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I Would Die 4 Blu: Prince's Filmography Coming to High Definition Video

August 8, 2016 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

Prince Movie Collection

While fans may still have to wait some time for archival Prince material to emerge from that fabled vault, there will be at least one release ready for the holidays: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced The Prince Movie Collection, featuring all three of his feature films on Blu-ray with newly remastered picture, due out this fall. Of course, Purple Rain needs nearly no introduction: the stylized, vaguely autobiographical feature starred Prince as "The Kid" alongside his band, The

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Prince

Release Round-Up: Week of August 5

August 5, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Wilson Pickett Complete Atlantic Singles Volume One

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Wilson Pickett, Land of 1000 Dances: The Complete Atlantic Singles Vol. 1 (Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Real Gone Music has the first release in a three-volume collection chronicling Wilson Pickett's tenure at Atlantic Records.  The Wicked Pickett released a total of 66 single sides at the label and The Complete Atlantic Singles Vol. 1 collects the first 22 of these in their original mono single mixes.  You'll find some

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Black Sabbath, Diamond Rio, Dusty Springfield, Elvis Presley, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Fanny, Mitch Miller, The B-52's, The New Christy Minstrels, Wilson Pickett

Now, Voyager: Big Break Collects Dexter Wansel's "Philadelphia International Records Anthology"

August 1, 2016 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Dexter Wansel Anthology

Are you ready to blast off?  With the August 5 release of Dexter Wansel's Stargazer: The Philadelphia International Records Anthology 1976-1980, Big Break Records is headed for the stars.  Wansel was one of the brightest lights of PIR's "Mk. II" period, releasing four criminally underrated LPs on the label.  His work as an artist, songwriter, arranger and producer pushed the envelope of Philly soul, bringing in elements of jazz fusion and even progressive rock.  Stargazer brings together all of

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Dexter Wansel

Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976)

July 29, 2016 By

David Bowie Who Can I Be Now

David Bowie - Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976), the second in the late artist's series of deluxe albums box sets, will contain the following albums plus a 128-page booklet in the CD edition (or 84 pages in the vinyl edition. Diamond Dogs (Remastered) 1-CD David Live (Original Mix) (Remastered) 2-CD David Live (2005 Mix) (Remastered) 2-CD The Gouster (Previously Unreleased as an album) 1-CD Young Americans (Remastered) 1-CD Station to Station (Remastered) 1-CD Station to

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

Release Round-Up: Week of July 29

July 29, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Archies Sugar Sugar Complete

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Archies, Sugar, Sugar: The Complete Albums Collection (Cleopatra) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) At long last!  The complete albums of The Archies are being assembled in one 5-CD box set by Cleopatra Records.  You'll find The Archies, Everything's Archie, Jingle Jangle, Sunshine and This Is Love each in a mini-LP replica sleeve, along with a booklet containing new liner notes. Bubblegum never tasted so good as in these top-notch

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, SACD Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Blood Sweat and Tears, David Bowie, Gary Wright, Loggins and Messina, The Archies, The Isley Brothers

Groove with You...Live!

July 29, 2016 By

Isley Brothers Groove with You Live

We're incredibly excited and proud to bring this sizzling, swooning and immersive double-album document of The Isley Brothers at the peak of their powers to CD for the very first time!  Groove with You...Live! features powerful renditions of classic hits like "Take Me to the Next Phase," "Summer Breeze" and "Livin' in the Life," recorded live-in-the-studio at Bearsville Sound to reflect the 3+3-era band's set lists of the time, and sweetened by the band to create a "live" presentation! Groove

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Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul

Towering Twosome: Robinsongs Reissues Jazz-Disco Classics From Lalo Schifrin, Brick

July 28, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Lalo Schifrin Black Widow and Towering

In a career now in its seventh decade, there's little that Lalo Schifrin hasn't accomplished.   The four-time Grammy-winning Argentinean composer-arranger-conductor created one of the most memorable television themes of all time with his "Mission: Impossible," worked with Count Basie, Cannonball Adderley and Sarah Vaughan, scored innumerable films (racking up six Oscar nominations in the process) and released a variety of solo albums for labels including Verve, Tabu and CTI.  Two of his LPs for

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Funk, Jazz, R&B/Soul Tags: Brick, Lalo Schifrin

Review: Rhonda Ross, "In Case You Didn't Know"

July 27, 2016 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Rhonda Ross In Case You Didnt Know

In Case You Didn't Know: Rhonda Ross has dropped a new release.  The album of that title showcases the singer-songwriter on a set of fourteen potent, original tracks.  Ross, a gifted vocalist with an expressive instrument, has written or co-written every song on the album, and though the CD's exclusive retailer CD Baby categorizes the record as "Jazz Fusion" - calling to mind the liquid soundscapes of Return to Forever or Weather Report - that term only tells part of the artist's story.  The

