This new 3-CD collection from Cherry Red Records presents the first three albums created by nonpareil musical storyteller Rupert Holmes, all of which pushed the boundaries of what was expected from pop music. The reissue of these long out-of-print treasures might be cause enough to celebrate, but to sweeten the deal, the label has added a number of rare and previously unreleased bonus tracks as well as a deluxe booklet featuring fresh insights from Rupert. It’s a Widescreen package perfect for discovering, or re-discovering, one of pop’s true auteurs.
Rock ‘N’ Roll Party: The Complete Atco Recordings
Real Gone’s new compilation from the Florida hard rock band Axe collects both of the group’s Atco albums and adds “Midnight (Drives Me Mad),” which only appeared on cassette editions of Nemesis and on a single. Scott Schinder has provided new liner notes.
Stone Cold Soul: The Complete Capitol Recordings
This exciting set from Real Gone Music gathers all of singer-songwriter Jackie DeShannon’s rootsy, soulful material from her short period on the Capitol label from 1970-1971, encompassing her sessions at Chips Moman’s American Studios and more, and including five previously unreleased tracks. It also includes liner notes by our own Joe Marchese, featuring quotes from his new interview with DeShannon.
Still There’ll Be More: An Anthology 1967-2017
Still There’ll Be More: An Anthology 1967-2017 features three discs of highlights from the band’s albums two live concert debuts (a legendary 1973 date at The Hollywood Bowl with The Los Angeles Philharmonic and a 1976 set at the Bournemouth Winter Gardens in England) and three DVDs spanning the band’s European TV appearances during their first decade. A 68-page hardcover book and a reproduction of a show flier rounds out this impressive box!
Concert for George [Various Formats]
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada (TBD) 2CD/2DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. (TBD) / Amazon Canada (TBD) 2CD/2BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. (TBD) / Amazon Canada (TBD) 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. (TBD) / Amazon Canada (TBD) The star-studded 2002 concert celebration of the life of George Harrison – featuring Paul McCartney, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, and other luminaries – returns in a variety of formats from Craft Recordings.
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Charlotte’s Web: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Following a brief delay, the original soundtrack to Hanna-Barbera’s 1973 animated classic Charlotte’s Web finally comes to CD from Varese Sarabande, featuring the wonderfully melodic songs of the Sherman Brothers as performed by Debbie Reynolds, Agnes Moorehead, Paul Lynde, Henry Gibson, and others!
Johnny Mathis Sings the Music of Bacharach and Kaempfert
Johnny Mathis’ 1970 double-album salute to the music of Burt Bacharach and Bert Kaempfert makes its worldwide CD debut from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music! We’ve added five bonus tracks: one more selection from Kaempfert, and four more from Bacharach. And that’s not all! TSD’s Joe Marchese’s new liner notes include fresh quotes from Johnny and a brand-new introduction by Burt Bacharach!
Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head: Expanded Edition
Johnny Mathis’ 1970 album – featuring the songs of Bacharach and David, Paul Simon, Jimmy Webb, George Harrison and others – gets its first-ever expanded CD reissue from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music. We’ve added four bonus non-LP singles from Johnny’s return to Columbia Records circa 1968-1970! TSD’s Joe Marchese has written the liner notes based on a new interview with Johnny!
