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Chicago II: Collector's Edition

May 26, 2018 By

Chicago II Collectors Edition

Chicago II: Collector's Edition bundles together the band's 2017 Soundstage performance of the 1970 classic Chicago II on CD and DVD as well as the acclaimed 2017 stereo remix of the original album by Steven Wilson on both CD and double vinyl.

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock

Release Round-Up: Week of May 25

May 25, 2018 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Prince Nothing Compares 2 U

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Prince, Nothing Compares 2 U  (Warner Bros.) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Prince's original recording of "Nothing Compares 2 U" arrives on vinyl today for wide release.  The original Prince studio version was recorded at the Flying Cloud Warehouse in Eden Prairie, Minnesota by engineer Susan Rogers and featured background vocals by Susannah Melvoin and Paul "St. Paul" Peterson as well as saxophone by Eric Leeds. Prince composed,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock Tags: Barclay James Harvest, Bow Wow Wow, Jennifer Warnes, Malo, Marvin Hamlisch, Prince, Rodgers and Hammerstein, The Smithereens

Good Times: Real Gone To Reissue Rare Willie Nelson, Statler Brothers In July

May 24, 2018 By Randy Fairman 1 Comment

Willie Nelson The Pamper Demos

We've recently told you about Go Ahead & Back Up: The Lost Motown Masters, Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records' CD of unheard Bobby Darin Motown recordings due in July.  Now we've gotten word of two more Real Gone July releases, both in the country genre: one for Willie Nelson and one for The Statler Brothers. Country legend Willie Nelson hardly needs an introduction.  The 85-year-old is one of the biggest names in country and has been recording for over six decades, including up

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Country Tags: The Statler Brothers, Willie Nelson

Volume One

May 24, 2018 By

Def Leppard Collection Volume 1

7CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 8LP/7″: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Def Leppard has announced a new series of career-spanning box sets.  Volume One of the series arrives in both limited edition 180-gram heavyweight vinyl and CD box sets, each featuring Def Leppard's first four studio albums -- along with bonus live and studio tracks -spread across 8 LPs and 7 CDs, respectively.

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock

Magic Voodoo Moon: Numero Group Collects Ultra-Rare Exotica On New Box Set

May 24, 2018 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Technicolor Paradise

Tomorrow, May 25, Numero Group is conjuring up a world of tikis, palm trees, and colorful drinks - in other words, a Technicolor Paradise.  After years of successfully excavating the rarest soul, jazz, R&B, New Age, and more, the label has turned its attention to the realm of exotica.  The genre's blend of lounge, jazz, pop and all sounds beyond inspired a number of artists who didn't receive the same attention as, say, Martin Denny, Yma Sumac, Arthur Lyman, and Esquivel.  An alternate

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, Jazz, Pop Tags: Various Artists

On Through The Night: Def Leppard Collect Remastered '80s Works In New Box

May 21, 2018 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Def Leppard Collection Volume 1

As Def Leppard gears up for its summer tour with Journey, the hard rock heroes have announced a new series of career-spanning box sets.  Volume One of the series will arrive on June 1 from Bludgeon Riffola, Mercury, and UMe.  This first installment of the band's complete recorded output will arrive in both limited edition 180-gram heavyweight vinyl and CD box sets, each featuring Def Leppard's first four studio albums -- along with bonus live and studio tracks --spread across 8 LPs and 7 CDs,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Def Leppard

Release Round-Up: Week of May 18

May 18, 2018 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Springsteen Album Collection 2 Cover

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Bruce Springsteen, The Album Collection Vol. 2, 1987-1996 (Columbia/Legacy)  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Bruce Springsteen boxes up the second set of his albums in chronological order, remastered by Bob Ludwig and Toby Scott using the Plangent Process.  The collection is only available on vinyl, although a limited edition CD version is being released in Japan only.  The CD version is now available for pre-order at Amazon U.S. /

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Harris, John Wesley Harding, Otis Redding, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Simon and Garfunkel, Stephen Bishop, Steve Miller Band, Supertramp, Various Artists

Review: Love, "Forever Changes: 50th Anniversary Edition"

May 17, 2018 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Love Forever Changes 50th

Forever Changes, the third album from the Los Angeles band Love, arrived on Elektra Records in November 1967 - the same month as The Moody Blues' Days of Future Passed, Cream's Disraeli Gears, The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour, Jefferson Airplane's After Bathing at Baxter's, The Hollies' Butterfly, and The Monkees' Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones.  Psychedelia was in the air, not to mention creativity and experimentation in music at an all-time high that is still largely unrivaled. 

