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Imagine: Ultimate Collection [Various Formats]

September 4, 2018 By

john lennon imagine

Imagine: Ultimate Collection Super Deluxe Box (4CD/2BD):  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Imagine: Ultimate Collection Deluxe Edition (2CD): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Imagine: Ultimate Mixes Deluxe Vinyl (2LP): 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Imagine: Ultimate Mixes (1CD): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada John Lennon's second solo studio album, and arguably his most beloved, is returning from Apple and Capitol in a lavish new 4CD/2BD box

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Formats: Blu-Ray, Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

The Munsters

September 4, 2018 By

The Munsters

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Limited Edition "Pumpkin Orange with Black Splatter" Vinyl:  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Real Gone brings back the 1964 Decca tie-in album to TV's The Munsters on limited edition vinyl.  The album is not a proper soundtrack to the show but rather tries to say it is the Munster family singing new songs.  The cover proclaimed that they were "the newest teen-age singing group," but it was of course not the actors from the show. 

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, Pop, Soundtracks

Release Round-Up: Week of August 31

August 31, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Chicago II Collectors Edition

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Band, Music from Big Pink [Various Formats] (Capitol/UMe, 2018) Super Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP Black Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP Pink Vinyl: uDiscoverMusic.com Just in time for its 50th anniversary, Capitol/UMe will reissue The Band's seminal exploration of Americana, Music from Big Pink, on CD, 2-LP vinyl, digital, and in a

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Categories: Release Round-Up Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Rock Tags: Chicago, Depeche Mode, Nick Mason, Pet Shop Boys, Roger Miller, The Band

Just One Lifetime: Second Disc Records, Real Gone Music Expand Melissa Manchester's "Mathematics" to 2 CDs

August 30, 2018 By The Second Disc 6 Comments

Melissa Manchester Mathematics

Melissa Manchester announced her independence from Arista Records when she signed to MCA Records after nearly a decade with Clive Davis' famous label.  At Arista, Manchester had established herself as one of the finest singer-songwriters of her era (or any other!) as well as a first-class pop interpreter.  At MCA, she reinvented herself further by jumping headfirst into the world of dance-oriented synthpop, Hi-NRG, and new wave.  1985's Mathematics bore the period's hallmark of multiple big-name

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Melissa Manchester

Knowing The Way: Omnivore Revisits Fastball's Breakthrough

August 29, 2018 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Fastball All the Pain Money Can Buy

Despite the lyrics to their biggest hit song referring to never growing old, time marches on for everything.  And so it is that Fastball's sophomore album All The Pain Money Can Buy is marking its 20th anniversary this year.  To celebrate the occasion, Omnivore Recordings is releasing an expanded edition of the album on November 9. Formed in Austin, Texas in 1995, Fastball consists of Tony Scalzo (vocals, bass, keyboards, guitars), Mike Zuniga (vocals, guitars) and Joey Shuffield (drums,

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock

Cool Summer: Six Bananarama Albums Expanded On London Label

August 27, 2018 By The Second Disc 6 Comments

Bananarama Bananarama

She's got it...yeah, baby, she's got it!  The first six albums by the beloved girl group Bananarama have recently been reissued in expanded editions from London Music Stream Limited.  These albums - Deep Sea Skiving (1983), Bananarama (1984), True Confessions (1986), Wow! (1987), Pop Life (1991), and Please Yourself (1993) - represent the first decade of the band, spanning 1983-1993 and including such hits as "Shy Boy," "Cruel Summer," "More Than Physical," "I Heard a Rumour," and of course,

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Bananarama

The Complete ABC/Dunhill Singles

August 24, 2018 By

Four Tops ABC Dunhill Singles

Real Gone Music has the first-ever comprehensive collection of the Four Tops' post-Motown tenure at ABC/Dunhill.  The Complete ABC/Dunhill singles boasts 33 sides on 2 CDs;  27 of the tracks have never been on CD in their correct single versions and 13 of the songs have never appeared on CD at all.  The first seven songs are in mono, the rest are in stereo.  Ed Osborne provides the new liner notes, and Aaron Kannowski has remastered.

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

They Don't Come Better: Real Gone Announces Four Tops Singles and Joe Simon Pop Hits Compilations For October

August 24, 2018 By Randy Fairman 2 Comments

Four Tops ABC Dunhill Singles

With summer winding down, we now start to look to the fall and what's coming up in that season.  Real Gone has recently announced a couple of 2-CD compilations in the R&B/Soul genre due on October 5. The first is The Complete ABC/Dunhill Singles from the Four Tops.  The vocal quartet of Levi Stubbs, Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Renaldo "Obie" Benson and Lawrence Payton needs little introduction as they were the Motown stalwarts who gave us such classics as "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Four Tops, Joe Simon

One Love to Give: Cherry Red, Doctor Bird Expand Phyllis Dillon's Pop-Rocksteady Classic

August 24, 2018 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Phyllis Dillon One Life to Live

