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Western Stars: Songs from the Film

September 29, 2019 By

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To coincide with the release of the theatrical film version of Western Stars, Bruce Springsteen is delivering the film's soundtrack.  Western Stars: Songs from the Film features live versions of all thirteen of the original album's songs, plus a special cover of Glen Campbell's "Rhinestone Cowboy."  Available on CD, LP, and digital platforms.

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

Dionne Warwick and the Voices of Christmas

September 29, 2019 By

Dionne Warwick and the Voices of Christmas

For her second full-length Christmas album (or third if you count the collaborative Celebration in Vienna with Placido Domingo), legendary songstress Dionne Warwick is joined by such luminaries as Johnny Mathis, The Oak Ridge Boys, Michael McDonald, Dianne Reeves, and ex-Chicago singer Jason Scheff.

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

Chicago Christmas

September 29, 2019 By

Chicago Christmas

Chicago is back with the band's 37th studio album and fourth Christmas release. The simply-titled Chicago Christmas arrives on CD, LP, and digital platforms with eight original songs (including one from Robert Lamm and Dino, Desi & Billy/The Beach Boys' Billy Hinsche and another from Lee Loughnane and The Ventures' John Durrill), two classic holiday standards, and one pop favorite from Burt Bacharach and Hal David.  The Target-exclusive CD features two bonus tracks.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Holiday, Pop

Lifelines: Deluxe Edition

September 27, 2019 By

aha Lifelines

2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada On Lifelines, a-ha adopted a more segmented writing process, with each member presenting new compositions.  The recordings were helmed by six producers and Anneli Drecker provided vocals.  As a result of their new approaches to writing and production, Lifelines is considered one of a-ha's most richly varied recordings.  Rhino's giving it a 2-CD deluxe treatment with over 20 early mixes, alternate

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

Minor Earth | Major Sky: Deluxe Edition

September 27, 2019 By

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2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The 2000 comeback album from a-ha gets the 2-CD deluxe treatment from Rhino. Minor Earth | Major Sky will be remastered, and supplemented with 16 additional demos, outtakes, alternate mixes, and live recordings.  An album-only 2-LP vinyl reissue will also be released.

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

Release Round-Up: Week of September 27

September 27, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Beatles, Abbey Road: Anniversary Edition [Various Formats] (Apple/UMe) 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 celebrates 50 with a variety of editions built around a new 2019 stereo mix by Giles Martin

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: 'Til Tuesday, Art Pepper, David Cassidy, Elmore James, Grateful Dead, John Coltrane, Paul Simon, Ramones, Sutherland Brothers and Quiver, Teddy Randazzo, The Beatles, The Replacements

The Wayfarer: Bruce Springsteen Announces Soundtrack Album "Western Stars: Songs From the Film"

September 26, 2019 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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Bruce Springsteen's feature-length directorial debut, Western Stars opens in movie theaters on October 25 (after limited early screenings on the 19th and 23rd). In the movie, Springsteen performs all the songs from his latest album in his hundred-year-old barn. Springsteen said that the point of the film, which also includes new interviews and archival footage, was to "to get some of the music live to an audience." "The [studio] album and the film are both about this fading Western movie

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk Tags: Bruce Springsteen

Castle In the Clouds: Gong's '70s Output Celebrated on 13-Disc "Love From Planet Gong" Box and 2-CD Sets

September 26, 2019 By Sam Stone 3 Comments

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When it comes to all-encompassing mega-sets celebrating the oft-overlooked talents of British prog, UMC has delivered the goods. They're following up their already impressive lineup with a new, 12-CD/1-DVD box set that covers the legendary psychedelic surrealists Gong and their tenure at Virgin. Entitled Love From the Planet Gong: The Virgin Years, 1973-1975, the new box offers all their studio albums from the era, plus a wealth of rare, previously unreleased recordings. It's all set to hit

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else Tags: Gong

America's Gerry Beckley Returns with New Solo Album "Five Mile Road"

September 25, 2019 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Gerry Beckley has earned the right to call the opening track of his new solo album "Life Lessons." The singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and America co-founder is understandably in a reflective mood on Five Mile Road, out now from Blue Elan Records.  The artist may be celebrating 50 years with America, but he still has plenty to say. For his first solo album since 2016's Carousel, Beckley has reunited with many of the same collaborators. Jeff Larson not only co-produced with Beckley but

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: America, Gerry Beckley

Everybody's Still Talkin': Omnivore Preps Unreleased Harry Nilsson Album for November

September 25, 2019 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Harry Nilsson Losst and Founnd