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Rhonda Ross

Go For Your Guns: Expanded Edition

July 26, 2016 By

Isley Brothers Go For Your Guns

1977's Go For Your Guns, the fifth album by the 3+3 line-up of The Isley Brothers, introduced the chart-topping single "The Pride" as well as the hits "Livin' in the Life" and "Voyage to Atlantis."  This No. 1 R&B/No. 6 Pop classic is reissued by Iconoclassic in an expanded edition featuring Mark Wilder's remastering, new liner notes, and three bonus tracks previously released on The Isleys' 2015 box set The RCA Victor & T-Neck Album Masters: "The Pride (Disco Mix)," "Voyage to Atlantis

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Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul

Let's Go Out Tonight: David Bowie's "Who Can I Be Now" Box Set Arrives In September

July 25, 2016 By Randy Fairman 4 Comments

David Bowie Who Can I Be Now

Hot on the heels of last Friday's announcement that the next David Bowie box would include the unreleased album The Gouster, the details of what will be in the box have been released from Parolphone.  Coming on September 23 in CD, vinyl and digital download editions, David Bowie - Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976) will contain the following albums: Diamond Dogs (Remastered) 1-CD David Live (Original Mix) (Remastered) 2-CD David Live (2005 Mix) (Remastered) 2-CD The Gouster (Previously

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: David Bowie

Can You Hear Me: Upcoming David Bowie Box To Premiere Unreleased Album "The Gouster"

July 22, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

David Bowie The Gouster

What is The Gouster? Parlophone Records has the answer with the upcoming release of the second in the series of David Bowie's complete albums box sets, Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976). The label promises a full announcement next week of the set which will follow last year's Five Years (1969-1973), but in the meantime, a special addition to the box has been confirmed: the unreleased album The Gouster, an embryonic version of 1975's "plastic soul" classic Young Americans which found Bowie

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: David Bowie

They Say It's Wonderful: Real Gone September Slate Includes Robert Goulet, Porter Wagoner and The Meters

July 19, 2016 By Randy Fairman 3 Comments

Robert Goulet Definitive

Even though summer has just begun, Real Gone Music is already looking toward the end of the season with its September releases.  As per the label's norm, the artists represented span a wide range of styles and genres. We've already told you about the Second Disc Records/Real Gone release of The Isley Brothers' lost Groove With You...Live! album.  Joe has also written the liner notes for another of Real Gone's September offerings:  Robert Goulet's 2-CD The Definitive Collection.  Joe put

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Country, Funk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Angel Witch, Dionne Warwick, Porter Wagoner, Robert Goulet, The Isley Brothers, The Meters, X-Ray Spex

BREAKING! Isley Brothers' "Groove with You...Live!" Coming From Second Disc Records, Real Gone Music

July 19, 2016 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Isley Brothers Groove with You Live

Are you ready to groove with us? On September 2, "The Great Lost Isley Brothers Album" is coming to CD from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music!  In 1980, Ronald, Rudolph, O'Kelly, Ernie and Marvin Isley and Chris Jasper were riding high with their singular, electrifying fusion of rock, funk and soul.  After having transformed in 1973 from a three-man vocal group to a self-contained six-man band, The Isleys cranked out hit after hit.  Original powerhouses like "That Lady," "Fight the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: The Isley Brothers

Release Round-Up: Week of July 15

July 15, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Little Richard Mono Box

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up!   Little Richard, Mono Box: The Complete Specialty and Vee-Jay Albums (Concord/Specialty) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) This new, 5-LP vinyl box set collects all of the studio albums that Little Richard recorded for both the Specialty and Vee-Jay labels between 1957 and 1965. The mono albums, each replicating the original label and jacket art, have been remastered from analog tapes. A 16-page booklet featuring new liner

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Diana Ross, Frank Zappa, Jeff Beck, Little Richard, Marvin Gaye, Maynard Ferguson, Nina Simone, Sonny and Cher, The Hollywood Brats

I Love You, Yes I Do: Kent Collects The Independents' "Complete Wand Recordings"

July 13, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

The Independents Just as Long

Fans of silky-smooth, orchestral soul likely know of The Independents, the Chicago vocal group that launched the careers of producer-songwriters Chuck Jackson (not the R&B singer of "Any Day Now" fame) and Marvin Yancy.  Before Jackson and Yancy went on to guide the career of Natalie Cole (whom Yancy also married) and numerous other headliners, they were part of The Independents.  Ace Records' Kent imprint has recently reissued the entire Wand Records output - equal parts shimmering and

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Diana Ross (1976)

July 11, 2016 By

Diana Ross 1976

Miss Ross' self-titled 1976 classic - featuring such classics as "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)," "Love Hangover" and "I Thought It Took a Little Time" - returns to vinyl for its 40th anniversary in a new pressing from Motown.  With productions from Michael Masser, Hal Davis, Berry Gordy and Don Costa, Gil Askey, and Ashford and Simpson, Diana Ross remains one of the great lady's most remarkable achievements on record.  No additional tracks are featured on this LP

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, R&B/Soul

Faithful [Limited Edition Orange Vinyl]

July 9, 2016 By

Dusty Springfield Faithful

Real Gone has first-ever vinyl issue of Dusty Springfield's Faithful album.  In 1971, Springfield went into the studio with the legendary Jeff Barry for what was supposed to be her third Atlantic album.  Alas, it was not meant to be at the time and the album was shelved.  Last year, Real Gone collected up all of the songs from those sessions and compiled them on one CD.  Now, you will be able to listen to this unreleased album on the format it would have been heard on in the early 1970s.  This

