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The Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland: Expanded Edition

April 30, 2018 By

Supremes Sing HDH

The Supremes' smash 1967 album featuring "You Keep Me Hangin' On" and "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" gets the 2-CD deluxe treatment, featuring a whopping 52 tracks including the original mono and stereo albums, rarities, outtakes, remixes, and a live set from The Copacabana in 1967 featuring one of the last joint performances of Diana Ross, Mary Wilson, and Florence Ballard!

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul

The Happening: "The Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland" Expanded Edition Due in June

April 30, 2018 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Supremes Sing HDH

Love is here... On June 15, Motown/UMe will celebrate the legacy of The Supremes with a new 2-CD Expanded Edition in the long-running series.  1967's The Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland will be expanded from 12 tracks to a whopping 52, incorporating rarities, outtakes, live performances, and much more. The Supremes' final album to be completely written by the team of Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Edward Holland (with a little help on two songs from "Indiana Wants Me" tunesmith R.

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: The Supremes

Review: Chicago, "VI Decades Live: This Is What We Do"

April 27, 2018 By Joe Marchese 9 Comments

Chicago VI Decades Live

This year, Chicago announced a first in their touring history.  The band would play their second album, Chicago (or Chicago II), in full, at each concert to mark the group's ongoing 50th anniversary festivities.  The celebration has continued via archival releases as well, and following last year's stellar Quadio, Rhino Records has just issued VI Decades Live: This is What We Do, the first-ever box set of live recordings from the band's storied history on four CDs and one DVD. Perhaps

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

Release Round-Up: Week of April 27

April 27, 2018 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Neil Young Roxy Live

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

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Chris Squire, Neil Young, Robbie Dupree, Steve Wynn, Tom Rush, Van Morrison, Willie Nelson, Wishbone Ash

A Little Sentimental Over You: Cherry Red Reissues Two Albums from The New Seekers

April 25, 2018 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

New Seekers Together and Farewell Album

When The Seekers disbanded in 1968, the Australian folk-pop group left behind a legacy of hit songs including "There'll Never Be Another You" and the Academy Award-nominated "Georgy Girl."  Guitarist Keith Potger, however, wasn't ready to leave behind the group he had co-founded in 1962.  In 1969, he announced the formation of The New Seekers.   This iteration was based in Britain and decidedly more contemporary in sound than its predecessor.  More surprisingly, Potger wouldn't perform in the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: The New Seekers

Let the Music Begin: Real Gone Reissues Michelle Phillips' "Victim of Romance" and Keely Smith's Lennon-McCartney Album in June

April 23, 2018 By Randy Fairman 14 Comments

Michelle Phillips Victim of Romance

We've filled you in about some of Real Gone Music's releases for June, including releases from Cheap Trick and The Quick, but now we've got word of a couple of more, this time from "Mama" Michelle Phillips and Keely Smith, both due June 1. The first is a reissue of Michelle Phillips' one and only solo album from 1977: Victim of Romance.  This new edition features liner notes by our very own Joe Marchese.  After the break-up of The Mamas & The Papas, Cass Elliott, Denny Doherty and John

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Jack Nitzsche, Keely Smith, Michelle Phillips, The Beatles, The Mamas and The Papas

The Second Disc's 2018 Record Store Day Must-Haves

April 20, 2018 By The Second Disc 9 Comments

Lulu Heaven and Earth and the Stars 1

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

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Belinda Carlisle, Bob Dylan, Bobbie Gentry, Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Elton John, Elvis Costello, Eric Clapton, Harry Nilsson, John Lennon, John Williams, Johnny Cash, Johnny Mathis, Led Zeppelin, Lulu, Madonna, Record Store Day, T Rex, Tangerine Dream, The Beau Brummels, The Police, The Rascals

RECORD STORE DAY PREVIEW! RT Industries Launches with Jesus Jones, Sugar Ray, The Vapors

April 20, 2018 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

The Vapors RSD

A new label is kicking off tomorrow with a slate for Record Store Day.  RT Industries, the brainchild of Razor & Tie founders Craig Balsam and Cliff Chenfeld, is launching with seven diverse catalogues acquired from Warner Music Group's divestment program: Black Oak Arkansas, Sheena Easton, Fat Joe, Jesus Jones, Sugar Ray, Trapt, and The Vapors.  WMG was required to divest numerous assets to independent labels as a result of its acquisition of Parlophone Label Group.  As a result, RT

