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The Complete Singles Collection 1965-1970

January 25, 2016 By

Harpers Bizarre Complete Singles Collection

Now Sounds collects the complete 1965-1970 singles from the delightfully quirky sunshine pop heroes Harpers Bizarre and the band's pre-fame incarnation as The Tikis on one splendid, 26-track CD featuring numerous rare mono mixes making their debut on CD.  Includes such classics as "The 59th Street Bridge Song," "Come to the Sunshine," "Small Talk" and much more!

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

Soul Beat: Ace Collects Previously Unreleased B.B. King

January 25, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

BB King Heres One

At the time of his death on May 14, 2015 at the age of 89, legendary bluesman Riley B. "B.B." King left behind more than 60 studio and live albums, not to mention countless anthologies drawing on different aspects and time periods of his extraordinary career.  Late in the year, though, Ace Records added another key collection to that total with the release of Here's One You Didn't Know About: From the RPM and Kent Vaults.  All but two tracks on this 25-song, nearly 80-minute CD are previously

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Blues, R&B/Soul Tags: B.B. King

Souvenirs: Esoteric Reissues Two Albums From Welsh Prog Band Eyes of Blue

January 22, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Eyes of Blue Crossroads of Time

The Welsh progressive rock band Eyes of Blue had its share of ups and downs - the "ups" certainly including gigs opening for The Spencer Davis Group, The Move, The Moody Blues, The Who, and Led Zeppelin, and the "downs" relating to the promising group's flameout in a short period of time.  Late in 2015, Cherry Red's Esoteric Recordings imprint shone a light on Eyes of Blue with the first authorized CD releases of the band's two Mercury albums, both from 1969: Crossroads of Time and In Fields of

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Eyes of Blue

Release Round-Up: Week of January 22

January 22, 2016 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Chicago II SACD

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Black Sabbath Deluxe Reissue Series (Warner Bros./Rhino) Black Sabbath: Deluxe Edition - Amazon U.S.: 2CD / 2LP Amazon Canada: 2CD / Amazon U.K.: 2CD Paranoid: Deluxe Edition - Amazon U.S.: 2CD / 2LP Amazon Canada: 2CD / Amazon U.K.: 2CD Master of Reality: Deluxe Edition - Amazon U.S.: 2CD / 2LP Amazon Canada: 2CD / Amazon U.K.: 2CD Past Lives: Amazon U.S.: 2CD / 2LP Amazon Canada: 2CD / Amazon U.K.: 2CD Rhino is reissuing the

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: America, Black Sabbath, Carly Simon, Chicago, Loggins and Messina

You're Welcome: Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie Curates Mix Featuring Beach Boys, Byrds, Dion, More

January 21, 2016 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Bobby Gillespie Sunday

Among Ace Records' recent releases is a collection that just might make you scream - make that "Primal Scream" - with elation.  Bobby Gillespie Presents Sunday Morning Comin' Down is a mix CD curated by Primal Scream founder/Jesus and Mary Chain drummer.  The Glasgow-born singer/songwriter/musician has selected 20 of his favorite tracks for Ace, and the result is a set that not only illuminates Gillespie's influences as an artist but stands on its own with thematic and sonic coherence.  In

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Rock Tags: Dion, John Barry, Kris Kristofferson, The Beach Boys, The Byrds, The Monkees, Various Artists

Big Break Records "Breaks Away" with Al Jarreau, Rose Royce

January 20, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Al Jarreau Breakin Away

Accompanying the recent releases from The Spinners and Frantique, Big Break Records rounded out its 2015 slate with a pair of titles from Al Jarreau and Rose Royce. Renowned vocalist Al Jarreau made his album debut in 1975 with the Reprise Records release We Got By, a collection of original songs from the jazz-rooted singer.  He followed that effort with Glow, incorporating tracks by a wide range of writers including Elton John, James Taylor and Antonio Carlos Jobim.  Jarreau was slowly but

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Funk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Al Jarreau, Rose Royce

Review: JD Souther, "John David Souther (Expanded Edition)"

January 18, 2016 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

John David Souther

In 2007, a new song from the Eagles blazed onto the radio airwaves, climbing to a Top 10 AC/Top 25 Country berth on the Billboard charts.  But the infectious, breezy "How Long," with its classic Eagles sound, wasn't new at all.  The song was written by JD Souther and included on his 1972 Asylum Records debut John David Souther.  When the Eagles included it on Long Road Out of Eden, the band's first studio album since 1979, it rekindled the creative relationship with Souther, an "honorary Eagle"

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: JD Souther

Ooh Baby: Real Gone's March Slate Includes Unreleased Herbie Mann Together with Dave Mason and Mickey Gilley Anthologies Plus Limited Vinyl Reissues

January 15, 2016 By Randy Fairman 1 Comment

Dave Mason The Columbia Years

Yesterday we brought you the news of the upcoming Second Disc Records title to be released in conjunction with Real Gone Music: Bobby Darin's Another Song on My Mind: The Motown Years anthology.  Now we've got the rest of Real Gone's March slate to tell you about and it's as excitingly eclectic as ever! Kicking things off is a CD that should be of great interest to jazz enthusiasts.  Herbie Mann is considered one of the greatest jazz flautists ever and was an early proponent of world music. 

