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Rock and Soul Music: Real Gone Announces Reissues of Country Joe, Mamas and Papas, Klaus Nomi, Tony Joe White Titles

November 1, 2019 By Sam Stone 4 Comments

On December 6, Real Gone Music will release a quartet of reissues from a diverse lineup of country-rock, jam band, pop, and avant-garde luminaries. First up is a limited-edition, 2-LP issue of Country Joe and the Fish's Live! Fillmore West 1969 which not only featured the legendary Berkeley band (with replacement bassist Jack Casady of Jefferson Airplane), but also their famous friends.  Originally released on Vanguard in 1994, the raucous and ramshackle concert was recorded in January 1969

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Pop Tags: Country Joe and The Fish, Jerry Garcia, Klaus Nomi, Mickey Hart, Steve Miller, The Mamas and The Papas, Tony Joe White

Make Her Wish Come True: Legacy Celebrates 25 Years of Mariah Carey’s ‘Merry Christmas’

November 1, 2019 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

One of the best-selling Christmas albums of all time is getting the deluxe treatment today with Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings' 2-CD reissue of Mariah Carey's Merry Christmas in time for its 25th anniversary. Carey's fourth album and first holiday effort (the sequel Merry Christmas II You arrived in 2010) teamed the chanteuse with producer-arranger Walter Afanasieff (Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion, Johnny Mathis), among others, on a sparkling set of original songs and holiday classics.

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Categories: News Formats: Cassette, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Holiday, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Mariah Carey

Release Round-Up: Week of November 1

November 1, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Bob Dylan featuring Johnny Cash, Travelin' Thru, 1967-1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 15 (Columbia/Legacy) 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings chronicle Dylan's 1967-1969 recordings in Music City - including those made with a very special guest - on the latest volume of the artist's long-running Bootleg Series. Bob Dylan (featuring Johnny Cash) -

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Bob Dylan, Booker T. Jones, Cyndi Lauper, Garth Brooks, Jeff Lynne's ELO, Johnny Cash, Mariah Carey, Nat King Cole, R.E.M., The Doors, The Rolling Stones, Uncle Walt's Band, Van Halen

You Better Watch Yourself: Rarities From The Prime Movers Feature Iggy Pop On Drums and More

October 31, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

One of the unsung acts of the burgeoning '60s rock scene in the American Midwest, The Prime Movers Blues Band are finally getting their due with their first ever official release - a self-titled collection to be released in November. Founded by brothers Michael and Dan Erlewine in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1965, The Prime Movers became an unbelievable breeding ground for local talent. Michael's vocals and Dan's skillful guitar already made for a potent front end of the band, steeped in a deep

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Rock Tags: Iggy Pop, The MC5, The Prime Movers

Radioactive: Rave On Releases Roger C. Reale and Rue Morgue’s “Collection” Featuring Mick Ronson

October 30, 2019 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

The discography of Big Sound Records proves that great things often come in small packages. While the label didn't release many LPs, those that were released by the likes of The Scratch Band and Van Duren have become favorites of crate-diggers. Big Sound patterned itself on the U.K.'s Stiff Records, and its answer to Stiff's Elvis Costello may well have been Roger C. Reale. The 1978 album Radio Active, credited to Reale and Rue Morgue, was packed with compact rock-and-roll nuggets - ten on the

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Mick Ronson, Roger C. Reale and Rue Morgue

More Than A Memory: Garth Brooks Celebrates Career With Three Editions of “Legacy” Box Set

October 29, 2019 By Sam Stone 13 Comments

Garth Brooks' ever-growing legion of fans will have cause to celebrate on November 1, when the country superstar's new, massive box set called Legacy finally hits shelves.  Legacy collects five of Brooks' albums in one place, on vinyl for the first time ever.  Fans will have three different configurations to choose from: the Limited Edition Numbered Series, the Original Analog Edition, and the Digitally Remixed/Remastered Edition.  Each bundles together CD and LP editions (with bonus tracks on

