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All You Need Is Love: The Beatles Go "1+" In November With New Deluxe Set

September 15, 2015 By Joe Marchese 26 Comments

Beatles 1 Plus CD 2 BD

The Beatles 1 is back. The 2000 record-breaking, chart-topping compilation returns in newly-expanded form from Apple Corps and UMe on November 6, adding a video component capturing the band's filmed work to accompany the album's 27 U.K. and U.S. No. 1 singles. The upcoming release will be available in a number of configurations: Beatles 1: 1 CD/1 DVD (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Beatles 1: 1 CD/1 BD (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Beatles 1: 1 CD (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Beatles 1:

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: The Beatles

Dick's Picks Vol. 4

September 15, 2015 By

Grateful Dead Dicks Picks 4

The fourth volume of Grateful Dead's Dick's Picks series presents the most famous stand of shows in the band's long history of touring, the 2/13/70-2/14/70 shows at the Fillmore East in New York. This 3-CD release is highlighted by a now-legendary rendition of "Dark Star" and a rare performance of "Mason's Children."

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock

Release Round-Up: Week of September 11

September 11, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Four Seasons Sherry

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up!  Second Disc Records is going back to the beach with Ricci Martin, but that's far from all this week! We're also taking off with ELO, singing street-corner symphonies with The Four Seasons, and much more!  Plus: new titles from classic artists! Ricci Martin, Beached: Expanded Edition (Second Disc/Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) What if key members of The Beach Boys, Chicago, America, and Wings had teamed up to create one of the greatest

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Alice Cooper, Ben Folds, ELO, Iain Matthews, Jeff Lynne, John Pizzarelli, Marvin Gaye, Paul McCartney, Ricci Martin, The Buckinghams, The Four Seasons, The Texas Tornados, The Who

Loggins and Messina (Quadraphonic SACD)

September 9, 2015 By

Loggins and Messina SACD

Loggins and Messina's 1972 debut, featuring the hit "Your Mama Don't Dance," comes to SACD in its original quadraphonic (4.0 surround) mix. The hybrid SACD also features the stereo version of the album in high resolution and in standard CD resolution, playable on all CD players.

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Formats: SACD Genre: Classic Rock

Rocket Man: Cherry Red Reissues Colin Blunstone Albums on Elton's Label

September 9, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Colin Blunstone Planes and Never Even Thought

This fall, the surviving members of The Zombies' classic line-up - a.k.a. Colin Blunstone, Rod Argent, Chris White and Hugh Grundy - will reunite for a tour centered on their landmark 1968 album Odessey and Oracle.  Then, on October 9, Cherry Red and End Records will release Still Got That Hunger, an all-new album from the current line-up of Blunstone, Argent, Jim Rodford, Tom Toomey and Steve Rodford, fresh off acclaimed festival appearances.  With so much renewed interest in the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Colin Blunstone, Elton John, Rod Argent, The Zombies

Release Round-Up: Week of September 4

September 4, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Doors Full Circle and Other Voices

The fall is almost upon us - which means some of the most exciting release weeks of the year are just around the corner!  We hope you've checked out Ted's farewell to the sounds of summer, because we're kicking off September right here with a new release from Second Disc Records - as well as goodies from The Doors, Eydie Gorme, Micky Dolenz, Peter Frampton, Pugwash, and many more!  To our U.S. readers, we wish you a safe and happy Labor Day weekend filled with great new (and old)

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Al Kooper, Dean Martin, Eydie Gorme, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, Paul Simon, Peter Frampton, Pugwash, Spooner Oldham, The Doors, The Monkees, Wilson Pickett

Archive Collection: Pipes of Peace

September 3, 2015 By

Pipes of Peace Deluxe

Paul McCartney's 1983 Pipes of Peace, featuring the smash hit duet "Say Say Say" with Michael Jackson, joins his Archive Collection in a variety of formats: 2-CD/1-DVD Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-CD Special Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-LP Vinyl Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Read more about all versions in our full feature!

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

Archive Collection: Tug of War

September 3, 2015 By

Tug of War Deluxe

The Paul McCartney Archive Collection continues with 1982's Tug of War, featuring "Ebony and Ivory" and "Here Today."  The release is available in various formats: 3-CD/1-DVD Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-CD Special Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-LP Vinyl Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Check out our full feature for information on what you'll find in each version!

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

His Band and the Street Choir (Expanded Edition)

September 2, 2015 By

Van Morrison His Band

Van Morrison's jubilant 1970 follow-up to Moondance receives the remastered and expanded treatment on CD with five previously unreleased bonus tracks from the sessions.

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

Astral Weeks (Expanded Edition)

September 2, 2015 By

Van Morrison Astral Weeks Remaster

Van Morrison's cosmic Warner Bros. debut, from 1968, receives its first-ever expanded edition in this remastered reissue featuring four work-in-progress bonus tracks.