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Bobby Darin, Dave Mason, Herbie Mann, Margaret Whiting, Mickey Gilley, The Lords of the New Church, The O'Jays, Whitney Houston

Release Round-Up: Week of January 15

January 15, 2016 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Alan Price Savaloy Dip

Welcome to our weekly Release Round-Up! Alan Price, Savaloy Dip (Omnivore Recordings) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Alan Price's 1974 Warner Bros. album Savaloy Dip came and went in the blink of an eye (on a recalled eight-track!) before disappearing for what might have been forever...but Omnivore Recordings has come to the rescue with the first-ever reissue of this 11-song lost record from the Animals founder/keyboardist! Wes Montgomery, One Night in Indy

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Alan Price, Dorothy Loudon, Wes Montgomery

Another Song on My Mind: The Motown Years

January 14, 2016 By

Bobby Darin Another Song on My Mind

Bobby Darin was so much more than just Mack the Knife. In just 37 years, the singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and entrepreneur raced against the clock to conquer records, film, and television as he successfully transitioned from rock-and-roll teen idol to tuxedoed swinger and then to denim-clad folk troubadour. At the dawn of the 1970s, and still battling the chronic heart problems that had plagued him since youth, the superstar artist signed with Berry Gordy's renowned Motown

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

BREAKING! Bobby Darin's "The Motown Years" Coming In March From Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music!

January 14, 2016 By Joe Marchese 10 Comments

Bobby Darin Another Song on My Mind

Look out, old Bobby is back! Earlier this week, The Second Disc celebrated its sixth anniversary, and now, we're inviting you to the party!  Today, we're thrilled to announce our very first release of 2016.  On March 11, Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music will make a Reissue Theory a reality with a new title from two legendary icons of American popular song: Bobby Darin and Motown Records! Another Song on My Mind: The Motown Years is the first-ever anthology dedicated to the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Bobby Darin

The Glow of Love: Groove Line Records Compiles The Music of Change, Featuring Luther Vandross, More

January 14, 2016 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Change Reach for the Sky

If ever a group lived up to its name, that group was Change.  The brainchild of French-Italian music impresario and producer Jacques Fred Petrus, in collaboration with Italian-based producer/arranger Mauro Malavasi and bassist Davide Romani, Change released six albums between 1980 and 1985.  Built on infectiously danceable rhythms, melodic hooks and sublimely soulful vocals, the sound of Change was primarily created by a rotating cast of Italian-based musicians and America-based vocalists. 

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, R&B/Soul Tags: Change, Fonzi Thornton, Jocelyn Brown, Luther Vandross

Ain't It The Truth: Robinsongs Collects The Undisputed Truth's Post-Motown Albums

January 13, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Undisputed Truth Method Two Fer

When producer-songwriter Norman Whitfield departed Motown Records in 1975 to form his own Whitfield label at Warner Bros., he had already left his mark on Hitsville, USA with such immortal songs as "Too Many Fish in the Sea," "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" and "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)." Whitfield had been instrumental in bringing "psychedelic soul" to Motown, incorporating rock and funk into his spacey yet socially-conscious soul jams.  In 1971,

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: The Undisputed Truth

Kritzerland Brings Herrmann's "Snows," Intrada Delivers Goodwin's Disney "Oddball"

January 12, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

Kritzerland has announced its latest release, and it's another classic score from the pen of the legendary Bernard Herrmann (Psycho, Vertigo). Twentieth Century Fox's lavish 1952 film The Snows of Kilimanjaro starred Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward and Ava Gardner under the direction of Henry King and cinematography of the renowned Leon Shamroy.  Kilimanjaro, nominated for two Academy Awards, was one of the year's most successful movies, and yielded more memorable music from the veteran composer

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Bernard Herrmann, Ron Goodwin

