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Love You So: Rare David Bowie Live Show Arriving August 14, "Young Americans" Vinyl Reissue To Follow

August 13, 2020 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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As keepers of the David Bowie catalogue, Parlophone has been presenting a wealth of CD box sets, vinyl reissues, and digital rarities in recent years.  Now, another batch is on the way.  Back in May, LiveandWell.com received its first wide commercial release on digital platforms.  Prior to that, the label announced the RSD release of ChangesNowBowie on both CD and vinyl, and most recently, Parlophone delivered Ouvrez Le Chien (Live Dallas 95) to digital services. This Friday, another '90s

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: David Bowie

From Elvis in Nashville [Various Formats]

August 12, 2020 By

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4-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop 2-LP orange and aquamarine: Graceland Online Shop RCA and Legacy Recordings are commemorating the 50th anniversary of Elvis Presley's landmark "marathon" recording sessions in Nashville with this new 4-CD box.  These sessions (which yielded material for Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old), That's the Way It Is, and Love Letters from Elvis) will

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

All The Right Reasons: 15th Anniversary Expanded Edition

August 12, 2020 By

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Love them or loathe them, Canadian rockers Nickelback were prevalent forces on the charts and on the radio throughout the first decade of the new millennium - and a new expanded reissue of one of their bestselling albums will put that popularity into context.  All The Right Reasons, the band's fifth album, will be reissued for its 15th anniversary as a 2-CD set, collecting the remastered album, four rare B-sides from European CD singles (including a cover of Queen's "We Will Rock You" and three

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

Giant Steps: 60th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

August 12, 2020 By

John Coltrane Giant Steps

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada John Coltrane's 1960 Atlantic debut was entitled Giant Steps, and indeed, that's what the saxophonist took on this groundbreaking album.  Intense, dark, probing: the color of his saxophone was all his own.  Rhino is celebrating 60 years of Giant Steps with a multi-format anniversary edition encompassing 2-LP and 2-CD sets as well as a digital Super Deluxe Edition for streaming or download.  Both the

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Jazz

Countdown: Rhino Celebrates 60 Years of John Coltrane's "Giant Steps"

August 12, 2020 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

John Coltrane Giant Steps

John Coltrane's 1960 Atlantic debut was entitled Giant Steps, and indeed, that's what the saxophonist took on this groundbreaking album.  Intense, dark, probing: the color of his saxophone was all his own.  On September 18, Rhino will celebrate 60 years of Giant Steps with a multi-format anniversary edition encompassing 2-LP and 2-CD sets as well as a digital Super Deluxe Edition for streaming or download. An early innovator in bebop and hard bop and later a groundbreaker in modal and free

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Jazz Tags: John Coltrane

Look At This Photograph: Nickelback Expand 'All The Right Reasons'

August 10, 2020 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

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Love them or hate them, Canadian rockers Nickelback were prevalent forces on the charts and on the radio throughout the first decade of the new millennium - and a new expanded reissue of one of their bestselling albums puts that popularity into context this fall. All The Right Reasons, the band's fifth album, will be reissued for its 15th anniversary on October 2. This 2CD set collects the remastered album, four rare B-sides from European CD singles (including a cover of Queen's "We Will Rock

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Nickelback

Bandcamp Bonanza: Top Picks For Indie Music Makers' Sixth Monthly Event

August 7, 2020 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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On March 20, as the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic was just starting to be understood, indie music retailer Bandcamp made the bold choice of waiving their share of revenue for artists and labels who were cancelling shows and delaying album releases left and right. The result was more music bought by more fans than any day on the site, a record broken on the first Friday of May. Bandcamp Fridays have since taken place in June and July - plus the first of an annual occurrence when the service

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: A Tribe Called Quest, Taj Mahal, The Delfonics, The Isley Brothers, The Psychedelic Furs, Wu-Tang Clan

Release Round-Up: Week of August 7

August 7, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Neil Diamond, Live Reissues 1972-2018 (Capitol/UMe) Hot August Night (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD / uDiscoverMusic.com) Love at the Greek (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / uDiscoverMusic.com) Hot August Night II (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / uDiscoverMusic.com) Hot August Night/NYC (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / uDiscovermusic.com) Hot August Night III (Amazon U.S. / Amazon

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Collective Soul, Deep Purple, Grateful Dead, Joe Bonamassa, Joel McNeely, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Neil Diamond, Split Enz, The Stooges

Live at Goose Lake: August 8, 1970

August 5, 2020 By

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CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop Clear LP: Your Local Record Shop Purple LP: Rough Trade [Pre-orders sold out online, but copies may be available at Rough Trade's NY and London retail stores] Third Man has unearthed Live at Goose Lake, August 8th, 1970, the only known soundboard-sourced live recording of the original Stooges.  Here, the band play through all of Fun House, with Dave

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

Rumor Has It: 30th Anniversary Edition

August 5, 2020 By

Reba McEntire Rumor Has It

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD & Vinyl Merchandise Bundles (Including Autographed Bundles): Reba McEntire Store Exclusive Orange Vinyl: Wal-Mart Reba McEntire expands her 1990 album in a new anniversary edition with two bonus tracks on CD (an acoustic take of Bobbie Gentry's "Fancy" recorded at the Ryman Auditorium and a dance remix of the song by Dave Audé) and one on vinyl (the acoustic recording).

