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Music Box: 30th Anniversary Expanded Edition

September 23, 2023 By

Mariah Music Box 30

3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Coming as a 3CD or 4LP set on February 24, 2024 but available digitally now, the new expansion of Mariah Carey's 1993 Music Box features the original 10-track album expanded with international bonus track "Everything Fades Away"; a disc of studio material, including the unheard teaser "Workin' Hard," rare and new remixes, her hit cover of the Lionel Richie-penned "Endless Love," a duet with Luther

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul

To The Faithful Departed: Deluxe Edition

September 23, 2023 By

Cranberries Faithful Departed deluxe

3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / uDiscover Music (yellow vinyl) 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Cranberries' third album, from 1996, gets the deluxe, expanded, and remastered treatment with a smattering of previously released bonus material beside two discs of almost entirely unreleased studio outtakes and live material. The album, newly remastered by John Dent, will be available in the 3CD set as well as

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

The Weekend Stream: September 23, 2023

September 23, 2023 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Stream 2023

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to float you into the weekend. Enjoy a hometown birthday present from The Boss and a holiday collection first put on CD by The Second Disc - plus remixes from Madonna and The Art of Noise and so much more - all in this week's latest round-up. Bruce Springsteen, The Live Series: Songs of New Jersey (Columbia/Legacy) (Apple Music /

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Everything Else, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Boz Scaggs, Bruce Springsteen, Lorne Greene, Louis Armstrong, Madonna, Patti Page, Pulp, Roger Williams, The Art of Noise, The Pointer Sisters

Release Round-Up: Week of September 22

September 22, 2023 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Replacements Tim Let It Bleed

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! The Replacements, Tim: Let It Bleed Edition (Sire/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The Replacements have teamed up with Rhino for their fourth mega-box set edition of a classic album from their catalogue.  After heavy-duty expansions of debut Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash, Pleased to Meet Me and a reorganized version of Don't Tell a Soul called Dead Man's Pop,

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Folk, Pop, Rock Tags: Andy Taylor, Carrie Underwood, Clarence White, Dio, Firefall, Jackson Browne, Jason Mraz, Kylie Minogue, Paul Rodgers, Sheena Easton, Steve Marriott, Susan Tedeschi, The Breeders, The Replacements

Evergreens: Celebrating Six Decades on Columbia Records

September 21, 2023 By

Barbra Streisand Evergreens

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Target (pink vinyl) Barbra Streisand looks back on her remarkable recording career with Evergreens: Celebrating Six Decades on Columbia Records.  The vocalist's 1963 debut The Barbra Streisand Album took home the Grammy Award for Album of the Year as well as Best Vocal Performance - Female, inaugurating a tenure on Columbia Records that has (so far!) encompassed 36 studio albums as well as live

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal

Arthur Baker Presents Dance Masters: John Luongo - The Classic Dance Remixes

September 21, 2023 By

Dance Masters John Luongo CD box

4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon U.K. (signed print) / Amazon Canada 6LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. (signed print) / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Arthur Baker-presented Dance Masters series follows generous box sets on Shep Pettibone and Baker himself with a new overview of John "T.C." Luongo, who parlayed working in and around the Boston club scene into more than a decade of 12" remix work, first for some of the greatest R&B artists crossing

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

Party of Three: R.E.M. Goes 'Up' with 25th Anniversary Reissue

September 21, 2023 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

REM Up 25

A quarter century ago, R.E.M. made some surprising steps in their storied career that will be re-examined in a new 25th anniversary reissue of 1998's Up. The remastered album will be reissued on CD, vinyl and digitally, including a deluxe set that includes a previously unreleased live performance undertaken for the TV drama Party of Five. A Blu-ray includes the album's long-unavailable 5.1 surround and hi-res mixes, plus rare footage and music videos from the period. All the releases will be in

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: R.E.M.

Back to 'The Block': New Kids on the Block Revisit Comeback Album with New Bonus Tracks

September 21, 2023 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

New Kids on The Block Revisited

New Kids on the Block are going back to where it all restarted. The Boston boy band, a sensation of the late '80s and early '90s, are reissuing their 2008 reunion album The Block. The Block Revisited, available November 3, will feature the original album and nine bonus tracks on CD or two LPs, including the unreleased fan favorite "Coming Home" and a new remix of the track "Dirty Dancing" recorded with K-pop outfit SEVENTEEN. Digital editions will include a further eight bonus tracks,

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: New Kids on the Block

Acid Bubblegum [LP + 7" Single]

September 20, 2023 By

Graham Parker Acid Bubblegum

Iconoclassic delivers a vinyl reissue of a classic from label stalwart Graham Parker.  In the mid-'90s, he'd signed to the U.S. label Razor & Tie, putting out the introspective, acoustic-driven 12 Haunted Episodes in 1995. A year later, he followed it up with Acid Bubblegum , an album that lived up to its name. Fans hoping for a return to Parker's early angry-young-man sound were not disappointed, courtesy of some terrific songwriting backed by a band that featured former Blondie keyboardist

