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Not Over You: Cherry Red Revisits Lalah Hathaway's Earliest Albums With "It's Somethin': The Virgin Years"

November 11, 2019 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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Cherry Red's 90/9 imprint celebrates the early works of the multi-Grammy winner soul-jazz singer Lalah Hathaway with a new collection called It's Something: The Virgin Years. Fully approved by Hathaway, the 2-CD set brings together her self-titled debut and her follow-up Virgin album A Moment and is supplemented with a wealth of bonus material, including hard-to-find remixes, single edits, B-sides, and the Japan-exclusive track "Night and Day." Add to it the 20-page booklet of rare photographs,

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Lalah Hathaway

Release Round-Up: Week of November 8

November 8, 2019 By The Second Disc 13 Comments

Gene Clark No Other Cover

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Chet Atkins, The Complete RCA Victor and Columbia Christmas Recordings (Second Disc/Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music are proud to present The Complete RCA Victor and Columbia Christmas Recordings from legendary guitarist-producer Chet Atkins on a deluxe 2-CD, 46-song anthology remastered by Vic Anesini at Sony's Battery Studios and featuring new liner notes by the set's

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Country, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Billy Vera, Chet Atkins, Dino Desi and Billy, Eugene Ormandy, Gene Clark, George Michael, Humble Pie, Jim Reeves, John Fogerty, John Legend, Margaret Whiting, Natalie Cole, Suede, The Nazz, The Police, The Rolling Stones, Wham!

Shadows and Reflexions: High Moon Records Collects Rarities from Curt Boettcher and Friends

November 7, 2019 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Curt Boettcher Looking for the Sun

High Moon Records' new collection from Curt Boettcher and Friends, Looking for the Sun, takes its title from a 1968 Boettcher production for singer-songwriter Gordon Alexander. Given Boettcher's participation, one might expect the song to be a dreamy SoCal pop fantasia with richly layered harmonies. But instead it's a rather sparse, dark rumination with an acid coffeehouse feel. Alexander, in the song at least, doesn't find the sun, and arguably, neither did Curt Boettcher in his lifetime. But

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Curt Boettcher, Eddie Hodges, Gary Usher, Gordon Alexander, Sandy Salisbury, The Millennium, Various Artists

Keep the Customer Satisfied: Ace Celebrates Paul Simon, Teddy Randazzo, Van McCoy On New Collections

November 5, 2019 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

American Tunes Songs by Paul Simon

Today, we're taking a look at three recent, stellar additions to Ace Records' long-running Songwriter Series! Teddy Randazzo (1935-2003) might have not attained the same "household name" status as some of his peers, but the prodigiously gifted composer-arranger-producer-artist nonetheless left behind a remarkable body of work in a career spanning over five decades. Ace's Yesterday Has Gone: The Songs of Teddy Randazzo is the first-ever anthology of his output, concentrating on the mid-1960s -

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Paul Simon, Teddy Randazzo, Van McCoy, Various Artists

Cosmic Partners: The McCabe's Tapes

November 4, 2019 By

Michael Nesmith Cosmic Partners CD

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Deep Discount (U.S.) / Keymail Records (U.K.) Picture Disc LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Deep Discount (U.S.) / Keymail Records (U.K.) Cosmic Partners - The McCabe's Tapes spotlights Michael Nesmith with his longtime musical soul brother Red Rhodes and a small group of musicians as recorded on August 18, 1973 at McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica, California.  The performance was in support of Nesmith's final album for RCA

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop

Review: Bob Dylan featuring Johnny Cash, "Travelin' Thru: The Bootleg Series Vol. 15 (1967-1969)"

November 4, 2019 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

Bob Dylan Bootleg 15

There's a delicious moment on the fifteenth volume of Bob Dylan's long-running Bootleg Series. The troubadour is in Columbia Records' Nashville Studio A, rehearsing a duet medley with Johnny Cash of his "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" and Cash's "Understand Your Man." Once they stop playing, The Man in Black happily observes that "the phrasing comes out just right, 'cause we both stole it from the same song!" Indeed, Dylan and Cash shared substantial musical roots, with less than a decade

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop Tags: Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash

NOW 100 Hits Christmas

November 2, 2019 By

Now 100 Hits Christmas

The long-running NOW series has a 5-CD, 100-song collection of Christmas classics from an eclectic roster of artists past and present including Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Kacey Musgraves, Kelly Clarkson, Petula Clark, Engelbert Humperdinck, The Jackson 5, The Beach Boys, Sam Smith, Whitney Houston, and more.

