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Burn Down The Mission: Elton John Collects Rarities On New Box Set

September 17, 2020 By Mike Duquette 23 Comments

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Elton John is reaching deep into the vault with Jewel Box, a new, super-sized collection of rare and unreleased material. The British pop legend will release the new eight-disc collection on November 13, providing the deepest dive yet into his expansive, five-decade-plus archive. Approximately 63 of the set's 148 songs are previously unreleased, and three dozen B-sides are being compiled here for the first time. There are four themes across the discs, which will carry over to a trio of

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Elton John

Great Gosh A'Mighty: Two More Little Richard Albums Expanded by Omnivore

September 17, 2020 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

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This Friday, September 18, Omnivore will release two expanded editions from the one and only Little Richard.  But those reissues of The Rill Thing and The King of Rock and Roll aren't all the label has coming from the piano-pounding pioneer.  On October 23, Omnivore will continue mining Richard's Reprise discography with 1972's The Second Coming and jump ahead to 1986 for the Warner Bros. release Lifetime Friend, both in newly expanded and remastered form. The Second Coming, Little Richard's

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Billy Preston, Little Richard

I've Got a Feeling: The Road to "Let It Be" Chronicled on Upcoming Book, "The Beatles: Get Back"

September 16, 2020 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

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UPDATED: Fans of the Fab Four now have November 25, 2021 on the calendar for the Disney+ launch of director Peter Jackson's three-part documentary The Beatles: Get Back. Now, the group's Apple Corps has joined with Callaway Arts and Entertainment to announce a tie-in project sure to get mouths salivating - The Beatles: Get Back, the book.  The 240-page hardcover tome, the band's first authorized book release since the best-selling The Beatles Anthology, will be released on October 12,

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Categories: News Formats: Books Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: The Beatles

Watching The Wheels: Kenneth Womack's New Biography "John Lennon: 1980" Offers A Comprehensive Look At The Artist's Later Days

September 16, 2020 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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John Lennon has been in the news a lot lately, and with good reason.  2020 marks what would have been the musician's 80th birthday and, sadly, it's also the fortieth year since his death.  But there's more to that final year of John's life than the tragic events of December 8, 1980.  In his new biography, John Lennon: 1980 - The Last Days in the Life, Beatles expert Kenneth Womack tracks that period of creativity and reinvention, writing in a way that's simultaneously approachable yet

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Books Genre: Classic Rock Tags: John Lennon

Varese Boots Up Expanded 'Hackers' Soundtrack

September 15, 2020 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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Audiences and critics may not have fully understood Hackers when it was released exactly 25 years ago - but the cyber-cult classic continues to be a touchpoint in the public's early understanding of the nascent Internet. Next week, its original soundtrack is being expanded for its anniversary, complete with some surprising cameos from a classic rock legend. The film followed a group of young, elite, underground programmers who accidentally stumble upon a computer virus-assisted plot to

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: David Gilmour, Massive Attack, Prodigy, Squeeze

Review: July, "The Complete Recordings" Traces Over 50 Years of the Beloved Psych-Rock Band

September 14, 2020 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

They might not be a household name, but July is a band you ought to know.  The U.K. psych-rockers have garnered a cult following since the release of their self-titled 1968 record.  Original mono copies sell for more than three grand online, but its not just the scarcity and desirability of the album that raises eyebrows; it's the high quality of the music.  Though their singles may not have charted back in the day, the five-piece Ealing-based group is still considered by psych-rock enthusiasts

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

Pearl Jam's 'Unplugged' Set Gets Wide Release In October

September 11, 2020 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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One of the first major live sets by Pearl Jam - a stunning, stripped-down session for MTV Unplugged - will get a wide release in October. The band announced yesterday that the seven-song 1992 broadcast will bow on CD and digital formats on October 22, almost a year after its vinyl debut for Record Store Day Black Friday. Less than a year before, the quintet fired the first salvo in what would be considered rock's grunge explosion with the release of debut album Ten. Along with Alice In

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Pearl Jam

Live in Maui

September 11, 2020 By

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2-CD/ Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop 3-LP/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop Experience Hendrix and Legacy Recordings have a brand-new collection that celebrates The Jimi Hendrix Experience's near-mythic performances on Maui, Hawaii in 1970. Live In Maui brings together audio and video with a new feature-length documentary called Music, Money, Madness: Jimi Hendrix In Maui. The collection will be available

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

The Anthology: A Musical Journey

September 11, 2020 By

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2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada BMG celebrates the late Greg Lake's legacy with a new, career-spanning compilation.  The two-disc set features 33 tracks, including many of Lake's best-known songs, beloved album cuts, and rarities. There's the hard-to-find "Love" that Lake recorded with The Shy Limbs, ELP favorites "Take a Pebble," "'C'est La Vie." and "Lucky Man." His time with King Crimson is represented with "Peace" from In

