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Review: Frank Zappa, "Funky Nothingness"

July 31, 2023 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Frank Zappa Funky Nothingness

Frank Zappa's 1969 LP Hot Rats remains among the late composer-bandleader's most accessible albums.  Blending bluesy electric rock with jazz, it makes a fine introduction to his sometimes-daunting discography.  But those looking for more might not have known exactly where to start.  Certain elements of the Hot Rats sound would crop up in the maestro's future discography, but a proper sequel was never released.  It's only been recently revealed, however, that one was recorded...more or less. 

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else, Jazz, R&B/Soul Tags: Frank Zappa

The Weekend Stream: July 29, 2023

July 29, 2023 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

Stream 2023

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to float you into the weekend. Big things happening in this column: two big box sets from a legendary prog-turned-pop outfit, rare mixes from one of pop's most legendary performers, tons of remixes from a soulful producer/performer and 200(!) classical titles from a legendary British label. Whew! Genesis, Archive #1 (1969 - 1975) /

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Everything Else, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: ABC, Al Jarreau, Ashford and Simpson, Babyface, Barry Manilow, Barry White, Bruce Springsteen, Chaka Khan, El DeBarge, Genesis, Gloria Estefan, James Ingram, Madonna, Mike Rutherford, Miles Davis, Mya, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Pulp, Quincy Jones, Ray Charles, Ronald Isley, Siedah Garrett, Steve Hackett, Stevie Wonder, Tevin Campbell, The Art of Noise, Tony Banks

Here Comes Sunshine: Grateful Dead's "Wake of the Flood" 50th Anniversary Edition Coming in September

July 28, 2023 By The Second Disc 6 Comments

Grateful Dead Wake of the Flood

Grateful Dead's sixth studio album, 1973's Wake of the Flood, in some ways represented a new beginning for the band.  Not only was it the first release on their Grateful Dead Records label, but it was their first LP following the passing of founding member Ron "Pigpen" McKernan and the (temporary) departure of drummer Mickey Hart.  On September 29, the Dead's ongoing series of 50th anniversary reissues continues with 2CD, digital, and a variety of vinyl expansions of Wake of the Flood. Wake

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

'The Joker' is Wild: Steve Miller Plans 50th Anniversary 'Evolution' of Classic Album

July 28, 2023 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Steve Miller Joker 50

No matter what you call him - the Space Cowboy, the Gangster of Love, Maurice, the Pompatus of Love, et al - you'll have something new to listen to while you think of your answer. The Steve Miller Band's classic The Joker is getting an expanded reissue for its 50th anniversary this fall. Due September 15, J50: Evolution of The Joker eschews the typical album plus outtakes format for a mostly chronological journey through the album, track-by-track. Over two CDs or three LPs and a 7" single,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Steve Miller, Steve Miller Band

Release Round-Up: Week of July 28

July 28, 2023 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Joni Mitchell At Newport

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today. Joni Mitchell, At Newport (Rhino) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP Clear Vinyl: Independent Record Stores / Barnes & Noble  On July 24, 2022, Joni Mitchell took the stage of the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, Rhode Island for her first full concert set in two decades.  Word quickly spread, usually attached to

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Billy Idol, Joni Mitchell, Mal Waldron, Neil Young, Nick Lowe, Steely Dan, Stevie Nicks, The Rolling Stones

You Got Me Rocking: The Rolling Stones' "40 Licks" Premieres on Vinyl, Comes to Digital and Dolby Atmos

July 25, 2023 By Joe Marchese 14 Comments

Rolling Stones 40 Licks

The Rolling Stones' 2002 collection Forty Licks - celebrating 40 years of The World's Greatest Rock and Roll Band with 40 songs - was notable as their first career-spanning collection, encompassing songs from both their Decca/London years (controlled, then as now, by ABKCO) and their own Rolling Stones Records period and beyond.  Now, that seminal compilation, which also included four new recordings, is coming to digital platforms and premiering on vinyl.  The first-time digital release, due

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: The Rolling Stones

Rumours Live

July 24, 2023 By

Rumours Live

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Over the course of four legs between February 24, 1977 and August 30, 1978, Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie, John McVie, and Mick Fleetwood traveled across North America, Europe, Oceania, and Japan touring Rumours.  Fleetwood Mac released their seminal album on February 4 and would perform most of it on the road. Now, a full concert performance recorded on August 29, 1977 at The

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

Bluegrass

July 24, 2023 By

Willie Nelson Bluegrass

The indefatigable Willie Nelson's latest studio album recasts many of his classic compositions in bluegrass fashion.  Titles include "On the Road Again," "Yesterday's Wine," and "Bloody Mary Morning."  Nelson's longtime collaborator Buddy Cannon has produced this tribute to the great string bands of yesteryear.  Available on CD/digital September 15, and LP September 29.

