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In the Heat of the Morning: New 5-CD Box Set Collects David Bowie's 1968-1969 Recordings

September 5, 2019 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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David Bowie fans have been waiting with bated breath to discover what would comprise the next in the series of annual box sets dedicated to the late superstar's remarkable career. Yet rather than directly follow up last year's Loving the Alien (1983-1988), Parlophone has announced a trip back in time to the late 1960s. Conversation Piece, a 5-CD box set (also available digitally), will be released on November 15. The collection traces Bowie's development as a songwriter and performer

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock Tags: David Bowie

What's the Frequency, Kenneth? Craft Recordings Preps 25th Anniversary Box of R.E.M.'s "Monster"

September 4, 2019 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

REM Monster Cover

Craft Recordings has announced a Monster of a celebration for the 25th anniversary of R.E.M.'s ninth album. November 1 will see the arrival of Monster in various physical and digital formats, all newly remastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound. Monster found the band branching out to explore new sonic avenues, with bolder, louder guitars, minimal overdubs, and spare arrangements supporting lyrics frequently sung from the POV of different characters. Bolstered by the success of the lead

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: R.E.M.

What's Going On Live

September 3, 2019 By

Whats Going On Live

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada TBD 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada TBD 2LP (Turquoise): The Sound of Vinyl What's Going On Live features one of Marvin Gaye's only performances in the wake of his immortal 1971 album, recorded at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. in the spring of 1972 after a four-year absence from the stage.  This release marks the first standalone release of the concert (originally issued in 2001 on the What's Going On 30th anniversary

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

Sugar Man, Won't You Hurry: Classic Rodriguez Albums Return to Vinyl, CD, and Digital

September 3, 2019 By Sam Stone 5 Comments

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Sixto Rodriguez, known professionally by his last name alone, was something of an enigma before Malik Bendjelloul's Academy Award-winning documentary Searching For Sugarman presented Rodriguez to the mainstream once again.  Rodriguez's two Sussex Records releases - 1970's Cold Fact and 1971's Coming From Reality - became cult classics once more in the wake of the film's release.  Last Friday, August 30, after years out of print, the two titles returned to vinyl, alongside CD and digital

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

Only Love Can Conquer Hate: Marvin Gaye's 'What's Going On Live' Gets Standalone Release With New Mix

August 30, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Whats Going On Live

A classic live performance by Motown legend Marvin Gaye is being released for the first time on its own this fall. What's Going On Live features one of Gaye's only performances in the wake of the immortal 1971 album, recorded at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. in the spring of 1972. At the time, Gaye had not performed live in four years, and, before recording What's Going On, had struggled with depression after the passing of his close friend and duet partner, Tammi Terrell. "I

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Marvin Gaye

Release Round-Up: Week of August 29

August 30, 2019 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

Gregg Allman Laid Back

Here's your Release Round Up for the week ahead. Various Artists, Country Music -- A Film By Ken Burns: The Soundtrack (Legacy Recordings) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) 5CD: 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 1CD: Walmart.com Filmmaker Ken Burns has tackled many subjects over the years, from the Civil War to baseball. His documentaries have garnered numerous awards over the years.

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Funk, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Boyz II Men, Charley Pride, Chicago, Dolly Parton, Four Tops, Frank Zappa, George Jones, Gregg Allman, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Lionel Richie, Loretta Lynn, Martha and the Vandellas, Marvin Gaye, Merle Haggard, Morrissey, Rodriguez, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Stevie Wonder, The Jackson 5, The Marvelettes, The Nazz, The Supremes, The Temptations, Todd Rundgren, Vince Guaraldi, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson

UPDATE WITH NEW RELEASE DATE: Lost For Words: Pink Floyd Looks Back on Gilmour Era In 'The Later Years: 1987-2019'

August 29, 2019 By Sam Stone 8 Comments

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  EDIT: Due to production and logistical delays, the deluxe box set of 'Pink Floyd The Later Years' and the digital equvalent will be released on December 13, 2019. The highlights 2-LP / 1 CD package and the digital equivalent will keep the release date of November 29, 2019. In a move that's sure to please fans of latter-day Pink Floyd, the band has announced a new, 18-disc multimedia box set due on December 13. The Later Years: 1987-2019, which celebrates the band's David Gilmour-led

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Richard Wright

Sinatra Sings Alan and Marilyn Bergman

August 27, 2019 By

Sinatra Sings Bergman

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada A new collection celebrates Frank Sinatra's enduring recordings from the songbook of Oscar-winning lyricists Alan and Marilyn Bergman, from 1960 to 1988.  The LP edition has 10 previously released tracks while the CD and digital iterations add three bonus tracks including the non-LP single "Christmas Memories" and two previously unreleased tracks: "Leave It All to Me" and "How Do You Keep the

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

My Way: 50th Anniversary Edition

August 27, 2019 By

Frank Sinatra My Way

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Green Vinyl: uDiscover Store Capitol/UMe/Frank Sinatra Enterprises reissues the Chairman's 1969 contemporary pop LP My Way with four bonus tracks, all of the famous title anthem: live versions from 1971 and 1987, and duets with Willie Nelson and Luciano Pavarotti.  David Ritz has penned the new liner notes.  Available on CD, LP, and digital platforms.

