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Charley Pride, Chris Bell, Del Shannon, Delegation, Eddy Arnold, Keely Smith, Laura Nyro, Radiohead, Rosanne Cash, Tim Buckley, Weather Report

Review: The Beach Boys, “1967: Sunshine Tomorrow” and “Wild Honey” (Stereo LP)

July 3, 2017 by Joe Marchese | 4 Comments

There’s nothing quite nice as a kiss of wild honey… Carl Wilson – the angelic voice from on high of “God Only Knows” – unleashed his inner soul man with a fury on “Wild Honey,” the title track of The Beach Boys’ second album of 1967. The funky, Theremin-driven ode to a “girl with the sweetness of a honey bee” opened the LP which turned out to be one of the most singular in the band’s storied catalogue. Its fusion of pulsating R&B and raw rock-and-roll, anchored by nine Brian Wilson/Mike Love…

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Release Round-Up: Week of June 30

June 30, 2017 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! The Beach Boys, 1967: Sunshine Tomorrow (Capitol/Brother/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The Beach Boys’ Sunshine Tomorrow, a new 2-CD and digital collection, not only premieres the first-ever true stereo mix of 1967’s Wild Honey, but also premieres a whopping 54 rarities recorded that year including the live album Lei’d in Hawaii, session material from both Wild Honey and Smiley Smile, and further live recordings (spanning 1967-1970). Read all of the specs here, and tune back in soon for our full review of…

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Art Pepper, Beach House, Harry Nilsson, Peggy March, The Beach Boys, The Beau Brummels, Various Artists

Release Round-Up: Week of June 23

June 23, 2017 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Prince, Purple Rain: Music from the Motion Picture (various formats) (Warner Bros.) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 3CD/1DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. At long, long last – a deluxe, expanded Purple Rain arrives in various formats, including a 2-CD iteration with 11 previously unreleased outtakes and a 3-CD/1-DVD version adding a third CD of 15 single edits and remixes and a DVD of 1985’s Prince and the Revolution Live! …

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Allen Ginsberg, Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello, Glenn Morrow, Neil Young, Prince, Radiohead, Willie Nile

Playback: The Brian Wilson Anthology

June 21, 2017 by Joe Marchese

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Coinciding with the legendary Beach Boy’s 75th birthday year and current, sold-out tour, Rhino offers the first-ever anthology of Brian Wilson’s solo recordings from 1988 through the present day, including two previously unreleased tracks, “Some Sweet Day” and “Run, James, Run.” Available on CD, double vinyl LP, and digital platforms.

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Love and Mercy: Rhino Collects Solo Brian Wilson For New Anthology, Premieres Two Songs

June 20, 2017 by Joe Marchese | 8 Comments

Brian Wilson turns 75 years young today – and hot on the heels of a well-received biopic and a record-breaking concert tour that continues through this fall, the legendary artist is looking back on his solo career for a new compendium arriving on September 22 from Rhino Records. Playback: The Brian Wilson Anthology captures, via 18 tracks, the Beach Boy’s extraordinary journey from his 1988 Sire Records solo LP debut through 2015’s No Pier Pressure. Two never-before-released tracks will also premiere here. Playback begins, appropriately enough, with four selections from 1988’s Brian Wilson including…

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Review: “Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Deluxe Edition”

June 19, 2017 by Ted Frank | 1 Comment

A Tribute Told in Vignettes… Well, I don’t like to reduce us to just being part of the “Seattle Sound.” I’d like to think of us as expanding more. Like, we’re huge in Europe right now. I mean, we’ve got records… uh, a big record just broke in Belgium. -Cliff Poncier, Singles A Cameron Crowe film tends to have a “killer” soundtrack. Listening to a Crowe soundtrack is an intriguing adventure filled with carefully curated juxtapositions. In fact, the experience is a lot like the line from Crowe’s motion picture Singles, in…

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Cameron Crowe, Chris Cornell, Paul Westerberg, Various Artists

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Still the Same: Classic Bob Seger Albums Make Streaming Debut

June 16, 2017 by Mike Duquette | 4 Comments

As the music business increasingly adopts streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music into their strategies for success, it becomes painfully clear when albums (or whole catalogues, even) are missing from the digital realm. This year, we’ve already seen the triumphant return of Prince’s Warner Bros.-era masters beyond the Tidal platform, ahead of next week’s Purple Rain reissue. On Friday, one of the most famous holdouts finally relented. Bob Seger, the iconic Detroit rocker, and Capitol Records jointly added more than a dozen classic albums and compilations to digital download and streaming…

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Release Round-Up: Week of June 16

June 16, 2017 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! David Bowie, Cracked Actor: Live in Los Angeles 1974 (Parlophone/Rhino) (Amazon U.S./ Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Cracked Actor: Live in Los Angeles 1974 is the first authorized release of Bowie’s Philly Dogs Tour show at Los Angeles’ Universal Amphitheatre, from September 1974. First released earlier this year on vinyl only, some of this performance was featured in Alan Yentob’s BBC documentary also known as Cracked Actor. The original tapes for this show were finally brought together last November, and they have been newly mixed by Tony Visconti. Note that…

