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Spiritual Eternal: The Complete Warner Bros. Studio Recordings

July 3, 2018 By

Alice Coltrane Spiritual Eternal

Real Gone Music brings together the late Alice Coltrane's three highly sought-after albums for Warner Bros. Records released in 1976-1977: Eternity, Radha-Krsna Nama Sankirtana and Transcendence.  This remastered collection features an essay by noted Coltrane scholar Ashley Kahn and draws upon interviews with producer Ed Michel and engineer Baker Bigsby.  It's being released with the full cooperation of the Coltrane estate.

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Formats: CD Genre: Everything Else, Jazz

Music from Big Pink [Various Formats]

July 3, 2018 By

Super Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP Black Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP Pink Vinyl: uDiscoverMusic.com Just in time for its 50th anniversary, Capitol/UMe will reissue The Band's seminal exploration of Americana, Music from Big Pink, on CD, 2-LP vinyl, digital, and in a CD/BD/2-LP/1-7 inch single Super Deluxe Edition.  For its 50th, Big Pink has been spruced up by engineer Bob

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Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

United We Stand: Cherry Red Reissues Reggae-Pop Classics from Bob Andy and Marcia Griffiths

July 3, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Bob and Marcia Young Gifted and Pied Piper

Nestled in the Motown discography between Diana Ross' "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and The Four Tops' "Still Water" singles in 1970 was a curiosity: the major label debut of the popular Jamaican singing duo Bob and Marcia, a.k.a. Keith Anderson and Marcia Griffiths.  While the 45 with "Young, Gifted and Black" b/w "Peace of Mind" didn't dent the charts in the U.S., the A-side had made it all the way to No. 5 on the U.K. National Charts.  Now, Cherry Red's Doctor Bird imprint has paired the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Reggae Tags: Bob Andy, Marcia Griffiths

Review: Dennis Coffey, "One Night at Morey's: 1968"

July 2, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Dennis Coffey One Night at Moreys

For guitarist Dennis Coffey, music was no mere day job.  While plying his trade each day as a member of the Funk Brothers, laying down funky licks on some of Detroit's finest records, Coffey was spending his evenings at Morey Baker's Showplace Lounge as one-third of organist Lyman Woodard's instrumental trio.  With Woodard and drummer Melvin Davis, Coffey treated patrons to sizzling renditions of the day's hits as well as original songs.  One of the trio's 1968 sets was issued last year on

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Jazz, R&B/Soul Tags: Dennis Coffey

Back to Big Pink: The Band's "Music from Big Pink" Turns 50, Goes Super Deluxe

June 29, 2018 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Music from Big Pink Super Deluxe

The Band is returning to Big Pink for its 50th anniversary. On August 31, Capitol/UMe will reissue the seminal Music from Big Pink on CD, 2-LP vinyl, digital, and in a CD/BD/2-LP/1-7 inch single Super Deluxe Edition. Though few groups would have had the audacity to name themselves The Band, that's exactly what Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Rick Danko and Richard Manuel did.  Big Pink was the album where the former Hawks (and former Bob Dylan backing band) crystallized the

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: The Band

Release Round-Up: Week of June 29

June 29, 2018 By The Second Disc 4 Comments

Supremes Sing HDH

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Supremes, Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland: Expanded Edition (Motown/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The Supremes' smash 1967 album featuring "You Keep Me Hangin' On" and "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" gets a must-have 2-CD deluxe treatment, including the original mono and stereo albums, rarities, outtakes, remixes, and a live set from The Copacabana in 1967 featuring one of the last joint performances of Diana Ross, Mary

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Big Country, Buffalo Springfield, Chicago, David Bowie, Graham Nash, Guns N' Roses, John Coltrane, Procol Harum, Ray Davies, Smash Mouth, Social Distortion, The Feeling, The Flaming Lips, The Posies, The Supremes, Yes

Eternal Transcendence: Real Gone Collects Alice Coltrane's Compete Warner Bros. Studio Recordings

June 28, 2018 By Randy Fairman 1 Comment

Alice Coltrane Spiritual Eternal

Real Gone Music has just announced its first release for this September and it should be of substantial interest to jazz aficionados: a collection of Alice Coltrane's studio recordings for Warner Bros. from the mid to late 1970s.  The 2-CD set, Spiritual Eternal - The Complete Warner Bros. Studio Recordings, is scheduled to be released on September 7. Coltrane was born Alice McLeod in Alabama in 1937, but grew up in Detroit.  She studied music and played a number of instruments, including the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Jazz Tags: Alice Coltrane

You Dreamer: Big Country's 'Long Face' Gets Longer with Cherry Red Box Set

June 28, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Big Country Why the Long Face

A beloved album from Big Country is about to get a lot bigger.  Tomorrow, Cherry Red Records will expand the Scottish band's 1996 album Why the Long Face into a 4-CD edition also including their live album from the same year, Eclectic, and two discs of bonus material. Last year, TSD described Big Country: "The story of Big Country goes like this: the quartet, featuring ex-Skids guitarist Stuart Adamson on vocals and guitar, guitarist Bruce Watson, bassist Tony Butler and drummer Mark