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

From The Beginning: Greg Lake's Career Celebrated on New Compilation, "The Anthology: A Musical Journey"

September 11, 2020 By Sam Stone 3 Comments

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Greg Lake left behind a rich musical legacy when he passed away in 2016. As a member of Emerson Lake & Palmer, King Crimson,  pre-Crim bands The Shy Limbs and The Shame - not to mention his talents as a solo artist, producer, and composer - he helped define the landscape of progressive rock. A new career-spanning compilation called The Anthology: A Musical Journey will pay tribute to his contributions through the decades. It will be released on October 23 through BMG. The two-disc set

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Pop Tags: Emerson Lake and Palmer, Emerson Lake and Powell, Greg Lake, King Crimson, The Shame, The Shy Limbs

Release Round-Up: Week of September 11

September 11, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Reba McEntire, Rumor Has It: 30th Anniversary Edition (MCA Nashville) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Exclusive Orange Vinyl: Wal-Mart Reba McEntire expands her 1990 album in a new anniversary edition with two bonus tracks on CD (an acoustic take of Bobbie Gentry's "Fancy" recorded at the Ryman Auditorium and a dance remix of the song by Dave Audé) and one on vinyl (the acoustic

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Country, Everything Else, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Adam Wade, Fritz Reiner, Harry Nilsson, Johnny Maestro, Melissa Manchester, Reba McEntire, Stanley Turrentine, The Crests, The Dillards, The Duprees

Stand Next To Your Fire: Unreleased Jimi Hendrix Recordings Arrive on "Live In Maui" Album and Film

September 10, 2020 By Sam Stone 21 Comments

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Experience Hendrix and Legacy Recordings have announced a brand-new collection that celebrates The Jimi Hendrix Experience's near-mythic performances on Maui, Hawaii in 1970. Live In Maui brings together audio and video with a new feature-length documentary called Music, Money, Madness: Jimi Hendrix In Maui. The collection will be available in 2-CD/Blu-ray and 3-LP/Blu-ray configurations, all due on November 20. Hendrix's performances on Maui in 1970 caught him at another pivotal point in his

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Jimi Hendrix, The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Truckin': Grateful Dead's "American Beauty" 50th Anniversary Release Set for October Release

September 9, 2020 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

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Fifty years ago, the Grateful Dead released two consecutive masterworks: Workingman's Dead in June, and American Beauty in November.  Rhino delivered a 50th anniversary edition of the former earlier this summer, and as promised, the latter will be released in its own golden anniversary set this fall.  On October 30 - almost 50 years to the day after its original release (November 1, 1970) - American Beauty will return as a both a 3-CD set and a 1-LP picture disc. American Beauty: 50th

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Grateful Dead

Review: The Doobie Brothers, "Quadio"

September 8, 2020 By Joe Marchese 22 Comments

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"What the people need is a way to make 'em smile/It ain't so hard to do if you know how," goes The Doobie Brothers' "Listen to the Music," the opening song (and lead single) off the San Jose, California band's sophomore album Toulouse Street.  The Doobies knew how - and so does Quadio, the new, four-Blu-ray box set recently released by Warner Records and Rhino collecting the band's second through fifth albums in their original quadraphonic and stereo mixes.  Quadio follows Chicago's box set of

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: The Doobie Brothers

Return to Fantasy: Uriah Heep Mark '50 Years In Rock' With New Box Set

September 8, 2020 By Mike Duquette 8 Comments

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British rockers Uriah Heep will compile a new box set to mark their five decades together. 50 Years In Rock celebrates the proto-metal group's extensive career with 23 CDs and one LP featuring the group's studio albums of original material plus their 1973 Live album. A handful of albums - none of which feature bonus tracks from various reissues over the years - will be combined onto one CD, with their individual artwork "intertwined" on the CD mini jackets. (Artist Roger Dean has also

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Uriah Heep

Oh No, Not Me: Tony Visconti Remixes David Bowie's 'The Man Who Sold The World' For 50th Anniversary (UPDATED WITH ORDER LINKS)

September 8, 2020 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

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David Bowie's third album The Man Who Sold The World will be remixed and reissued for its 50th anniversary this fall. The album will be re-released November 6 - two days after its exact anniversary - with a new mix of nearly the entire album by original producer Tony Visconti, available on CD, LP and high-resolution digital formats. (The sole exception: Side 1 closer "After All," which Visconti felt he could not improve on.) This release will feature a new version of the album's original

