Neil Young revisits the This Note’s for You era with a new live 2-CD set. It’s drawn from 1987-1988 performances recorded in New York, Hollywood, Toronto, Cleveland, San Francisco and other cities featuring the Bluenote Café band: Rick Rosas (bass), Chad Cromwell (drums), Frank Sampedro (keyboards), Steve Lawrence (lead tenor saxophone), Ben Keith (alto saxophone), Larry Cragg (baritone saxophone), Claude Cailliet (trombone), Tom Bray (trumpet), John Fumo (trumpet), Billy Talbot (bass) and Ralph Molina (drums). Available on CD, vinyl and DD.
This Note’s For You: Neil Young Readies “Bluenote Café” For November Release
The ever-prolific Neil Young is following up his latest studio album The Monsanto Years with another dip into his fabled Archives. Bluenote Café is the title of his Archives Performance Series Volume 11, due in 2-CD and 4-LP editions from Reprise Records on November 13. Bluenote Café takes its name from the horn-powered band which backed Neil on his 1987-1988 tour before and after the April ’88 release of the studio album This Note’s for You (originally credited to Neil Young and the Bluenotes, to the ire of soul great Harold Melvin). …
Release Round-Up: Week of October 9
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up highlighted by the first course of a Christmas feast, plus a trio of deluxe box sets, new albums from veteran artists, and more! The Three Suns, A Ding Dong Dandy Christmas / George Melachrino and His Orchestra, Christmas Joy / John Gary, The John Gary Christmas Album / The Soulful Strings, The Magic of Christmas (Real Gone Music) The Three Suns: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. George Melachrino: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. John Gary: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. The Soulful Strings: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K….
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Alone in the Universe
Electric Light Orchestra is back with this all-new studio album from Jeff Lynne’s ELO! Alone in the Universe features ten new Lynne songs (twelve on the U.K. deluxe and U.S. Amazon-exclusive edition) – the first full-length set of ELO originals since 2001’s Zoom. The links below both direct to the 12-track version of the album!
Long Lost Suitcase
To coincide with the release of long-awaited autobiography Over the Top and Back, Sir Tom Jones unpacks his Long Lost Suitcase on an all-new studio album. Titles on the album reflect chapters in his book including “Elvis Presley Blues,” “Why Don’t You Love Me Like You Used to Do,” “Bring It On Home” and “Factory Girl.” No U.S. release is currently on the schedule, though that may change.
Reel to Real: Expanded Edition
High Moon Records has the premiere reissue of Arthur Lee and Love’s 1974 album Reel to Real as a newly-expanded Deluxe Edition in the following formats: Expanded CD packaged in a deluxe custom digipak with a full-color, 32-page booklet; LP pressed on high-quality RTI vinyl with full-color, 28-page LP-sized booklet; LP includes download card for high-quality album plus bonus tracks; and Digital Download includes full-color, 26-page PDF booklet.
The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965-1966
The Cutting Edge 1965-1966 looks at one of the most halcyon periods in Bob Dylan’s long career: the creatively fertile time in the studio that yielded the trilogy of masterworks Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde. This new collection, transferred from the original tapes, will be available from Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings in four formats designed to suit the appetite and budget of every Dylanophile: The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12 – Deluxe Edition – This 6-CD setincludes previously unheard Dylan songs, studio…
A Chorus Line: 40th Anniversary Celebration
Masterworks Broadway expands the classic Original Broadway Cast Recording of Marvin Hamlisch, Ed Kleban, Nicholas Dante and James Kirkwood’s A Chorus Line with eight never-before-released work tape demos of Hamlisch and Kleban presenting the score (including cut songs) to director/choreographer Michael Bennett. A 180-gram vinyl reissue of the original album will also be available from Analog Spark (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.).
Release Round-Up: Week of October 2
Welcome to our new Release Round-Up! Paul McCartney, The Paul McCartney Archive Collection: Tug of War (MPL/Concord) The Paul McCartney Archive Collection continues with 1982’s Tug of War, featuring “Ebony and Ivory” and “Here Today.” The release is available in various formats: 3-CD/1-DVD Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-CD Special Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-LP Vinyl Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Check out our full feature for information on what you’ll find in each version! Paul McCartney, The Paul McCartney Archive Collection: Pipes of Peace (MPL/Concord) Paul…
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Paul McCartney Archive Collection “Tug of War” and “Pipes of Peace” ARRIVE TOMORROW!