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

The Complete Atlantic Singles Vol. 1

July 9, 2016 By

Wilson Pickett Complete Atlantic Singles Volume One

Real Gone Music has the first release in a three-volume collection chronicling Wilson Pickett's tenure at Atlantic Records.  The Wicked Pickett released a total of 66 single sides at the label and The Complete Atlantic Singles Vol. 1 collects the first 22 of these in their original mono single mixes.  You'll find some of his biggest and most indelible hits on here like "In The Midnight Hour" and "Land of 1000 Dances."  This new collection features brand-new liner notes by our very own Joe

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Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul

Cherish The Love: BBR Expands Kool and the Gang's "Emergency"

July 8, 2016 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Kool and the Gang Emergency

Over 45 years after their first release, Kool and the Gang remain synonymous with party music and delicious dancefloor grooves, from "Celebration" to "Ladies Night."  Big Break Records has recognized the band's legacy with an ongoing series of reissues, of which the recent Emergency is the ninth.  Originally released on De-Lite Records late in 1984, Emergency has been expanded by BBR into a deluxe, 2-CD set with a full complement of sixteen bonus tracks! Emergency continued Kool and the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Kool and the Gang

Keep Me Singing

July 8, 2016 By

Van Morrison Keep Me Singing

Van Morrison returns with his 36th studio album!  Keep Me Singing features 13 tracks - 12 originals including the instrumental "Caledonia Swing" (with Van on saxophone!) plus a cover of the blues standard "Share Your Love With Me."  For the track "Every Time I See A River," Morrison has collaborated with lyricist Don Black ("Born Free," "To Sir with Love").

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

Release Round-Up: Week of July 1

July 1, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Delfonics 40 Classic Soul Sides

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up!  We've got the latest release from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music as well as plenty more that we know you won't want to miss! Eddy Arnold, Each Road I Take: The Lee Hazlewood and Chet Atkins Sessions 1970 (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Our newest release brings together two seminal, never-before-reissued albums by Eddy Arnold on one CD, both from 1970. Love and Guitars captured Arnold

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Betty Davis, Brook Benton, Burt Bacharach, Chet Atkins, Davy Jones, Eddy Arnold, Eric Clapton, Harry Nilsson, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, Lee Hazlewood, Micky Dolenz, Miles Davis, Quincy Jones, Sea Level, Survivor, The Delfonics

Too Hot! Big Break Collects Heatwave On "Always and Forever"

June 30, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Heatwave Always and Forever

Heatwave was a band like no other.  American vocalists Johnnie Wilder Jr. and his brother Keith Wilder joined with British singer-songwriter-keyboardist Rod Temperton, Swiss bassist Mario Mantese, Czechoslovak drummer Ernest "Bilbo" Berger, and Jamaican guitarist Eric Johns to form this truly international cadre of first-class R&B purveyors.  Thanks to a string of hits including "Boogie Nights," "Always and Forever" and "The Groove Line," the seductive grooves of Heatwave ruled both the

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The Columbia Years 1968-1969

June 30, 2016 By

Betty Davis The Columbia Years

This surprise release has already shaped up to be one of the year's hottest.  The bulk of Betty Davis' never-before-released or bootlegged Columbia sessions were produced by Miles Davis and Teo Macero. Her accompanists remain the stuff of legend: drummer Mitch Mitchell of The Jimi Hendrix Experience (which would play its final gig nearly a month later), bassist Billy Cox (who'd replace Noel Redding in Hendrix's new band), and a host of musicians in Miles' orbit: guitarist John McLaughlin,

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

It's Her Life: Light in the Attic Releases Betty Davis' Mythic "Columbia Years" with Miles, Masekela and More

June 28, 2016 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Betty Davis The Columbia Years

Light in the Attic's penchant for incredible finds continues with the release of landmark, unheard sessions by singer Betty Davis with a galaxy of music stars backing her up. The bulk of The Columbia Years 1968-1969 stems from a session the incomparable singer recorded at Columbia Records' 52nd Street Studios on May 14 and 20, 1969. Guiding the sessions as producers was Miles Davis, who'd married the former Betty Mabry a year before, along with his longtime collaborator Teo Macero. Her

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Funk, Jazz, R&B/Soul Tags: Betty Davis, Herbie Hancock, Hugh Masekela, Miles Davis

Magic's in the Air: SoulMusic, Cherry Red Reissue Brook Benton, Esther Phillips Albums

June 28, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Brook Benton Home Style and Story Teller

Two late legends of soul - Brook Benton and Esther Phillips - have recently been feted on a pair of reissues from SoulMusic Records and Cherry Red. By the time Brook Benton signed with Atlantic Records' Cotillion imprint in 1968, he had already enjoyed an illustrious career at labels including OKeh, Epic, RCA, Mercury and Reprise.  The move to Atlantic paid off when his recording of Tony Joe White's "Rainy Night in Georgia" not only reached No. 1 but became a signature song for the vocalist. 

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