2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 3CD/1 Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. R.E.M. expands their 1992 album featuring "Man on the Moon" and "Everybody Hurts" for its 25th anniversary. For the 3CD/1BD version, the remastered album is paired with two bonus CDs: one including a new remaster of the band's Greenpeace benefit set at The 40 Watt Club in their native Athens (the only show they did in the Automatic era),
Release Round-Up: Week of September 15
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Doors, The Singles (Elektra/Rhino) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 2CD/1BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. Vinyl box set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. Singles compiles all 20 of the singles from The Doors' official discography. This not only includes every A and B-side from their core studio albums, but several albums recorded and released after the passing of frontman Jim Morrison, including
Andy, Did You Hear About This One? R.E.M. Expands 'Automatic For The People' For 25th Anniversary
R.E.M. have announced details on their latest catalogue title: an expansion of 1992's landmark album Automatic For The People. Following the Athens quartet's commercial floodgates bursting open with the chart-topping Out of Time (1991) and Top 10 singles "Losing My Religion" and "Shiny Happy People," R.E.M. initially set out to make a more rock-oriented album but delivered something more intimate and emotionally intense. Part of the record was inspired by the band's advancing age (singer
The World Goes On: Esoteric Reissues Barclay James Harvest's "Octoberon" In Deluxe Set
Cherry Red's Esoteric Recordings imprint has continued its harvest of releases from progressive rock's Barclay James Harvest. The latest deluxe edition from the band, 1976's Octoberon, once again is in the expanded 2-CD/1-DVD format, and follows the recent reissue of 1978's XII as well as Everyone is Everybody Else (1974) and Gone to Earth (1977), the latter two of which were released by the label in 2016. Octoberon arrived immediately prior to Gone to Earth in a landmark year for the
The Demon Unearthed: Gene Simmons Plans Massive Box Set
Gene Simmons has never shied away from theatrics--and his newly-announced solo box set is a testament to the power and excess of rock and roll. The Gene Simmons Vault is absolutely what it claims to be: an actual safe (38 pounds!) including the deepest possible dive into the KISS bassist's personal archives, from his first songwriting efforts as a teenager in 1966 to recordings made last year. The set, three years in the making, promises 150 recordings over 10 discs, including "songs I've
Where The Soul Never Dies: Run Out Groove Expands Delaney and Bonnie's "Motel Shot" On Vinyl
Run Out Groove has announced its next limited-edition vinyl release, and it's a star-studded classic rock affair. Pre-orders are open now through October 4 at the label's website for the 2-LP vinyl debut of Delaney and Bonnie's Motel Shot: Expanded. Husband-and-wife musical duo Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett got their first recording contract for Stax Records in 1969. The soulful pair then briefly moved to Elektra (and were offered a contract at The Beatles' Apple Records) before arriving at
Release Round-Up: Week of September 8
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Melissa Manchester, Through the Eyes of Love: The Complete Arista 7" Singles (Second Disc/Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The timeless songs of Melissa Manchester are collected on a new, comprehensive anthology from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music. Through the Eyes of Love: The Complete Arista 7″ Singles brings together 43 songs and 157 minutes of beautiful music on two CDs, including such all-time hits and
News of the World: 40th Anniversary Edition
Queen's sixth album, 1977's News of the World, is being generously expanded for its 40th anniversary in a new 3CD/1DVD/1LP box set. The original album is presented on CD and LP. The first bonus CD, the entirely unreleased Raw Sessions, presents an alternate version of the original album from demos, outtakes and live cuts. The second bonus disc collects a further 19 relevant bonus tracks, including versions from archival live albums, every bonus track from the bonus EP included in the 2011
Queen's 'News of the World' Championed In New Box Set
Queen's sixth album, 1977's News of the World, is being generously expanded for its 40th anniversary in a new 3CD/1DVD/1LP box set, to be released in November. Following the typically grandiose rock of A Day At the Races a year before, Queen and longtime engineer Mike Stone, now promoted to co-producer, found themselves pursuing various rock styles and dialing back some of their more ornate impulses. This is arguably nowhere more prominent than in the landmark one-two opening salvo of arena
A Fire in the Sky [Various Editions]
Legendary hard rock band Deep Purple chronicles 50 years of music on A Fire in the Sky , a new career-spanning collection available in 1-CD and 3-CD editions (with a 3-LP edition following on November 8). The set draws on Deep Purple's first 19 albums (all but their most recent) and features unique track listings for each iteration, with the 1-CD version featuring 11 songs in single or other edits. The 3-CD version has the original album versions plus alternate versions, and the upcoming 3-LP
Master of Puppets [Various Formats]
3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 10CD/3LP/1DVD/1 Cassette: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. Metallica's 1986 Elektra debut found the group further expanding their unique, thrash-driven approach to metal. Recorded in drummer Lars Ulrich's native Denmark, the album is an impeccably sounding, increasingly complex one-a cornerstone of '80s metal through and through. It became
Ultimate Hits
1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. (TBD) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. (TBD) Steve Miller Band's Ultimate Hits, available as standard (1CD/2LP) or deluxe (2CD/4LP) packages, features the many AOR-oriented hits that made Miller's first compilation, Greatest Hits '74-'78, one of the highest-selling albums in America, including "The Joker," "Rock'n Me," "Fly Like An
WIN! WIN! WIN! Varese Says "Welcome Back" to "The Very Best of John Sebastian"
