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Love In Action: Todd Rundgren's "All Sides of the Roxy" Presents Complete, Star-Studded 1978 Concert

February 21, 2018 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

For his first live album, the 1978 double-LP Back to the Bars, singer/songwriter/sonic auteur Todd Rundgren returned to his roots with a collection of lean, tight, intimate performances recorded in the clubs of New York, Los Angeles, and Cleveland.  This was Rundgren at his most accessible, playing his most universally beloved songs over his first decade of music-making, with a band including Utopia veterans Mark "Moogy" Klingman, John Siegler, and Willie Wilcox, plus his old friends from

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Daryl Hall and John Oates, Rick Derringer, Stevie Nicks, Todd Rundgren, Utopia

Amazing Grace: 14 Hymns and Gospel Favorites

February 20, 2018 By

Glen Campbell Amazing Grace

Gaither Music Group celebrates the spiritual side of the late, great Glen Campbell with this 14-track collection.  It's, in effect, a highlights disc from the 2004 Universal release Love is the Answer: 24 Songs of Faith, Hope and Love, as all songs are derived from that double album.  Features "The Old Rugged Cross," "What a Friend We Have in Jesus," "Mary Did You Know," and more.

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Formats: CD Genre: Country, Gospel

Who's On First? April Brings Premiere of "The Who Live at the Fillmore East 1968," Townshend's Expanded "Who Came First"

February 20, 2018 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

Who Live at Fillmore East 1968

Attention fans of The Who: Mark your calendars for April 20, as that's the day UMe will release not one, but two titles, related to the rock legends: the 2-CD or 3-LP premiere of The Who Live at the Fillmore East 1968, just in time for its 50th anniversary, and a 2-CD expanded edition of Pete Townshend's solo debut, Who Came First. On April 5 and 6, 1968, The Who took the stage at Bill Graham's late, lamented Fillmore East in New York City.  The first British rock band to play the

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Pete Townshend, Ronnie Lane, The Who

Where Do I Begin: Quartet Preps 'Love Story,' 'Silence of the Lambs' and More for Latest Expanded Soundtrack Slate

February 20, 2018 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Silence of the Lambs

The Oscars are almost upon us, and soundtrack label Quartet Records recently announced four archival score titles all tied with winning Academy Awards across the '70s, '80s and '90s. The oldest title is also the only of the four which actually earned a trophy for Best Original Score: the 1970 drama Love Story. An adaptation of sorts of a bestselling romance novel by Erich Segal (who turned his screenplay into a novel at Paramount Pictures' request to drum up anticipation for the film), Love

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Francis Lai, Georges Delerue, Howard Shore, Nino Rota

Everybody Plays the Fool: SoulMusic, Cherry Red Collect The Main Ingredient's "Brotherly Love: The RCA Anthology"

February 16, 2018 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Main Ingredient Anthology 1

When Cuba Gooding, Sr. passed away in April 2017, it marked the true end of an era for the venerable soul group The Main Ingredient.  The Harlem-founded group had endured tragedy, personnel shifts, and the changing sound of music to prosper for decades, but the heart of the Main Ingredient remains in the group's RCA recordings.  The recent 2-CD collection from Cherry Red's SoulMusic Records imprint, Brotherly Love: The RCA Anthology, brings together 41 tracks originally issued between 1970 and

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Cuba Gooding Sr., The Main Ingredient

Release Round-Up: Week of February 16

February 16, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

The Choir Artifact

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Choir, Artifact: The Unreleased Album (Omnivore) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Omnivore premieres an unreleased album from pre-Raspberries group The Choir, recorded in 1969 by one of the final iterations of the popular Cleveland band.  These ten ultra-rare recordings have been restored for this release by the team of Tommy Allen and Ducky Carlisle (The Raspberries' Pop Art Live), and Choir fan Eric Carmen has provided liner

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Sonny Rollins, The Choir, The Sherman Brothers, Van Morrison

Cheech & Chong Light Up New Deluxe Edition of 'Up In Smoke' with Blu-ray, CD and Vinyl Soundtrack

February 15, 2018 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Up In Smoke Product Shot

Hey man, we've got some news for fans of Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong: their breakthrough film, Cheech & Chong's Up In Smoke, is being reissued on Blu-ray for its 40th anniversary - and a deluxe edition will feature a trifecta of reissued product from Rhino Records. Comedians Richard "Cheech" Marin and Tommy Chong had met in Canada during the '60s; Marin was there to evade the Vietnam War draft, while Chong, a native of the country, had been performing with his band, The Vancouvers. (The

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, Soundtracks Tags: Cheech & Chong

All I Know: Vocalion Reissues Art Garfunkel's "Angel Clare" and "Breakaway" in Surround on SACD

February 15, 2018 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Art Garfunkel Angel Clare SACD

