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Hybrid Theory: 20th Anniversary Edition [Various Formats]

August 14, 2020 By

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2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP Deluxe: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5CD/4LP/3DVD Super Deluxe: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada One of the bestselling albums released in 2000 is getting revisited in a big way this year: Linkin Park's debut album Hybrid Theory.  The first album from the California rap/rock combo will be reissued October 9 in three rarity-packed editions for its 20th anniversary. A 2CD version pairs the original album with a bonus

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock

Distortion 1989-2019

August 14, 2020 By

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24CD with exclusive signed print: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 8LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. British label Edsel is joining forces with punk icon Bob Mould to collect nearly everything he's ever released into a new CD box set.  Distortion 1989-2019 offers 24 discs of Mould's work after the dissolution of seminal hardcore outfit Hüsker Dü. It features all his studio albums credited to himself, '90s power trio Sugar and even dance-oriented side projects LoudBomb and Blowoff, plus four live sets

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Rock

Deluxe Edition of Linkin Park's Debut 'Hybrid Theory' About To Break

August 14, 2020 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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One of the bestselling albums released in 2000 is getting revisited in a big way this year: Linkin Park's debut album Hybrid Theory. The first album from the California rap/rock combo will be reissued October 9 in three rarity-packed editions for its 20th anniversary. A 2CD version pairs the original album with a bonus disc featuring a dozen B-sides, demos, live tracks and remixes from various European-only CD singles. A bigger 4LP box set features those albums alongside a 2LP reissue of

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Cassette, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Linkin Park

See a Little Light: Bob Mould Plans 'Distortion' Box Set, Vinyl Reissue Series

August 13, 2020 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

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Looking for a way to celebrate Bob Mould ahead of his next album, Blue Hearts, due next month? British label Edsel is joining forces with the punk icon to collect nearly everything he's ever released into a new CD box set. Distortion 1989-2019, available October 2, offers 24 discs of Mould's work after the dissolution of seminal hardcore outfit Hüsker Dü. It features all his studio albums credited to himself, '90s power trio Sugar and even dance-oriented side projects LoudBomb and Blowoff,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Rock Tags: Bob Mould, Hüsker Dü, Sugar

2 Tone: The Albums

August 12, 2020 By

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A new box set will anthologize most of the output of influential ska/punk label 2 Tone Records.  2 Tone: The Albums collects on CD eight major long-playing albums issued by the British label between 1979 and 1984: The Specials' Specials (1979), More Specials (1980) and In The Studio (1984, issued under a revised line-up and new name, The Special AKA); The Selecter's Too Much Pressure (1980); Cuban-born Rico Rodriguez's That Man Is Forward (1981) and Jama Rico (1982); and two compilations: Dance

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Reggae, Rock

Hemidemisemiquaver: Buried Treasures of the Raymond Scott Big Band

August 12, 2020 By

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Real Gone turns back the clock to the big band era with a collection of music by Raymond Scott, best known for his contributions to Warner Bros. cartoons and as an electronic music pioneer. But there's another chapter to this story, and this release chronicles the first multiracial radio big band, the Scott-led "CBS Big Band" whose ranks included legends Ben Webster, Cozy Cole, and Charlie Shavers. Now, the group will be celebrated with a 26-track CD set containing primarily unreleased radio

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Formats: CD Genre: Everything Else, Jazz

This Is The Life: Weird Al's Drummer, Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz, On His New Book Of Photos

August 12, 2020 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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Ever wonder what it's like to be behind one of the most famous comedy musicians of all time? Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz literally knows - and, for the first time, he's getting to tell his side of the story. The versatile drummer, who's played on every one of "Weird Al" Yankovic's records and tours for the past four decades, is releasing Black & White & Weird All Over: The Lost Photographs Of "Weird Al" Yankovic '83-'86 through 1984 Publishing on October 27, four days after Al's 61st

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Categories: Features, News Formats: Books Genre: Comedy, Pop Tags: "Weird Al" Yankovic

A Message To You: Two Tone Classics Collected On New CD Box

August 10, 2020 By Mike Duquette 9 Comments

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A new box set next month will anthologize most of the output of influential ska/punk label 2 Tone Records. 2 Tone: The Albums will collect eight major long-playing albums issued by the British label between 1979 and 1984: The Specials' Specials (1979), More Specials (1980) and In The Studio (1984, issued under a revised line-up and new name, The Special AKA); The Selecter's Too Much Pressure (1980); Cuban-born Rico Rodriguez's That Man Is Forward (1981) and Jama Rico (1982); and two

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Reggae, Rock Tags: Madness, The Beat, The English Beat, The Specials

Power, Corruption & Lies: Definitive Edition

August 10, 2020 By

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CD/LP/2DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Blue Monday b/w The Beach: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Confusion / Confused Beats b/w Confusion (Instrumental) / Confusion (Rough Mix): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Thieves Like Us b/w Lonesome Tonight: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Murder b/w Thieves Like Us (Instrumental): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada One of New Order's most celebrated albums is getting the expanded treatment. 

