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Release Round-Up: Week of October 13

October 13, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

The Who Tommy Live at Royal Albert Hall

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Who, Tommy: Live at the Royal Albert Hall (Eagle Rock) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.  In spring 2017, in support of the Teenage Cancer Trust, The Who played the classic Tommy in full, plus an encore set of seven greatest hits at London's historic Royal Albert Hall.  This release includes every song from

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Holiday, Pop, Reggae, Rock Tags: Bob Marley and the Wailers, Chicago, Dolly Parton, Montrose, Paul McCartney, Reba McEntire, Robert Plant, Squeeze, The Who, Woody Guthrie

Wilco Uncover Sunken Treasures On Reissues of Their First Two Albums

October 12, 2017 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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Wilco is digging deep for new expanded reissues of their first two albums, due this December from Rhino Records. The Chicago alternative outfit was born in 1994 from the ashes of influential alt-country outfit Uncle Tupelo, following the dissolution of Jeff Tweedy and Jay Farrar's creative partnership. Farrar went on to form Son Volt, while Wilco began with Tweedy and the rest of the band--bassist Jon Stirratt, multi-instrumentalist Max Johnson and drummer Ken Coomer--plus new lead guitarist

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Uncle Tupelo, Wilco

Kick 30

October 12, 2017 By

Kick 30

INXS' oft-reissued Kick gets a definitive edition for its 30th anniversary, with 3 CDs rounding up everything from the last box set plus additional, coveted remixes, and a Blu-ray premiering Giles Martin's new Dolby Atmos mix - plus all seven original music videos and a new promo video!  A vinyl edition features the original album on two half-speed mastered LPs!

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Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop

Days of Future Passed: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

October 12, 2017 By

Moody Blues Days of Future Passed

The Moody Blues' sophomore album and all-time classic gets a 50th Anniversary upgrade on 2 CDs & 1 DVD with the CD premiere of the original 1967 stereo mix, plus the familiar 1978 remix and a host of (previously released) bonus tracks, as well as high-resolution stereo and 5.1 surround mixes on DVD.

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Formats: CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Wondrous World: Rhino Releases 'Harry Potter' Vinyl Box Set

October 11, 2017 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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Rhino Records is inviting vinyl fans on a musical trip to Hogwarts, with a box set of soundtracks from the Harry Potter film series. J.K. Rowling's series of children's novels about an orphaned boy who discovers his magical powers--and, naturally, recruits his fellow magical friends to an all-out battle of good versus evil--has become a major cultural force since the release of debut book Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone in 1997. The original seven books, released over the following

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks Tags: John Williams, Pulp, Radiohead

Nights in White Satin: The Moody Blues' "Days of Future Passed" Turns 50 with First Reissue of Original Stereo Mix

October 10, 2017 By Joe Marchese 8 Comments

Moody Blues Days of Future Passed

The 50th anniversary of The Moody Blues' 1967 classic Days of Future Passed will be marked next month, on November 17, by UMe as a new deluxe edition featuring the CD debut of the original 1967 stereo mix and more. The band's second album, Days of Future Passed paved the way for the birth of progressive rock with its overt classically-inspired elements - including its closing song, "Nights in White Satin," which went on to become a rock-era standard.  The London Festival Orchestra conducted

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Categories: News Formats: CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: The Moody Blues

Review: Alex Chilton, "A Man Called Destruction" and Chris Bell, "I Am The Cosmos"

October 9, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Chris Bell I Am the Cosmos

Omnivore Recordings has kept the flame for Big Star burning brightly in recent years as the label continues to plumb the depths of the cult band's story from various angles.  Two recent releases shed light on the solo works of Big Star's late musical heroes Alex Chilton and Chris Bell: an expanded reissue of Chilton's 1995 solo album A Man Called Destruction; and an updated, expanded version of Bell's I Am the Cosmos. The second album since Chilton's 1993 solo "comeback" Clichés, A Man Called

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Alex Chilton, Big Star, Chris Bell

On Air

October 7, 2017 By

Rolling Stones On Air

1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada (TBD) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Rolling Stones' On Air marks the first wide release of any of the band's live BBC sessions, recorded during the beginning of their storied career.  An audio companion to the recently published book of the same name, On Air features a bevy of tracks recorded between 1963, when the group appeared on Saturday Club just months after the release

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock

Unleash the Love

October 7, 2017 By

Unleash the Love

Mike Love is ready to Unleash The Love.  The Beach Boys frontman's new album features 13 original tracks produced by Michael Lloyd and featuring guest appearances by saxophonist Dave Koz and actor, drummer and Beach Boys devotee John Stamos.  In addition to the original tracks (including "Pisces Brothers," "Daybreak Over the Ocean," and the title song), the second disc contains a dozen remakes of Beach Boys classics performed by Love and the current Beach Boys touring band.  Available on CD and

