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Release Round-Up: Week of March 11

March 11, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Peter and Micky

This week's Release Round-Up is filled with reissues and anthologies from favorite artists on both CD and vinyl! Peter Noone and Micky Dolenz, An Evening with Peter Noone and Micky Dolenz (7a Records) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Today sees the U.S. release of one of the coolest titles so far of 2016!  An Evening with Peter Noone and Micky Dolenz captures the candid, intimate conversations between the rock legends recorded earlier this year.  The first CD in this

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Brenda Russell, Dave Mason, Herbie Mann, Jeff Buckley, Judy Garland, Maynard Ferguson, Mickey Gilley, Micky Dolenz, Peter Noone, Teddy Pendergrass, The Cars, Whitney Houston

Review: Raspberries, "Raspberries" Vinyl Edition

March 10, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Raspberries Raspberries

When Eric Carmen and Wally Bryson of Cyrus Eyrie teamed up with Jim Bonfanti and Dave Smalley of The Choir, the result was pop bliss.  The Raspberries emerged from the ashes from the two bands, and over the course of four albums - three with the original line-up, and one with just Carmen and Bryson remaining - they came to define power pop.   Yet today, some might wonder: Why is the Cleveland, Ohio band so fondly remembered despite only placing one Top 5 single in the U.S. and two more Top 20s? 

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Eric Carmen, The Raspberries

Rhino Unveils Record Store Day Line-Up with a-ha, Monkees, Madonna, Doors, Coltrane, More

March 9, 2016 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Sex Pistols RSD

We've already filled you in on Rhino's upcoming Record Store Day releases from the late David Bowie, but the label has now confirmed the rest of its vinyl offerings for the April 16 event!  This year's crop of 25+ titles is a diverse one, with a number of vinyl premieres, new entries in the label's longtime "Side by Side" series, and more!  You'll find all details just below. a-ha - Hits South America 12-inch 180-gram vinyl Limited edition of 3000 copies, $14.98 AIR - Casanova

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Allen Toussaint, Fleetwood Mac, Jethro Tull, Madonna, Record Store Day, The Doors, The Monkees, The Sex Pistols

In Memoriam: George Martin (1926-2016)

March 9, 2016 By Joe Marchese 11 Comments

George Martin

Late last evening, March 8, Ringo Starr took to Twitter with a loving message of sad news: "God bless George Martin peace and love to Judy and his family love Ringo and Barbara George will be missed xxx." With the passing of Sir George Martin at the age of 90, the world has lost one of the most influential producers of all time.  Had Martin "only" produced the majority of The Beatles' recordings, his place in the pantheon of history would have been assured.  But Martin's contributions to

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Categories: News Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: George Martin

Smash Hits: Elvis, Miles, Jimi, Johnny Cash, Big Star Headline Legacy's Record Store Day Slate

March 8, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Elvis Presley Im Leaving

Record Store Day is coming up in a little more than a month, on Saturday, April 16, and the titles are starting to pour in for the annual celebration of brick-and-mortar record stores. Today, Legacy Recordings has just announced its slate!  It's a typically eclectic line-up of vinyl releases from some of the label's heaviest hitters from rock-and-roll, country, jazz, and beyond, including Elvis Presley, Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Big Star and many more! Big Star - Complete

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Big Star, Cheap Trick, Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Strummer, Johnny Cash, Manic Street Preachers, Matthew Sweet, Miles Davis, Outkast, Record Store Day

Rebel Rebel: David Bowie Celebrated With Record Store Day Releases, "ChangesOneBowie" Reissue

March 8, 2016 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

ChangesOneBowie

There's more on the way from the late David Bowie and Parlophone Records, beginning with two releases slated for release on Record Store Day, April 16, 2016 and continuing with a new reissue of 1976's ChangesOneBowie set for May 20. Record Store Day 2016 brings two picture disc releases: a 40th anniversary edition of the single "TVC15" and a reissue of The Man Who Sold the World with its original German artwork.   Originally released in 1976, "TVC15" was the second single to be taken from

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: David Bowie, Record Store Day

Box O' Todd

March 7, 2016 By

Todd Rundgren Box OTodd

The 3-CD Box O' Todd draws exclusively on radio broadcasts of Rundgren's early years, with live concerts from Philadelphia 1971, Hempstead, NY 1972 and Cincinnati 1973 (the latter featuring Utopia).  Featuring both hits and rarities, Box O' Todd includes a booklet with color photos and liner notes by Dave Thompson, a guitar pick, three pins, and a replica backstage pass.

