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Don’t Be Afraid: Cherry Red, Esoteric Collect Keef Hartley Band’s Complete Albums on “Sinnin’ for You”

October 13, 2022 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

Drummer Keith “Keef” Hartley started his professional career rather auspiciously – replacing Ringo Starr in Rory Storm and The Hurricanes when Ringo was enlisted for duty with a certain fab foursome. Hartley went on to play with The Artwoods as well as with John Mayall before forming his own group. The Keef Hartley Band played at Woodstock and released six albums – five studio and one live – between 1969 and 1972 on Decca’s “progressive” Deram imprint. Hartley would then release one solo LP in 1973 before moving onto other musical pursuits. …

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King of Hearts: 30th Anniversary Edition

October 12, 2022 by Joe Marchese

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Your Local Record Store / Roy Orbison Official Webstore Legacy Recordings and Roy’s Boys, LLC reissue Roy Orbison’s posthumous 1992 album King of Hearts in a newly remastered edition. Roy’s widow Barbara Orbison spearheaded the curation of King of Hearts, selecting completed material that had not yet been released as well as demos recorded by Roy. To finish those tracks, Barbara enlisted his fellow Wilbury Jeff Lynne as well as T-Bone Burnett (both of whom had been involved with Mystery Girl) and other Orbison fans including Don Was, The Band’s Robbie…

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We’ll Take the Night: Roy Orbison’s “King of Hearts” Returns for 30th Anniversary

October 12, 2022 by Joe Marchese | 4 Comments

When Roy Orbison unexpectedly died of a heart attack on December 6, 1988 at the age of 52, the world mourned the loss of the rock and roll pioneer. At the time of his death, he’d been enjoying a career revival thanks to his friends George Harrison, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, and Jeff Lynne – all of whom regarded him as an inspiration and were thrilled to call him their bandmate in the Traveling Wilburys. 1989’s Mystery Girl was The Big O’s first posthumously released album, having been completed a month before…

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Memories for You Now: John Mellencamp’s ‘Scarecrow’ Gets Remixed and Expanded in November

October 11, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 9 Comments

1984 was a big year for pop music, from the tail-end of Michael Jackson’s Thriller era, the commercial breakthroughs of Madonna and Prince, and the blockbuster release of Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the U.S.A., which spun off seven Top 40 hits over the following year and a half. Those rising commercial tides lifted many boats, and John Mellencamp benefited greatly a year later with his own blue-collar rock masterpiece, the cutting Scarecrow. On November 4, that album comes back into print as a deluxe edition, featuring rare and unreleased tracks as well…

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In Memoriam: Brooks Arthur

October 10, 2022 by Joe Marchese | 4 Comments

Brooks Arthur was always the coolest guy in the room…but he was also the nicest. A gentle giant of the music business, the producer-engineer died yesterday – but not before cementing a legacy of some of the most enduring sounds in pop history. The Brooklyn native born Arnold Brodsky grew up alongside such friends as Neil Sedaka, Carole King, and Neil Diamond, all united in their dreams of making it big across the bridge in Manhattan. While in high school, he worked in the mailrooms of Decca and Kapp Records; studying at…

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The Weekend Stream: October 7, 2022

October 7, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there’s plenty of great new/old music to usher you into the weekend including an expanded edition from a superstar, a fun ’80s flashback, two expansions from a disco legend, some choice Motown memories, and more! Janet Jackson, The Velvet Rope (25th Anniversary Edition) (Virgin/UMe) (iTunes / Amazon) A digital deluxe edition that merited its own press release? OK! Janet’s introspective sixth studio album – her first after the hits compilation…

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Diana Ross, Donna Summer, Edwin Starr, Janet Jackson, Paul Jabara, Phantom Planet, Soul Asylum, Yes

Release Round-Up: Week of October 7

October 7, 2022 by The Second Disc | 6 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of new releases arriving in stores today! John Cafferty and The Beaver Brown Band, Greatest Hits (Iconoclassic) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Iconoclassic offers the first-ever anthology from rock-and-roll revivalists John Cafferty and The Beaver Brown Band. Its 16 tracks encompass all nine of the band’s chart hits (including “On the Dark Side”) as well as fan favorites from the Eddie and the Cruisers albums, the Rocky IV soundtrack, and more. Vic Anesini at Battery Studios has remastered everything from the original tapes. Read more here!…

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Bing Crosby, Buck Owens, Davy Jones, Fastway, Frankie Stein and His Ghouls, Fred Astaire, Honey and The Bees, Irving Berlin, John Cafferty and The Beaver Brown Band, Mark Knopfler, Rosemary Clooney, The Damned

Sail On Sailor: 1972

October 4, 2022 by Joe Marchese

6CD Super Deluxe: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD Highlights (Remastered Albums plus bonus tracks): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP+7″ Super Deluxe Vinyl Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP+7″ Super Deluxe Vinyl Edition (Limited Edition): Beach Boys Store 2LP+7″ Remastered Albums Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP+7″ Remastered Albums Vinyl (Limited Edition): Beach Boys Store Sail On Sailor – 1972 continues the story of The Beach Boys where the 2021 box set Feel Flows: The Sunflower and Surf’s Up Sessions 1969-1971 left off. Sail On Sailor is available in a variety of formats including 6CD; 5LP+7″ single (standard); 5LP+7″ single…

