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Peace Trail

November 22, 2016 By

Neil Young Peace Trail

Peace Trail introduces ten new, primarily acoustic songs from the always-prolific Neil Young.  The album, available on CD, DD and LP, was recorded at Rick Rubin's Shangri-la Studios and features Young on vocals and guitar, Jim Keltner on drums, and Paul Bushnell on bass. It was produced by Young and John Hanlon.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Rock

Elaine Paige Presents The Musicals

November 22, 2016 By

Elaine Paige Presents The Musicals

Elaine Paige is lending her name to a new 3-CD collection of musical theatre favorites.  Elaine Paige Presents The Musicals features 58 tracks and over three hours of Broadway and West End favorites from artists including Paige, Petula Clark, Michael Crawford, Michael Ball, Idina Menzel, Liza Minnelli, Jennifer Holliday and more!

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Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings

The Grateful Dead: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

November 22, 2016 By

Grateful Dead The Grateful Dead

2-CD (Original Album and Bonus Disc): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Picture Disc (Original Album Only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. The Grateful Dead: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition presents the original 1967 album on Disc 1 and an unreleased concert from July 29, 1966 in Vancouver, Canada on Disc 2.  The first disc has been remastered from the original tapes by David Glasser and restored via Plangent Processes (a tape transfer technique which has been used on other Dead projects).  The second

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

That Same Old Feeling: RPM Collects Pickettywitch, Polly Brown On New Anthology

November 22, 2016 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Pickettywitch That Same Old Feeling

If Pickettywitch is remembered today, it's for "That Same Old Feeling" - the 1970 single penned by the hitmaking team of Tony Macaulay and John MacLeod that reached No. 5 on the U.K. Pop chart. Yet that tune was far from the only slice of upbeat, light and cheerful pop recorded by the Polly Brown-fronted group.  Cherry Red's RPM imprint has recently collected the recordings of Pickettywitch along with a solo LP from Polly, plus Polly and Tony Jackson's album as Sweet Dreams, on a new set.  That

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Pickettywitch, Polly Brown

Good Time Music: Cherry Red Reissues Two From Ronnie James Dio's Elf

November 21, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Elf Trying to Burn the Sun

"We played it hot, hard and heavy at the Carolina County ball/And we sang 'Ooooo'/On a boogie-woogie Friday night..." Ronnie James Dio's early band Elf played it hot, hard and (pretty) heavy throughout its relatively short lifespan.  Elf released three studio albums between 1972 and 1975 before going to superstardom with Rainbow (the core of which was actually built from Elf), Black Sabbath, and Dio.  Last year, Cherry Red released a reissue of 1972's debut Elf; now, the label has turned its

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Deep Purple, Elf, Ronnie James Dio

Start Down The Golden Road: Rhino Reissues Grateful Dead's Debut to Launch 50th Anniversary Campaign

November 18, 2016 By Randy Fairman 5 Comments

Grateful Dead The Grateful Dead

2015 marked the 50th anniversary of the formation of the Grateful Dead and there were many projects to celebrate the occasion:  concerts, CD anthologies and boxsets, documentaries, DVDs/Blu-rays, and more.  But the Dead did not release their first studio album until 1967 and Rhino is celebrating that anniversary with a new 2-disc version of The Grateful Dead on January 20, 2017.  And Rhino promises that this release is just the start of a massive new reissue campaign focused on the band. The

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Grateful Dead

Double-O-Love: SoulMusic, Cherry Red Reissue Dan Hartman's "Instant Replay"

November 18, 2016 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Dan Hartman Instant Replay

It's Instant Replay for Cherry Red's SoulMusic Records imprint with the recent reissue of Dan Hartman's 1978 disco classic of the same name.  The album featuring the Disco chart-topper has been expanded with four bonus singles for this new edition. It's difficult to pigeonhole Dan Hartman.  The late musician-songwriter-producer-artist had begun his musical career as a member of psychedelic rock outfit The Legends before backing Johnny Winter and then, crucially, Johnny's brother Edgar.  As a

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Dan Hartman

Release Round-Up: Week of November 18

November 18, 2016 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Beatles Eight Days a Week BD

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up - the last of the major release weeks for 2016! The Beatles, Eight Days a Week (DVD or BD) (Apple/Capitol) 2-Disc Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-Disc DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Standard Edition Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Standard Edition DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Ron Howard's acclaimed 2016 documentary chronicling Beatlemania, Eight Days a Week, hits DVD

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Holiday, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Donna Summer, Gene Autry, Jethro Tull, R.E.M., Roy Acuff, Soundgarden, The Beatles, The Who, Tim Buckley, Tori Amos

And All That Jazz: Liza Minnelli, Petula Clark, Michael Crawford Featured On "Elaine Paige Presents The Musicals"

November 17, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Elaine Paige Presents The Musicals

