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The Statler Brothers Sing the Classics

June 1, 2018 By

Statler Brothers Sing the Classics

Real Gone reissues The Statler Brothers' rare 1995 album of standards, originally released on Heartland Music. The album features version of such beloved songs as "Memories Are Made of This," "She Still Thinks I Care," "Love Letters in the Sand," "Unchained Melody," and "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane."  New liner notes and photos round out the package.

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Formats: CD Genre: Country

Things to Remember: The Pamper Demos

June 1, 2018 By

Willie Nelson The Pamper Demos

Real Gone Music journeys to the beginning of Willie Nelson's remarkable career with this collection of 28 publishing demos recorded by Willie for Ray Price's Pamper Music company including such seminal future standards as "Crazy," "Night Life," "Pretty Paper," "Funny (How Time Slips Away)," and "Hello Walls."  Available on 1 CD and 2-LP vinyl.

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Country

Cilla: All Mixed Up/Beginnings: Revisited [Expanded Edition]

June 1, 2018 By

Cilla All Mixed Up Two Fer

Cherry Red continues its Cilla Black celebration with two CD premieres of digital releases: 2009's remix album Cilla: All Mixed Up, and the same year's Beginnings: Revisited, a remixed and resequenced version of her 2003 album Beginnings. 9 bonus tracks have been spread across the two albums, and all told, 26 of the total 32 tracks are new to CD!

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

Surround Yourself with Cilla/It Makes Me Feel Good [Expanded Edition]

June 1, 2018 By

Cilla Surround Yourself Two Fer

Cherry Red celebrates the late, great Cilla Black with a new reissue campaign.   The first 2-CD set pairs 1969's George Martin-produced Surround Yourself with Cilla with 1976's It Makes Me Feel Good, produced by David Mackay (Cliff Richard, Blue Mink, The New Seekers).  22 bonus tracks (13 new to CD) are spread across the two discs.

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

Mixed Up: Deluxe Edition

June 1, 2018 By

The Cure Mixed Up Deluxe

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 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, as newly remastered by Smith.  The second disc, Remixes 1982-1990: Mixed Up Extras 2018, has eleven remastered period remixes, and the third disc, Torn

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Formats: CD, Vinyl

The Complete Sessions at West 54th

June 1, 2018 By

Ben Folds Five Sessions at West 54th

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Real Gone Music has the audio debut of Ben Folds Five's June 9, 1997 performance for PBS' Sessions at West 54th of 15 songs including "Brick," "Kate," and "Battle of Who Could Care Less."  Available on CD and vinyl.

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock

Magic Moments Filled with Love: Perry Como Celebrated On Public Television, New Box Set and More

June 1, 2018 By The Second Disc 23 Comments

Perry Como Greatest Hits and Magic Moments

May 18, 2018 would have marked Perry Como's 106th birthday.  While the beloved singer didn't make it to 106, he lived a full 88 years which he packed with magic moments on records, film, television, and the world's concert stages.  All told, the proudly Italian-American crooner notched 131 chart hits in the U.S. alone, over 20 gold records, multiple Emmy and Grammy Awards, a Kennedy Center Honor, and sales of over 100 million records between 1945 and 1970.  This weekend, fans are invited to

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Categories: News Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Perry Como

Release Round-Up: Week of June 1

June 1, 2018 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

Michelle Phillips Victim of Romance

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Michelle Phillips, Victim of Romance: Expanded Edition (Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) "Mama" Michelle Phillips' 1977 solo album, produced by Jack Nitzsche, returns to CD in a new expanded edition collecting the artist's complete sessions with Nitzsche.  It adds three outtakes from the album sessions, including a Bee Gees cover ("Had a Lot of Love Last Night"), Dennis Lambert and Fil Spina's "Practice What You Preach,"

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Alan Silvestri, Cheap Trick, Cowboy, Def Leppard, Emmylou Harris, Jethro Tull, Keely Smith, Living Colour, Michelle Phillips, Paul Simon, Roger Daltrey, The Mamas and The Papas, The Quick, The Temptations, Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, ZZ Top

Heading Somewhere: Real Gone to Premiere Ben Folds Five's "Sessions at West 54th" on CD and Vinyl in July

May 31, 2018 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Ben Folds Five Sessions at West 54th

Real Gone Music has just announced another title in its July slate, this one a little more modern than some of their other titles.  Hailing from 1997, Real Gone will release the CD and vinyl debut of The Complete Sessions at West 54th from longtime TSD favorites Ben Folds Five.  It will be released on July 13, just a few weeks after the release of Folds' career-spanning box from Edsel. (And to be clear, the Real Gone Sessions at West 54th material is not in that box). Sessions at West 54th