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

Hello, It's Todd: Purple Pyramid Collects Classic Concerts On "Box O' Todd"

March 7, 2016 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Todd Rundgren Box OTodd

There appears to be no shortage of live releases from the one and only Todd Rundgren in the pipeline.  On March 25, Edsel has slated For Lack of Honest Work, a 3-CD, 43-song compendium spanning the years 1971-2006.  This appears to be a reissue of the box set issued on the MicroWerks label in 2010, albeit with the addition of newly-penned liner notes by Paul Myers.  The same date, Cherry Red's Esoteric Recordings imprint will offer Live at the Forum - London 1994 as part of its

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Todd Rundgren, Utopia

Raspberries (Vinyl)

March 5, 2016 By

Raspberries Raspberries

Analog Spark, the audiophile imprint of Razor and Tie, has a 180-gram deluxe reissue of The Raspberries' seminal debut featuring the hit "Go All the Way."  This limited edition vinyl reissue of Raspberries has been mastered and cut from the original stereo tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearant Audio; the 180-gram LP has been pressed and plated at RTI.  Additionally, it's housed in a classic-style Stoughton "tip-on" jacket.

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

Release Round-Up: Week of March 4

March 4, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Fleetwood Mac In Concert

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a host of titles on CD and vinyl! Fleetwood Mac, In Concert (Warner Bros./Rhino)  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) This 3-LP concert album features 22 live recordings from Fleetwood Mac's 1979-1980 tour, originally presented in December on the Tusk Deluxe Edition box set, for the very first time on vinyl.  The music heard on In Concert was recorded at four stops (Wembley, Tucson, St. Louis, Omaha) during the band's 111-show

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bing Crosby, Fleetwood Mac, Janis Joplin, Lords of the New Church, Loretta Lynn, Margaret Whiting, Mario Lanza, The O'Jays, The Three Degrees, Vic Dana

Little Girl Blue: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

March 1, 2016 By

Janis Little Girl Blue

Legacy presents the soundtrack to director Amy J. Berg's new documentary portrait of the late Janis Joplin.  This 17-track disc includes the Rodgers and Hart-penned title song as well as classic performances from Big Brother and the Holding Company, the Kozmic Blues Band, Janis and the Full Tilt Boogie Band and the singer's solo output.  One previously unreleased track, a live "Piece of My Heart" with Big Brother, makes its debut here.  It was recorded live at the Generation Club in New York

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Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock

Get It Moving! Analog Spark Reissues Original "Raspberries" On Vinyl

February 29, 2016 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Raspberries Vinyl LP

Analog Spark is going all the way with its next vinyl LP reissue. The audiophile imprint of Razor and Tie has recently made a 180-gram deluxe reissue of The Raspberries' classic 1972 self-titled debut available on its website, with an arrival at Amazon and other retailers on March 11.  Over the course of just four albums released between 1972 and 1974, The Raspberries positioned themselves as legitimate heirs to the thrones of The Beatles, The Beach Boys and The Byrds.  With jangly guitars,

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Eric Carmen, The Raspberries

Release Round-Up: Week of February 26

February 26, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Bowie at the Beeb Vinyl Box

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up filled with deluxe reissues on vinyl and CD, box sets, new releases from veteran artists, and more! Michael Jackson, Off the Wall (Epic/Legacy) CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The King of Pop's 1979 Epic solo debut Off the Wall is revived for 2016 with an additional DVD or BD of Spike Lee's acclaimed new documentary about the making of the album, Michael Jackson's Journey from

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Billy Cobham, Bonnie Raitt, Burt Bacharach, David Bowie, Emmit Rhodes, Herbie Hancock, Michael Jackson, Phil Collins, Stephen Sondheim, Todd Rundgren, Willie Nelson

Special Shout-Out to This Year's Reissue Grammy Winners; Legacy Leads Catalogue Pack

February 23, 2016 By Randy Fairman 3 Comments

dylan and the band basement tapes complete

The 58th Annual Grammy awards were held a little over a week ago and there were numerous winners.  The Grammys have so many categories that the majority are not given out on the actual television broadcast.  Even though we're a little late, we'd like to give acknowledgment to the winners from reissue and catalogue labels who picked up an award, some for categories that aren't always exclusively associated with reissues. The biggest winner of the night for reissue labels was Sony's Legacy

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, SACD Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Pop, Rock Tags: Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Joni Mitchell, The Band

George Fest: A Night To Celebrate The Music Of George Harrison

February 22, 2016 By

George Fest

George Fest: A Night To Celebrate The Music Of George Harrison arrives on 2-CD/BD, 2-CD/DVD, vinyl and DD configurations.  This concert salute was filmed on September 28, 2014 (the day after what would have been Harrison's 73rd birthday) at Los Angeles' Fonda Theatre. Produced by Dhani Harrison and David Zonshine, George Fest features an eclectic line-up including Brian Wilson ("My Sweet Lord"), Norah Jones ("Something"), and Ann Wilson ("Beware of Darkness") as well as Dhani himself ("Let It

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Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock

Bowie at the Beeb

February 22, 2016 By

Bowie at the Beeb Vinyl Box

With this 4-LP vinyl box set, the late David Bowie's original BBC radio sessions from 1968-1972 arrive on vinyl for the first time.  The 39-track set comes in a lift-off lid box and features a full-color 20 page booklet. This vinyl version features the Bowie/Mick Ronson duo performance of "Oh! You Pretty Things" from the Sounds of the 70s Bob Harris session, broadcast in September 1971, which was previously exclusive to the Japanese release of the CD.   Another special bonus is the world

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Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

The Complete Bearsville Albums Collection

February 22, 2016 By

Todd Rundgren Complete Bearsville

This compact box set brings together Todd Rundgren's 11 Bearsville albums (including the live Back to the Bars) on 13 CDs, spanning the period between 1970's Runt and 1982's The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect.  All are housed in mini-LP jackets with original artwork and original tracklistings only.

