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Go While We Can: Real Gone Reissuing Grateful Dead's Fillmore East 1970 Concert

April 25, 2019 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Grateful Dead Road Trips Vol 3 No 3

Real Gone Music is continuing its trip through the Grateful Dead's Road Trips series, bringing each volume to general retail for the first time in reverse order.  Next up is Road Trips Vol. 3 No. 3 - Fillmore East 5-15-70, due on June 14.  That date is the 49th anniversary of Workingman's Dead, the classic album that this volume of Road Trips is meant to commemorate. Originally released in 2010 in honor of Workingman's Dead's 40th anniversary, this 3-CD release features material from the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Grateful Dead

Ground Control to Major Tom: David Bowie's "Mercury Demos" Arriving In June

April 25, 2019 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

David Bowie The Mercury Demos

Parlophone is continuing its series of David Bowie demo releases this June with a new volume, The Mercury Demos.  Arriving on June 28, The Mercury Demos follows the recent Spying Through A Keyhole and upcoming Clareville Grove Demos (due on May 17).  An LP rather than a collection of singles, it presents ten early, one-take recordings from the future superstar, recorded on a Revox reel-to-reel tape machine in Bowie's flat in spring 1969, with accompaniment from his friend and collaborator John

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: David Bowie

Nothing Compares: 'Originals' Collects Prince's Demos of Songs Given to Others

April 25, 2019 By Sam Stone 3 Comments

Prince Originals

There are few artists as prolific as Prince. His legendary Vault is said to contain hundreds of albums' worth of material. On June 7 -- what would have been Prince's 61st birthday -- The Prince Estate and Warner Bros. Records will issue Originals, a new album of further treasures from the archives. As first reported by Variety (just one day before the estate welcomes fans to the annual Prince Celebration at Paisley Park, his recording complex-turned-museum), Originals brings together 15 demos

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Kenny Rogers, Martika, Prince, Sheila E, The Bangles, The Time

Classic Album Collection: The Capitol Years

April 24, 2019 By

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All six of America's Capitol albums are collected in one newly remastered box set.  Classic Album Collection: The Capitol Years presents newly remastered versions of 1979's Silent Letter, 1980's Alibi, 1982's View from the Ground, 1983's Your Move, 1984's Perspective, and 1985's In Concert in one deluxe, affordable package complete with a booklet.  It's been compiled by America archivist Jeff Larson and remastered by Andy Pearce.

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

You Can Do Magic: America's Capitol Years Collected on New Box Set

April 22, 2019 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

America Capitol Years

After seven albums in as many years, Dan Peek departed America, leaving Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell to carry on in the band the trio formed.  The first release from the new duo line-up was 1977's Live, but it also marked the end of an era as America's final album on Warner Bros. Records.  Following that LP, Beckley and Bunnell briefly retreated from the studio; the pair didn't return with a new studio album for almost two years.  When they did, it was at a new label: Hollywood's venerable

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

McGear [Various Formats]

April 21, 2019 By

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2-CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. Link TBD / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD / Cherry Red Online Store LP:  Amazon U.S. Link TBD / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD / Cherry Red Online Store  Mike McCartney (a.k.a. Mike McGear)'s 1974 album McGear was produced by his brother Paul McCartney who also wrote or co-wrote the majority of the tracks.  Linda McCartney, Denny Laine, Jimmy McCulloch, and Denny Seiwell also appear on McGear, which has been dubbed by some fans as a "lost Wings album."  Now,

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Formats: CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

One Man Band [Vinyl]

April 21, 2019 By

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James Taylor's 2007 live set, featuring JT backed only by keyboardist Larry Goldings and a drum machine, comes to vinyl on two 180-gram platters pressed at RTI and mastered by Ryan Smith.

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

Release Round-Up: Week of April 19

April 19, 2019 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Rolling Stones, HONK [Various Formats] (Interscope) 1-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3-CD deluxe: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP standard: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP Target-exclusive blue vinyl: Target.com 4-LP deluxe color vinyl: The Rolling Stones' Online Shop Various music/apparel bundles: The Rolling Stones' Online Shop Honk is a new compilation album from The Rolling Stones that

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Aaron Neville, Allen Toussaint, Bananarama, Bil Evans, Stevie Nicks, The O'Jays, The Rolling Stones, Wes Montgomery

Simply Love You: Mike McGear's Wings-Backed Album "McGear" Expanded With Bonus Tracks and DVD

April 18, 2019 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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Cherry Red/Esoteric Recordings has announced the June 28 release of one of the most anticipated Beatles-related reissues:  an expanded, remastered 2-CD/DVD edition of Mike McGear's McGear album.  The 1974 album was produced by McGear's brother Paul McCartney who also wrote or co-wrote the majority of the tracks.  Linda McCartney, Denny Laine, Jimmy McCulloch, and Denny Seiwell also appear on McGear, which has been dubbed by some fans as a "lost Wings album."  McGear follows Esoteric's previous

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Categories: News Formats: CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Mike McCartney, Mike McGear, Paul McCartney, Wings