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From This Moment On: Original Jazz Classics Series Rolls On with Bill Evans, Mal Waldron, Yusef Lateef

July 24, 2023 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Bill Evans Village Vanguard OJC

Following its relaunch with vintage titles from Miles Davis and the duo of Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane, Craft Recordings' Original Jazz Classics series will continue with upcoming releases from The Mal Waldron Sextet, The Bill Evans Trio, and Yusef Lateef.  These titles began rolling out on June 30. Drawing on the vast catalogues of the Fantasy, Prestige, Milestone, Riverside, Contemporary, Pablo, Galaxy, Debut, and Jazzland labels, OJC reissues promise the highest standard in vinyl

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Jazz Tags: Bill Evans, Mal Waldron, Yusef Lateef

The Weekend Stream: July 22, 2023

July 22, 2023 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

Stream 2023

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to float you into the weekend. Today brings remixes from ABC, Madonna and Cypress Hill, plus rarities from Stan Getz and Julie Andrews! ABC, The Look of Love (Single) (Mercury/UMC) (iTunes / Amazon) Another single from the upcoming reissue of The Lexicon of Love; like last week's, it focuses on "The Look of Love" - arguably the

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Country, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: ABC, Bill Anderson, Cypress Hill, Julie Andrews, Madonna, Pulp, Stan Getz, Tavares

Release Round-Up: Week of July 21

July 21, 2023 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

Arthur Baker CD box

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! Various Artists, Dance Masters: Arthur Baker (The Classic Dance Remixes) (Demon) 4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4CD with signed print: Amazon U.K. 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 6LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. (includes signed print) / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Dance Masters: Arthur Baker (The Classic Dance Remixes)

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Aerosmith, Arthur Baker, Blur, Boyce and Hart, Greta Van Fleet, Nils Lofgren, Nina Simone, The Isley Brothers

These Are the Good Old Days: The Carly Simon and Jac Holzman Story

July 19, 2023 By

Carly Simon These Are the Good Old Days

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Carly Simon was signed for her first solo album contract to Elektra Records by the label's founder, Jac Holzman, beginning an association with the label that would endure for the entirety of the 1970s. Holzman's hands-on approach to overseeing his label's output, however, would only last for three of Simon's albums, as he departed Elektra in 1973, three years after selling the company to the

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

Come On Over: Diamond Edition

July 19, 2023 By

Shania Come On Over Diamond

3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP (Original): Amazon U.S. (TBD) / Amazon U.K. (TBD) / Amazon Canada (TBD) 3LP (International): Amazon U.S. (TBD) / Amazon U.K. (TBD) / Amazon Canada (TBD) 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Three years after revisiting one of her first major releases, 1995's The Woman in Me, country-pop icon Shania Twain will do the same for her 1997 follow-up Come On Over - the album that made her

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

Amazing Journey: New Mega-Box Chronicles The Who's Path from "Life House" to "Who's Next"

July 18, 2023 By Joe Marchese 15 Comments

The Who Who's Next

What's next?  How about Who's Next?  On September 15, The Who will revisit their seminal 1971 masterwork in a lavish 10CD/1BD box set as well as multiple smaller formats. The Who's Next/Life House box set, by the numbers, offers 155 tracks - 89 of which are previously unissued in any version and 57 of which are brand-new remixes.  This finally offers a comprehensive look at Pete Townshend's ambitious, conceptual Life House (later known as Lifehouse) project, tracing it from its roots as a

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Pete Townshend, The Who

Shania Twain Hopes to Impress You Much with 'Come On Over' Expanded Reissue

July 17, 2023 By Mike Duquette 10 Comments

Shania Come On Over Diamond

Let's go, girls! Years after revisiting one of her first major releases, 1995's The Woman in Me, country-pop icon Shania Twain will do the same for her 1997 follow-up Come On Over - the album that made her a pop star. Due in stores August 25, the Diamond Edition of Come On Over will feature a number of formats, including 2CD/2LP standard editions and 3CD/3LP deluxe packages. The 3CD includes both mixes of the acclaimed album - the standard country/pop/rock mix issued in America and a second

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country, Pop Tags: Shania Twain

You've Got to Learn

July 16, 2023 By

Nina Simone You've Got to Learn

Verve has unearthed a previously unreleased live appearance from Nina Simone, recorded July 2, 1966 at the Newport Jazz Festival.  The six-song set includes such Simone classics as "I Loves You Porgy" and "Mississippi Goddam."  Available on CD, LP, and digitally.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, R&B/Soul

The Weekend Stream: July 15, 2023

July 15, 2023 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

Stream 2023

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to float you into the weekend. This week, ABC and Steven Wilson shoot a "Poison Arrow" our way, plus rare albums from Bobby Darin, Pat Boone and others - including a lost '60s soul-pop classic you don't want to miss! ABC, Poison Arrow EP (Mercury/UMR) (iTunes / Amazon) Ahead of the new 40th anniversary vinyl box set of ABC's