At The Blue Angel and Other Rarities

January 12, 2016 By

Dorothy Loudon Blue Angel

The legacy of the late Tony Award-winning actress and Broadway favorite Dorothy Loudon (the original Miss Hannigan in Annie) is celebrated with this new limited edition CD release.  It opens with her live stereo album recorded at New York's Blue Angel nightspot in 1959 and continues to chronicle her early career with a complete collection of her rare singles recorded between 1951 and 1955. Every track here is making its debut on CD.  This release also launches Stage Door's Collectors Series,

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Formats: CD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal

One Night In Indy

January 12, 2016 By

Wes Montgomery One Night in Indy

This release presents for the very first time a 1959 Indianapolis concert featuring the legendary guitarist Wes Montgomery with pianist Eddie Higgins' Trio.  The six-song set includes "Give Me the Simple Life," "Stompin' at the Savoy" and "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To."

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Jazz

Big Ace Records Round-Up, Part One: "Georgie Fame Heard Them Here First" and "The Birth of Surf, Volume 3"

January 12, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Georgie Fame Heard Them Here First

Welcome to the first part of our Ace Records late 2015 round-up spotlighting two of the label's recent releases: Georgie Fame Heard Them Here First and the third volume of The Birth of Surf. 2015 was a good year for fans of Georgie Fame.  The British singer, who has blended rhythm and blues, jazz, ska, beat, and soul into his own formidable style for over 50 years, was celebrated with BGO Records' collection of his CBS recordings (Georgie Does His Thing with Strings/Knock on Wood/The CBS As

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Blues, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Georgie Fame, Various Artists

Strut Your Funky Stuff: Philadelphia International's "Frantique" Comes to CD

January 8, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Frantique

Everything about Philadelphia International Records' 1979 release of the self-titled album from Frantique was unexpected.  The cradle of Philly soul wasn't exactly a typical home for an LP of Eurodisco.  Nor was Frantique's benefactor someone particularly associated with disco, Euro- or otherwise - the legendary maestro of elegant and silky soul, Thom Bell.  But Bell had taken an interest in songwriter-producer Jack Robinson and his collaborator David Christie, enlisting them for projects by The

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, R&B/Soul Tags: Frantique

Release Round-Up: Week of January 8

January 8, 2016 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

The Mamas and the Papas Complete Singles

Welcome to our first Release Round-Up of 2016! The Mamas and the Papas, The Complete Singles: The 50th Anniversary Collection (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Real Gone Music has 53 tracks on 2 CDs of pure pop pleasure from The Mamas and the Papas - as a group and solo - with this first-ever collection of their complete singles, just in time for their 50th anniversary!  Full details here. J.D. Souther, John David Souther (Expanded Edition) (Omnivore)

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: David Bowie, J.D. Souther, John Williams, The Mamas and The Papas

Dance Into the Light: Deluxe Edition

January 7, 2016 By

Phil Collins Dance Into the Light Reissue

Phil Collins' 1996 effort yielded a U.K. Top 10 hit with its title track; now, it's back in a Deluxe Edition with a 10-track bonus disc featuring demos and live tracks.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Pop

Hello, I Must Be Going! Deluxe Edition

January 7, 2016 By

Phil Collins Hello I Must Be Going Reissue

Phil Collins' 1982 album featuring "You Can't Hurry Love" is expanded with a bonus disc of 11 tracks including demos, rehearsals and live performances.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Pop

Oughta Know By Now: Second Wave of Phil Collins Reissues Due in February

January 7, 2016 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

Phil Collins Hello I Must Be Going Reissue

The first entries in Phil Collins' long-awaited "Take a Look At Me Now" reissue campaign were delayed from November to the end of this January, but there's even more excitement on the horizon: Rhino Records today announced the second wave of the eight-album reissue plan will hit stores February 26. The next titles are Phil's second album, Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982) and sixth studio effort, Dance Into the Light (1996). On Hello, Collins modified the formula that made solo debut Face Value

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Phil Collins

Past Lives

January 7, 2016 By

Black Sabbath Past Lives

Rhino reissues Black Sabbath's 2002 live compilation Past Lives, with performances from 1970-1975 on two CDs or LPs.

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Master of Reality: Deluxe Edition

January 7, 2016 By

Black Sabbath Master of Reality

The 1971 Master of Reality goes deluxe in a 2-CD or 2-LP edition uniting the 2012 remaster of the original album with the bonus disc first included on a 2009 U.K.-only reissue.

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Paranoid: Deluxe Edition

January 7, 2016 By

Black Sabbath Paranoid

Paranoid (1970) arrives as a 2CD or 2LP set featuring the original album as remastered by Rhino in 2012 plus a bonus disc of rare material previously available only on a 2009 U.K. release.

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

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