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When The Heart Rules The Mind: Esoteric Reissues, Expands Howe and Hackett's "GTR"

October 14, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

GTR

Esoteric Recordings has recently reissued landmark albums by Genesis' Anthony Phillips and Tony Banks; now, the Cherry Red imprint has turned its attention to GTR, the lone album from the group formed by Steve Hackett of Genesis and Steve Howe of Yes and Asia.  The 1986 Arista release of GTR has been expanded by Esoteric to two CDs with the addition of three bonus tracks and a full-length live concert previously released as part of the King Biscuit Flower Hour series. Yes and Asia manager

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: GTR, Steve Hackett, Steve Howe

Real Gone "Goes Crazy" With December Releases From The Dictators, Nat King Cole, King Curtis, More

October 13, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Dictators Go Girl Crazy

Real Gone Music has just announced its December release slate, and the label is closing out 2015 with as dizzyingly eclectic a line-up as ever - from the proto-punk clamor of The Dictators to the velvet vocals of Nat "King" Cole.  Real Gone previews its December 4 offerings on Record Store Day - Black Friday, November 27, with a special 10" EP from The Dictators featuring previously unreleased tracks unavailable anywhere else!  Then, the following week comes an expanded edition of the band's The

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Grateful Dead, Jeremy Spencer, King Curtis, Nat King Cole, The Dictators

This Note's For You: Neil Young Readies "Bluenote Café" For November Release

October 12, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Neil Young Bluenote Cafe

The ever-prolific Neil Young is following up his latest studio album The Monsanto Years with another dip into his fabled Archives.  Bluenote Café is the title of his Archives Performance Series Volume 11, due in 2-CD and 4-LP editions from Reprise Records on November 13. Bluenote Café takes its name from the horn-powered band which backed Neil on his 1987-1988 tour before and after the April '88 release of the studio album This Note's for You (originally credited to Neil Young and the

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Neil Young

Release Round-Up: Week of October 9

October 9, 2015 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Small Faces Decca

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up highlighted by the first course of a Christmas feast, plus a trio of deluxe box sets, new albums from veteran artists, and more! The Three Suns, A Ding Dong Dandy Christmas / George Melachrino and His Orchestra, Christmas Joy / John Gary, The John Gary Christmas Album / The Soulful Strings, The Magic of Christmas (Real Gone Music) The Three Suns: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. George Melachrino: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. John Gary: Amazon U.S. /

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Bobby Rydell, Damita Jo, Donna Summer, George Melachrino, John Gary, Lee Hazlewood, Nat King Cole, Raging Fire, The Beckies, The Small Faces, The Soulful Strings, The Three Suns, The Zombies, Tom Jones

Jethro Tull Continues CD/DVD Reissue Series with "Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll," Includes New Steven Wilson Mixes

October 7, 2015 By Joe Marchese 9 Comments

Jethro Tull Too Old

On the heels of May's reissue of Jethro Tull's Minstrel in the Gallery, Rhino and Chrysalis have announced the next volume in the labels' ongoing deluxe series for the band.  The roots of the concept album Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die can be found in Minstrel; now, Too Old... is scheduled for its own reissue on November 27 in advance of its own 40th anniversary next spring.  It will be available as an expanded 2-CD/2-DVD set and as a standalone single-CD remaster of the original

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

The Decca Years

October 6, 2015 By

Small Faces Decca

Faces precursor The Small Faces celebrate 50 years with a new 5-CD box set including all of the recordings the band made for Decca, plus rarities, alternative versions, previously unavailable tracks and a disc of BBC sessions. All audio has been remastered from the original analog sources under the supervision of drummer Kenney Jones. This lift-off lid box also includes a 72-page booklet featuring rare and previously unseen photos and memorabilia plus four postcards.

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

Reel to Real: Expanded Edition

October 5, 2015 By

Love Reel to Real

High Moon Records has the premiere reissue of Arthur Lee and Love's 1974 album Reel to Real as a newly-expanded Deluxe Edition in the following formats: Expanded CD packaged in a deluxe custom digipak with a full-color, 32-page booklet; LP pressed on high-quality RTI vinyl with full-color, 28-page LP-sized booklet; LP includes download card for high-quality album plus bonus tracks; and Digital Download includes full-color, 26-page PDF booklet.  

