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Release Round-Up: Week of June 30

June 30, 2015 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Private Dancer 30th

Welcome to our final Tuesday Release Round-Up - and it's a doozy!  As many of you know, the record industry will next week adopt a universal Friday release day.  No releases are scheduled for Tuesday, July 7; instead, Friday, July 10 is the date!  DVDs and Blu-rays will, for the foreseeable future, remain released on Tuesdays.  We'll resume with a new Release Round-Up on Friday, July 10! Ronny and the Daytonas, The Complete Recordings (2-CD Set) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) / The

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, DVD, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: 311, Brian Wilson, Dean Martin, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Fanny, Grateful Dead, Harry Chapin, Janis Ian, KC and the Sunshine Band, Nancy Wilson, Neil Young, Pete Townshend, Ronny and the Daytonas, Tavares, The Fantastic Four, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Who, Tina Turner

The Studio Albums 1979-2008

June 26, 2015 By

Chicago Box Set 2

This 10-CD box set rounds up all of Chicago's studio albums released between 1979 and 2008, adding bonus tracks from past reissues including those previously released only in Japan.

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

Five Years: 1969-1973

June 26, 2015 By

David Bowie Five Years Cover

David Bowie's David Bowie (a.k.a. Space Oddity), The Man Who Sold the World, Hunky Dory and Pin Ups are collected in a new box set along with Live Santa Monica '72, the Ziggy Stardust motion picture soundtrack and a 2-CD bonus set entitled Re:Call 1.  Available on 12 CDs or 13 LPs.

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

Long Live Love: RPM Collects Sixties Sound of The Stormsville Shakers

June 25, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Stormsville Shakers

Phillip Goodhand-Tait has had his songs recorded by artists ranging from Gene Pitney to Roger Daltrey and has also fronted a number of bands in his many decades in the music industry.  Cherry Red Group imprint RPM has collected 27 tracks by singer-musician-songwriter Goodhand-Tait, solo and with his bands The Stormsville Shakers and Circus as One and One is Two: Complete Recordings 1965-1967. Born in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, Goodhand-Tait began his music career while still in

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Phillip Goodhand-Tait, The Stormsville Shakers

You're The Inspiration: Rhino to Release 10-CD Box Collecting Chicago's Studio Albums From 1979-2008

June 24, 2015 By Randy Fairman 11 Comments

Chicago Box Set 2

Rhino is following up its box set news of last week from America and Alice Cooper with even more news this week.  They have just announced a new box set celebrating the second half of Chicago's career: The Studio Albums 1979-2008 to be released on July 10th.  This set follows 2012's The Studio Albums 1969-1978 which collected the first ten studio albums from the band.  That set is being re-pressed in conjunction with the new box. The end of the 1970s saw Chicago in a time of

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

Hang On To Yourself: David Bowie's "Five Years 1969-1973" Box Collects Albums, Bonus Discs

June 23, 2015 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

David Bowie Five Years Cover

Forty-four years to the day after David Bowie first performed at Glastonbury (then known as the Glastonbury Fair rather than today's Festival), Parlophone Records has announced the first in a new series of box sets which will eventually span his entire career.  Five Years: 1969-1973, named of course after the opening track of The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, will be available on September 25 in 12-CD or 13-LP configurations, containing all of the core material (ten

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

Release Round-Up: Week of June 23

June 23, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Rolling Stones Marquee Club

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a vintage live concert from The Rolling Stones in a variety of formats, an all-star salute to the great Carole King, a rare soundtrack from a beloved performer to a classic children's film, and much, much more! The Rolling Stones, From the Vault: The Marquee Club Live in 1971 (Eagle Rock) DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. SD Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. SD Blu-ray + CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. TBD DVD + CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Carl Hall, Carole King, Jerry Garcia, Rickie Lee Jones, Rod McKuen, The Lover Speaks, The Rolling Stones, The Royal Jesters

The ABC/Dunhill Singles Collection

June 22, 2015 By

Steppenwolf Complete Singles

Over 2 CDs and 38 tracks, The ABC/Dunhill Singles Collection includes the A and B-side of every Steppenwolf single on the ABC/Dunhill label (featuring, for the first time ever, a decent-sounding "Magic Carpet Ride"), but of every John Kay solo single as well! And, speaking of John Kay, he sat down with co-producer/liner notes scribe Ed Osborne for a thorough, track-by-track review for the liner notes (John also requested that Real Gone use the album version of "Monster" rather than the single

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock

The Studio Albums 1969-1983

June 19, 2015 By

Alice Cooper Studio Albums

Rhino brings together the first 15 studio albums recorded by the original Alice Cooper band and Alice Cooper, solo, on this new box set.

