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Mixed Up, Torn Down: Releases from The Cure, Madonna, Miles Davis and More Form Rhino's Record Store Day 2018 Schedule

March 7, 2018 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

The Cure Torn Down

Rhino isn't holding back this Record Store Day, planning more than 30 special vinyl releases for Saturday, April 21, to be sold at all participating retailers. Interestingly, several releases are companion pieces to recent general reissues, offering bonus content from different re-releases and box sets as standalone vinyl. Several singles and oddities are in the mix, from a 12" of The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Juicy," to a rare "short version" of Prince's 1999, featuring only seven tracks from the

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks

Keep It Thoro: Legacy Announces Record Store Day Slate with Dylan, Cash, Mathis, Elvis, Pink Floyd, More

March 6, 2018 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Johnny Mathis I Love My Lady

Record Store Day is a little over a month away - Saturday, April 21 - and record labels large and small are celebrating in high style.  Legacy Recordings is looking to make this the biggest and best RSD yet, with a line-up of nearly 30 titles in genres including classic rock, pop, jazz, R&B, hip-hop, comedy, and beyond. Many of the label's heavy hitters are represented, including Johnny Cash (an expanded vinyl box set of Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison: Legacy Edition), Jimi Hendrix (a new

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Cassette, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Big Audio Dynamite, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Presley, Eurythmics, Jeff Buckley, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Johnny Mathis, Marvin Gaye, Pink Floyd, Record Store Day, The Allman Brothers Band, The Grateful Dead, Van Morrison

UPDATE: Massive Toto Box Set "All In" to Also Include All Albums on CD

March 5, 2018 By Joe Marchese 8 Comments

Toto All In

Are you ready to go All In with Toto?  The band has just announced a limited edition 17-LP/13-CD/1-BD box set due on October 12 from Legacy Recordings.  This one-of-a-kind collection, exclusively available through the band's website now through April 10 only (for fall delivery), will offer a complete portrait of the band's Columbia Records years, plus some previously unreleased extras.  All In features the following albums on seventeen LPs and thirteen CDs: Toto (1978) Hydra (1979)

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Toto

Review: Chris Hillman, "The Asylum Years"

March 5, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Chris Hillman Asylum Years

Chris Hillman is surely one of rock's largely unsung heroes.   A veteran of groups including The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Desert Rose Band, and supergroup The Souther-Hillman-Furay Band, Hillman last year released the acclaimed album Bidin' My Time - only his seventh solo album.  Produced by Tom Petty (one of the late superstar's last projects) with one foot in the past and another in the present, the LP reaffirmed the artist's deserved place in the pantheon.  Now, Omnivore

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop Tags: Chris Hillman

Free Ride: Edgar Winter's Solo and Band Albums Collected on Two New Box Sets

March 2, 2018 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Edgar Winter Ive Got News for You

With his long mane of white hair, Edgar Winter has long cut one of the most striking profiles in rock.  Like his older brother Johnny, Texas-born Edgar was steeped in the blues.  Emerging onto the scene with the 1970 Epic album Entrance, Winter fused blues with many of the styles with which he would become known, including rock, pop, soul, and jazz.  Funk and even disco would come later, but one thing remained constant in whatever genre Edgar Winter was recording: virtuosic musicianship.  A

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Dan Hartman, Edgar Winter, Rick Derringer

Release Round-Up: Week of March 2

March 2, 2018 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Johnny Mathis Bacharach and Kaempfert

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring three new titles from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music, and much, much more! Johnny Mathis, Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head: Expanded Edition (Second Disc/Real Gone)  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Johnny Mathis' 1970 album - featuring the songs of Bacharach and David, Paul Simon, Jimmy Webb, George Harrison and others - gets its first-ever expanded CD reissue from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music.  And

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Country, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Axe, Bert Kaempfert, Burt Bacharach, Charles Wright, Debbie Reynolds, Jackie DeShannon, Jethro Tull, Johnny Mathis, Ken Boothe, Pet Shop Boys, Phyllis Dillon, The King's Singers, The Oak Ridge Boys, The Sherman Brothers

Welcome to the Blackout: Three David Bowie Titles Announced for Record Store Day

March 1, 2018 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

Bowie RSD 2018

If you're saving up for any of the exclusive vinyl titles available at the final David Bowie Is exhibition in Brooklyn announced earlier this week, make a little more space in the budget for the trio of Bowie titles announced for this year's Record Store Day (April 21, 2018). A host of rare and unreleased material will be made available on these discs, including an unreleased live show and a different version of the first rarity we heard from the Bowie camp this year. First up is Welcome to

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

Waiting in the Wings: Three Vinyl Exclusives Join Final 'David Bowie Is' Installation in New York

February 27, 2018 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Live in Berlin

