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
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,
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
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
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
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
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
It's Not Just A "Mirage": Fleetwood Mac Classic Gets Expanded To Box Set, More
On the heels of last year's deluxe box set of Fleetwood Mac's Tusk, Warner Bros. Records has just announced the legendary band's Mirage will be next to get the lavish treatment. On July 29, the label will unveil the 1982 chart-topping smash in a variety of physical formats: Deluxe Edition (3 CD/1 DVD/1 LP): Original album remastered, plus B-sides and rarities; the original album on vinyl; a disc of live performances; and a 5.1 mix on DVD Expanded Edition (2 CD): Original album
Hear The Grass Grow: Esoteric Expands Two From The Move
The Move has seen no shortage of reissues over the years, but collectors can now finally embrace the definitive editions of the Birmingham band's classic self-titled album and follow-up Shazam! from Cherry Red's Esoteric Recordings imprint. Esoteric has just reissued The Move in a 3-CD edition and Shazam! in a 2-CD expansion, both of which add copious previously unreleased material. ("Highlights" versions are also available.) These two titles kick off the Move campaign from Esoteric which
Joe Jackson's "I'm the Man" Returns On Vinyl From Intervention Records
Joe Jackson appears on the cover of his 1979 sophomore album, I'm the Man, as a "spiv": a British term for a peculiar kind of petty criminal "always trying to sell you a watch or something like that, real cheap," in the artist's words. But Jackson didn't have to resort to any cheap come-ons to hawk I'm the Man, a solid follow-up to his impressive debut Look Sharp! which arrived just months after that seminal release. Despite the quick turnaround, I'm the Man hailed from the same inspired
Let There Be More Light: Pink Floyd Launches New Vinyl Reissue Campaign
As one of the most iconic bands in rock history, Pink Floyd has a had a long and storied career from their 1967 debut The Piper at the Gates of Dawn all the way through to 2014's The Endless River. Along the way they've also released live albums, compilations and, of course, reissues. The last major reissue campaign for the band came in 2011 with their Why Pink Floyd line which included three levels of releases from straight album reissues to deluxe album "Immersion" box set editions of The
Release Round-Up: Week of May 6
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up featuring Second Disc Records' very first title of 2016, plus more fantastic releases from our partners at Real Gone Music and titles from Brian Wilson, The Cars, and more! Bobby Darin, Another Song on My Mind: The Motown Years (Second Disc/Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) We know that you all know about this one...it's the ultimate celebration of Bobby Darin's time at Motown Records on 2 CDs, newly remastered from the
The Many "Sides" Of Anthony Phillips: Esoteric Expands Genesis Guitarist's Albums in Stereo, Surround
Esoteric Recordings has continued its series of definitive reissues from Genesis members Anthony Phillips, Tony Banks and Steve Hackett with two new mini-box sets dedicated to Phillips' solo albums Wise After the Event (1978) and Sides (1979). These 3-CD/1-DVD-A releases follow Esoteric's 2015 box set expansion of his pastoral solo debut The Geese and the Ghost as well as the label's compendium of his Private Parts and Pieces volumes. Wise After the Event remains Phillips' only album on which
Wild Nights: Legacy Expands Van Morrison's "It's Too Late to Stop Now"
Following last year's releases of The Essential Van Morrison and The Complete Them 1964-1967, Legacy Recordings continues to mine the Van Morrison back catalogue with the June 10 releases of the remastered 2-CD or 2-LP It's Too Late to Stop Now and the 3-CD/1-DVD box set It's Too Late to Stop Now...Volumes II, III, IV & DVD. It's Too Late to Stop Now, of course, is Morrison's 1974 double album with his Caledonia Soul Orchestra, capturing concert recordings from his May to July 1973 tour
Think Again: Ace Revisits, Expands Elektra Psych Rock Classic "Clear Light"
Clear Light only released one album, but the psychedelic rockers' 1967 album remains a definitive statement of the genre as well as a highlight of the classic Elektra Records catalogue. Featuring future CSNY drummer Dallas Taylor, future Utopia keyboardist Ralph Schuckett and Doors session bassist Doug Lubahn, Clear Light left behind a small but vibrant discography of pure California rock. Ace's Big Beat imprint has recently revisited the self-titled Clear Light in an impressive new edition
Even The Nights Are Better: Real Gone's June Slate Features Petula Clark, Air Supply, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Fairport Convention, More
With spring having just begun, it might be hard to believe that summer is going to be here before we know it. But the year marches on and Real Gone Music is kicking off the summer with its June 3rd slate of titles. As per usual with the label, there are a wide variety of genres being represented, including one that Real Gone has never dipped into before. We'll begin with the two titles that feature liner notes by our very own Joe Marchese. The first is a collection from sixties British
