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Chicago II: Live on Soundstage

May 26, 2018 By

Chicago II Live on Soundstage

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada  Chicago II: Live on Soundstage captures the band's November 2017 performances at the Grainger Studio in their hometown, performing the classic 1970 album Chicago II.  The concert will be released on a single CD and a CD/DVD set with video of the program and 5.1 audio.  The music will also be available digitally and via streaming services.  Chicago II: Live on Soundstage features original members

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock

Release Round-Up: Week of May 25

May 25, 2018 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Prince Nothing Compares 2 U

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Prince, Nothing Compares 2 U  (Warner Bros.) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Prince's original recording of "Nothing Compares 2 U" arrives on vinyl today for wide release.  The original Prince studio version was recorded at the Flying Cloud Warehouse in Eden Prairie, Minnesota by engineer Susan Rogers and featured background vocals by Susannah Melvoin and Paul "St. Paul" Peterson as well as saxophone by Eric Leeds. Prince composed,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock Tags: Barclay James Harvest, Bow Wow Wow, Jennifer Warnes, Malo, Marvin Hamlisch, Prince, Rodgers and Hammerstein, The Smithereens

Magic Voodoo Moon: Numero Group Collects Ultra-Rare Exotica On New Box Set

May 24, 2018 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Technicolor Paradise

Tomorrow, May 25, Numero Group is conjuring up a world of tikis, palm trees, and colorful drinks - in other words, a Technicolor Paradise.  After years of successfully excavating the rarest soul, jazz, R&B, New Age, and more, the label has turned its attention to the realm of exotica.  The genre's blend of lounge, jazz, pop and all sounds beyond inspired a number of artists who didn't receive the same attention as, say, Martin Denny, Yma Sumac, Arthur Lyman, and Esquivel.  An alternate

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, Jazz, Pop Tags: Various Artists

Go Ahead & Back Up: The Lost Motown Masters

May 23, 2018 By

BD Go Ahead Final Cover

Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music's Go Ahead & Back Up: The Lost Motown Masters lifts the curtain on the final years of Bobby Darin's life and career with 24 never-before-released recordings directly from the Motown vaults, their existence largely unknown to even Darin's most ardent collectors and biographers.  This years-in-the-making project (the landmark 25th release for Second Disc Records) premieres a lost album produced by Bobby in the raw, stripped-down style of his stage shows

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul

BREAKING! Second Disc Records, Real Gone Music Unearth Never-Before-Heard Bobby Darin on "Go Ahead and Back Up: The Lost Motown Masters"

May 22, 2018 By The Second Disc 6 Comments

BD Go Ahead Final Cover

Bobby Darin joined Motown Records in 1970, inaugurating the final phase in a remarkable career that saw him transform from a rock-and-roll teen idol to a sophisticated swinger to a socially conscious folkie.  Yet before his tragic death at the age of 37 in 1973, Darin only released one album and a handful of singles for Berry Gordy's legendary label.  A few posthumous recordings followed in 1974 and a live album in 1987, but the story stayed the same: that despite the best efforts of all,

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Ashford and Simpson, Bobby Darin, Smokey Robinson

On Through The Night: Def Leppard Collect Remastered '80s Works In New Box

May 21, 2018 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Def Leppard Collection Volume 1

As Def Leppard gears up for its summer tour with Journey, the hard rock heroes have announced a new series of career-spanning box sets.  Volume One of the series will arrive on June 1 from Bludgeon Riffola, Mercury, and UMe.  This first installment of the band's complete recorded output will arrive in both limited edition 180-gram heavyweight vinyl and CD box sets, each featuring Def Leppard's first four studio albums -- along with bonus live and studio tracks --spread across 8 LPs and 7 CDs,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Def Leppard

Spare Parts: Rarities Abound On Nine Springsteen Digital EPs

May 18, 2018 By Randy Fairman 4 Comments

Bruce Springsteen Lonesome Day

To coincide with today's release of Bruce Springsteen's second Album Collection, Sony/Legacy and Columbia Records are releasing nine rare Springsteen EPs on digital platforms.  These are part of Legacy's ongoing vault series which sees digital release of rare music from artists in a wide variety of eras and genres. The EPs are mostly international releases and span the years from 1987-2012.  Two were originally released in Japan.  The first, Live Collection, rounds up four concert

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Bruce Springsteen

Release Round-Up: Week of May 18

May 18, 2018 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Springsteen Album Collection 2 Cover

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. /

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Harris, John Wesley Harding, Otis Redding, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Simon and Garfunkel, Stephen Bishop, Steve Miller Band, Supertramp, Various Artists

Review: Love, "Forever Changes: 50th Anniversary Edition"

May 17, 2018 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Love Forever Changes 50th

Forever Changes, the third album from the Los Angeles band Love, arrived on Elektra Records in November 1967 - the same month as The Moody Blues' Days of Future Passed, Cream's Disraeli Gears, The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour, Jefferson Airplane's After Bathing at Baxter's, The Hollies' Butterfly, and The Monkees' Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones.  Psychedelia was in the air, not to mention creativity and experimentation in music at an all-time high that is still largely unrivaled. 

