Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Today might be Friday the 13th, but when it comes to catalogue music, it's a lucky day! Bobby Darin, Go Ahead & Back Up: The Lost Motown Masters (Second Disc/Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Naturally, we're most excited about this release - our landmark 25th title on Second Disc Records, and certainly the most rarities-packed! Go Ahead & Back Up: The Lost Motown Masters premieres a never-before-heard Bobby Darin
Country Singer's Prayer
Omnivore has excavated a 1975 album by Buck Owens recorded for Capitol Records and subsequently shelved by the label. Though the tracks have seen release on compilations such as Owens' Bear Family box set retrospective of the era, this marks the first time the album has been presented and sequenced as Owens intended. Country Singer's Prayer also includes two bonus single sides.
Different Drum: Michael Nesmith's First National Band Releases Live Album On 7a Records
Before embarking with Micky Dolenz on the acclaimed, currently-playing The Monkees Present: The Mike & Micky Show, Michael Nesmith staged another remarkable event earlier this year. For five performances only in January, Nesmith reformed his pioneering country-rock group, The First National Band. The FNB didn't venture out of California, but the sold-out concerts attracted worldwide attention. Now, everyone will have a chance to hear what they missed when 7a Records - the label dedicated
It's Been a Long, Long Time: Omnivore Rescues Lost Buck Owens Album from the Vaults
2018 has already seen the announcement of lost albums and never-before-heard recordings by Prince, John Coltrane, and Bobby Darin. Now a fourth late icon is recipient of a vault excavation that's sure to delight his fans. On August 17, Omnivore Recordings will issue Country Singer's Prayer from the great Buck Owens. The country hero was in the final year of his contract to Capitol Records in 1975 when he recorded Country Singer's Prayer in his Bakersfield studio. Buck had
The Statler Brothers Sing the Classics
Real Gone reissues The Statler Brothers' rare 1995 album of standards, originally released on Heartland Music. The album features version of such beloved songs as "Memories Are Made of This," "She Still Thinks I Care," "Love Letters in the Sand," "Unchained Melody," and "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane." New liner notes and photos round out the package.
Things to Remember: The Pamper Demos
Real Gone Music journeys to the beginning of Willie Nelson's remarkable career with this collection of 28 publishing demos recorded by Willie for Ray Price's Pamper Music company including such seminal future standards as "Crazy," "Night Life," "Pretty Paper," "Funny (How Time Slips Away)," and "Hello Walls." Available on 1 CD and 2-LP vinyl.
Release Round-Up: Week of June 1
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Michelle Phillips, Victim of Romance: Expanded Edition (Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) "Mama" Michelle Phillips' 1977 solo album, produced by Jack Nitzsche, returns to CD in a new expanded edition collecting the artist's complete sessions with Nitzsche. It adds three outtakes from the album sessions, including a Bee Gees cover ("Had a Lot of Love Last Night"), Dennis Lambert and Fil Spina's "Practice What You Preach,"
Good Times: Real Gone To Reissue Rare Willie Nelson, Statler Brothers In July
We've recently told you about Go Ahead & Back Up: The Lost Motown Masters, Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records' CD of unheard Bobby Darin Motown recordings due in July. Now we've gotten word of two more Real Gone July releases, both in the country genre: one for Willie Nelson and one for The Statler Brothers. Country legend Willie Nelson hardly needs an introduction. The 85-year-old is one of the biggest names in country and has been recording for over six decades, including up
Release Round-Up: Week of May 18
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Bruce Springsteen, The Album Collection Vol. 2, 1987-1996 (Columbia/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Bruce Springsteen boxes up the second set of his albums in chronological order, remastered by Bob Ludwig and Toby Scott using the Plangent Process. The collection is only available on vinyl, although a limited edition CD version is being released in Japan only. The CD version is now available for pre-order at Amazon U.S. /
Release Round-Up: Week of May 4
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Frank Sinatra, Standing Room Only (Capitol/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) This new 3-CD, book-style box set from Capitol/UMe features three spectacular live concerts from three decades of Frank Sinatra's storied career, including the January 28. 1966 second show with The Count Basie Orchestra and conductor Quincy Jones at The Sands in Las Vegas, making its CD debut; and two previously unreleased shows: October 7, 1974 at
Release Round-Up: Week of April 27
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Neil Young, Roxy: Tonight's the Night Live (Reprise) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) As everybody knows, Neil Young beats to his own drummer...so this release actually arrived this past Tuesday! Roxy: Tonight's the Night Live captures Young's September 1973 performance opening Lou Adler's Roxy club, with The Santa Monica Flyers (Nils Lofgren, Ben Keith, and the Crazy Horse rhythm section) supporting him. Nine of the songs which
The Second Disc's 2018 Record Store Day Must-Haves
Welcome to our annual rundown of Must-Haves for this year's Record Store Day event! Once you're through reading, let us know what you're most looking forward to picking up tomorrow at your favorite local independent retailer! Our list features just a sampling of our favorites from our friends at Legacy Recordings, Varese Sarabande, Rhino Records, Real Gone Music, Demon Music Group, Walt Disney Records, Omnivore Recordings, and more! Joe's kicking things off with five essential picks (in
The Ballad of Sally Rose: Deluxe Edition
Rhino reissues Emmylou Harris' 1985 The Ballad of Sally Rose, a concept album inspired by Harris' short but blazing time spent with the late Gram Parsons. This deluxe edition featuring 10 previously unreleased demo recordings on the second disc, will also be available as a digital download, on streaming services, and as a 2-LP vinyl set.