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock

50 Years of De-Evolution (1973-2023)

September 20, 2023 By

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2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Rhino.com 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The 50-track set will include hits and album cuts from each of Devo's nine albums released between 1978 and 2010, plus an assortment of rare B-sides, single-only tracks, and soundtrack songs. (The 7" version of "Disco Dancer," from 1988's Total Devo, is being released as a teaser, marking its first digital release.) All the songs you know and love are there, including "Whip It,"

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

Keep Walkin': Singles, Demos, and Rarities (1965-1978)

September 20, 2023 By

Nancy Sinatra Keep Walkin'

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Standard Black 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Zodiac Blue 2LP: Nancy's Bootique Highway Song Yellow 2LP: Nancy's Bootique "Sugar Me" Pink Splatter 2LP: Spotify Abridged 4-Track Tape: Nancy's Bootique Abridged 8-Track Tape: Nancy's Bootique Following the release of the anthology Start Walkin' 1965-1976 and expanded editions of Boots, Nancy and Lee, and Nancy and Lee Again, LITA is delivering a companion volume to Start Walkin'

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

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret: Deluxe Edition

September 20, 2023 By

Non Stop Erotic Cabaret

Marc Almond's Tenement Symphony isn't the only title involving the U.K. synthpop singer going deluxe this year. On October 20, UMR will give you all a boy could give you with a massive deluxe edition of Soft Cell's breakthrough debut album, Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret.  The 6CD set, housed in a 10" x 10" box, presents the beloved New Wave classic alongside a treasure trove of B-sides, remixes, live cuts, demos and other audio curiosities. Of the set's 98 tracks, 40 of them are previously unreleased,

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

Dolenz Sings R.E.M.

September 20, 2023 By

Micky Dolenz Dolenz Sings REM

The new EP Dolenz Sings R.E.M. arrives from 7a Records.  Produced by Christian Nesmith (who also plays guitar, bass, keyboards, and percussion, and sings background vocals) and featuring Christopher Allis, Circe Link, and Coco Dolenz, Dolenz Sings R.E.M. reinvents the Athens, Georgia band's "Shiny Happy People," "Man in the Moon," "Radio Free Europe," and "Leaving New York" as only Micky can.  The music video for "Shiny Happy People" is streaming now.

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

Groovy Party at Jimmy's Magic Pad: Andrew Gold Extends "Greetings from Planet Love"

September 20, 2023 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Andrew Gold Greetings from Planet Love

Greetings from Planet Love!  So was titled the one and only album from The Fraternal Order of "The All."  Who was The All?  It turns out The All was rock-and-roll's favorite one-man band, the late Andrew Gold (1951-2011).  In 1997, the singer-songwriter behind "Lonely Boy" and "Thank You for Being a Friend" - also a multi-instrumentalist, producer, and arranger who supported such friends as Linda Ronstadt and Art Garfunkel over the years - released this pseudonymous celebration of the

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Andrew Gold, Graham Gouldman

Equal Strain on All Parts

September 19, 2023 By

Jimmy Buffett Equal Strain on All Parts

Jimmy Buffett's 32nd studio album, and first to be released posthumously, features 14 original songs (including "Bubbles Up" and "My Gummie Just Kicked In") and guest appearances by Paul McCartney, The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Angelique Kidjo, and Emmylou Harris.  Available on CD, LP, and digitally.

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

The Weekend Stream: September 16, 2023

September 16, 2023 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

Stream 2023

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to float you into the weekend. This week's latest brings you a classic country centennial, remixes from Luther Vandross & Janet Jackson and The Art of Noise, a rare album from a songwriter moonlighting as a singer, hard-to-find Olivia Newton John songs and so much more! Hank Williams, Hank 100: Greatest Radio Hits (BMG Rights

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Country, Disco/Dance, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Crystal Waters, Duke Ellington, Hank Williams, Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross, Mark James, Nick Cave, Olivia Newton-John, Pat Boone, Pulp, Seaweed, The Art of Noise, Veruca Salt

Release Round-Up: Week of September 15

September 15, 2023 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

The Who Who's Next

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today! The Who, Who's Next / Life House (Polydor/UMe) 10CD/1BD: The Who Official Store / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada  2CD: The Who Official Store / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada  1CD: The Who Official Store / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada  1LP (Album Only, Black Vinyl): The Who Official Store / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada  1LP (Half-Speed

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Beck Bogert & Appice, Carly Simon, Hank Williams, Herb Alpert, John Kander and Fred Ebb, Steve Miller Band, The Who, Willie Nelson

Keeping the Faith: Second Billy Joel Vinyl Box Coming Soon

September 14, 2023 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Billy Joel Vinyl Collection 2