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Love

100% Fun: Intervention Records Launches Matthew Sweet Series On Vinyl and SACD

May 17, 2018 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Intervention Matthew Sweet Series

Intervention Records has announced a new Artist-Approved series on both LP and hybrid SACD from singer-songwriter Matthew Sweet covering his albums originally released on the Zoo Entertainment label between 1991 and 1995.  Throughout 2018, the label will issue generous expanded editions of his power-pop trilogy of Girlfriend, Altered Beast, and 100% Fun.  Additionally, Intervention will reissue the Son of Altered Beast seven-song EP for its vinyl debut! Each of the three double-vinyl editions

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Categories: News Formats: CD, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Matthew Sweet

Now More Than Ever: Rhino Releases "Chicago II: Live on Soundstage" and "Collector's Edition" Box Set

May 15, 2018 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Chicago II Steven Wilson Remix

For the first time in a career that's spanned six decades, Chicago is on the road playing a full album from start to finish.  The album is Chicago II, the 1970 classic that may be the most beloved in the band's impressive catalogue.  This summer, Rhino will be marking the occasion with a pair of multi-format releases.  Chicago II: Live on Soundstage captures the band's November 2017 performances at the Grainger Studio in Chicago's hometown.  It will be available on June 29 as a single CD and a

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Chicago

Baby, They've Got It! Ace Raids Motown Vaults for "More Motown Girls"

May 15, 2018 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Baby Ive Got It More Motown Girls

Back in 2013, Ace Records launched its first collection of Motown Girls, spotlighting previously unreleased tracks from the legendary ladies of Motown Records.  A second installment arrived in 2015, and now, we're finally the recipient of a third volume in the series.  The 24-song anthology Baby I've Got It! More Motown Girls boasts 16 previously unreleased tracks, with the remaining eight drawn from the Motown Unreleased compilations (all of which have been digital-only except for the one

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Brenda Holloway, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Kim Weston, Martha and the Vandellas, Mary Wells, The Marvelettes, Various Artists

Bewitching: Cherry Red Premieres 1968 Jazz-Soul Sessions from Joy Marshall and Gordon Beck Quartet

May 11, 2018 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Gordon Beck Quartet When Sunny Ges Blue

When New York-born, London-settled vocalist Joy Marshall died in November 1968, her obituaries unsurprisingly concentrated on the salacious aspects of her death, which in retrospect, seemed all but inevitable considering the fast lane in which she lived her life.  But today, with decades having passed, one can more fairly evaluate Marshall's career solely on her art.  Based on the upcoming release due May 18 from Cherry Red's Turtle imprint of When Sunny Gets Blue: Spring '68 Sessions from The

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Joy Marshall, The Gordon Beck Quartet

Release Round-Up: Week of May 11

May 11, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Glenn Frey Very Best Of

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Glenn Frey, Above the Clouds: The Collection (UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The 3-CD/1-DVD Above the Clouds: The Collection celebrates the musical legacy of Eagles' Glenn Frey, presenting key tracks from Frey as a solo artist on 2 CDs as well as the long-awaited, official CD premiere of Longbranch/Pennywhistle as newly remixed by J.D. Souther and Elliot Scheiner, and a live concert DVD, Strange Weather/Live in Dublin,

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock Tags: Andy Williams, Buck Owens, Eagles, Glenn Frey, Jerry Garcia, Leonard Bernstein, Ry Cooder

The Beach Boys with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

May 10, 2018 By

Beach Boys with Royal Philharmonic

The Beach Boys with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, to be available in CD, 2-LP, and digital formats, melds The Beach Boys' original vocal (and some instrumental) tracks with newly-written and -recorded symphonic orchestrations recorded in March at Studio 2 of Abbey Road Studios.  The regular 2-LP vinyl version will be released on August 17, with a limited-edition opaque orange version also being made available through the uDiscoverMusic store.  Its 17 tracks include "Good Vibrations," "Fun,

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

The Warmth Of The Sun: Capitol Announces "The Beach Boys with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra"

May 10, 2018 By Joe Marchese 15 Comments

Beach Boys with Royal Philharmonic

Following in the footsteps of such artists as Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin and Roy Orbison, The Beach Boys have teamed with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for a new album due on June 8 from Capitol/UMe.  The Beach Boys with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, to be available in CD, 2-LP, and digital formats, melds The Beach Boys' original vocal (and some instrumental) tracks with newly-written and -recorded symphonic orchestrations recorded in March at Studio 2 of Abbey Road Studios.  The

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: The Beach Boys

Brick: The Songs of Ben Folds 1996-2012

May 9, 2018 By

Ben Folds Brick Cover

The 13-CD box Brick: The Songs of Ben Folds 1996-2012 brings together nearly all of Folds' core studio albums together with a live album and various other odds and ends.  It traces his career from the first Ben Five Folds record through his solo recordings to the Five's reunion album in 2012, for a total of 194 tracks!  And yes - it's shaped like a brick, in tribute to what's arguably Folds' most famous song!

