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Who Was That Man? Yep Roc Reissues Nick Lowe's Remaining Discography

May 25, 2017 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

Nick Lowe Yep Roc

Back in March, it was reported that Yep Roc Records would finally start reissuing part of Nick Lowe's discography on CD for the first time in more than 25 years. While the promised April release dates never materialized, it's now breaking that the two previously cited albums--1982's Nick The Knife and 1983's The Abominable Showman--will bow on CD and vinyl along with an additional four titles (and many with bonus tracks), bringing his entire solo discography from 1978 to 1990 back into print and

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Rock Tags: Nick Lowe

Get a Brand New Walk: Real Gone's July Slate Features Dusty Springfield, Keely Smith, Eddy Arnold, Tim Buckley and Loma Singles

May 22, 2017 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Dusty Springfield Brand New Me Complete

It's not even Memorial Day yet, but we're already looking ahead to the heart of summer for upcoming reissues and now we've got Real Gone's slate due just after Independence Day on July 7.  As is usually the case with this label, it's an eclectic group of releases. You've already heard the news about Second Disc Records and Real Gone's A Little Magic, A Little Kindness from Laura Nyro, with notes by our very own Joe Marchese, but Joe's notes are also featured in two other Real Gone releases in

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Dusty Springfield, Eddy Arnold, Keely Smith, Tim Buckley, Tom Tom Club

When It's Round-Up Time In Heaven: The Great Gospel Recordings

May 22, 2017 By

Eddy Arnold When Its Round Up Time

Having already looked at Eddy Arnold's Christmas recordings and his 1970 recordings with Lee Hazlewood, Real Gone is now turning to some of the country legend's gospel songs with When It's Round-Up Time in Heaven - The Great Gospel Recordings.  This reissue brings together two of Arnold's spiritual efforts: 1954's 10-inch LP When It's Round-Up Time in Heaven and 1963's long-player Faithfully Yours for a total of 20 tracks.  The two albums highlight the shift in Arnold's sound.  The first is in

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Formats: CD Genre: Country, Gospel

Review: The Flying Burrito Brothers, "The Gilded Palace of Sin" from Intervention Records

May 10, 2017 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Flying Burrito Brothers Gilded Palace

In 1969, The Flying Burrito Brothers welcomed listeners into their Gilded Palace of Sin.  The album, released on Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss' A&M label, heralded a new style of music - one which co-founder Gram Parsons would famously dub "Cosmic American Music."  Indeed, the sounds emanating from this Palace were, at the same time, surprisingly traditional and completely radical.  For the Burritos melded the harmonies of the Everlys or the Louvins with the gutbucket soul of the deep south,

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country Tags: Gram Parsons, The Flying Burrito Brothers

Adios

May 6, 2017 By

Glen Campbell Adios

Glen Campbell's final recordings, produced by his longtime band member Carl Jackson, comprise this release.  Selections include the lead-off single "Everybody's Talkin'," and four songs by Jimmy Webb (including the touching title track as well as "Postcard from Paris," "Just Like Always" and "It Won't Bring Her Back"), plus compositions from Bob Dylan, Jerry Reed, Dickey Lee, and Roger Miller.  The late Miller is heard is on his demo of "Am I Alone (Or Is It Only Me?)" which segues into

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country, Pop

Back To The Tallahatchie Bridge: Kritzerland Reissues Bobbie Gentry, Michel Legrand's "Ode to Billy Joe"

May 1, 2017 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Ode to Billy Joe OST

Billie Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge and right into the hearts and minds of listeners as the subject of Bobbie Gentry's gothic mystery in song, "Ode to Billie Joe."  The 1967 single from the country songstress - recorded far from Chickasaw County, Mississippi, in Hollywood, California - went to No. 1 on the U.S. Hot 100 while also charting on the Easy Listening, Country, and R&B (!) surveys.  It topped the charts in Canada, and made an impressive No. 13 showing in the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Country, Soundtracks Tags: Bobbie Gentry, Michel Legrand