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

The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965-1966

October 5, 2015 By

Dylan Best of Cutting Edge

The Cutting Edge 1965-1966 looks at one of the most halcyon periods in Bob Dylan's long career: the creatively fertile time in the studio that yielded the trilogy of masterworks Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde. This new collection, transferred from the original tapes, will be available from Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings in four formats designed to suit the appetite and budget of every Dylanophile: The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series

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

Anthony Phillips' "Private Parts and Pieces" Revealed On New Box Set

October 2, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Anthony Phillips Private

The Genesis celebration at Cherry Red's Esoteric Recordings imprint continues with the release of Anthony Phillips' Private Parts and Pieces I - IV, a new 5-CD box set collecting and expanding his four albums of the same name released between 1978 and 1984.  Private Parts follows Esoteric's recent deluxe expansion of Phillips' The Geese and the Ghost as well as a number of other projects from members of his famous band including a reissue of the 1986 album by Steve Hackett's band GTR and Tony

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else Tags: Anthony Phillips, Genesis, Mike Rutherford

Release Round-Up: Week of October 2

October 2, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Paul McCartney Tug of War

Welcome to our new Release Round-Up! Paul McCartney, The Paul McCartney Archive Collection: Tug of War (MPL/Concord) 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

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bad Company, Carl Wilson, Carole King, Celtic Thunder, Dean Martin, Dick Haymes, Earth Wind and Fire, Garbage, Grateful Dead, Janet Jackson, Joe Jackson, Judy Garland, Paul McCartney, Sarah McLachlan

Release Round-Up: Week of September 25

September 25, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

David Bowie Five Years Cover

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up - maybe the biggest and most diverse yet of 2015! David Bowie, Five Years (Parlophone) 12 CD Box Set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 13 LP Box Set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. New remasters of 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 existing versions of Ziggy Stardust (in both the original and 2003 mixes), Aladdin Sane, Live Santa Monica '72, the Ziggy Stardust

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Ashford and Simpson, Billy Cobham, Bob Marley, David Bowie, Diana Krall, Don Henley, Herb Alpert, Johnny Mathis, Judy Garland, Liza Minnelli, Loggins and Messina, Micky Dolenz, Queen, Sneakers, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Tony Bennett

Positively Bob Dylan: "The Bootleg Series Vol. 12" Box Sets Collect 1965-1966 Sessions

September 24, 2015 By Joe Marchese 11 Comments

Bob Dylan 6 CD Bootleg 12

Bob's dropped the big one. News has just been confirmed of the next volume of Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series - and it's the most comprehensive yet.  The Cutting Edge 1965-1966 looks at one of the most halcyon periods in the troubadour's long career: the creatively fertile time in the studio that yielded the trilogy of masterworks Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde. This new collection, transferred from the original tapes, will be available from Columbia

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Bob Dylan

More Love: High Moon Reissues, Expands Arthur Lee and Love's Rare "Reel to Real"

September 22, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Love Reel to Real

High Moon Records, the label behind the recent releases of Love's Black Beauty and Gene Clark's Two Sides to Every Story, has announced its next title.  On November 27, High Moon will reissue Love's 1974 album Reel to Real as a newly-expanded Deluxe Edition in the following formats: Expanded CD packaged in a deluxe custom digipak with a full-color, 32-page booklet; LP pressed on high-quality RTI vinyl with full-color, 28-page LP-sized booklet; LP includes download card for high-quality

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, R&B/Soul Tags: Arthur Lee, Love

The Track Singles 1967-1973

September 21, 2015 By

The Who Track Singles

Volume Three arrives in this four-volume set collecting The Who's classic singles by label (Brunswick, Reaction, Track and Polydor).  This box set, designed in "lid-and-tray" style, contains fifteen 7-inch singles from the band's Track Records era - each one pressed on heavyweight vinyl with paper sleeves reproducing the front and back period graphics with die-cut center holes.  The Track Singles includes a 7-inch-sized 20-page color booklet with liner notes about each release and period

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Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Release Round-Up: Week of September 18

September 18, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Grateful Dead Definitive Live

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up including a couple of spectacular new box sets, one acclaimed soundtrack, numerous reissues and anthologies, and the return of a few beloved artists! a-ha, Hunting High and Low: 30th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition (Warner Bros./Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) The 1985 debut from a-ha gets super-sized with Rhino's upcoming 4-CD/1-DVD edition.  Disc One has the original, remastered album, while Disc Two boasts 25 demos, Disc Three has 15

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: a-ha, Brian Wilson, Darlene Love, David Gilmour, Dr. John, Elyse Weinberg, Erroll Garner, Grateful Dead, Judy Collins, Keith Richards, Otis Redding, Patti LuPone

Beatles 1+ [Various Editions]

September 16, 2015 By

Beatles 1 Plus CD 2 BD

The Fab Four turns the best-selling Beatles 1 into an audiovisual extravaganza with new audio mixes and never-before-released video footage, available in a variety of editions and formats: 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: 1 BD (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Beatles 1: 1 DVD (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Beatles 1+: 1 CD/2 BDs (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Beatles 1+:

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

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

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