REMINDER! Tomorrow, October 2, will finally see the release of the next two installments in Paul McCartney’s Archive Collection: Tug of War and Pipes of Peace! At last, we can say, say, say it’s true: the next two volumes of the Paul McCartney Archive Collection are almost here in a variety of formats. Macca’s second and third albums of the 1980s, the platinum sellers Tug of War and Pipes of Peace, will arrive from Concord Records and MPL with the expected array of bonus material, highlighted by a complete 2015 remix of Tug…
Release Round-Up: Week of September 25
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up – maybe the biggest and most diverse yet of 2015! David Bowie, Five Years (Parlophone) 12 CD Box Set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 13 LP Box Set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. New remasters of David Bowie (a.k.a. Space Oddity), The Man Who Sold the World, Hunky Dory and Pin Ups are collected in a new box set along with existing versions of Ziggy Stardust (in both the original and 2003 mixes), Aladdin Sane, Live Santa Monica ’72, the Ziggy Stardust motion picture soundtrack and a 2-CD bonus set entitled…
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One Singular Sensation: “A Chorus Line” Returns In 40th Anniversary Expanded Edition
Of a remarkable and indeed, singular, career that crowned him as an EGOT – winner of Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Awards – and one of only two EGOTs with a Pulitzer Prize (the other is Richard Rodgers), Marvin Hamlisch’s most lasting musical accomplishment might well be his score to A Chorus Line. Working with lyricist Ed Kleban, director/choreographer Michael Bennett, co-choreographer Bob Avian, and writers James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante, composer Hamlisch struck a universal chord with the revolutionary musical that once held the record as the longest-running Broadway production of…
Positively Bob Dylan: “The Bootleg Series Vol. 12” Box Sets Collect 1965-1966 Sessions
Bob’s dropped the big one. News has just been confirmed of the next volume of Bob Dylan’s Bootleg Series – and it’s the most comprehensive yet. The Cutting Edge 1965-1966 looks at one of the most halcyon periods in the troubadour’s long career: the creatively fertile time in the studio that yielded the trilogy of masterworks Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde. This new collection, transferred from the original tapes, will be available from Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings on November 6 in four formats designed…
More Love: High Moon Reissues, Expands Arthur Lee and Love’s Rare “Reel to Real”
High Moon Records, the label behind the recent releases of Love’s Black Beauty and Gene Clark’s Two Sides to Every Story, has announced its next title. On November 27, High Moon will reissue Love’s 1974 album Reel to Real as a newly-expanded Deluxe Edition in the following formats: Expanded CD packaged in a deluxe custom digipak with a full-color, 32-page booklet; LP pressed on high-quality RTI vinyl with full-color, 28-page LP-sized booklet; LP includes download card for high-quality album plus bonus tracks; and Digital Download includes full-color, 26-page PDF booklet. Reel to…
The Track Singles 1967-1973
Volume Three arrives in this four-volume set collecting The Who’s classic singles by label (Brunswick, Reaction, Track and Polydor). This box set, designed in “lid-and-tray” style, contains fifteen 7-inch singles from the band’s Track Records era – each one pressed on heavyweight vinyl with paper sleeves reproducing the front and back period graphics with die-cut center holes. The Track Singles includes a 7-inch-sized 20-page color booklet with liner notes about each release and period memorabilia. 1. Pictures of Lily b/w Doctor Doctor (Track 604 002. Released 21 April 1967) 2. The Last Time b/w Under My…
A Winter Romance
Dean Martin’s 1959 Capitol holiday collection returns to vinyl just in time for the Christmas season!
A Man and His Music
Frank Sinatra’s 1965 Reprise double-album set arrives on 180-gram vinyl for its 50th anniversary as part of the Sinatra centennial reissue program.
September of My Years
Frank Sinatra’s reflective 1965 album, arranged and conducted by Gordon Jenkins and featuring “It Was a Very Good Year,” returns to vinyl for its 50th anniversary in a new 180-gram edition.
Sinatra ’65
Frank Sinatra’s 1965 album featuring “Luck Be a Lady,” “My Kind of Town” and “Somewhere in Your Heart” gets the 180-gram vinyl treatment as part of the Sinatra centennial celebration.
Judy at Carnegie Hall
Judy Garland’s legendary, Grammy Award-winning, chart-topping concert album arrives on two remastered 180-gram vinyl LPs from Capitol Records. Tony Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally provides the new liner notes!
Miss Show Business
Judy Garland’s 1955 Capitol album Miss Show Business – a Billboard top 5 smash – turns 60 this year, and Capitol/UMe is celebrating with a 180-gram vinyl reissue featuring new liner notes from Lorna Luft!
Live at the London Palladium
Capitol has a new 180-gram 2-vinyl LP presentation of Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli’s Live at the London Palladium to celebrate the album’s 50th anniversary. Liza provides new liner notes!
Release Round-Up: Week of September 18
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up including a couple of spectacular new box sets, one acclaimed soundtrack, numerous reissues and anthologies, and the return of a few beloved artists! a-ha, Hunting High and Low: 30th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition (Warner Bros./Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) The 1985 debut from a-ha gets super-sized with Rhino’s upcoming 4-CD/1-DVD edition. Disc One has the original, remastered album, while Disc Two boasts 25 demos, Disc Three has 15 singles, B-sides and extended versions, and Disc Four takes in ten previously unreleased alternate mixes. The DVD has…
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Review: Pugwash, “Play This Intimately (As If Among Friends)”
One of the happiest pop-rock discoveries of 2014 was undoubtedly Pugwash’s A Rose in a Garden of Weeds, compiling the Irish band’s best music from 1999-2011. Now, the four-piece consisting of Thomas Walsh, Tosh Flood, Shawn McGee and Joe Fitzgerald is back with an all-new set recorded at Konk Studios and released on Omnivore Recordings. Produced by Walsh and Flood, Play This Intimately (As If Among Friends) features the same bright, vibrant spirit and unabashedly melodic sensibility that permeated the anthology, building on the groundwork laid by The Beatles, XTC, The Beach…
Release Round-Up: Week of September 11
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Second Disc Records is going back to the beach with Ricci Martin, but that’s far from all this week! We’re also taking off with ELO, singing street-corner symphonies with The Four Seasons, and much more! Plus: new titles from classic artists! Ricci Martin, Beached: Expanded Edition (Second Disc/Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) What if key members of The Beach Boys, Chicago, America, and Wings had teamed up to create one of the greatest California rock albums you’ve never heard? Well, they actually did! Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, author…
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