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Jesus Jones, Record Store Day, Sugar Ray, The Vapors

Release Round-Up: Week of April 20

April 20, 2018 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Who Live at Fillmore East 1968

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Who, Live at the Fillmore East 1968 (UMe) 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

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Barry White, Cheech and Chong, Donna Summer, Gladiators, Neil Young, Pat Suzuki, Pete Townshend, Shaggy, Sting, The Feelies, The Flaming Lips, The Who, Todd Rundgren, Utopia, Yung Wu

Nothing Compares 2 Prince: Original Version of "Nothing Compares 2 U" Emerges from the Vault

April 19, 2018 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Prince Nothing Compares 2 U

Two days before the second anniversary of Prince's unexpected passing, his estate has teamed with Warner Bros. Records to release a tantalizing treat from his legendary vaults. Today, Warner Music Group released the Purple One's original, never-before-released version of "Nothing Compares 2 U," written and first released by his side project The Family in 1985 but best-known in Sinead O'Connor's chart-topping 1990 rendition.  This is the first previously unreleased music to escape the Prince

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Prince

RECORD STORE DAY PREVIEW! Minky Records Uncovers Early '70s Latino Soul from God's Children; Wrecking Crew Featured

April 19, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Gods Children Music is the Answer

"All God's children got rhythm," went a popular standard performed by Judy Garland, Stan Getz, and many others.  In the case of the East L.A. group called God's Children, that lyric certainly was true.  Music is the Answer: The Complete Collection is the name of their first-ever long-playing release, available tomorrow from Minky Records on CD and this Saturday on limited edition brown vinyl for Record Store Day.  This holy grail of Latino soul and Chicano rock presents their released sides plus

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: God's Children, Leon Russell

Let 'Em In: Four McCartney Classics Return to CD and Vinyl in May

April 18, 2018 By Joe Marchese 13 Comments

Wings Greatest

While anticipation is high for the next box set release in the Paul McCartney Archive Collection, the superstar artist is taking advantage of his new affiliation with Capitol/UMe to restore another four catalogue titles to print in new editions.  May 18 will see the reissue on single CD and black and colored vinyl of 2013's NEW (Macca's last solo album to date), 2005's Chaos and Creation in the Backyard, 1978's Wings Greatest compilation, and 1977's RAM-inspired Thrillington.  All of the vinyl

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Paul McCartney, Wings

Safe in the Arms of Time

April 17, 2018 By

Rita Coolidge Safe in the Arms of Time

Rita Coolidge returns with her 18th studio album and first since the publication of her memoir Delta Lady.  The record is intended as a return to the artist's musical roots, and features guitarist Dave Grissom, bassist Bob Glaub, keyboardist John "J.T." Thomas, and drummer Brian MacLeod.  Ross Hogarth produced at Sunset Sound.  The album includes a duet with Keb' Mo', and songs by Rita, Graham Nash, and Chris Stapleton, among others.  Available on CD, LP, and digital platforms.

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

Sing For Your Supper: Cherry Red Collects Pop Standards and More From The Vernons Girls

April 17, 2018 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Vernons Girls

Earlier this year, Cherry Red's El imprint paid tribute to one of the most unusual girl groups to come out of Great Britain.  The Vernons Girls collects the lone album from the 16-strong female choir as well as additional sides from one of the Girls, Lyn Cornell. The Vernons Girls were formed at the Vernons Football Pools company in Liverpool, England.  The company initially sponsored the singing group, which initially numbered 70 - all drawn from the women who worked at Vernons to check the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Lyn Cornell, The Vernons Girls

Your Box Set Pet: The Complete Recordings 1980-1984

April 13, 2018 By

Bow Wow Wow Pet Set

This 3-CD collection from Cherry Red brings together all of Bow Wow Wow's recordings for EMI and RCA from the group's 1980-1984 heyday. In total, the set has 67 tracks, all of which have been remastered for this collection.  The set comes in a clamshell style case with CD wallet replicas of the band's albums recreating the original artwork.

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop

Mondo Deco: Expanded Edition

April 13, 2018 By

The Quick Mondo Deco

Real Gone Music is reissuing the one and only album from L.A. band The Quick.  The post-glam, pre-punk group's 1976 album Mondo Deco was the cult favorite band's only full-length LP and has never been on CD before.  This expanded edition adds 11 rare and unreleased bonus tracks and new liner notes, archival photos, a new band essay, track-by-track-commentary and more!

