Following its sold-out release for Record Store Day Black Friday in 2021, Charlie Parker's Bird in LA is returning to vinyl in a general release from Verve/UMe tomorrow, May 19. On the same day, it will be released to streaming and digital services. This collection of the legendary saxophonist's historic first three trips to Los Angeles remains available in the CD format, as well. Kansas City, Missouri native Parker (1920-1955) was a key player in the development of bop, and while he's
Two Alice Cooper Classics Get Killer Reissues in June
School's in on June 9 when Rhino revisits two early classics from Alice Cooper in 2-CD or 180-gram 3-LP expanded editions. Both 1971's Killer and 1972's School's Out will be reissued with bonus studio and live material. Killer, released in November 1971, was the fourth album from the original Alice Cooper band line-up of singer Alice Cooper, lead guitarist Glen Buxton, rhythm guitarist/keyboardist Michael Bruce, bassist Dennis Dunaway, and drummer Neal Smith. But it was the group's second
Now
Graham Nash reflects on his present-day life on Now, a collection of original songs also including his unique recording of "Buddy's Back" with longtime Hollies pal Allan Clarke. Available on CD, LP, and digial formats.
The Weekend Stream Extra: Legacy Announces Doris Day Digital Campaign
Last April, the Doris Day centennial celebration kicked off. It's since encompassed a rarities collection on CD and the vinyl premiere of Doris' final studio album, My Heart, from Real Gone Music as well as a beautiful coffee table book from Hermes Press, various film and television screenings on Turner Classic Movies, and a flurry of charitable work benefiting the Doris Day Animal Foundation. As a finale to the celebration, Sony's Legacy Recordings has committed to refreshing the late
The Weekend Stream: May 13, 2023
Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to usher you into the weekend. Two soul legends, a soundtrack from one of Hollywood's greatest composers, and a never-before-heard single from the ZTT vaults are all ready for you to hear! Diana Ross, Last Time I Saw Him (Deluxe Edition) (Motown/UMe) (iTunes / Amazon) To commemorate 50 years of Diana Ross' sixth solo album
Release Round-Up: Week of May 12
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today! Daft Punk, Random Access Memories: 10th Anniversary Edition (Columbia) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Daft Punk's final album, 2013's disco-flavored, multiple Grammy-winning Random Access Memories, welcomed such all-time luminaries as Nile Rodgers, Paul Williams, Giorgio Moroder, Paul Jackson, Jr., Nathan East, John "J.R."
Every Fairy Tale Comes Real: Joni Mitchell's "At Newport" Arrives in July
Less than one year ago, 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 adjectives such as "thrilling," "moving," and "extraordinary." Since then, the Mitchell renaissance has continued unabated. Earlier this year, she received the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, following in the footsteps of such greats as Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder,
Discover Who I Am: The Fontana Years London 1966-1970
Universal Music Recordings celebrates an often-overlooked period of jazz-pop chanteuse Blossom Dearie's career with the release of Discover Who I Am: The Fontana Years London 1966-1970. The 6-CD box set includes all four original albums which Dearie released on Fontana (each one of which is expanded with non-LP singles) plus two bonus discs with 27 previously unreleased recordings including renditions of contemporary songs from Jimmy Webb, Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Dave
Sweet Western Sound
Brandi Carlile and Shooter Jennings produce Tanya Tucker's first album of new music since 2019. Sweet Western Sound's ten tracks promise to evoke the sound of classic West Coast country-rock. Available on CD, LP, and digitally.
Not That Fancy
Reba McEntire releases a new collection to coincide with the publication of her book, also entitled Not That Fancy. The 14-song set, available on CD, 2 LPs, and digitally, reprises the Revisited portion of her 2021 triple album Revised, Remixed, Revisited with new recordings made after that album including the new single "Seven Minutes in Heaven" and reworkings of "If You See Him/If You See Her" with Brooks and Dunn, "Till You Love Me," and "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia."
Rockstar
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Target-Exclusive 4LP: Target.com VMP-Exclusive 4LP: Vinylmeplease.com Indie-Exclusive 4LP: RoughTrade.com Dolly Parton has unveiled the rock album she promised us...and it's no small affair! Rockstar, a whopping 2-CD or 4-LP collection with 30 songs, welcomes Sting, Lizzo, Elton John, Melissa Etheridge, Simon Le Bon, Steven Tyler, Stevie Nicks, Miley Cyrus, Steve Perry, John Fogerty, Peter
She Is the Champion: Dolly Parton Unveils "Rockstar," Featuring All-Star Cast Including Elton John, Peter Frampton, Stevie Nicks, Sting, Lizzo, Miley, Many More
"If I'm gonna be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, I'm going to have to earn it," Dolly Parton commented upon her 2022 induction into the Cleveland hall. She promised that a rock and roll album was on the way, and today, she made good on that promise...with what essentially amounts to two such records! On November 17, Dolly's own Butterfly Records in association with Big Machine will release Rockstar, a whopping 2-CD or 4-LP collection with 30 songs featuring some of the biggest names in the
Pretty Woman: The Musical
Bryan Adams performs his score (co-written with Jim Vallance) to the 2018 Broadway musical Pretty Woman which is currently enjoying a run in the West End of London through June 23. Previously available digitally, the album now makes its CD debut.