Cherry Red's Doctor Bird imprint is shining the spotlight on arguably the most significant female artist of the rocksteady genre, Phyllis Dillon.  Her story is a special one; she only released one full album during her recording career, but that album - 1972's One Life to Live - laid the groundwork for the reputation which she enjoyed until her untimely death in 2004.  Doctor Bird's reissue, due on September 7, expands the original 12-song album to 28 tracks, making for a deep retrospective of

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Reggae Tags: Phyllis Dillon

Gimme Some Truth: John Lennon's "Imagine" Gets "Ultimate" Treatment in October

August 23, 2018 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

john lennon imagine

John Lennon's second solo studio album, and arguably his most beloved, is returning from Apple and Capitol in a lavish new 4CD/2BD box set.  On October 5, the Imagine: Ultimate Collection will hit stores, celebrating the classic 1971 album which introduced the world to "Imagine,"  "Jealous Guy," and "Gimme Some Truth" as well as the blistering "How Do You Sleep" and rollicking "Oh, Yoko!"  In addition to the box set and digital options, a 2CD Deluxe Edition, 1CD remaster, and 2LP black vinyl

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: George Harrison, John Lennon, Yoko Ono

Review: Michael Nesmith and The First National Band Redux, "Live at The Troubadour"

August 22, 2018 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Michael Nesmith and First National Band Redux Live

Michael Nesmith always traveled to the beat of a different drum.  While serving as one-fourth of The Monkees, Nesmith was expanding his musical horizons beyond the group's infectious Brill Building pop stylings.  "I wanted beautiful music wherever I could find it," he writes in the liner notes to his new release on 7a Records.  "But if I wanted to sing it myself and write it myself, I had to have an understanding of what that music was, and how to get to it.  So, the first place I looked was in

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Country, Pop Tags: Christian Nesmith, Circe Link, Michael Nesmith, The Monkees

Look Now

August 21, 2018 By

Elvis Costello Look Now

Elvis Costello returns with his first album since 2013's Wise Up Ghost with The Roots, and his first with The Imposters since 2008's Momofuku. Co-produced with Sebastian Krys, Look Now features one song co-written with Carole King ("Burnt Sugar Is So Bitter"), and three songs co-authored with Burt Bacharach ("He's Given Me Things," "Photographs Can Lie," and "Don't Look Now") plus solo Costello originals such as the dramatic "Suspect My Tears" and "Unwanted Number," both of which will be

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

Egypt Station

August 21, 2018 By

Paul McCartney Egypt Station

With Egypt Station, Paul McCartney releases his first new studio album since 2013.  The album's been produced by Greg Kurstin with the exception of one song (the naughty "Fuh You") helmed by Ryan Tedder.  Includes "I Don't Know" and "Come On to Me."  Available on CD, vinyl, and digital.

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

The Death of Rock: Peter Holsapple vs. Alex Chilton

August 21, 2018 By

Peter Holsapple and Alex Chilton The Death of Rock

Alex Chilton's path crossed with Peter Holsapple's in 1978 at Memphis' Sam Phillips Recording Service.  Chilton promised to show the younger artist "how it's done," and this collection brings together the never-before-released recordings made by both men during the chaotic sessions.  Holsapple tells the whole story in his liner notes, aided by Memphis historian Robert Gordon and the period photographs of Pat Rainer.

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

Solo Anthology: The Best of Lindsey Buckingham

August 21, 2018 By

Lindsey Buckingham Solo Anthology

The former Fleetwood Mac frontman is looking back on his career with this collection of his finest solo works.  Solo Anthology - The Best of Lindsey Buckingham will be available as a 3-disc set on CD and digitally and also as a single disc "highlights" release. A 6-LP vinyl edition is slated for November 23.  The 3-CD version offers original and alternate versions of songs from Buckingham's solo albums including Law and Order (1981), Go Insane (1984), Out of the Cradle (1992), Under the Skin

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

The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society [Various Formats]

August 21, 2018 By

Kinks Village Green Box Set Cover

5CD/3LP/3-7" Box Set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Kinks are going back to the Village Green - and it's grown quite a bit in size!  The band's legendary fifth album, 1968's The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society, is reissued from BMG Rights Management in a massive new box set produced by Andrew Sandoval.  The new box

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

Lost In a Lost World: Cherry Red Reissues, Expands Hudson-Ford with Rupert Holmes Productions, Roger James

August 21, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Hudson Ford Daylight

Cherry Red has recently unearthed another pair of seventies pop gems on their Esoteric and RPM imprints, respectively, from Hudson-Ford and Roger James.  Both titles will hit stores this Friday, August 24. Daylight was the 1977 CBS Records debut of Hudson-Ford, a.k.a. Richard Hudson (guitar/vocals/sitar) and John Ford (vocals/bass/guitar), formerly of The Strawbs.  Their fourth album as a duo, Daylight was produced at the label's behest by Robin Geoffrey Cable, a Trident Studios engineer who

