The Grateful Dead is heading to the Pacific Northwest. Grateful Dead’s online exclusive 19-CD box set Pacific Northwest ’73-’74: The Complete Recordings, presenting six previously unreleased shows from two tours, is being cut down for two highlights editions: a 3-CD compilation drawn from the box set, and a 6-LP set of the complete Portland ’74 show (May 19, 1974). The 6-LP set, pressed on 180-gram vinyl, is limited to 7,500 copies.
Whole Lotta Love: Led Zeppelin’s “The Song Remains the Same” Gets Super Deluxe Treatment in September
The next Super Deluxe box set from Led Zeppelin was officially announced early this morning. Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham took the famous stage at New York’s Madison Square Garden on July 27-29, 1973 for the concerts that were captured in the film The Song Remains the Same. Now that film’s soundtrack, produced by Page and originally released on Swan Song in 1976, is getting the lavish reissue treatment on September 7. The Song Remains the Same follows the recent expansion of How the West Was Won…
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Release Round-Up: Week of June 15
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Rolling Stones, The Studio Albums Vinyl Collection 1971-2016 (UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) This massive, limited edition vinyl box set collects the legendary band’s 15 studio albums from Sticky Fingers (1971) to Blue and Lonesome (2016) on 20 meticulously-recreated LPs with original art elements, inserts, and more. Each album, pressed on 180-gram vinyl, has been remastered and cut at half-speed at Abbey Road Studios from vinyl-specific tape transfers. In addition, each album will include a download card for HD digital files. The box…
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In The Pink: Warner to Reissue Nick Mason’s Three Solo Albums in New Box Set
Nick Mason, drummer and founding member of Pink Floyd, is the only member of that band to have performed on every one of their albums and all of their live concerts. But he’s still found time over the years to release a handful of solo projects. On August 31, his three solo albums – Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports, Profiles, and White of the Eye – will be reissued in both CD and vinyl boxed sets through Warner Music Group as Unattended Luggage. These limited edition boxes will arrive just before Mason takes…
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One Up, One Down: Lost 1963 John Coltrane Album Premieres In June
2018 has already seen the announcement of never-before-heard recordings by the late legends Prince and Bobby Darin. Now, a third artist joins that elite club with Impulse! Records’ discovery of a lost 1963 album from The John Coltrane Quartet. Saxophone titan Coltrane was joined by Jimmy Garrison on double bass, Elvin Jones on drums, and McCoy Tyner on piano – the same group behind the monumental A Love Supreme and other Coltrane classics – for a March 6, 1963 session that will see release on June 29 as Both Directions at Once:…
Stunt: 20th Anniversary Edition
CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Barenaked Ladies revisit the band’s 1998 breakthrough album Stunt in a new CD/DVD edition with three audio bonus tracks (the outtakes “She’s On Time” and “Long Way Back Home,” first heard as hidden tracks on the limited edition version of the album, plus “Get in Line” from the soundtrack to the animated television series King of the Hill). The DVD includes The Stunt Tour and Barenaked in America, the 1999 documentary directed by longtime…
Piano & A Microphone, 1983
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD/LP Deluxe: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Digital: Amazon U.S. The Prince vaults are open! Piano & A Microphone 1983 – a nine-track, 35-minute album – features a previously unreleased home studio cassette recording of the solo Prince at his piano in that epochal year including renditions of “Purple Rain,” Joni Mitchell’s “A Case of You,” the folk spiritual “Mary, Don’t You Weep,” and more! Available on CD, LP, digitally, and…
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Release Round-Up: Week of June 8
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Johnny Mathis, Close to You/Love Story: Expanded Edition (Second Disc/Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music continue their journey through Johnny Mathis’ seventies catalogue with this expanded, remastered two-fer of Mathis’ 1970 and 1971 albums. Close to You finds the singer reinterpreting hits by Bacharach and David, Antonio Carlos Jobim, The Beatles, and even Santana, while Love Story has songs from Goffin and King, Paul Williams, and Henry Mancini. Three bonus tracks round out this 1-CD…
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One Nite Alone: Unreleased Prince Home Recordings to Be Released in September
Today would have been Prince’s 60th birthday. Warner Bros. Records and the Prince estate are marking the occasion by swinging the vault doors wide open. Following such posthumous releases as the “Nothing Compares 2 U” single, the expanded Purple Rain, and the Prince 4Ever collection with one unreleased track, Warner Bros. has just announced an archival album to be released on September 21 in CD, LP, and CD/LP Deluxe formats, as well as digitally. Piano & A Microphone 1983 – a nine-track, 35-minute album – features a previously unreleased home studio cassette…
