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The Seeds of Love: Deluxe Edition [Various Formats]

August 24, 2020 By

TFF Seeds of Love Deluxe

4CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Picture Disc: uDiscover Music The Seeds Of Love, British duo Tears for Fears' 1989 release, will be made available from UMC in a number of deluxe formats. The crown jewel is a 4CD/Blu-ray box featuring a new remaster of the album by Andrew Walter at Abbey Road, rare B-sides and remixes, 23

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Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop, Rock

Steel Wheels Live: Atlantic City, NJ [Various Formats]

August 24, 2020 By

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Deluxe 3-CD/2-DVD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop 2-CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop 2-CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop 4-LP black vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop 4-LP color vinyl: Rolling Stones Online Shop / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon

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Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock

Wildflowers & All The Rest [Various Formats]

August 24, 2020 By

Wildflowers All The Rest

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4CD Deluxe Edition (above plus Home Recordings & Wildflowers Live): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 7LP Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5CD Super Deluxe Edition (above plus Finding Wildflowers): TomPetty.com 9LP Super Deluxe Edition: TomPetty.com 9LP Ultra Deluxe Edition: TomPetty.com The late Tom Petty's long-awaited box dedicated to the gestation of his

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Rock

Spread The Word Around: Long-Awaited Thin Lizzy Box Collects Trove Of Rarities

August 21, 2020 By Mike Duquette 9 Comments

Thin Lizzy Rock Legends

It took literal years, but the boys are back in town. Irish rockers Thin Lizzy will launch a new archival series with the October 9 release of Rock Legends, a career-spanning 6CD/1DVD box set that offers a new overview of their work through an almost entirely unreleased selection of tracks. The series celebrates their 50th anniversary as a band, and yesterday's announcement coincided with what would have been the 71st birthday of late frontman/bassist Phil Lynott as well as the forthcoming

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Thin Lizzy

A Higher Place: Tom Petty's 'Wildflowers & All The Rest' Arrives In Multiple Formats This Fall

August 20, 2020 By Joe Marchese 11 Comments

Wildflowers All The Rest

Let's get to the point, let's roll another joint: the late, great Tom Petty's solo masterpiece Wildflowers will be revisited in a series of reissues out October 16. Wildflowers & All The Rest rounds up the original 1994 album alongside several bonus discs of outtakes and rarities. A standard 2CD/3LP edition adds 10 unheard tracks - intended for a much longer edition of the album at the time - while a 4CD/7LP deluxe box adds two volumes of solo home recordings and live cuts. A super deluxe

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Tom Petty, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

Be True to Yourself

August 19, 2020 By

Joey Molland Be True to Yourself

Badfinger's Joey Molland releases his first album of original material in nearly a decade.  Be True to Yourself features ten new Molland songs and guest appearances from Micky Dolenz, Jason Scheff, Wings' Steve Holley, and Julian Lennon (who also provided the front and back cover photography).

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

True to Themselves: Omnivore Announces New Album from Badfinger's Joey Molland and Wax Cylinder (!) from Dom Flemons

August 19, 2020 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Joey Molland Be True to Yourself

As the only living member of the original Badfinger quartet, it's fallen to Joey Molland to keep the torch burning brightly for his old band.  But in addition to touring as Joey Molland's Badfinger, the Liverpool-born singer-songwriter-guitarist/rock and roll survivor has recorded a number of solo albums since 1984.  Last year, he appeared in the well-received tour of It Was Fifty Years Ago Today: A Tribute to The Beatles' White Album alongside such talents as Todd Rundgren, Micky Dolenz,

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Blues, Rock Tags: Badfinger, Dom Flemons, Jason Scheff, Joey Molland, Julian Lennon, Micky Dolenz