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Love

100% Fun: Intervention Records Launches Matthew Sweet Series On Vinyl and SACD

May 17, 2018 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Intervention Matthew Sweet Series

Intervention Records has announced a new Artist-Approved series on both LP and hybrid SACD from singer-songwriter Matthew Sweet covering his albums originally released on the Zoo Entertainment label between 1991 and 1995.  Throughout 2018, the label will issue generous expanded editions of his power-pop trilogy of Girlfriend, Altered Beast, and 100% Fun.  Additionally, Intervention will reissue the Son of Altered Beast seven-song EP for its vinyl debut! Each of the three double-vinyl editions

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Categories: News Formats: CD, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Matthew Sweet

Waiting For the Gift of Sound: Parlophone to Release Three David Bowie Reissues including CD Debut of Rare 1978 Concert and Two Vinyl Exclusives

May 16, 2018 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

David Bowie Welcome to the Blackout

  Parlophone is continuing its series of David Bowie reissues.  The label has just announced a trio of projects due June 29: the CD and digital debut of Welcome To The Blackout (Live London '78), previously only available on vinyl for this year's Record Store Day, and a pair of vinyl exclusives for brick-and-mortar record shops.  All three titles come from the period covered in last year's Bowie box A New Career in a New Town: 1977-1982, which saw Bowie release two acclaimed albums,

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

Now More Than Ever: Rhino Releases "Chicago II: Live on Soundstage" and "Collector's Edition" Box Set

May 15, 2018 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Chicago II Steven Wilson Remix

For the first time in a career that's spanned six decades, Chicago is on the road playing a full album from start to finish.  The album is Chicago II, the 1970 classic that may be the most beloved in the band's impressive catalogue.  This summer, Rhino will be marking the occasion with a pair of multi-format releases.  Chicago II: Live on Soundstage captures the band's November 2017 performances at the Grainger Studio in Chicago's hometown.  It will be available on June 29 as a single CD and a

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Chicago

Respectable: The Rolling Stones Continue Vault Series with "No Security: San Jose 1999"

May 14, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Rolling Stones No Security 1999

The Rolling Stones are continuing their long-running, multi-format From the Vault series with a new title to be released by Eagle Rock Entertainment on July 13.  From the Vault: No Security - San Jose 1999 preserves a concert from the No Security tour, which extended from the band's Bridges to Babylon outing.  This title will be released on DVD, 2CD/SD (Standard Definition) Blu-ray, 2CD/DVD, 3 LP, and digital audio and video platforms.  Whew!  (The 1998 concert album entitled No Security

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: The Rolling Stones

Sound Chaser: Steven Wilson's Yes Mixes Debut on Vinyl

May 14, 2018 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Yes Steven Wilson Remixes

As part of Yes' 50th anniversary celebration, Rhino is readying a new five-album box bringing Steven Wilson's recent, acclaimed remixes of the band's storied catalogue to vinyl.  Due on June 29, Yes: The Steven Wilson Remixes features Wilson's remixed versions of: The Yes Album (1971), Fragile (1971), Close To The Edge (1972), the double album Tales From Topographic Oceans (1973), and Relayer (1974). Each remixed album is a vinyl debut, having previously appeared only in deluxe CD/Blu-ray or

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Steven Wilson, Yes

Release Round-Up: Week of May 11

May 11, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Glenn Frey Very Best Of

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Glenn Frey, Above the Clouds: The Collection (UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The 3-CD/1-DVD Above the Clouds: The Collection celebrates the musical legacy of Eagles' Glenn Frey, presenting key tracks from Frey as a solo artist on 2 CDs as well as the long-awaited, official CD premiere of Longbranch/Pennywhistle as newly remixed by J.D. Souther and Elliot Scheiner, and a live concert DVD, Strange Weather/Live in Dublin,

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock Tags: Andy Williams, Buck Owens, Eagles, Glenn Frey, Jerry Garcia, Leonard Bernstein, Ry Cooder

Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story [Original Soundtrack]

May 10, 2018 By

Beside Bowie Soundtrack

The soundtrack album to the documentary Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story is a retrospective of the guitarist's career and influence, including key Bowie tracks ("Moonage Daydream," "Cracked Actor, Time") as well as recordings by Elton John ("Madman Across the Water"), Ian Hunter ("Once Bitten, Twice Shy"), Michael Chapman ("Soulful Lady"), Def Leppard's Joe Elliott (the previously unreleased "This Is For You"), and Ronson himself plus a previously unissued tribute from fellow Bowie

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock

The Beach Boys with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

May 10, 2018 By

Beach Boys with Royal Philharmonic

The Beach Boys with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, to be available in CD, 2-LP, and digital formats, melds The Beach Boys' original vocal (and some instrumental) tracks with newly-written and -recorded symphonic orchestrations recorded in March at Studio 2 of Abbey Road Studios.  The regular 2-LP vinyl version will be released on August 17, with a limited-edition opaque orange version also being made available through the uDiscoverMusic store.  Its 17 tracks include "Good Vibrations," "Fun,

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

The Warmth Of The Sun: Capitol Announces "The Beach Boys with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra"

May 10, 2018 By Joe Marchese 15 Comments

Beach Boys with Royal Philharmonic

Following in the footsteps of such artists as Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin and Roy Orbison, The Beach Boys have teamed with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for a new album due on June 8 from Capitol/UMe.  The Beach Boys with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, to be available in CD, 2-LP, and digital formats, melds The Beach Boys' original vocal (and some instrumental) tracks with newly-written and -recorded symphonic orchestrations recorded in March at Studio 2 of Abbey Road Studios.  The

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: The Beach Boys

Living Proof: New Springsteen Vinyl Box Details Life After E Street (UPDATED With CD Details 5/8)

May 8, 2018 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

Springsteen Album Collection Vol 2

UPDATE (5/8/18): CDJapan is now taking orders for a CD version of the box. Fans have certainly been vocal in their desire for such a release, but we cannot yet confirm that the box will be released in any other market. ORIGINAL POST (3/29/18): Bruce Springsteen is riding high.  Following a remarkable tour in which he performed some of the longest concerts of his career (4+ intermission-less hours!), The Boss released a rapturously received autobiography, appropriately entitled Born to Run. 

