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Call Me the Breeze: J.J. Cale Vinyl Box Due in October

August 28, 2023 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

JJ Cale Tulsa Sound

Though not a household name like his contemporaries, J.J. Cale's guitar skills were celebrated by many of his peers - and his country/blues/jazz style helped usher in a whole new subgenre which lends its name to a new Cale vinyl box set: Tulsa Sound. Tulsa Sound features new remastered versions of Cale's eight studio albums released on the Shelter and Mercury labels between 1971 and 1983, along with a ninth bonus disc, The Early Years, collecting six single sides Cale cut for Liberty Records

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock Tags: J.J. Cale

The Studio Albums: 1996-2004

August 28, 2023 By

Dio Studio Albums box

4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP/7": Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Niji Entertainment and BMG's The Studio Albums 1996-2004 features the final recordings Ronnie James Dio made with his band before the singer's passing in 2010. It'll be available on CD as well as a limited edition vinyl set featuring color variations for each album: 1996's Angry Machines will be pressed on Halloween orange with black marble vinyl, the double-album Magica (2000) on transparent

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

Aja

August 28, 2023 By

Steely Dan Aja

180-Gram Black Vinyl LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada UHQR 45RPM Vinyl Box Set: AcousticSounds.com Hybrid Stereo SACD: AcousticSounds.com The ongoing Steely Dan reissue campaign jumps ahead to the sixth Dan album and arguably Donald Fagen and Walter Becker's crowning achievement: 1977's Aja. (No fear: Katy Lied and The Royal Scam will show up later.)  Aja, featuring "Deacon Blues," "Peg," and "Black Cow," has been newly remastered by Bernie Grundman from a pristine, non-EQ'ed,

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Formats: SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop

Over-Nite Sensation: 50th Anniversary Edition

August 28, 2023 By

Frank Zappa Over Nite Sensation

5CD/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP (45 RPM) Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP Deluxe Edition: Zappa.com / uDiscoverMusic.com The first of Frank Zappa's two Gold albums returns for its 50th anniversary in a new deluxe edition in various formats: a 4CD/1Blu-ray super deluxe edition, 2LP and 3LP "highlights" editions, and digital and Dolby Atmos releases.  The five-disc (4CD/1Blu-ray Audio) Super Deluxe Edition features a whopping 88 tracks in total,

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Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else

The Purple Album: Special Gold Edition

August 28, 2023 By

CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rhino gives David Coverdale and Whitesnake's The Purple Album the ongoing remaster/remix treatment it's given many of the band's other albums with Coverdale in the driver's seat. The remixed "Special Gold Edition" album of Mark III and Mark IV-era Deep Purple covers comes with a bonus disc of live material, alternate mixes, and the original demo tape that secured Coverdale the gig as the

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

You Keep On Moving: David Coverdale Pays Tribute to Deep Purple Years with Expanded Whitesnake Set

August 28, 2023 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

David Coverdale first entranced the rock world with his vocals as a onetime member of Deep Purple. The latest reissue from his own band, Whitesnake, will join his past and present together with some stirring archival finds for fans. On October 13, Rhino will give 2015's The Purple Album the ongoing remaster/remix treatment it's given many of the other albums with Coverdale in the driver's seat. The remixed "Special Gold Edition" album of Mark III and Mark IV-era Deep Purple covers comes with

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Deep Purple, Whitesnake

I'm the Slime: Zappa's "Over-Nite Sensation" Goes Super Deluxe for 50th

August 28, 2023 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Frank Zappa Over Nite Sensation

The title of Frank Zappa's 1973 album Over-Nite Sensation was, expectedly, dripping with sarcasm; the album was the prolific composer-bandleader's seventeenth overall release. But the "sensation" part was spot-on. The LP became Zappa's first of two U.S. gold-certified releases and an ideal entry point into his musical world. On November 3, Zappa Records and UMe celebrate the 50th anniversary of this landmark record in a variety of formats including a 4CD/1Blu-ray super deluxe edition, 2LP and

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else Tags: Frank Zappa

The Weekend Stream: August 26, 2023

August 26, 2023 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Stream 2023

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to float you into the weekend. Today, some Marvin Gaye classics get rediscovered and one of rock's greatest drummers turns his band's classics into a global party - plus rare tracks from Ariana Grande, Doris Day and another collection of rare ZTT remixes! Marvin Gaye, Let's Get It On (Deluxe Edition) / You're the Man (Expanded

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Ariana Grande, Doris Day, Herbie Hancock, Mac Miller, Marvin Gaye, Nasty Rox Inc, Stewart Copeland, System of a Down, The Originals, The Police

Release Round-Up: Week of August 25

August 25, 2023 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Shania Come On Over Diamond

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today! Shania Twain, Come On Over: Diamond Edition (Mercury/UMe) 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP (U.S.): ShaniaTwain.com 3LP (International): ShaniaTwain.com 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Three years after revisiting one of her first major releases, 1995's The Woman in Me, country-pop icon Shania Twain will