The U.K. Vocalion label has become a reliable source for SACD reissues of classic quadraphonic surround albums from pop, country, and jazz artists as diverse as Chet Atkins, Lynn Anderson, Percy Faith, Ray Conniff, Perry Como, Return to Forever, Eumir Deodato, and Henry Mancini.  A new addition to Vocalion's quad library is legendary singer Art Garfunkel.  His first two solo albums, 1973's Angel Clare and 1975's Breakaway, have just been reissued by Vocalion on hybrid SACD.  The discs' stereo

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Categories: News Formats: CD, SACD Genre: Pop Tags: Art Garfunkel, Simon and Garfunkel

Johnny Cash - Forever Words

February 15, 2018 By

Johnny Cash Forever Words

The lost words of Johnny Cash - from poems, letters, and other unpublished writings - are set to music for the very first time and performed by a "Who's Who" of artists including Johnny's daughter Rosanne Cash, his stepdaughter Carlene Carter, fellow Highwaymen Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson, Elvis Costello, John Mellencamp, T Bone Burnett, Allison Krauss, The Jayhawks, and others.  John Carter Cash has helmed the project at Cash Cabin Studio in Hendersonville, Tennessee.  Available in CD,

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

Changestwobowie

February 15, 2018 By

David Bowie Changestwobowie

David Bowie's 1981 compilation spanning the period between Hunky Dory and Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) returns to print for the first time in three decades in a newly remastered edition.  Its ten tracks include "Starman," "Oh! You Pretty Things," single versions of "Fashion," "Ashes to Ashes," and "D.J.," and more.  Available on CD, DD, and LP.  The first LP run only will be pressed on both blue and black vinyl, to be packaged randomly.

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

More Ch-Ch-Changes: Parlophone Reissues David Bowie's "Changestwobowie," "Aladdin Sane"

February 15, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

David Bowie Changestwobowie

Following the 40th anniversary reissue of David Bowie's Changesonebowie in 2016, Parlophone is readying a CD, LP and DD edition of its 1981 followup: Changestwobowie.  This will arrive on April 13, to be followed a week later by a special 45th anniversary vinyl edition of the artist's seminal Aladdin Sane. Changestwobowie returns to CD after a three-decade absence.  Originally released on LP in 1981 and on CD in 1985 by RCA, it features 10 songs spanning the period between Hunky Dory (1971)

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

Oh, What a Groove: Barry White's 20th Century Sides Compiled On New Sets

February 14, 2018 By Mike Duquette 16 Comments

Barry White Singles Box

Barry White's final album, released in 1999, was fittingly titled Staying Power--and with a career that stretched across three decades and produced some of the most enduring pop-soul of the disco era and beyond, it's as good as any a description for the late, great White's discography. Just in time for Valentine's Day, UMe puts fans in the mood for love with an assortment of new compilations devoted to his tenure on 20th Century Records Born Barry Eugene Carter in Galveston, Texas, the

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Barry White, Love Unlimited Orchestra

Review: Nina Simone, "Mood Indigo: The Complete Bethlehem Singles"

February 14, 2018 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Nina Simone Complete Bethlehem Singles

Listeners experiencing 2018 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Nina Simone's debut recordings for the first time might be taken aback at the ferocity and determination which mark these fourteen sides, compiled for the first time in complete form on CD as Mood Indigo: The Complete Bethlehem Singles (BMG 538320282).  Those qualities distinguished this remarkable artist throughout a long and fiery career, but were thrillingly present at her very first sessions. Pianist-singer Simone began her

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Jazz, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Nina Simone

I'll Still Love You: Elvis Costello, Rosanne Cash, John Mellencamp, More Sing Unheard Johnny Cash on "Forever Words"

February 14, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Johnny Cash Forever Words

Previously unheard words of Johnny Cash are coming to new life on April 6 with Legacy Recordings' release of Forever Words, an album of new songs built around the late Man in Black's unknown poems and writings.  In the spirit of similar projects like The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams and Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes (setting new melodies to lost lyrics by Hank Williams and Bob Dylan, respectively), Forever Words features an all-star array of talent placing Cash's words in an

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country Tags: Carlene Carter, Elvis Costello, John Mellencamp, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Rosanne Cash, Willie Nelson

The Chant Has Just Begun: The Alarm Expand Early Works on CD

February 13, 2018 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Alarm Eponymous

Welsh alt-rock group The Alarm will reissue and expand their earliest recordings from the first four years of their discography next month. Eponymous 1981-1983 and Declaration 1984-1985 will hit stores March 16. Previously released in single-disc form by the group's Twenty First Century label in 2000, these 2CD or 2LP releases paint an even clearer, more definitive picture of this era of Mike Peters and company, including their signing to I.R.S. Records and highest-charting single release