Welcome back! Today, Varese Vintage celebrates the early solo discography of singer-songwriter, Woodstock folk hero, and Lovin' Spoonful founder John Sebastian with the release of Stories We Could Tell: The Very Best of John Sebastian, a new 16-track anthology drawing on the troubadour's Reprise albums originally released between 1971 and 1976. A New York native and the son of classical harmonica player John Sebastian Sr. and his wife Jane, a writer, young John fused pop and folk when he
Release Round-Up: Week of September 1
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Carole King, Tapestry: Live at Hyde Park (CD/DVD) (Legacy/Rockingale) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) This new CD/DVD release features Carole King's 45th anniversary performance of her seminal 1971 classic Tapestry, performed live in front of 65,000 fans in London's Hyde Park on July 3, 2016. The setlist, preserved on both CD and DVD, includes the entire original album plus numerous highlights from King's illustrious songbook both
Welcome Home: Metallica Massively Expand "Master of Puppets"
Following in the footsteps of Metallica's comprehensive reissues of Kill 'Em All and Ride The Lightning, the metal icons will issue an exhaustive deluxe version of Master of Puppets, the group's first album for the Elektra label. Master of Puppets found the group further expanding their unique, thrash-driven approach to metal. Recorded in drummer Lars Ulrich's native Denmark, the album is an impeccably sounding, increasingly complex one--a cornerstone of '80s metal through and through. It
Hitchhiker
Neil Young dips into his fabled archives for a wholly unreleased album. Hitchhiker was recorded by Young and co-producer David Briggs in one session on August 11, 1976 in Malibu, California. During the solo session, Young performed ten songs, the majority of which subsequently appeared in various forms on albums throughout the years: "Pocahontas," "Powderfinger," and "Ride My Llama" on Rust Never Sleeps; "Captain Kennedy" on Hawks and Doves; "Campaigner" on Decade; "Human Highway" on Comes a
I Am The Cosmos [Expanded Edition]
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada (TBD) / Amazon U.K. (TBD) LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada (TBD) / Amazon U.K. (TBD) Omnivore reconfigures the seminal I Am the Cosmos from Big Star's late Chris Bell as a new 2-CD set. Prior to Rykodisc's initial release of the title in 1992, only two of the tracks were released during Bell's lifetime; both tracks were pressed on a single released shortly before a car crash took the Memphis hero's life. In 2009, Rhino issued a double-disc Cosmos that
Stories We Could Tell: The Very Best of John Sebastian
Varese Vintage collects 16 classic tracks from the singer-songwriter and onetime Lovin' Spoonful leader including "Welcome Back," "She's a Lady," and his solo versions of "Didn't Wanna Have to Do It," "Younger Girl," "Darling Be Home Soon" and more.
Release Round-Up: Week of August 25
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Alex Chilton, A Man Called Destruction: Expanded Edition (Omnivore) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada In 1995, the late Big Star and Box Tops frontman Alex Chilton returned to Memphis' Ardent Studios, the site of his classic work with Big Star, to record A Man Called Destruction. Blending original songs with a host of eclectic covers from the likes of Chris Kenner ("Sick and
UPDATE 8/22: Harry Nilsson's "Popeye" Soundtrack, Complete with Demos, To Be Released In September
ORIGINAL POST OF MAY 8: UPDATED AUGUST 22: Well, blow me down! Varese Sarabande will be bringing the soundtrack to composer-lyricist Harry Nilsson and director Robert Altman's loopy film musical version of Popeye to compact disc in an authorized edition for the very first time on September 29 - but that's not all. This 2-CD deluxe edition will not only feature all of Nilsson's memorable songs as performed by the perfectly-cast likes of Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, and Paul Dooley, but will
Release Round-Up: Week of August 18
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Neil Young, Official Release Series Discs 5-8 / Official Release Series Discs 8.5-12 (Reprise) Official Release Series Discs 5-8: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. Official Release Series Discs 8.5-12: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. Finally, CD editions of Young's second and third Official Release Series boxes are available, spanning 1973 to 1979 (Time Fades Away (1973), On The Beach (1974), Tonight's The Night (1975),
Here They Go Again: Whitesnake Expand 1987 Album for Rhino Records
Nearly 40 years after they first formed, David Coverdale has made up his mind about Whitesnake--and ain't wastin' no more time: he's moving the band's back catalogue to Warner Music Group, Billboard reports. Though a new studio album and other new goodies are planned, of particular interest to catalogue enthusiasts is the October 6 reissue of the band's 1987 self-titled album on Rhino Records. Available in a variety of formats, including 2CD, 4CD/1DVD and 2LP sets, Whitesnake will feature
Shades of (Deep) Purple: Cherry Red Reissues Two From Hard Stuff
Cherry Red is bringing out the Hard Stuff. The label has just issued Hard Stuff: The Complete Purple Records Anthology for the British hard rockers, bringing together their only two albums and assorted bonus tracks to tell the story of the band's time on Deep Purple's own record label. The seeds of Hard Stuff were planted by guitarist John DuCann and drummer Paul Hammond when both departed Atomic Rooster over the ever-popular "creative differences." The duo attempted to keep the Atomic
Review: The Creation, "Creation Theory"
Though The Creation only left behind roughly a couple dozen songs during their mid-'60s heyday, the story of the hard-rocking mods actually goes back further, and extends to decades later. Earlier this year, the U.S. label Numero Group presented 46 masters, alternates and remixes on a double-disc collection entitled Action Painting. Shortly thereafter, U.K. label Edsel unveiled an even more thorough presentation of the complete Creation story containing those 46 tracks and 33
Creedence Rising: Craft Collects The Golliwogs' "Complete Recordings"
Before there was Creedence Clearwater Revival, there was The Golliwogs. The San Francisco Bay Area band formed in 1959 as an instrumental trio (John Fogerty, Doug Clifford and Stu Cook) by the name of The Blue Velvets. A year later, John's older brother Tom joined, completing the line-up that would eventually keep on chooglin' as Creedence Clearwater Revival. By 1964's end, the quartet had signed with Fantasy Records and reinvented themselves as The Golliwogs, so named by Fantasy's co-owner
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