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Back To The Love Shack: B-52's Celebrate 30 Years of 'Cosmic Thing' With Expanded Reissue

May 14, 2019 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

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The B-52's are about to take a "roam around the world" with a summer tour of the U.S. and Europe, and they'll also release a new 2CD expanded edition of Cosmic Thing, the group's best-selling album, in June. Cosmic Thing: 30th Anniversary Expanded Edition remasters the original 1989 album alongside five bonus remixes of the album's biggest singles, including the smash hits "Love Shack" and "Roam," and adds a live disc drawn from two sets in Texas in 1990. The package also comes with new liner

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: The B-52's

If You Love Me: Elvis Costello's "Purse" Reaches Wider Audience With Digital Release

May 13, 2019 By Sam Stone 2 Comments

ElvisCostello Purse Digital

Elvis Costello and the Imposters have been in the news a lot lately.  They are set to embark on a U.S. tour this summer co-headlining with Blondie and recently released a new EP, Purse.  The four-song set features all unreleased tracks, including previously unrecorded lyrics from Johnny Cash ("If You Love Me") and Bob Dylan ("Down in the Bottom" featuring Rebecca and Megan Lovell).  Purse also features co-writes with Paul McCartney ("The Lovers That Never Were") and Burt Bacharach ("Everyone's

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello, Johnny Cash, Paul McCartney

Release Round-Up: Week of May 10

May 10, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Cilla Black Cilla and In My Life

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Cilla Black, Cilla/In My Life (SFE/Cherry Red) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Cherry Red's Strike Force Entertainment imprint has two more reissues in the ongoing series of definitively remastered and expanded Cilla Black albums. First up is the late vocalist's debut album Cilla (1965) with In My Life (1974), the latter of which is making its premiere on CD in full.  This 2-CD set adds 26 bonus tracks, three of which are new to

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Allen Toussaint, Bonnie Raitt, Cher, Cilla Black, David Newman, Howard Jones, Professor Longhair, Rare Earth, The Neville Brothers, Thomas Newman

UPDATED: Different Drummer: Edsel Collects Michael Nesmith's RCA and Pacific Arts Years on New Box Set

May 8, 2019 By Joe Marchese 10 Comments

Michael Nesmith Songs

And the Hits Just Keep On Comin'.  Michael Nesmith titled his 1972 RCA album ironically - when it "bubbled under" the Billboard 200 at No. 208, it actually bested its predecessor by three slots - but the LP did feature the once and future Monkee's rendition of one major favorite, "Different Drum."  The 1965 tune became an enduring hit for the Stone Poneys featuring Linda Ronstadt in 1967, establishing Nesmith outside of The Monkees.  Since 1968, he's released 16 studio albums.  Recently, 12 of

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop Tags: Michael Nesmith

Walkin' My Cat Named Dog [Sky Blue Vinyl]

May 6, 2019 By

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Norma Tanega's 1966 folk-pop classic returns to vinyl in a re-pressing from Real Gone Music.  This new presentation replicates the original, utilizing the stereo mix and boasting the original artwork (which was replaced on prior CD issues).  It's pressed on sky blue vinyl.  Grab it fast, though: Walkin' My Cat Named Dog is a limited pressing.

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Folk, Pop

Review: David Bowie, "Spying Through a Keyhole (Demos and Unreleased Songs)"

May 6, 2019 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Spying Through a Keyhole

Can you hear me, Major Tom?  In the late 1960s, David Bowie was an artist deeply hoping to be heard.  A handful of singles and an album on Deram Records had failed to rocket him to the stars.  But Bowie continued writing, recording, and shopping his songs around in hopes of the elusive next deal that would take him to the next level.  As such, Bowie left a great many demo recordings behind.  Due to current EU copyright laws, right holders have been required to release previously unissued

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: David Bowie

What Are We Craving? Real Gone Delivers Folk-Rock from Norma Tanega and Fusion from Airto on Vinyl

May 6, 2019 By Sam Stone 4 Comments

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Real Gone Music seem to be taking a quick break from their soundtrack series to bring two cult classic albums from jazz and folk-rock:  Norma Tanega's 1966 album Walkin' My Cat Named Dog spotlights quirky, pop-leaning folk music; while Airto's 1970 effort Natural Feelings presents the percussion maestro's debut as a bandleader.  Both albums will be reissues in limited quantities on June 7! First discovered while singing at a summer camp in the Catskills of New York, Norma Tanega won the

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Folk, Jazz, Pop Tags: Airto, Norma Tanega

The Legacy [1961-2017]

May 3, 2019 By

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Capitol and UMe are revisiting Glen Campbell's 2003 career-spanning 4-CD box set with a new edition in digipak packaging that drops the fourth live disc and replaces it with a survey of the artist's work from 2004-2017.  The set boasts 78 tracks total from the country-pop legend.