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Formats: CD Genre: Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal

Rock and Soul Music: Real Gone Announces Reissues of Country Joe, Mamas and Papas, Klaus Nomi, Tony Joe White Titles

November 1, 2019 By Sam Stone 4 Comments

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On December 6, Real Gone Music will release a quartet of reissues from a diverse lineup of country-rock, jam band, pop, and avant-garde luminaries. First up is a limited-edition, 2-LP issue of Country Joe and the Fish's Live! Fillmore West 1969 which not only featured the legendary Berkeley band (with replacement bassist Jack Casady of Jefferson Airplane), but also their famous friends.  Originally released on Vanguard in 1994, the raucous and ramshackle concert was recorded in January 1969

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Pop Tags: Country Joe and The Fish, Jerry Garcia, Klaus Nomi, Mickey Hart, Steve Miller, The Mamas and The Papas, Tony Joe White

Make Her Wish Come True: Legacy Celebrates 25 Years of Mariah Carey's 'Merry Christmas'

November 1, 2019 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Mariah Carey Merry Christmas Deluxe

One of the best-selling Christmas albums of all time is getting the deluxe treatment today with Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings' 2-CD reissue of Mariah Carey's Merry Christmas in time for its 25th anniversary. Carey's fourth album and first holiday effort (the sequel Merry Christmas II You arrived in 2010) teamed the chanteuse with producer-arranger Walter Afanasieff (Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion, Johnny Mathis), among others, on a sparkling set of original songs and holiday classics.

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

Release Round-Up: Week of November 1

November 1, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Bob Dylan Bootleg 15

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Bob Dylan featuring Johnny Cash, Travelin' Thru, 1967-1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 15 (Columbia/Legacy) 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings chronicle Dylan's 1967-1969 recordings in Music City - including those made with a very special guest - on the latest volume of the artist's long-running Bootleg Series. Bob Dylan (featuring Johnny Cash) -

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Bob Dylan, Booker T. Jones, Cyndi Lauper, Garth Brooks, Jeff Lynne's ELO, Johnny Cash, Mariah Carey, Nat King Cole, R.E.M., The Doors, The Rolling Stones, Uncle Walt's Band, Van Halen

Conversation Piece

October 31, 2019 By

David Bowie Conversation Piece

The exquisite 5-CD box Conversation Piece traces David Bowie's development as a songwriter and performer throughout 1968-1969 with home demos, BBC sessions, and studio recordings with his friend and collaborator John "Hutch" Hutchinson and the mime group Feathers. The lavish, hardcover book-style box also marks the 50th anniversary of the "Space Oddity" single and Bowie's eponymous sophomore album also known as Space Oddity. The box premieres 12 previously unreleased tracks as well as a new mix

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

Surprise Surprise: Cilla Black's "Especially for You" Comes to CD with "Classics and Collectibles"

October 31, 2019 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Cilla Black Especially for You and Classics

Tomorrow, November 1, Cherry Red's Strike Force Entertainment imprint will release the next title in its series of definitive reissues from Cilla Black's considerable catalogue. The 2-CD set Especially for You Revisited/Classics and Collectibles brings together a newly remixed version of Cilla's 1980 album Especially for You with a second disc of rare and previously unreleased tracks. Especially for You marked a turning point in Black's career as it was her first recording project after

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Barry Manilow, Cilla Black, Cliff Richard, Dusty Springfield