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Rock Tags: Big Country

The Exodus Has Begun: Prince Estate Strikes Catalog Deal With Sony Music

June 27, 2018 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Prince RRHOF

In what's certainly one of the year's biggest surprises, Sony Music's Legacy Recordings has just announced a comprehensive new deal with the Prince estate that will see Legacy assuming the reins for a considerable portion of Prince's remarkable discography. Sony will hold the worldwide licensing rights to the late superstar's core catalogue recorded from 1995 onward, covering some 19 major albums recorded by the Purple One during this time, as well as relevant singles, B-sides, live material,

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Prince

Hello, I Love You: The Doors' "Waiting for the Sun" Gets 50th Anniversary Box in September

June 26, 2018 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Doors Waiting for the Sun Deluxe

Nearly 50 years ago, in July 1968, The Doors released their third studio album on Elektra Records.  Waiting for the Sun yielded the chart-topping hit "Hello, I Love You" and became the band's first album to top the album chart (not to mention a third platinum certification in under two years' time).  On September 14, Rhino will reissue Waiting for the Sun in a 2-CD/1-LP book-style box set, including previously unreleased material, following the label's anniversary reissues of The Doors and

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: The Doors

Review: "Fab Gear: The British Beat Explosion and Its Aftershocks 1963-1967"

June 26, 2018 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Fab Gear box

"Yesterday's Gone": the song by folk-pop duo Chad and Jeremy opens the first of the six discs comprising Cherry Red and RPM's new box set Fab Gear: The British Beat Explosion and Its Aftershocks 1963-1967.  It's a most appropriate opener, as yesterday really was gone for an entire generation of artists swiftly rendered obsolete by the emergence of The Beatles.  As the box eloquently explains, the Fab Four "in name, song, band structure, image, defined this new Beat music...Until 1967, when The

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Chad and Jeremy, David Bowie, The Kinks, The Moody Blues, The Searchers, Various Artists

Another World, Another Day: Omnivore to Expand Debut Albums by Soul Asylum

June 25, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Soul Asylum Made to Be Broken

Before breaking through to the big leagues with major label albums on A&M and most crucially, Columbia, Minneapolis-based alternative rock band Soul Asylum recorded four albums for the local Twin/Tone Records label.  On July 20, Omnivore Recordings will reissue the first two of those Twin/Tone LPs as deluxe, expanded CDs loaded with rarities and previously unreleased tracks. Say What You Will...Everything Can Happen arrived in 1984 on Twin/Tone, produced by Bob Mould of Husker Du.  Core

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Rock Tags: Bob Mould, Soul Asylum

Universal Pictures, La-La Land Team For New Soundtrack Imprint

June 25, 2018 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Colossus The Forbin Project

On Friday, Universal Pictures announced plans to preserve and restore its classic library of movie music as well as the birth of a new imprint to release those scores on compact disc.  The Universal Pictures Film Music Heritage Collection will launch this week as a joint venture with La-La Land Records with the premiere release of Michel Colombier's 1970 score to the sci-fi thriller Colossus: The Forbin Project.  In August, Henry Mancini's score to the 1979 Peter Sellers remake of The Prisoner

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Ennio Morricone, Harold Faltermeyer, Henry Mancini, Lalo Schifrin, Michel Colombier

The Sun in Your Eyes: Real Gone's August Slate to Include Alan Parsons Project, Merry Clayton, Monk Higgins, More

June 22, 2018 By Randy Fairman 1 Comment

Alan Parsons Project Eye in the Sky BD

Real Gone Music has just announced its slate for August, and the reissues are in a variety of genres and formats, all due on August 3. First up is a standalone release of the Blu-ray Audio edition of The Alan Parsons Project's 1982 hit album Eye in the Sky.  The Project's sixth album (and fifth on Arista Records) employed a variety of musical styles within a radio-friendly soft-rock framework to address typically lofty themes.  This Blu-ray reissue boasts a high-resolution stereo version of

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Merry Clayton, Monk Higgins, The Alan Parsons Project, The Hampton Grease Band

Release Round-Up: Week of June 22

June 22, 2018 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Garbage 2.0

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Cure, Mixed Up: Deluxe Edition (Universal (U.K.)/Elektra/Rhino (U.S.)) 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Mixed Up 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Torn Down 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Postponed from last week: The Cure revisits its 1990 remix album as a 3-CD deluxe edition.  The first disc of the new set contains the original Mixed Up album,

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Chita Rivera, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Doug Clifford, Garbage, Leonard Bernstein, Miles Davis, The Cure, Tom Fogerty, William Grant Still

Where My Love Lies Asleep: Intervention Reissues Gene Clark's "White Light" on LP, Hybrid SACD

June 21, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Gene Clark White Light

Intervention Records, the eclectic label behind splendid and sonically-pristine reissues for artists ranging from Joe Jackson to Billy Squier, has announced the next title in its (Re)Discover Series: Gene Clark's 1971 A&M Records classic, White Light.  A stereo hybrid SACD (playable on all CD players) is due from the label on June 29, while the 180-gram vinyl release is due in September. The singer-songwriter and Byrds co-founder launched his solo career in 1967 on Columbia with Gene