Full Moon: Expanded Edition

April 25, 2017 By

Kris and Rita Full Moon

1973's Full Moon was the first duet album Rita Coolidge made with her then-husband Kris Kristofferson.  It was the first of three collaborative albums the couple would make together.  It was highly successful, going to the peak position on the country charts and winning a Grammy for Best Country Performance for a Duo or Group for the Kristofferson-penned "From The Bottle To the Bottom."  It has never been released on CD outside of Japan, and this new reissue has been expanded with six previously

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Formats: CD Genre: Country, Pop

Higher and Higher: Real Gone's June Slate Features Rita Coolidge, Kris Kristofferson, Doris Day, Larry Coryell, Jesse Ed Davis and More

April 17, 2017 By Randy Fairman 2 Comments

Kris and Rita Full Moon

As we get further into the spring season, we've begun to hear about releases that will be coming out more towards summer.  Among these are the new announcements of titles from Real Gone Music due on June 2.  As always, they are an eclectic group featuring CDs and vinyl reissues. First up are two titles from Rita Coolidge featuring liner notes from our very own Joe Marchese.  1973's Full Moon was the first duet album Coolidge made with her then-husband Kris Kristofferson.  It was the first of

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Soundtracks Tags: Doris Day, Grateful Dead, Jesse Ed Davis, Kris Kristofferson, Larry Coryell, Merry Clayton, Rita Coolidge, Ry Cooder, Shirley Walker

Adios, Adios: Glen Campbell To Release Final Studio Album in June

April 14, 2017 By Randy Fairman 8 Comments

Glen Campbell Adios

In 2011, Glen Campbell released Ghost On the Canvas and it was revealed that the legendary artist was suffering from Alzheimer's disease.  Campbell then embarked upon the yearlong Good Times - Final Farewell Tour which took him to cities in Europe and North America.  After the conclusion of that tour, he went into the studio to finish the album See You There, which was released in August of 2013.  It was billed at the time as his sixty-third and final studio album.  However, it has now been

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country, Pop Tags: Glen Campbell, Jimmy Webb, Roger Miller, Willie Nelson

Release Round-Up: Week of April 7

April 7, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Outlaw Celebrating Waylon

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! B.J. Thomas, New Looks from an Old Lover-The Complete Columbia Singles (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) New Looks from an Old Lover - The Complete Columbia Singles from B.J. Thomas gathers up all of the A and B sides the singer recorded for that label during his tenure there in the 1980s including the No. 3 Country hit "Two Car Garage" and two No. 1s: "Whatever Happened To Old-Fashioned Love" and "New Looks from an

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock Tags: Allan Holdsworth, Allen Ginsberg, Antonio Carlos Jobim, B.J. Thomas, Brinsley Schwarz, David Allan Coe, Frank Sinatra, Jack Kerouac, Steve Allen, Waylon Jennings

Release Round-Up: Week of March 24

March 24, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

McCartney Archive Collection Flowers 2CD

Welcome to this week's packed Release Round-Up, featuring hotly-anticipated box sets, an extensive campaign from an iconoclastic artist, and much, much more! Paul McCartney, The Paul McCartney Archive Collection: Flowers in the Dirt (Capitol/MPL) DELUXE EDITION (3CD/1DVD) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) SPECIAL EDITION (2CD) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) VINYL (2LP) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Paul McCartney reassesses his 1989 album

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: A Flock of Seagulls, Bill Evans, Bobby Darin, Chris Difford, Elvis Costello, Erasure, Frank Zappa, Glen Campbell, Johnny Mercer, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd

All Together Now: Springsteen, Hendrix, Nilsson, Mathis, Cash Headline Legacy's Record Store Day Slate

March 21, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

nilsson schmilsson

Record Store Day is turning 10 years old on Saturday, April 22, and Legacy Recordings isn't one to miss out on the fun!  The Legacy team has unveiled more than 20 exclusive releases on 7- and 12-inch vinyl that will be available at your local independent record retailer.  Many of the label's heaviest hitters and longtime favorites are represented here - including Bruce Springsteen, Jimi Hendrix, Harry Nilsson, Johnny Mathis, Ben Folds, Santana, and The Beach Boys' Dennis Wilson.  Legacy is also

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Ben Folds, Bruce Springsteen, Dennis Wilson, Harry Nilsson, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Johnny Mathis, Pink Floyd, Santana, Toto

The Complete Hits

March 20, 2017 By

David Allan Coe Complete Hits

Controversial country outlaw David Allan Coe signed with Columbia Records in 1974 and would remain there through 1987.  During his tenure, he notched 31 hits on the Country chart including 1983's No. 4 "The Ride" and the No. 2 "Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile" from 1984.  These 31 hits comprise the tracklisting of Real Gone's new 2-CD compilation, which features notes from Chris Morris and remastering from Chris LeMonde.