Elaine Paige is lending her name to a new 3-CD collection of musical theatre favorites.  Elaine Paige Presents The Musicals is due on November 25 from Union Square Music, with 58 tracks and over three hours of music. Elaine Paige Presents the Musicals is licensed from various labels, making for a cross-section of recordings.  You'll find familiar names from the worlds of theatre, movies and pop, including Michael Ball ("Love Changes Everything" from Aspects of Love, "Falling Slowly" from

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Barbara Dickson, Elaine Paige, Liza Minnelli, Michael Crawford, Petula Clark, Various Artists

He's Returned: Glenn Tilbrook Shares Final Volume of Squeeze Demos

November 16, 2016 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Glenn Tilbrook Upon the Rocks

Squeeze songwriter Glenn Tilbrook is going back to the band's first end for his final entry in a series of demo releases. Tilbrook, the man behind the voice, guitar and music of England's most underrated rock band, began a five-part clearing of the vaults almost 10 years ago, when Squeeze, the band he formed with lyricist/vocalist Chris Difford in the 1970s, began their third distinct iteration as a band. As Difford, Tilbrook, bassist John Bentley (with the group from 1980 to 1982) and

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Chris Difford, Glenn Tilbrook, Squeeze

Big City Christmas

November 16, 2016 By

Big CIty Christmas

Bear Family is getting into the holiday spirit with Big City Christmas, a new collection of 30 Christmas favorites in the pop, R&B, doo-wop and rockabilly styles!  These rare and previously unreleased tracks from 1948-1968 include performances by Frankie Valli and the Four Lovers, Eartha Kitt, Ricky Nelson, Frankie Lymon, and Bill Haley and His Comets!  Familiar favorites are provided by Doris Day, Connie Francis, Dean Martin, Rosemary Clooney, and Chuck Berry, and a 1966 Christmas greeting

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Formats: CD Genre: Holiday, Pop, R&B/Soul

The Complete Foundational Recordings 1936-1951

November 16, 2016 By

Roy Acuff The King of Country Music

Bear Family celebrates the early days of Roy Acuff on this new 9-CD/1-DVD box set collecting the pioneering country artist's complete recordings for Vocalion, Arc and Columbia between 1936 and 1951.  The LP-sized set includes a 184-page hardcover book with a total playing time of nearly 11 hours over 228 tracks.  The DVD features a 1940 film of the Grand Ole Opry.

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Country

The Ultimate Collection

November 16, 2016 By

Donna Summer Ultimate Collection

Driven By The Music continues to celebrate the late, legendary Donna Summer, this time with a 3-CD Ultimate Collection.  This mini-box set features over 50 tracks from 1968-2010, including major hits ("MacArthur Park," "Hot Stuff," "Bad Girls," "She Works Hard for the Money," "Last Dance"), rarities (German recordings from Godspell and Hair!), remixes, single versions, and more!  Pete Bellotte and Harold Faltermeyer provide recollections of working with Donna for the new liner notes!  Also

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Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul

Beyond "The Year 2525": Tune In Collects Zager and Evans' RCA Recordings

November 16, 2016 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

Zager and Evans In the Year 2525

In the annals of one-hit wonders, few are as well-remembered as the duo Zager and Evans.  Rick Evans and Denny Zager, both of Lincoln, Nebraska, hit it big in 1969 with their dark, apocalyptic single "In the Year 2525."  But the duo never scored another Hot 100 hit despite the fact that "2525" topped the Pop and AC charts in the United States and also went to the top in the United Kingdom.  Now, their recordings for RCA have been collected by Cherry Red's Tune In imprint as In the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Zager and Evans

Rock Candy Records To Launch American Label with Sammy Hagar, The Nymphs, More

November 15, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Sammy Hagar All Night Long

Rock Candy Records, the brainchild of former music journalist and A&R man Derek Oliver, has just announced the birth of a U.S. arm.  The American operation for Rock Candy will launch this Friday, November 18, with four titles from Sammy Hagar, The Nymphs, Salty Dog, and Tyketto. Amazon U.S. will have the Hagar and Salty Dog titles in stock on December 2. For the past eight years, the London-based label has celebrated rock and its various strains on a variety of reissues from the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Salty Dog, Sammy Hagar, The Nymphs, Tyketto

They're On Their Way: "Dick Tracy," "Blue Lagoon" Expansions Due from Intrada

November 15, 2016 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Dick Tracy

Intrada has added two scores from very popular composers to their Special Collection line: Basil Poledouris' soundtrack to 1980's romantic drama The Blue Lagoon, and Danny Elfman's ambitious score to Disney's 1990 adaptation of Dick Tracy. Based on the 1908 novel of the same name, The Blue Lagoon starred Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins as two cousins shipwrecked on a South Pacific island, living (and loving) in a faraway paradise. The R-rated antics of the couple caused a stir, as

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Basil Poledouris, Danny Elfman

Cowboy in Sweden (Various Editions)