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Bruce Springsteen

Welcome (Back) to the Jungle: Guns N' Roses Announce Major 'Appetite For Destruction' Reissue

May 4, 2018 By Randy Fairman 6 Comments

Guns N Roses Super Deluxe Edition

Last night at precisely the stroke of midnight, Guns N' Roses made an announcement sure to whet fans' Appetite.  The belated 30th anniversary celebration of 1987's Appetite for Destruction will arrive in a variety of formats from UMe on June 29 ranging from a $999.00 (!) Locked N' Loaded Edition to a straight single-disc remastered CD. The classic line-up of Guns N' Roses solidified in June, 1985 in Los Angeles.  The group consisted of Axl Rose (vocals), Slash (lead guitar), Duff McKagan

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Guns N' Roses

Release Round-Up: Week of May 4

May 4, 2018 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Star Wars A New Hope OST

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Frank Sinatra, Standing Room Only (Capitol/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) This new 3-CD, book-style box set from Capitol/UMe features three spectacular live concerts from three decades of Frank Sinatra's storied career, including the January 28. 1966 second show with The Count Basie Orchestra and conductor Quincy Jones at The Sands in Las Vegas, making its CD debut; and two previously unreleased shows: October 7, 1974 at

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Country, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Barry McGuire, Frank Sinatra, Hoyt Axton, Jan Berry, Liz Phair, Rita Coolidge, Roy Buchanan, The Human League, The Temptations, Tom Verlaine

Feed Your Dreams: Rhino To Release Graham Nash Anthology in June Featuring Hits, A Dozen Unreleased Demos

May 3, 2018 By Randy Fairman 3 Comments

Graham Nash Over the Years

In conjunction with a U.K. and European tour Graham Nash is launching in July (and the 50th  anniversary of the formation of Crosby, Stills and Nash), Rhino has just announced a new anthology for the legendary artist in a variety of formats.  On June 29, the 2-CD, 30 track Over The Years... will be available, as well as a downloadable and streaming version.  Following two months later on August 31 will be a 15-track double-LP version of the compilation.  The anthology has been put together by

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Crosby Stills and Nash, David Crosby, Graham Nash

What's That Sound? The Complete Albums Collection

May 3, 2018 By

Buffalo Springfield Complete Albums Collection

Rhino brings together Buffalo Springfield's three studio albums (Buffalo Springfield, Buffalo Springfield Again, and Last Time Around) on a new 5-CD or 5-LP box set featuring the mono and stereo mixes of the first two albums.  Everything has been newly remastered under the supervision of Neil Young and his Archives team.

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For What It's Worth: Rhino Announces Buffalo Springfield's Remastered "Complete Albums Collection"

May 2, 2018 By Joe Marchese 13 Comments

Buffalo Springfield Complete Albums Collection

Stop, children, what's that sound?  On June 29, Rhino will revisit the catalogue of Buffalo Springfield in a new 5-CD or 5-LP box set.  What's That Sound? The Complete Albums Collection includes the band's three albums as originally issued between 1966 and 1968 - Buffalo Springfield, Buffalo Springfield Again, and Last Time Around - as newly remastered from the original analog tapes under the supervision of Neil Young.  This set is being released in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Buffalo Springfield, Neil Young, Richie Furay, Stephen Stills

Omnivore Round-Up: Label Preps Rarities from Vince Guaraldi, Gene Clark, Rose Garden, More

May 1, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Gene Clark Sings for You

Omnivore Recordings has been living up to its name with a little bit of everything - and the next few months promise to continue in that tradition with high-profile titles from artists including Vince Guaraldi, Gene Clark, The Rose Garden, Dennis Coffey, and Malo! Good grief!  Jazz great Vince Guaraldi is best known for his immortal scores for Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts animated television specials and first feature film, but the multi-faceted pianist and composer was a man of many talents. 

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Dennis Coffey, Gene Clark, Malo, The Rose Garden, Vince Guaraldi

Not Fading Away: Real Gone Reissuing Allman-Related Cowboy, Live Grateful Dead, and "Predator" in June

April 30, 2018 By Randy Fairman 1 Comment

Cowboy Cowboy

We've told you about some of Real Gone's June releases earlier and now we've got the news of more items on the slate for that month including CD reissues from Cowboy, the Grateful Dead and a vinyl reissue of the Predator soundtrack, all due June 1. Back in 2014, Real Gone reissued the first two albums by the band Cowboy: 1970's Reach For The Sky and 1971's 5'll Getcha Ten.  Now, they are completing the group's Capricorn output by releasing their final two album for the label: 1974's Boyer

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