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Release Round-Up: Week of September 25

September 25, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Prince Sign o the Times

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Diana Ross & The Supremes, Sing and Perform Funny Girl (Second Disc/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music) Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records debut Diana Ross & The Supremes Sing and Perform "Funny Girl": The Ultimate Edition, a deluxe 2-CD celebration of the classic 1968 Motown-meets-Broadway gem.  Greatly building upon the digital-only Expanded Edition issued in 2014, The Ultimate Edition

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Big Country, Bob Merrill, Chubby Checker, Coolio, Diana Krall, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Jule Styne, Kellee Patterson, Kevin Rowland, Lou Reed, Peggy Lee, Prince, Raymond Scott, Slade, The Rolling Stones, Todd Rundgren

Rawer Than Raw

September 24, 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 The Grammy-winning blues icon Bobby Rush returns with a stripped down, acoustic tribute to the rich blues history of Mississippi featuring songs from a handful of blues greats from his adopted home state. These include early acoustic blues greats Skip James and Robert Johnson, and Rush's contemporaries on the music scene of the '50s and '60s, Howlin'

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Blues

A Merry "Hee Haw" Christmas

September 24, 2020 By

Buck Owens A Merry Hee Haw Christmas

Ready for Christmas, Bakersfield-style?  Omnivore Recordings has dusted off and freshened up Buck Owens and His Buckaroos' 1970 double-album of Christmas favorites.  Whereas that set dropped four tracks from Buck's two Capitol Christmas platters, Omnivore's new CD reinstates them - plus two rare Toys for Tots PSAs - for a complete survey of Buck's Capitol Christmas recordings. Everything has been remastered from the original analog master tapes by Michael Graves.  Available on CD and digitally.

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

The Gospel Truth: The Complete Singles Collection

September 24, 2020 By

The Gospel Truth Complete Singles

The Gospel Truth: The Complete Singles Collection features all 17 singles issued by Stax Records imprint Gospel Truth between 1972 and 1974 - 34 songs on 2 CDs or 3 LPs - including both non-LP singles and samplings of the imprint's album catalogue.  Among the highlights are numerous tracks from Gospel Truth's first signing, Michigan's The Rance Allen Group, who specialized in reworkings of secular songs into spiritual ones.  Also featured are four sides from Joshie Jo Armstead including her

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

Ride Out the Storm: Craft Recordings Collects "Complete Singles" From Stax's Eclectic Gospel Truth Imprint

September 24, 2020 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

The Gospel Truth Complete Singles

Earlier this year, Craft Recordings kicked off its celebration of Stax Records' Gospel Truth imprint with a weekly digital album campaign.  That series wrapped up on August 28, opening the door for the November 13 release on CD and LP of The Gospel Truth: The Complete Singles Collection. Stax chief Al Bell launched Gospel Truth in 1972, working in close coordination with radio promotions guru/producer/songwriter Dave Clark and Stax staffer Mary Peak Paterson. Early press materials for the

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Gospel, R&B/Soul Tags: Cy Coleman, Jimmy Jones, Joshie Jo Armstead, Louise McCord, The Rance Allen Group, Various Artists

Short Takes, Christmas Edition: Collections Coming from Peggy Lee and Buck Owens

September 23, 2020 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

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This Friday, Capitol Records and UMe will release Peggy Lee's Ultimate Christmas on CD and vinyl as part of the Peggy Lee 100 celebration.  This yuletide follow-up to Ultimate Peggy Lee brings together 22 holiday favorites from the late artist including selections from her Capitol albums Christmas Carousel (1960) and Happy Holiday (1965) - the latter an anthology of old and new material - as well as Decca and Capitol single releases and more.  Ultimate Christmas includes a number of songs

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Buck Owens, Don Rich, Peggy Lee

Forward, He Cried: Roger Waters' 'Us + Them' Tour Commemorated with Film and Album Due in October

September 22, 2020 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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Roger Waters: Us + Them remains one of the most ambitious tours that former Pink Floyd bassist and songwriter has ever undertaken. Staged from 2017 to 2018, Waters performed a total of 156 shows to a combined 2.3 million people across the world. If you weren't one of those with a ticket, or if you want to relive the show, you're in luck. It's been announced that the concert film Roger Waters: Us + Them, previously exclusive to Amazon, will now see wide release in a variety of formats on October

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Roger Waters

Never Was a Cloudy Day: New Remixes Celebrate Earth, Wind & Fire's "September"

September 21, 2020 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

EWF September 2020

Do you remember? The 21st night of September is nearly upon us, and it's always a bit of a day to celebrate for Earth, Wind & Fire fans. This year, the R&B legends are rising to the occasion with a new video and retro-style remixes of the 1978 smash. The lead single from The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire Volume 1, a Top 10 hit at the time of its release, has taken on a life of its own. Since 2016, writer/comedian Demi Adejuyigbe has gained notoriety with an annual series of