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Rock

The Epic Archive Vol. 2 (1980-1983)

April 13, 2018 By

Cheap Trick Epic Archive 2

Real Gone continues its trawl of the Cheap Trick archives with this second volume featuring 16 rare tracks, all remastered by Vic Anesini at Battery Studios.  Ken Sharp provides new liner notes based on interviews with the band members!

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

The Andy Williams Show / Love Story / A Song For You / Alone Again (Naturally)

April 13, 2018 By

Andy Williams Show Four Fer

BGO continues its exploration of Andy Williams' Columbia catalogue with this 2-CD set bringing together four of the classic vocalist's albums The Andy Williams Show (1970), Love Story (1971), A Song for You (1971, known as You've Got a Friend in the U.S.) and Alone Again (Naturally) (1972).

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal

Release Round-Up: Week of April 13

April 13, 2018 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

David Bowie Changestwobowie

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! David Bowie, Changestwobowie (Parlophone) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada  LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada  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

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Cassette, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Andy Gibb, David Bowie, John Prine, Juliana Hatfield, Louis Armstrong, Metallica, Nino Tempo, Olivia Newton-John, Tina Turner

Dancing the Night Away: Real Gone Collects Cheap Trick Rarities on "The Epic Archive Vol. 2"

April 12, 2018 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Cheap Trick Epic Archive 2

Yesterday, we told you about Real Gone's upcoming reissue of The Quick's Mondo Deco.  Today, we've got the news of another Real Gone project featuring a group with power-pop roots.  This time it's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Cheap Trick with The Epic Archive Vol. 2 (1980-1983), due June 1.  The Epic Archive is a 3-part series which debuted digitally in 2015, collecting rarities from across the band's Epic tenure from 1979 to 1992.  Last year, Real Gone debuted the first volume on CD

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Cheap Trick

Don't You Want It: Real Gone Debuts, Expands The Quick's "Mondo Deco"

April 11, 2018 By Randy Fairman 1 Comment

The Quick Mondo Deco

This June, Real Gone Music is reissuing the one and only album from L.A. band The Quick.  The post-glam, pre-punk group's 1976 album Mondo Deco was their only full-length LP and has never been on CD before.  Real Gone's new edition, due June 1, adds 11 bonus tracks and new liner notes, archival photos, a new band essay, track-by-track-commentary and more! The power pop band consisted of Steve Hufsteter (guitar - and writer of most of the material), Danny Benair (drums), Ian Ainsworth (bass),

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: The Quick

The Trick Is To Keep Breathing: Garbage To Expand 'Version 2.0'

April 9, 2018 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Garbage 2.0

Garbage has announced a reissue of their sophomore album, 1998's Version 2.0.  This follows the 2015 reissue of the band's debut and is, like that release, multi-tiered with releases on CD and vinyl.  It's due on June 22. Originally released on Herb Alpert's Almo Sounds in North America and on Mushroom Records elsewhere, Version 2.0 made it to No. 13 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and has since gone on to earn platinum status.  The darkly-tinged album from Shirley Manson, Duke Erikson, Steve

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Garbage

Release Round-Up: Week of April 6

April 6, 2018 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Chicago VI Decades Live

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

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"Nigel Lived" Again: Intervention Brings Murray Head's Rock Concept Album to CD and SACD

April 5, 2018 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Murray Head Nigel Lived

Few artists have bridged the worlds of rock and theatre as successfully as Murray Head.  Singing the music of others, actor-singer Head scored two major hits on both sides of the Atlantic with 1973's "Superstar" from Jesus Christ Superstar and 1984's "One Night in Bangkok" from Chess.  Far lesser known, however, is his discography as a singer-songwriter.  Head imbued his own compositions with the same vibrant life as those famous songs by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice, Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Murray Head

Land of a Thousand Dances: Ace Salutes Music of 1965, Plus Rock Instrumentals and Spanish Pop

April 4, 2018 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Jon Savages 1965

Ace Records rightfully has a reputation for its top-notch collections, and three recent releases are no exception to that rule. Jon Savage's 1965: The Year The Sixties Ignited follows previous releases compiled for Ace by historian Savage covering the years 1966 and 1967.  This latest volume, with 48 tracks on 2 CDs, explores how the various strains of pop music came together to awaken the culture: whether the power of Motown (the label had six number ones) or Bob Dylan (who inspired an

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Bob Dylan, Bobby Darin, Duane Eddy, James Brown, The Byrds, The Supremes, The Ventures, Various Artists

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