November 14, 2016 By

Lee Hazlewood Cowboy in Sweden

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Blue Vinyl LP/DVD Set: Light in the Attic Store Light in the Attic's reissue of maverick singer-songwriter-producer Lee Hazlewood's 1970 album has been remastered from the original tapes and expands the original LHI Records LP with three bonus tracks: the outtake "Me and the Wine and the City Lights," and alternate versions of "Easy and Me" and "Pray Them Bars Away." LITA has Cowboy in Sweden

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Pop

Tony Bennett Celebrates 90: Deluxe Edition

November 14, 2016 By

Tony Bennett 90

Standard Edition (Concert Only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Amazon-Exclusive Deluxe Edition (3 CDs): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada This past August 3, Tony Bennett celebrated his milestone 90th birthday...and made it clear that he had no intentions of slowing down.  Indeed, the legendary vocalist has dates booked well into 2017, but first, he's looking back with a new 3-CD set including rare and previously unreleased material. Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 premieres

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Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal

The Complete Soul City/Bell Singles 1966-1975

November 14, 2016 By

5th Dimension Soul City Bell Singles

Real Gone Music celebrates 50 years of The 5th Dimension with this new 3-CD set featuring a total of 61 songs by the "champagne soul" group, all in the original single mixes.  In addition to the complete Soul City and Bell singles, this set also features the group's original Bronco single as The Versatiles, and their final single for Arista.  Most of these tracks are in mono and have never appeared on CD before.  This collection has been remastered by Mark Wilder at Battery Studios and features

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul

Blue and Lonesome

November 14, 2016 By

Rolling Stones Blue and Lonesome

The Rolling Stones return with their first studio album since 2005's A Bigger Bang.  Recorded over just three days in London, Blue and Lonesome returns the legendary band to its blues roots.  Available on CD, LP and DD.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Rock

Let The Sunshine In: Real Gone To Release 3-Disc Singles Collection from The 5th Dimension in December

November 14, 2016 By Randy Fairman 8 Comments

5th Dimension Soul City Bell Singles

While the Christmas season upon us, Real Gone Music has just announced a release which may be a perfect last-minute gift idea or stocking stuffer: The 5th Dimension's The Complete Soul City/Bell Singles 1966-1975, coming out on December 23. The quintet of Billy Davis Jr., Florence LaRue, Marilyn McCoo, Lamonte McLemore and Ron Townson first came together as The Versatiles in late 1965 before becoming The 5th Dimension in 1966.  The soul group (their sophisticated, elegant vocal sound has been

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: The 5th Dimension

Sundazed's Black Friday Line-Up Boasts Scepter Soul, Spacey Jazz From Sun Ra, and an "Adult" Classic

November 14, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Scepter Records Square

Sundazed Music has announced a trio of limited edition releases for Black Friday's Record Store Day event, and they're sure to be a crate-digger's delight. Scepter Records may today be best remembered as the home of Dionne Warwick's classic recordings, but the New York label founded by pioneering executive Florence Greenberg also gave a home to The Shirelles, B.J. Thomas, Chuck Jackson, Maxine Brown, and numerous other stars of soul and pop.  In addition, Greenberg nurtured a stable of some

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: B.J. Thomas, Ronnie Milsap, Sun Ra, The Shirelles, Tommy Hunt, Various Artists

In Memoriam: Leon Russell (1942-2016)

November 13, 2016 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

Leon Russell Pic

News came earlier today of the passing of Leon Russell, 74.  A true renaissance man and an extraordinary talent as composer, musician, arranger, producer, and artist, The Master of Space and Time led many lives.  With each one, his music touched a new audience: as a Wrecking Crew multi-instrumentalist who contributed to innumerable classic recordings; as a pop arranger for Gary Lewis and the Playboys and others; as leader of Joe Cocker's raucous band; as composer of songs that will last forever,

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Leon Russell

"Tony Bennett Celebrates 90" With All-Star Concert, Previously Unreleased Songs, More

November 11, 2016 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Tony Bennett 90

This past August 3, Tony Bennett celebrated his milestone 90th birthday...and made it clear that he had no intentions of slowing down.  Indeed, the legendary vocalist has dates booked well into 2017, but first, he's looking back with a new 3-CD set including rare and previously unreleased material.  Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 premieres the recording of the all-star concert tribute held at Radio City Music Hall on September 15 of this year, but the Amazon-exclusive Deluxe Edition will

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Billy Joel, Diana Krall, Elton John, Lady Gaga, Rufus Wainwright, Stevie Wonder, Tony Bennett

Review: Bob Dylan, "The 1966 Live Recordings"

November 11, 2016 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Bob Dylan 1966 Live

I. Play a song for me... Bob Dylan saw a very different future for folk music.  His fifth studio album, Bringing It All Back Home, was released in March 1965, featuring one traditional acoustic side and one electric side.  Underscoring the fact that his embrace of (gasp!) electric rock-and-roll was no fluke, Dylan plugged in at the Newport Folk Festival on July 25.  From some appalled audience members came a chorus of boos.  Others cheered.  Dylan had electrified not only his own act, but

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Bob Dylan, The Band

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