Shower the People: James Taylor's "One Man Band" Comes to Vinyl in June

April 16, 2019 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

James Taylor One Man Band

For more than 50 years, the voice of James Taylor has been that of an old friend, offering warmth, comfort, and reassurance in song.  While the singer-songwriter hasn't released a new album in four years, he's been a welcome presence on the road.  Now, the recording of one of his most beloved tours is coming to vinyl for the first time from Craft Recordings.  On June 7, the label will bring Taylor's 2007 One Man Band to a 2-LP set.  Housed in a gatefold jacket, it's been mastered by Ryan Smith

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: James Taylor

Keep Talking: Pink Floyd's "The Division Bell" Arriving on Blue Vinyl for 25th Anniversary

April 15, 2019 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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This year marks the 25th anniversary of Pink Floyd's The Division Bell.  The album saw the post-Waters lineup of David Gilmour, Richard Wright, and Nick Mason reuniting to create a decidedly more organic, integrated work than their previous release, A Momentary Lapse of Reason. The resulting album reached No. 1 in the U.S. and U.K., and inspired a successful world tour and concert album the following year. On June 7, Pink Floyd Records will release a special, 25th anniversary edition of The

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Pink Floyd

Live at Montreux 1973

April 14, 2019 By

CaroleKing LiveAtMontreux1973 CD DVD

CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Eagle Vision brings Carole King's 1973 show at the Montreux Jazz Festival to a variety of audio and video formats.  The concert features seven songs from Tapestry as well as another septet from her then most recent release, Fantasy. The CD and CD/DVD editions will feature the full, 18-track concert program. The 180-gram black vinyl LP, meanwhile, will

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Formats: CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

A Song For You: Leon Russell's "Live at Gilley's" Returns to CD, Vinyl For Record Store Day Weekend

April 12, 2019 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Leon Russell may have been The Master of Time and Space, but he wasn't averse to being down to earth, either.  Between 1979 and 1981, Russell teamed with the bluegrass band New Grass Revival for what he deemed "rhythm and bluegrass."  1981's The Live Album, recorded at Pasadena, California's Perkins Palace, preserved their collaboration.  Some 19 years later, another live album emerged: Live at Gilley's.  Recorded in Mickey Gilley's honky-tonk (as memorably immortalized in Urban Cowboy) in

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country Tags: Leon Russell, New Grass Revival, Record Store Day

Feelin' Alright: Traffic's Classic Recordings Collected in Vinyl Box Set, "The Studio Albums: 1967-1974"

April 10, 2019 By Sam Stone 4 Comments

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During the mid-1960s and early 1970s, British rock group Traffic made some of the most creative and pioneering music of the day. The band was led by ex-Spencer Davis Group singer and guitarist Steve Winwood and featured Jim Capaldi on drums, Chris Wood on woodwinds, and at various times, Dave Mason on guitar and assorted Indian instruments, Rebop Kwaku Baah on percussion, Rosko Gee on bass, and members of the Muscle Shoals studio band, among others. From 1967 to 1974, Traffic navigated through

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Bridges to Bremen [Various Formats]

April 9, 2019 By

Rolling Stones Bridges to Bremen

2-CD/Blu-ray:  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-CD/DVD:  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3-LP:  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada DVD:  Links TBD Blu-ray:  Links TBD Twenty years since it was originally aired, The Rolling Stones' 1998 concert film Bridges To Bremen is finally released as part of the band's ongoing archive series from Eagle Vision .  It captures the complete September 2, 1998 show from Germany's Weserstadion show, recorded on the final leg

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

Hallelujah: The Songs of Leonard Cohen

April 9, 2019 By

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"I've never gotten over the pleasure of someone covering one of my songs," Leonard Cohen once said. "I don't have a sense of proprietorship, which probably stems from coming up as a folksinger where it was understood that songs develop a patina through interpretation. I feel that's the mark of excellence." Ace Records has just released a new collection of excellent Leonard Cohen covers with Hallelujah: The Songs of Leonard Cohen. It's the latest volume in the label's Songwriter series, and it

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul

Flip The Switch: Complete Rolling Stones Show From 1998, "Bridges To Bremen," Due June 21

April 9, 2019 By Sam Stone 4 Comments

Rolling Stones Bridges to Bremen

Twenty years since it was originally aired, The Rolling Stones' 1998 concert film Bridges To Bremen will finally be released as part of the band's ongoing archive series from Eagle Vision on June 21 .  It captures the complete September 2, 1998 show from Germany's Weserstadion show, recorded on The Rolling Stones' final leg of their tour supporting the Bridges To Babylon album. The Bridges To Babylon tour was a landmark in live Rolling Stones history.  For one, it was the first tour to

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: The Rolling Stones

Release Round-Up: Week of April 5

April 5, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Spying Through a Keyhole

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! David Bowie, Spying Through a Keyhole: Demos and Unreleased Songs (Parlophone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Spying Through a Keyhole: Demos and Unreleased Songs is the new box set with four seven-inch vinyl singles of some of Bowie's earliest material.  It will feature nine rare, monaural recordings, including mostly solo vocal-and-guitar versions of familiar songs ("Space Oddity" in its earliest known version, "London Bye Ta Ta,"

