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Release Round-Up: Week of May 5

May 5, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Jackie

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up!  Oddly, releases were split between yesterday and today, but both days add up to a wealth of titles in nearly every genre!  Without a doubt, this is one of the most packed weeks yet this year! Jackie DeShannon, All the Love: The Lost Atlantic Recordings (Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) All the Love--The Lost Atlantic Recordings brings together DeShannon's entire 1973 Atlantic Records material in one place for the first time,

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Billy Ward and His Dominoes, Herbie Hancock, Jackie DeShannon, Jethro Tull, John Coltrane, John Lodge, Jorge Ben, Julie Andrews, Miles Davis, Nils Lofgren, Perry Como, Todd Rundgren

Release Round-Up: Week of April 21

April 21, 2015 By Joe Marchese 9 Comments

Ultimate Sinatra

Today's Release Round-Up features an array of titles including a box set from the one and only Chairman of the Board, a number of vintage albums in surround sound, a classic reissue from a new Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, and more! Frank Sinatra, Ultimate Sinatra (Capitol/UMe) 4-CD Box:  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 1-CD Highlights:  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-CD Target Exclusive: Target.com 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Standard Edition DD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. The 100th

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: America, Dick Hyman, Earth Wind and Fire, Frank Sinatra, Jim Peterik, Joan Jett, Labelle, Paul Revere and The Raiders, Rush

With a Little Help From My Friends (SACD)

April 21, 2015 By

Joe Cocker With a Little Help SACD

The late, great Joe Cocker's 1969 album comes to hybrid stereo SACD (playable on all CD players).  Features the epic title track plus "I Shall Be Released," "Feeling Alright" and more.

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Formats: SACD Genre: Classic Rock

The Best of the Doors (Quadraphonic)

April 21, 2015 By

Best of the Doors SACD

The 1973 greatest hits collection for The Doors is presented on hybrid SACD in its original stereo and 4.0 quad surround mixes.  Features "Light My Fire," "Touch Me," "Love Her Madly," "Hello, I Love You" and more.  The stereo layer is playable on all CD players.

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Formats: SACD Genre: Classic Rock

Streetlife Serenade (Quadraphonic)

April 20, 2015 By

Streetlife Serenade SACD

Billy Joel's third studio album, from 1974, gets a hybrid SACD reissue featuring both the original stereo and 4.0 quad surround mixes.  Features "The Entertainer," "Root Beer Rag" and "Souvenir."  The stereo mix is playable on all CD players.

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Formats: SACD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

Amused to Death (Remixed Editions)

April 19, 2015 By

Roger Waters Amused

Roger Waters revisits his 1992 album Amused to Death, featuring contributions from Don Henley, Rita Coolidge, P.P. Arnold, Andy Fairweather Low and Michael Kamen, in a variety of formats featuring new stereo and 5.1 surround mixes. CD CD / Blu-ray SACD Hi-res digital download 2LP 200 gram vinyl (pressed at Quality Record Pressings) Limited edition, numbered 2LP picture disc vinyl

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Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, CD, Digital Download, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Rock

Perfect Sense: Legacy to Revisit Roger Waters’ "Amused to Death" with New Stereo and 5.1 Remixes

April 16, 2015 By Randy Fairman 3 Comments

Roger Waters Amused

While there has been no Pink Floyd reissue news for nearly a year now since the release of a deluxe edition of The Division Bell, fans can look forward to revisiting one of Rogers Waters’ solo projects with the newly announced reissue of Amused to Death. Death was released in 1992 and was Waters’ third solo outing after 1984’s The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking and 1987’s Radio K.A.O.S.  As is common for Waters’ LPs, it is a concept album.  The songwriter based it upon ideas from Neil

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, CD, Digital Download, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Pink Floyd, Roger Waters

The Entertainers: Billy Joel, America, Labelle, Earth Wind and Fire Get Surround-Sound Treatment From Audio Fidelity

March 24, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Streetlife Serenade SACD

Audio Fidelity is continuing its well-received series of surround-sound releases on hybrid SACD with a trio of quadraphonic (4.0) titles from 1974 and one classic rock favorite from 1972 in 5.1.  All of these titles feature the surround mix on the high resolution SACD layer with a newly-remastered version of the original stereo mix on both the SACD and standard CD layers. The '72 classic is America's Homecoming.  The second album by the trio of Dewey Bunnell, Gerry Beckley and Dan Peek,

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Categories: News Formats: SACD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: America, Billy Joel, Earth Wind and Fire, Labelle

Release Round-Up: Week of March 10

March 10, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Mathis Cover

This week brings a particularly impressive slate by any standard, but we're particularly proud to introduce the world to Second Disc Records with our first two releases, from Johnny Mathis and the late Bob Crewe! Johnny Mathis, Life is a Song Worth Singing: The Complete Thom Bell Sessions (Second Disc/Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Here, on two CDs, we proudly present both of Johnny Mathis' album collaborations - including the never-on-CD Mathis Is... - with songwriter-producer

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, SACD Genre: Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Art Pepper, Bettye LaVette, Bob Crewe, Bread, Grace Slick, Grover Washington Jr., Jackie DeShannon, Johnny Mathis, Judas Priest, Julie Andrews, Peggy Lee, Perry Como, The Guess Who

The Sound of Music: Original Soundtrack Recording

February 19, 2015 By

Sound of Music Original

Analog Spark brings the original 1965 soundtrack to Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music to hybrid stereo SACD (playable on all CD players) and 180-gram vinyl!

