Today, the name of Charlie Byrd (1925-1999) remains synonymous with jazz guitar and moreover, with the soft sounds of Brazil's bossa nova, which he helped bring into the mainstream of American popular culture. Cherry Red's El Records imprint has recently celebrated a key decade in Byrd's career with a fun new compilation. Sixties Byrd draws on eight albums from the prolific artist originally released on Columbia Records between 1965 and 1969, all produced by Teo Macero (Bitches Brew, Time
Review: The Beach Boys, "1967: Sunshine Tomorrow" and "Wild Honey" (Stereo LP)
There's nothing quite nice as a kiss of wild honey... Carl Wilson - the angelic voice from on high of "God Only Knows" - unleashed his inner soul man with a fury on "Wild Honey," the title track of The Beach Boys' second album of 1967. The funky, Theremin-driven ode to a "girl with the sweetness of a honey bee" opened the LP which turned out to be one of the most singular in the band's storied catalogue. Its fusion of pulsating R&B and raw rock-and-roll, anchored by nine Brian
The Monkees Celebrated On New Benefit Release "Listen to the Bands"
With its latest project, 7a Records has invited Monkees fans to Listen to the Bands - yes, plural. This recent 25-track collection features modern, independent artists all tackling Davy, Micky, Mike, and Peter's classic songbook - and making it even more special, all profits from the limited edition album will be donated by the label to the Davy Jones Equine Memorial Foundation. Appropriately, curators Glenn Gretlund and Iain Lee of 7a have made sure that many of the famous songwriting names
It's a Happening World: Warner Japan Collects Sunshine Pop on "Soft Rock Nuggets" Series
As longtime collectors know, great "nuggets" show up in the most unlikely places...and so do Nuggets, naturally. Warner Music Japan has just issued four volumes of Soft Rock Nuggets, but most of the tracks on these collections are firmly in the harmony-drenched, lushly melodic, sunshine pop genre. Any fans of Rhino Handmade's Come to the Sunshine: Soft Pop Nuggets from the WEA Vaults (reissued on vinyl this year for Record Store Day) will find much to savor on these latest additions to the
Release Round-Up: Week of June 30
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Beach Boys, 1967: Sunshine Tomorrow (Capitol/Brother/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The Beach Boys' Sunshine Tomorrow, a new 2-CD and digital collection, not only premieres the first-ever true stereo mix of 1967's Wild Honey, but also premieres a whopping 54 rarities recorded that year including the live album Lei'd in Hawaii, session material from both Wild Honey and Smiley Smile, and further live recordings (spanning
The Sun Comes Up, I Think About You: Cherry Red Expands Liza Minnelli and Pet Shop Boys' "Results" to 3 CDs, 1 DVD
Following its recent reissues of Liza Minnelli's Columbia albums The Singer and Tropical Nights, Cherry Red's Strike Force Entertainment (SFE) imprint is turning its attention to Liza with a Z's 1989 Epic album Results - an epic collaboration, if there ever was one, with The Pet Shop Boys. The SFE edition, due in the U.K. on August 25, promises to be a definitive look at this classic pop album, stacked with 3 CDs and 1 DVD. (Read about those past reissues right here!) When the stage and
Gonna Have Some Fun: Omnivore Premieres Jan and Dean's Original, Shelved "Filet of Soul"
Omnivore Recordings is heading to Surf City...and everybody's gonna have some fun! The label is presenting an oldie but a goodie from Jan and Dean, as you've never heard it before. On September 1, Omnivore will premiere the original, rejected version of the legendary surf duo's 1966 album Filet of Soul in a package featuring the participation of Dean Torrence himself. In 1965, Jan Berry and Dean Torrence were eager to extricate themselves from their deal with Liberty Records, for whom they
Art for Art's Sake: Eric Stewart Collection, 10cc, Godley & Creme Box Sets Forthcoming
With apologies to Lady Gaga, it may be British band 10cc that's most worthy of the term "art pop." The multifaceted group yielded 11 Top 10 hits in their native England, including the No. 1s "Rubber Bullets," "I'm Not In Love" and "Dreadlock Holiday"; the group even crossed over into the U.S. charts with "I'm Not In Love" and "The Things We Do for Love," both Top 5 hits. By an amazing coincidence, not one, not two, but three 10cc-related catalogue collections are hitting stores starting next
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da: Cherry Red Collects Complete Psych-Pop Recordings of Five's Company, The Spectrum
