue.  The German reissue specialists first compiled the Frizzell oeuvre in 1984 as a 14-LP box set, updating that in 1992 on 12 CDs.  Now, more than 25 years later, the Bears have returned to the country-and-western troubadour's career for the most definitive chronicle ever.  An Article from Life: The Complete Recordings has

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Categories: Holiday Gift Guide, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Country Tags: Lefty Frizzell

My Love Is Too Much: Vanessa Daou's "Zipless" Coming to Vinyl

December 5, 2018 By Sam Stone 2 Comments

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Time heralded it as exquisite, Slant Magazine called it one of the 100 Best Albums of the '90s, and even Alex Lifeson of Rush praised its cross-genre vibe.   A touchstone of electronic music, Vanessa Daou's landmark album Zipless: Songs From the Works of Erica Jong will soon celebrate its 25th anniversary with a brand-new reissue.  Set to be released this Friday, December 7, on Daou's DRKR Records, in association with KID Recordings, the campaign will mark the album's first time on

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance Tags: Vanessa Daou

Hangin' Tough: 30th Anniversary Edition [Various Formats]

December 4, 2018 By

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CD:  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP Picture Disc:  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Various Bundles:  New Kids On The Block's online store The 30th Anniversary Edition of the breakthrough album by pop sensation New Kids On The Block includes all ten original songs from the 1988 album, as well as three brand-new tracks.  Among those three songs is  their newest single, "80s Baby" which features Salt-N-Pepa, Naughty By Nature, Tiffany, and Debbie Gibson, who will be

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

Laughing Up Your Sleeve [CD]

December 4, 2018 By

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The 20 unreleased demo recordings on Omnivore's new Unicorn compilation Laughing Up Your Sleeve were produced by Pink Floyd's David Gilmour and highlight the band's talent for laid-back folk-rock. All the tracks were recorded in David Gilmour's home studio in 1973-74, with Gilmour playing his trademark pedal steel guitar on "Sleep Song." The demos have been restored, mixed, and mastered by Scott Anthony at Storybook Sound in New Jersey with input from Pat Martin from Unicorn for optimum sound

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Steelin' The Show

December 4, 2018 By

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Buck Owens and His Buckaroos were among the hottest country acts of the 1960s, thanks in no small part to Tom Brumley's masterful pedal steel guitar work. With 17 tracks culled from nine Buck Owens and His Buckaroos releases, Steelin' The Show is the perfect introduction to Brumley's peerless musicianship. And for longtime fans, it serves as a rich overview of his greatest work. Steelin' The Show also includes rare photos from the Brumley Family collection, as well as introductory notes from

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Country

Eyes On The Prize: John Mellencamp Collects Covers On New Album, "Other People's Stuff"

December 4, 2018 By Sam Stone 5 Comments

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When John Mellencamp was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008, Billy Joel remarked that, "People need to hear a voice like yours to echo the discontent that's in the heartland.  They need to hear stories about it.  They need to know that someone out there feels the way they do."  Though Mellencamp has never sought to be the voice of the Small Town, his stories of struggle, loss, perseverance, and love have spoken to the American heartland for more than forty years. For his

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Folk, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock Tags: Jimmie Rodgers, John Mellencamp, Merle Travis, Robert Johnson, Stevie Wonder

The Name's Barry...John Barry: Composer's Early Sides Collected On New 3-CD Box Set

December 4, 2018 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

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Throughout a long, celebrated career, the late John Barry scored roughly 100 films (including eleven James Bond movies), picked up five Academy Awards, penned classic television themes, and wrote five musicals.  But before all of those mighty accomplishments, the Yorkshire native formed his own band, The John Barry Seven.  While leading the septet, he was hired by EMI as an orchestral arranger - which in turn, led to his first film assignments.  The early days of Barry's career have been

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Holiday Gift Guide Review: Neil Diamond, "50th Anniversary Collector's Edition"

December 3, 2018 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

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I. I Got the Feelin' In his 1966 debut single for Bang Records, Neil Diamond famously declared himself a "Solitary Man."  But the New York singer-songwriter wasn't to be solitary for very long, as he soon gained the worldwide audience that, over 50 years later, still follows each one of his musical endeavors.  Diamond has just looked back on his remarkable career on a handsome new box set from Capitol Records and UMe.  50th Anniversary Collector's Edition expands upon the similarly-titled

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Categories: Holiday Gift Guide, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop Tags: Neil Diamond

Review: Chris Darrow and Max Buda, "Eye of the Storm"

December 3, 2018 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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Last month, the L.A.-based label Blixa Sounds unveiled its latest release, the first-ever reissue of Chris Darrow and Max Buda's Eye of the Storm. The 1981 collaboration brought together two psych-rock heavyweights, whose multi-instrumental talents and joyous style are on full display throughout. It's hard to believe, but the album has never received any sort of reissue or re-pressing since its original release on the legendary Takoma label 37 years ago. Now, Blixa Sounds has brought the

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Blues, Everything Else, Rock Tags: Chester Crill, Chris Darrow, Max Buda

The Story So Far: The Best Of...

December 2, 2018 By

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1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP/7": Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Story So Far will be available in a variety of configurations, including 1-CD, 2-CD, 2-LP with 7" single, as well as digital download and streaming.  The standard 1-CD version collects 17 tracks, including the smash hits "Animal," "Photograph," "Rock of Ages," and "Pour Some Sugar On Me."  It also includes a previously unreleased version of Def

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

True Stories, A Film By David Byrne: The Complete Soundtrack

December 2, 2018 By

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CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Nonesuch website (bundle with print and MP3 download) 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Nonesuch website (bundle with print and MP3 download) Todomundo Records and Nonesuch have announced an expanded soundtrack album, True Stories, A Film By David Byrne: The Complete Soundtrack, due on CD, 2-LP, and digital November 23.  It marks the first-ever release of the comprehensive soundtrack presented in film sequence.  The 23-track set

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

Chris Cornell [Various Formats]

December 2, 2018 By

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1-CD Standard Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4-CD Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4CD/1DVD/7LP Super Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The new Chris Cornell box set celebrates the career of one of the greats of modern rock with a 1-CD distillation, 2-LP, 4-CD, and super deluxe 4-CD/1-DVD/7-LP editions that include classics by Soundgarden, Audioslave, and a number of solo tracks. The 1-CD and 2-LP configurations collect

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