WE HAVE OUR WINNERS! Varese Victories For Eight Great Years
Congratulations! Our special 8th anniversary giveaway was a sterling success, thanks to our awesome readers who entered! And now, we’ve got the list of prize winners. The following 15 friends have won a bundle of Chuck Berry’s Rockit (1979) and the 40th anniversary soundtrack of Smokey and The Bandit and its sequel, both courtesy of Varese Sarabande: Marty Brandt Gary Dunaier Brian Edmiston Scott Fraley Emile Gardette Marc Hiatt Adrian Hickman Heath Holland Rusty Houston Dan Rushing Tyler Rutt Avner Shemi Cole Smith PoPo Sydow Matt Tauber And these lucky 20 winners…
Release Round-Up: Week of January 19
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Fleetwood Mac, Fleetwood Mac [Various Formats] (Reprise/Rhino) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3CD/DVD/LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The 1975 debut album by the Fleetwood Mac line-up of Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie, John McVie, and Mick Fleetwood arrives in a variety of deluxe formats, including a 3CD/DVD/LP box with the remastered album on CD and vinyl, bonus singles, previously unreleased studio outtakes and a live concert recording, and a DVD with high-resolution stereo and surround mixes. Todd Rundgren, Something/Anything and…
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BREAKING! Second Disc, Real Gone Celebrate Johnny Mathis with “Raindrops” and “Bacharach and Kaempfert” Expanded Reissues
In a career spanning over 60 years, the music of Johnny Mathis is more vibrant than ever. The eternally youthful “voice of romance” gained a whole new generation of fans in 2017 with a new album featuring his recordings of future standards by Adele, Bruno Mars, and Pharrell Williams. At the dawn of the 1970s, Mathis was celebrating the great songwriters of that day, too. On March 2, Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music are proud to kick off a new series celebrating the legendary Johnny Mathis’ classic albums of the…
It Takes Two to Tango: Analog Spark Reissues Two Todd Rundgren Classics on SACD
Since the dawn of the CD era, Todd Rundgren’s classic Bearsville LPs have appeared and re-appeared with regularity – yet they had never appeared in the physical format for which they’re most ideally suited: high-resolution audio. Thanks to Analog Spark, that’s all changed. The label has just released hybrid stereo SACDs of the singer-songwriter-producer’s third and fourth Bearsville LPs – the career-defining Something/Anything (1973) and its daring successor, A Wizard, A True Star (1974). While Rundgren likely fashioned the latter title with tongue planted firmly in cheek, he lived up to those…
Some Disc! ‘Charlotte’s Web’ Soundtrack Makes CD Debut From Varese
In 1973, Hanna-Barbera’s animated adaptation of E.B. White’s beloved children’s novel Charlotte’s Web was released; over time, it became a multi-generational classic. 45 years later, a major milestone occurs with the first ever CD release of the film’s winning soundtrack, courtesy of Varese Sarabande. Though White professed to not care for the film, condemning it as “a travesty” and admitting “I don’t care much for jolly songs,” Charlotte’s Web has incredibly gained fans with time. The story of Wilbur, a timid pig (Henry Gibson) saved from slaughter by the kind arachnid Charlotte…
Salad Days (Are Here Again): Esoteric Plans Multi-Disc, Audio-Visual Procol Harum Anthology
“You’ll cry out for mercy, but still there’ll be more…” So proclaimed English prog rockers Procol Harum on their fourth album, 1970’s Home. Three years before, the group burst onto the scene with the baroque-inspired “A Whiter Shade of Pale,” an international hit that topped the British charts and reached No. 5 in America. And the group presses on, having released their 12th album, Novum, in April – a month shy of 50 years since “Pale” first landed in U.K. shops. To celebrate this half-century mark, Cherry Red’s Esoteric imprint will release…
Give Me Peace On Earth: Craft Reissues ‘Concert For George’ In Various Formats
George Harrison would have been 75 years old next month, and Craft Recordings is celebrating that milestone with the ultimate tribute to the former Beatle: a multi-format reissue of 2002’s Concert For George. Available February 23, two days before Harrison’s birthday, Concert For George will bow in five different physical configurations – the most enormous of which is an online-only box set, limited only to 1,000 copies worldwide and featuring the star-studded tribute show on two CDs, two DVDs, two Blu-ray Discs and four 180-gram LPs. This 12″ x 12″ box set…
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Review: The Monkees, “More of The Monkees: Super Deluxe Edition”
January is barely over yet, but 2018 is already shaping up to be another banner year for The Monkees. Davy, Peter, Michael, and Micky have just met The Archies in a zany time-travelling comic book adventure, and fans have had the perfect soundtrack: the new, 3-CD/1-45 RPM single super deluxe box set edition of sophomore album More of The Monkees (Rhino Handmade R2 560125) – in time to mark 51 years since the LP was first released, in January 1967. This sixth installment of the long-running series may be the richest volume…
My Time Has Come: Anthony Phillips’ “Invisible Men” Reissued and Expanded by Cherry Red
Anthony Phillips’ album Invisible Men arrived in American stores in fall 1983, following the third volume of the founding Genesis guitarist’s Private Parts and Pieces. Phillips envisioned more of a commercial pop sound for the album, which he crafted in collaboration with co-writer Richard Scott. That album, which featured different track listings in the U.S. and in Phillips’ native U.K. (where it saw release in spring 1984), has been reissued by Cherry Red’s Esoteric Recordings imprint as a greatly expanded 2-CD set. (Alas, unlike most of the other titles in the label’s…
For Your Love: Herman’s Hermits, Yardbirds, Hollies Featured on “The Graham Gouldman Songbook”
Ace’s latest addition to its Songwriter Series, Listen People: The Graham Gouldman Songbook 1964-2005, appropriately enough begins with a track written by Gouldman, “That’s How (It’s Gonna Stay).” But the track is also significant in that it was performed by Gouldman, as well – as part of his early group The Mockingbirds. Throughout his career, he’s worn many hats – as a songwriter, as a band member, as a solo artist – and all of them are touched upon on this fine celebration of a largely underrated talent. “That’s How (It’s Gonna…
Get Right: The Ru-Jac Records Story, Volume Two – 1964-1966
Omnivore continues its four-volume trawl through the archives of R&B indie Ru-Jac Records with this disc featuring 22 rare and soulful tracks (7 previously unreleased) from artists like Arthur Conley, Brenda Jones, Harold Holt, and Winfield Parker!
