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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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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Alan Silvestri, Cowboy, Grateful Dead

Anthem of the Sun: 50th Anniversary Edition

April 30, 2018 By

Grateful Dead Anthem of the Sun

2CD Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD Picture Disc (1971 Mix Only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD Anthem of the Sun: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition includes two versions of Grateful Dead's original album, both of which have been newly remastered: first, the original 1968 mix, and second, the 1971 remix. Both mixes of the albums were remastered by Grammy-winning engineer David Glasser from the original analog master tapes. The second disc

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

The Studio Albums Vinyl Collection 1971-2016

April 30, 2018 By

Rolling Stones Studio Albums Box

This massive, limited edition vinyl box set collects the legendary band's 15 studio albums from Sticky Fingers (1971) to Blue and Lonesome (2016) on 20 meticulously-recreated LPs with original art elements, inserts, and more.  Each album, pressed on 180-gram vinyl, has been remastered and cut at half-speed at Abbey Road Studios from vinyl-specific tape transfers.  In addition, each album will include a download card for HD digital files.  The box itself boasts a numbered certificate.

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

Review: Chicago, "VI Decades Live: This Is What We Do"

April 27, 2018 By Joe Marchese 9 Comments

Chicago VI Decades Live

This year, Chicago announced a first in their touring history.  The band would play their second album, Chicago (or Chicago II), in full, at each concert to mark the group's ongoing 50th anniversary festivities.  The celebration has continued via archival releases as well, and following last year's stellar Quadio, Rhino Records has just issued VI Decades Live: This is What We Do, the first-ever box set of live recordings from the band's storied history on four CDs and one DVD. Perhaps

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Chicago

Release Round-Up: Week of April 27

April 27, 2018 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Neil Young Roxy Live

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Neil Young, Roxy: Tonight's the Night Live (Reprise) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) As everybody knows, Neil Young beats to his own drummer...so this release actually arrived this past Tuesday!  Roxy: Tonight's the Night Live captures Young's September 1973 performance opening Lou Adler's Roxy club, with The Santa Monica Flyers (Nils Lofgren, Ben Keith, and the Crazy Horse rhythm section) supporting him.  Nine of the songs which

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Chris Squire, Neil Young, Robbie Dupree, Steve Wynn, Tom Rush, Van Morrison, Willie Nelson, Wishbone Ash

A Bigger Bang: The Rolling Stones Collect Fifteen Studio Albums On New Box Set

April 26, 2018 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Rolling Stones Studio Albums Box

Start them up!  On June 15, The Rolling Stones will release a massive, limited edition vinyl box set collecting the legendary band's 15 studio albums from Sticky Fingers (1971) to Blue and Lonesome (2016) on 20 meticulously-recreated LPs.  The box coincides with the Stones' No Filter tour, kicking off this May in Dublin, Ireland. The release from Universal Music will take the form of a "highly bespoke, lenticular mounted" limited edition box.  Each album, pressed on 180-gram vinyl, has been

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Rock Tags: The Rolling Stones

Review: Lou Johnson, "Sweet Southern Soul"

April 24, 2018 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Lou Johnson Sweet Southern Soul

Brooklyn-born vocalist Lou Johnson was one of the most distinctive voices in 1960s soul.  Hailing from a musically-inclined family, Johnson honed his vocal instrument in gospel choirs, in college, and with the group The Canjoes before signing to the Big Apple's Big Top label in 1962.  At Big Top, his voice made Burt Bacharach and Hal David take notice, and the on-the-rise songwriting and production team was soon presenting him with top-drawer material like "If I Never Get to Love You," "Reach

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Lou Johnson

Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks): Grateful Dead's "Anthem" Gets 50th Anniversary Expanded Edition

April 24, 2018 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Grateful Dead Anthem of the Sun

January 2017 kicked off a massive reissue campaign for Grateful Dead which would see each one of the band's seminal albums reissued 50 years after its original release date in a 2-CD edition with the remastered original album on Disc One, and a bonus disc of previously unreleased live recordings.  On July 13 (a few days before the official July 18 anniversary), the second installment in the series arrives to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Anthem of the Sun.  In addition to the 2-CD version,

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Grateful Dead

Pink Flag Flies Again: Wire to Expand First Three Albums

April 23, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Wire Pink Flag

English band Wire, influential in both the punk and post-punk scenes, has announced the reissue of their first three, often experimental albums: 1977's Pink Flag, 1978's Chairs Missing, and 1979's 154.  These reissues, due on May 18 from the band's own Pinkflag label, are 2- or 3-CD sets housed within 80-page hardcover books about the size of a 7-inch single (though much thicker!). Bruce Gilbert, Robert Gotobed (real name: Robert Grey), Graham Lewis, and Colin Newman debuted Wire with Pink

