Zappa Records revisits Frank Zappa’s 1974 best-selling album Apostrophe’ with this new, 15-track release. As part of the ongoing Project/Object Audio Documentary Series, it presents rare alternate mixes, live performances & studio session outtakes from the Apostrophe’ era.
Frank Zappa For President
The late Frank Zappa throws his hat in the ring with this new archival release! Zappa Records promises that Frank Zappa for President “gives us a glimpse into what could have been. This album is comprised of unreleased compositions realized on the Synclavier along with other relevant tracks mined from the Vault with a political thread tying it all together. Don t forget to Register and Vote!”
In The Midnight Hour: Real Gone August Slate Includes Wilson Pickett, The B-52’s, Dusty Springfield, Diamond Rio, More
With summer nearly upon us, we’re all beginning to make plans for the next few months. Real Gone is doing the same, having just revealed what its releases are going to be for middle of summer in August! The first item on the list is the first of an eventual three-volume collection chronicling Wilson Pickett’s tenure at Atlantic Records. Pickett released a total of 66 single sides at the label and The Complete Atlantic Singles Vol. 1 collects the first 22 of these. When Pickett moved to Atlantic in 1964, he quickly became a…
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Release Round-Up: Week of June 17
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Chicago, Quadio (Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. TBD / Amazon Canada) This week’s biggest and most hotly-anticipated release, Chicago’s Quadio, brings together nine albums from the legendary band in remastered high-resolution 192/24 DTS-HD Master Audio in both their original quadraphonic and stereo mixes on nine Blu-ray discs. This lavish celebration of the Windy City’s favorite band is housed in a rigid two-piece box, with every album presented in a replica sleeve promised to “replicate the original release down to the last detail, including mini-posters, and the iron-on that…
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Release Round-Up: Week of June 10
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, with some of the most high-profile releases yet for 2016! The Beach Boys, Pet Sounds 50 (Various Editions) (Capitol/UMe) 4-CD/1-BD Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-CD Deluxe Edition (CD 1 + highlights from 4-CD set): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Mono 180-Gram Vinyl Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Stereo 180-Gram Vinyl Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Beach Boys’ landmark 1966 album Pet Sounds is turning 50, and Capitol/UMe is celebrating…
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Moving On: Esoteric Expands The Move’s “Something Else” and “Looking On”
Esoteric Recordings has recently continued its series of Move reissues with expanded editions of the band’s 1968 EP Something Else from The Move, and its 1970 studio album Looking On. Something Else began life as a 5-track mono EP culled from performances at London’s Marquee Club on February 27 and May 5, 1968. Between those two gigs, bassist Chris “Ace” Kefford had departed the group’s roster, leaving it a four-piece consisting of Carl Wayne on vocals, Roy Wood on guitar/vocals, Trevor Burton on guitar/vocals (and newly, bass) and Bev Bevan on drums. …
Tutti Frutti! Little Richard Is Back On New “Mono Box”
Here’s Little Richard! Specialty Records is celebrating the career of the rock and roll pioneer with the July 15 release of Mono Box: The Complete Specialty and Vee-Jay Albums. This new, 5-LP vinyl box set collects all of the studio albums that Little Richard recorded for both the Specialty and Vee-Jay labels between 1957 and 1965. The mono albums, each replicating the original label and jacket art, have been remastered from analog tapes. A 16-page booklet featuring new liner notes by Bill Dahl, plus era-specific photos, rounds out this collection. Mono Box…
Just For a Thrill: Edsel Offers Third Box Set From Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings
Edsel has continued its series of mini-box sets dedicated to Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings with a recently-released third volume. The Kings of Rhythm Volume 3: Tell You a Secret collects four albums originally issued between 2003 and 2011 by the legendary Rolling Stones bassist’s rhythm-and-blues-rock big band. This new box follows previous releases in the label’s Bill Wyman’s Recording Archive series including White Lightnin’: The Solo Box and The Complete Willie and the Poor Boys. The first Rhythm Kings volume featured the albums Struttin’ Our Stuff (1997) and Anyway the Wind Blows (1999)…
Sea Level/Long Walk Off a Short Pier