David Bowie Is, the stellar worldwide exhibition offering an unprecedented deep dive into the world of one of rock's greatest icons, is making its final bow this year, opening this Friday (March 2) at the Brooklyn Museum in New York and running there through July 15. A trio of exclusive vinyl titles, made available at the exhibition's shop, were announced today, offering color variants of two rare releases and a live mini-album with several unreleased tracks. First up is a reissue of "Time,"

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

Rock and Roll: Led Zeppelin Announces Record Store Day Single with Two Previously Unreleased Versions

February 27, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Led Zeppelin RSD Single

Led Zeppelin are coming to Record Store Day. Before the legendary band kicks off its 50th anniversary celebration in September, a special 7-inch vinyl single will arrive at independent record stores everywhere on April 21 from Atlantic Records and Rhino.  The single, pressed on yellow vinyl, will premiere two previously unreleased studio mixes: the Sunset Sound Mix of "Rock and Roll" b/w the Olympic Studios Mix of "Friends."  Both of these tracks have been selected for this release by

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Led Zeppelin

Who Came First [Expanded Edition]

February 23, 2018 By

Pete Townshend Who Came First

Pete Townshend's 1972 solo debut returns in a new 2-CD edition.  A spiritual tribute to Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba, the album's genesis was in two mail-order tribute albums to the Guru (who died in 1969 after a 44-year vow of silence) in which Townshend had participated.  Songs from the tribute LPs were joined by demos from the long-aborning Lifehouse project as well as a pair of new songs.  The 1992 Rykodisc CD reissue appended six bonus tracks from the privately-pressed Baba tribute

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock

Live at the Fillmore East 1968

February 23, 2018 By

Who Live at Fillmore East 1968

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Who's April 6, 1968 concert from New York's Fillmore East gets its first-ever official release just in time for its 50th anniversary.  For the occasion, it's been restored and fully remixed from the original four-track tapes by longtime Who engineer Bob Pridden, who was responsible for the mix heard that night in the Fillmore East. The 2-CD iteration of this powerful concert will be housed in a

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock

The Road to Utopia: The Complete Recordings 1974-1982

February 23, 2018 By

Utopia The Road to Utopia

Friday's new box set celebrating Todd Rundgren's Utopia has all six of the band's studio and live albums as originally released between 1974 and 1982 as newly remastered by the label's Joe Reagoso from the Warner/Bearsville tapes.  Each album will be housed in an individual gatefold digipak with original art elements from each LP including inner sleeves and inserts.  Rundgren, Sulton, Wilcox, and Powell have all made written contributions to this set, as well.  Fifteen bonus tracks are spread

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

Release Round-Up: Week of February 23

February 23, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Concert for George

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Various Artists, Concert for George [Various Formats] (Craft Recordings) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD/2DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD/2BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD/2DVD/2BD/4LP Limited Online Exclusive Box Set: George Harrison Shop The star-studded 2002 concert celebration of the life of George Harrison - featuring Paul McCartney,

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Gospel, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Belinda Carlisle, David Bowie, Edgar Winter, George Harrison, Glen Campbell, Hawkwind, Isaac Hayes, Neil Young, Nina Simone, Precious Wilson, Rupert Holmes, The Doors, Todd Rundgren

Gonna Take a Lot: Toto Take Pre-Orders for Massive Columbia-Era Box

February 22, 2018 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Toto All In

Are you ready to go All In with Toto?  The band has just announced a limited edition 17-LP/1-BD box set due on October 12 from Legacy Recordings.  This one-of-a-kind collection, exclusively available through the band's website now through April 10 only (for fall delivery), will offer a complete portrait of the band's Columbia Records years, plus some previously unreleased extras.  All In features the following albums on seventeen LPs: Toto (1978) Hydra (1979) Turn Back (1981) IV

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Toto

Love is the Answer: Friday Music Collects "The Complete Todd Rundgren + Utopia: 1974-1982" On New Box Set, Coincides with Reunion Tour

February 22, 2018 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Utopia The Road to Utopia

Friday Music is traveling The Road to Utopia with an upcoming 7-CD box set from Todd Rundgren's progressive band.  The April 20 release of The Road to Utopia: The Complete Recordings 1974-1982 will coincide with the long-awaited reunion tour of Rundgren, Kasim Sulton (who toured with his own iteration of Utopia earlier this year), Willie Wilcox, and Ralph Schuckett which kicks off this April and runs through June. The new box set will trace Utopia's evolution from its 1974 debut album -

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Todd Rundgren, Utopia

Love In Action: Todd Rundgren's "All Sides of the Roxy" Presents Complete, Star-Studded 1978 Concert

