It's been said that there's no place like home for the holidays...and few artists have conjured up that nostalgic warmth as well as Perry Como. For nearly five decades, the beloved Italian-American crooner was a fixture on radio, records, film and, naturally, the medium which seemingly suited the genial, gentle vocalist best: television. Starting with The Chesterfield Supper Club's transition to NBC-TV in the late 1940s, the subsequent debut of The Perry Como Show on CBS-TV in the early 1950s,
Holiday Gift Guide Review: R.E.M., "R.E.M. At The BBC"
"We were a fun party band who somewhere along the way learnt how to write songs," Michael Stipe is quoted as saying in the notes to Craft's Recordings new boxset R.E.M. At The BBC. Of course, R.E.M. was much more than that over the course of their nearly 30-year career, going from college underground band to alternative pioneers to global superstars. And with Craft Recordings' new 8-CD/1-DVD box, you can trace that career as seen and heard by UK audiences over the years. The quartet of
Release Round-Up: Week of December 7
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Wings, The Paul McCartney Archive Collection: Wild Life [Various Formats] (MPL/Capitol) 3CD/DVD Box: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP [Remastered Album + Bonus Audio]: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD [Remastered Album + Bonus Audio]: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Wild Life was the first Wings album but third overall by McCartney outside the shadow of his famous band. Paul and his wife Linda teamed up
Chris Cornell [Various Formats]
1-CD Standard Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4-CD Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4CD/1DVD/7LP Super Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The new Chris Cornell box set celebrates the career of one of the greats of modern rock with a 1-CD distillation, 2-LP, 4-CD, and super deluxe 4-CD/1-DVD/7-LP editions that include classics by Soundgarden, Audioslave, and a number of solo tracks. The 1-CD and 2-LP configurations collect
Release Round-Up: Week of November 30
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Neil Diamond, 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition (Capitol/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Neil Diamond revisits a 50+-year career with a new 6-CD, 115-song retrospective box set featuring hits, rarities, and 15 previously unreleased tracks including the original demos of "America" and "I Am...I Said." Everything is packaged within a deluxe hardcover book-style format. 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition expands upon 2017's
Fish Out of Water
Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Standard Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Cherry Red reissues Yes bassist/singer/songwriter Chris Squire's 1975 solo debut in both a deluxe 2 CD/2 DVD/1 LP/2-7″ singles box set and a standard 2-CD edition. The box includes new 5.1 and stereo remixes by Jakko Jakszyk, as well as a remaster of the original LP mix by Paschal Byrne. The region-free DVD also has promo films, while the vinyl component boasts the
Wild, Wild Life: Complete 'True Stories' Soundtrack Due With Talking Heads and More
It's been 32 years since David Byrne's directorial debut True Stories first arrived in theaters, and this November the film will be revisited to the tune of brand-new audio and visual restorations. Master film restorers The Criterion Collection are slated to release True Stories on Blu-ray and DVD on November 27. On the music front, Todomundo Records and Nonesuch have announced an expanded soundtrack album, True Stories, A Film By David Byrne: The Complete Soundtrack, due on CD, 2-LP, and
Release Round-Up: Week of November 16
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Fleetwood Mac, 50 Years: Don't Stop (Warner Bros./Rhino) 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada In celebration of its 50 years, Fleetwood Mac is issuing a new career-spanning collection featuring 50 songs on either 3 CDs or 5 LPs. These include hits, favorites, and a smattering of rarities such as the CD premiere of 2013's "Sad Angel"
Pat Boone and Family Join Rosemary Clooney, Bob Hope, Dinah Shore, Yogi Bear and More on New Holiday DVD
It's the time of the year for family celebrations...and few artists have had the kind of multi-generational family success as Pat Boone. One of the top ten biggest-selling singles artists in the history of twentieth century pop, Boone was the youngest performer to host a national television primetime variety show with his 1957 program Pat Boone's Chevy Showroom, and he went on to become a familiar, welcoming presence on the small screen over the ensuing decades. Family has always been a
Release Round-Up: Week of November 2
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Melissa Manchester, Mathematics: The MCA Years (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music bring Melissa Manchester's 1985 MCA album to CD for the very first time in an expanded 2-CD deluxe edition! Mathematics: The MCA Years features the original Mathematics (produced by George Duke, Brock Walsh and Robbie Nevil, Trevor Veitch and executive producer Quincy Jones!) on
Visions of Paradise: Moody Blues' "In Search of the Lost Chord" Box Set Coming on Friday
Following last year's 2CD/DVD reissue of The Moody Blues' 1967 sophomore album Days of Future Passed, UMe is going even more deluxe for the Moodies' next album, 1968's In Search of the Lost Chord. Tomorrow, November 2, the label will reissue that seminal classic as a 3CD/2DVD box comprising alternate mixes, previously unreleased tracks, and more. Mike Pinder, Ray Thomas, Justin Hayward, John Lodge, and Graeme Edge, working with producer Tony Clarke, constructed In Search of the Lost Chord
Voodoo Lounge Uncut [Various Formats]
Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Blu-ray/2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada DVD/2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Red 3-LP: Rolling Stones Online Shop Red 3-LP/t-shirt bundle: Rolling Stones Online Shop Voodoo Lounge Uncut marks the first release of The Rolling Stones' full November 25, 1994 concert in Miami, featuring special guests Bo Diddley,
Sparks Will Fly: The Rolling Stones' "Voodoo Lounge Uncut" Concert Arrives on CD, LP, DVD, and Blu-ray
"Ladies and Gentlemen, The Rolling Stones..." Those are the exciting words that have let audiences worldwide know they're in for a night of exciting rock and roll. Though The Rolling Stones wrapped up their No Filter Tour in July, fans of live Stones will have good reason to be happy this fall, as a concert from 1994 is finally released in full as Voodoo Lounge Uncut. In recent years, Universal Music and Eagle Rock Entertainment have shone a light on rare and previously unreleased concerts