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, Rock

Bandcamp Bonanza: Top Picks For Indie Music Makers' Sixth Monthly Event

August 7, 2020 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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On March 20, as the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic was just starting to be understood, indie music retailer Bandcamp made the bold choice of waiving their share of revenue for artists and labels who were cancelling shows and delaying album releases left and right. The result was more music bought by more fans than any day on the site, a record broken on the first Friday of May. Bandcamp Fridays have since taken place in June and July - plus the first of an annual occurrence when the service

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: A Tribe Called Quest, Taj Mahal, The Delfonics, The Isley Brothers, The Psychedelic Furs, Wu-Tang Clan

How Does It Feel? New Order Give 'Power, Corruption & Lies' The Box Set Treatment

August 6, 2020 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

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One of New Order's most celebrated albums is getting expanded in October. Rhino will issue a "Definitive Edition" of the band's sophomore release, 1983's Power, Corruption & Lies. The box will feature the album on CD and LP with the first-ever mastering from the original analog tapes; a bonus disc of unreleased session outtakes and the band's 1982 live set for John Peel's BBC radio program; and two DVDs offering three complete live shows, a host of additional concert clips and television

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, Rock Tags: New Order

Release Round-Up: Week of July 31

July 31, 2020 By The Second Disc 6 Comments

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Paul McCartney, The Paul McCartney Archive Collection: Flaming Pie [Various Formats] (MPL/Capitol/UMe) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Deluxe 5CD/2DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Super Deluxe 5CD/2DVD/4LP: Paul McCartney Online Shop 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Paul McCartney Archive Collection returns with a new volume dedicated to Macca's

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock Tags: Airto, Alanis Morissette, Bobbie Gentry, Burt Bacharach, Cat Stevens, Daniel Tashian, Errol Dunkley, Irma Thomas, James Booker, Jon Anderson, Little Steven, Man, Paul McCartney, Pete Rodriguez, Soul Asylum, The Zombies

Must Be The Money: Nelly's 'Country Grammar' Gets 20th Anniversary Digital Expansion

July 27, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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Two decades after Nelly put St. Louis' hip-hop scene on the map, his breakthrough debut album has been digitally expanded by UMe. A new 20th anniversary expansion of Nelly's Country Grammar is now available to stream and download, featuring the original album alongside four bonus tracks available digitally for the first time, including the soundtrack rarity "Icey"; "Come Over," a collaboration with Funkmaster Flex; and instrumental versions of the album's biggest hits, "Country Grammar" and

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Rap/Hip-Hop Tags: Nelly

I'm Dreamin' A Dream: Real Gone Music Revisits Out-Of-Print Titles From Norma Tanega, Tom Tom Club, Horace Tapscott, and Charles Bukowski

July 24, 2020 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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Real Gone Music has announced the re-release of four albums from the label's vault which are being brought back in print on new vinyl colorways:  Charles Bukowski Reads His Poetry, Norma Tanega's Walking My Cat Named Dog, Horace Tapscott Quintet's The Giant Is Awakened, and Tom Tom Club's self-titled album.  All these sought-after titles will return to shops on August 21, so whether you like free jazz, profane poetry, singer-songwriters, or funky dance grooves, Real Gone has you covered once

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Funk, Jazz, Pop Tags: Charles Bukowski, Horace Tapscott Quintet, Norma Tanega, Tom Tom Club

Field of Eternity: Cherry Red, Esoteric Reissue and Expand Anthony Phillips "Living Room Concert"

July 24, 2020 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Cherry Red's Esoteric Recordings imprint has had a long relationship with composer/ex-Genesis guitarist Anthony Phillips including numerous reissues and last year's release of his latest album, Strings of Light.  Now, Esoteric has reissued and expanded another treasured album from Phillips: his 1995 acoustic live set The "Living Room" Concert. The album was culled from Phillips' June 25, 1993 performance as part of the Living Room Concert Series on the U.S. public radio program Echoes.  As

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Everything Else Tags: Anthony Phillips

Release Round-Up: Week of July 24

July 24, 2020 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul, Men Without Women [CD/DVD] (Wicked Cool/UMe)  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Little Steven Van Zandt's 1982 debut with The Disciples of Soul, Men Without Women, remains a high watermark in the Jersey shore bar band sound with its fusion of classic rock and soul sounds.  Van Zandt was joined by members of The E Street Band, The Asbury Jukes, and The Miami Horns as well as pals like The

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: ABBA, Andrew Gold, Bill Kirchen, Bob Marley, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Diana Ross, Doris Day, Little Steven, Nick Kamen, The Turtles, Vince Guaraldi

I Like It Like That

July 23, 2020 By

Craft Recordings has an all-analog vinyl reissue, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original tapes, of the 1967 classic from King of the Boogaloo, pianist-bandleader Pete Rodriguez.  The 180-gram vinyl is manufactured at Memphis Record Pressing, promising optimum sound quality.