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Everything Else, Funk, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: ABC, Bobby Darin, Boz Scaggs, Christine McVie, Duke Ellington, Leo Kottke, Mick Fleetwood, Miles Davis, Nasty Rox Inc, Pat Boone, Pulp

Tom Waits' Wild Years on Island Records to Be Remastered and Reissued This Fall

July 14, 2023 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Franks Wild Years

After an already-unorthodox career as one of the most unique singers of the '70s, Tom Waits went on to reinvent his idiosyncratic sound as the '80s dawned. The fruits of that labor - a five-album stint on Island Records - will be revisited this fall in a series of CD and vinyl reissues. The five albums Waits issued for the label between 1983 and 1993 - the loose trilogy Swordfishtrombones (1983), Rain Dogs (1985) and Franks Wild Years (1987), and the follow-ups Bone Machine (1992) and The

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, Rock Tags: Tom Waits

The Right Thing to Do: Carly Simon Reflects On Her Early Career with Elektra's Jac Holzman on "These Are The Good Old Days"

July 14, 2023 By Joe Marchese 10 Comments

Carly Simon These Are the Good Old Days

Carly Simon's self-titled debut album arrived on Elektra Records in the spring of 1971, nestled in the label's discography between singer-songwriter Paul Siebel's Jack-Knife Gypsy and folk band Farquahr's eponymous LP. Carly wasn't quite a stranger to the music business, having recorded three albums for the Kapp and Columbia labels with her sister Lucy as The Simon Sisters, but her solo debut augured for a major talent. She was signed by the label's founder, Jac Holzman, beginning an association

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Release Round-Up: Week of July 14

July 14, 2023 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

MarshallCrenshaw FieldDay COVER

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today. Marshall Crenshaw, Field Day: 40th Anniversary Expanded Edition (Yep Roc) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Marshall Crenshaw's new reissue campaign continues with his second album, Field Day, as newly remastered by Greg Calbi.  It will be augmented with bonus tracks on all formats: two non-LP B-sides (including a cover of

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Aerosmith, Brian May, Cher, Eric Dolphy, George Harrison, John Coltrane, Little Richard, Marshall Crenshaw, Ravi Shankar

Down to the Wire: HAIM Celebrate 10 Years of Debut with Expanded Reissue

July 12, 2023 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

HAIM Days Are Gone 10

A decade after sister pop/rock trio HAIM became darlings of the music world with a lauded debut album, they'll revisit the record with a newly expanded edition in the fall. Days Are Gone - the sleek first volume from the group, will be reissued September 29 with a bonus disc of B-sides and remixes from the period curated by the sisters. The album, featuring the singles "Forever," "Falling," "The Wire," "If I Could Change Your Mind" and more, will be pressed on double green vinyl, with picture

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Billy Idol: Expanded Edition

July 12, 2023 By

Billy Idol expanded

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Billy Idol's 1982 debut album returns in a 2-CD expanded edition.  The first disc has the original album plus the newly-discovered "Clubland Extended Version" of the hit "White Wedding" that adds another four minutes to the running time.  The album is further complemented with an unreleased live set from The Roxy in West Hollywood at the end of 1982; it features the balance of tracks from Don't Stop

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Got a Hold on Me: Christine McVie's Solo Works Returning to Print

July 12, 2023 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

Christine McVie Christine McVie

The loss of longtime Fleetwood Mac keyboardist Christine McVie last year remains deeply felt by fans of the long-running group's unbeatable pop/rock songs. Today, on what would have been her 80th birthday, Rhino Records is releasing unheard music by (and in tribute to) her, with plans to reissue two of her solo albums this fall. On November 3, Rhino will reissue a remastered version of 1984's Christine McVie on CD and vinyl, with a cola-bottle clear color variant of the latter available

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Break on Through: The Doors Re-Enter The Matrix in Restored Live Set

July 12, 2023 By Mike Duquette 8 Comments

Doors Matrix complete

One of the most legendary live recordings from The Doors is finally coming out in its most definitive form. Live At The Matrix 1967: The Original Masters, due September 8, is the last word on the group's pivotal dates at the San Francisco club The Matrix - among the earliest concert recordings of the group. The 3CD or 5LP/7" box set will include, for the first time, all of club owner Peter Abram's surviving original master tapes of the performances, remastered by the band's longtime engineer

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A Thing Called Love: The Darkness Ask for 'Permission to Land...Again' in Deluxe Edition of Debut

July 10, 2023 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

Darkness Permission to Land box

It might've been the last thing anyone expected to hear on the radio in 2003: a swaggering rock tune with faux-operatic vocals and a guitar tone reminiscent of Queen's Brian May. Was it some lost outtake from the '70s? No: it was the seriously fun "I Believe in a Thing Called Love," which heralded one of the country's most unique bands: The Darkness. Now, 20 years on, the group is revisiting their first recordings with an all-out box set edition of their debut album Permission to

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