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Release Round-Up: Week of September 9

September 9, 2016 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Beatles Live at the Hollywood Bowl

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up...one of the most packed in recent memory! Beatles, Live at the Hollywood Bowl (Apple/Capitol/UMe) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada  Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 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 changes today with the first-ever commercial CD/DD release of the 1977 album on September 9 via

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Blue Oyster Cult, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Faith No More, Herb Alpert, John Phillips, Leon Russell, Linda Ronstadt, Ramones, The Beatles, The Connells

Rock My Soul: Cherry Red, Grapefruit Collect Early British Hard Rock On "I'm a Freak, Baby"

September 7, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Im a Freak Baby

What do Deep Purple, The Move, Hawkwind, Fleetwood Mac and The Yardbirds all have in common?  Though each of those five bands carved out distinct musical identities, all incorporated elements of psychedelia in their early hard-rock explorations.  A new 3-CD box set from Cherry Red's Grapefruit imprint offers an in-depth chronicle of the music that planted the seeds of progressive rock and metal.  I'm a Freak, Baby is, as per its subtitle, A Journey Through the British Heavy Psych and Hard Rock

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Deep Purple, Fleetwood Mac, The Mickey Finn, The Yardbirds, Third World War, Uriah Heep, Various Artists

Release Round-Up: Week of September 2

September 2, 2016 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Robert Goulet Definitive

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up highlighted by the latest release from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music! The Isley Brothers, Groove with You...Live! (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) We're incredibly excited and proud to bring this sizzling, swooning and immersive double-album document of The Isley Brothers at the peak of their powers to CD for the very first time!  Groove with You...Live! features powerful renditions of

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Bobby Darin, Carpenters, Dionne Warwick, Freddie Mercury, Porter Wagoner, Robert Goulet, Rodgers and Hammerstein, The Isley Brothers, The Meters

It Was A New Day Yesterday: Jethro Tull Continues Reissue Series with "Stand Up" In New Stereo, Surround Mixes

September 1, 2016 By Randy Fairman 6 Comments

Jethro Tull Stand Up Elevated Edition

For the past several years, Jethro Tull has been releasing expanded editions of their albums featuring new remixes by Steven Wilson.  Coming on November 18, just under a year after the release of the last reissue in the series of 1976's Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!, is a 2CD/1DVD version of 1969's Stand Up, entitled Stand Up: The Elevated Edition. The sophomore album by the band, Stand Up was the first to feature music written completely by Ian Anderson (with the exception of

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Jethro Tull

With Their New Face On: RPM Collects Spencer Davis Group's "Complete Recordings 1967-1969"

August 30, 2016 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Spencer Davis Group Taking Out Time

Cherry Red's RPM Records has just celebrated the legacy of The Spencer Davis Group with a new 3-CD box set.  Taking Out Time: Complete Recordings 1967-1979 brings together two complete albums with a host of singles, soundtrack performances, BBC sessions and rarities to paint a full portrait of the group's "Mk. II" years in which Eddie Hardin, Phil Sawyer, Ray Fenwick, Nigel Olsson and Dee Murray all passed through its ranks.  This release can be considered an expansion of RPM's 2000 release of

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: The Spencer Davis Group

Release Round-Up: Week of August 26

August 26, 2016 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Becoming The Beach Boys

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Beach Boys, Becoming The Beach Boys: The Complete Hite and Dorinda Morgan Sessions (Omnivore) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) This 2-CD set, a tie-in with Jim Murphy's recent book Becoming The Beach Boys 1961-1963,  chronicles the earliest years of America's Band.  Featuring 62 tracks (over 40 previously unreleased), Omnivore's CD is released in conjunction with The Beach Boys' Brother Records, and features all of the extant

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock Tags: Barbra Streisand, Dusty Springfield, The Beach Boys, The Monkees, Todd Rundgren, Twisted Sister

It Had To Be You: Real Gone's October Slate Features Eddie Money, Keely Smith, Mahalia Jackson, John Hammond, Percy Faith and More

August 24, 2016 By Randy Fairman 2 Comments

Eddie Money Complete Hits

Real Gone Music has just announced their October slate of titles and while only one of them will get you into the Halloween spirit, there might well be something else among the eclectic choice of genres to pique your interest! First up, Real Gone is releasing three two-disc greatest hits collections.  One of these features liner notes from our very own Joe Marchese:  Percy Faith's The Definitive Collection.  Faith was hugely in demand at Columbia Records, arranging and conducting for a large

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Folk, Gospel, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Eddie Money, Eden Atwood, Evelyn "Champagne" King, John Hammond, Keely Smith, Percy Faith, Sandy Bull

Release Round-Up: Week of August 19

August 19, 2016 By Joe Marchese 10 Comments

Turtles Album Collection

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Turtles, The Complete Original Album Collection (Manifesto/FloEdCo) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The definitive Turtles box set is here!  The Complete Original Albums Collection presents all six albums released by The Turtles between 1965 and 1970, expanded with rare bonus material. Each of the group's first three albums -- It Ain't Me Babe, You Baby and Happy Together -- is presented in its original mono and stereo mixes,