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Ben Folds, Ben Folds Five

Final Light: Cherry Red Collects Last Three Volumes of Anthony Phillips' "Private Parts and Pieces"

May 31, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Anthony Phillips Private Parts and Pieces IX XI

Between 1978 and 2012, founding Genesis guitarist Anthony Phillips released eleven volumes of Private Parts & Pieces.  Each volume has collected various odds and ends from the composer/multi-instrumentalist which, for one reason or another, wouldn't have fit comfortably on any of his proper solo albums.  Since 2015, Cherry Red Group's Esoteric Recordings imprint has been reissuing and expanding these fascinating releases in box set form.  The third and final box (to date), Private Parts

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Everything Else, Pop, Rock Tags: Anthony Phillips, Genesis

I've Waited Hours For This: The Cure Expand 'Mixed Up' With New and Vintage Remixes

May 29, 2018 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

The Cure Mixed Up Deluxe

The Cure kicked off the 1990s with the release of Mixed Up, an album collecting the band's rarer 12-inch mixes.  It wasn't just a straightforward anthology, however, as two songs ("A Forest" and "The Walk") weren't just remixed, but re-recorded, and a wholly new track ("Never Enough") was also recorded.  As Robert Smith comments, Brian "Chuck" New's dub style remix of "Pictures Of You" inspired him: "That mix turned the music on its head, but at the same time left the essential heart of the song

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, Rock Tags: The Cure

Short Takes: Reissues Due from Janis Ian, CCR's Tom Fogerty and Doug Clifford, Social Distortion

May 29, 2018 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Janis Ian Between the Lines

Five classic albums from singer-songwriter Janis Ian have just been reissued on CD and vinyl from Sony Legacy's U.K. arm.  Stars (1974), Between the Lines (1975), Aftertones (1976), Miracle Row (1977), and Night Rains (1979), all originally released on Columbia Records, represent the peak of Ian's commercial success.  Between the Lines yielded Ian's most successful single, the touching "At Seventeen," a No. 3 Pop/No. 1 AC hit.  The song netted the artist a Grammy Award and was performed by her

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Creedence Clearwater Revival, Doug Clifford, Janis Ian, Social Distortion, Tom Fogerty

Surround Yourself with Cilla: Cherry Red, SFE Launch Ambitious Cilla Black Reissue Campaign

May 29, 2018 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Cilla Surround Yourself Two Fer

Surprise, surprise...it's Cilla here!  Cherry Red's Strike Force Entertainment imprint has great news for fans of the late Cilla Black.  On July 27, SFE launches a new reissue campaign dedicated to Cilla's discography with a pair of deluxe, generously expanded 2-CD releases.  These releases coincide with what would have been Cilla's 75th birthday year.  The first set pairs 1969's George Martin-produced Surround Yourself with Cilla with 1976's It Makes Me Feel Good, produced by David Mackay

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Burt Bacharach, Cilla Black, Cliff Richard, The Beatles

Appetite For Destruction

May 26, 2018 By

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Guns N' Roses' 1987 classic returns in a variety of formats from a single-disc remaster to a super deluxe box set containing 4 CDs and 1 Blu-ray, and for those with truly extravagant tastes, a website-exclusive set with 4 CDs, 1 BD, 7 LPs, and 6 vinyl 7-inch singles!  See our full article for links to all versions!

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

From The Vault: No Security - San Jose 1999

May 26, 2018 By

Rolling Stones No Security 1999

2CD/SD-Blu-Ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada TBD 2CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada TBD 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada TBD DVD: Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada TBD The Rolling Stones revisit a 1989 performance from their No Security tour which extended from the band's Bridges to Babylon outing.  This title will be released on DVD, 2CD/SD (Standard Definition) Blu-ray, 2CD/DVD, 3 LP, and digital audio and video platforms.  Whew!  (The 1998 concert

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

Chicago II: Collector's Edition

May 26, 2018 By

Chicago II Collectors Edition

Chicago II: Collector's Edition bundles together the band's 2017 Soundstage performance of the 1970 classic Chicago II on CD and DVD as well as the acclaimed 2017 stereo remix of the original album by Steven Wilson on both CD and double vinyl.

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

Chicago II: Live on Soundstage

May 26, 2018 By

Chicago II Live on Soundstage

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada  Chicago II: Live on Soundstage captures the band's November 2017 performances at the Grainger Studio in their hometown, performing the classic 1970 album Chicago II.  The concert will be released on a single CD and a CD/DVD set with video of the program and 5.1 audio.  The music will also be available digitally and via streaming services.  Chicago II: Live on Soundstage features original members

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock

Back In Love Again: Robinsongs Collects Four Albums From Soul-Funk-Disco Band L.T.D.