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Call and Answer: Rhino Reissues, Expands Barenaked Ladies’ “Stunt” For 20th Anniversary
Between June 1 and July 15, Barenaked Ladies will be taking to the road alongside Better Than Ezra and K.T. Tunstall. Their Last Summer on Earth tour is one part of a banner year for the band which has also seen their induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. The celebration continues with the upcoming release of Stunt: 20th Anniversary Edition, an expanded edition of their most successful studio album. It’s due on July 6 digitally, with physical CD/DVD and 2-LP vinyl editions following on September 28 from Rhino. Stunt arrived…
Release Round-Up: Week of June 1
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Michelle Phillips, Victim of Romance: Expanded Edition (Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) “Mama” Michelle Phillips’ 1977 solo album, produced by Jack Nitzsche, returns to CD in a new expanded edition collecting the artist’s complete sessions with Nitzsche. It adds three outtakes from the album sessions, including a Bee Gees cover (“Had a Lot of Love Last Night”), Dennis Lambert and Fil Spina’s “Practice What You Preach,” and Michelle’s own, tropically-flavored “Guerita.” These three songs were not featured on previous reissues of the album. …
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Short Takes: Reissues Due from Janis Ian, CCR’s Tom Fogerty and Doug Clifford, Social Distortion
Five classic albums from singer-songwriter Janis Ian have just been reissued on CD and vinyl from Sony Legacy’s U.K. arm. Stars (1974), Between the Lines (1975), Aftertones (1976), Miracle Row (1977), and Night Rains (1979), all originally released on Columbia Records, represent the peak of Ian’s commercial success. Between the Lines yielded Ian’s most successful single, the touching “At Seventeen,” a No. 3 Pop/No. 1 AC hit. The song netted the artist a Grammy Award and was performed by her on the very first episode of Saturday Night Live. The first three…
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Chicago II: Live on Soundstage
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Chicago II: Live on Soundstage captures the band’s November 2017 performances at the Grainger Studio in their hometown, performing the classic 1970 album Chicago II. The concert will be released on a single CD and a CD/DVD set with video of the program and 5.1 audio. The music will also be available digitally and via streaming services. Chicago II: Live on Soundstage features original members Robert Lamm, James Pankow, and Lee Loughnane along with…
Spare Parts: Rarities Abound On Nine Springsteen Digital EPs
To coincide with today’s release of Bruce Springsteen’s second Album Collection, Sony/Legacy and Columbia Records are releasing nine rare Springsteen EPs on digital platforms. These are part of Legacy’s ongoing vault series which sees digital release of rare music from artists in a wide variety of eras and genres. The EPs are mostly international releases and span the years from 1987-2012. Two were originally released in Japan. The first, Live Collection, rounds up four concert performances, some previously on albums and some taken from B-sides. The second EP, Roll of the Dice,…
Release Round-Up: Week of May 18
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Bruce Springsteen, The Album Collection Vol. 2, 1987-1996 (Columbia/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Bruce Springsteen boxes up the second set of his albums in chronological order, remastered by Bob Ludwig and Toby Scott using the Plangent Process. The collection is only available on vinyl, although a limited edition CD version is being released in Japan only. The CD version is now available for pre-order at Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada! Read more details on the box here. LPs 1-2:…
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Waiting For the Gift of Sound: Parlophone to Release Three David Bowie Reissues including CD Debut of Rare 1978 Concert and Two Vinyl Exclusives
Parlophone is continuing its series of David Bowie reissues. The label has just announced a trio of projects due June 29: the CD and digital debut of Welcome To The Blackout (Live London ’78), previously only available on vinyl for this year’s Record Store Day, and a pair of vinyl exclusives for brick-and-mortar record shops. All three titles come from the period covered in last year’s Bowie box A New Career in a New Town: 1977-1982, which saw Bowie release two acclaimed albums, work in television and film and embark upon…
Now More Than Ever: Rhino Releases “Chicago II: Live on Soundstage” and “Collector’s Edition” Box Set
For the first time in a career that’s spanned six decades, Chicago is on the road playing a full album from start to finish. The album is Chicago II, the 1970 classic that may be the most beloved in the band’s impressive catalogue. This summer, Rhino will be marking the occasion with a pair of multi-format releases. Chicago II: Live on Soundstage captures the band’s November 2017 performances at the Grainger Studio in Chicago’s hometown. It will be available on June 29 as a single CD and a CD/DVD set with video…