Back in 2013, Real Gone reissued Sea Level’s second (1977’s Cats on the Coast) and third (1978’s On the Edge) albums on a single CD. Now they are following that up with a twofer of the southern rockers’ first and fourth efforts: Sea Level/Long Walk Off A Short Pier. Sea Level grew out of the breakup of the Allman Brothers band in 1976. Brothers band members pianist/keyboardist/vocalist Chuck Leavell, bassist Lamar Williams and drummer Jai Johanny “Jaimoe” Johanson decided to strike out on their own and added guitarist Jimmy Nails to the…
The Definitive Collection
After The Ides of March went on hiatus in 1973, lead singer/guitarist Jim Peterik had to find a new direction. He released a solo album on Epic in 1976 but soon decided to form a new group. Recruiting bassist Dennis Keith Johnson, drummer Gary Smith, singer Dave Bickler and guitarist Frankie Sullivan, Survivor was born. Though the group would undergo numerous line-up changes over the years, their status as pop-rock titans was never in doubt. The 2-CD Definitive Collection features 35 tracks from the band’s 1978-1988 period (including “Eye of the Tiger,” “The…
Review: The Kinks, “Everybody’s in Show-Biz: Legacy Edition”
When Kinks bio-musical Sunny Afternoon took home the 2015 Olivier Award for Best Musical, it must surely have been a sweet moment for composer-lyricist and band frontman Ray Davies, whose concept albums and rock operas have long bore the hallmarks of strong theatrical storytelling. (He’s also written a handful of musicals over the years.) By the time of 1972’s Everybody’s In Show-Biz, Davies was already pushing the envelope of his quintessentially British sound, incorporating rootsy American country textures, Dixieland horns and even a dash of calypso into The Kinks’ heady, heavy rock-and-roll…
Release Round-Up: Week of June 3
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up…it’s one of the year’s most eclectic yet, with heavy hitters from Pink Floyd to Petula Clark…including releases from The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Paul Simon, Edgar Winter and more! Petula Clark, Natural Love: The Scotti Brothers Recordings (Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) In the early years of the 1980s, Petula Clark was signed to the Scotti Brothers label in the U.S. and starring in a revival of The Sound of Music in the West End. During this busy period, she released several singles for Scotti…
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Milk And Honeyland: Esoteric Reissues Nick Mason-Produced “Round One” From Principal Edwards
Cherry Red’s Esoteric Recordings imprint has just rocketed into the orbit of Pink Floyd with the first time expanded U.K. reissue of Round One from the band Principal Edwards. The 1974 Deram album from Belinda Bourquin (keyboard/violin/recorder/vocal), Root Cartwright (guitar/mandolin), Richard Jones (bass/vocals), David Jones (bongos/congas/percussion), Nick Pallet (lead vocals/guitar) and Geoff Nicholls (drums/percussion) was produced by Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason. Principal Edwards emerged from the ashes of Principal Edwards Magic Theatre, a 14-person artistic collective encompassing music, mime, theatre, poetry and even a light show. When the Magic Theatre split (after…
Eat a Peach: Massive Allman Brothers Band Vinyl Box Due This Summer
The Allman Brothers Band are remastering their breakthrough albums from the first decade of their career for a sprawling vinyl box set and hi-res download campaign this summer. Macon, Georgia’s finest–founded in Jacksonville, Florida by brothers Duane (on slide guitar) and Gregg Allman (on vocals and keyboard), lead guitarist Dickey Betts, bassist Berry Oakley and drummers Butch Trucks and Jai Johanny “Jaimoe” Johanson–blended Southern rock and country with a jam-band approach in concert, breaking through with the release of the acclaimed double album At Fillmore East in 1971. Though the band were…
Release Round-Up: Week of May 27
Hey! Hey! Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! The Monkees, Good Times (Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Good Times sure lives up to its name, and then some! Here’s a new Monkees album featuring Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork, Mike Nesmith and the late Davy Jones, produced by Fountains of Wayne’s Adam Schlesinger and featuring a slew of exciting new songs by Schlesinger, Noel Gallagher, Rivers Cuomo, Ben Gibbard, and Andy Partridge alongside newly-completed recordings of tunes by Neil Diamond, Carole King, Jeff Barry and the late Harry Nilsson (who duets…
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La-La Means I Love You: The Delfonics, Survivor, Brook Benton and Sea Level Join Eddy Arnold On Real Gone’s July Slate
Yesterday we told you about Second Disc Records’ and Real Gone Music’s July 1 release of Eddy Arnold’s Chet Atkins and Lee Hazlewood albums from 1970 and now we’ve got the news of the rest of Real Gone’s line-up for right before Independence Day. First up is a compilation featuring notes by our very own Joe Marchese: 40 Classic Soul Sides from The Delfonics. When Stan Watson introduced a group (including brothers William and Wilbert Hart and Randy Cain) he was managing to a young Thom Bell at Cameo in the late 1960s, magic…