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Country Tags: Garth Brooks

Gotta Groove: Craft’s “Soul Explosion” Stax Celebration Continues With 5 New Reissues

October 29, 2019 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

This fall, Craft Recordings will continue its celebration of the rich and varied sounds of Stax Records with a further batch of reissues in the Soul Explosion series. The year-long campaign puts a spotlight on Stax's years as an independent label following their split from Atlantic fifty years ago. During that period, the label released a staggering 27 albums and 30 singles in just a handful of months. With a host of hits and best-selling albums from evergreen acts and new signers-on alike, Stax

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Booker T. and the MG's, David Porter, Delaney and Bonnie, Johnnie Taylor, The Bar-Kays

Release Round-Up: Week of October 25

October 25, 2019 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Kinks, Arthur, or The Decline and Fall of the British Empire [Various Formats] (BMG) 4CD/4-seven-inch single box: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / The Kinks Official 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / The Kinks Official 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / The Kinks Official The Kinks' 1969 concept album continued in the quintessentially British vein of The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Funk, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Big Star, Bruce Springsteen, Curt Boettcher, David Byrne, Fleetwood Mac, Frank Zappa, Harry Connick Jr., Howard Keel, Jackson 5, James Brown, Jim Sullivan, Mandy Patinkin, Neil Young, Rick Astley, Ringo Starr, The Kinks, The Oak Ridge Boys, Van Morrison, XTC

Review: Ramones, “It’s Alive: 40th Anniversary Edition”

October 24, 2019 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Fast and furious - that was the modus operandi of Johnny, Joey, Dee Dee, and Tommy Ramone when they hit U.K. concert stages in December 1977 in the wake of the November release of their third studio album, Rocket to Russia. The New Year's Eve gig at London's Rainbow Theatre provided the basis of It's Alive, issued in April 1979, with 28 songs comfortably packed onto less than 54 minutes of vinyl. Now, that singular document of the Ramones' electrifying performance has been revisited by Sire and

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

Review: Cher, “3614 Jackson Highway” [Run Out Groove Edition]

October 23, 2019 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Cher's album 3614 Jackson Highway arrived midway through 1969 as the singer and her partner Sonny Bono worked furiously to re-establish themselves in a changing musical landscape and escape from mounting debt. Their first child had been born in March, a Sonny and Cher single arrived in May and was quickly followed by a Cher solo 45, and her film Chastity hit theatres in June. Sonny and Cher hadn't had a major hit single since 1967's "The Beat Goes On" and the solo Cher hadn't had a chart entry

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Cher

The Hills Are Alive: “The Sound of Music” 60th Anniversary Reissue Due in December from Craft Recordings

October 23, 2019 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music has found a new home. The original Broadway cast recording of the beloved Broadway musical, first issued in 1959 and continuously in print since then on Columbia Records, will celebrate its 60th anniversary on a new label. On December 6, Craft Recordings will premiere on CD and 180-gram vinyl a remastered reissue of the album starring Tony Award winning stage legend Mary Martin and acclaimed actor/folksinger Theodore Bikel. The show, based on the

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings Tags: Mary Martin, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Theodore Bikel

The Seventh Circle: Craft Releases Slate of ’90s and ’00s Rock Reissues on Vinyl

October 23, 2019 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

Craft Recordings' lineup this year has been a diverse one, spanning blues, jazz, oldies, salsa, and now, hard rock from the last two decades.  Over the last few weeks, Craft has dished out vinyl reissues from the gothic metalcore outfit Motionless in White, alt-rock heroes Taking Back Sunday, and the grungey alt-metal group Creed. First up is a black vinyl edition of When Love Met Destruction, the 2009 sophomore EP from the Scranton-hailing industrial metal/goth-core rockers.  The band had

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Creed, Motionless in White, Taking Back Sunday

Among The Believers: Steven Van Zandt Preps Vinyl/CD Box Set with Classic Albums, Unreleased Tracks

