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Release Round-Up: Week of April 15

April 15, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Metallica Ride the Lightning

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Phil Collins, No Jacket Required and Testify: Deluxe Editions (Atlantic/Rhino) No Jacket Required 2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada No Jacket Required LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Testify 2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Testify LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Phil Collins' No Jacket Required, originally released in 1985 and still the artist's most commercially successful album,

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bob Dylan, Carly Simon, Foghat, Frank Sinatra, Graham Nash, Metallica, Phil Collins, Santana, Various Artists

Maximum Consumption: Legacy Expands The Kinks' "Everybody's In Showbiz"

April 13, 2016 By Joe Marchese 8 Comments

The Kinks Everybodys In Showbiz

The Kinks' tenth studio album, 1972's double LP Everybody's in Showbiz, is about to get the Legacy Edition treatment from Sony's Legacy Recordings.  On June 3, the classic studio/live hybrid album will be reissued along with a full disc's worth of previously unissued studio outtakes (recorded at London's Morgan Studios) and concert material (recorded March 2-3, 1972 during The Kinks' Carnegie Hall concert stand). Often seen as a transitional album pointing the way towards

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: The Kinks

Saturday On My Mind: Varese Has Easybeats, Moody Blues, "Dark Shadows" and More For Record Store Day

April 12, 2016 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Easybeats Good Friday

Vampires! Dragons! Keanu Reeves! Plus two revered pop-rock classics: Varese Sarabande has a little bit of everything on its five-title Record Store Day slate arriving this Saturday, April 16, in finer independent stores everywhere. Record Store Day may take place on a Saturday, but thanks to The Easybeats, it's a Good Friday. Varese has the first-ever U.S. release of the Australian band's debut U.K. album originally issued on United Artists Records.  Good Friday was issued in the U.S. as

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: John Powell, Record Store Day, Robert Cobert, The Easybeats, The Moody Blues

Live in Concert 1977 & 1979

April 6, 2016 By

Bad Company Live

This 2-CD set from the original line-up of Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs, Simon Kirke and Boz Burrell includes more than two-and-half hours of unreleased music, all culled from 24-track tapes in the band's archives. Live in Concert 1977 & 1979 boasts two previously unreleased concerts, with one additional bonus track taken from the group's June 26, 1979 show in Washington, DC.   The first disc captures the band's May 23, 1977 show at the Summit House in Houston, Texas, recorded during the tour

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Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock

Pure McCartney

April 6, 2016 By

Pure McCartney

Paul tells his own musical story on this new personally-curated, non-chronologically-sequenced collection drawing on his solo and Wings work.  It's available in 4-CD (67 tracks), 4-LP (41 tracks) and 2-CD (39 tracks) formats, and features material spanning between 1970's homemade McCartney through 2014's "Hope for the Future," featured on the Destiny video game.

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

Feel Like Makin' Love: Rhino Readies Live Bad Company For April

April 6, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Bad Company Live

More Bad Company is on the way from Rhino! On April 29, the label will release the band's first-ever official live album: Live in Concert 1977 & 1979.  This 2-CD set from the original line-up of Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs, Simon Kirke and Boz Burrell includes more than two-and-half hours of unreleased music, all culled from 24-track tapes in the band's archives. The label notes that the "music heard on this live collection features absolutely no enhancements or overdubs, nothing but the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Bad Company

Review: Stealers Wheel on Vinyl: "Stealers Wheel" and "Ferguslie Park"

April 4, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Stealers Wheel LP

Intervention Records launched in 2015 with a simple mission statement: "To provide archive-quality LPs of music we love," with the goal that "each record we do must be the single definitive, final version of that album, the one real music lovers will seek out."  Happily, the label's early releases have all more than lived up to those lofty goals!  The first two albums from Gerry Rafferty and Joe Egan's Stealers Wheel might not have been the most expected titles for vinyl reissue in 2016, but

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Gerry Rafferty, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Stealers Wheel

RPM Is "Looking Stateside" with Sons of Champlin, Knickerbockers, Joe Tex, Chuck Jackson, More

April 1, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Looking Stateside

Cherry Red's RPM Records label has been doing a lot of Looking with its series of themed mini-box sets dedicated to such pop subgenres as freakbeat, mod, and girl group soul.  The latest set in the Looking series, established in 2011, is Looking Stateside.  This volume is dedicated to U.S. R&B Mod, Soul and Garage Nuggets, and contains 80 such selections on its three packed CDs.  Though limited to American recordings, the focus is otherwise diverse.  As the compilers explain in the thick

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Chuck Jackson, Joe Tex, The Knickerbockers, The Sons of Champlin, Timi Yuro, Various Artists

Release Round-Up: Week of April 1

April 1, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Go Gos Vacation

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Go-Go's, Beauty and the Beat / Vacation / Talk Show: Deluxe Editions (Edsel) Beauty and the Beat: Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Vacation: Expanded Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Talk Show: Expanded Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Edsel has expanded editions of the three classic albums by The Go-Go's originally released between 1982 and 1984.  While none of the bonus material here is unreleased, these reissues do serve