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country

Feel The Noize: New Slade Collection Due In September

August 5, 2020 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

Slade Hitz

One of England's most successful rock bands is compiling their hits for a new collection this fall. Cum On Feel The Hitz: The Best Of Slade collects more than 40 tracks across two discs from the Wolverhampton band, including 16 Top 10 hits released between 1970 and 1984. Six of them - the uniquely-spelled "Coz I Luv You," "Take Me Bak 'Ome," "Mama Weer All Crazee Now," "Cum On Feel The Noize," "Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me" and the holiday perennial "Merry Xmas Everybody" - all topped the chart,

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

Fancy: Reba McEntire's "Rumor Has It" Gets 30th Anniversary Expanded Edition

August 3, 2020 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Reba McEntire Rumor Has It

Late last year, Reba McEntire celebrated 25 years of her Read My Mind album with an anniversary expanded edition.  Now, she's following that up by revisiting her 3x platinum 1990 smash Rumor Has It in similar fashion.  On September 11, Rumor Has It will return from MCA Nashville in a new edition with two bonus versions of its top ten hit "Fancy": a live acoustic take recorded at Music City's famed Ryman Auditorium and a dance remix by Dave Audé (who recently remixed Barbara Mandrell's "Sleeping

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country Tags: Bobbie Gentry, Reba McEntire

Review: Paul McCartney, "Archive Collection: Flaming Pie" 2-CD and 5-CD/2-DVD Box Set Editions

July 31, 2020 By The Second Disc 5 Comments

Today sees the release of the latest in Paul McCartney's acclaimed Archive Collection series, Flaming Pie. Originally released in 1997, the album marked something of a comeback for McCartney, who was inspired by the spontaneous, more immediate recording techniques of The Beatles.  Many heralded it as a sort of return to form upon its release, and now fans can judge for themselves with this illuminating deep dive into the Macca vaults.  Like previous Archive Collection entries, Flaming Pie is

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Paul McCartney

Sweet, Sweet Fantasy: Mariah Carey Kicks Off 30th Anniversary Campaign

July 31, 2020 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

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She famously doesn't count birthdays, but Mariah Carey is taking 2020 to commemorate the birth of her music career with some rare and unreleased material. Earlier this month, the pop icon announced #MC30, a celebration throwing all the way back to her self-titled debut, issued three decades ago this past June. The campaign promises weekly "digital EPs, remixes, bonus cuts, rare tracks, acapella moments and mind-blowing live performances" - and five releases have occurred so far. The first,

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Categories: News Formats: Books, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Mariah Carey

Release Round-Up: Week of July 31

July 31, 2020 By The Second Disc 6 Comments

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Paul McCartney, The Paul McCartney Archive Collection: Flaming Pie [Various Formats] (MPL/Capitol/UMe) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Deluxe 5CD/2DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Super Deluxe 5CD/2DVD/4LP: Paul McCartney Online Shop 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Paul McCartney Archive Collection returns with a new volume dedicated to Macca's

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock Tags: Airto, Alanis Morissette, Bobbie Gentry, Burt Bacharach, Cat Stevens, Daniel Tashian, Errol Dunkley, Irma Thomas, James Booker, Jon Anderson, Little Steven, Man, Paul McCartney, Pete Rodriguez, Soul Asylum, The Zombies

In Your Head: Cranberries Expand 'No Need To Argue' With B-Sides and Outtakes

July 30, 2020 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

No Need To Argue

No Need To Argue, the album that gave Irish rockers The Cranberries their biggest hit around the world, is getting expanded  this fall. As a tribute to frontwoman Dolores O'Riordan, who passed away unexpectedly in 2018, the surviving members of The Cranberries have remained active despite the band's formal dissolution, expanding their debut Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? later that year and wrapping up final album In The End in 2019. No Need To Argue continues that reissue

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: The Cranberries

New York [3CD/2LP/DVD Edition]

July 30, 2020 By

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Rhino revisits Lou Reed's dark, visceral classic in a sprawling 3-CD/2-LP-1-DVD box set featuring 26 previously unreleased tracks.  The box has a remastered version of the album on the first CD.  The second disc has the entirety of New York as performed live in 1989.  The third disc might prove to be the most fascinating as it rounds up 14 rarities and previously unreleased tracks including rough mixes, work tapes, alternates, the single edit of "Romeo Had Juliette," the non-LP side "The Room,"

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

Digging Deep: Subterranea

July 29, 2020 By

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To coincide with the third season of his podcast Digging Deep with Robert Plant, the rock god has curated a new solo anthology with 30 tracks on two CDs (or streaming/digital) including three previously unreleased tracks.

