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Legacy

October 29, 2016 By

David Bowie Legacy

2-CD Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 1-CD Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. This new 2-CD retrospective dedicated to the late David Bowie features forty classic tracks from "Space Oddity" through the final song on Blackstar, "I Can't Give Everything Away."  A single-CD, 20-track iteration will also be released. The 2-CD version is sequenced chronologically, while the single-disc version is not.  Both editions feature one previously unreleased track: a 2016 remix of 1971's "Life on Mars?"

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock

Chicago '78

October 28, 2016 By

Frank Zappa Chicago 78

This Vaulternative Records concert release premieres Frank Zappa's performance at Chicago's Uptown Theater from September 29, 1978. Of the two shows played that night, the late show is captured here in its entirety including tracks such as "Dancin' Fool," "Magic Fingers," and "Strictly Genteel."

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock

Little Dots

October 28, 2016 By

Frank Zappa Little Dots

Little Dots follows up 2005's Imaginary Diseases with further selections from Frank Zappa's 10-piece 'Petit Wazoo' tour of late 1972.  These tracks feature a horn-driven ensemble and comprise epic improvisations and previously unreleased compositions.

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock

Meat Light: The Uncle Meat Project/Object

October 28, 2016 By

Frank Zappa Meat Light

Zappa Records continues its series of Project/Object titles presenting rare and unreleased material revolving around one classic Frank Zappa album - in this case, Uncle Meat.  Included is the original 1969 vinyl mix (restored, remastered and available digitally for the first time), an original sequence that includes unique source material, and bonus tracks largely compiled from the recording sessions at Apostolic Studios in NYC between 1967 and 1968.

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock

Can We Still Be Friends: Real Gone's Black Friday Titles Feature Paul Butterfield, December Slate Includes Todd Rundgren, Mills Brothers

October 28, 2016 By Randy Fairman 1 Comment

Paul Butterfield Got a Mind to Give Up Living

With Halloween coming on Monday, that means that the Christmas season is almost upon us.  Stores have already begun to put out Christmas merchandise and Christmas CDs have begun to hit the shelves.  Next week sees the release of Real Gone's mega-Christmas slate, including three Second Disc Records titles featuring Jack Jones, Eddy Arnold and Mitch Miller.  In addition, Real Gone has just announced its exclusives for the Black Friday November 25 Record Store Day event which is part of the kickoff

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Everything Else, Gospel, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Record Store Day, The Mills Brothers, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Timothy Leary, Todd Rundgren

London Fog 1966

October 28, 2016 By

The Doors London Fog 1966

The earliest known live recording of The Doors - recorded in 1966 at Sunset Strip's London Fog club - is presented for the first time on a CD/LP box set limited to 18,000 copies.

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock

You're Gonna Get It! Tom Petty Celebrates 40 Years with Two Vinyl Boxes

October 28, 2016 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Tom Petty Vinyl Volume Two

To commemorate the 40th anniversary of their debut album, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers are collecting all their studio albums into two new vinyl box sets. The Complete Studio Albums Volume 1 (1976-1991) and The Complete Studio Albums Volume 2 (1994-2014) bring together, across 21 pieces of 180-gram vinyl, all 16 studio releases from singer/guitarist Petty, guitarists Mike Campbell and Scott Thurston, keyboardist Benmont Tench, bassists Ron Blair and Howie Epstein and drummers Stan Lynch

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

Release Round-Up: Week of October 28

October 28, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Neil Diamond Acoustic Christmas

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Roy Orbison, The Ultimate Collection (Roy's Boys/Legacy) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Legacy Recordings and Roy's Boys, LLC deliver a newly-remastered, career-spanning anthology for the late Roy Orbison.  The Ultimate Collection has 26 tracks drawn from The Big O's halcyon years at Monument and MGM as well as his final solo recordings and collaborations with The Traveling

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Funk, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Black Sabbath, Jimmy Buffett, Marc Almond, Mozart, Neil Diamond, Otis Redding, Philip Glass, Roy Orbison, She and Him, The Intruders, The Legal Matters

Dylan, Hendrix, Run-D.M.C. Lead Off Legacy's Record Store Day Black Friday Slate

October 27, 2016 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Bob Dylan Real Royal Albert Hall

The official list is here for this year's Black Friday Record Store Day event - that's Friday, November 25! - and as usual, an eclectic array of titles will be on offer to kick off the holiday shopping season.  Legacy Recordings has tapped some of its heaviest hitters for this year's limited edition vinyl releases including Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Run-D.M.C. and Alice in Chains...plus a disparate pair of animation favorites! Here's the full list of Legacy's Black Friday RSD releases, with

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Alice in Chains, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Record Store Day, Run-D.M.C.