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Everything Else

Darling Ooh!

July 23, 2020 By

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Errol Dunkley was already a reggae star by the time this debut album was released in 1972.  With producer Sylvia Pottenger at the helm, Dunkley served up 12 cuts that are pure roots reggae.  Originally released as Presenting Errol Dunkley on the Gay Feet label, the album was repressed later on Trojan's Attack imprint as Darling Ooh!  with an expanded track list and distinctive artwork.  To make things more confusing for collectors, the album was also reissued by Trojan in 1979 with the shorter

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Reggae

Review: Donna Summer, "A Hot Summer Night"

July 22, 2020 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

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"This isn't just my show...this is your show!" Donna Summer exclaimed during "MacArthur Park," the opening song of her August 6, 1983 concert at Costa Mesa, California's Pacific Amphitheatre.  Now, that memorable concert dubbed A Hot Summer Night truly can be yours, as Driven by the Music and Crimson Productions have debuted it on CD and DVD as well as on a separate vinyl release. A Hot Summer Night, part of Summer's Hard for the Money tour, was filmed in the wake of the She Works Hard for

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Donna Summer

Pick Up The Pieces: Edsel Releases Multi-Disc Average White Band Anthology

July 13, 2020 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Average White Band Anthology

In selecting a name, the Average White Band certainly was modest. Over a career spanning nearly 50 years, the Scottish band recorded thirteen studio albums and seven live sets; charted nine hits in the U.K. and U.S. and a further 15 songs on the U.S. R&B survey; scored a million-seller with "Pick Up the Pieces;" and had so many songs sampled that the group was ranked the fifteenth most sampled artist in history as of around a decade ago. The AWB is still active today under the auspices of

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Average White Band

Release Round-Up: Week of July 10

July 10, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Grateful Dead, Workingman's Dead: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (Grateful Dead/Rhino) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Often hailed as one of Grateful Dead's most accessible albums along with its follow-up, American Beauty, Workingman's Dead placed its focus on tighter songcraft in a country/folk-oriented vein that would later be described as "Americana." It introduced the group's

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Gospel, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Barbara Mandrell, Burt Bacharach, Carol Channing, Daniel Tashian, Donna Summer, Elvis Costello, Gordon Anderson, Grateful Dead, John Lodge, Laura Branigan, Little Steven, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, Rufus Wainwright, Tammy Wynette, The Foundations, The Monkees

Awakening: Real Gone Music Announces Reissues of Rare and Sought-After Titles from Black Jazz Records

July 9, 2020 By Sam Stone 4 Comments

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Today, Real Gone Music announced the reissue of a batch of extremely hard-to-find albums from the legendary Black Jazz Records catalogue, due for release on August 28 on CD and LP.  The legendary Black Jazz Records was founded in 1969 in Oakland, California by pianist Gene Russell and percussionist Dick Schory and released its first records in summer of 1971.  From then on, it became a home for many emerging African-American jazz performers across a range of styles, including free jazz,

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Funk, Jazz Tags: Doug Carn, Gene Russell, Jean Carn, The Awakening, Walter Bishop Jr.

¡A mí me gusta así! Craft Latino Reissues Pete Rodriguez's Classic Boogaloo Album "I Like It Like That"

July 9, 2020 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

"¡Soy el Rey del Boogaloo!"  So proclaims The King of the Boogaloo, Pete Rodriguez on the song of the same name.  It's a highlight among highlights from the pianist and bandleader's iconic album, I Like It Like That (A mi me gusta así).  Originally released on Alegre Records in 1967 - and now seeing its first-ever vinyl reissue on Craft Latino on July 31 - I Like It Like That is an irresistible collection of prime Boogaloo: Afro-Caribbean grooves on grooves that brim with excitement, urgency,

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Legend: The Best of Bob Marley and The Wailers [Picture Disc]

July 7, 2020 By

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The classic 1984 compilation from Bob Marley and The Wailers returns to picture disc vinyl, with a previously unseen photo on the flipside.

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Reggae

Lively Up Yourself: Bob Marley Estate Continues 75th Birthday Celebrations, Including Partnership With One Tree Planted Initiative

July 7, 2020 By Sam Stone 2 Comments

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In many ways, 2020 has come to be about doing our part to build a better world.  No doubt, music can be a catalyst for causes and when the proper partnerships are forged, can bring about measurable change.  UMe and the Bob Marley Estate are doing their part and are inviting fans to join in as they partner with the One Tree Planted program.  How it works:  fans can connect their Spotify account to the Stream For Trees portal and for every Bob Marley song streamed, a tree will be planted to fight

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Reggae Tags: Bob Marley

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