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Great Spirit: New Robert Plant Anthology Due in October

July 27, 2020 By Joe Marchese 10 Comments

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Today, Robert Plant begins the third season of his podcast Digging Deep with Robert Plant on which he reflects on his storied career and shares the stories behind the music.  To coincide with the season premiere, Plant has announced a new career-spanning 2-CD set.  Due on October 2 from his own Es Paranza label, Digging Deep: Subterranea compiles 30 tracks on two CDs (or streaming/digital) from his solo body of work. Digging Deep: Subterranea will be the first 2-CD collection of the Led

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Blues, Folk, Rock Tags: Patty Griffin, Robert Plant

Must Be The Money: Nelly's 'Country Grammar' Gets 20th Anniversary Digital Expansion

July 27, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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Two decades after Nelly put St. Louis' hip-hop scene on the map, his breakthrough debut album has been digitally expanded by UMe. A new 20th anniversary expansion of Nelly's Country Grammar is now available to stream and download, featuring the original album alongside four bonus tracks available digitally for the first time, including the soundtrack rarity "Icey"; "Come Over," a collaboration with Funkmaster Flex; and instrumental versions of the album's biggest hits, "Country Grammar" and

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Release Round-Up: Week of July 24

July 24, 2020 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Diana Ross Supertonic

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul, Men Without Women [CD/DVD] (Wicked Cool/UMe)  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Little Steven Van Zandt's 1982 debut with The Disciples of Soul, Men Without Women, remains a high watermark in the Jersey shore bar band sound with its fusion of classic rock and soul sounds.  Van Zandt was joined by members of The E Street Band, The Asbury Jukes, and The Miami Horns as well as pals like The

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: ABBA, Andrew Gold, Bill Kirchen, Bob Marley, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Diana Ross, Doris Day, Little Steven, Nick Kamen, The Turtles, Vince Guaraldi

What Makes Them Beautiful: One Direction Celebrate 10 Years With Rare Material On Digital EPs

July 23, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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A decade after one of the 21st century's biggest boy bands was first founded, a quartet of rarity-packed digital EPs is now available to commemorate British pop sensations One Direction. To mark the exact 10th anniversary of X Factor contestants Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Liam Payne joining forces as a vocal group (where they ultimately placed third on the singing competition), Sony Music has unearthed and collated some spare tracks from across their career:

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Pop Tags: Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, One Direction, Zayn

UPDATE: The Rolling Stones Unearth Jimmy Page Collaboration "Scarlet" and Announce Another Limited Edition Version of "Goats Head Soup"

July 23, 2020 By Sam Stone 3 Comments

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It's been a busy and exciting time to be a fan of The Rolling Stones.  Sure, we may not have had the opportunity to see them on the road this summer, but fans were treated to the exciting news of a deluxe, expanded reissue campaign for Goats Head Soup.  As previously reported, the album has been newly remixed and will arrive in a variety of formats including 1-CD, 2-CD, several vinyl configurations, and an extravagant 3CD/Blu-ray box set featuring an immersive Dolby Atmos mix of the album as its

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

Live From The Forum MMXVIII [Various Formats]

July 22, 2020 By

Eagles Live from the Forum

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD/1DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada  2CD/1BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP/2CD/1BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD Recorded over three performances at Inglewood, California's Forum on September 12, 14, and 15, 2018 during Eagles' North American tour, Live from the Forum is the first release from the band since the passing of co-founder Glenn

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Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Rock

Everybody's Movin': Third Man Records Presses Up Rare Stooges Set "Live At Goose Lake," Albert Ayler Gem "New Grass"

July 22, 2020 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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Jack White's Third Man Records has established itself as a formidable addition to the list of fine reissue labels. Though Third Man most often deals with Jack White's back catalog and production work, every so often, the label delivers a lost classic by legendary musicians. Such is the case with a pair of new releases - a live set from The Stooges vintage 1970, and a reissue of a beloved if challenging free jazz/soul album by saxophonist Albert Ayler. New Grass is available now.  The album

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Rock Tags: Albert Ayler, The Stooges

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