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Country, Pop

He's Got a Way: Billy Joel Celebrates His 70th Birthday With Live Rarities on Digital Collection

May 3, 2019 By Joe Marchese 15 Comments

Live Through The Years

Billy Joel turns 70 on Thursday, May 9, and is celebrating with a birthday concert at Madison Square Garden, where he's currently headlining an unprecedented years-long residency of monthly concerts.  While the piano man hasn't released an album of original songs since 1993's River of Dreams, he's hardly been idle these past 26 years and remains a top concert draw.  Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings are commemorating Joel the live performer with a new streaming playlist available

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Billy Joel

Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers: New ZZ Top Set Celebrates Half Century of Blues and Beards

May 3, 2019 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

ZZ Top Goin 50

Rhino is celebrating a half century of ZZ Top with a new, multi-format compilation due this summer. Goin' 50 collects 18 of the Texas trio's biggest and baddest hits, from their breakthrough in the '70s to their most recent studio release, 2012's La Futura. That disc will be available to buy, stream or download on June 14 - and on August 16, as the group embarks on a 50th anniversary tour, a Lone Star State-sized 3CD or 5LP edition of Goin' 50 will be released. That set offers tracks from

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: ZZ Top

True Grit: Capitol Reissues, Updates "Glen Campbell: The Legacy" Box Set For June Release

May 2, 2019 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Glen Campbell The Legacy 1961 2017

Since going out of print, Capitol Records' 2003 box set Glen Campbell: The Legacy [1961-2002] has been regularly commanding three-figure sums on the secondhand market.  Yesterday, the label delivered some great news to fans of the late superstar.  On June 21, Capitol and UMe will issue a new, updated version of the box set in slimmer, digipak packaging, and with a completely new Disc Four bringing the story of Campbell's incredible career to its completion. The first three CDs of the original

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Country, Gospel, Pop Tags: Anne Murray, Bobbie Gentry, Glen Campbell, Rita Coolidge, Steve Wariner

Release Round-Up: Week of April 26

April 26, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Prince Ultimate Rave

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Prince, Ultimate Rave (Legacy/NPG) Ultimate Rave (2-CD/1-DVD): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic (2-LP Purple Vinyl): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada  Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic (2-LP Purple Vinyl): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada This new 2-CD/1-DVD collection brings together two of Prince's albums from the turn of the new millennium:  Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic from 1999 and Rave In2

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Alfred Drake, Baker Gurvitz Army, Bill Evans, Cheap Trick, Dorothy Ashby, Frank Wess, Iain Matthews, J.J. Johnson, Joe Simon, Kurt Weill, Marvin Gaye, Millie Jackson, Nils Lofgren, O.F.R., Prince, Steeleye Span, The Cranberries, Wes Montgomery

The Mercury Demos

April 25, 2019 By

David Bowie The Mercury Demos

Following the recent Spying Through A Keyhole and Clareville Grove Demos, David Bowie's The Mercury Demos presents ten early, one-take recordings from the future superstar, recorded on a Revox reel-to-reel tape machine in Bowie's flat in spring 1969, with accompaniment from his friend and collaborator John "Hutch" Hutchinson on guitar and vocals.  Songs include "Space Oddity," "Janine," "Conversation Piece," and a cover of Lesley Duncan's "Love Song."  It's housed in a replica of the original

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

Originals

April 25, 2019 By

Prince Originals

Originals brings together 15 demos of songs Prince gave away to other artists including The Time, Sheila E., Kenny Rogers, Martika, Vanity 6, and The Bangles. Tidal will first exclusively offer the album for high-resolution streaming on June 7, with a CD and wide digital release arriving two weeks later on June 21, and vinyl configurations to follow in July.  A Target exclusive CD edition adds one bonus track, "Nothing Compares 2 U (Cinematic Remix)."

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

Ground Control to Major Tom: David Bowie's "Mercury Demos" Arriving In June

April 25, 2019 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

David Bowie The Mercury Demos

Parlophone is continuing its series of David Bowie demo releases this June with a new volume, The Mercury Demos.  Arriving on June 28, The Mercury Demos follows the recent Spying Through A Keyhole and upcoming Clareville Grove Demos (due on May 17).  An LP rather than a collection of singles, it presents ten early, one-take recordings from the future superstar, recorded on a Revox reel-to-reel tape machine in Bowie's flat in spring 1969, with accompaniment from his friend and collaborator John

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: David Bowie

Nothing Compares: 'Originals' Collects Prince's Demos of Songs Given to Others

April 25, 2019 By Sam Stone 3 Comments

Prince Originals

There are few artists as prolific as Prince. His legendary Vault is said to contain hundreds of albums' worth of material. On June 7 -- what would have been Prince's 61st birthday -- The Prince Estate and Warner Bros. Records will issue Originals, a new album of further treasures from the archives. As first reported by Variety (just one day before the estate welcomes fans to the annual Prince Celebration at Paisley Park, his recording complex-turned-museum), Originals brings together 15 demos

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Kenny Rogers, Martika, Prince, Sheila E, The Bangles, The Time

Sher-oo!/Modern Priscilla

April 24, 2019 By

Cilla Black Sher oo and Modern Priscilla

This new two-fer from Cherry Red's SFE imprint collects Cilla Black's third and tenth albums, Sher-oo! (1968) and Modern Priscilla (1978), on 2 CDs.  21 bonus tracks are spread across the two albums (14 for the former and 7 for the latter) including 11 cuts which are new to CD.  A 32-page booklet has liner notes, photos, and interviews.