The Paul McCartney Archive Collection: Red Rose Speedway [Various Formats]
3CD/2DVD/BD Box: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada (TBD) 2LP [Remastered Single Album + Bonus Audio]: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada (TBD) 2LP [Remastered Double Album]: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada (TBD) 2CD [Remastered Single Album + Bonus Audio]: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada (TBD) The second 2018 Archive Collection box is dedicated to Wild Life's follow-up, 1973's Red Rose Speedway. In early 1972, the McCartneys had made the decision to
The Paul McCartney Archive Collection: Wild Life [Various Formats]
3CD/DVD Box: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada (TBD) 2LP [Remastered Album + Bonus Audio]: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada (TBD) 2CD [Remastered Album + Bonus Audio]: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada (TBD) Wild Life was the first Wings album but third overall by McCartney outside the shadow of his famous band. Paul and his wife Linda teamed up with drummer Denny Seiwell and guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Denny Laine to create a relaxed, pastoral album that was
Bip Bop: Paul McCartney's Archive Collection Rolls On with Deluxe "Wild Life," "Red Rose Speedway"
2018 has delivered an embarrassment of riches for Beatle fans, including the Ultimate Mixes of John Lennon's Imagine, Paul McCartney's new album Egypt Station, and soon, the super deluxe anniversary box set of The Beatles, a.k.a. The White Album. Today, McCartney upped the ante further with the announcement of not one, but two, new box sets in his ongoing Archive Collection series. On December 7, Macca will release deluxe, expanded editions of his first two albums with Wings: 1971's Wild Life
Release Round-Up: Week of October 19
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Frank Sinatra, Sings for Only the Lonely: 60th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (Capitol/FSE/UMe) 2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada On Frank Sinatra's 1958 Capitol concept album masterwork, he sang for Only the Lonely. But now, 60 years on, that classic is being revisited for everyone in a new 2-CD anniversary edition. Frank Sinatra
R.E.M. At The BBC [Various Formats]
R.E.M. at the BBC, collecting the band's performances from 1984=2008, will be available as a super deluxe 8CD/1DVD box set as well as in 2-CD and 2-LP formats. These sets have been curated from the archives of both the band and the BBC, and are chock full of rare and previously unreleased live and studio recordings of such favorites as "Man on the Moon," "Losing My Religion," and "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?"
Pleased to Meet You: ABKCO Announces Slate of Rolling Stones Reissues Including "Beggars Banquet," "Rock and Roll Circus"
ABKCO has announced a host of Rolling Stones projects today in a wide-ranging exclusive with Variety. First up on October 5 is a restored version of Jean-Luc Godard's film Sympathy with the Devil, on DVD, Blu-ray, and digital. Coming on November 16 are CD and vinyl reissues of Beggars Banquet, and then, in 2019, the label will reissue The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus in a variety of formats. Director Jean-Luc Godard (Breathless, My Life to Live) spent five days chronicling the Stones
Glastonbury 2000
Glastonbury 2000 documents David Bowie's epic festival performance from June 25 of that year, in multiple editions including 2CD, 2CD/DVD, 3LP, and standard and high-resolution digital. It presents the late superstar's complete 21-song, hits-heavy set in both audio and video formats. Previously, only 30 minutes of the show had been broadcast on television including "Heroes," which was seen in the recent David Bowie Is... museum exhibition.
Hallo Spaceboy: David Bowie's "Glastonbury 2000" Comes To CD, DVD, LP In November
With anticipation building for the October 12 release of David Bowie's box set Loving the Alien [1983-1988], Parlophone has just pressed "fast forward" and announced another title from the late superstar. On November 30, the label will release Glastonbury 2000, a document of Bowie's epic June 25 performance of that year, in multiple editions including 2CD, 2CD/DVD, 3LP, and standard and high-resolution digital. Glastonbury 2000 presents Bowie's complete 21-song set from the festival in both
Greatest Hits Live
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD Greatest Hits Live, coming in CD and CD/DVD iterations, is a companion to the release earlier this year of Chicago II: Live on Soundstage. At every one of Chicago's recent tour stops, the band played that classic album and then launched into a second, career-spanning set of hits and favorites. This release captures the second half of the same Soundstage performance of
Life In The Fast Lane: Rhino To Release Eagles Box Set Containing Complete Studio and Live Albums on CD & Vinyl
This upcoming October and November are crowded with large box-set releases for classic rock fans with major titles coming from marquee artists like The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, David Bowie, and Bob Dylan. You can now add another set to that list as Rhino has just announced a new box covering the recorded output of Eagles, entitled Legacy, due November 2. This set contains all of the original studio and live albums by the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers from 1972's Eagles to 2007's
Stronger Every Day: Chicago Releases New Live Album, "Isle of Wight" on Vinyl in October
Last evening, September 23, Chicago wrapped up its current tour celebrating the band's landmark sophomore LP Chicago II in Staten Island. But the music plays on, and on October 26, Rhino will release two live sets from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees. Greatest Hits Live, coming in CD and CD/DVD iterations, is a companion to the release earlier this year of Chicago II: Live on Soundstage. At every one of this tour's stops, the band played the original album and then launched into a
...And Justice For All [Various Formats]
3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD (Album Only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Cassette (Album Only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 11CD/6LP/4DVD Box Set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Metallica's fourth studio album celebrates its 30th anniversary with a multitude of formats including a mammoth 11CD/6LP/4DVD box set. ...And Justice For All was the first Metallica album to feature bassist Jason Newsted following the death of Cliff
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