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Ageless and Evergreen: New Barbra Streisand Compilation, 'Yentl' Deluxe Reissue Due in October

September 11, 2023 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Barbra Streisand Evergreens

On November 7, Barbra Streisand will release her long-awaited memoir. My Name Is Barbra shares its name with the superstar's fifth Columbia Records album, originally released in 1967, and promises to trace her life and career from her Brooklyn roots through her triumphs in Broadway, Hollywood, on the concert stage, and beyond. Before that, though, the EGOT winner and 46-time Grammy nominee (and eight-time winner!) is gifting fans with two new releases. On October 27, Streisand will look back on

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Soundtracks Tags: Barbra Streisand, Michel Legrand

Don't Stop the Music: Sundazed Chronicles Jackie DeShannon's '50s Radio Days on "The Sherry Lee Show"

September 8, 2023 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Jackie DeShannon The Sherry Lee Show

Earlier this year, Jackie DeShannon's seminal 1965 recording of Burt Bacharach and Hal David's "What the World Needs Now Is Love" was inducted into the National Recording Registry.  The era-defining single is just one of the many high points of DeShannon's extraordinary legacy; Jackie toured with The Beatles, penned a rock and roll classic with the oft-covered "When You Walk in the Room," co-wrote and introduced the anthemic "Put a Little Love in Your Heart," anticipated the '70s

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Country Tags: Jackie DeShannon

Release Round-Up: Week of September 8

September 8, 2023 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Rumours Live

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today! Al Stewart, Songs on the Radio: The Complete U.S. Singles 1974-1981 (Second Disc/Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music) This definitive, first-ever singles collection from singer-songwriter Al Stewart brings together the A- and B-side of every single during the period in which Stewart catapulted from folk clubs to the mainstream.  Stewart bridged the gap

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Al Stewart, Alice Cooper, Art Pepper, Black Sabbath, Christopher Guest, Fleetwood Mac, Graham Parker, Harry Shearer, J. Geils Band, Jeff Harnar, Jefferson Starship, Marvelous 3, Michael McKean, Nanci Griffith, Paradox, Pat Boone, Rain Parade, Rooney, The Doors

Relight My Fire: Edsel's 'Dance Masters' Series Continues with John Luongo Box

September 7, 2023 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

Dance Masters John Luongo CD box

Demon/Edsel's Dance Masters series only just released its second volume this summer - but a third one is on the way this fall, spotlighting the work of acclaimed remixer John Luongo. The Arthur Baker-presented series follows generous box sets on Shep Pettibone and Baker himself with a new overview of John "T.C." Luongo, who parlayed working in and around the Boston club scene into more than a decade of 12" remix work, first for some of the greatest R&B artists crossing over into disco,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: ABC, Bananarama, Billy Idol, Cher, Dan Hartman, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Fine Young Cannibals, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Huey Lewis and The News, John Luongo, John Waite, Johnny Mathis, KC and the Sunshine Band, Level 42, Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Marlena Shaw, Melba Moore, Patti Labelle, Peter Schilling, Rick Springfield, Shakin' Stevens, Soft Cell, Tina Turner, Visage, Wang Chung, ZZ Top

Is Your Love in Vain? Bob Dylan Expands Budokan Live Album for New Box Set

September 7, 2023 By Mike Duquette 12 Comments

Dylan Budokan packshot

There was something about Midwestern-born rockers on the CBS Records roster making stops at the Nippon Budokan Hall in Japan. In 1979, Columbia issued not one but two live albums from the Tokyo venue, both simply titled At Budokan. While the one by Cheap Trick essentially made them stars in their home country, a double album of rearranged hits from Bob Dylan sharply polarized fans and critics. Now, on November 17, the Dylan camp is re-examining the artist's time in Japan with a brand-new box

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Bob Dylan

OUT TOMORROW! Second Disc, Real Gone Collect Al Stewart's "Complete U.S. Singles 1974-1981" on "Songs on the Radio"

September 7, 2023 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

Al Stewart Songs on the Radio

The Vietnamese Lunar New Year identifies 2023 as The Year of the Cat...and the timing couldn't be better! Tomorrow's the day when Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records unveil a definitive, first-ever singles collection from legendary singer-songwriter Al Stewart. In 1976, Stewart took the beguiling "Year of the Cat" to the top ten of the Pop and AC charts, inaugurating a run of timeless hits still heard on radio today in formats from classic rock to pop and yacht rock.  Now, for the very

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Al Stewart, Alan Parsons

Duty Now for the Future: Devo Announce Career-Spanning Compilation

September 6, 2023 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

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Nobody can really prove if society is moving in reverse...except maybe Devo. The finest of their findings over a half century of musical exploration will be assembled in a new compilation from Rhino Records. 50 Years of De-Evolution (1973-2023) will arrive in stores and digitally on October 20. The 50-track set will include hits and album cuts from each of their nine albums released between 1978 and 2010, plus an assortment of rare B-sides, single-only tracks and soundtrack songs. (The 7"

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else, Pop, Rock Tags: Devo

Heart-Shaped Box: Nirvana's "In Utero" Returns in 30th Anniversary Box Set Editions