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock

'On Air' Shares Early Rolling Stones Radio Performances

October 6, 2017 By Mike Duquette 8 Comments

Rolling Stones On Air

While the 50th anniversary edition of The Rolling Stones' Their Satanic Majesties Request is short on archival material, a newly announced title looks to add some variety to Stones fans' Christmas lists. This time, it's the first wide release of any of the band's live BBC sessions, recorded during the beginning of the band's storied career. On Air, an audio companion to the recently published book of the same name, features a bevy of tracks recorded between 1963, when the group appeared on

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: The Rolling Stones

Mike Love, Not War: Beach Boy Preps New Solo Album

October 6, 2017 By Mike Duquette 6 Comments

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Mike Love is a lot of things--a charter member of The Beach Boys who owns the band name and continues to tour with it alongside longtime touring member Bruce Johnston (currently in support of Wild Honey and 1967 - Sunshine Tomorrow), a devoted meditator, perhaps the most memorable speaker at a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction--but right now, he's a guy with a solo double album coming out. Unleash The Love, due out November 17 on BMG, features 13 new tracks produced by Michael Lloyd and

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Mike Love, The Beach Boys

Release Round-Up: Week of October 6

October 6, 2017 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Carol Burnett Sings

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Carol Burnett, Carol Burnett Sings: Expanded Edition (Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Real Gone celebrates the 50th anniversary of The Carol Burnett Show with the comedy legend's third solo album and first for RCA Victor.  A tie-in to the groundbreaking variety show, Carol Burnett Sings features four songs performed on early episodes: "Georgy Girl," "Enter Laughing," "I Believed It All" and "There's No Business Like Show

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Carol Burnett, Charles Bernstein, Elvis Presley, Eric Clapton, Frank Sinatra, Jerry Yester, John Lee Hooker, John Zacherle, P.P. Arnold, Sepultura, Spandau Ballet, The Bee Gees, The Replacements, Whitesnake

Back to the Swamp: John Fogerty Plans Solo Reissue Campaign

October 5, 2017 By Mike Duquette 9 Comments

Blue Moon Swamp

John Fogerty is planning to revisit his catalogue as part of a new record deal--and the first of his albums to be reissued is coming in November. The former Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman has signed with BMG for not only the distribution of much of his solo catalogue, but a new album due next year. The agreement will cover five albums: 1985's chart-topping Centerfield, the next year's follow-up Eye of the Zombie, 1997's Blue Moon Swamp, the live Premonition (1998) and Deja Vu (All Over

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: John Fogerty

Intervention Reissues Murray Head's Ambitious Rock Concept Album "Nigel Lived"

October 4, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Murray Head Nigel Lived

Few artists have bridged the worlds of rock and theatre as successfully as Murray Head.  Singing the music of others, actor-singer Head scored two major hits on both sides of the Atlantic with 1973's "Superstar" from Jesus Christ Superstar and 1984's "One Night in Bangkok" from Chess.  Far lesser known, however, is his discography as a singer-songwriter.  Head imbued his own compositions with the same vibrant life as those famous songs by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice, Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Murray Head

Review: Brian Wilson, "Playback: The Brian Wilson Anthology"

October 3, 2017 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Brian Wilson Playback

There have been many great second acts in rock, but perhaps none so momentous as Brian Wilson's.  The Beach Boys' leader's triumphant return to health and happiness after a lifetime of tragedy was captivatingly portrayed in the recent biopic Love and Mercy, but the real legacy of the reinvigorated Brian Wilson remains with his music.  With Wilson near the conclusion of his acclaimed, sold-out Pet Sounds: The Final Performances world tour, the time has never been better to revisit his solo

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys

Review: The Doors, "The Singles"

October 3, 2017 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

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The Doors have had no shortage of collections in the CD era, whether the 10x-platinum The Best of The Doors, Legacy: The Absolute Best, The Very Best of The Doors, or The Future Starts Here: The Essential Doors Hits - just to name a few.  Happily, the latest such release from Messrs. Morrison, Manzarek, Krieger, and Densmore distinguishes itself with a true raison d'etre.  Rhino's simply-titled The Singles lives up to its name with 44 A-and B-sides on two CDs, originally released between 1967

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: The Doors

You Can Get It If You Really Want (Limited Black and Blue "Marble" Vinyl Edition)