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bill Wyman, Earth Wind and Fire, Martha and the Vandellas, Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, The Go-Go's, The Miracles, The Replacements, The Supremes, Todd Rundgren

Listen To What The Man Said: "Pure McCartney" Career-Spanning Box Arrives In June

March 31, 2016 By Joe Marchese 19 Comments

Pure McCartney

Paul McCartney has just announced a new, solo career-spanning anthology.  On June 10, Pure McCartney will arrive in 4-CD (67 tracks), 4-LP (41 tracks) and 2-CD (39 tracks) formats.  This non-chronologically sequenced compilation draws on solo and Wings material from 1970's homemade McCartney through 2014's "Hope for the Future," featured on the Destiny video game.  The collection, curated by the legendary artist, includes both familiar hits and lesser-known album tracks as well as material from

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

Paint It Black: RPM Collects The Tomcats' Raw Sixties Rock On "Running at Shadows"

March 29, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Tomcats Running at Shadows

Collectors of rare psychedelia likely know the band July and its self-titled 1968 album on the Major Minor label featuring "My Clown," "Dandelion Seeds," and "The Way."  But few remember that the psych cult heroes of July began their career as members of The Tomcats.  Cherry Red's RPM label has recently collected the Ealing band's rare Spanish EPs, plus previously unreleased tracks, on Running at Shadows: The Spanish Recordings 1965-66. Tom Newman (lead vocals), Peter Cook (guitar), Alan

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: The Tomcats

Release Round-Up: Week of March 25

March 25, 2016 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Dylan Live 1964 Bootleg SACD

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Bob Dylan, The Bootleg Series Vol. 6 - Live 1964: Concert at Philharmonic Hall (Audio Fidelity)  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Bob Dylan's The Bootleg Series Vol. 6 - Live 1964: Concert at Philharmonic Hall comes to hybrid 5.0 multichannel SACD for the first time. Audio Fidelity's release will boast a full booklet (as on the original standard CD release) and is playable in stereo on all CD players.  Read more here! Various

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Funk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Bob Dylan, Ella Fitzgerald, Kleeer, Mark Murphy, Sarah Vaughan, Stargard, The Kinks, Various Artists, Winfield Parker

With a Little Help From Their Friends: Esoteric Reissues "McGough and McGear" In Mono and Stereo

March 24, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

McGough and McGear

The original 1968 LP issue of McGough and McGear reprinted a handwritten list of "People on a Train." These famous people included Jimi Hendrix, Spencer Davis, Gary Leeds of the Walker Brothers, Dave Mason, John Mayall, Graham Nash, Paul Samwell-Smith, Jane Asher and a certain Paul McCartney.   The train, in fact, was the studio where Roger McGough and Mike McGear - real name, Mike McCartney - recorded their only album as a duo.  The unconventional yet accessible art-rock classic, produced in

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: McGough and McGear, Mike McCartney, Paul McCartney, Roger McGough, The Scaffold

Still Driving: America Releases "Lost and Found" On Vinyl

March 22, 2016 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

America Lost and Found

Last year, Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell, a.k.a. America, released two significant archival collections bookending their still-thriving career.  Archives Vol. 1 presented 15 previously unreleased alternate versions, early mixes, demos, rehearsals and outtakes spanning the halcyon period between America's 1971 debut album America and 1975's Hearts.  These, of course, featured Beckley and Bunnell in addition to original member Dan Peek.  Lost and Found pressed fast-forward on the band's history

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: America

The Bootleg Series Vol. 6 - Live 1964: Concert at Philharmonic Hall

March 20, 2016 By

Dylan Live 1964 Bootleg SACD

Bob Dylan's The Bootleg Series Vol. 6 - Live 1964: Concert at Philharmonic Hall comes to hybrid 5.0 multichannel SACD for the first time. Audio Fidelity's release will boast a full booklet (as on the original standard CD release) and is playable in stereo on all CD players.

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Formats: SACD Genre: Classic Rock, Folk

Release Round-Up: Week of March 18

March 18, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Elvis Album Collection 2

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up featuring a host of titles on CD and vinyl! Elvis Presley, The Album Collection (RCA/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) To coincide with the 60th anniversary of his signing to RCA, Elvis Presley's The Album Collection is a whopping 60-disc box set containing 57 RCA albums released during Presley's lifetime (many with bonus tracks added) and 3 bonus discs of rarities, one disc each for the '50s, '60s and '70s.  A 300-page

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: a-ha, Elvis Presley, Garry Tallent, Julian Slade, The O'Jays, Todd Rundgren

Kinked! Kinks Songs & Sessions 1964-1971

March 17, 2016 By

Kinked Kinks Songs and Sessions

Ace continues its ongoing Songwriters Series with a volume dedicated to Ray Davies of The Kinks!  Here is a 26-track selection from the band's golden years - including a song from brother Dave, and a number of recordings in which the whole band participated.  Artists include Herman's Hermits, Petula Clark, The Chocolate Watchband, The Pretty Things, Bobby Rydell, The Cascades, and more!