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

The Warner Bros. Years: 1971-1977

June 19, 2015 By

America Warner Years

Rhino boxes up newly-remastered editions of every one of America's studio and live albums recorded for Warner Bros. between 1971 and 1977 on this new 8-CD box set.

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

School's Out for Summer: Rhino Announces Alice Cooper's New 15-CD "Studio Albums 1969-1983" Box Set

June 19, 2015 By Randy Fairman 4 Comments

Alice Cooper Studio Albums

Yesterday, we told you about a new box set focusing on America's complete Warner Bros. studio albums.  Well, today, Rhino has announced a similar set focusing on shock-rocker Alice Cooper to be released July 31.  The Studio Albums: 1969-1983 is a fifteen-disc set containing the fifteen Alice Cooper Band and Alice Cooper solo studio recordings in that 14-year period. The band Alice Cooper began performing in the late 1960s with their first LP being 1969's Pretties for You on Frank Zappa's

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Alice Cooper

Sister Golden Hair Surprise: Remastered, Complete "America: The Warner Bros. Years" Box Due in July

June 18, 2015 By Joe Marchese 11 Comments

America Warner Years

Get ready for another ride down Ventura Highway.  On July 17, Rhino will release the new 8-CD box set America: The Warner Bros. Years 1971-1977 collecting all of the studio and live albums released by the band for the Warner Bros. label: America (1971), Homecoming (1972), Hat Trick (1973), Holiday (1974), Hearts (1975), Hideaway (1976), Harbor (1977), and America Live (1977).  Happily, we can report that every one of these albums will be presented in newly-remastered sound prepared in

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

It's Their Party: Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, Ben E. King, Steppenwolf Go Real Gone In August

June 16, 2015 By Joe Marchese 14 Comments

Lesley Gore Someplace Else Now

Are you ready to take a magic carpet ride with Real Gone Music this August? The label's slate for the month offers an array of rock, soul and pop heavy hitters including a number of CD debuts.  Two complete singles collections arrive, both on two CDs: one from John Kay and Steppenwolf (The Complete ABC/Dunhill Singles Collection), and another from the late, great Ben E. King (The Complete Atco/Atlantic Singles Volume 1).  Then, the label is offering up two rare soundtracks from bona fide rock

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Alex North, Ben E. King, Dusty Springfield, Jorge Ben, Lesley Gore, Mike Bloomfield, Robbie Robertson, Steppenwolf

Release Round-Up: Week of June 16

June 16, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

James Taylor Before This World

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring the return of a veteran artist, celebrations of the renowned musicians of Nashville and Los Angeles, a classic Disney soundtrack, and much more! Various Artists, Dylan, Cash and the Nashville Cats: A New Music City (Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Legacy teams with the Country Music Hall of Fame for this 2-CD, 36-song companion soundtrack to the Nashville museum's current exhibit chronicling Music City's fusion of country of rock.

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Christopher Cross, Donovan, Eddi Reader, James Taylor, John Barry, Johnny Cash, Miklos Rosza, The Dream Syndicate, Various Artists

Dylan, Cash and the Nashville Cats: A New Music City

June 14, 2015 By

Dylan Cash and Nashville Cats

Legacy teams with the Country Music Hall of Fame for this 2-CD, 36-song companion soundtrack to the Nashville museum's current exhibit chronicling Music City's fusion of country of rock.  One previously unreleased cut by Bob Dylan joins both familiar and rare tracks by Johnny Cash, Linda Ronstadt, The Byrds, The Monkees, Neil Young, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Paul McCartney and others!

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Country

RPM Says "Vive Le Rock and Roll" With New Collection from Early French Rockers

June 12, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Vive Le Rock and Roll

RPM, an imprint of Cherry Red Group, has recently issued a number of sets exploring the world of sixties French pop.  Now the label has recently turned to the heavier side, with Vive Le Rock and Roll, a 22-track anthology dedicated to the country's rock-and-roll scene. As detailed in Kieron Tyler's extensive liner notes to this collection subtitled The Unruly World of French Rock and Roll 1956-1962, France didn't cotton to the rough-and-tumble genre immediately.  Bill Haley and the Comets

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else Tags: Johnny Hallyday, Various Artists, Vince Taylor

Review: Little Richard, "Directly From My Heart"

June 10, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Little Richard Directly

