What is The Gouster? Parlophone Records has the answer with the upcoming release of the second in the series of David Bowie's complete albums box sets, Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976). The label promises a full announcement next week of the set which will follow last year's Five Years (1969-1973), but in the meantime, a special addition to the box has been confirmed: the unreleased album The Gouster, an embryonic version of 1975's "plastic soul" classic Young Americans which found Bowie
Release Round-Up: Week of July 22
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Dio, A Decade of Dio 1983-1993 (Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) A Decade of Dio 1983-1993 collects all six studio albums released by Warner Bros. and Reprise in the first decade of the band Dio's soaring career. Formed by Ronnie James Dio and drummer Vinny Appice after their split from Black Sabbath in 1982, the group first gained prominence with the title track of debut Holy Diver, a staple of MTV and a recurring metal cult
The Complete BBC Sessions
This new collection expands the original double-disc set, from 1997, which was culled from the band's appearances on BBC radio between 1969 and 1971. This updated version has been fully and newly remastered under the supervision by Jimmy Page, and expanded with eight unreleased BBC recordings, including three rescued from a previously "lost" session from 1969. Following in the footsteps of Led Zeppelin's acclaimed catalogue reissues, The Complete BBC Sessions will be available in multiple
Live at The Hollywood Bowl
Since the advent of the compact disc era, The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl has been the forgotten stepchild of the Fab Four's legendary catalogue. That's about to change with the first-ever commercial CD/DD release of the 1977 album on September 9 via Apple/UMe. The newly-retitled, remixed, remastered and expanded Live at the Hollywood Bowl will arrive one week in advance of the September 16 premiere of director Ron Howard's documentary film Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years which
Ticket to Ride: The Beatles' "Live at The Hollywood Bowl" Arrives In September
Since the advent of the compact disc era, The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl has been the forgotten stepchild of the Fab Four's legendary catalogue. That's about to change with the first-ever commercial CD/DD release of the 1977 album on September 9 via Apple/UMe. The newly-retitled, remixed, remastered and expanded Live at the Hollywood Bowl will arrive one week in advance of the September 16 premiere of director Ron Howard's documentary film Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years which
Sail Away: "The Randy Newman Songbook" Box Set, "Vol. 3" Coming Soon
Randy Newman is back...just when America needs him the most! While we're all waiting for the mordant troubadour's new studio album, due in 2017, Nonesuch Records has announced the September 23 release of the limited edition vinyl box set The Randy Newman Songbook. This collection will premiere the third volume of his Songbook series (also available in a standalone edition) which began back in 2003. For more than fifty years, Newman has been a foremost chronicler of the American experience,
That's The Way: Led Zeppelin's "Complete BBC Sessions" Coming In September
A whole lotta love is coming from Led Zeppelin this fall with the release from Atlantic/Swan Song of The Complete BBC Sessions on September 16. This new collection expands the original double-disc set, from 1997, which was culled from the band's appearances on BBC radio between 1969 and 1971. This updated version has been fully and newly remastered under the supervision by Jimmy Page, and expanded with eight unreleased BBC recordings, including three rescued from a previously "lost" session
They Say It's Wonderful: Real Gone September Slate Includes Robert Goulet, Porter Wagoner and The Meters
Even though summer has just begun, Real Gone Music is already looking toward the end of the season with its September releases. As per the label's norm, the artists represented span a wide range of styles and genres. We've already told you about the Second Disc Records/Real Gone release of The Isley Brothers' lost Groove With You...Live! album. Joe has also written the liner notes for another of Real Gone's September offerings: Robert Goulet's 2-CD The Definitive Collection. Joe put
Last Train To Clarksville: The Monkees Compile Hits and Favorites On "50" and "Forever"
"You Bring the Summer," goes one of the brightest tracks on The Monkees' new hit album Good Times! Well, the summer is bringing more of Micky, Davy, Peter and Mike with the dual August 26 releases of Monkees Forever and The Monkees 50. This announcement comes hot on the heels of the release of the lavish, definitive Blu-ray collection of The Monkees' television show! These two new collections are timed for the band's 50th anniversary (currently being celebrated on the road by a successful
Release Round-Up: Week of July 15
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Little Richard, Mono Box: The Complete Specialty and Vee-Jay Albums (Concord/Specialty) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) This new, 5-LP vinyl box set collects all of the studio albums that Little Richard recorded for both the Specialty and Vee-Jay labels between 1957 and 1965. The mono albums, each replicating the original label and jacket art, have been remastered from analog tapes. A 16-page booklet featuring new liner
One More Night: Phil Collins Preps "The Singles" Set
Phil Collins isn't ready to stop asking fans to "Take a Look At Me Now," with a new compilation to finish out his yearlong reissue campaign. The Singles, due in stores October 14, a week ahead of his autobiography, Not Dead Yet: The Memoir, collects Phil's various A-sides through nearly 30 years of recording. While nearly all the tracks, newly remastered by Nick Davis, have appeared in each batch of his expanded albums, The Singles collects a dozen tracks not included in those sets. There
The Bobby Darin Story
The late, great Bobby Darin (a favorite around these parts!) narrates his own story on this 1961 Atco LP featuring his greatest hits to that point including "Splish Splash," "Dream Lover," "Beyond the Sea," "Artificial Flowers" and more! Friday Music has a remastered 180-gram vinyl edition to mark the album's 55th anniversary, and has restored its original white cover! (Subsequent issues have featured the cover in black.)