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Respectable: The Rolling Stones Continue Vault Series with “No Security: San Jose 1999”
The Rolling Stones are continuing their long-running, multi-format From the Vault series with a new title to be released by Eagle Rock Entertainment on July 13. From the Vault: No Security – San Jose 1999 preserves a concert from the No Security tour, which extended from the band’s Bridges to Babylon outing. This title will be released on DVD, 2CD/SD (Standard Definition) Blu-ray, 2CD/DVD, 3 LP, and digital audio and video platforms. Whew! (The 1998 concert album entitled No Security featured tracks culled from the Bridges to Babylon tour.) The No Security…
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Release Round-Up: Week of May 11
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Glenn Frey, Above the Clouds: The Collection (UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The 3-CD/1-DVD Above the Clouds: The Collection celebrates the musical legacy of Eagles’ Glenn Frey, presenting key tracks from Frey as a solo artist on 2 CDs as well as the long-awaited, official CD premiere of Longbranch/Pennywhistle as newly remixed by J.D. Souther and Elliot Scheiner, and a live concert DVD, Strange Weather/Live in Dublin, previously available only on VHS. Read more here! Glenn Frey, Above the Clouds: The Very…
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The Beach Boys with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
The Beach Boys with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, to be available in CD, 2-LP, and digital formats, melds The Beach Boys’ original vocal (and some instrumental) tracks with newly-written and -recorded symphonic orchestrations recorded in March at Studio 2 of Abbey Road Studios. The regular 2-LP vinyl version will be released on August 17, with a limited-edition opaque orange version also being made available through the uDiscoverMusic store. Its 17 tracks include “Good Vibrations,” “Fun, Fun, Fun,” “Heroes and Villains” and “Wouldn’t It Be Nice.”
The Warmth Of The Sun: Capitol Announces “The Beach Boys with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra”
Following in the footsteps of such artists as Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin and Roy Orbison, The Beach Boys have teamed with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for a new album due on June 8 from Capitol/UMe. The Beach Boys with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, to be available in CD, 2-LP, and digital formats, melds The Beach Boys’ original vocal (and some instrumental) tracks with newly-written and -recorded symphonic orchestrations recorded in March at Studio 2 of Abbey Road Studios. The regular 2-LP vinyl version will be released on August 17, with a limited-edition…
Over The Years…
Graham Nash has curated a 2-CD, 30-track overview of his remarkable 50+-year career, with Disc One featuring hits and favorites from CSN, CSNY, Crosby-Nash and his solo years; and Disc Two comprising 15 demos (all but three of which are previously unreleased). A 15-song “highlights” version will arrive on 2 LPs on August 31.
Red Cab to Manhattan: Expanded Edition
Singer-songwriter Stephen Bishop’s 1980 album Red Cab to Manhattan receives a remastered and expanded edition from the new Blixa Sounds label. Featuring guests like Art Garfunkel, Eric Clapton, Phoebe Snow, and Phil Collins, Red Cab was a quirky, personal statement from the “On and On” soft rock hero. It gains six bonus tracks here, including an outtake, the single version of “Send a Little Love My Way (Like Always),” and four voice-and-guitar demos. Bill Inglot and Dave Schultz have remastered.
Review: Frank Sinatra, “Standing Room Only”
Throughout his lifetime, Frank Sinatra grew accustomed to his concerts being Standing Room Only. Now, that’s the title of a sensational new box set from UMe and Frank Sinatra Enterprises. This 3-CD book-style release under the Signature Sinatra banner follows the 2016 box World on a String as well as earlier celebrations of the artist’s live performances in New York, Vegas, and London. Standing Room Only brings together three complete concerts, two of which have never been previously released and one of which has only seen limited digital distribution. Sinatra made his…
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Release Round-Up: Week of May 4
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Frank Sinatra, Standing Room Only (Capitol/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) This new 3-CD, book-style box set from Capitol/UMe features three spectacular live concerts from three decades of Frank Sinatra’s storied career, including the January 28. 1966 second show with The Count Basie Orchestra and conductor Quincy Jones at The Sands in Las Vegas, making its CD debut; and two previously unreleased shows: October 7, 1974 at Philadelphia’s Spectrum, and October 24, 1987 at Dallas’ Reunion Arena. Read more here, and watch this space for Joe’s…
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