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, SACD Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Latin, Rock Tags: Alice Cooper, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Bebel Gilberto, John Fogerty, R.E.M., Shania Twain, The Ocean Blue

Do the Stanley: Cherry Red, Esoteric Launch Stackridge Reissue Series

August 23, 2023 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Stackridge Stackridge

Stackridge may be best-remembered today for the band's third album, 1974's The Man in the Bowler Hat.  Produced by Sir George Martin, it remains their highest-charting LP.  But Cherry Red's Esoteric Recordings is aiming to bring all of the Stackridge discography to light with a new reissue campaign.  Both 1971's self-titled debut and 1972's Friendliness are available now, with the band's next three albums all scheduled for reissue later this month and in September. Wrapped in a Hipgnosis

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

Learn to Work the Saxophone: Steely Dan's "Aja" Returns to Vinyl, SACD in September

August 22, 2023 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Steely Dan Aja

UMe's Steely Dan reissue campaign - which has so far yielded remastered standard and audiophile vinyl and hybrid stereo SACD reissues of the band's first three albums Can't Buy a Thrill, Countdown to Ecstasy, and Pretzel Logic - has announced an unexpected detour.  On September 29, the series will jump ahead to the sixth Dan album and arguably Donald Fagen and Walter Becker's crowning achievement: 1977's Aja. (No fear: Katy Lied and The Royal Scam will show up later.) Aja sounded - and sounds

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Categories: News Formats: SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop Tags: Steely Dan

Joni Mitchell Archives - Volume 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975)

August 22, 2023 By

Joni Archives 3

The third volume of Joni Mitchell's remarkable Archives series continues with an exploration of the period that yielded such groundbreaking albums as For the Roses (1972), Court and Spark (1974), the live Miles of Aisles (1974), and The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975).  The new 5CD, 96-track box - also available digitally or in 4LP "highlights" form - chronicles the era via previously unreleased demos, jams, outtakes, and live performances including two full concerts. The CD box set Includes a

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Pop

Hunter of the Heart: Dio's Last Four Albums Reissued in Box Set

August 21, 2023 By Mike Duquette 6 Comments

Dio Studio Albums box

For heavy metal fans, the legacy of singer Ronnie James Dio long outlasts his presence on this mortal plane. Next month, a pair of releases will celebrate his final works as the frontman of the band that bore his last name. Niji Entertainment and BMG will release The Studio Albums 1996-2004 on September 22, featuring the final recordings Dio made before the singer's passing in 2010. It'll be available on CD as well as a limited edition vinyl set featuring color variations for each album:

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Dio, Ronnie James Dio

Release Round-Up: Week of August 18

August 18, 2023 By The Second Disc 6 Comments

Aerosmith GH 2023 cover

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today! Aerosmith, Greatest Hits [Various Formats] (UMe) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Limited Edition CD: Official Store LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Deluxe 2LP: Official Store 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Deluxe 4LP: Official

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Aerosmith, Dick Hyman, Joe Strummer, Richard Wright, Scott Joplin, Talking Heads, The Beatles

Not Like We Love Our Freedom: Joni Mitchell's Third "Archives" Revisits 1972-1975 Period

August 17, 2023 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Joni Archives 3

"The sound of this thing was like, 'We're breaking some new ground here.'" Earlier this year, musician-arranger-bandleader Tom Scott of the L.A. Express reminisced to the U.K.'s MOJO magazine about working with Joni Mitchell on her 1972 album For the Roses. Indeed, Scott realized early on that the merging of folk and jazz sensibilities was about to take the singer-songwriter's music to the next level. Mitchell's creatively groundbreaking 1972-1975 albums - For the Roses, Court and Spark (1974),

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: David Crosby, Graham Nash, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young

Call Me Up in Dreamland: Rhino Hi-Fi Series Continues with Van Morrison, Jaco Pastorius

August 14, 2023 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Van Morrison His Band and the Street Choir

Rhino recently launched its Rhino High Fidelity series of audiophile-quality vinyl titles.  Now, the label has announced the next two titles in that line: Van Morrison's His Band and the Street Choir and the late Jaco Pastorius' Word of Mouth.  Both albums' lacquers have been cut by Kevin Gray and pressed on 180-gram vinyl by Optimal; the releases are limited and numbered to 5,000 units sold exclusively at Rhino.com in the U.S. and in select stores overseas. Van Morrison's third album for

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz Tags: Jaco Pastorius, Van Morrison

Review: Elvis Presley, "Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite: 50th Anniversary Edition"

August 14, 2023 By Joe Marchese 8 Comments

Elvis Aloha from Hawaii 2023

When Elvis Presley said Aloha from Hawaii 50 years ago, the whole world was watching - or close to it.  The King, fashionably late, stepped onstage at Honolulu's International Center (capacity at the time: roughly 6,000) at 1:00 a.m. on January 14, 1973 for a scheduled 12:30 a.m. concert.  Satellites were beaming the program to a reported audience of over one billion.  Another fanciful claim by Colonel Parker?  Perhaps.  But Aloha was a technological achievement.  It was the most expensive