Quadio
Chicago: Quadio brings together nine albums from the legendary band in remastered high-resolution 192/24 DTS-HD Master Audio in both their original quadraphonic and stereo mixes on nine Blu-ray discs. This lavish celebration of the Windy City’s favorite band is housed in a rigid two-piece box, with every album presented in a replica sleeve promised to “replicate the original release down to the last detail, including mini-posters, and the iron-on that came with Chicago VIII.” Albums Include: Chicago Transit Authority (1969) Chicago (1970) Chicago III (1971) Chicago V (1972) Chicago VI (1973) Chicago…
Release Round-Up: Week of May 20
Welcome to this week’s packed Release Round-Up! David Bowie, ChangesOneBowie (Parlophone/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) 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 and…
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Walk On The Wild Side: Lou Reed’s “RCA and Arista Album Collection” Arrives in October
Lou Reed’s last project is finally seeing release this fall…and it may well be the last word on a major chunk of the late, influential singer-songwriter’s career. Rolling Stone reports that The RCA and Arista Album Collection is due on October 7 from Legacy Recordings. This set spans sixteen albums and seventeen compact discs encompassing Reed’s solo output from 1972-1986 – including such key LPs as the David Bowie-produced Transformer, Berlin and the controversial Metal Machine Music. The box set contains the following albums, all of which were remastered for this project under the…
All-Time Greatest Hits
Varese Vintage has 16 prime cuts of Motor City-style blue-eyed soul via Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels! This collection (remastered by Steve Massie) features the original mono single versions of “Devil with a Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly,” “Sock it to Me, Baby” and “(You’ve Got) Personality/Chantilly Lace” plus other hits like “Jenny Take a Ride” and “Little Latin Lupe Lu.” In addition, you’ll find three Mitch Ryder solo songs – and every track was produced, arranged and conducted by Second Disc favorite Bob Crewe for his New Voice label!
Got a Mind to Give Up Living – Live 1966
Real Gone Music releases, for the first time in legitimate fashion, a legendary bootleg that captures The Paul Butterfield Blues Band live at Boston’s Unicorn Coffee House 50 years ago in May 1966, two months before the release of the group’s landmark East-West. Chris Morris’ new liner notes feature fresh quotes from Elvin Bishop and Mark Naftalin, rare pictures and memorabilia, and editorial input from Mike Bloomfield aficionado and co-producer Toby Byron. Mike Milchner has remastered the sound!
Release Round-Up: Week of May 13
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Linda Ronstadt, Frenesi (Remastered Edition) (Elektra/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Linda Ronstadt’s 1992 Spanish-language album Frenesi returns to CD in a newly-remastered edition with no additional content. Consider this an appetizer for the upcoming expanded remaster of Trio! Allen Toussaint, The Complete Warner Recordings (Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Rhino has a reissue of its 2003 limited edition Rhino Handmade collection featuring the late New Orleans legend’s three 1970s Warner Bros. and Reprise albums (Life, Love and Faith;…
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It’s Too Late to Stop Now…Volume 1
Van Morrison’s classic 1974 live double album recorded in Los Angeles, Santa Monica and London gets the remastered treatment, while three CDs of additional material from the concerts is available as a stand-alone release.
It’s Too Late to Stop Now…Volumes II, III, IV & DVD
Legacy revisits Van Morrison’s seminal 1974 double live album with this release of additional material. The CDs ofVolumes II-IV collect previously unreleased concert recordings from the dates that yielded the original album, while the DVD contains professionally-shot footage from the Rainbow Theatre stand which originally aired on the BBC in the U.K. but has never before been commercially available. The original It’s Too Late was compiled by Morrison and co-producer Ted Templeman from eight sets of live performances and was famously free of any subsequent studio overdubs. Volumes II-IV returns to those original performances,…
Mirage [Various Editions]
Fleetwood Mac’s 1982 chart-topping album featuring “Hold Me” and “Gypsy” arrives from Rhino/Warner Bros. in a variety of formats: Deluxe Edition (3 CD/1 DVD/1 LP): Original album remastered, plus a disc of B-sides and rarities; the original album on vinyl; a disc of live performances; and a new 5.1 mix on DVD Expanded Edition (2 CD): Original album remastered, plus a disc of B-sides and rarities Remastered Edition (1 CD): Original album, remastered 3-CD/1-DVD/1-LP Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-CD Expanded Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K….
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