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

Genesis' Tony Banks Goes "A Chord Too Far" On Career-Spanning Box Set

September 2, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Tony Banks A Chord Too Far

It's been a pretty great year for fans of Genesis.  This morning, the news broke of upcoming reissues from Phil Collins.  Earlier this year, reissues arrived from Mike Rutherford and Anthony Phillips, and Steve Hackett released his latest solo album.  (A reissue of the 1986 album by Hackett's band GTR is on the way, and a box set of Hackett's Charisma recordings is due later this year, too.)  All has been fairly quiet on the Peter Gabriel front, but even Gabriel has some vinyl remasters on the

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Genesis, Tony Banks

Bill Wyman Opens The Vault Doors with "The Solo Box," "Complete Willie and the Poor Boys" Sets

September 1, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Bill Wyman White Lightnin

Earlier this year, erstwhile Rolling Stone bassist Bill Wyman released Back to Basics, his fifth solo album and first in over two decades.  The time couldn't be better, then, to revisit Wyman's past work apart from his former bandmates.  Edsel has happily obliged with two new multi-disc collections in the Bill Wyman's Recording Archives series showcasing Wyman's own musical melange of blues, soul, pop, and rock-and-roll.  The 4-CD/1-DVD White Lightnin': The Solo Box reissues and expands Wyman's

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, The Rolling Stones

Review: Chicago, "The Studio Albums" and America, "The Warner Bros. Years"

August 28, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Chicago Box Set 2

In 1969, Chicago Transit Authority - a.k.a. Robert Lamm, Peter Cetera, Terry Kath, Danny Seraphine, Lee Loughnane, James Pankow and Walter Parazaider - released its first album on Columbia Records.  46 years and a total of 36 core albums later, the band simply known as Chicago is still intact with Lamm, Loughnane, Pankow and Parazaider.  In the waning days of 1971, another band made its first appearance on records.  America - the trio of Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell and Dan Peek -

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: America, Chicago

Release Round-Up: Week of August 28

August 28, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Faces You Can Make Me Dance

Welcome to New Release Friday and this week's Release Round-Up! Faces, You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything (1970-1975) (Rhino) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. This long-awaited 5-CD box set includes Faces' First Step (1970), Long Player (1971), A Nod Is as Good as a Wink...to a Blind Horse (1971), and Ooh La La (1973), and adds never-before-released bonus tracks to each album.  The set is topped off with a bonus disc containing non-LP selections.

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Ashford and Simpson, Conway Twitty, Faces, Gloria Gaynor, Jimi Hendrix, Lee Hazlewood, Margo Smith, Peter Frampton, Rod Stewart, The Kitchen Cinq, Van Morrison

BREAKING! Return To Cypress Avenue: Rhino Remasters, Expands Van Morrison's "Astral Weeks," "His Band and the Street Choir"

August 27, 2015 By Joe Marchese 8 Comments

van morrison astral weeks

There's even more coming from Van Morrison! Following up on 2013's multi-disc deluxe edition of the Northern Irish soul man's 1970 classic Moondance and on the heels of Legacy Recordings' announcement earlier this week that the Sony imprint has acquired the majority of Morrison's post-1971 catalogue, Rhino has just announced two new deluxe editions drawn from Morrison's seminal early Warner Bros. discography.  Both 1968's label debut Astral Weeks and 1970's jubilant His Band and the Street

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Esoteric Reissues, Expands All Four Albums From Progressive Art-Rockers Audience

August 26, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Audience House on the Hill

If Cherry Red's Esoteric Recordings imprint has anything to say about it, the music of Audience will soon discover a new audience!  Esoteric has recently reissued all four of the British band's studio albums, originally released on the Polydor and Charisma labels between 1969 and 1972. Audience, a.k.a. Howard Werth (acoustic guitar/vocals), Keith Gemmell (flute/tenor sax/clarinet), Trevor Williams (bass) and Tony Connor (drums) formed out of the ashes of the band The Lloyd Alexander Real

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Audience

Loaded: Re-Loaded 45th Anniversary Edition

August 25, 2015 By

Velvet Underground Loaded

The Velvet Underground's 1970 album - and Lou Reed's swansong with the band - gets the deluxe expanded treatment from Rhino in this new box set featuring the original stereo and mono albums plus a wealth of bonus material, two live concerts and a DVD featuring high resolution stereo mixes plus the first-ever surround mix of the album!  The remastered stereo Loaded album will also be available as a stand-alone CD on October 30.