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

Blue World

August 27, 2019 By

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CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada A lost John Coltrane recording has been unearthed with this never-before-heard five-song session from 1964, as recorded in Rudy Van Gelder's studio in June of that year and featuring reworkings of Trane classics like "Naima" and "Village Blues" in multiple takes plus "Blue World," "Like Sonny," and "Traneing In." Blue World has been mastered from its original analog tapes by Kevin Reeves at Universal

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

Leave It All to Me: Sinatra's "My Way" Gets 50th Anniversary Reissue, "Sings Alan and Marilyn Bergman" Arrives in October

August 27, 2019 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Frank Sinatra My Way

Get ready to celebrate the eternal Chairman of the Board with a pair of releases due October 11 from Capitol Records/UMe and Frank Sinatra Enterprises. Last week, the labels announced a 50th anniversary edition of Sinatra's 1969 LP My Way, available on CD, digital, and LP; and an all-new compilation entitled Sinatra Sings Alan & Marilyn Bergman, also on all three formats. Originally issued on the Reprise label in March 1969, My Way was Sinatra's second consecutive foray into the world of

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Frank Sinatra, Luciano Pavarotti, Willie Nelson

Omnivore Recordings Round-Up: Big Star's "In Space" Reissue and A Pair of Mister Rogers Albums On the Way

August 27, 2019 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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Omnivore Recordings has a reputation for being one of the most diverse reissue labels around. What other label could be home to Big Star and Mister Rogers? Well, omnivorous listeners have reason to delight, as Omnivore has announced new reissues from both legendary talents due for release in October! It's been more than fifty years since the celebrated children's show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood first aired, yet Fred Rogers' name remains in the public eye thanks in no small part to the

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, Jazz, Rock Tags: Big Star, Fred Rogers, Johnny Costa

Release Round-Up: Week of August 23

August 23, 2019 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Here's what arriving today, August 23. Elvis Presley, American Sound 1969 (RCA/Legacy) (Amazon U.S.) The Elvis 1969 celebration continues! In January of that year, Presley and his band began sessions with producer Chips Moman at American Sound Studios in Memphis, which resulted in his acclaimed From Elvis In Memphis album and its lead single "In the Ghetto." He also laid down such iconic songs as "Suspicious Minds," "Kentucky Rain,"

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Arlo Guthrie, Bread, Elvis Presley, Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, Tanya Tucker, The Emotions, The Hollywood Stars

Traneing In: Never-Before-Released John Coltrane Tapes Set To Arrive on "Blue World"

August 21, 2019 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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Jazz aficionados worldwide have good reason to celebrate with the news of a new John Coltrane album that features lost performances from 1964! The album arrives on September 27 through Verve/Impulse! and is entitled Blue World. The 8-song collection features Coltrane's "Classic Quartet" as recorded in a newly unearthed session at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in June of that year. The sessions that make up Blue World were commissioned by Quebecois filmmaker Gille Groulx, a rabid Coltrane fan

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

Glory Days: Springsteen's 1986 Bridge School Performance Featuring CSNY Arrives on Digital, CD

August 21, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Bruce Springsteen Bridge School

Bruce Springsteen has announced the latest volume in his long-running series of live concert downloads/CD-Rs available exclusively through Nugs.net.   Bridge School: October 13, 1986 captures The Boss' memorable performance at Neil Young's Bridge School Concert at Mountain View, California's Shoreline Amphitheatre. Backed by Danny Federici and Nils Lofgren, Springsteen's ten-song set was his first solo acoustic performance in over a decade.  The setlist included favorites from his then-recent

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Nils Lofgren

Make the Moment Count: a-ha Announces Expanded Reissues of "Minor Earth | Major Sky" and "Lifelines" Due in October

August 20, 2019 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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a-ha broke onto the scene in the '80s with a run of five successful albums, but went on a seven-year hiatus in 1993 following the release of Memorial Beach.  In the interim, the Norwegian trio - Morten Harket, Magne Furuholmen and Pål Waaktaar-Savoy - explored different interests until they were invited to perform at the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize concert in Oslo.   Their two-song set brought them international attention and they soon reconvened in New York to write what would become their 2000