October 2, 2017 By

Desmond Dekker You Can Get It Vinyl

Real Gone has a 1,000-unit limited edition vinyl release of You Can Get It If You Really Want from reggae legend Desmond Dekker.  Originally released in 1970, it  was Dekker's first original album on the Trojan label. (His first album, 1969's This Is Desmond Dekker, was a compilation of earlier material.)  The title song, a cover of the Jimmy Cliff tune, would go to No. 2 on the British charts.  Both artists also shared a producer in Leslie Kong.  The album produced another hit with "Pickney

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Reggae

Contagion: Original Soundtrack Album (Limited Red and Yellow "Biohazard" Vinyl Edition)

October 2, 2017 By

Contagion OST

Real Gone brings Cliff Martinez's score to the 2011 thriller to vinyl.  The score was originally released on CD-R back in 2011 and has never appeared on vinyl before.  Real Gone's edition is limited to 1,200 copies and comes in Gold and Red "Biohazard" vinyl.

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks

Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track - Deluxe Edition

October 1, 2017 By

Saturday Night Fever OST

2-CD/2-LP/1-BD Box Set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-CD Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Saturday Night Fever is 40 years old, and Capitol and UMe are marking the occasion with a new box set.  In this 2-CD/2-LP/1-BD presentation, you'll find the original remastered album on CD and double LP as well as the film on Blu-ray (presented here in a recently restored 40th anniversary cut overseen by director John Badham and packed with extras from previous DVD

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Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks

Strange Days: 50th Anniversary Edition

September 30, 2017 By

The Doors Strange Days

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD Mono LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD Strange Days: 50th Anniversary Edition will be released in two configurations: a 2-CD set with the original mono and stereo versions of the 1967 album, each on its own CD; and a 1-LP vinyl reissue of the original mono album only.  Digital streaming and download versions will also be released.

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

Diamonds [Various Formats]

September 30, 2017 By

Elton Diamonds

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Elton John looks back on his extraordinary career with a new retrospective, available in 1-CD 2-CD, 3-CD, and 2-LP formats.  Whew!

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

Your Songs: Elton John Plans New "Diamonds" Collection

September 29, 2017 By Mike Duquette 9 Comments

Elton Diamonds

Five decades ago, an aspiring singer/songwriter named Reginald Dwight, frontman for a band named Bluesology, answered an ad in the New Musical Express placed by an A&R man for Liberty Records. At the ensuing meeting, Dwight was given a stack of lyrics written by someone who'd answered the same ad: an up and coming lyricist named Bernie Taupin. Dwight wrote a melody to Taupin's lyrics, placed the ensuing song in the post--and thus started a partnership that continues to this day, with scores

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Elton John

Release Round-Up: Week of September 29

September 29, 2017 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

David Bowie A New Career Cover Only

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! David Bowie, A New Career in a New Town (1977-1982) (Parlophone) 11CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 13LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. The third release in Parlophone's series of chronological box sets dedicated to the music of David Bowie, A New Career in a New Town (1977-1982) closes the book on the legendary artist's RCA career.  It follows 2015's Five Years (1969-1973) and 2016's Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976),

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Anne Murray, Art Pepper, Belinda Carlisle, David Bowie, David Crosby, David Gilmour, Debbie Gibson, Ella Fitzgerald, Harry Nilsson, Herb Alpert, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Mathis, Michael Jackson, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Pink Floyd, Stone Temple Pilots, The Association, The Golliwogs, The Rolling Stones, Tommy Steele

Viva Cavalera: Two Sepultura Albums Expanded By Rhino This Fall

September 28, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Sepultura Chaos AD

Rhino is heading back to the '90s this fall with a pair of deluxe, expanded reissues from the Brazilian hard rock/metal band Sepultura.  Both 1993's Chaos A.D. and 1996's Roots will be available in remastered and expanded form on double CD and vinyl LP, with Chaos arriving on October 6 and Roots on November 3. Sepultura was founded in 1983 by brothers Max and Iggor Cavalera with Wagner Lamounier and Jairo Guedes.  Paulo Xisto Pinto Jr. joined just a few short months later.  Four years later,

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

They Don't Love You Like I Love You: Yeah Yeah Yeahs to Expand Debut Album

September 26, 2017 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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Wait: Fever to Tell, the breakthrough debut album by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, is being expanded to commemorate the band's first 15 years of recording. From the exciting New York City music scene at the dawn of the 21st century, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs--singer Karen O, guitarist/keyboardist Nick Zinner and drummer Brian Chase--were responsible for avant-garde dance punk that was visceral yet still beautiful and melodic. (London's The Times brilliantly described them as a mix of Blondie and Siouxsie

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Yeah Yeah Yeahs

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