Nilsson fans (and who isn't?), rejoice! On November 22, the late singer-songwriter's final recordings will at last see the light of day on CD, vinyl, and digital formats from Omnivore Recordings. Losst and Founnd is the first new album of original material from Harry Nilsson since 1980's Flash Harry. Nilsson was working on the album at the time of his death at the age of 52 in January 1994 with producer Mark Hudson (Ringo Starr, Aerosmith). Two of the songs, "U.C.L.A." and "Animal Farm," were

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Harry Nilsson

Review: Bridget St. John, "Live at The Betsey Trotwood"

September 24, 2019 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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Bridget St. John is one of the treasures of the British folk revival. Her early recordings on John Peel's Dandelion label in the late '60s and early '70s - delicate and delightful as they are - continue to inspire a growing cadre of songwriters, singers, and alternate-tuned guitar-wielders. Fifty years since her debut Ask Me No Questions, St. John continues to perform, criss-crossing between Europe, Japan, and her adopted home state, New York. And she's still enrapturing audiences of longtime

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Folk Tags: Bridget St. John

Colorado

September 23, 2019 By

Neil Young Colorado

Neil Young and Crazy Horse's first album since 2012, Colorado, promises the same kind of scorching, raw rock for which the band is known.  Sweetening the pot, Nils Lofgren makes his first appearance on a Crazy Horse record since 1971!  Colorado  features 10 new Young compositions including the 13+-minute epic "She Shows Me Love."  The vinyl version contains a bonus 7-inch single with outtake "Truth Kills" and a live version of the album's "Rainbow of Colors."

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

A SECOND DISC INTERVIEW! Mike McCartney Talks "McGear" Deluxe Reissue

September 23, 2019 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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TSD's own Sam Stone recently had a chance to speak with the enduring artist behind the U.K.'s Christmas chart-topper of 1968, The Scaffold's "Lily the Pink," as well as the top ten smash "Thank U Very Much" and the solo hit "Leave It." Mike McCartney, a.k.a. Mike McGear just happens to be Paul McCartney's younger brother, but has a lifetime of his own musical history to share. In this wide-ranging conversation, he offers stories of the making of his classic album McGear, recently reissued by

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Categories: Interviews, News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Mike McCartney, Mike McGear, Paul McCartney, Wings

United 'Nation': Nine Digital Remix EPs Celebrate 30th Anniversary of Janet Jackson Classic

September 21, 2019 By The Second Disc 5 Comments

Rhythm Nation Collage

After putting much of Janet Jackson's classic catalogue on vinyl out this year, UMe keeps the party going with a whopping nine new digital EPs to celebrate this week's 30th anniversary of Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814. The label is premiering nearly 100 rare and digitally unavailable edits, instrumentals and remixes spanning Rhythm Nation's incredible run of hit singles for more than a year. Seven tracks - "Miss You Much," "Rhythm Nation," "Escapade," "Alright," "Come Back To Me," "Black

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Shep Pettibone

To The End of Love: Leonard Cohen's Final Recordings Collected on "Thanks For the Dance"

September 20, 2019 By Sam Stone 2 Comments

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When Leonard Cohen passed away in November 2016, he left behind fifty years of words and music, including his final album, You Want It Darker.  Now, Columbia and Legacy have announced a new collection, "a continuation of the master's final work" called Thanks For The Dance. Due on November 22, Thanks For The Dance was produced by Cohen's son Adam, who followed Leonard's wishes to complete the musical sketches that remained after You Want It Darker.  Contributions came from many of Leonard's

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

A Whole Lotta Ground: "Motown Unreleased 1969" Features Supremes, Temptations, Smokey, Marvin Gaye, Kiki Dee, More

September 20, 2019 By Joe Marchese 15 Comments

Motown Unreleased 1969

This weekend, Motown fans and alumni are descending on Detroit for the ultimate celebration of Hitsville, USA's 60 years of music and memories culminating in the Hitsville Honors gala. But the label doesn't want fans elsewhere to be left out in the cold. In a surprise, the annual digital collection of Motown Unreleased won't be arriving in December, but instead is available now. To mark 60 years, Motown Unreleased 1969 boasts 60 tracks, all recorded in 1969 and left unheard - until now. The

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Diana Ross and The Supremes, Earl Van Dyke, Edwin Starr, Ivy Jo Hunter, Kiki Dee, Marvin Gaye, Rare Earth, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, The Originals, The Spinners, Valerie Simpson, Various Artists

Release Round-Up: Week of September 20

September 20, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Gerry Rafferty Who Knows What the Day Will Bring