In recent months, Cherry Red's Grapefruit imprint, dedicated to the psychedelic and garage era, delivered two complete anthologies for a pair of pop-psych bands straight out of swinging London. Five's Company was formed in the Chelsea area of London in fall 1964 by Eddie Broadbridge (lead vocals/piano/organ), Dave Jones (not that David Jones...or that Davy Jones, either, on guitar and vocals), Chris Robson (harmonica/vocals), Bob Brunning (bass/vocals) and Ian Pearson (drums). In their live
Review: Prince and The Revolution, 'Purple Rain: Deluxe Expanded Edition'
Dearly Beloved It exists. It really exists. That may be the most astounding thing about the deluxe expanded edition of Prince's masterpiece Purple Rain (Warner Bros./NPG Records 547374-2). And believe me, there's a lot to be astounded by. This set features the first remaster of any Prince album in the compact disc era, a fully-stocked disc of officially unreleased tracks from the vault, a complete offering of sides (edits, remixes and B-sides) from all five singles released from the
Devo Demos Recombo'd for Vinyl
Devo's demo collection Recombo DNA will be expanded and reissued this year in a special 4LP vinyl edition from the Futurismo label. Released as a limited 2CD set in 2000 by Rhino Handmade, Recombo DNA collected unreleased demos, alternates and outtakes of the legendary Akron band recorded during their tenure on Warner Bros. Records between 1977 and 1987. Versions of familiar tracks like "Be Stiff," "Girl U Want," "Whip It" and others are all here. Futurismo's version is pressed on
Love and Mercy: Rhino Collects Solo Brian Wilson For New Anthology, Premieres Two Songs
Brian Wilson turns 75 years young today - and hot on the heels of a well-received biopic and a record-breaking concert tour that continues through this fall, the legendary artist is looking back on his solo career for a new compendium arriving on September 22 from Rhino Records. Playback: The Brian Wilson Anthology captures, via 18 tracks, the Beach Boy's extraordinary journey from his 1988 Sire Records solo LP debut through 2015's No Pier Pressure. Two never-before-released tracks will also
Omnivore Revives "Rosebud" From Henske, Yester, Doerge On New Expanded Edition
Last year, the Omnivore label began its retelling of the story of Judy Henske and Jerry Yester with the hotly-anticipated, first authorized reissue of the then-married duo's 1969 cult favorite album Farewell Aldebaran. Now, the Henske/Yester tale continues with another lavishly expanded CD reissue: this time, of 1971's Rosebud. The album was so named for the band itself, featuring Henske on vocals, Yester on vocals, bass, and banjo, her future husband Craig Doerge on vocals, keyboards, and
Release Round-Up: Week of June 16
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! David Bowie, Cracked Actor: Live in Los Angeles 1974 (Parlophone/Rhino) (Amazon U.S./ Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Cracked Actor: Live in Los Angeles 1974 is the first authorized release of Bowie's Philly Dogs Tour show at Los Angeles' Universal Amphitheatre, from September 1974. First released earlier this year on vinyl only, some of this performance was featured in Alan Yentob's BBC documentary also known as Cracked Actor. The original tapes
Get Busy: Sean Paul Releases Greatest Hits Collection
If you've been on a dance floor since the start of the millennium, there's a good chance you've heard the intoxicating dancehall riddims of Sean Paul. A recently released greatest hits compilation from Rhino Records puts those dancefloor classics in full focus. Born Sean Paul Henriques in Kingston, Jamaica, the singer was discovered in his mid-20s, with a flow compared favorably to dancehall pioneer Super Cat. A cameo in music video director Hype Williams' big-screen bow, the urban crime
Pet Shop Boys Announce "Catalogue 1985-2012," Three Expanded Albums
After a 16-year break, legendary British duo Pet Shop Boys have announced a trio of expanded reissues from within their Parlophone Records discography--now part of a new initiative, Catalogue 1985-2012. On July 28, new remastered reissues of Nightlife (1997), Release (2002) and Fundamental (2006) will be issued worldwide. As with prior releases, each CD title will include a series of Further Listening discs featuring "master quality bonus tracks and demos created in the same time period as
Hanging by a Moment: Lifehouse to Release Greatest Hits Compilation
Pop quiz: what was the biggest single of 2001? Here's a hint: it's one of only three that never actually topped the Billboard Hot 100 for a single week. That answer would be "Hanging by a Moment," the breakthrough single by Los Angeles pop-rockers Lifehouse. Now, 17 years and four Top 10 albums later, the group is slated to release a greatest-hits compilation through UMe. Led by smoky-voiced, spiritual-not-religious songwriter Jason Wade, Lifehouse first began its run as Blyss, an alternative