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Formats: CD Genre: Country

New Looks From An Old Lover: The Complete Columbia Singles

March 20, 2017 By

BJ Thomas New Looks

New Looks from an Old Lover - The Complete Columbia Singles from B.J. Thomas gathers up all of the A and B sides the singer recorded for that label during his tenure there in the 1980s including the No. 3 Country hit "Two Car Garage" and two No. 1s: "Whatever Happened To Old-Fashioned Love" and "New Looks from an Old Lover."  It's all been newly remastered by Sean Brennan at Battery Studios, and features liner notes from TSD's Joe Marchese!

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Formats: CD Genre: Country, Pop

And I Want You For All Time: Three Glen Campbell Classics To Be Reissued On Vinyl

March 20, 2017 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Glen Campbell Wichita Lineman

Three classic Capitol Records albums by living legend Glen Campbell are set to return to vinyl from the label on March 24.  Gentle on My Mind, Wichita Lineman and Galveston will all be reissued by Capitol Nashville on standard black vinyl, with limited-edition colored vinyl editions to follow at a later date. Gentle on My Mind, the singer-guitarist's sixth album, was produced by Al De Lory, with De Lory arranging and conducting alongside session veteran (and future Master of Space and Time)

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Country, Pop Tags: Glen Campbell, Jimmy Webb

Something To Cling To: Morello Reissues Tammy Wynette Albums from the 1960s and 1980s

March 6, 2017 By Randy Fairman 4 Comments

Tammy Wynette DIVORCE and Stand By Your Man

We're back with another look at a couple of releases from Cherry Red's country-focused Morello Records.  The imprint has been releasing country music reissues for the past several years.  Today, we're looking at two new releases featuring one of the biggest names in country music history: Tammy Wynette. Morello has released several twofers of Wynette previously, and these contain albums spanning nearly two decades. First up is the CD, due on March 24, containing two of Wynette's earliest

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Country Tags: Tammy Wynette

Release Round-Up: Week of March 3

March 3, 2017 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Ann Margret Definitive Collection

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Ann-Margret, The Definitive Collection (Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Real Gone has a new compilation from the one and only Ann-Margret.  The Definitive Collection features 30 of the flame-haired singer/actress's songs from her 1961-1966 tenure on RCA Records and includes standards, pop, soundtrack recordings and collaborations with Al Hirt and Elvis Presley!  This title was previously issued as a digital-only entry in

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Ann-Margret, Artful Dodger, Guy Clark, Judy Collins, Livingston Taylor, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, The Muffs, The Rascals

New Looks: Real Gone's April Slate Includes B.J. Thomas, David Allan Coe, Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg

February 28, 2017 By Randy Fairman 1 Comment

BJ Thomas New Looks

As the winter season draws to a close, we now look ahead to spring.  Real Gone Music has just announced its titles for the first full month of the season.  Due on April 7, the new slate features country and spoken word projects together with a few limited vinyl repressings. First up is a release featuring notes by our very own Joe Marchese.  The single disc New Looks from an Old Lover - The Complete Columbia Singles from B.J. Thomas gathers up all of the A and B sides the singer recorded for

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Country, Everything Else, Pop, Rock Tags: Allen Ginsberg, B.J. Thomas, David Allan Coe, Jack Kerouac, Steve Allen

Hot Burrito No. 2: Intervention Reissues Flying Burrito Brothers' "Gilded Palace of Sin" On Vinyl and SACD

February 23, 2017 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Flying Burrito Brothers Gilded Palace