The annals of rock have been filled with colorful characters, but few can compare to Richard Penniman, a.k.a. Little Richard.  Over the course of just eighteen months beginning in 1955, the man who has called himself The King and Queen of Rock and Roll recorded the songs that laid the foundation of the genre, notching seventeen R&B Top 10s - four of which also made the Pop Top 10.  After that initial burst of fame, however, Richard retreated from the spotlight.  The new box set Directly from

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Little Richard

Jim Peterik, Don Dixon, Jules Shear, Justin Currie, Julian Velard Fight Cancer on "You Can't Live on Love Alone"

June 9, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

You Cant Live on Love Alone

Many of you reading this might know Popdose as one of your favorite pop-culture hangouts on the Internet.  Recently, our good friends at Popdose have curated a special digital-only release that not only features an array of remarkable artists, but helps a great cause, too. You Can't Live on Love Alone: Songs for the Fight Against Multiple Myeloma arrived on Amazon last week, on June 2.  This 19-track compendium is headlined by artists ranging from veterans (Jim Peterik of The Ides of March

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Don Dixon, Jim Peterik, Jules Shear, Julian Velard, Justin Currie, Kenny Loggins

Retrospective

June 9, 2015 By

Donovan Retrospective

Donovan has hand-picked and written the liner notes for the 29 tracks on Salvo's new 2-CD anthology.  Alongside his familiar hits, the collection also premieres one new track, "One English Summer."

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Pop

Release Round-Up: Week of June 9

June 9, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

rolling stones sticky fingers

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, headlined by the long-awaited return of The Rolling Stones' Sticky Fingers in a variety of formats and editions! The Rolling Stones, Sticky Fingers (UMe) 3-CD/1-DVD Super Deluxe Edition Box Set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-CD/1-DVD Deluxe Edition Box Set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-CD Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 1-CD Standard Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-LP Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Digital Download:

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Dave Edmunds, Eydie Gorme, Faith No More, Jackie Lomax, John Lennon, Pete Townshend, Stephanie Mills, Tennessee Ernie Ford, The Knack, The Rolling Stones, Valerie Simpson

Love Is The Answer: Edsel Collects Complete Big Tree Albums of England Dan and John Ford Coley

June 8, 2015 By Joe Marchese 8 Comments

England Dan

Here's one from the "Just in Case You Missed It" Department... Thanks to the endurance of hit songs like "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" and "We'll Never Have to Say Goodbye Again," the music of England Dan (Seals) and John Ford Coley is still in regular rotation on soft-rock and oldies radio stations today.  The duo was only together for roughly a decade, but in that time they notched over ten charting singles, three of which went Top 10 Pop and four of which topped the Adult

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: England Dan and John Ford Coley

The Bad Seeds: "Nick Cave Heard Them Here First" Features Dylan, Cash, Pitney, More

June 5, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Nick Cave Heard Them Here First

Ace Records has an unusual name on its roster: that of Australian musical iconoclast Nick Cave.  An artist who's lived up to his description as rock's "Prince of Darkness," Cave has nonetheless drawn on a wide array of influences in crafting his own intense, personal and powerful songbook.  Ace has rounded up the original versions of 25 songs recorded over the years by the artist on the collection entitled Nick Cave Heard Them Here First.  This anthology follows the label's similar sets for The

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Gospel, Rock Tags: Bob Dylan, Gene Pitney, Hank Williams, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Cash, Nick Cave, The Stooges

Volume 2: The Reaction Singles 1966

June 4, 2015 By

The Who Reaction Singles

The Who presents Volume Two of a four-part series of the band's singles, collected by label (Brunswick, Reaction, Track and Polydor).  This box features five 7-inch singles from the Reaction label, pressed on heavyweight vinyl with sleeves reproducing the period graphics with die-cut center holes.  Includes remastered versions of Who classics such as "Substitute," "Happy Jack," "I'm a Boy," the Ready Steady Who EP, and more.  The singles are all housed in a full-color box that also contains

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Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Coda [Various Editions]

June 4, 2015 By

Led Zeppelin Coda SDE

The Led Zeppelin remastered reissue campaign has reached the band's final studio album, 1982's Coda, available in various formats: Super Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Deluxe Edition CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Original Album CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Original Album Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Deluxe Edition Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.

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In Through the Out Door [Various Editions]

June 4, 2015 By

Led Zep In Through the Out Door SDE

The Led Zeppelin remastered reissue campaign marches on with 1979's In Through the Out Door, the band's final album recorded before John Bonham's untimely passing.  It's available in a number of formats: Super Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Deluxe Edition CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Original Album CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Original Album Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Deluxe Edition Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.

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

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