Call it another matter of trust: Legacy Recordings is releasing a second Billy Joel vinyl box. The Vinyl Collection, Vol. 2, releasing November 3, brings newly remastered and repressed LP versions of Joel's final six studio albums - Glass Houses (1980), The Nylon Curtain (1982), An Innocent Man (1983), The Bridge (1986), Storm Front (1989) and River of Dreams (1993) - plus the debut vinyl pressing of Joel's classical compositions set Fantasies & Delusions (2001) and the premiere audio

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Billy Joel

Phases and Stages: Atlantic 75 Campaign Continues with Vinyl Me, Please and Acoustic Sounds Partnerships

September 13, 2023 By The Second Disc 9 Comments

Atlantic 75

Eagle-eyed vinyl shoppers might have noticed a steady stream this year of reissues from the storied Atlantic Records catalogue, with titles including Dusty Springfield's Dusty in Memphis, Otis Redding's Otis Blue, Aretha Franklin's Lady Soul, and Phil Collins' No Jacket Required.  Today, the label unveiled the full slate of 90 vinyl reissues commemorating Atlantic's 75th anniversary - as well as special campaigns coming from Vinyl Me, Please and Acoustic Sounds. The Atlantic 75 collection has

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Everything Else, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock

When They Were Young: Cherry Red Plans Definitive Bucks Fizz Collection

September 12, 2023 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Bucks Fizz Land of Make Believe

Pop acts of the '80s didn't get much more quintessentially British than Bucks Fizz. Assembled for a memorable winner at the Eurovision Song Contest, the vocal quartet scored 11 Top 20 hits in England throughout the decade - none of which never made a whisper near the U.S. charts. But if you're an anglophile in search of an education, Cherry Red's got you covered with a generous new 5CD collection. The Land of Make Believe: The Definitive Collection lives up to its name, gathering 39 single

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, Rock Tags: Bucks Fizz

They Don't Know: Massive Kirsty MacColl Box, Packed with Hits Unreleased Tracks, Due in October

September 12, 2023 By Mike Duquette 8 Comments

Kirsty MacColl See That Girl

For just over two decades, Kirsty MacColl was one of England's most uniquely talented female rock singer/songwriters. This fall, nearly a quarter century after her passing, a new box set will examine her career in-depth. See That Girl (1979-2000), coming October 27 from Universal Music Recordings in the U.K., is an 8CD set loaded with 161 singles, rarities, remixes, live cuts and duets - including 47 previously unreleased recordings. Produced in partnership with the singer's estate, the set

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Billy Bragg, David Byrne, Kirsty MacColl, The Pogues

Reruns All Become Our History: Breakthrough Goo Goo Dolls Concert Gets Standalone Release

September 11, 2023 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Goo Goo Dolls Academy 1995

Sometimes fans are lucky enough to receive a document of a band in concert that means something important in the group's history. Rock survivors the Goo Goo Dolls are slated to bring listeners just that, nearly 30 years after that crucial show was first recorded. Live At The Academy, New York, City, 1995 is slated for release from the band through their longtime label Warner Records on October 20. It features two breakthrough sets: a memorable performance for the CMJ Music Conference,

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Goo Goo Dolls

Then a Hero Comes Along: Mariah Carey's 'Music Box' Goes Deluxe with Unreleased Outtakes, Live Concert

September 11, 2023 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Mariah Music Box 30

The third time was the charm when Mariah Carey released Music Box three decades ago. The elusive chanteuse last week announced plans to expand her third album with a wealth of rare and unreleased bonus material. Released as a 3CD or 4LP set on February 24, 2024 but available digitally now, the new expansion of Music Box features the original 10-track album expanded with international bonus track "Everything Fades Away"; a disc of studio material, including the unheard teaser "Workin' Hard,"

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Categories: News Formats: Cassette, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Mariah Carey

Ageless and Evergreen: New Barbra Streisand Compilation, 'Yentl' Deluxe Reissue Due in October

September 11, 2023 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Barbra Streisand Evergreens

On November 7, Barbra Streisand will release her long-awaited memoir. My Name Is Barbra shares its name with the superstar's fifth Columbia Records album, originally released in 1967, and promises to trace her life and career from her Brooklyn roots through her triumphs in Broadway, Hollywood, on the concert stage, and beyond. Before that, though, the EGOT winner and 46-time Grammy nominee (and eight-time winner!) is gifting fans with two new releases. On October 27, Streisand will look back on

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Soundtracks Tags: Barbra Streisand, Michel Legrand

The Weekend Stream: September 9, 2023

September 9, 2023 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

Stream 2023

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to float you into the weekend. From classic Jersey pop and British dance of the '80s to a bright young drummer keeping Detroit soul alive in the present day, our latest offerings pack quite a punch. The Bongos, Numbers with Wings (40th Anniversary Edition) (RCA/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) The New Jersey pop/rock outfit led by

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Dennis Coffey, Four Tops, MC5, Melvin Davis, Pulp, Richard Barone, Stephen Bishop, The Art of Noise, The Bongos, U2

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