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Pop, Rock Tags: Chad and Jeremy, Dolly Parton, Josh White, The Heaters, The Scientists, The Spencer Davis Group, The Turtles

A Capitol Arrangement: Paul McCartney Returns To Venerable Label

August 17, 2016 By Joe Marchese 13 Comments

paul mccartney ram

Paul McCartney is coming full circle. After years at Concord Records, successor to Hear Music, McCartney has signed a worldwide deal with Universal Music Group's Capitol Records label.  This new agreement brings all of the superstar's solo works beginning with 1970's McCartney to the Capitol fold, and also encompasses a new solo album that is currently in the works. McCartney commented in a statement: "This is genuinely exciting for me. Not only was Capitol my first U.S. record label, but

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Paul McCartney

Nice Ones: Esoteric Reissues David McWilliams, Three Man Army

August 16, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Three Man Army Third of a Lifetime

Folk-rock singer-songwriter David McWilliams (1945-2002) may be best known for his 1967 song "Days of Pearly Spencer," a hit throughout Europe except for in the United Kingdom, which Marc Almond successfully revived in 1992.  There was more to McWilliams than just that one song, however, as evidenced by Esoteric Recordings' new reissue of his fourth album and first for Dawn Records, Lord Offaly. The Belfast native began immersing himself in music in his early teen years, and he released his

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: David McWilliams, Three Man Army

Thank You, Friends: Omnivore Presents Big Star's "Complete Third" In October

August 15, 2016 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Big Star Complete Third

Omnivore Recordings has kept the legend of Big Star alive with a number of projects over the years including the release of frontman Alex Chilton's Free Again: The 1970 Sessions, the soundtrack to the acclaimed documentary Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me, and Big Star: Live in Memphis.  Now, the label has turned its attention to its most expansive Big Star release yet: a definitive look into the making of the band's third album.  The 3-CD collection Complete Third, due on October 14, includes

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Alex Chilton, Big Star

Release Round-Up: Week of August 12

August 12, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Emerson Lake and Palmer Anthology

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Emerson, Lake & Palmer, The Anthology (BMG) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The new 3-CD/DD release of Emerson, Lake & Palmer - The Anthology rounds out this first wave of titles from BMG including reissues of Emerson Lake & Palmer, Tarkus and Pictures at an Exhibition.  Produced by Greg Lake, this career-spanning set has 39 tracks from the years 1970 to 1998, the choice of material approved by all three band members.

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop Tags: Emerson Lake and Palmer, Gretchen Cryer and Nancy Ford, Jerry Yester, Judy Henske, The Monkees, Various Artists

Out of Their Heads: Stones Plan Mono Box Set

August 10, 2016 By Mike Duquette 47 Comments

Rolling Stones in Mono

With an expansion of their acoustic live album Stripped, a gallery exhibition and a South American documentary all bowing this year, The Rolling Stones aren't letting up in 2016. Now, it looks like we can add one more to their busy year: a box set of the band's ABKCO-controlled discography, all released in mono. The Rolling Stones in Mono captures, on 15 CDs or 16 LPs, the original mono albums released on both sides of the Atlantic between 1964 and 1969. While The Beatles waited for some time

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: The Rolling Stones

The Anthology

August 10, 2016 By

Emerson Lake and Palmer Anthology

The new 3-CD/DD release of Emerson, Lake & Palmer - The Anthology rounds out this first wave of titles from BMG including reissues of Emerson Lake & Palmer, Tarkus and Pictures at an Exhibition.  Produced by Greg Lake, this career-spanning set has 39 tracks from the years 1970 to 1998, the choice of material approved by all three band members. It's housed in a deluxe casebound book format with Chris Welch's liner notes and rare photographs.

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock

The Studio Collection

August 9, 2016 By

Sting The Studio Collection

This new 11-LP set covers all of Sting's eight solo albums between 1985 and 2013 in deluxe fashion, featuring meticulously recreated packaging, new vinyl masters cut at Abbey Road Studios for all albums, and the debuts of both Brand New Day (2000) and Sacred Love (2003) on the vinyl format. The box comes ahead of Sting's ninth solo LP, the rock-oriented 57th & 9th (which the press release states will "complete" The Studio Collection - we're currently unclear if that means there's room for it

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

The Prince Movie Collection

August 9, 2016 By

Prince Movie Collection

Warner Home Video bundles together Prince's three feature films (Purple Rain, Under the Cherry Moon, Graffiti Bridge) in newly-remastered transfers on Blu-ray.  While Purple Rain retains the bonus features prepared for the 2004 20th anniversary edition, the other two films add only trailers, dropping the bonus music videos included on the past DVD releases.  Each of the three films will also be available as a stand-alone Blu-ray release in a special purple case (naturally)!