Follow the White Rabbit: Real Gone's Early August Slate includes "The Matrix," The Slits and Rain Parade
With summer just around the corner, Real Gone Music has just announced its first three releases available toward the end of the season in the beginning of August. First up, coming out on August 4, is a two-fer from the band The Rain Parade. The band was part of the Paisley Underground movement in 1980s California which combined psychedelia with vocal harmonies, owing a debt to The Byrds and Love from the 1960s. The Bangles are the best known group to be a part of this genre. Rain Parade
Go All the Way! Omnivore Unearths Raspberries' 2004 Reunion
The House of Blues picked a hell of a hometown act to open their Cleveland location in the fall of 2004: for the first time in nearly 30 years, the original line-up of power pop heroes the Raspberries reunited on stage. That magical night will now be available for all to enjoy, thanks to a new 2CD set from Omnivore Records due this August! Pop Art Live collects the full set by Eric Carmen (vocals/guitar/piano), Wally Bryson (guitar), Dave Smalley (bass) and Jim Bonfanti (drums) as they played
Good Rockin' Tonight: Legacy Revisits Elvis Presley's "A Boy From Tupelo: The Complete 1953-1955 Recordings"
On July 28, Elvis fans will be saying "That's all right" - and then some - to the box set being released by RCA and Legacy Recordings. A Boy From Tupelo: The Complete Recordings 1953-1955 journeys back to the birth of rock-and-roll to feature, on three CDs and digitally, every known Elvis Presley Sun Records master and outtake. In addition, the collection also contains Elvis' four earliest, privately-pressed sides, and vintage radio and concert performances from the period, for a total of 73
Release Round-Up: Week of June 9
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Glen Campbell, Adios (UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Glen Campbell's final recordings, produced by his longtime band member Carl Jackson, comprise this release. Selections include the lead-off single "Everybody's Talkin'," and four songs by Jimmy Webb (including the touching title track as well as "Postcard from Paris," "Just Like Always" and "It Won't Bring Her Back"), plus compositions from Bob Dylan, Jerry Reed, Dickey Lee,
Ask For "The World": Skeeter Davis' "Let Me Get Close to You" Expanded on CD with All Her 1963-1965 Solo Hits
Exactly 55 years ago today, on June 8, 1962, Skeeter Davis stepped into RCA Studios in Nashville with producer Chet Atkins to record "The End of the World." Despite having a professional recording career dating back nearly a decade to 1953 as both a solo act and one-half of The Davis Sisters (including several Country chart hits), "The End of the World" would be Skeeter's "breakthrough" and become forever associated with her as it climbed to No. 2 on both Billboard's Hot 100 and Country charts,
BREAKING! A Song Worth Singing: Johnny Mathis Special Airs This Saturday, New Box Set Arrives
Johnny Mathis is currently touring the U.S. on his Voice of Romance tour - and indeed, for over 60 years, that appellation has been apt. This Saturday evening, June 10, Mathis is coming to your own city, courtesy of Public Television and TJ Lubinsky's TJL Productions' popular and long-running My Music series. Yes, this Saturday is Johnny Mathis Night, because that's when Public Television stations nationwide will air Wonderful! Wonderful!, a concert film featuring all of Mathis' beloved
Step Inside, Walk This Way: Def Leppard Expand "Hysteria" to Seven Discs
In very many ways, Def Leppard's fourth studio album Hysteria was their biggest--and a new box set due this year looks to prove that en masse. On August 4--exactly 30 years since it was first released--Bludgeon Riffola and UMC will release multiple expanded editions of Hysteria, including a new 3CD deluxe edition, a 5CD/2DVD box set (both boasting material not on the 20th anniversary deluxe edition released in 2007) and vinyl formats. Hysteria was the culmination of more than three years
Strung Out: Wendy & Lisa's "Eroica" To Be Expanded by Cherry Red
Looking for something Prince-related to tide you over before the Purple Rain reissue hits stores? Cherry Pop Records is reissuing Eroica, the third album from Prince's longtime collaborators Wendy & Lisa. Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman were already several years removed from their split with Prince (who disbanded The Revolution in 1986); in 1987, they put their only pop single on the U.S. charts with the criminally underrated pop nugget "Waterfall." By the release of Eroica, the duo's
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