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

The Times

September 5, 2020 By

Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Amazon Music HD / Neil Young Archives / Your Local Record Shop Neil Young is taking stock of "The Times" on a new 7-track EP which will arrive as an Amazon Original release that can be streamed exclusively on Amazon Music HD in high resolution.  The album can also be enjoyed on NeilYoungArchives.com or on CD.  The Times features performances originally shared on the "Porch Sessions" episode of Young's livestreamed Fireside Sessions series.  The

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Barnes and Noble's Vinyl Weekend Begins TODAY with Exclusive LPs from The Doors, The Hollies, Bread, Linda Ronstadt, Otis Redding, Classic Broadway Musicals

September 4, 2020 By Joe Marchese 9 Comments

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Today, Vinyl Weekend kicks off at Barnes and Noble locations around the United States.  This promotion sees the release a number of exclusive vinyl titles including classic albums, compilations, and cast recordings.  These titles are typically available even at locations that (shudder) no longer have full music departments, and should also be available at BN.com.  We're spotlighting the catalogue-related titles and more below.  Click here to locate a B&N near you. Bread, Anthology of

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Alanis Morisette, Bread, Debbie Gibson, Green Day, Leonard Bernstein, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Linda Ronstadt, Otis Redding, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim, The Doors, The Hollies, Tina Turner

Release Round-Up: Week of September 4

September 4, 2020 By The Second Disc 4 Comments

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Rolling Stones, Goats Head Soup [Various Formats] (Polydor/Interscope/UMe) 3CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP clear: The Rolling Stones Shop Cassette: The Rolling Stones Shop The

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Billy Ocean, Bob James, Burt Bacharach, Daniel Tashian, Elton John, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Fleetwood Mac, Joan Jett, Labi Siffre, Sara Evans, T Rex, The Doobie Brothers, The Rolling Stones, Todd Rundgren, U2

Review: Neil Diamond, "Hot August Night" Concert Series on Vinyl

September 2, 2020 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Diamonds are forever.  And Neil is no exception.  Almost 50 years ago, the singer-songwriter captured a Hot August Night at Los Angeles' Greek Theatre in front of a sold-out crowd.  That electrifying 1972 double-platinum double album, in turn, inspired four sequels released between 1977 and 2018.  Now, in September 2020, the Greek Theatre is dark as a result of COVID-19.  But Capitol and UMe have just released those four sequel albums as newly-remastered 2-LP vinyl sets.  Standard black vinyl

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Neil Diamond

Halloween 81

August 31, 2020 By

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6CD Box: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD Highlights plus "Strictly Genteel": Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Frank Zappa's 1981 Halloween concerts at New York's late, lamented Palladium are collected on this new box set from Zappa Records/UMe. The 6-CD set is housed in a costume box with a Count Frankula mask as well as a red and black cape, natch.  It's been produced by Ahmet Zappa and Vaultmeister Joe Travers, while the concerts have been newly remixed from the

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Gimme Some Truth [Various Formats]

August 28, 2020 By

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2CD/Blu-ray Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop On October 9, John Lennon would have turned 80 years old. To mark the occasion, Capitol and UMe will be

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Witchcraft Destroys Minds and Reaps Souls

August 28, 2020 By

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Real Gone brings back into print this devilish 1969 cult album from Coven, a key influence on hard rock and heavy metal, on a fire and brimstone (orange and pale blue) vinyl pressing.

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The Second Disc Guide to Record Store Day Drop 1 TOMORROW!

August 28, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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With the nation still fighting COVID-19, Record Store Day here in the U.S. looks a little - make that a lot - different this year.  The usual offerings have been split among three dates with Drop 1 taking place tomorrow, August 29, at your local independent record retailer.  Drop 2 is September 26, and Drop 3 is October 24.  Every retailer is handling the Drop a bit differently thanks to the necessary accommodations for social distancing, smaller crowds, and better safety precautions.  So please

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Al Green, America, Andrew Gold, Billie Eilish, Bob James, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Charlie Parker, David Bowie, Elton John, John Lennon, Marc Bolan, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, Ravi Shankar, Record Store Day, Steve Earle, T Rex, The Valentines, The Who, Thelonious Monk

Release Round-Up: Week of August 28

August 28, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! America, Half Century (America Records/Gonzo) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The 50th anniversary celebration of America rolls on with a massive new box set. Half Century is an expansive 7-CD/1-DVD box packed with rare and previously unreleased material from the beloved band featuring Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell, and the late Dan Peek. There's a slew of unreleased demos circa 1970; a remastered full-length radio session in Bremen

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: America, Bettye LaVette, Bobby Rush, Dan Penn, Doug Carn, Elliott Smith, Jean Carn, Jean Carne, Joao Gilberto, Louis Armstrong, Metallica, Oscar Peterson, Stan Getz, The Allman Betts Band, The Awakening, Unicorn, Walter Bishop Jr.

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