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Formats: SACD, Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks

One Little Spark: New Label Launches With Kate Bush, Ben Folds, Laura Nyro, "The Sound of Music"

February 10, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Analog Spark

With its upcoming roster boasting titles from Kate Bush, Ben Folds Five, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Laura Nyro and Julie Andrews, the new audiophile label Analog Spark is pulling out all the stops for its debut this spring. Yesterday, Razor & Tie announced the launch of Analog Spark, a new imprint which will focus on reissued releases on both 180-gram vinyl and SACD. Razor & Tie co-owners Cliff Chenfeld and Craig Balsam commented, “We’re very excited about the launch of Analog Spark

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Categories: News Formats: SACD, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Ben Folds Five, Julie Andrews, Kate Bush, Laura Nyro, The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Release Round-Up: Week of February 10

February 10, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Kylie Rhythm Box Set

Mike + The Mechanics, Living Years: Deluxe Edition (Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) This Deluxe Edition of Mike + The Mechanics’ 1988 album arrives in the U.S. with a second disc featuring “The Living Years 2014″ and live tracks culled from the band’s 1989 tour.  Read our full coverage here. Paul Revere and the Raiders, The Complete Columbia Singles (Friday Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Friday Music has repackaged Collectors’ Choice Music’s 2010 three-disc collection of the

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classical/Opera, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Blood Sweat & Tears, Eddie Money, Engelbert Humperdinck, Judy Garland, Kylie Minogue, Mario Lanza, Melissa Manchester, Mike + The Mechanics, Paul Revere and The Raiders, Steve Tyrell

Make Me Smile: Mobile Fidelity Brings "Chicago Transit Authority," "Chicago II" To SACD

February 6, 2015 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Chicago II

Does anybody really know what time it is?  Happily, it’s time for Mobile Fidelity to continue its series of limited edition hybrid stereo SACDs for the Chicago catalogue.  MoFi has previously issued 1973’s Chicago VI on SACD and 1984’s Chicago 17 on 24k Gold CD, but now the label has turned back the clock to the very beginning.  And when the very beginning is the one-two punch of 1969’s Chicago Transit Authority and 1970’s Chicago II on SACD, it’s a very good place to start, indeed. Long

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Categories: News Formats: SACD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Chicago

Something Good: Legacy Expands "The Sound of Music," Classic Soundtrack Also Comes to SACD and Vinyl

January 21, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Sound of Music

The hills are alive again! On March 10, Legacy Recordings will reissue RCA Victor’s chart-topping 1965 soundtrack to Rodgers and Hammerstein’s five-time Academy Award-winning The Sound of Music in a new 50th anniversary edition to coincide with the golden anniversary release on Blu-ray.  Collectors will note that expanded CD reissues of the classic musical soundtrack starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer are as inevitable as raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens; editions have

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Julie Andrews, Rodgers and Hammerstein

Winelight (5.1 Surround)

January 14, 2015 By

Winelight SACD

The 5.1 surround mix of Grover Washington Jr.'s Grammy-winning "Winelight" - featuring "Just the Two of Us," sung by Bill Withers - comes to hybrid SACD.  Audio Fidelity's new edition features the original stereo mixes on the standard CD layer and in SACD Stereo.

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Formats: SACD Genre: Jazz, R&B/Soul

Best of Bread (Quadraphonic)

January 14, 2015 By

Best of Bread

Audio Fidelity continues its quadraphonic series with a 4.0 reissue of Bread's greatest-hits collection Best of Bread, featuring surround-sound versions of "Make It with You," "Everything I Own," "If," "It Don't Matter to Me" and more on hybrid SACD!  Original two-channel stereo mixes are present on the standard CD layer and in SACD stereo!

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Formats: SACD Genre: Pop

Blood, Sweat & Tears (Quadraphonic)

January 10, 2015 By

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Following its 5.1 presentation of BS&T's Al Kooper-helmed debut album, Audio Fidelity revisits the kickoff of the horn band's David Clayton-Thomas era!  This original 4.0 quad mix of the 1969 smash features "Spinning Wheel," "And When I Die" and "You've Made Me So Very Happy," all in vivid multichannel on hybrid SACD.

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Formats: SACD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

The Best of The Guess Who (Quadraphonic)

January 10, 2015 By

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Audio Fidelity premieres the 4.0 quadraphonic surround mix of The Guess Who's 1971 compilation album on hybrid SACD (meaning a stereo layer is playable on standard CD players) - featuring such songs as "These Eyes," "Laughing," "No Time," "Undun" and "American Woman."