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Wire

The Second Disc's 2018 Record Store Day Must-Haves

April 20, 2018 By The Second Disc 9 Comments

Lulu Heaven and Earth and the Stars 1

Welcome to our annual rundown of Must-Haves for this year's Record Store Day event!  Once you're through reading, let us know what you're most looking forward to picking up tomorrow at your favorite local independent retailer!  Our list features just a sampling of our favorites from our friends at Legacy Recordings, Varese Sarabande, Rhino Records, Real Gone Music, Demon Music Group, Walt Disney Records, Omnivore Recordings, and more! Joe's kicking things off with five essential picks (in

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Belinda Carlisle, Bob Dylan, Bobbie Gentry, Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Elton John, Elvis Costello, Eric Clapton, Harry Nilsson, John Lennon, John Williams, Johnny Cash, Johnny Mathis, Led Zeppelin, Lulu, Madonna, Record Store Day, T Rex, Tangerine Dream, The Beau Brummels, The Police, The Rascals

RECORD STORE DAY PREVIEW! RT Industries Launches with Jesus Jones, Sugar Ray, The Vapors

April 20, 2018 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

The Vapors RSD

A new label is kicking off tomorrow with a slate for Record Store Day.  RT Industries, the brainchild of Razor & Tie founders Craig Balsam and Cliff Chenfeld, is launching with seven diverse catalogues acquired from Warner Music Group's divestment program: Black Oak Arkansas, Sheena Easton, Fat Joe, Jesus Jones, Sugar Ray, Trapt, and The Vapors.  WMG was required to divest numerous assets to independent labels as a result of its acquisition of Parlophone Label Group.  As a result, RT

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Jesus Jones, Record Store Day, Sugar Ray, The Vapors

Release Round-Up: Week of April 20

April 20, 2018 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Who Live at Fillmore East 1968

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Who, Live at the Fillmore East 1968 (UMe) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Who's April 6, 1968 concert from New York's Fillmore East gets its first-ever official release just in time for its 50th anniversary.  For the occasion, it's been restored and fully remixed from the original four-track tapes by longtime Who engineer Bob Pridden, who was responsible for the mix heard

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Barry White, Cheech and Chong, Donna Summer, Gladiators, Neil Young, Pat Suzuki, Pete Townshend, Shaggy, Sting, The Feelies, The Flaming Lips, The Who, Todd Rundgren, Utopia, Yung Wu

RECORD STORE DAY PREVIEW! Jazz Dispensary Celebrates 420 on Friday, Releases "Soul Diesel 2" on Saturday

April 19, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Soul Diesel Volume 2

This Friday - April 20, or 4/20 - is a date that's not going unnoticed by the folks at the Jazz Dispensary label.  And the festivities are continuing right through Record Store Day.  On Friday, Jazz Dispensary teams with SPARC's four cannabis dispensaries for a new 7-inch vinyl single, which will be followed on Saturday's Record Store Day by the release of the 12-inch LP Soul Diesel II. The annual cannabis celebration 420 falls this Friday, hence the release that day of Private Stock Series #

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Jazz Tags: Cal Tjader, Gene Ammons, Idris Muhammad, Merl Saunders, Various Artists

RECORD STORE DAY PREVIEW! Minky Records Uncovers Early '70s Latino Soul from God's Children; Wrecking Crew Featured

April 19, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Gods Children Music is the Answer

"All God's children got rhythm," went a popular standard performed by Judy Garland, Stan Getz, and many others.  In the case of the East L.A. group called God's Children, that lyric certainly was true.  Music is the Answer: The Complete Collection is the name of their first-ever long-playing release, available tomorrow from Minky Records on CD and this Saturday on limited edition brown vinyl for Record Store Day.  This holy grail of Latino soul and Chicano rock presents their released sides plus

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: God's Children, Leon Russell

Let 'Em In: Four McCartney Classics Return to CD and Vinyl in May

April 18, 2018 By Joe Marchese 13 Comments

Wings Greatest

While anticipation is high for the next box set release in the Paul McCartney Archive Collection, the superstar artist is taking advantage of his new affiliation with Capitol/UMe to restore another four catalogue titles to print in new editions.  May 18 will see the reissue on single CD and black and colored vinyl of 2013's NEW (Macca's last solo album to date), 2005's Chaos and Creation in the Backyard, 1978's Wings Greatest compilation, and 1977's RAM-inspired Thrillington.  All of the vinyl

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Paul McCartney, Wings

Safe in the Arms of Time

April 17, 2018 By

Rita Coolidge Safe in the Arms of Time

Rita Coolidge returns with her 18th studio album and first since the publication of her memoir Delta Lady.  The record is intended as a return to the artist's musical roots, and features guitarist Dave Grissom, bassist Bob Glaub, keyboardist John "J.T." Thomas, and drummer Brian MacLeod.  Ross Hogarth produced at Sunset Sound.  The album includes a duet with Keb' Mo', and songs by Rita, Graham Nash, and Chris Stapleton, among others.  Available on CD, LP, and digital platforms.