September 5, 2023 By The Second Disc 9 Comments

Nirvana In Utero 5CD

The culmination of the band's tragically short career, Nirvana's In Utero initially stoked fears over its raw, aggressive, and seemingly uncommercial sound.  To say that those fears were unfounded is an understatement: the 1993 album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and the U.K. Albums Chart, and has since been certified 6x Platinum in the United States.  On October 27, it will return from Geffen/UMe in a multi-format 30th anniversary edition. As TSD opined back in August 2013 as the

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Nirvana

Nancy Sinatra Keeps Walkin': New Collection Brings Together B-Sides, Rarities, Previously Unreleased Tracks

September 1, 2023 By Joe Marchese 14 Comments

Nancy Sinatra Keep Walkin'

Back in 2021, The Nancy Sinatra Archival Series launched at Light in the Attic with the collection Start Walkin' 1965-1976.  That release brought together many of the singer's finest and most famous recordings.  Now, following expanded editions of Boots, Nancy and Lee, and Nancy and Lee Again, LITA is delivering a companion volume focusing on Nancy's B-sides and hidden gems.  Keep Walkin': Singles, Demos, and Rarities (1965-1978) arrives on October 20 in a plethora of formats including CD,

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Lee Hazlewood, Nancy Sinatra

Release Round-Up: Week of September 1

September 1, 2023 By The Second Disc 5 Comments

Peter Frampton at Royal Albert Hall

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today! Jethro Tull, Broadsword and the Beast: 40th Anniversary Edition (Parlophone) 5CD/3DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada This 40th anniversary "Monster Edition"of the Jethro Tull classic will feature Steven Wilson's new mixes of the original album, a slew of rare and previously unreleased recordings, demos, early mixes, and a 1982

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, SACD Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else, Folk, Pop Tags: Belinda Carlisle, Deacon Blue, Gordon Lightfoot, Jethro Tull, Neil Young, Peter Frampton, Tom Waits

And That's Not Nearly All: Soft Cell's 'Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret' Goes Massive for Box Set Season

August 31, 2023 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

Non Stop Erotic Cabaret

Marc Almond's Tenement Symphony isn't the only title involving the U.K. synthpop singer going deluxe this year. On October 20, UMR will give you all a boy could give you with a massive deluxe edition of Soft Cell's breakthrough debut album, Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret. The 6CD box set, housed in a 10" x 10" box, presents the beloved New Wave classic alongside a treasure trove of B-sides, remixes, live cuts, demos and other audio curiosities. Of the set's 98 tracks, 40 of them are previously

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Electronic, Pop Tags: Marc Almond, Soft Cell

Party It Down: "We're An American Band" Explores U.S. Hard Rock with Grand Funk, Vanilla Fudge, Mountain, Spirit, Nazz, More

August 30, 2023 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

We're An American Band

We're An American Band: the new 3-CD collection from Cherry Red's Grapefruit Records is titled after Grand Funk (Railroad)'s 1973 chart-topping anthem.  The song penned by Don Brewer and produced by Todd Rundgren was a semi-autobiographical look at life on the road, complete with parties, groupies, and guest stars.  The story goes that the title phrase developed from a friendly argument between Grand Funk and Humble Pie about British vs. American rock.  Brewer insisted that wasn't the way it

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Grand Funk Railroad, Iron Butterfly, Love, Mountain, Spirit, The Nazz, The Stooges, Todd Rundgren, Vanilla Fudge, Various Artists

Iconoclassic Update: David Sancious, Duke Jupiter, Vinyl Added to Reissue Label's Release Schedule

August 29, 2023 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

David Sancious Dance of the Age of Enlightenment

The fall/winter reissue rush isn't just for the major catalogue labels! Iconoclassic Records is working hard to finish 2023 strong with a quartet of titles in October and November - including a world premiere CD, an expansion of an '80s curio and the label's first-ever vinyl titles. One of the most exciting additions to the Iconoclassic catalogue is Dance of the Age of Enlightenment, a very rare album from David Sancious and Tone. Sancious, a talented keyboardist, first gained prominence as a

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: David Sancious, Duke Jupiter, Graham Parker, Steve Marriott

The Bones of What You Believe: 10-Year Anniversary Special Edition

August 28, 2023 By

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2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The debut album by the Scottish electronic trio gets a 10th anniversary upgrade on 2CDs or 2LPs. The album, which introduced the world to multi-instrumentalists Iain Cook and Martin Doherty alongside Lauren Mayberry's distinctive vocals, gets a fresh remaster by Gavin Lurssen, who mastered the band's fourth album Screen Violence (2020). It'll also be augmented by nine unreleased bonus tracks: four

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Electronic, Pop

The Big Express (Surround Sound Series)

August 28, 2023 By

XTC Big Express Surround

Following expanded remixes of XTC's Drums and Wires, Black Sea, Skylarking, Oranges & Lemons and Nonsuch as well as the Dukes of Stratosphear collection Psurroundabout Ride, Steven Wilson has worked his stereo and surround magic on one of the two missing releases in that 1980-1992 run: The Big Express. The CD/Blu-ray set features the new mixes of the album in hi-res stereo and 5.1 surround, plus the first Dolby Atmos mix of an XTC album, along with three similarly mixed studio B-sides.