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

In Concert

February 19, 2016 By

Fleetwood Mac In Concert

This 3-LP concert album features 22 live recordings from Fleetwood Mac's 1979-1980 tour, originally presented in December on the Tusk Deluxe Edition box set, for the very first time on vinyl.  The music heard on In Concert was recorded at four stops (Wembley, Tucson, St. Louis, Omaha) during the band's 111-show world tour promoting Tusk.  This release has been pressed on 180-gram vinyl with Tusk-inspired artwork, and its three LPs will be housed in a tri-fold jacket.  

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

Go Your Own Way: Fleetwood Mac's "In Concert" Gets Standalone Vinyl Release

February 18, 2016 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Fleetwood Mac In Concert

Last December, Fleetwood Mac expanded its seminal album Tusk to box set proportions.  Among the material premiering on the Tusk: Deluxe Edition was an all-new 2-CD concert album featuring 22 previously unreleased live recordings from the band's 1979-1980 tour. On March 4, Fleetwood Mac: In Concert will arrive for the first time as a stand-alone vinyl release.  Pressed on 180-gram vinyl with Tusk-inspired artwork, its three LPs will be presented in a tri-fold jacket. The music heard on In

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Fleetwood Mac

Review: JD Souther, "Black Rose" and "Home By Dawn" Expanded Editions

February 16, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

JD Souther Home by Dawn

Omnivore Recordings continues to mine one of the great underrated catalogues in contemporary pop-rock with two more titles from singer-songwriter JD Souther.  Black Rose (1976) has been joined on compact disc by Home by Dawn (1984) with both titles splendidly remastered and featuring previously unreleased bonus tracks.  These definitive reissues aren't to be missed. The wide-ranging Black Rose, originally released on Asylum Records, remains Souther's most diverse and expansive musical

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: JD Souther

Release Round-Up: Week of February 12

February 12, 2016 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Barbara Mandrell This Time

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up featuring the lost songs of a country-pop superstar, two more entries into an underrated SoCal songbook, new music from veteran artists, and much more! Barbara Mandrell, This Time I Almost Made It: The Lost Columbia Masters (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) We all know Barbara Mandrell did make it...as one of the most successful country crossover superstars of all time.  Now, Real Gone has rescued the legendary

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop Tags: Barbara Mandrell, Charles Bukowski, Dion, J.D. Souther, Marty Balin, Maynard Ferguson, Paul Carrack

Release Round-Up: Week of February 5

February 5, 2016 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Elton Wonderful Crazy Night

Welcome to February's first Release Round-Up! Elton John, Wonderful Crazy Night (Island/UMe) Deluxe Edition CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Standard Edition CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Box Set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Sir Elton returns with his 32nd studio album!  Featuring his longtime band and production by T Bone Burnett, Wonderful Crazy Night returns Elton to his upbeat, piano

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Chicago, Doug Sahm, Elton John, Grateful Dead, Ides of March, Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, Nancy LaMott, Ralph Stanley, The Circle Jerks

The Elektra Years 1978-1987

February 4, 2016 By

The Cars Box

The Elektra Years 1978-1987, a six-disc box set offering all six of The Cars' albums - The Cars (1978), Candy-O (1979), Panorama (1980), Shake It Up (1981), Heartbeat City (1984) and Door to Door (1987) - all newly remastered. (This marks the first time that any album outside of the band's powerhouse debut gets a sonic upgrade!) Vocalist/guitarist Ric Ocasek oversaw the mastering, while drummer David Robinson, who helped create the band's original album covers, served as art director for the

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

Moving in Stereo: The Best of The Cars

February 4, 2016 By

The Cars Moving in Stereo

Moving in Stereo: The Best of The Cars, a new single-disc compilation, rounds up the best of the band's output from their entire career, including their incredible run on Elektra Records and even the band's 2011 effort Move Like This. (That last record was, of course, only a partial reunion, after the passing of vocalist/bassist Benjamin Orr in 2000.)  The collection includes 18 tracks, including the rare single mix of "I'm Not the One" included on the band's original Greatest Hits album, and

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

The Columbia Years - The Definitive Anthology

February 4, 2016 By

Dave Mason The Columbia Years

After leaving Traffic permanently (despite being a co-founder of the band, his tenure with them was not consistent), guitarist and songwriter Dave Mason embarked upon a solo career in 1970 which continues to this day.  He recorded several albums for the Blue Thumb label before joining Columbia in 1973 in a stint lasting until 1980 which produced seven albums.  The Columbia Years - The Definitive Anthology is a 2-CD set which brings together 30 tracks from this period in Mason's career.  It is

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