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Hudson-Ford, Roger James, Rupert Holmes, The Strawbs

Freak Out! Vintage-Style CHIC Mixes Shine On New Dimitri From Paris Set

August 20, 2018 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Le Chic Remix

In 2010, Dimitri from Paris was invited to remix a number of tracks from the venerable CHIC catalogue for The CHIC Organization Box Set. Vol. 1: Savoir Faire.  The Turkish-born, French music producer and DJ's remixed takes on classics like "I Want Your Love," "I Feel Your Love Comin' On," Sister Sledge's "Thinking of You" and "Lost in Music," and Norma Jean Wright's "Saturday" were all released as digital singles.  Now, those remixes and more have just been collected on a new set available on 2

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: CHIC, Nile Rodgers, Sister Sledge

Anyone Who Had a Heart: Dionne Warwick Saluted on Public Television, New Rarities-Packed CDs, More

August 17, 2018 By The Second Disc 45 Comments

Dionne Hits and Rarities

From the moment she burst onto the music scene in 1962 exhorting "Don't Make Me Over," Dionne Warwick has been a musical force with which to be reckoned.  The legendary singer blended elegant pop and deeply-felt soul in a fashion which remains unrivaled today for its sophistication and polish; her signature songs like "Walk On By," "I Say a Little Prayer," "Alfie," and "I'll Never Love This Way Again" have all become cornerstones of the new American songbook.   Dionne's remarkable life and

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Categories: News Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Barry Manilow, Burt Bacharach, Dionne Warwick, Hal David, Johnny Mathis

Release Round-Up: Week of August 17

August 17, 2018 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Neil Diamond Hot August Night 3

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Neil Diamond, Hot August Night III (Capitol) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Neil Diamond's August 2012 concerts at Los Angeles' Greek Theater marking the 40th anniversary of the original Hot August Night are captured on this new live release which also follows 1987's Hot August Night II and 2009's Hot August Night/NYC (with

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Country, Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Buck Owens, Donovan, Henry Mancini, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Leonard Bernstein, Neil Diamond, Prince

In Memoriam: Aretha Franklin (1942-2018)

August 16, 2018 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Aretha Franklin BW

The Queen has left the building. Aretha Franklin has died the age of 76, having forever transformed the landscape of American popular music.  That she was indisputably The Queen of Soul was most recently made it clear when her December 6, 2015 performance at Washington, DC's Kennedy Center quickly went viral.  Audiences around the world reveled as she performed Carole King, Gerry Goffin and Jerry Wexler's "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" with a blazing emotional honesty that couldn't

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Categories: News Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Aretha Franklin

Picture Book: The Kinks Expand "The Village Green Preservation Society" In Massive New Box Set

August 15, 2018 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Kinks Village Green Box Set Cover

  The Kinks are going back to the Village Green - and it's grown quite a bit in size!  On October 26, the band's legendary fifth album, 1968's The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society, will arrive from BMG Rights Management in a massive new box set produced by Andrew Sandoval.  The new box will boast 3 LPs, 5 CDs, 3 seven-inch singles and more, for a total of 174 tracks (3 previously unreleased songs, 55 previously unreleased versions). Considered the band's most

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: The Kinks

Go Insane: Lindsey Buckingham Announces Solo Anthology, New Tour

August 14, 2018 By Joe Marchese 10 Comments

Lindsey Buckingham Solo Anthology

Fleetwood Mac shocked fans earlier this year by announcing the dismissal of longtime singer/songwriter/producer/guitarist Lindsey Buckingham just as a new tour had been confirmed.  Now, Buckingham is back on his feet with a new collection and a tour of his own which will launch just days later than his old band's.  Solo Anthology - The Best of Lindsey Buckingham, due October 5 from Rhino Records, will be available as a 3-disc set on CD and digitally and also as a single disc "highlights"

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham

In The Mood For Dancing: The Nolans' Best Collected On New CD/DVD Anthology

August 14, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

The Nolans Chemistry Ultimate Collection

The Nolans' effervescent signature hit proclaimed, "I'm in the Mood for Dancing"...and that's precisely how you'll feel after a listen to Hot Shot Records' new anthology dedicated to the Irish girl group.  Chemistry: The Ultimate Collection tells the story of Anne, Denise, Maureen, Linda, Bernadette, and Coleen, all of whom at various times served in the family group.  This new set from the Cherry Red imprint features 21 Nolans classics on CD plus eight music videos on DVD, all from the period

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Reviews: Gene Clark and The Rose Garden Return From Omnivore

August 13, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Gene Clark Sings for You

Though he's been - and continues to be - the subject of numerous reissues and releases, Gene Clark still remains somewhat of an enigma.  The founding member of The Byrds (1944-1991) only released six solo studio albums within his too-short lifetime, bolstering a discography also containing group and collaborative efforts.  But he left behind what seems like scores of unreleased tracks, much of which has been mined in the years since his death.  In 2013, the Omnivore label issued his demos for

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Gene Clark, The Rose Garden

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