Oh Yeah, Alright! Kenneth Womack Tells The Complete Story of "Abbey Road" in New Book "Solid State"

October 28, 2019 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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When The Beatles began recording Abbey Road over 50 years ago, They weren't the same Beatles that they'd been before. The stresses of the contentious and seemingly never-ending Get Back project, the appearances of new love interests, the managerial struggles with Apple and Allen Klein, and Dick James' divestment of their Northern Songs copyrights caused a wedge behind the scenes that threatened The Beatles' future. And yet, in a few short months, John, Paul, George, and Ringo managed to

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Categories: News Formats: Books Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Kenneth Womack, The Beatles

Stay The Night: Cherry Red Expands La Toya Jackson's Second Album "My Special Love"

October 28, 2019 By Randy Fairman 4 Comments

LaToya Jackson My Special Love

Earlier this year, Cherry Red imprint Cherry Pop Records released an expanded edition of La Toya Jackson's sophomore album My Special Love, bringing the LP to CD for the first time since a long out-of-print Japanese issue in the early 1990s. Being a part of such a famous musical family, it was almost inevitable that La Toya would join her brothers in performing, whether she wanted to or not. She has said over the years how her father, Joe Jackson, heavily discouraged her from following any

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: La Toya Jackson

Merry Christmas...Have a Nice Life!

October 26, 2019 By

CyndiLauper MerryChristmasHaveANiceLife

Cyndi Lauper's Merry Christmas... Have A Nice Life! is a fresh spin on the time-honored tradition of the Christmas album. The album was partly inspired by motherhood; in fact, the story goes that Cyndi tracked most of the album at her home while her son slept, including the tribute "New Years's Baby (First Lullaby)."  In addition to traditional fare like "Three Ships" and "Silent Night," and more recent classics like "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," Cyndi offers up eight original

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Holiday, Pop

Home Alone Christmas

October 26, 2019 By

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Darlene Love, Southside Johnny, Tom Petty, Mel Tormé, and legendary composer John Williams are among those featured on Home Alone Christmas, the collection of songs drawn from the first two films in the Home Alone series.  Now, Real Gone is re-pressing this joyful LP on Clear with Red and Green Swirl "Christmas Party" Vinyl.

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Soundtracks

Christmas Holiday for Romance

October 26, 2019 By

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Real Gone premieres on CD the lone Christmas album from beloved British arranger-conductor Stanley Black.  Christmas Holiday for Romance features his lush renditions of songs both familiar and little-known from both sides of the pond.  TSD's Joe Marchese has penned the new liner notes, and Mike Milchner has remastered at SonicVision.

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Formats: CD Genre: Holiday, Pop

The Complete Christmas Collection

October 26, 2019 By

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Real Gone brings two classic platters from "Sleigh Ride" composer Leroy Anderson to CD. His 1955 album Christmas Carols  was such a hit that he later re-recorded selections for a new album in 1959 entitled A Christmas Festival.  Though the 1959 mono mix of the latter has seen a CD release, The Complete Christmas Collection marks the CD debut for the 1955 mono album and 1959 stereo mix and includes two bonus tracks: mono and stereo versions of "Sleigh Ride," naturally.  Leroy's son Kurt has

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Formats: CD Genre: Holiday, Pop

It's Witchcraft - Cherry Red's Righteous Imprint Compiles 2-CD Set of Halloween Novelties

October 25, 2019 By Randy Fairman 3 Comments

Music To Scare Your Neighbors

With Halloween less than a week away, we thought we'd take a look at a new compilation which was recently released from Cherry Red's Righteous Records imprint: the 2-CD Trick or Treat: Music To Scare Your Neighbours - Vintage 45s from Lux and Ivy's Haunted Basement. The Lux and Ivy in the title are the husband and wife mainstays of the punk/rockabilly group The Cramps, who debuted in the 1970s and were active until Lux's death in 2009. Aside from being punk innovators, the pair also