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Formats: Blu-Ray, CD Genre: Rock

Dookie: 30th Anniversary Edition

August 28, 2023 By

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4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 6LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Official Store (color variant) The 4CD or 6LP edition features Green Day's bestselling original album alongside a collection of unreleased demos and rare outtakes, plus two live sets: the trio's infamous, mud-soaked performance at Woodstock '94 (released on vinyl for the album's 25th anniversary in 2019) and an unheard performance from just a month before in Barcelona, Spain. The boxes also have

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

Get the Message: The Best of Electronic

August 28, 2023 By

Get The Message The Best Of Electronic

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rhino is urging fans to "get the message" by reissuing and expanding their collection devoted to British dance-pop supergroup Electronic. Get the Message: The Best of Electronic, originally released in 2006, will be revisited as a new double-vinyl pressing or a 2CD edition pairing the original 15-track compilation alongside another 15 rare remixes and B-sides.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Electronic, Rock

The Studio Albums: 1996-2004

August 28, 2023 By

Dio Studio Albums box

4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP/7": Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Niji Entertainment and BMG's The Studio Albums 1996-2004 features the final recordings Ronnie James Dio made with his band before the singer's passing in 2010. It'll be available on CD as well as a limited edition vinyl set featuring color variations for each album: 1996's Angry Machines will be pressed on Halloween orange with black marble vinyl, the double-album Magica (2000) on transparent

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

Diamonds and Pearls: Super Deluxe Edition

August 28, 2023 By

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7CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 12LP/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP (milky white vinyl): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Official Store (clear vinyl) Vinyl Singles Box: Official Store The expanded edition of Prince's Diamonds and Pearls comes two years past the 30th anniversary of the album

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Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

The Music of Heatmiser

August 28, 2023 By

The Music of Heatmiser

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Music of Heatmiser, available on CD or 2LP, is named for the self-released cassette the group - singer/guitarists Elliott Smith and Neal Gust, drummer Tony Lash, and bassist Brandt Peterson (later replaced by Sam Coombes) - would offer at shows in and around the Portland, Oregon area in which they came up. For the first time, that cassette will be made widely available on this release, alongside

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Tenement Symphony: Deluxe Edition

August 28, 2023 By

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6CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada This 6CD/DVD celebration of Marc Almond's 1991 concept album Tenement Symphony includes the original album, B-sides, a trove of released and unheard remixes, demos, live versions, and a region-free DVD of music videos and BBC promotional appearances. The set also comes with a 32-page booklet featuring lyrics, listening notes and a fold-out poster.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop

Over-Nite Sensation: 50th Anniversary Edition

August 28, 2023 By

Frank Zappa Over Nite Sensation

5CD/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP (45 RPM) Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP Deluxe Edition: Zappa.com / uDiscoverMusic.com The first of Frank Zappa's two Gold albums returns for its 50th anniversary in a new deluxe edition in various formats: a 4CD/1Blu-ray super deluxe edition, 2LP and 3LP "highlights" editions, and digital and Dolby Atmos releases.  The five-disc (4CD/1Blu-ray Audio) Super Deluxe Edition features a whopping 88 tracks in total,

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Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else

The Purple Album: Special Gold Edition

August 28, 2023 By

CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rhino gives David Coverdale and Whitesnake's The Purple Album the ongoing remaster/remix treatment it's given many of the band's other albums with Coverdale in the driver's seat. The remixed "Special Gold Edition" album of Mark III and Mark IV-era Deep Purple covers comes with a bonus disc of live material, alternate mixes, and the original demo tape that secured Coverdale the gig as the

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Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock

You Keep On Moving: David Coverdale Pays Tribute to Deep Purple Years with Expanded Whitesnake Set

August 28, 2023 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

David Coverdale first entranced the rock world with his vocals as a onetime member of Deep Purple. The latest reissue from his own band, Whitesnake, will join his past and present together with some stirring archival finds for fans. On October 13, Rhino will give 2015's The Purple Album the ongoing remaster/remix treatment it's given many of the other albums with Coverdale in the driver's seat. The remixed "Special Gold Edition" album of Mark III and Mark IV-era Deep Purple covers comes with

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Deep Purple, Whitesnake

I'm the Slime: Zappa's "Over-Nite Sensation" Goes Super Deluxe for 50th

August 28, 2023 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Frank Zappa Over Nite Sensation

The title of Frank Zappa's 1973 album Over-Nite Sensation was, expectedly, dripping with sarcasm; the album was the prolific composer-bandleader's seventeenth overall release. But the "sensation" part was spot-on. The LP became Zappa's first of two U.S. gold-certified releases and an ideal entry point into his musical world. On November 3, Zappa Records and UMe celebrate the 50th anniversary of this landmark record in a variety of formats including a 4CD/1Blu-ray super deluxe edition, 2LP and

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else Tags: Frank Zappa

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