The Weekend Stream: May 6, 2023
Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to usher you into the weekend. Today's might be our biggest and best round-up of the spring: classic rock remixes, classic soul legends, rising rap icons, all kinds of '80s pop, a classic Broadway album making its belated digital debut - plus two urgent social causes we really want you to know about. David Bowie, Golden Years
Dig My Mood: 25th Anniversary Edition
Yep Roc reissues Nick Lowe's tenth studio album and second indie release. This new reissue of Dig My Mood, available on blue vinyl or digitally, will come with a yellow 10" EP of bonus material from the period. All five tracks - a studio track called "I'll Give You All Night to Stop" and four live recordings from Japan in support of Dig My Mood - come from a Lowe box set and have never been released on vinyl or digitally. It's limited to just 1,500 copies.
Release Round-Up: Week of May 5
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! Olivia Newton-John, Just the Two of Us: The Duets Collection Vol. 1 (Primary Wave/Green Hill) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 17 favorite duets with Olivia Newton-John are featured on this new collection. The late artist's duet partners include Dolly Parton ("Jolene"), Michael McDonald ("Act of Faith"), Barry Gibb ("Face to
Man That He's Become: Yep Roc Expands Nick Lowe's 'Dig My Mood'
Yep Roc Records, custodian of NIck Lowe's noteworthy catalogue, will expand and reissue a late '90s album of his this summer. Dig My Mood, issued in 1998, was the U.K. singer/songwriter's 10th studio album and second independent release. Here, after leaving behind his detached power-pop style on 1994's The Impossible Bird, Lowe once again swung for the fences with his songcraft, while still wrapping it all in his signature rock sound. (Lowe would later bill The Impossible Bird, DIg My Mood
Wave That Flag: Grateful Dead Mega-Box "Here Comes Sunshine" Features 1973 Shows, Trucks and Betts Encore
A new Grateful Dead mega-box is on the way - and it's rewinding the years all the way back to 1973. 50 years ago, the band's tour culminated in a pair of performances at Washington, DC's Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium as co-headliners with The Allman Brothers Band. The June 10 show, in particular, remains one of the Dead's best ever: an almost five-hour mega-concert with an encore featuring Dickey Betts and Butch Trucks of the ABB sitting in. On June 30, both of the Washington, DC shows
The Weekend Stream: April 29, 2022
Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to usher you into the weekend. A short round-up this week, featuring expanded albums from the Godfather of Soul and a late '90s R&B star, another ZTT rarity, a classic rock remix and an LP from a screen legend. James Brown, Gravity (Expanded Edition) (Volcano/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) The success of "Living in
Willin': Little Feat's "Sailin' Shoes" and "Dixie Chicken" Get Remastered, Expanded
"When Lowell [George] and I first got together," Little Feat co-founder Bill Payne remembered to author Bob Mehr in 2022, "our philosophical discussions became about what kind of band we want to be in. We're not going to be a blues band...but we'll play some blues. We're not going to be a country band...but we'll play some country. The idea was that it was supposed to be eclectic and not just one thing." That ethos guided Little Feat for seven studio albums on Warner Bros. Records through
Release Round-Up: Week of April 28
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! Stephen Stills, Live at Berkeley 1971 (Omnivore/Iconic) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP Box: Stephen Stills Webstore Omnivore and Iconic Artists are serving up a previously unreleased 14-song live album drawn from Stephen Stills' concerts at the Berkeley Community Theater in Berkeley, CA, on August 20 and 21, 1971.
Craft Recordings Plans Staggering Box of Stax Demos
How do you follow up an essential document like this year's comprehensive Wattstax box set? If you're Craft Recordings, you plan a trip deep into the unheard history of the legendary Memphis label, through dozens of demos released for the first time anywhere. Written in Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos is an impressive 7CD anthology including 146 demo versions of enduring Stax hits and fan favorites, songs written by label songwriters that ended up elsewhere as well as a number of songs
Going for It: New Wham! Compilations Offer Singles, New to CD Mixes and More
More than 40 years after they took the U.K. - and then the world - by storm, the story of pop duo WHAM! will be told in a multi-format compilation, issued just after a new documentary set for release this summer. The Singles: Echoes from the Edge of Heaven is arguably the most comprehensive look at the work of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley as they combined their glossy good looks with an almost unsuspecting penchant for pop brilliance. In just five short years, the pair notched nearly a
Pieces of Treasure
Rickie Lee Jones' fifteenth studio album, Pieces of Treasure features the singer's renditions of such classic standards as "Just in Time," "There Will Never Be Another You," "September Song," and "On the Sunny Side of the Street." The album, available on CD, digital/streaming, and vinyl, reunites Jones with producer Russ Titelman.
Gasms
Smokey Robinson returns with his first full album of original material in almost 15 years, featuring such suggestively-titled songs as "I Wanna Know Your Body," "Roll Around," and "I Fit in There." Available on CD and digital/streaming.
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