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Judy Collins, The Elektra Albums: Volume Two (1970-1984) (Edsel) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Demon Music Group's Edsel label is following up its July release of Judy Collins' The Elektra Albums Volume One (1961-1968) with a second volume out today. The Elektra Albums Volume Two (1970-1984) finishes up the artist's Elektra Records tenure, comprising these nine releases on CD in their original sequences: Whales and Nightingales

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Alfred Drake, Allan Clarke, Anthony Perkins, Gerry Beckley, Gerry Rafferty, Herb Alpert, Judy Collins, Kaye Ballard, Margaret Whiting, Robbie Robertson, T.G. Sheppard, The Band, The Hollies

Rhythm of My Heart: Rod Stewart Joins Royal Philharmonic For New Album, Two New Songs

September 19, 2019 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

Rod Stewart Philharmonic

Following in the footsteps of artists ranging from Aretha Franklin to The Beach Boys, Rod Stewart has announced a collaboration with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. You're in My Heart: Rod Stewart with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, like those other projects, takes classic vocals and pairs them with lush, newly-orchestrated accompaniment. Stewart is sweetening the pot, however, by premiering two new vocals: a duet of Motown favorite "It Takes Two" with Robbie Williams and a new solo track,

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Rod Stewart, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Review: "Country Music - A Film by Ken Burns: The Soundtrack"

September 17, 2019 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

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Can the circle be unbroken? asks The Carter Family on the opening track of Legacy Recordings' new 5-CD, 105-song soundtrack to Ken Burns' epic documentary Country Music: A Film by Ken Burns. The 1935 funeral hymn is a most appropriate way to begin this collection exploring the manifold branches of country music, but the tone on the box set is far from funereal as it gallops from "hillbilly music" to blues, folk, western swing, rockabilly, countrypolitan, outlaw country, and beyond. Country Music

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country Tags: Buck Owens, Dolly Parton, Eddy Arnold, George Jones, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Marty Robbins, Rosanne Cash, Various Artists, Willie Nelson

Live at Home with His Bad Self

September 17, 2019 By

James Brown Live At Home

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada UMe premieres a 1969 homecoming show recorded in Augusta, Georgia by The Godfather of Soul and his smokin' band.  While select tracks from the show have been previously issued, this release marks its debut in full.  It's been newly mixed by engineer Peter A. Barker from the original multitracks.  Highlights include unreleased versions of Brown's then-current single "World" (performed here as a live

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

WHO [Various Formats]

September 17, 2019 By

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The Who return with their first new studio album in 13 years, and it's available on CD, deluxe CD, digital, cassette, standard vinyl, and deluxe color vinyl. Featuring "Ball and Chain" and "Hero Ground Zero," WHO isn't a concept album but rather a new collection of muscular songs playing to the band's still-considerable strengths.  Target will offer an exclusive CD with three bonus tracks.

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

Halloween '73

September 17, 2019 By

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UMe and The Zappa Family Trust have a 4-CD box set featuring over four and a half hours of live material recorded in Chicago on October 31, 1973 at one of Frank Zappa's legendary Halloween shows.  Both of Zappa's live sets from that date - and a further disc of rehearsal tapes - will be collected in the elaborately designed set, which features a "costume box" that houses the four CDs and a "FRANKenZAPPA" mask and gloves set. If four CDs and a Halloween costume seems like a little too much, ZFT

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

1999: Remastered and Expanded Edition [Various Formats]

September 17, 2019 By

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1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 10LP/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Prince's fifth studio album gets a major makeover with a variety of deluxe editions. The Super Deluxe Edition of 1999 will premiere 35 previously unreleased tracks. Its 65 tracks total across five CDs or ten 180-gram vinyl LPs will also include B-sides and single mixes plus the original album

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

Never Boring

September 17, 2019 By

Freddie Mercury Never Boring

This 3CD/BD/DVD rhapsody celebrates Freddie Mercury's solo career with a variety of material. The three CDs include a new 12-track compilation of many of Mercury's finest solo performances also entitled Never Boring; a newly mixed 11-track special edition of Mr. Bad Guy, and the nine-track 2012 special edition of Barcelona featuring full orchestra. The Blu-ray and DVD boast Mercury's promotional videos and his stage performances with Montserrat Caballé including eight that have been

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Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD Genre: Classic Rock

Monster: 25th Anniversary Edition [Various Formats]

September 17, 2019 By

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5CD/1BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP (contains contents of CD 1 & 3): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD (contains contents of CD 1 & 3): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada A 5-CD/1-BD box will include R.E.M.'s original 1994 album (featuring "What's the Frequency, Kenneth" and "Bang and Blame"), a new 2019 remix from original Monster producer Scott Litt, a CD of previously unreleased demos from the album, and a complete live 1995 performance

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Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Rock

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