October 21, 2019 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

In the 1980s, after a successful run as a key member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band as well as a key architect of the rock-and-soul-infused "Jersey Shore sound," Steven Van Zandt struck out on his own. A new box set from UMe will showcase his solo evolution. The singer/songwriter/producer/guitarist's RockNRoll Rebel - The Early Work will collect five of Little Steven's solo works on colored vinyl - Men Without Women (1982), Voice Of America (1984), Freedom - No Compromise (1987),

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Peter Gabriel, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Steven Van Zandt, U2

I Think It’s Love: Rhino Releases Special Demo of Prince’s “I Feel For You” on Digital and Limited Edition 7″

October 18, 2019 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

This morning, Rhino and The Prince Estate announced a surprise release of "I Feel For You," a two-track single that honors the 40th anniversary of Prince's second, self-titled album. The new single includes a previously unreleased acoustic demo version of the legendary song, later covered by The Pointer Sisters, La Toya Jackson and most famously Chaka Khan (whose 1984 version won two Grammy Awards). As Prince's vault archivist Michael Howe says in a statement, "You hear his incredible talent

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Chaka Khan, Prince

Mercy! Expanded Edition of Roy Orbison’s “Black and White Night” Arriving on Vinyl TODAY!

October 18, 2019 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

By the middle of the '80s, Roy Orbison was primed for a comeback.  In 1986, his epic ballad "In Dreams" was placed prominently in David Lynch's film Blue Velvet, which sparked renewed interest in the velvet-voiced crooner and rocker.  The following year, The "Big O" staged the ultimate comeback concert with a remarkable lineup of guests including Tom Waits, Jackson Browne, Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt, Elvis Costello, J.D. Souther, k.d. lang, and Jennifer Warnes.  The star-studded group had

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, J.D. Souther, Jackson Browne, Jennifer Warnes, k.d. lang, Roy Orbison, Tom Waits

Release Round-Up: Week of October 18

October 18, 2019 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Jethro Tull, Stormwatch: 40th Anniversary Edition (Chrysalis) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Jethro Tull continues its long-running box set series with a new 4CD/2DVD expansion of 1979's Stormwatch, the final Tull album to feature the "classic" line-up of Ian Anderson, Martin Barre, John Glascock, John Evan, David (now Dee) Palmer, and Barriemore Barlow.  The new edition features: The original album and associated recordings

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: a-ha, Buck Owens, Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Fastball, Idina Menzel, Jason Danieley, Jethro Tull, Jimmy "Duck" Holmes, Julie Andrews, Marin Mazzie, Marvin Gaye, Merle Haggard, Roger C. Reale and Rue Morgue, Roy Orbison, Stephen Bishop, Stone Temple Pilots, The Carter Family, The Muffs

Something Completely Different: “Monty Python Sings (again)” Receives Expanded 2-LP Reissue

October 17, 2019 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

On October 5, 1969, Monty Python's Flying Circus appeared on TV for the first time, and their unique brand of sketch- and music-based comedy has since become an indelible part of our culture. To celebrate their 50th anniversary, the surviving members of Monty Python will launch re-releases of their films and their landmark television series. They've also begun to revisit their classic albums with recently released reissues of Monty Python's Previous Record, Live At Drury Lane, The Album Of The

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Comedy, Soundtracks Tags: Monty Python

Edge of the World: Run Out Groove Announces Sam Phillips’ “Fan Dance” as Next Release, Voting Open for Next Month’s Title

October 16, 2019 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Run Out Groove has recently announced its latest limited-edition title. The winner of the last fan vote is singer-songwriter Sam Phillips' Fan Dance, her ninth studio album and first for Nonesuch Records. For its first worldwide release on vinyl, Fan Dance has been freshly remastered. It will be issued on 180-gram vinyl in a deluxe tip-on jacket with a booklet, and the lacquers will be cut at Sam Phillips Recording Studio (the other, Sun Records Sam Phillips, that is). It will be pressed and

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Sam Phillips

Review: Lee Hazlewood, “400 Miles from L.A.: 1955-56”