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

Dan Fogelberg, Johnny Paycheck, Beau Brummels, More Join Bobby Darin On Real Gone's May Slate

March 17, 2016 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Dan Fogelberg Definitive Anthology

Real Gone Music has just announced its May release slate, and with rock, jazz, gospel, country, pop and beyond, it's one of the label's most diverse months yet! Naturally, we're partial to the May 6 release of Bobby Darin's Another Song on My Mind: The Motown Years from Real Gone and our own Second Disc Records (get all of the details right here!), but there's plenty more on offer, too!  Bobby Darin was a remarkable singer-songwriter; another beloved titan of popular song is the late Dan

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Gospel, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Bobby Darin, Cactus, Cannonball Adderley, Dan Fogelberg, Grateful Dead, Johnny Paycheck, The Beau Brummels, The Staple Singers

Leon Russell (Hybrid Stereo SACD)

March 16, 2016 By

Leon Russell Leon Russell SACD

Leon Russell's debut album comes to hybrid stereo SACD (playable on all CD players) from Audio Fidelity for the first time in the United States.  Leon Russell features guest turns from George Harrison and Ringo Starr, Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett, Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Joe Cocker, Merry Clayton and Clydie King.  Tracks include "A Song for You," "Delta Lady" and "Roll Away the Stone."

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Formats: SACD Genre: Classic Rock

The Collection: An Adventure in Sound (Hybrid 4.0 SACD)

March 16, 2016 By

Audio Fidelity Collection

Despite the nondescript title, this set features 14 tracks from the quadraphonic library of Sony on hybrid 4.0 channel SACD.  Many of the artists featured are heavy hitters, including Bob Dylan, Santana, Miles Davis, The Jeff Beck Group, Henry Mancini, and Harry Nilsson. LAY, LADY, LAY - Bob Dylan MILES RUNS THE VOODOO DOWN - Miles Davis BLACK MAGIC WOMAN/GYPSY QUEEN - Santana DEFINITELY MAYBE - Jeff Beck Group SHINING STAR - Earth, Wind & Fire GRAZING IN THE GRASS - The Friends Of

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Formats: SACD Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul

Playing In The Band: Rhino Unveils 12-CD, 3-CD Sets For Grateful Dead's July 1978 Concerts

March 16, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Grateful Dead July 1978

There's more Dead on the way from Rhino. 1978 was a successful year for Grateful Dead on many levels.  The band released Shakedown Street, its second album for Clive Davis' Arista label, and played over 80 shows, including three landmark performances at the Giza Pyramids in Egypt.  On May 13, Rhino will draw into that vast well of live recordings for a major box set.  The 12-CD set July 1978: The Complete Recordings focuses on five previously unreleased concerts from that month, and marks the

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Grateful Dead

A Reality Tour (Vinyl)

March 15, 2016 By

Bowie A Reality Tour Cover

David Bowie's 2010 live album capturing the 2003  Dublin performance of his Reality Tour comes to vinyl from Friday Music as a 3-LP, 33-track set pressed on 180-gram vinyl.  It features career-spanning hits and fan favorites like "Heroes", "Ziggy Stardust", "Changes", "Fame", "Ashes to Ashes," "Life on Mars?," "All the Young Dudes," and "Rebel, Rebel" as well as collaborations "Sister Midnight" and "Under Pressure."  This remastered, limited edition release will be housed in a sturdy box with

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock

Hang On To Yourself: David Bowie's "A Reality Tour" Comes To Vinyl

March 15, 2016 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Bowie A Reality Tour Cover

On October 7, 2003, David Bowie launched A Reality Tour in support of his 23rd studio album, Reality.  The tour took the legendary artist to North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and The Bahamas for 112 electrifying shows before it was curtailed due to Bowie's health.  In October 2004, A Reality Tour was issued on DVD, capturing the Point Theatre, Dublin performances of November 2003.  In 2010, the audio to the concerts was released on CD.  On June 3 of this year, Friday Music will

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: David Bowie

Changesonebowie

March 11, 2016 By

ChangesOneBowie

ChangesOneBowie returns from Parlophone in a 40th anniversary edition available on vinyl, CD and digital formats.  Originally issued on RCA in May 20, 1976, ChangesOneBowie was the first key compilation album from superstar David Bowie.  Collecting songs dating back to 1969, the 11-track album introduced the single "John, I'm Only Dancing" on LP alongside highlights from his remarkable string of releases: David Bowie("Space Oddity"), Hunky Dory ("Changes"), The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust

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And The Wheels Keep Turning: Esoteric Reissues Two Tony Banks Albums As CD/DVD Sets

March 11, 2016 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Tony Banks The Fugitive

Last year, Tony Banks went A Chord Too Far with a career-spanning box set; now, the Genesis keyboardist has teamed once more with Esoteric Recordings for a CD/DVD edition of his sophomore solo album, 1983's The Fugitive.  The first disc presents a new stereo mix of the album plus two bonus tracks, while the DVD includes a DTS 5.1 surround mix, a 96/24 PCM stereo mix, and a promotional music video.  The Fugitive has recently arrived alongside a new pressing of the similar 2009 CD/DVD reissue of

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Genesis, Tony Banks

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