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: a-ha

Because It's Christmastime: Chicago Releases New Christmas Album in October

August 16, 2019 By Joe Marchese 17 Comments

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Chicago is back on October 4 with the band's 37th studio album and fourth Christmas release. The simply-titled Chicago Christmas will arrive from Rhino Records on CD, LP, and digital platforms with eight original songs, two classic holiday standards, and one pop favorite. Produced by founding member Lee Loughnane, Chicago Christmas is the group's first holiday album to focus primarily on original compositions. For this project, the band members wrote new songs such as "All Over The World,"

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Holiday, Pop Tags: Chicago

Review: Bobby Rush Proves He's At the Top of His Game With "Sitting On Top of the Blues"

August 16, 2019 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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Legendary bluesman Bobby Rush is back with a new album, Sitting on Top of the Blues, which is released today on CD and LP through Rush's own Deep Rush label. At 86 years old, the Louisiana-born guitar slinger and singer has traveled from the Chitlin' circuit to the world's stages since 1951. He's released music on indie labels across the nation, recorded for Gamble & Huff, and has performed alongside a who's-who of funk, soul, and blues luminaries. You've probably heard some of his classics

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues Tags: Bobby Rush

Release Round-Up: Week of August 16

August 16, 2019 By The Second Disc 4 Comments

ZZ Top Goin 50 Deluxe

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Various Artists, Cadillac Baby's Bea & Baby Records: The Definitive Collection (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Earwig Music has one of the year's most intriguing box sets and most significant historical excavations - a beautiful 124-page, 4-CD hardcover tome chronicling in words and music the story of Narvel Eatmon, a.k.a. Cadillac Baby, and his Chicago label Bea & Baby Records. From 1959-1989, the label and its various

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: David Yazbek, Lionel Richie, Peter Paul and Mary, Rodney Crowell, The Ides of March, ZZ Top

Hitsville - The Making of Motown: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

August 13, 2019 By

Hitsville The Making of Motown

1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Showtime's long-awaited documentary on Motown Records makes its debut on August 24.  But before that, Universal Music will issue a companion soundtrack on CD (in both standard 1CD and deluxe 2CD editions) and vinyl, featuring many of the label's all-time classic songs.  The vinyl edition arrives on September 27.  Also available on digital/streaming.

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Chaos and Disorder

August 13, 2019 By

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LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Originally released in July 1996 as a surprise from Prince, Chaos and Disorder nonetheless reached the top 30 in the U.S. and the top 20 in the U.K. with no promotion.  For this new reissue, it will be released in a 1-LP configuration on limited-edition purple vinyl and a 1-CD package. This reissue campaign not only brings the CD back on shelves after decades out-of-print, but also marks its debut on

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

Emancipation

August 13, 2019 By

Prince Emancipation

6LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Prince's epic 1996 album Emancipation returns to print as a 3CD set and makes its vinyl debut as a 6LP package.  The album is packed with original songs reflecting on many of the themes most important to the artist (romance, family, sex, technology) as well as four choice covers (Bonnie Raitt's 'I Can't Make You Love Me,' the Thom Bell-composed Philly soul classics 'Betcha By Golly Wow' and 'La, La,

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

The VERSACE Experience (PRELUDE 2 GOLD)

August 13, 2019 By

Prince Versace

LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Fans of obscure Prince mixes and alternate versions are sure to delight in The VERSACE Experience (PRELUDE 2 GOLD). The collection of rare material was originally pressed up as a limited-edition cassette for Paris Fashion Week attendees in 1995 and featured remixes of then-unreleased tracks from The Gold Experience, alongside special edits and unheard music by The New Power Generation, The NPG

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Abbey Road: Anniversary Edition [Various Formats]

August 12, 2019 By

Super Deluxe 3CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Deluxe 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Abbey Road is celebrating 50 with a variety of expanded editions built around a new 2019 stereo mix by producer Giles Martin and engineer Sam Okell.  The centerpiece of the campaign, a 3CD/1BD box set, boasts 23 alternate takes,

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

Release Round-Up: Week of August 9

August 9, 2019 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Elvis Presley, Live 1969 (RCA/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) RCA and Legacy celebrate Elvis Presley's triumphant return to live performing at Las Vegas' International Hotel with a new 11-CD box set.  All of The King's exhilarating performances from August 21 to August 26, 1969 will be presented on Legacy's new box . Some of the concerts have been previously issued in the last decade on various BMG and Follow That Dream

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Anthony Perkins, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Presley, Filter, Janie Fricke, Jefferson Airplane, Nina Simone, Rodgers and Hart, Steve Goodman, The Strangeloves

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