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

Cilla/In My Life

April 24, 2019 By

Cilla Black Cilla and In My Life

Cherry Red's SFE imprint brings together the late Cilla Black's debut album Cilla (1965) with In My Life (1974), the latter of which is making its premiere on CD in full, on this new 2-CD set.  17 bonus tracks (including the original mono album) have been added to the former, and 9 bonus tracks to the latter.  All told, 3 songs are new to CD.  A 32-page booklet features liner notes, photos, and interviews.

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003

April 24, 2019 By

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2-LP black vinyl:  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP black vinyl/merch bundles:  R.E.M.'s Online Shop 2-LP blue vinyl: Barnes and Noble Craft Recordings brings a popular compilation back to vinyl for the first time in 15 years. In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 was originally released in 2003 and collected 18 tracks from the band's post-IRS era, including their biggest hits ("Losing My Religion," "Man On the Moon," "Stand," Everybody Hurts"), soundtrack recordings ("All

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock

Egypt Station: Explorer's Edition

April 24, 2019 By

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2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3-LP black vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3-LP color vinyl: MusicVaultz / JPC.de Paul McCartney's Egypt Station: Explorer's Edition features the same audio content as the Traveller's Edition box set minus the swag (postcards, baggage tickets, luggage tags, lithographs, cards, a map, and a jigsaw puzzle!) - meaning that this 2-CD or 3-LP version has the original 2018 album plus all the tracks from the Egypt Station recording

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

Classic Album Collection: The Capitol Years

April 24, 2019 By

America Capitol Years

All six of America's Capitol albums are collected in one newly remastered box set.  Classic Album Collection: The Capitol Years presents newly remastered versions of 1979's Silent Letter, 1980's Alibi, 1982's View from the Ground, 1983's Your Move, 1984's Perspective, and 1985's In Concert in one deluxe, affordable package complete with a booklet.  It's been compiled by America archivist Jeff Larson and remastered by Andy Pearce.

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

What's the Frequency? Craft Recordings Announced Vinyl Reissue of "In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003"

April 24, 2019 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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Yesterday, Craft Recordings announced an exciting new reissue that brings a popular compilation back to vinyl for the first time in 15 years. In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 was originally released in 2003 and collected 18 tracks from the band's post-IRS era, including their biggest hits ("Losing My Religion," "Man On the Moon," "Stand," Everybody Hurts"), soundtrack recordings ("All the Right Friends," "The Great Beyond"), collaborations ("E-Bow the Letter" with Patti Smith), and then-new

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: R.E.M.

Step Inside Love: Cherry Red, SFE Expand Four More Cilla Black Albums in May

April 23, 2019 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Cilla Black Cilla and In My Life

Cherry Red's Strike Force Entertainment imprint is continuing its series celebrating the life and legacy of Cilla Black with the May 10 arrival of another pair of remastered and expanded 2-CD, 2-album collections.  First up is her debut album Cilla (1965) with In My Life (1974), the latter of which is making its premiere on CD in full; also released that day is Sher-oo! (1968) with another long-anticipated, new-to-CD title, Modern Priscilla (1978).  All of the previously released digital bonus

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Cilla Black, Paul McCartney

You Can Do Magic: America's Capitol Years Collected on New Box Set

April 22, 2019 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

America Capitol Years

After seven albums in as many years, Dan Peek departed America, leaving Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell to carry on in the band the trio formed.  The first release from the new duo line-up was 1977's Live, but it also marked the end of an era as America's final album on Warner Bros. Records.  Following that LP, Beckley and Bunnell briefly retreated from the studio; the pair didn't return with a new studio album for almost two years.  When they did, it was at a new label: Hollywood's venerable

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: America

Control [Vinyl]

April 21, 2019 By

Janet Control LP

Janet Jackson's breakthrough album is returning to vinyl for its first-ever reissue.  After two records with little crossover appeal, Control found Janet putting her artistic vision front and center. Working with writer/producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis (ex-members of The Time who certainly learned a lot from their time with Prince), Janet's third album was sexy, unapologetically feminine and brimming with radio-friendly beats. Over a year, five of its singles - "What Have You Done For Me

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

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