February 21, 2018 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

For his first live album, the 1978 double-LP Back to the Bars, singer/songwriter/sonic auteur Todd Rundgren returned to his roots with a collection of lean, tight, intimate performances recorded in the clubs of New York, Los Angeles, and Cleveland.  This was Rundgren at his most accessible, playing his most universally beloved songs over his first decade of music-making, with a band including Utopia veterans Mark "Moogy" Klingman, John Siegler, and Willie Wilcox, plus his old friends from

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Daryl Hall and John Oates, Rick Derringer, Stevie Nicks, Todd Rundgren, Utopia

Who's On First? April Brings Premiere of "The Who Live at the Fillmore East 1968," Townshend's Expanded "Who Came First"

February 20, 2018 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

Who Live at Fillmore East 1968

Attention fans of The Who: Mark your calendars for April 20, as that's the day UMe will release not one, but two titles, related to the rock legends: the 2-CD or 3-LP premiere of The Who Live at the Fillmore East 1968, just in time for its 50th anniversary, and a 2-CD expanded edition of Pete Townshend's solo debut, Who Came First. On April 5 and 6, 1968, The Who took the stage at Bill Graham's late, lamented Fillmore East in New York City.  The first British rock band to play the

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Pete Townshend, Ronnie Lane, The Who

Release Round-Up: Week of February 16

February 16, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

The Choir Artifact

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Choir, Artifact: The Unreleased Album (Omnivore) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Omnivore premieres an unreleased album from pre-Raspberries group The Choir, recorded in 1969 by one of the final iterations of the popular Cleveland band.  These ten ultra-rare recordings have been restored for this release by the team of Tommy Allen and Ducky Carlisle (The Raspberries' Pop Art Live), and Choir fan Eric Carmen has provided liner

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Sonny Rollins, The Choir, The Sherman Brothers, Van Morrison

Changestwobowie

February 15, 2018 By

David Bowie Changestwobowie

David Bowie's 1981 compilation spanning the period between Hunky Dory and Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) returns to print for the first time in three decades in a newly remastered edition.  Its ten tracks include "Starman," "Oh! You Pretty Things," single versions of "Fashion," "Ashes to Ashes," and "D.J.," and more.  Available on CD, DD, and LP.  The first LP run only will be pressed on both blue and black vinyl, to be packaged randomly.

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

More Ch-Ch-Changes: Parlophone Reissues David Bowie's "Changestwobowie," "Aladdin Sane"

February 15, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

David Bowie Changestwobowie

Following the 40th anniversary reissue of David Bowie's Changesonebowie in 2016, Parlophone is readying a CD, LP and DD edition of its 1981 followup: Changestwobowie.  This will arrive on April 13, to be followed a week later by a special 45th anniversary vinyl edition of the artist's seminal Aladdin Sane. Changestwobowie returns to CD after a three-decade absence.  Originally released on LP in 1981 and on CD in 1985 by RCA, it features 10 songs spanning the period between Hunky Dory (1971)

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

Heartbeat City: Expanded Edition

February 12, 2018 By

Heartbeat City

This expanded edition of The Cars' 1984 album featuring the hit ballad "Drive" features a generous seven bonus tracks including a period Arthur Baker 12-inch remix, a B-side, and previously unreleased demos and early versions!

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

Shake It Up: Expanded Edition

February 12, 2018 By

Shake It Up

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Cars reissue their 1981 LP featuring the hit title track "Shake It Up" on CD and double vinyl, featuring eight bonus tracks including previously unreleased demos and alternate and early versions.

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

The Searcher: The Original Soundtrack

February 12, 2018 By

Elvis The Searcher

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada TBD 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada TBD 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada TBD RCA and Legacy have the soundtrack to director Thom Zimny's upcoming documentary on Elvis Presley coming in a variety of formats: an 18-track soundtrack CD, a 2-LP gatefold 12-inch vinyl edition, and a 3-CD collectible deluxe box set with additional music from Presley and those who inspired him.  The film traces the artistic evolution of the

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks

VI Decades Live (This Is What We Do)

February 12, 2018 By

Chicago VI Decades Live

Chicago celebrates 50 years on the road with this new box set featuring 4 CDs and 1 DVD of previously unreleased live music recorded between 1969 and 2014.  This set includes two complete concerts - The Isle of Wight, 1970 on CD and a Rockpalast broadcast from Germany in 1977 on DVD - plus two discs of concert highlights.

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

Take Me Back to Chicago: Band Celebrates 50 Years with "Chicago: VI Decades Live" Box Set

February 12, 2018 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Chicago VI Decades Live

Chicago is turning 50, and the band is celebrating the landmark anniversary with a new box set looking back on its remarkable onstage history.  On April 6, Rhino will release Chicago: VI Decades Live (This is What We Do), featuring 4 CDs and 1 DVD of previously unreleased live music recorded between 1969 and 2014.  This exciting new collection coincides with the group's current tour in which they're playing the complete Chicago II every night before a lengthy encore set of greatest hits. The

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

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