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

Let It Rain: Universal Celebrates Eric Clapton, Mick Ronson with Soundtracks Featuring Beatles, Bowie, More

April 16, 2018 By Joe Marchese 8 Comments

Eric Clapton LIfe in 12 Bars

2018 is already shaping up to be a great year for music documentaries; one such movie, Elvis Presley: The Searcher, recently debuted on HBO to rapturous notices.  Soundtracks to two more probing films are on the way from Universal  On June 8, the label will deliver both Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars and Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story. No single compilation can successfully capture the entirety of Eric Clapton's remarkable career, though many from various labels have tried.  Life in 12

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Blind Faith, Cream, David Bowie, Derek and the Dominos, Eric Clapton, John Mayall, Mick Ronson, Queen

The Ballad of Sally Rose: Deluxe Edition

April 13, 2018 By

Emmylou Harris Ballad of Sally Rose

Rhino reissues Emmylou Harris' 1985 The Ballad of Sally Rose, a concept album inspired by Harris' short but blazing time spent with the late Gram Parsons.  This deluxe edition featuring 10 previously unreleased demo recordings on the second disc, will also be available as a digital download, on streaming services, and as a 2-LP vinyl set.  

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Country

Complete Albums Volume 1

April 13, 2018 By

Steve Miller Band Complete Albums 1

Complete Albums Volume 1 (1968-1976), from Capitol/UMe, presents the Steve Miller Band's seminal first nine albums remastered on 180-gram vinyl, including the long out-of-print LPs Rock Love and Recall the Beginning...Journey to Eden.  Each album will also be made available individually to general retail, while Universal Music's webstore UDiscoverMusic.com will offer colored vinyl editions.

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Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Garbage Version 2.0: 20th Anniversary Edition

April 13, 2018 By

Garbage 2.0

2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada TBD 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada TBD 3-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. TBD / Amazon Canada TBD Garbage is revisiting its 1998 sophomore album in a variety of formats.  The darkly-tinged album from Shirley Manson, Duke Erikson, Steve Marker, and Butch Vig earned two Grammy nominations, and its third single, "Special," garnered another pair of Grammy nods.  Lead single "Push" (featuring a musical quote from The Beach Boys'

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Rock

Supersonic Years: The Seventies Singles Box Set

April 13, 2018 By

Black Sabbath Supersonic Years

Rhino boxes up some of Black Sabbath's key singles from the band's '70s peak, all pressed on 7-inch vinyl.  The set includes versions of the five singles that Warner Bros. issued for the group in the U.S. during the decade as well as five more 45s originally issued in various other countries. (Please note that this set does not contain all of the singles issued by the group worldwide during the decade).  All ten singles in the box are housed in color picture sleeves from around the world, either

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

In The Great Magnetic Field: Rhino To Release A Box of Black Sabbath's 1970s Singles

April 13, 2018 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Black Sabbath Supersonic Years

A little over a year ago, Black Sabbath announced that they had disbanded.  But that doesn't mean that there isn't more to look back at in the legendary career of the pioneering metal band.  Rhino has just announced Supersonic Years: The Seventies Singles Box Set, a limited-edition collection of ten 7-inch vinyl singles, due June 8. Despite the massive success of their albums, Black Sabbath never had that much success in the singles market, aside from their breakout "Paranoid" from 1970,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Black Sabbath

Release Round-Up: Week of April 13

April 13, 2018 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

David Bowie Changestwobowie

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! David Bowie, Changestwobowie (Parlophone) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada  LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada  David Bowie's 1981 compilation spanning the period between Hunky Dory and Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) returns to print for the first time in three decades in a newly remastered edition.  Its ten tracks include "Starman," "Oh! You Pretty Things," single versions of "Fashion," "Ashes to Ashes," and

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Cassette, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Andy Gibb, David Bowie, John Prine, Juliana Hatfield, Louis Armstrong, Metallica, Nino Tempo, Olivia Newton-John, Tina Turner

Child of the Seventies: Run Out Groove Brings Bettye LaVette's "1972 Muscle Shoals Sessions" to Vinyl

April 10, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Bettye LaVette Cover Options

Following the recent reissue of Sweet Southern Soul by Lou Johnson (watch this space for a review soon!), Run Out Groove is staying in a soulful bag with the latest addition to its catalogue: Bettye LaVette's The 1972 Muscle Shoals Sessions!  This brand-new, 1-LP collection, voted on by the fans, will prove the first time any of these scorching soul tracks from a remarkable artist have ever been released on vinyl. The soul survivor has recorded for countless labels over the years, including

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Bettye LaVette

The Trick Is To Keep Breathing: Garbage To Expand 'Version 2.0'

April 9, 2018 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Garbage 2.0

Garbage has announced a reissue of their sophomore album, 1998's Version 2.0.  This follows the 2015 reissue of the band's debut and is, like that release, multi-tiered with releases on CD and vinyl.  It's due on June 22. Originally released on Herb Alpert's Almo Sounds in North America and on Mushroom Records elsewhere, Version 2.0 made it to No. 13 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and has since gone on to earn platinum status.  The darkly-tinged album from Shirley Manson, Duke Erikson, Steve

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Garbage

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