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Everything Else, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bo Diddley, Burt Bacharach, John Zacherle, Rod McKuen, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, The Coasters, The Cramps

Release Round-Up: Week of October 25

October 25, 2019 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Kinks, Arthur, or The Decline and Fall of the British Empire [Various Formats] (BMG) 4CD/4-seven-inch single box: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / The Kinks Official 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / The Kinks Official 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / The Kinks Official The Kinks' 1969 concept album continued in the quintessentially British vein of The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Funk, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Big Star, Bruce Springsteen, Curt Boettcher, David Byrne, Fleetwood Mac, Frank Zappa, Harry Connick Jr., Howard Keel, Jackson 5, James Brown, Jim Sullivan, Mandy Patinkin, Neil Young, Rick Astley, Ringo Starr, The Kinks, The Oak Ridge Boys, Van Morrison, XTC

Review: Cher, "3614 Jackson Highway" [Run Out Groove Edition]

October 23, 2019 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Cher 3614 Jackson Highway

Cher's album 3614 Jackson Highway arrived midway through 1969 as the singer and her partner Sonny Bono worked furiously to re-establish themselves in a changing musical landscape and escape from mounting debt. Their first child had been born in March, a Sonny and Cher single arrived in May and was quickly followed by a Cher solo 45, and her film Chastity hit theatres in June. Sonny and Cher hadn't had a major hit single since 1967's "The Beat Goes On" and the solo Cher hadn't had a chart entry

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Cher

Na Na Na Na Na: Minky Records Celebrates East L.A. Chicano Soul and More on "Land of 1,000 Dances" Box

October 22, 2019 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Land of 1000 Dances Box

The sound of East Los Angeles is spreading far and wide with the November 29 release of a new 4-CD box set. Land of 1,000 Dances: The Rampart Records Complete Singles Collection, which arrives on Black Friday's Record Store Day, offers a comprehensive overview of the groundbreaking Mexican-American rock coming out of East L.A. between 1961 and 1991 on Eddie Davis' Rampart label. The Minky Records release is limited to 1,000 units. Minky has previously mined the Rampart family of labels via

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Barry White, Cannibal and The Headhunters, Eastside Connection, Ron Holden, The Village Callers, Various Artists

Bankstatement: Esoteric Collects Genesis Keyboardist Tony Banks' Solo Albums on "Banks Vaults"

October 22, 2019 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Tony Banks Vaults

Following the release of the career-spanning box set A Chord Too Far and the expanded reissues of the albums A Curious Feeling and The Fugitive, Cherry Red's Esoteric Recordings imprint has recently celebrated founding Genesis keyboardist (and guitarist) Tony Banks with a sprawling 7-CD/1-DVD box set. Banks Vaults: The Albums 1979-1995 brings together newly remastered versions of all of Banks' albums including the soundtrack to The Wicked Lady plus a DVD of music videos. Banks' solo career

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Genesis, Tony Banks

The Singles Collection

October 22, 2019 By

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The limited edition release of The Singles Collection includes The Beatles' original A- and B-sides on 22 vinyl singles, plus a newly created 23rd disk featuring "Free As a Bird" and "Real Love," both single A-sides released to promote the multi-volume Anthology project in 1995 and 1996. The draw for collectors here is the packaging: each single features meticulously recreated cover and label artwork from different countries on all six inhabited continents on Earth.  All tracks have been newly

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

The Great Songs of Christmas: Classic Carols and Pop Favorites

October 22, 2019 By

Great Songs of Christmas

Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music proudly present the first new volume of The Great Songs of Christmas in nearly 50 years bringing many of the exclusive tracks featured on Goodyear's original 1961-1970 series together.  Expect to hear rarities from Percy Faith, Andre Kostelanetz, Johnny Mathis, Robert Goulet and Carol Lawrence, and Ray Conniff, and even more new-to-CD tracks from The Harry Simeone Chorale, Andre Previn, and Mahalia Jackson plus special, never-on-CD bonus tracks from the

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