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: The Alarm

La-La Land Slays Competition with 'Buffy' Anthology

February 13, 2018 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

Buffy Front traycard

If you're a fan of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Joss Whedon's iconic horror-comedy, La-La Land Records' latest release certainly doesn't suck. The soundtrack label makes Buffy The Vampire Slayer Collection: Original Soundtrack Recordings available today. This 4CD set features both music from across the seven seasons of the acclaimed TV series as well as Carter Burwell's score from the 1992 film adaptation that predated it. Whedon, a writer on Roseanne and a short-lived sitcom adaptation of

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Carter Burwell, Christophe Beck

Quiet Nights: Cherry Red Celebrates Bossa Nova On Two Collections

February 13, 2018 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Joao Gilberto Sings Jobim

The beguiling Brazilian sounds of the bossa nova have long been a part of the repertoire from Cherry Red's El Records imprint.  In the second half of 2017, the label released two more slipcased double-disc collections celebrating the music that - much like that girl from Ipanema - makes you go, "Aaaaah."  João Gilberto and the Stylists of Bossa Nova Sing Antonio Carlos Jobim pairs the most famous vocalist and most famous composer of the genre in one package, while The Women of Bossa Nova Volume

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Jazz, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Antonio Carlos Jobim, Caterina Valente, Joao Gilberto, Sylvia Telles, Various Artists

Heartbeat City: Expanded Edition

February 12, 2018 By

Heartbeat City

This expanded edition of The Cars' 1984 album featuring the hit ballad "Drive" features a generous seven bonus tracks including a period Arthur Baker 12-inch remix, a B-side, and previously unreleased demos and early versions!

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

Shake It Up: Expanded Edition

February 12, 2018 By

Shake It Up

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Cars reissue their 1981 LP featuring the hit title track "Shake It Up" on CD and double vinyl, featuring eight bonus tracks including previously unreleased demos and alternate and early versions.

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

The Searcher: The Original Soundtrack

February 12, 2018 By

Elvis The Searcher

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada TBD 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada TBD 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada TBD RCA and Legacy have the soundtrack to director Thom Zimny's upcoming documentary on Elvis Presley coming in a variety of formats: an 18-track soundtrack CD, a 2-LP gatefold 12-inch vinyl edition, and a 3-CD collectible deluxe box set with additional music from Presley and those who inspired him.  The film traces the artistic evolution of the

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks

The Essential Eric Andersen

February 12, 2018 By

Essential Eric Andersen

Real Gone Music, in conjunction with Legacy Recordings, brings together 33 songs on two CDs chosen by the folk singer-songwriter which span his entire career.  The Essential features recordings from eighteen albums and ten different labels including Vanguard, Warner Bros., Columbia, Arista, Gold Castle, Appleseed, Meyer, Ryko, Smithsonian Folkways and CBS Holland.

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Formats: CD Genre: Folk

VI Decades Live (This Is What We Do)

February 12, 2018 By

Chicago VI Decades Live

Chicago celebrates 50 years on the road with this new box set featuring 4 CDs and 1 DVD of previously unreleased live music recorded between 1969 and 2014.  This set includes two complete concerts - The Isle of Wight, 1970 on CD and a Rockpalast broadcast from Germany in 1977 on DVD - plus two discs of concert highlights.

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

An Eye On The Residents' Archival Reissues for 2018

February 12, 2018 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

Meet The Residents

For nearly 50 years, the art collective known as The Residents has challenged the sound and structure of Western pop music, a venture which began on record in 1974 with their debut LP, Meet The Residents. Now, the group has partnered with Cherry Red to undertake The Residents pREServed, a series of deluxe reissues of core albums in The Residents' catalogue with scores of rare and unreleased material. Known for their unconventional sound and style as well as their deeply secretive though

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Everything Else, Rock Tags: The Residents

Take Me Back to Chicago: Band Celebrates 50 Years with "Chicago: VI Decades Live" Box Set

February 12, 2018 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Chicago VI Decades Live

Chicago is turning 50, and the band is celebrating the landmark anniversary with a new box set looking back on its remarkable onstage history.  On April 6, Rhino will release Chicago: VI Decades Live (This is What We Do), featuring 4 CDs and 1 DVD of previously unreleased live music recorded between 1969 and 2014.  This exciting new collection coincides with the group's current tour in which they're playing the complete Chicago II every night before a lengthy encore set of greatest hits. The

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

Review: Fleetwood Mac, 'Fleetwood Mac: Deluxe Edition'

February 12, 2018 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

Fleetwood Mac packshot

Take away all the artifice and ephemera of the new deluxe edition of Fleetwood Mac's 1975 self-titled album (Reprise R2 559454) and you're still left with an intriguing and endlessly challenging question: how? How did a British blues band with only fleeting chart success in their home country metamorphose into one of the greatest rock bands of the 20th century's back half, architects of 18 Top 40 hits and eight platinum or multiplatinum records? And how did they do so with their ninth lineup? As

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD-Audio, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Christine McVie, Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks

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