October 16, 2019 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

400 Miles from L.A.: Phoenix, Arizona was the birthplace of Lee Hazlewood's professional career. The future writer of "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" was well-acquainted with the Greyhound bus between Phoenix and Los Angeles, making frequent trips in the hopes of selling his songs. Though he was a successful DJ in Phoenix, Hazlewood wanted more, and songwriting seemed to be his means of attaining it. Lee wrote his first songs, it's believed, in 1953; the following year, his first songs

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Lee Hazlewood

From Them To You: The Beatles To Release New Vinyl Singles Box

October 16, 2019 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

It turns out the remixed, expanded Abbey Road isn't the only piece of The Beatles' catalogue getting reissued for the holidays. The group just announced the release of a box set gathering the band's singles on vinyl, to be released November 22. The Singles Collection includes original singles and B-sides on 22 pieces of vinyl, plus a newly created 23rd single featuring "Free As a Bird" and "Real Love," both single A-sides released to promote the multi-volume Anthology project in 1995 and

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, The Beatles

We’ve Known Each Other For So Long: Rick Astley Preps Hits Collection

October 15, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

With all the surprise of a Rickroll, British singer Rick Astley went from pop star to Internet meme to solid entertainer over the past three decades. This fall, he's got a new compilation celebrating that evolution. The Best Of Me, to be released October 25, collects his biggest international hit singles and beloved cuts throughout his career, including tracks from 50 (2016) and Beautiful Life (2018), which marked a return to original music after 15 years. 50 debuted atop the U.K. albums

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Rick Astley

Review: James Taylor, “The Warner Bros. Albums 1970-1976”

October 15, 2019 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Over six years at Warner Bros. Records, James Taylor laid the groundwork for a career that is now in its sixth decade. The Massachusetts native's records were key exponents of the early Laurel Canyon sound, not to mention the entire confessional "singer-songwriter" movement that today is synonymous with the 1970s. The six albums he released at Warner Bros. were collected over the summer in one essential CD or vinyl LP box set, The Warner Bros. Albums 1970-1976, that's perfect for the impending

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

What’s The 411? Mary J. Blige’s Early Years Anthologized On ‘HERstory’

October 15, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Long established as one of the premiere female hip-hop/R&B artists of her generation, Mary J. Blige is telling her story - the one that earned her the title of Queen of Hip-Hop Soul - through HERstory, Vol. 1, a new multi-format compilation coming this December. Born in The Bronx and raised in both Savannah, Georgia and the projects of Yonkers, New York, Mary J. Blige's three-decade-plus career has been supported by music that balances street sounds with feminine soul and the pen of a

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop Tags: Jay-Z, LL Cool J, Mary J. Blige, P. Diddy, The Notorious B.I.G.

Review: Frank Sinatra, “My Way: 50th Anniversary Edition” and “Sings Alan and Marilyn Bergman”

October 14, 2019 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

The album was entitled My Way for the song by Paul Anka, Claude Francois, Gilles Thibault, and Jacques Revaux, but truth to tell, the moniker would have been fitting even without that famous anthem. For the ten songs on Frank Sinatra's 1969 Reprise LP were indisputably sung as only one man could: swing - his way, pop - his way, rhythm and blues - his way. Capitol Records, Frank Sinatra Enterprises, and UMe have reissued My Way in a 50th anniversary expanded edition celebrating both the song and

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Frank Sinatra

The Shape Returns: Last Year’s ‘Halloween’ Score To Be Expanded

October 14, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Michael Myers is coming home again, thanks to an expanded edition of the soundtrack to last year's Halloween sequel. John Carpenter helped kickstart the slasher genre with this low-budget classic he co-wrote and directed in 1978. Jamie Lee Curtis (daughter of Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, making her film debut) starred as Laurie Strode, a babysitter in Haddonfield, Illinois who is targeted by Myers ("The Shape"), a masked killer who murdered his sister 15 years before. Donald Pleasance

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks Tags: John Carpenter

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