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Categories: News Formats: CD, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Gene Clark

The Song Remains the Same [Various Formats]

June 21, 2018 By

Led Zeppelin The Song Remains the Same Cover

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Blu-ray Audio: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD 2CD/4LP/2DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham took the famous stage at New York's Madison Square Garden on July 27-29, 1973 for the concerts that were captured in the film The Song Remains the Same.  Now that film's soundtrack, produced by Page and originally

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Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Soundtracks

Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album

June 21, 2018 By

John Coltrane Both Directions at Once Deluxe

1-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Impulse! Records has discovered a lost 1963 album from The John Coltrane Quartet.  Saxophone titan Coltrane was joined by Jimmy Garrison on double bass, Elvin Jones on drums, and McCoy Tyner on piano - the same group behind the monumental A Love Supreme and other Coltrane classics - for a March 6,

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

Unattended Luggage

June 21, 2018 By

Nick Mason Unattended Luggage

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Pink Floyd founding member Nick Mason's three solo albums are rounded up in one CD or vinyl box set as Unattended Luggage.  The 3-LP or 3-CD set includes Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports (1981), Profiles (1985), and White of the Eye (1987), with the latter making its CD debut.  All three albums will also be available as digital downloads and for streaming.

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else, Rock, Soundtracks

Pacific Northwest '73-'74: Believe It If You Need It

June 21, 2018 By

Grateful Dead Believe It If You Need It

The Grateful Dead is heading to the Pacific Northwest.  Grateful Dead's online exclusive 19-CD box set Pacific Northwest '73-'74: The Complete Recordings, presenting six previously unreleased shows from two tours, is being cut down for two highlights editions: a 3-CD compilation drawn from the box set, and a 6-LP set of the complete Portland '74 show (May 19, 1974).  The 6-LP set, pressed on 180-gram vinyl, is limited to 7,500 copies.

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Country Singer's Prayer

June 21, 2018 By

Buck Owens Country Singers Prayer

Omnivore has excavated a 1975 album by Buck Owens recorded for Capitol Records and subsequently shelved by the label.  Though the tracks have seen release on compilations such as Owens' Bear Family box set retrospective of the era, this marks the first time the album has been presented and sequenced as Owens intended.  Country Singer's Prayer also includes two bonus single sides.

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Formats: CD Genre: Country

Live 1962-1966: Rare Performances from the Copyright Collections

June 21, 2018 By

Bob Dylan Live Copyright 1962 1966

The new 2-CD set Live 1962-1966: Rare Performances from the Copyright Collections draws on Dylan's previously issued limited edition "copyright extension" collections to offer a sampler of Dylan onstage, from a pair of songs recorded on April 16, 1962 at Gerdes Folk City in New York ("Blowin' in the Wind" and "Corrina, Corrina") to "Ballad of a Thin Man" from May 20, 1966 at Edinburgh's ABC Theatre.  Many of his most famous songs are heard here including "Mr. Tambourine Man." "It Ain't Me,

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Pop

Whole Lotta Love: Led Zeppelin's "The Song Remains the Same" Gets Super Deluxe Treatment in September

June 21, 2018 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Led Zeppelin The Song Remains the Same Cover

The next Super Deluxe box set from Led Zeppelin was officially announced early this morning.  Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham took the famous stage at New York's Madison Square Garden on July 27-29, 1973 for the concerts that were captured in the film The Song Remains the Same.  Now that film's soundtrack, produced by Page and originally released on Swan Song in 1976, is getting the lavish reissue treatment on September 7. The Song Remains the Same follows the

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Led Zeppelin

Baby Let Me Follow You Down: Rare Live Dylan Coming in July from Legacy

June 20, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Bob Dylan Live Copyright 1962 1966

As a result of E.U. public domain laws, so-called "copyright extension" collections have been proliferating for the past number of years for such top-tier artists as The Beatles, The Beach Boys, and the remarkable Motown roster.  Bob Dylan has been no exception.  Each year since 2012, Sony has released a "copyright collection" for Dylan to assert the label's rights to previously unreleased recordings that would otherwise fall into the public domain.  But unlike some of the readily-available

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Pop Tags: Bob Dylan

Do You Wanna Dance? Pop and Prog Meet on Cherry Red's Expanded "Deep Feeling"

June 20, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Deep Feeling Complete Anthology

Last year, Cherry Red's RPM imprint chronicled the early career of British pop singer Guy Darrell on I've Been Hurt: The Complete 1960s Recordings.  Now, Cherry Red's Grapefruit Records has picked up the next, fascinating chapter of the Guy Darrell story with Deep Feeling, an anthology of Darrell's next step - as leader of a progressive rock band. The original, cult classic 1971 Deep Feeling album has been supplemented with a generous helping of thirteen bonus tracks. Darrell recorded his

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Deep Feeling, Guy Darrell

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