Tears For Fears Sow 'The Seeds Of Love' With New Surround Remix, Deluxe Box

August 19, 2020 By Mike Duquette 7 Comments

TFF Seeds of Love Deluxe

Time to eat all your words, swallow your pride, open your eyes: Tears For Fears are finally giving their third album the deluxe treatment. The Seeds Of Love, the British duo's 1989 release, will be made available October 9 from UMC in a number of formats. The crown jewel is a 4CD/Blu-ray box featuring a new remaster of the album by Andrew Walter at Abbey Road, rare B-sides and remixes, 23 previously unreleased demos, mixes, outtakes and rehearsal audio, plus a long-awaited 5.1 surround remix

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Tears for Fears

Hey Clockface

August 17, 2020 By

Elvis Costello Hey Clockface

Elvis Costello has followed up his Grammy-winning Look Now with a new LP recorded in Helsinki, Paris, and New York with various collaborators including Bill Frisell, Wilco's Nels Cline, and The Imposters' Steve Nieve. The album includes all three of his solo Helsinki tracks released digitally this summer including "No Flag," "Hetty O'Hara Confidential," and "We Are All Cowards Now." Available on CD, 2-LP vinyl, and digital/streaming.

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

We Were Half A Million Strong: Massive Woodstock Collection Arrives in High-Resolution Digital Formats

August 17, 2020 By Sam Stone 3 Comments

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Fifty-one years ago this past weekend, a crowd of half a million converged at Max Yasgur's Farm in Bethel, New York for the Woodstock Music and Art Fair. The four-day event became a cultural touchstone and mythical ideal, strengthened even more by the Woodstock film and soundtracks that proliferated the marketplace during the early '70s and beyond. While performers, fans, and countless supposed attendees participated in even more myth-building, a small group of historians and researchers worked

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Folk, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Arlo Guthrie, Bert Sommer, Blood Sweat and Tears, Canned Heat, Country Joe and The Fish, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, Joan Baez, Joe Cocker, John Sebastian, Johnny Winter, Melanie, Mountain, Quill, Ravi Shankar, Richie Havens, Santana, Sha Na Na, Sly and the Family Stone, Sweetwater, Ten Years After, The Band, The Incredible String Band, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Who, Tim Hardin

Sinister Footwear II: Frank Zappa's "Halloween 81" Box Set Arrives In October

August 14, 2020 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

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It wouldn't be Halloween without a little Frank Zappa...and this year, Zappa Records and UMe are delivering once again with a frightfully entertaining new box set.  October 2 will see the release of Halloween 81, following up the previous releases of Halloween 73 and 77.  The 6-CD box set boasts 78 previously unreleased live tracks from three concerts for more than seven hours of listening. The bandleader's New York Halloween shows were among his most anticipated as he blended his signature

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Frank Zappa, Steve Vai

Hybrid Theory: 20th Anniversary Edition [Various Formats]

August 14, 2020 By

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2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP Deluxe: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5CD/4LP/3DVD Super Deluxe: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada One of the bestselling albums released in 2000 is getting revisited in a big way this year: Linkin Park's debut album Hybrid Theory.  The first album from the California rap/rock combo will be reissued October 9 in three rarity-packed editions for its 20th anniversary. A 2CD version pairs the original album with a bonus

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock

Distortion 1989-2019

August 14, 2020 By

Mould Distortion CD

24CD with exclusive signed print: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 8LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. British label Edsel is joining forces with punk icon Bob Mould to collect nearly everything he's ever released into a new CD box set.  Distortion 1989-2019 offers 24 discs of Mould's work after the dissolution of seminal hardcore outfit Hüsker Dü. It features all his studio albums credited to himself, '90s power trio Sugar and even dance-oriented side projects LoudBomb and Blowoff, plus four live sets

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Rock

The Studio Albums 1978-1991

August 14, 2020 By

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CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Dire Straits' studio discography will be released as a box set, aptly named The Studio Albums 1978-1991.  It's coming from Virgin/UMC in Europe and Warner/Rhino in the U.S., and contains the band's six original albums: Dire Straits (1978), Communiqué (1979), Making Movies (1980), Love Over Gold (1982), Brothers In Arms (1985) and On Every Street (1991). All of these releases reached the Top 5 of the