Diana Ross (1976)
Miss Ross' self-titled 1976 classic - featuring such classics as "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)," "Love Hangover" and "I Thought It Took a Little Time" - returns to vinyl for its 40th anniversary in a new pressing from Motown. With productions from Michael Masser, Hal Davis, Berry Gordy and Don Costa, Gil Askey, and Ashford and Simpson, Diana Ross remains one of the great lady's most remarkable achievements on record. No additional tracks are featured on this LP
Faithful [Limited Edition Orange Vinyl]
Real Gone has first-ever vinyl issue of Dusty Springfield's Faithful album. In 1971, Springfield went into the studio with the legendary Jeff Barry for what was supposed to be her third Atlantic album. Alas, it was not meant to be at the time and the album was shelved. Last year, Real Gone collected up all of the songs from those sessions and compiled them on one CD. Now, you will be able to listen to this unreleased album on the format it would have been heard on in the early 1970s. This
Review: Everclear's First Two Capitol Releases on Audiophile LP from Intervention
Joining its sonically and visually beautiful releases from the likes of Stealers Wheel and Joe Jackson, Intervention Records has recently released deluxe 180-gram audiophile pressings of Everclear's first two proper Capitol albums: Sparkle and Fade (1995) and So Much for the Afterglow (1997). These are the two albums that first put the trio of Art Alexakis (guitar and vocals), Greg Eklund (drums) and Craig Montoya (bass guitar) on the map and made Everclear a major part of the alternative
Release Round-Up: Week of July 8
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! John Coltrane, The Atlantic Years in Mono (Atlantic/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Rhino's new box set, available on both CD and LP, includes original mono mixes of Trane's Giant Steps; Bags & Trane (with Milt Jackson); Ole Coltrane; Coltrane Plays The Blues and The Avant Garde (with Don Cherry) plus one disc of outtakes. All of these remastered albums are housed in replica jackets and a 32-page
Keep Me Singing
Van Morrison returns with his 36th studio album! Keep Me Singing features 13 tracks - 12 originals including the instrumental "Caledonia Swing" (with Van on saxophone!) plus a cover of the blues standard "Share Your Love With Me." For the track "Every Time I See A River," Morrison has collaborated with lyricist Don Black ("Born Free," "To Sir with Love").
Release Round-Up: Week of July 1
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! We've got the latest release from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music as well as plenty more that we know you won't want to miss! Eddy Arnold, Each Road I Take: The Lee Hazlewood and Chet Atkins Sessions 1970 (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Our newest release brings together two seminal, never-before-reissued albums by Eddy Arnold on one CD, both from 1970. Love and Guitars captured Arnold
The Columbia Years 1968-1969
This surprise release has already shaped up to be one of the year's hottest. The bulk of Betty Davis' never-before-released or bootlegged Columbia sessions were produced by Miles Davis and Teo Macero. Her accompanists remain the stuff of legend: drummer Mitch Mitchell of The Jimi Hendrix Experience (which would play its final gig nearly a month later), bassist Billy Cox (who'd replace Noel Redding in Hendrix's new band), and a host of musicians in Miles' orbit: guitarist John McLaughlin,
Born to Love You: Freddie Mercury's Solo Singles Collected on New Set
A new Freddie Mercury anthology will be released this fall, chronicling the late Queen singer's solo tracks on two CDs and 13 vinyl singles. Messenger of the Gods: The Singles features 25 tracks recorded by Mercury and released between 1973 and 1993--several of which were never released in America, or released widely on CD. Among the set's rarer treasures is Mercury's first "solo" single, credited to Larry Lurex in 1973. The single, featuring covers of Phil Spector's "I Can Hear Music"
Release Round-Up: Week of June 23
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Bangles, Ladies and Gentlemen...The Bangles! (Omnivore) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Ladies and Gentlemen...The Bangles!, first released digitally in 2014, features all of the band's pre-Columbia studio material, plus four unreleased demos, two live tracks and other odds and ends! It arrives in stores from Omnivore just before Susanna Hoffs, Vicki Peterson and Debbi Peterson hit the road again! Read more here! Laura
The Three Fates: BMG Prepares Emerson, Lake and Palmer Reissues, New Anthology
A new round of reissues dedicated to progressive titans Emerson, Lake and Palmer are on the way from the BMG label beginning this July and continuing through 2016 and 2017. This new campaign promises to encompass not only ELP's nine studio albums but also the band's live recordings and compilations. The reissues will arrive in a variety of formats including CD (with new liner notes by Chris Welch drawing on 2016 interviews with Greg Lake and the late Keith Emerson); standard, mastered for
Earth
Neil Young teams with Lukas and Micah Nelson's band Promise of the Real for a new quasi-live album. Earth features live performances of songs from 2015 drawing on Young's albums including The Monsanto Years, Ragged Glory, and After the Gold Rush. The live tracks feature musical overdubs, as well as "sounds of the earth" (car horns, insect noises, and sounds from bears, birds, crickets, bees, horses, cows, frogs, etc.). Young describes it as "Ninety-eight uninterrupted minutes long, EARTH flows
Way Down In The Jungle Room
Way Down in the Jungle Room is the first anthology dedicated to the master recordings and outtakes recorded at Graceland's famous Jungle Room by Elvis Presley and longtime producer Felton Jarvis during two now-legendary periods: February 2-8, 1976 and October 28-30, 1976. The outtakes have been newly mixed by Grammy Award-winning engineer Matt Ross-Spang at Sam Phillips Recording in Memphis, Tennessee. For these intimate and raw, heartfelt sessions, Elvis was backed by many members of his
Braver Than We Are
Meat Loaf's new studio album reunites him with Jim Steinman, the musical maestro behind Bat Out of Hell I & II. Braver Than We Are features new renditions of Steinman songs never previously recorded by Meat Loaf including tracks from his musicals Tanz der Vampire, The Dream Engine, Rhinegold and More Than You Deserve. Ellen Foley and Karla DeVito guest on the album. Aside from the standard CD, Amazon is listing an exclusive autographed 2-LP vinyl and an exclusive CD/DVD version with the DVD
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