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Soundtracks Tags: Elvis Presley

The Weekend Stream: August 12, 2023

August 12, 2023 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Stream 2023

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to float you into the weekend. A short but intriguing selection of digital debuts this week includes rare '00s rock, '80s soul, '30s jazz, a new take on a '60s prog classic and some new surround mixes from one of Broadway's greatest.3 Doors Down, Away from the Sun (Deluxe) (Republic/UMe) (iTunes / Amazon) Debut album The Better

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Jazz, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: 3 Doors Down, Duke Ellington, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Leon Sylvers III, Stephen Sondheim, The Moody Blues

Release Round-Up: Week of August 11

August 11, 2023 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

Bowie Ziggy soundtrack 50jpg

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today! Elvis Presley, Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite: 50th Anniversary Edition (RCA/Legacy) 3CD/1BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Elvis Presley's seminal 1973 returns for its 50th anniversary in a new box set.  This edition takes its cues from the audio contents of last year's 3-CD release from the mail-order Follow That Dream label

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: David Bowie, Elvis Presley, KT Tunstall, Neil Young, Ray Davies, Rose Marie, Suzi Quatro, The Connells, The Donnas

In Memoriam: Robbie Robertson (1943-2023)

August 10, 2023 By Joe Marchese 8 Comments

Robbie Robertson Testimony

Storyteller, songwriter, guitarist, musicologist, singer: throughout a career spanning the 1950s through the present day, Jaime Royal "Robbie" Robertson wore many hats.  The Toronto-born musician joined his first band in 1956 and attracted the attention of Ronnie "The Hawk" Hawkins in 1959.  Hawkins liked what he heard, and recorded two of the teenaged Robertson's songs in 1959.  Before long, he was playing in Hawkins' band alongside fellow Canadians Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, and Garth Hudson,

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Categories: News Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Robbie Robertson, The Band

Right Now: Van Halen's Second Phase Gets Remastered for New Box Set

August 9, 2023 By Mike Duquette 11 Comments

Van Halen Collection II

Van Halen fans were on pins and needles in the spring of 1986, when the California rockers replaced iconoclastic vocalist David Lee Roth with former Montrose frontman/rhythm guitarist Sammy Hagar. This unexpected partnership will be examined in full on a box set offering the first ever remastered editions of the group's Hagar-led albums on vinyl and CD - plus some bonus material, to boot. The Collection II, released October 6, is a sequel to Warner/Rhino's 2015 box containing new remasters of

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Sammy Hagar, Van Halen

Baby Let's Swing: Rhino Celebrates 45 Years with Limited Edition Reissues from Doors, Aretha, Otis, Todd, Chicago, Ramones, More

August 7, 2023 By The Second Disc 12 Comments

Doors Golden Album

Since its founding 45 years ago by Richard Foos and Harold Bronson, Rhino Records has established itself as the gold standard in catalogue music.  Though much has changed over the decades, the label still maintains a prodigious schedule of releases which has lately encompassed such top-tier titles as Joni Mitchell's Archives series, the Quadio line of reissues, deluxe editions from Little Feat, and a host of Record Store Day releases.  Now, to celebrate its anniversary, Rhino has announced the

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Aretha Franklin, Chicago, Foreigner, Love, Otis Redding, Ramones, Starship, The B-52's, The Doobie Brothers, The Doors, Todd Rundgren, Zapp

Christine McVie

August 5, 2023 By

Christine McVie Christine McVie

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The late, great Christine McVie's 1984 solo album returns on CD and LP from Rhino. Produced by Russ Titelman, McVie led a band comprising guitarist Todd Sharp, bassist George Hawkins, and Average White Band drummer Steve Ferrone; she also welcomed guests including Steve Winwood (who co-wrote "Ask Anybody" and duetted on "One in a Million"), Eric Clapton, and bandmates Buckingham and Fleetwood. Proving

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

Live at The Matrix 1967: The Original Masters

August 5, 2023 By

Doors Matrix complete

3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP/7": Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Live At The Matrix 1967: The Original Masters is the last word on the band's pivotal dates at the San Francisco club The Matrix - among the earliest concert recordings of the group. The 3CD or 5LP/7" box set will include, for the first time, all of club owner Peter Abram's surviving original master tapes of the performances, remastered by the band's longtime engineer Bruce Botnick.  The set will

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Broadsword and The Beast: 40th Anniversary Edition

August 5, 2023 By

Jethro Tull Broadsword Monster Edition

5CD/3DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada This 40th anniversary "Monster Edition"of the Jethro Tull classic will feature Steven Wilson's new mixes of the original album, a slew of rare and previously unreleased recordings, demos, early mixes, and a 1982 live set in Germany - all available in stereo across five CDs and in hi-resolution stereo and surround mixes on three DVDs. (A vinyl edition will include the remixed album, the

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

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