Strange Days: Early Doors Show Arrives In December On "London Fog 1966"

October 27, 2016 By Joe Marchese 12 Comments

The Doors London Fog 1966

Rhino Records and Bright Midnight Archives are opening new doors onto the early days of The Doors with a CD/LP box set due on December 9.  London Fog 1966 captures Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger and John Densmore at The London Fog, a Sunset Strip bar located steps away from the Whisky a Go Go.  This live gig, only recently discovered, marks the earliest known live recordings of the band, and kicks off The Doors' 50th anniversary celebration of 2017 - the year of their

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock Tags: The Doors

The Ballad of the Boy in the Red Box: Elton John Vinyl Set Coming from Burberry

October 27, 2016 By Mike Duquette 8 Comments

Elton John Burberry Box

Elton John is looking back on part of his catalogue on vinyl with a very unusual partner--British luxury fashion house Burberry. Elton's longtime passion for and collaboration with Burberry (he appeared in an ad campaign for the brand in 2015) will be commemorated by a special box of six of his albums on 180-gram vinyl, at a limited run of only 800 copies. Each LP has been remastered from the original tapes by Bob Ludwig and lacquers have been cut at Abbey Road Studios. The gold

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Elton John

Quark, Strangeness and Charm: Cherry Red Collects Hawkwind Albums On Two New Box Sets

October 24, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Hawkwind Charisma Years

Earlier this year, Cherry Red Records released The Machine Stops, the new studio album from prog-rockers Hawkwind.  The Machine Stops continued the label's long association with the band which has also encompassed deluxe remastered editions of albums such as Palace Springs and Warrior on the Edge of Time and expanded live releases like Coded Languages - Live at Hammersmith Odeon November 1982.  Now, Cherry Red's Stonehenge imprint (itself an offshoot of Esoteric Recordings) has collected

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Hawkwind

Release Round-Up: Week of October 21

October 21, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Lazarus OCR

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up - one of the year's biggest! Frank Sinatra, World on a String (Capitol/UMe)  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K./ Amazon Canada) Featuring performances spanning 1953 to 1982, this new live collection boasts more than four hours' worth of rare audio and video from the legendary Chairman of the Board - over 90 tracks on CD alone including such Sinatra favorites as "I Get a Kick Out of You," "I've Got You Under My Skin," "The Lady is a Tramp," "Witchcraft"

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bette Midler, David Bowie, David Crosby, Donna Fargo, Dr. John, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Frankie Valli, Leonard Cohen, Miles Davis, The Pretenders, Tony Hadley

Review: Big Star, "Complete Third"

October 17, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Big Star Complete Third

Will the real Big Star’s Third please stand up?  That’s a loaded question, for it’s possible that there never, in fact, was a “real” version of the album recorded at Memphis’ Ardent Studios in 1974 by Alex Chilton and Jody Stephens with producer-engineer Jim Dickinson, studio owner John Fry and engineer Richard Rosebrough.  Chilton even asserted numerous times that the sessions were never intended to yield a Big Star album at all.  (One potential name for the duo of Chilton and Stephens was

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Alex Chilton, Big Star

Queen On Air: The Complete BBC Sessions

October 15, 2016 By

Queen On Air

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 6CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Queen On Air: The Complete BBC Sessions will be available in a variety of formats (2 CDs, 6 CDs or 3 LPs) collecting just about every note by the band ever transmitted over the airwaves in their native country. Only a small handful of these performances have ever been released, and their place in the band's history is hard to dispute, predating their first studio album.

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

The Ultimate Collection

October 15, 2016 By

Black Sabbath Ultimate

2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-CD with Card Wallet: Amazon U.K. 4-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. The Ultimate Collection gathers 31 tracks on 2 CDs or 4 LPs from the eight studio albums Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward released from 1970 to 1978. Hits and fan favorites include "Iron Man," "Changes," "War Pigs," "Paranoid," "N.I.B.," "Snowblind," and many more.  The U.S. edition (links above) is slated to arrive via Rhino on February 3.

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Wings: The Complete Singles 1966-1974

October 15, 2016 By

Tim Buckley Wings

The music of the late Tim Buckley takes flight again on Wings - The Complete Singles 1966-1974.  Wings presents the A- and B-sides of all ten singles issued from the singer-songwriter's nine albums, plus one previously unreleased track originally slated for an unissued 45.  In short, this 21-track anthology promises to provide a powerful introduction to the genre-bending, envelope-pushing artist.