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Earth Wind and Fire

Here We Go In The Years: Neil Young Unveils Track Listing for "Archives, Volume 2: 1972-1976"

September 21, 2020 By Sam Stone 24 Comments

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It's been a long time since Neil Young released his last Archives box set.  In the intervening 11 years since Neil released Archives, Volume 1: 1963-1972, fans have endlessly speculated what might be on Volume 2 - or if it might happen at all. Well, it's happening.  And although Neil has yet to unveil all the details, he has now announced the complete track listing for Archives, Volume 2: 1972-1976.  The 10-CD set will be released on November 20 exclusively through his Neil Young Archives

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Crazy Horse, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, The Stills-Young Band

Short Takes: Elvis Costello, Bruce Springsteen Share Details on Future Box Sets

September 21, 2020 By Mike Duquette 11 Comments

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Over the past few days, two rock legends dished on some upcoming catalogue projects while discussing their latest musical works. On Friday, in a new interview with Billboard, Elvis Costello talked about next month's Hey Clockface, releasing October 30 - but also let slip some details about another series of reissues around his first decade of material: Recently I went to a meeting at a record company for the first time since the '90s [at Universal, which last year renewed its global license

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello

Review: Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets "Live At The Roundhouse" Takes Audiences Back In Time

September 18, 2020 By Sam Stone 7 Comments

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It's been said that music is the closest thing we have to time travel. Case in point: the new live album and concert film from Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets. Released today, September 18, Live At The Roundhouse captures the former Pink Floyd drummer and his supergroup of talented friends - guitarists Lee Harris and Gary Kemp, keyboardist Dom Beken, and longtime Floyd associate Guy Pratt on bass - as they tackle some of Pink Floyd's earliest deep cuts in the famed London venue. The 22-song

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else, Rock Tags: Nick Mason

Love Songs

September 18, 2020 By

Whitesnake Love Songs

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Continuing a series of compilations that kicked off earlier this year, Whitesnake will release a new collection, Love Songs, through Rhino.  Love Songs is the middle act in the British rock group's "Red, White and Blues" trilogy that kicked off with The Rock Album back in June. (The closer, The Blues Album, will hit stores next year.) Like that collection, Love Songs is centered on a theme - romance,

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

The Lost Berlin Tapes

September 18, 2020 By

EllaFitzgerald TheLostBerlinTapes

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Ella Fitzgerald's March 25, 1962 Berlin concert (during which she was supported by the trio of pianist Paul Smith, bassist Wilfred Middlebrooks, and drummer Stan Levey) at the city's Sportpalast was recorded by her producer-manager Norman Granz, but never issued...until now.  Verve/UMe has it on both CD and LP, with seventeen swingin' songs including "Jersey Bounce," "Hallelujah, I Love Him So,"

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

Jewel Box

September 18, 2020 By

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8CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Deep Cuts 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rarities & B-Sides 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada And This Is Me... 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Elton John is reaching deep into the vault with Jewel Box, a new, super-sized collection of rare and unreleased material.  The British pop legend's deep dive into his expansive, five-decade-plus archive features 148 tracks on 8 CDs, approximately 63 of

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

Is This Love: Whitesnake Remix Romantic Tracks For 'Love Songs' Collection

September 18, 2020 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Whitesnake Love Songs

Continuing a series of compilations that kicked off earlier this year, Whitesnake will release a new collection, Love Songs, through Rhino on November 6. Love Songs is the middle act in the British rock group's "Red, White and Blues" trilogy that kicked off with The Rock Album back in June. (The closer, The Blues Album, will hit stores next year.) Like that collection, Love Songs is centered on a theme - romance, as you could guess from the title - and like The Rock Album, every track on here

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

Release Round-Up: Week of September 18

September 18, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! John Coltrane, Giant Steps: 60th Anniversary Edition (Rhino) 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

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Cat Stevens, Fleetwood Mac, Heatwave, John Coltrane, John Prine, Little Richard, Neil Young, Nick Cordero, Nick Mason, Roy Clark, The New Seekers, Thelonious Monk

Asleep In The Deep: Mastodon Celebrates 20 Years With "Medium Rarities" Collection

September 17, 2020 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

Mastadon MediumRarities

It might be hard to believe, but the hard rockers of Mastodon are celebrating their 20th year together.  And they're doing so in style with a new collection of audio treasures available now on CD wherever fine music is sold and across digital platforms.  Entitled Medium Rarities, the 16-track album is comprised of non-album singles, covers, soundtrack recordings, instrumentals, and live performances collected together for the first time ever.  You'll hear the band take on  "A Commotion" by

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

Pour Down Like Silver: Richard and Linda Thompson Box Out Tomorrow in U.S.