Release Round-Up: Week of April 29
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Various Artists, Here Today: The Songs of Brian Wilson (Vinyl) (Ace) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Ace brings its acclaimed 2015 Here Today: The Songs of Brian Wilson compilation to 180-gram white vinyl in a slimmed-down form (12 tracks vs. 25 on the CD) with all of Ace's deluxe hallmarks of packaging and annotation! The album features Darian Sahanaja of The Brian Wilson Band and The Wondermints along with Kirsty MacColl, Carmen
Now More Than Ever: Chicago Collects Early Albums in Surround, Stereo on Blu-ray Audio Box
A massive new box set is coming your way from new Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Chicago - and this surprise release is one sure to delight longtime fans. Chicago: Quadio arrives on June 17 from Rhino Records on nine Blu-ray Audio discs. This landmark release 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. This lavish celebration of the Windy City's favorite band is
Release Round-Up: Week of April 22
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Impressions, The Best of The Impressions: The Curtom Years (Varese Vintage) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Varese Vintage has an impressive line-up of releases this week! First up, the label has brought together 18 prime cuts from the premier purveyors of Chicago soul, Curtis Mayfield and the legendary Impressions. This set features singles released on the Curtom label between 1968 and 1976 including the R&B hits "Fool for
Bang The Drum All Day: Edsel Reissues Todd Rundgren's "For Lack of Honest Work"
The new 3-CD, 43-song set of live Todd Rundgren performances from Edsel is entitled For Lack of Honest Work: A Live History 1971-2006, after Todd's song "Honest Work." But all of his joking with the title aside, Rundgren's career has been all honest work - as he's doubtless remained true to himself through various musical incarnations over the past near-50 years. This set, the latest fine Rundgren release from the Edsel label, chronicles all of those "Rundgren variations" as captured between
Handle with Care: Traveling Wilburys Box to Be Reissued in June
A new business agreement will bring rock supergroup The Traveling Wilburys past the end of the line. The all-star quintet, consisting of George Harrison, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison and Jeff Lynne, is now represented by Concord Bicycle Music in a worldwide agreement that will include physical and digital reissues of the band's complete back catalogue--including, for the first time, streaming rights across Apple Music, Spotify and others--on June 3, as exclusively reported by
Release Round-Up: Week of April 15
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Phil Collins, No Jacket Required and Testify: Deluxe Editions (Atlantic/Rhino) No Jacket Required 2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada No Jacket Required LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Testify 2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Testify LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Phil Collins' No Jacket Required, originally released in 1985 and still the artist's most commercially successful album,
Maximum Consumption: Legacy Expands The Kinks' "Everybody's In Showbiz"
The Kinks' tenth studio album, 1972's double LP Everybody's in Showbiz, is about to get the Legacy Edition treatment from Sony's Legacy Recordings. On June 3, the classic studio/live hybrid album will be reissued along with a full disc's worth of previously unissued studio outtakes (recorded at London's Morgan Studios) and concert material (recorded March 2-3, 1972 during The Kinks' Carnegie Hall concert stand). Often seen as a transitional album pointing the way towards
Saturday On My Mind: Varese Has Easybeats, Moody Blues, "Dark Shadows" and More For Record Store Day
Vampires! Dragons! Keanu Reeves! Plus two revered pop-rock classics: Varese Sarabande has a little bit of everything on its five-title Record Store Day slate arriving this Saturday, April 16, in finer independent stores everywhere. Record Store Day may take place on a Saturday, but thanks to The Easybeats, it's a Good Friday. Varese has the first-ever U.S. release of the Australian band's debut U.K. album originally issued on United Artists Records. Good Friday was issued in the U.S. as
Feel Like Makin' Love: Rhino Readies Live Bad Company For April
More Bad Company is on the way from Rhino! On April 29, the label will release the band's first-ever official live album: Live in Concert 1977 & 1979. This 2-CD set from the original line-up of Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs, Simon Kirke and Boz Burrell includes more than two-and-half hours of unreleased music, all culled from 24-track tapes in the band's archives. The label notes that the "music heard on this live collection features absolutely no enhancements or overdubs, nothing but the
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