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'Round Midnight: Craft Collects Miles Davis Sessions on "Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions" Vinyl Box

November 6, 2019 By Sam Stone 2 Comments

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Fans of early Miles Davis ought to clear off some space on the shelf and mark their calendars for December 6.  Craft Recordings continues their celebration of Prestige Records' 70th anniversary that day with a deluxe vinyl reissue of The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions. Originally released on CD in 2006, the 6-LP set features every track from the classic albums Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet (1956), Cookin' (1957), Relaxin' (1958), Workin' (1959), Steamin' (1961), plus "'Round

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Jazz Tags: Miles Davis

A Song For Our Fathers: Explosions in the Sky Reissue Hard-To-Find Albums on Vinyl and Digital Services

November 6, 2019 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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The influential post-rock outfit Explosions in the Sky celebrated their 20th anniversary with a pair of reissues of hard-to find recordings on vinyl and digital streaming services through the Temporary Residence label. How Strange, Innocence was the band's debut album. Recorded a year before their landmark Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Live Forever, their debut features many of the hallmarks of their work: dynamic shifts, guitar harmonies, lengthy

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Explosions in the Sky

Start Choppin: Cherry Red Expands Dinosaur Jr.'s Major Label Discography

November 4, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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The major label works of alt-rock act Dinosaur Jr. have recently been revisited by Cherry Red in a series of expanded reissues. At the beginning of the 1990s, the Amherst, Massachusetts-based trio had issued three records across the prior decade, the latter two on the seminal SST label. 1988's Bug topped the U.K. independent albums chart, after lead single "Freak Scene" reached the Top 5 of the country's indie singles chart. But creative tensions led singer/guitarist J. Mascis to fire bassist

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Dinosaur Jr.

Cosmic Partners: The McCabe's Tapes

November 4, 2019 By

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CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Deep Discount (U.S.) / Keymail Records (U.K.) Picture Disc LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Deep Discount (U.S.) / Keymail Records (U.K.) Cosmic Partners - The McCabe's Tapes spotlights Michael Nesmith with his longtime musical soul brother Red Rhodes and a small group of musicians as recorded on August 18, 1973 at McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica, California.  The performance was in support of Nesmith's final album for RCA

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

Songs for Groovy Children: The Fillmore East Concerts

November 4, 2019 By

Jimi Hendrix Songs for Groovy Children

5CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 8LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Songs for Groovy Children: The Fillmore East Concerts arrives on CD and digital formats on November 22, with a vinyl release to follow on December 13. This collection assembles all four of Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Miles, and Billy Cox's legendary Fillmore East shows from December 31, 1969 and January 1, 1970 in their original performance sequence (though still missing some tracks). The 5-CD or 8-LP set

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

Review: Bob Dylan featuring Johnny Cash, "Travelin' Thru: The Bootleg Series Vol. 15 (1967-1969)"

November 4, 2019 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

Bob Dylan Bootleg 15

There's a delicious moment on the fifteenth volume of Bob Dylan's long-running Bootleg Series. The troubadour is in Columbia Records' Nashville Studio A, rehearsing a duet medley with Johnny Cash of his "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" and Cash's "Understand Your Man." Once they stop playing, The Man in Black happily observes that "the phrasing comes out just right, 'cause we both stole it from the same song!" Indeed, Dylan and Cash shared substantial musical roots, with less than a decade

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop Tags: Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash

The Later Years: 1987-2019 [Highlights Editions]

November 2, 2019 By

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5CD/5DVD/6BD/2 Vinyl Single Box Set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada (Bundles: Pink Floyd Online Store) 1CD Highlights: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP Highlights: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Bundles: Pink Floyd Online Store Pink Floyd's The Later Years: 1987-2019 celebrates the band's David Gilmour-led years which yielded the albums A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987), The Division Bell (1994), and The Endless River (2014) and the live efforts

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

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

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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

Mariah Carey Merry Christmas Deluxe

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

Bob Dylan Bootleg 15

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

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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

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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 14 Comments

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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 2 Comments

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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

The Japanese Singles 1978-1984

October 27, 2019 By

Van Halen Japanese Singles

This new 7" singles box set collects replicas of the thirteen singles issued by Van Halen in Japan from the band's six smash albums originally released between 1978 and 1984.  The original album versions of each song are featured other than "Hot for Teacher," with a unique Japan-only single edit, and "(Oh) Pretty Woman" and "I'll Wait," both in single edits.  All told, there are 26 songs on 13 vinyl singles.  Whereas the standard box set is pressed on black vinyl, a special red vinyl edition is

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Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

The Sound of Music: Original Broadway Cast Recording

October 26, 2019 By

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CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Craft Recordings celebrates 60 years of The Sound of Music with CD and vinyl reissues of the original Broadway cast recording starring Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel, and originally released on Columbia Records. Produced by Goddard Lieberson and featuring Robert Russell Bennett's grand orchestrations, it's been newly remastered for Craft's reissue from the original three-track master tapes by Ryan

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings

Merry Christmas...Have a Nice Life!

October 26, 2019 By

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Cyndi Lauper's Merry Christmas... Have A Nice Life! is a fresh spin on the time-honored tradition of the Christmas album. The album was partly inspired by motherhood; in fact, the story goes that Cyndi tracked most of the album at her home while her son slept, including the tribute "New Years's Baby (First Lullaby)."  In addition to traditional fare like "Three Ships" and "Silent Night," and more recent classics like "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," Cyndi offers up eight original

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Holiday, Pop

Home Alone Christmas

October 26, 2019 By

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Darlene Love, Southside Johnny, Tom Petty, Mel Tormé, and legendary composer John Williams are among those featured on Home Alone Christmas, the collection of songs drawn from the first two films in the Home Alone series.  Now, Real Gone is re-pressing this joyful LP on Clear with Red and Green Swirl "Christmas Party" Vinyl.

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Soundtracks

Release Round-Up: Week of October 25

October 25, 2019 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

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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

Ramones Its Alive Deluxe

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

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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

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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

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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

The Hot Rats Sessions

October 22, 2019 By

Hot Rats Sessions

6CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada This 6-CD box set explores Frank Zappa's 1969 primarily instrumental solo album Hot Rats from every angle. The first three and a half discs present the basic track recording sessions recorded at T.T.G. Studios in Hollywood, California on July 18, 28, 29 and 30, 1969. Disc Four also boasts remakes, alternate takes, complete versions, and isolated tracks. Following the session material, the box's

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz

HERStory, Vol. 1

October 22, 2019 By

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CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 7" Box Set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada HERstory, Vol. 1 takes listeners through the first five or so years of Mary J. Blige's still-thriving career, primarily focusing on singles from What's The 411? and My Life (many in rare single-only remix form) as well as her Method Man and Jay-Z collaborations and the relatively rare "Everyday It Rains" off the soundtrack to the 1995 hip-hop

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop

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