Something Got a Hold On Me: The Ru-Jac Records Story, Volume One – 1963-1964
Omnivore begins its four-volume series exploring the vaults of R&B indie Ru-Jac Records with this volume comprising 28 rare tracks (10 unreleased) from the period of 1963-1964. Artists include Winfield Parker, Jeanne Dee, Little Sonny Daye, The Fruitland Harmonizers, The Jolly Jax, and more.
Don’t Leave Your Love Behind: Real Gone’s March Slate Includes Jackie DeShannon and Axe
Earlier today we told you Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music’s upcoming 2-CD collection of The Oak Ridge Boys’ Columbia period and RCA singles. Now, Real Gone has announced two more titles joining it on March 2. First up is a collection from a legendary singer-songwriter: Jackie DeShannon. Stone Cold Soul: The Complete Capitol Recordings gathers all of DeShannon’s material from her short period on the venerable label from 1970-1971. It also includes liner notes by our own Joe Marchese, featuring quotes from his new interview with DeShannon. After her decade…
When I Sing For Him: The Complete Columbia Recordings and RCA Singles
This 2-CD, 49-song collection from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music premieres on CD The Oak Ridge Boys’ complete, classic 1974-1976 Columbia albums The Oak Ridge Boys, Sky High, and Old Fashioned, Down Home, Hand Clappin’, Foot Stompin’, Southern Style, Gospel Quartet Music, plus all of their period Columbia non-LP singles, and songs that only appeared on compilations. And that’s not all! Every one of the Oaks’ 1990-1993 RCA singles are here, too – for a comprehensive look at these lost periods of Oak Ridge Boys history! TSD’s own Joe Marchese…
BREAKING! The Oak Ridge Boys’ Columbia Years, RCA Singles Collected On Second Disc, Real Gone’s “When I Sing For Him”
Before “Elvira” and “Bobbie Sue” catapulted them into the mainstream of commercial country and pop, The Oak Ridge Boys paid their dues as both recording artists and popular live performers. The band’s history was a long one, with the original Oak Ridge Quartet dating back to the 1940s. But the birth of The Oak Ridge Boys, as we know the group, really took place in 1973 at Columbia Records. That was when Joe Bonsall joined Duane Allen, William Lee Golden, and Richard Sterban to complete the foursome that still packs houses today. …
Release Round-Up: Week of January 12
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Dionne Warwick, Odds and Ends: Scepter Records Rarities (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) From 1962 to 1971, Dionne Warwick, working primarily with songwriters/producers Burt Bacharach and Hal David, notched over twenty Top 40 hits on the Scepter label and garnered two Grammy Awards. Yet while there have been numerous reissues of Warwick’s work at Scepter, some material has been overlooked. This new collection rectifies that! All 27 tracks on this compilation are new to U.S. CD, including 11 previously unreleased tracks. You’ll…
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The Last of the Romantics: Cherry Red Collects Rupert Holmes’ “Complete Epic Recordings”
There are songs that sound like movies/There are themes that fill the screen/There are lines I say that sound as if they’re written/There are looks I wear the theatre should have seen… With those words, Rupert Holmes welcomed listeners into his singular musical world – one in which the only limits were those of the singer-songwriter’s boundless imagination. In other words, there were no limits to Holmes’ finely crafted, elaborately realized pop dramas. His 1974 Epic Records debut, Widescreen, was filled with those songs that sound like movies, and now it’s about…