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Big Star, Blue Cheer, Cheap Trick, David Bowie, Randy Newman, Rosebud, Spirit, The Commodores, The Dustbowl Revival, The Rolling Stones

A Boy From Tupelo: The Complete 1953-1955 Recordings

June 14, 2017 by Joe Marchese

A Boy From Tupelo: The Complete Recordings 1953-1955 journeys back to the birth of rock-and-roll to feature, on three CDs and digitally, every known Elvis Presley Sun Records master and outtake. In addition, the collection also contains Elvis’ four earliest, privately-pressed sides, and vintage radio and concert performances from the period, for a total of 73 tracks – including one previously unreleased, newly-discovered recording, “I Forgot to Remember to Forget” from the Louisiana Hayride, Shreveport, Louisiana, on October 29, 1955.

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Holiday Gift Guide

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Release Round-Up: Week of June 9

June 9, 2017 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Glen Campbell, Adios (UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Glen Campbell’s final recordings, produced by his longtime band member Carl Jackson, comprise this release. Selections include the lead-off single “Everybody’s Talkin’,” and four songs by Jimmy Webb (including the touching title track as well as “Postcard from Paris,” “Just Like Always” and “It Won’t Bring Her Back”), plus compositions from Bob Dylan, Jerry Reed, Dickey Lee, and Roger Miller. The late Miller is heard is on his demo of “Am I Alone (Or…

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Blues, Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Christine McVie, Chuck Berry, Del Shannon, Glen Campbell, John Coltrane, Lee Hazlewood, Lindsey Buckingham, Lynn Castle, Paul Simon,

Ingénue: 25th Anniversary Edition

June 5, 2017 by Joe Marchese

Canadian pop chanteuse k.d. lang celebrates the 25th anniversary of her breakthrough album Ingénue with a newly-expanded deluxe edition pairing the album with previously unreleased performances from her MTV Unplugged special. Available as a 2-LP or 2-CD set.

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Power of Peace

June 5, 2017 by Joe Marchese

The Isley Brothers and Santana team up for an all-new studio album in which the legendary artists reflect on classic rock, pop, soul, and R&B standards such as “Higher Ground,” “Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology),” “God Bless the Child,” and “What the World Needs Now is Love.”

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What the World Needs Now: The Isley Brothers, Santana Team For New Studio Album “Power of Peace”

June 5, 2017 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Two legendary musical forces are teaming up this summer to celebrate the eternal Power of Peace during the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love. On August 4, The Isley Brothers and Santana will join forces for their first full-length collaboration. Power of Peace arrives on that date from Legacy Recordings, featuring Ronald and Ernie Isley joined by Carlos and Cindy Blackman Santana tackling a number of classic rock and R&B standards which have inspired them over the years. This all-new studio album features Ronald Isley on lead vocals, Ernie Isley on…

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1967 – Sunshine Tomorrow

May 28, 2017 by Joe Marchese

The Beach Boys’ Sunshine Tomorrow, a new 2-CD and digital collection, not only premieres the first-ever true stereo mix of 1967’s Wild Honey, but also premieres a whopping 54 rarities recorded that year including the live album Lei’d in Hawaii, session material from both Wild Honey and Smiley Smile, and further live recordings (spanning 1967-1970).

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Release Round-Up: Week of May 26

May 26, 2017 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band various editions (Apple/Capitol/UMe) 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 4CD/DVD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. The Beatles’ seminal 1967 celebrates its 50th anniversary in style with a multitude of new editions featuring Giles Martin’s brand-new – and quite frankly, mind-blowing – new stereo mix! Look for our full review of the 4CD/DVD/BD box later…

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Bad Company, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Foreigner, Grateful Dead, Jaco Pastorius, Midnight Oil, The Beatles, The Beau Brummels, The Rolling Stones, Tim Rice

Who Was That Man? Yep Roc Reissues Nick Lowe’s Remaining Discography

May 25, 2017 by Mike Duquette | 4 Comments

Back in March, it was reported that Yep Roc Records would finally start reissuing part of Nick Lowe’s discography on CD for the first time in more than 25 years. While the promised April release dates never materialized, it’s now breaking that the two previously cited albums–1982’s Nick The Knife and 1983’s The Abominable Showman–will bow on CD and vinyl along with an additional four titles (and many with bonus tracks), bringing his entire solo discography from 1978 to 1990 back into print and under one roof. Nick The Knife, The Abominable…

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UPDATE: Thank You Friends: New Big Star Compilation Coming In May