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Strawberries: 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

October 4, 2022 by Joe Marchese

Iconoclassic reissues The Damned’s fifth album, 1982’s Strawberries, as a 2-CD deluxe edition. The top 20 entry on the U.K. albums chart has been expanded with 15 bonus tracks including the non-LP singles “Lovely Money,” boasting a cameo from Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band’s Viv Stanshall, and “Fun Factory,” with guest Robert Fripp. It also collects the associated B-sides and non-LP tracks from the era as well as the single edit of “Dozen Girls” and five live tracks recorded the month of Strawberries’ release. These bonus tracks paint a full portrait of The…

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Pleasure and the Pain: Iconoclassic Expands The Damned’s “Strawberries” for 40th Anniversary

October 4, 2022 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

The cover of The Damned’s 1982 studio album Strawberries featured a pig with a strawberry on its head. Lead singer Dave Vanian once revealed that the title was inspired by fans’ reaction to the band’s new music: “We were playing a lot of new material and we had an audience that didn’t want to hear about anything…they just wanted to hear [older singles] ‘Neat Neat Neat’ and ‘New Rose,’ nothing else. And they wanted to just smash everything. And they weren’t interested in hearing music at all. So at one point, I…

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Release Round-Up: Week of September 30

September 30, 2022 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available in stores today! George Michael, Older: Deluxe Edition (Legacy) 5CD/3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada George Michael’s third solo album – and the one he believed to be his finest – returns from Legacy Recordings in a new 5CD/3LP edition and a 2LP set. This expansion of 1996’s Older features both the remastered album and the EP Upper (included with reissues of the album in 1997) on 180-gram vinyl and CD, along with an additional three CDs featuring 27 B-sides,…

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Alice Cooper, Brandi Carlile, Burt Bacharach, Daryl Hall and John Oates, George Michael, Glenn Gould, Herb Alpert, Johnny Burke, Richard Marx, Rory Gallagher, The Cowsills, Wilco

Divine Symmetry (An Alternative Journey Through ‘Hunky Dory’)

September 29, 2022 by Joe Marchese

4CD/1BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada This 4CD/1BD slipcased box set chronicling the twelve months leading up to the December 1971 release of David Bowie’s fourth studio album. Highlighted by 48 previously unreleased tracks, the box features home demos, BBC radio sessions, live and studio recordings, and new mixes of Hunky Dory material by original co-producer Ken Scott. Two books round out the package: a 100-page hardcover featuring liner notes, memorabilia, and photos, and a 60-page replica composite of Bowie’s notebooks from the era with his handwritten lyrics, costume sketches, recording…

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Live at The Fillmore 1997

September 29, 2022 by Joe Marchese

4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 6LP Standard Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 6LP Uber Deluxe Edition (identical audio content to 6LPStandard Edition): Tom Petty Store 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Live at the Fillmore 1997 captures highlights from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ blazing 20-show run at San Francisco’s venerable Fillmore between January 10 and February 7, 1997. Six full shows were captured live, from which 58 songs have been culled for this release. Making this an even more special affair, 35 of the songs are covers and most unique…

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Use Your Illusion I & II: Super Deluxe Edition

September 29, 2022 by Joe Marchese

7CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 12LP/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Use Your Illusion I (Deluxe Edition): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Use Your Illusion II (Deluxe Edition): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP colored vinyl with slipmat: Official Store UYI I 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada UYI I 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada UYI II 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada UYI II 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada UMe collects Guns N’ Roses’ twin 1991 albums on a new super deluxe box that spans seven CDs or 12 LPs and a Blu-ray. Both boxes include new remasters of Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II, plus two…

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Deuce: Deluxe Edition

September 29, 2022 by Joe Marchese

4CD Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD Highlights: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP Highlights: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Over the past couple of years, UMC has been busy revisiting the catalogue of late Irish guitar virtuoso Rory Gallagher. Following last fall’s box set celebrating Gallagher’s eponymous 1971 debut, the label is turning its attention to his second album, 1972’s Deuce, for another deluxe, expanded edition. The similarly expansive 4CD release, due on September 30, boasts a new mix of the original album; 28 previously unreleased alternate takes; a six-song 1972 BBC Radio In…

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Can’t Buy a Thrill

September 29, 2022 by Joe Marchese

180-gram Remastered LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada UHQR: Analogue Productions Stereo Hybrid SACD: Analogue Productions Geffen/UMe and Analogue Productions kick off their sonic overhaul of the Steely Dan discography with the band’s 1972 debut album Can’t Buy a Thrill. Each title in the series will be available on standard 180-gram remastered LP; a limited edition UHQR vinyl box set with the pressing at 45 RPM on 200-gram vinyl; and as a stereo hybrid SACD (playable on all CD players).