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Barry White, David Bowie, Don Felder, Ian Hunter, Love Unlimited Orchestra, Meat Loaf, Mike + the Mechanics, New Order, Reba McEntire, The Searchers, Todd Rundgren, Utopia

Beat The Clock: Sparks Celebrate 40 Years Of 'No. 1 In Heaven' With CD, Vinyl Reissue

April 4, 2019 By Sam Stone 4 Comments

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Ron and Russell Mael have always open to musical influences. Over the course of their four-decade career as Sparks, the art-pop legends have traversed genres and influenced generations. The L.A.-based Mael brothers formed their first group, Halfnelson, in 1970 and eventually landed a deal with Bearsville Records. At Bearsville, Todd Rundgren produced their self-titled debut album. Three years later, the band had rechristened themselves Sparks and caught the attention of the music press and a

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Pop, Rock Tags: Sparks

It's A Good Thing: Cherry Red Collects The Complete Plastic Penny with Future Elton John Drummer Nigel Olsson

April 3, 2019 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Plastic Penny Everything I Am

Nowadays, drummer extraordinaire Nigel Olsson can be found behind the kit for Elton John's Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, supporting the same superstar artist with whom he's been associated for nearly fifty years.  Before his association with Elton, however, Nigel was plying his trade as one-fifth of Plastic Penny, a group which briefly straddled the worlds of pop, R&B, and underground psychedelia.  The band also boasted future members of UFO, Cochise, and The Troggs.  Cherry Red's

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Elton John, Nigel Olsson, Plastic Penny

Don't Wait Till Tomorrow: Blixa Sounds Collects Robin Lane and the Chartbusters' Complete Recordings on "Many Years Ago"

April 2, 2019 By Sam Stone 2 Comments

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Since its founding last year, Blixa Sounds has championed the rare and hard-to-find, with reissues of material by the likes of Robbie Dupree, Stephen Bishop, Linda Clifford, and Chris Darrow & Max Buda (see our coverage of the latter here!) Now, the label has compiled a one-stop-shop collection of tracks by Robin Lane & The Chartbusters with Many Years Ago: The Complete Robin Lane & The Chartbusters Collection. The 3-CD set brings together a whopping 52 tracks, spanning all of the

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Future Legend: David Bowie's "Diamond Dogs" Returns to Vinyl for 45th Anniversary, "Rebel Rebel" Single Remastered

April 1, 2019 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

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45 years ago this May 24, David Bowie unleashed Diamond Dogs on the world.  Now, on May 24, 2019, 45 years to the day since the album's original release date, Parlophone will release a limited, one-run red vinyl pressing of Bowie's classic album, utilizing the 2016 remaster.  It follows gold vinyl versions of Hunky Dory and The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars and a silver vinyl release of Aladdin Sane released 45 years to the day of their first issue.  The Diamond Dogs

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In The Tower of Song: Leonard Cohen Covers Collected on "Hallelujah," New Ace Records Compilation

April 1, 2019 By Sam Stone 4 Comments

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With his acumen for gripping poetry, inimitable baritone, and trademark Spanish-influenced fingerpicking, Leonard Cohen married his talents for poetry and song-craft to create some of the most enduring music of the singer-songwriter era and beyond. Like every great songwriter, Cohen's work continues to inspire an array of cover versions. Sure, there's the million-and-one covers of "Hallelujah," but even before the 1967 release of his debut Songs of Leonard Cohen, early supporters like Judy

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Rock Tags: Barb Jungr, Buffy Sainte-Marie, David Blue, Dion, Jeff Buckley, Joe Cocker, Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins, k.d. lang, Lee Hazlewood, Leonard Cohen, Madeleine Peyroux, Marianne Faithfull, Marissa Nadler, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Nina Simone, Ron Sexsmith, Rufus Wainwright, Stina Nordenstam, Tom Northcott

Dead Man [Various Formats]

April 1, 2019 By

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CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Neil Young Online Store LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Neil Young Online Store Jim Jarmusch's 1995 film Dead Man was dubbed by the director as a "psychedelic western." With a cast including Johnny Depp, Billy Bob Thornton, Crispin Glover, and Iggy Pop, the surreal period piece is set in the bleak 19th-century Old West and follows an accountant named William Blake who's on the run after a murder. Blake encounters Nobody, a guide

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else

Many Years Ago: The Complete Robin Lane & The Chartbusters Collection

April 1, 2019 By

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Blixa Sounds has compiled a one-stop-shop collection of tracks by Robin Lane & The Chartbusters with Many Years Ago: The Complete Robin Lane & The Chartbusters Collection. The 3-CD set is released on March 1 and brings together a whopping 52 tracks, spanning all of the group's official albums, as well as demos, rare singles and EP tracks, and unreleased session takes. The result is the most comprehensive compilation of classic Robin Lane tracks thus far! Robin Lane got her start as a

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