Come and Get Me: Morello Reissues Tammy Wynette's First Two Solo Albums
For the past few years, Cherry Red imprint Morello Records has been reissuing the Epic Records catalogue of late country legend Tammy Wynette on a series of two-fers. With their latest release, due this Friday, April 13, Morello is going back to the very beginning with the new two-fer of Wynette's first two solo albums: Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad and Take Me To Your World/I Don't Wanna Play House. These are the albums in which Wynette's pure country sound first blossomed. By the time she
Release Round-Up: Week of April 6
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, and one of the biggest Release Fridays of the year to date! Chicago, VI Decades Live: This is What We Do (Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Chicago celebrates 50 years on the road with this expansive 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
Sweetheart of the Rodeo: Emmylou Harris' "The Ballad of Sally Rose" Goes Deluxe in June
Today is Emmylou Harris' birthday, and Rhino is celebrating the songbird's illustrious career with a brand-new 2-CD remastered and expanded edition of one of her most cherished albums. On June 1, the label will reissue 1985's The Ballad of Sally Rose, a concept album inspired by Harris' short but blazing time spent with the late Gram Parsons. This deluxe edition will also be available as a digital download, on streaming services, and as a 2-LP vinyl set. (The vinyl release will also be
The Complete Capitol Singles: 1967-1970
Omnivore rounds up another 36 original Capitol single sides from Bakersfield, California's favorite son, country legend Buck Owens! This 2-CD set, the second in Omnivore's series of Owens singles releases, has been newly remastered by Michael Graves.
Like Someone in Love: Ace Collects Complete Charlie Rich at RCA
Charlie Rich (1932-1995) finally achieved superstardom when his laid-back readings of "Behind Closed Doors" and "The Most Beautiful Girl" ascended in 1973 to the top spot of the Billboard Country chart and crossed over to Pop - the latter to Number One on that chart, too. Although those songs kicked off a new chapter in the career of the man known by that point as the Silver Fox (for his mane of gray hair and wizened appearance), Rich's repertoire could hardly be defined by their mellow sound.
Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass? Omnivore Collects Volume 2 of Buck Owens' Complete Capitol Singles
Omnivore Recordings is headed back to Bakersfield with a new collection from the late, great Buck Owens due on May 11 in both CD and digital formats. The Complete Capitol Singles: 1967-1970 picks up where Omnivore's last volume (1957-1966), released in late 2016, left off. This 2-CD, 36-track set chronologically features every A- and B-side released by the Bakersfield, CA singer-songwriter at Capitol between 1967 and 1970, including fourteen top ten hits. In his lifetime, Buck Owens accrued
Release Round-Up: Week of March 23
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Miles Davis and John Coltrane, The Final Tour: Bootleg Series Vol. 6 (Columbia/Legacy) 4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Copenhagen LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada This latest volume of Miles Davis' Bootleg Series brings together five performances by Davis and John Coltrane recorded during the Spring 1960 Jazz at the Philharmonic European Tour, Coltrane's final such outing as a sideman: two shows from Paris's
Release Round-Up: Week of March 16
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Various Artists, Andrew Lloyd Webber: Unmasked - The Platinum Collection (Polydor/UMC) 4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Let the memory live again! Andrew Lloyd Webber celebrates his 70th birthday and provocative new memoir Unmasked with this 4-CD, 71-track box set of the same name. The career-spanning anthology features many of the composer's most famed songs from Phantom of
Almost Like A Song: Morello Collects Four Ronnie Milsap Albums on 2-CD Set
As one of the biggest country music stars of the 1970s and 1980s, Ronnie Milsap has had many compilations devoted to his career. Recently, Cherry Red imprint Morello records released a 2-CD set featuring four of Milsap's albums from 1977 to 1980: It Was Almost Like A Song, Only One Love In My Life, Images and Milsap Magic. It was during this period when Milsap began to experience his greatest successes as a crossover artist. By the time of 1977's It Was Almost Like A Song, Ronnie Milsap had
Love Has No Reason/Savin' It Up
Debby Boone's fourth and fifth Warner/Curb albums, both from 1980, are expanded with rare bonus tracks for their CD debuts from Real Gone Music. These albums found the versatile artist teaming with superstar producer Larry Butler for Nashville sessions which yielded a Country chart-topper, "Are You on the Road to Lovin' Me Again," and other hits. TSD's Joe Marchese has penned the liner notes, drawing on a fresh interview with Debby!
Keep It Thoro: Legacy Announces Record Store Day Slate with Dylan, Cash, Mathis, Elvis, Pink Floyd, More
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
Review: "Stax Singles Vol. 4: Rarities and the Best of the Rest"
Stax Records is rightfully renowned for its catalogue of deep southern soul straight from the heart of Memphis. But, like its famous Detroit competitor Motown, the label founded by Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton released music in a variety of sounds and styles. The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (released in 1991 and reissued by Rhino in 2016 was the first major archival box to begin to address the Stax legacy in record-by-record fashion. It was followed by The Complete Stax-Volt Soul
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