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Pop

The Mono Collection

October 15, 2016 By

Kinks Mono Collection

The Kinks' The Mono Collection brings together eight of the band's classic albums in their original U.K. Pye Records mono editions on ten LPs, all pressed on 180-gram vinyl.  The set includes 1967's Live at Kelvin Hall and 1970's original 2-LP collection The Kinks (otherwise known asThe Black Album.  A hardcover 48-page book including never-before-seen photos and new interviews with Ray Davies, Dave Davies and Mick Avory tops it all off.

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

My Generation: Super Deluxe Edition

October 15, 2016 By

The Who My Generation Cover

This 5-CD, 79-track box set celebrating The Who's debut includes the original mono album (newly remastered), a disc of mono bonus tracks (newly remastered) and a disc of stereo bonus tracks.  It also includes a new stereo remix of the album originally released on iTunes in 2014 featuring new overdubs by Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey using the same guitars and amps and the same type of microphones used on the original album. (Generation was first mixed to stereo for the 2002 reissue, but

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock

Release Round-Up: Week of October 14

October 14, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Big Star Complete Third

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Big Star, Complete Third (Omnivore Recordings) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Omnivore does an in-depth vault dive into the creation of Big Star's Third for a new 3-CD box set.  Complete Third includes every demo, rough mix, outtake, alternate take and final master from the Third sessions known to exist. The 69 tracks on this set represent the culmination of a decade-long search to assemble all extant recordings for the album

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Big Star, Bobby Darin, Keely Smith, Phil Collins

Don’t All Fade Away: The Who’s “My Generation” Receives 5-CD Super Deluxe Treatment in November

October 13, 2016 By Randy Fairman 2 Comments

The Who My Generation Cover

2016 has already seen anniversary releases of many classic albums and another has just been announced.  While it originally came out in December 1965 in the U.K., The Who’s classic debut LP My Generation didn’t hit U.S. shores until April 1966 (as The Who Sings My Generation) and Universal Music is celebrating that 50th anniversary with a 5-CD Super Deluxe Edition of the album due to hit shelves on November 18. While it didn’t set the charts on fire in the U.S., the album went to #5 in the

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: The Who

You Really Got Me: The Kinks' "Mono Collection" Due In December

October 13, 2016 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Kinks Mono Collection

The Kinks - The Mono Collection brings together eight classic albums in their original U.K. Pye Records mono editions on ten LPs, all pressed on 180-gram vinyl.  The set includes 1967’s Live at Kelvin Hall and 1970’s original 2-LP collection The Kinks (otherwise known as The Black Album.  A hardcover 48-page book including never-before-seen photos and new interviews with Ray Davies, Dave Davies and Mick Avory tops it all off. The Kinks in Mono, appropriately enough, kicks off with 1964’s

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: The Kinks

Life is a Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me): Ace Collects Seventies Smashes On "Hit List 2"

October 13, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Hit List 2

Way back in 2004, Ace Records compiled The Hit List: 24 Hot 100 American Chartbusters of the 1970s.  The label has recently returned to the milieu of the first collection for Hit List 2: More Hot 100 Chartbusters of the 70s.  The material on this CD is quite a bit different than that on most Ace releases in that both the artists and the songs are largely familiar.  But it still casts its 24 tracks into a new context, celebrating – in the label’s words – the “time when AM radio was still king and

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Various Artists

Complete Third

October 12, 2016 By

Big Star Complete Third

Omnivore does an in-depth vault dive into the creation of Big Star's Third for a new 3-CD box set.  Complete Third includes every demo, rough mix, outtake, alternate take and final master from the Third sessions known to exist. The 69 tracks on this set represent the culmination of a decade-long search to assemble all extant recordings for the album originally released in 1978.  Some alternates and demos have appeared on various compilations over the years, but this first-of-its-kind collection

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

The Golden Pathway: Esoteric Continues Anthony Phillips Reissues with "1984" and More "Private Parts"

October 12, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Anthony Phillips 1984

Cherry Red's Esoteric Recordings imprint has continued its definitive Anthony Phillips reissue series with two more deluxe titles by the artist/composer: 1981's concept album 1984 as a 2-CD/DVD-A edition, and Private Parts and Pieces V-VIII in a 5-CD set. Not counting Phillips' Private Parts releases, 1984 followed his 1979 album Sides.  Whereas Sides was produced by Rupert Hine with the aims of attracting a mainstream audience, 1984 was an instrumental affair containing just four tracks -

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else Tags: Anthony Phillips, Genesis

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