May 24, 2017 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

UPDATE 5/24/17 TO ORIGINAL POST OF 3/6/17: If you do as Replacements frontman Paul Westerberg says and “never travel far without a little Big Star,” some new products related to the legendarily underrated Memphis rockers may find a place on your shelves. Set for release on June 16 from Stax Records and Craft Recordings, the new compilation The Best of Big Star tidily collects (on one CD, digitally, or 2 LPs playable at 45 RPM) 16 tracks from the legendary band’s #1 Record, Radio City and Third; As a bit of a nod to collectors,…

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Alex Chilton, Big Star, R.E.M., Robyn Hitchcock, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Wilco

Aren’t You Glad: The Beach Boys’ “Sunshine Tomorrow” Premieres Stereo “Wild Honey,” 54 Rarities On 2 CDs

May 23, 2017 by Joe Marchese | 17 Comments

The Beach Boys are promising a bright forecast for summer 2017 with a new 50th anniversary collection due on June 30 from Capitol/UMe. Sunshine Tomorrow, a new 2-CD and digital collection, not only premieres the first-ever true stereo mix of 1967’s Wild Honey, but also premieres a whopping 54 rarities recorded that year including the live album Lei’d in Hawaii, session material from both Wild Honey and Smiley Smile, and further live recordings (spanning 1967-1970). The new stereo mix of Wild Honey will also be released on 180-gram vinyl. 1967 – Sunshine…

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Long Strange Trip: Motion Picture Soundtrack

May 22, 2017 by Joe Marchese

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Amazon-Exclusive 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Long Strange Trip: Motion Picture Soundtrack chronicles the history of the Grateful Dead via a selection of career-spanning studio and live performances, including previously unreleased tracks. Two versions of the album – a 2-CD set and an expanded Amazon-exclusive 3-CD edition (both also available on digital download and streaming) – will be released on May 26, the same date that the film by director Amir Bar-Lev arrives in theatres in New York and Los Angeles. …

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Release Round-Up: Week of May 19

May 19, 2017 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Jethro Tull, Songs from the Wood: 40th Anniversary Edition – The Country Set (Chrysalis/Parlophone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K.) Jethro Tull’s 1977 album returns in a new 3CD/2DVD book-style edition, packed with bonus material. Steven Wilson produced new stereo and 5.1 surround sound mixes heard in this set on CD and DVD, featuring not only the album but bonus tracks too. As per the norm for this series, there’s a flat transfer of the original stereo album master on DVD, as well as…

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Blink-182, Chris Cornell, Chris Price, Helium, Isaac Hayes, Jethro Tull, Little Steven, Los Straitjackets, Nick Lowe, Peter Cetera, The Staple Singers, Wes Montgomery, William Bell, Wynton Kelly

Release Round-Up: Week of May 12

May 12, 2017 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Dion, Kickin’ Child: The Lost Album 1965 (Norton) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Norton Records has rounded up 15 songs recorded by Dion DiMucci and his group The Wanderers with producer Tom Wilson over sessions between spring and fall of 1965. It all adds up to a trailblazing folk-rock album featuring original songs and covers of Bob Dylan, Tom Paxton, and Mort Shuman. Also available on vinyl. Read more here! Brinsley Schwarz, It’s All Over Now (Mega Dodo) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada…

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Bette Midler, Brinsley Schwarz, Dan Fogelberg, Dion, Stephen Sondheim, The Allman Brothers Band, Todd Rundgren

Still Crazy: Paul Simon’s “Concert in Hyde Park” Coming in June

May 11, 2017 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

As Paul Simon is launching a summer tour on June 1 in St. Petersburg, Florida, Legacy Recordings is looking back to one of the famed troubadour’s recent performances from across the pond. The Concert in Hyde Park will arrive from the label on Friday, June 9, in 2CD/DVD or Blu-ray packages, as well as via digital audio and video downloads and streaming. Simon’s July 15, 2012 Hyde Park concert, closing night of the Hard Rock Calling Festival, spanned the entirety of Simon’s career through his 2011 album So Beautiful or So What. …

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Adios

May 6, 2017 by Joe Marchese

Glen Campbell’s final recordings, produced by his longtime band member Carl Jackson, comprise this release. Selections include the lead-off single “Everybody’s Talkin’,” and four songs by Jimmy Webb (including the touching title track as well as “Postcard from Paris,” “Just Like Always” and “It Won’t Bring Her Back”), plus compositions from Bob Dylan, Jerry Reed, Dickey Lee, and Roger Miller. The late Miller is heard is on his demo of “Am I Alone (Or Is It Only Me?)” which segues into Campbell’s recording featuring Vince Gill, and Willie Nelson also appears on…

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Release Round-Up: Week of May 5

May 5, 2017 by Joe Marchese | 9 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Grateful Dead, Cornell 5/8/77 (Grateful Dead/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Rhino teams with the Grateful Dead for the first authorized release of one of the band’s most famous concert bootlegs: the Cornell 5/8/77 show. The bootleg recording of this show was so significant that it was added to the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry in 2011. This 3-CD set ties in with a new book about the oft-discussed concert; both the book and CDs were also available as part of a sold-out box set exclusive…

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