Intervention Records will soon be giving the deluxe audiophile treatment on both hybrid stereo SACD (playable on all CD players) and 180-gram vinyl LP to a bona fide country-rock classic.  The Flying Burrito Brothers' 1969 A&M Records release The Gilded Palace of Sin remains a landmark album, fusing genres to create something wholly new - "Cosmic American Music," as Gram Parsons memorably named it.  It will arrive on LP in May and later in the year on SACD. Though the group's original

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Categories: News Formats: CD, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country Tags: Chris Hillman, Gram Parsons, The Flying Burrito Brothers

Release Round-Up: Week of February 17

February 17, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

The Standells Dirty Water

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Evanescence, The Ultimate Collection (Concord Bicycle) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The long-delayed release ofThe Ultimate Collection features, on six vinyl albums, Evanescence's full studio discography on 180-gram vinyl. In addition to Fallen, The Open Door (a double LP) and Evanescence, the box features the first wide release of Origin, a 2000 self-released demo collection; plus Lost Whispers, a rarities disc featuring four

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Rock Tags: Alison Krauss, Evanescence, The Standells

Release Round-Up: Week of February 10

February 10, 2017 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

David Bowie Nassau Coliseum 1976

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Bon Jovi, The Albums (Island/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Bon Jovi's The Albums includes all 14 of the group's studio efforts, from 1984's blistering-glam self-titled debut to the just-released This House is Not for Sale, the first album without longtime guitarist Richie Sambora. Eleven of these albums have hit the Billboard Top 10 since 1986's chart-topping breakthrough Slippery When Wet; of those, six of these albums

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Arthur Lee, Bon Jovi, David Bowie, Golden Earring, Kris Kristofferson, Love

Inspiration

January 24, 2017 By

Clint Walker Inspiration

Real Gone Music dips back to the golden age of television for this reissue.  The western Cheyenne ran from 1955-1963 and starred Clint Walker.   He was also signed to Warner Bros. for a recording contract and, in 1959, released Inspiration, a country-gospel album.  RGM's new edition is expanded by one track and features notes from Todd Everett.

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Formats: CD Genre: Country, Gospel

It's Too Late To Stop Now: Ted's Year in Review, And A Look Ahead

January 11, 2017 By Ted Frank 5 Comments

Van Morrison Its Too Late to Stop Now Volumes II

In the early days of the New Year, we've announced our annual Gold Bonus Disc Awards, and have also shared Mike's selections for the Reissues of the Year!  Today, Ted takes a turn with a look at his own, wide-ranging personal music diary, or Best of 2016 - plus a look at what he's most anticipating in the months to come!  We hope you'll discover a favorite of your own!  You'll find selected links below for further reading. 2016 was a richly diverse year for music.  But before taking a look at

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Everything Else, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

For The Good Times: Rhino Expands Kris Kristofferson's "Austin Sessions"

January 10, 2017 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Kris Kristofferson Austin Sessions

Next month, Rhino Records will revisit a latter-day classic from one of the leaders of the "new country" movement, Kris Kristofferson.  The 1999 release The Austin Sessions will be reissued on CD, vinyl LP and DD in a newly-remastered edition also featuring two previously unreleased bonus tracks. The Austin Sessions was recorded by the famed singer-songwriter with producer Fred Mollin at Arlyn Studios in 1997 as part of a songwriter-focused series also featuring retrospectives from Jimmy Webb

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Country Tags: Allison Krauss, Jackson Browne, Kris Kristofferson, Marc Cohn, Mark Knopfler, Steve Earle, Vince Gill

Johnny Cash, Eddy Arnold, Glen Campbell Featured On "Chartbusters USA: Special Country Edition"

January 9, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Chartbusters USA Country

The latest entry in Ace Records' long-running Chartbusters USA series arrived late in 2016.  The Special Country Edition turned its spotlight on Hot 100 hits which had crossed over from the Billboard Country chart.  The 24 tracks on Chartbusters USA: Special Country Edition are all from the period of 1963-1969, needless to say a time of seismic change in pop music, and many come from the greatest names in any genre of music. The set, appropriately enough, opens with George Jones' 1964

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Country, Pop Tags: Eddy Arnold, Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, Porter Wagoner, Various Artists

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