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop, Rock

Over The Years...

May 9, 2018 By

Graham Nash Over the Years

Graham Nash has curated a 2-CD, 30-track overview of his remarkable 50+-year career, with Disc One featuring hits and favorites from CSN, CSNY, Crosby-Nash and his solo years; and Disc Two comprising 15 demos (all but three of which are previously unreleased).  A 15-song "highlights" version will arrive on 2 LPs on August 31.

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Living Proof: New Springsteen Vinyl Box Details Life After E Street (UPDATED With CD Details 5/8)

May 8, 2018 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

Springsteen Album Collection Vol 2

UPDATE (5/8/18): CDJapan is now taking orders for a CD version of the box. Fans have certainly been vocal in their desire for such a release, but we cannot yet confirm that the box will be released in any other market. ORIGINAL POST (3/29/18): Bruce Springsteen is riding high.  Following a remarkable tour in which he performed some of the longest concerts of his career (4+ intermission-less hours!), The Boss released a rapturously received autobiography, appropriately entitled Born to Run. 

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Bruce Springsteen

Why Don't We Steal Away: New Blixa Sounds Label Expands Albums by Robbie Dupree, Stephen Bishop

May 8, 2018 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Robbie Dupree Street Corner Heroes

Robbie Dupree's invitation to "Steal Away" on his 1980 Elektra Records self-titled debut earned the singer-songwriter a U.S. top ten hit as well as a Best New Artist Grammy nomination.  Now, a new reissue label has launched with expanded editions of Robbie Dupree and his sophomore effort, Street Corner Heroes.  This pair of initial releases from Los Angeles-based indie Blixa Sounds celebrates the soft rock sound of the late 1970s and early 1980s, sometimes known as "yacht rock."  The style is

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Robbie Dupree, Stephen Bishop

Red Cab to Manhattan: Expanded Edition

May 7, 2018 By

Stephen Bishop Red Cab to Manhattan

Singer-songwriter Stephen Bishop's 1980 album Red Cab to Manhattan receives a remastered and expanded edition from the new Blixa Sounds label.  Featuring guests like Art Garfunkel, Eric Clapton, Phoebe Snow, and Phil Collins, Red Cab was a quirky, personal statement from the "On and On" soft rock hero.  It gains six bonus tracks here, including an outtake, the single version of "Send a Little Love My Way (Like Always)," and four voice-and-guitar demos.  Bill Inglot and Dave Schultz have

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

You've Got A Friend: Expanded Edition

May 7, 2018 By

Johnny Mathis Youve Got a Friend

Johnny Mathis teamed with superstar producer Richard Perry for this original LP which is making its U.S. standalone CD premiere!  Blending the Perry sessions with recordings produced by Mathis himself, You've Got a Friend offers a spectacular array of then-recent hits rendered as only Johnny could.  Fusing pop and soul, Mathis and Perry tackled favorites from James Taylor ("Long Ago and Far Away"), The Beatles ("We Can Work It Out"), The Jackson 5 ("Never Can Say Goodbye"), and Gordon Lightfoot

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Close to You/Love Story: Expanded Edition

May 7, 2018 By

Johnny Mathis Close to You and Love Story

Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music continue their journey through Johnny Mathis' seventies catalogue with this expanded, remastered two-fer of Mathis' 1970 and 1971 albums.  Close to You finds the singer reinterpreting hits by Bacharach and David, Antonio Carlos Jobim, The Beatles, and even Santana, while Love Story has songs from Goffin and King, Paul Williams, and Henry Mancini.  Three bonus tracks round out this 1-CD package which features liner notes from our own Joe Marchese based on a

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal

Release Round-Up: Week of May 4

May 4, 2018 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Star Wars A New Hope OST

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

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Country, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Barry McGuire, Frank Sinatra, Hoyt Axton, Jan Berry, Liz Phair, Rita Coolidge, Roy Buchanan, The Human League, The Temptations, Tom Verlaine

Feed Your Dreams: Rhino To Release Graham Nash Anthology in June Featuring Hits, A Dozen Unreleased Demos

May 3, 2018 By Randy Fairman 3 Comments

Graham Nash Over the Years

In conjunction with a U.K. and European tour Graham Nash is launching in July (and the 50th  anniversary of the formation of Crosby, Stills and Nash), Rhino has just announced a new anthology for the legendary artist in a variety of formats.  On June 29, the 2-CD, 30 track Over The Years... will be available, as well as a downloadable and streaming version.  Following two months later on August 31 will be a 15-track double-LP version of the compilation.  The anthology has been put together by

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Crosby Stills and Nash, David Crosby, Graham Nash

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