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

The Velvet Underground Gets "Re-Loaded" For 6-Disc Deluxe Box Set

August 25, 2015 By Joe Marchese 8 Comments

Velvet Underground Loaded

Rhino has a fully loaded slate for this fall...make that a fully Loaded slate.  On October 30, the same date as the recently-announced 20th anniversary edition of Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill, the label will give the deluxe treatment to The Velvet Underground's fourth studio album.  Loaded: Re-Loaded 45th Anniversary Edition will follow in the footsteps and format of the deluxe sets previously released by UMe for the VU's first three albums The Velvet Underground and Nico, White

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Lou Reed, The Velvet Underground

BREAKING! Van Morrison Goes To Legacy Recordings, Deluxe Editions and Digital Releases Planned

August 25, 2015 By Joe Marchese 16 Comments

Essential Van Morrison

The music of Van Morrison is returning to CD - and about to make a splash on digital platforms, as well.  Rolling Stone broke the news today that Sony Music's Legacy Recordings has recently acquired the rights to 50 albums, videos and compilations from the venerable Northern Irish troubadour.  The vast majority of Morrison's albums have been out-of-print on CD since the plug was abruptly pulled on a U.K. series of remastered and expanded editions.  Legacy's very welcome campaign kicks off this

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The Essential Van Morrison

August 22, 2015 By

Essential Van Morrison

Fresh off his RCA Duets album, Van Morrison comes to RCA sister imprint Legacy Recordings for a volume of the label's Essential series.  The Essential Van Morrison features 37 songs from the troubadour including favorites like "Moondance," "Brown Eyed Girl," "Jackie Wilson Said," and many tracks currently out-of-print: CD 1 1. Gloria - Them 2. Here Comes The Night - Them 3. Spanish Rose 4. Brown Eyed Girl 5. Astral Weeks 6. The Way Young Lovers Do 7. Moondance 8. Crazy Love 9. And

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

Release Round-Up: Week of August 21

August 21, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Isley Brothers T Neck and RCA Masters

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, packed with box sets, reissues, special collections, and more! The Isley Brothers, The RCA Victor and T-Neck Album Masters (Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Legacy has boxed up 23 discs of The Isley Brothers - featuring every one of the group's RCA and T-Neck albums released between 1959 and 1983, including one previously unreleased album and a total of 84 previously unissued or new-to-CD bonus tracks!  Every track has been newly-remastered

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, SACD Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Belinda Carlisle, Jeff Beck, Linda Ronstadt, Nicolette Larson, Paul Young, Peggy Lee, Singers and Players, Teddy Pendergrass, The Isley Brothers, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, The Sherman Brothers, Various Artists

Turn It Up: Cherry Red Reissues Ted Nugent's "Free-For-All" Featuring Meat Loaf

August 20, 2015 By Randy Fairman 1 Comment

Ted Nugent Free For All

Cherry Red imprint Hear No Evil Recordings has recently released a new reissue from a classic 1970's hard-rocker: Ted Nugent's second solo album for Epic Records, Free-For-All.  This also follows in HNE's line of Meat Loaf reissues as the Bat Out of Hell superstar is a prominent guest on the album singing over half of the songs. Ted Nugent, hailing from Detroit, got his start in music at a young age.  After performing in several bands, he formed the Amboy Dukes when his family moved to

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Meat Loaf, Ted Nugent

Christmas Joy: Real Gone Kicks off the Holidays with Four Seasons and More in October

August 14, 2015 By Randy Fairman 2 Comments

Four Seasons Greetings

It may be hard to believe, but the holiday season will be here sooner than we think!  To prove that point, Real Gone Music is getting Christmas started early with its October slate of releases featuring five yuletide gems along with three titles good for year-round enjoyment. This batch of Christmas classics kicks off with the 4 Seasons' The 4 Seasons Greetings, continuing Real Gone's series of mono Seasons reissues which began in September.  Next, you've got holiday tunes from crooner and

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Barry White, Frankie Valli, George Melachrino, Jay Dee, John Gary, The Beckies, The Four Seasons, The Grateful Dead, The Soulful Strings, The Three Suns

Release Round-Up: Week of August 14

August 14, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Lesley Gore Someplace Else Now

Welcome to New Release Friday! Lesley Gore, Someplace Else Now (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Someplace Else Now marked Lesley Gore's first full immersion into the world of the singer-songwriter.  She penned every one of the twelve tracks on this 1972 album for MoWest Records, writing solo and with lyricists Ellen Weston and her brother Michael Gore.  Joe Porter (Gladys Knight and the Pips, Thelma Houston) supplied the passionate production.  Lesley's lost Motown gem - a

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Lesley Gore, Steppenwolf, The Muffs, The Replacements, The Who

Review: Simon and Garfunkel, "The Complete Columbia Albums Collection" and "The Concert in Central Park"

August 7, 2015 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Simon and Garfunkel Complete Columbia Vinyl Box

When Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel took the stage on April 24, 2010 at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, it's doubtful that many in the audience knew they were witnessing the end of one chapter in the story of Simon & Garfunkel.  That concert marked the final time that the famous duo have performed together to date, but over five years later, the specter of Simon & Garfunkel still looms large over both men.  It's no surprise; the question of a reunion cropped up almost

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon, Simon and Garfunkel

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