September 17, 2020 By Joe Marchese 14 Comments

Richard and Linda Thompson Hard Luck Stories

Though they've been separated personally and professionally for almost four decades, Richard and Linda Thompson are still recognized as one of the most significant musical duos of their generation. Fairport Convention co-founder Richard first teamed with Linda as a member of folk-rock group The Bunch, releasing one album in 1972; in October of that year, they became husband and wife. From a purely musical standpoint, the marriage of guitarist-songwriter Richard to vocalist Linda was a completely

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Linda Thompson, Richard and Linda Thompson, Richard Thompson

Burn Down The Mission: Elton John Collects Rarities On New Box Set

September 17, 2020 By Mike Duquette 23 Comments

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Elton John is reaching deep into the vault with Jewel Box, a new, super-sized collection of rare and unreleased material. The British pop legend will release the new eight-disc collection on November 13, providing the deepest dive yet into his expansive, five-decade-plus archive. Approximately 63 of the set's 148 songs are previously unreleased, and three dozen B-sides are being compiled here for the first time. There are four themes across the discs, which will carry over to a trio of

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Elton John

Medium Rarities [CD]

September 16, 2020 By

Mastadon MediumRarities

Mastodon celebrates 20 years together with a new collection of non-album singles, covers, soundtrack recordings, instrumentals, and live performances collected together for the first time ever. From covers of songs originally popularized by Feist, The Flaming Lips, or Metallica to soundtrack contributions and non-album singles, Medium Rarities is sure to please hard rockers everywhere.  The LP edition arrives October 16 on black vinyl and online-store exclusive pink vinyl.

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

C'est Magnifique: Ella Fitzgerald's "The Lost Berlin Tapes" Arrive in October

September 16, 2020 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

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Over 58 years ago, Ella Fitzgerald took the stage at Berlin's Sportpalast for a swinging set.  The March 25, 1962 date, part of an extensive European tour, found her supported by the trio of pianist Paul Smith, bassist Wilfred Middlebrooks, and drummer Stan Levey.  She was no stranger to Berlin; her February 1960 concert at the city's Deutschlandhalle was released as Mack the Knife: Ella in Berlin and won two Grammy Awards.  There had been no audio document of her 1962 show...until now. On

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Ella Fitzgerald

Goddamn Electric: Pantera's 'Reinventing The Steel' Gets Remixed and Expanded

September 15, 2020 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Pantera Reinventing 20

Rhino is reinventing Pantera's final album as a remixed and expanded edition this fall, for its 20th anniversary. Reinventing The Steel, released in the spring of 2000, is coming back October 30 as a bonus-packed 3CD set that pairs the remastered original album with a brand-new remix by the band's longtime producer Terry Date. (This album was one of their only heavy metal works not to be produced by Date, who had collaborated with the group since 1990's Cowboys From Hell.) The set also

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

Dirty Old Town: The Pogues' 'BBC Sessions' RSD Release To Be Expanded On CD

September 14, 2020 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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Rhino is expanding one of their recent Record Store Day "drop" vinyl sets for CD: a collection of BBC performances by Celtic-punk group The Pogues. The BBC Sessions 1984-86 features six sets recorded over three years by the raucous ensemble, including a 1984 set for John Peel's radio program when they were still going by the full name of Pogue Mahone (a rough approximation of the Gaelic phrase for "kiss my ass"). Two Peel sets, one each for David "Kid" Jensen and Phil Kennedy (released for

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Joni Mitchell Archives - Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963-1967) [5-CD]

September 11, 2020 By

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The first in a series of box sets, Joni Mitchell Archives - Volume 1: The Early Years (1963-1967) features nearly 6 hours of unreleased material - 119 tracks across 5 CDs - all from the period prior to the commencement of her recording career. You'll hear her first-ever recorded performance, intimate and newly unearthed coffeehouse concerts, home demos, and much more. There's a total of 29 previously unheard Joni Mitchell songs, among them "Jeremy," "Free Darling," and "Gemini Twin," which had

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Everything Else, Folk, Pop

Shout To The Top: Paul Weller Compiles The Style Council on 'Long Hot Summers'

September 11, 2020 By Mike Duquette 8 Comments

The Style Council Long Hot Summers

Ahead of a forthcoming documentary on the second famed band of Paul Weller's career, the revered British rocker has co-compiled a new collection devoted to The Style Council. Long Hot Summers: The Story of The Style Council provides an extensive overview of Weller's work through the '80s after the dissolution of The Jam.The 37-track collection, available across 2 CDs or 3 LPs, includes a healthy mix of the group's biggest singles, album cuts, B-sides and two unreleased tracks: an extended

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Paul Weller, The Style Council

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