May 25, 2018 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

LTD Something to Love Four Fer

L.T.D., or Love, Togetherness and Devotion, had carved out a niche in the crowded landscape of seventies funk and soul bands - in large part due to the soaring voice of its lead singer and drummer, Jeffrey Osborne.  Four of the group's albums blending funk, disco, and silky balladry, have just been collected on a new 2-CD set from Cherry Red's Robinsongs imprint. The ten-piece band from Greensboro, North Carolina had released two moderately successful albums on Los Angeles-based A&M

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Funk, R&B/Soul Tags: Jeffrey Osborne, L.T.D.

Release Round-Up: Week of May 25

May 25, 2018 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Prince Nothing Compares 2 U

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Prince, Nothing Compares 2 U  (Warner Bros.) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Prince's original recording of "Nothing Compares 2 U" arrives on vinyl today for wide release.  The original Prince studio version was recorded at the Flying Cloud Warehouse in Eden Prairie, Minnesota by engineer Susan Rogers and featured background vocals by Susannah Melvoin and Paul "St. Paul" Peterson as well as saxophone by Eric Leeds. Prince composed,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock Tags: Barclay James Harvest, Bow Wow Wow, Jennifer Warnes, Malo, Marvin Hamlisch, Prince, Rodgers and Hammerstein, The Smithereens

Good Times: Real Gone To Reissue Rare Willie Nelson, Statler Brothers In July

May 24, 2018 By Randy Fairman 1 Comment

Willie Nelson The Pamper Demos

We've recently told you about Go Ahead & Back Up: The Lost Motown Masters, Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records' CD of unheard Bobby Darin Motown recordings due in July.  Now we've gotten word of two more Real Gone July releases, both in the country genre: one for Willie Nelson and one for The Statler Brothers. Country legend Willie Nelson hardly needs an introduction.  The 85-year-old is one of the biggest names in country and has been recording for over six decades, including up

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Country Tags: The Statler Brothers, Willie Nelson

Welcome to the Blackout (Live London '78)

May 24, 2018 By

David Bowie Welcome to the Blackout

This live 2-CD album features performances recorded at Earl's Court in London on June 30 and July 1, 1978 during David Bowie's "Isolar II" Tour.  This stand ended the second, European leg of the tour.  Tony Visconti, who produced more than a dozen albums for Bowie throughout his career, recorded the 1978 concert which was later mixed by Bowie and David Richards in Montreux, Switzerland for a possible live album at the time. It would ultimately be the Stages live compilation that would represent

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock

Volume One

May 24, 2018 By

Def Leppard Collection Volume 1

7CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 8LP/7″: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Def Leppard has announced a new series of career-spanning box sets.  Volume One of the series arrives in both limited edition 180-gram heavyweight vinyl and CD box sets, each featuring Def Leppard's first four studio albums -- along with bonus live and studio tracks -spread across 8 LPs and 7 CDs, respectively.

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

Magic Voodoo Moon: Numero Group Collects Ultra-Rare Exotica On New Box Set

May 24, 2018 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Technicolor Paradise

Tomorrow, May 25, Numero Group is conjuring up a world of tikis, palm trees, and colorful drinks - in other words, a Technicolor Paradise.  After years of successfully excavating the rarest soul, jazz, R&B, New Age, and more, the label has turned its attention to the realm of exotica.  The genre's blend of lounge, jazz, pop and all sounds beyond inspired a number of artists who didn't receive the same attention as, say, Martin Denny, Yma Sumac, Arthur Lyman, and Esquivel.  An alternate

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, Jazz, Pop Tags: Various Artists

Go Ahead & Back Up: The Lost Motown Masters

May 23, 2018 By

BD Go Ahead Final Cover

Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music's Go Ahead & Back Up: The Lost Motown Masters lifts the curtain on the final years of Bobby Darin's life and career with 24 never-before-released recordings directly from the Motown vaults, their existence largely unknown to even Darin's most ardent collectors and biographers.  This years-in-the-making project (the landmark 25th release for Second Disc Records) premieres a lost album produced by Bobby in the raw, stripped-down style of his stage shows

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul

Dark Now My Sky: Cherry Red Expands Barclay James Harvest's Debut Into Box Set

May 23, 2018 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Barclay James Harvest

Over the past years, Cherry Red's Esoteric Recordings imprint has been drawing attention to the albums of prog titans Barclay James Harvest, reissuing the band's albums in 2-CD/1-DVD editions boasting bonus content including outtakes, rarities, and new stereo and surround mixes.  1976's Octoberon got the deluxe treatment last fall, following 1978's XII as well as Everyone is Everybody Else (1974) and Gone to Earth (1977).  Now, Esoteric is turning back the clock to 1970's Barclay James Harvest,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Barclay James Harvest

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