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Formats: SACD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

Release Round-Up: Weeks of December 23 and December 30

December 23, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

guess who sacd4

Well, these are incredibly light weeks for new releases! Thankfully, the Kritzerland and Audio Fidelity labels have stepped up with a quartet of titles to close out 2014 on a high note! Cy Coleman, John Kander, Harvey Schmidt and Charles Strouse, Classical Broadway (Kritzerland) (available for pre-order now) Kritzerland remasters this 1992 album (originally released on the Bay Cities label) featuring classical compositions from four of Broadway's most legendary composers including Cy

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: CD, SACD Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, Soundtracks Tags: Blood Sweat & Tears, Charles Strouse, Cy Coleman, Harvey Schmidt, John Kander, Patrick Williams, The Guess Who

Release Round-Up: Week of October 7

October 7, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Stevie Nicks, 24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault (Reprise) 2-LP Vinyl + Download Card: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Standard Edition CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. The Fleetwood Mac rock legend dips into her vault for a newly-recorded album of songs composed between 1969 and 1995.  The album features co-production by Dave Stewart and guitar great Waddy Wachtel, and is also available in a deluxe edition exclusive to Nicks' website. Various Artists, The Classic Christmas Albums

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Barbra Streisand, Nelson Riddle, Perry Como, Peter Paul and Mary, Shelby Lynne, Stevie Nicks, The Monkees, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Stylistics, TV Eyes

Release Round-Up: Week of September 2

September 2, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

george benson breezin sacd

Willie Hutch, In Tune (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) / Willie Hutch, Midnight Dancer (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) / Esther Phillips, Alone Again, Naturally (Expanded Edition) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. ) /Ullanda McCullough, Ullanda McCullough/Watching You, Watching Me (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) / Ray Griff, The Entertainer – Greatest U.S. & Canadian Hits (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) / Rick Wakeman, Rick Wakeman’s Criminal Record (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) / The Ides of March, Vehicle (Expanded

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: CD, SACD Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Big Star, Michel Legrand, Rick Wakeman, The Grateful Dead, The Ides of March

Anyone Who Had a Heart: Shelby Lynne's Dusty Springfield Tribute, Reissued

February 7, 2012 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

shelby lynne lovin1

When I Am Shelby Lynne appeared on the Mercury label in 2000, its eponymous singer finally hit on an approach that synthesized her varied influences (country, soul, R&B, rock-and-roll) into a relevant and contemporary whole. Lynne picked up the Best New Artist Grammy, despite having released her first album in 1989, and the album’s title indicated that, finally, the artist knew who she was, and was ready to share her music with the world. Fast-forward eight years, and a number of albums

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Categories: News Formats: SACD, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Dusty Springfield, Shelby Lynne

Ipanema, Again: "Getz/Gilberto" Restored To Original Mix For New SACD and Vinyl LP

June 10, 2011 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

getz gilberto2

Bossa nova, translated, literally means "new trend." And as 1964 began, with the British Invasion taking flight, America was also experiencing a Brazilian Invasion thanks to this new trend in popular music and jazz. Identified by gentle acoustic guitar and sometimes piano, and often adorned with subtle string or horn accents, bossa nova was based on the rhythms of the samba. It soon was adapted on stages from the concert hall to Broadway, spawned the "lounge" genre and influenced countless

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Categories: News Formats: CD, SACD Genre: Jazz, Pop Tags: Astrud Gilberto, Joao Gilberto, Stan Getz

Wouldn't It Be Nice? "Pet Sounds" Coming to SACD

May 23, 2011 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

pet sounds mfsl

“I figure no one is educated musically ‘til they’ve heard [Pet Sounds],” Paul McCartney once said of The Beach Boys’ classic, released 45 years and one week ago on May 16, 1966.  George Martin concurred: “Without Pet Sounds, Sgt. Pepper wouldn’t have happened.”  Brian Wilson poured his musical heart into the album’s thirteen tracks; in less than thirty-five minutes, he delivered an entire spectrum of emotions in a song cycle of striking beauty and sensitivity.  Pet Sounds may initially have been

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Categories: News Formats: SACD Genre: Pop Tags: Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys

Review: Nat "King" Cole, "Love is the Thing" and "The Very Thought of You"

December 21, 2010 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

nat cole the very thought

The time is 1957. The place is the corner of Hollywood and Vine in Los Angeles, California – the Capitol Tower. And you are there. Such is the magic of Analogue Productions’ pair of hybrid Super Audio CDs, part of the label’s Nat “King” Cole reissue program. Thanks to the gorgeous remastering and improved quality afforded by the format, you’ll hear every breath, as if you were in the studio alongside Cole himself during a recording session. The versatile artist is today remembered for many

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Categories: News Formats: SACD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Nat King Cole

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