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Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets Genre: Classic Rock

Machine Gun: The Fillmore East First Show 12/31/69

August 9, 2016 By

Jimi Hendrix Machine Gun Fillmore East

On December 31, 1969 and January 1, 1970, Jimi Hendrix, Billy Cox and Buddy Miles took New York's Fillmore East by storm with four exhilarating, adventurous performances fusing R&B, soul and hard rock with an improvisatory sensibility.  Machine Gun: The Fillmore East First Show 12/31/69 presents the first of the group's four sets, complete and in sequence for the very first time.  Newly mixed from the original one-inch 8-track master tapes by Eddie Kramer, this landmark release, produced by

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

Power of Soul: Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys Revisited On "Machine Gun: The Fillmore East First Show"

August 9, 2016 By Joe Marchese 16 Comments

Jimi Hendrix Machine Gun Fillmore East

On December 31, 1969 and January 1, 1970, Jimi Hendrix, Billy Cox and Buddy Miles took New York's Fillmore East by storm with four exhilarating, adventurous performances fusing R&B, soul and hard rock with an improvisatory sensibility.  On September 30, Legacy Recordings and Experience Hendrix will release the first of the Band of Gypsys' four sets for the very first time as Machine Gun: The Fillmore East First Show 12/31/69.  Newly mixed from the original one-inch 8-track master tapes by

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Jimi Hendrix

Release Round-Up: Week of August 5

August 5, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Wilson Pickett Complete Atlantic Singles Volume One

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Wilson Pickett, Land of 1000 Dances: The Complete Atlantic Singles Vol. 1 (Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Real Gone Music has the first release in a three-volume collection chronicling Wilson Pickett's tenure at Atlantic Records.  The Wicked Pickett released a total of 66 single sides at the label and The Complete Atlantic Singles Vol. 1 collects the first 22 of these in their original mono single mixes.  You'll find some

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Black Sabbath, Diamond Rio, Dusty Springfield, Elvis Presley, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Fanny, Mitch Miller, The B-52's, The New Christy Minstrels, Wilson Pickett

All This Time: Sting to Issue Vinyl Box Set

August 2, 2016 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

Sting The Studio Collection

Can't get enough of the vinyl resurgence? Looking to bone up on the solo works of Sting ahead of his first rock album in nearly 15 years? A new box set has got you covered. A&M/Interscope will release The Studio Collection, an 11-LP set covering all of Sting's eight solo albums between 1985 and 2013, on September 30. The set, which features meticulously recreated packaging, new vinyl masters cut at Abbey Road Studios and the debuts of both Brand New Day (2000) and Sacred Love (2003) on

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

The Early Years: CRE/ATION 1967-1972

July 29, 2016 By

Pink Floyd Creation

Pink Floyd is distilling its massive 27-disc audiovisual box set The Early Years into a 2-CD "highlights" edition.  See our full article for complete specs!

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock

The Early Years 1965-1972

July 29, 2016 By

Pink Floyd Early Years

Pink Floyd has announced a colossal box set containing 6 CD/DVD or Blu-ray book-style packages (which will be released separately in 2017) and a 7th "Extra" CD/DVD or Blu-ray package exclusive to the box.  In total, the box contains 130 audio tracks running over 12 hours, and over 15 hours of video.  There are 20 unreleased songs including 7 hours of unreleased live material.  Five 7″ replica vinyl singles are also included. See our full article for all the specs!

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Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock

Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976)

July 29, 2016 By

David Bowie Who Can I Be Now

David Bowie - Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976), the second in the late artist's series of deluxe albums box sets, will contain the following albums plus a 128-page booklet in the CD edition (or 84 pages in the vinyl edition. Diamond Dogs (Remastered) 1-CD David Live (Original Mix) (Remastered) 2-CD David Live (2005 Mix) (Remastered) 2-CD The Gouster (Previously Unreleased as an album) 1-CD Young Americans (Remastered) 1-CD Station to Station (Remastered) 1-CD Station to

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul

Chapter and Verse

July 29, 2016 By

Bruce Springsteen Chapter and Verse

Bruce Springsteen releases a companion CD to his long-awaited autobiography Born to Run.  He has selected the 18 career-spanning tracks on Chapter and Verse, including five previously unreleased songs from his pre-E Street Band days (1966-1972)!

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

Release Round-Up: Week of July 29

July 29, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Archies Sugar Sugar Complete

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Archies, Sugar, Sugar: The Complete Albums Collection (Cleopatra) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) At long last!  The complete albums of The Archies are being assembled in one 5-CD box set by Cleopatra Records.  You'll find The Archies, Everything's Archie, Jingle Jangle, Sunshine and This Is Love each in a mini-LP replica sleeve, along with a booklet containing new liner notes. Bubblegum never tasted so good as in these top-notch

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, SACD Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Blood Sweat and Tears, David Bowie, Gary Wright, Loggins and Messina, The Archies, The Isley Brothers

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