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Legacy Puts Prince’s Original ‘Hits’ Albums on Vinyl

September 29, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 4 Comments

As more of Prince’s recorded catalogue consolidates under a deal with Sony Music’s Legacy Recordings, a big question is when a new career-spanning compilation will eventually hit the market. While fans might keep waiting, Legacy will issue two classic collections for the first time on vinyl: the two volumes that made up The Hits in 1993. The Hits capped 15 years of breakneck recording and massive commercial success from The Artist, who earlier that year announced he would change his name to the “Love Symbol” that adorned his most recent studio record,…

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Lightning Frightening: New Bowie Box Offers ‘Hunky Dory’-Era Rarities

September 28, 2022 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

Hot on the heels of the success of the documentary Moonage Daydream (and its recently released soundtrack, currently streaming and coming soon to physical media), Parlophone has announced a major audio excavation from the David Bowie vault. On November 25, 2022, the label will release Divine Symmetry (An Alternative Journey Through Hunky Dory), a 4CD/1BD box set chronicling the twelve months leading up to the December 1971 release of Bowie’s fourth studio album. Highlighted by 48 previously unreleased tracks, the box features home demos, BBC radio sessions, live and studio recordings, and…

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California Saga: The Beach Boys’ “Sail On Sailor: 1972” Explores “Carl and the Passions,” “Holland”

September 27, 2022 by Joe Marchese | 19 Comments

The cover of The Beach Boys’ eighteenth studio album didn’t look so different than what fans might have expected, with its shot of the beach, blue sky, and palm trees through a car window. But once listeners placed the needle on the first track, it was clear this was no ordinary Beach Boys record. Only one song – the opening “You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone,” a twangy rocker with little of the lushness once associated with their sound – bore a production credit for Brian Wilson; only three…

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Rockin’ Around in NYC (and Beyond): Yep Roc to Celebrate 40 Years of Marshall Crenshaw’s Debut

September 26, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 14 Comments

Tonight, Marshall Crenshaw takes his 40 Years in Showbiz! Tour to Manhattan’s City Winery. (It’s a show you can watch from the comfort of your home – hopefully my head won’t be in the way!) Just as exciting as seeing this living power-pop legend celebrate his fourth decade of performing: some of his long-out-of-print classic albums are coming back into circulation courtesy of a new label home. Earlier this month, Yep Roc announced a double LP expanded edition of Crenshaw’s hook-filled debut album for Record Store Day Black Friday. In addition to…

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Release Round-Up: Week of September 23

September 23, 2022 by The Second Disc | 4 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Joni Mitchell, The Asylum Albums (1972-1975) (Elektra/Rhino) 4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Joni Mitchell’s Archives campaign rolls on with this new 4-CD or 5-LP box collecting four of the inspirational singer-songwriter’s most acclaimed and beloved studio albums, all recorded for David Geffen’s then-new Asylum Records label: For the Roses (1972), Court and Spark (1974), and The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975), as well as Joni’s first live album, Miles of Aisles (1974). All four albums have been newly remastered by Bernie Grundman, and Mitchell’s friend Neil Young has contributed an essay to…

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Chick Corea, Dr. John, Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Ray Charles, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Smithereens

Heartbreakers Beach Party: Tom Petty’s “Fillmore 1997” Features Hits, Deep Cuts, Covers

September 21, 2022 by Joe Marchese | 10 Comments

The Estate of Tom Petty has announced the late rock-and-roller’s first live album in more than a decade. Live at the Fillmore 1997 captures highlights from Petty and the Heartbreakers’ blazing 20-show run as recorded at San Francisco’s venerable Fillmore between January 10 and February 7, 1997. Six full shows were captured live, from which 58 songs have been culled for this release. Making this an even more special affair, 35 of the songs are covers and most unique to the Petty discography. Live at the Fillmore 1997 will be available on…

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John Lee Hooker, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

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What’s So Civil About the ‘Use Your Illusion’ Box, Anyway?

September 21, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 4 Comments

As post-glam/metal moments of largesse go, Guns N’ Roses’ simultaneous release of Use Your Illusion I & II was perhaps as big as it gets. So it makes sense that a new box set collecting both albums is about as grandiose – and as messy. On November 11, UMe will collect the band’s 1991 studio albums in a new super deluxe box that spans seven CDs or 12 LPs and a Blu-ray. Both boxes include new remasters of Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II, plus two complete live sets,…

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There’s a Light: Rory Gallagher’s “Deuce” Goes Super Deluxe

September 20, 2022 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

Over the past couple of years, UMC has been busy revisiting the catalogue of late Irish guitar virtuoso Rory Gallagher. Following last fall’s box set celebrating Gallagher’s eponymous 1971 debut, the label is turning its attention to his second album, 1972’s Deuce, for another deluxe, expanded edition. The similarly expansive 4CD release, due on September 30, boasts: A new mix of the original album; 28 previously unreleased alternate takes; A six-song 1972 BBC Radio In Concert performance; and Seven Radio Bremen radio session tracks. The package also contains a 64-page hardcover book…

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