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

Deluxe Edition of Linkin Park's Debut 'Hybrid Theory' About To Break

August 14, 2020 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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One of the bestselling albums released in 2000 is getting revisited in a big way this year: Linkin Park's debut album Hybrid Theory. The first album from the California rap/rock combo will be reissued October 9 in three rarity-packed editions for its 20th anniversary. A 2CD version pairs the original album with a bonus disc featuring a dozen B-sides, demos, live tracks and remixes from various European-only CD singles. A bigger 4LP box set features those albums alongside a 2LP reissue of

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Cassette, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Linkin Park

That Summer Feeling: Jonathan Richman's "I, Jonathan" Receives First-Ever Vinyl Issue

August 14, 2020 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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Boston-hailing ex-Modern Lover Jonathan Richman's I, Jonathan was his fourth solo album, hailed as a masterpiece of lo-fi and a master class in songwriting.  Originally released in 1992 on Rounder Records, I, Jonathan now receives its first-ever vinyl reissue as part of a series celebrating the 50th anniversary of the label.  The new pressing arrived today on Craft Recordings. Upon its release, the album brought the somewhat underground, offbeat artist to a new group of fans, joining a group

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Jonathan Richman

Release Round-Up: Week of August 14

August 14, 2020 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Creedence Clearwater Revival, Cosmo's Factory [Half-Speed Master] (Craft Recordings) LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP/merch bundle: Craft Recordings Online Shop Craft Recordings reissues Creedence Clearwater Revival's hit-filled fifth album - featuring "Lookin' Out My Back Door," "Run Through the Jungle," "Who'll Stop the Rain," "Travelin' Band," and "Up Around the Bend" - on 180-gram half-speed mastered vinyl (from

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Britney Spears, Bruce Hornsby, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Dolores Gray, Elvis Costello, Esther Phillips, Gloria Estefan, Jonathan Richman, Michael Friedman, Nils Lofgren, Rumer, The Duprees, The Rivieras

See a Little Light: Bob Mould Plans 'Distortion' Box Set, Vinyl Reissue Series

August 13, 2020 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

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Looking for a way to celebrate Bob Mould ahead of his next album, Blue Hearts, due next month? British label Edsel is joining forces with the punk icon to collect nearly everything he's ever released into a new CD box set. Distortion 1989-2019, available October 2, offers 24 discs of Mould's work after the dissolution of seminal hardcore outfit Hüsker Dü. It features all his studio albums credited to himself, '90s power trio Sugar and even dance-oriented side projects LoudBomb and Blowoff,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Rock Tags: Bob Mould, Hüsker Dü, Sugar

Love You So: Rare David Bowie Live Show Arriving August 14, "Young Americans" Vinyl Reissue To Follow

August 13, 2020 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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As keepers of the David Bowie catalogue, Parlophone has been presenting a wealth of CD box sets, vinyl reissues, and digital rarities in recent years.  Now, another batch is on the way.  Back in May, LiveandWell.com received its first wide commercial release on digital platforms.  Prior to that, the label announced the RSD release of ChangesNowBowie on both CD and vinyl, and most recently, Parlophone delivered Ouvrez Le Chien (Live Dallas 95) to digital services. This Friday, another '90s

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: David Bowie

Sultans Of Swing: Dire Straits Albums Collected In New Box

August 12, 2020 By Mike Duquette 13 Comments

Dire Straits box cover

That's the way you do it: Dire Straits' studio discography will be released as a box set this fall. The aptly-named The Studio Albums 1978-1991 will be released by Virgin/UMC in Europe and Warner/Rhino in the U.S. on October 9. It contains the band's six original albums: Dire Straits (1978), Communiqué (1979), Making Movies (1980), Love Over Gold (1982), Brothers In Arms (1985) and On Every Street (1991). All of these releases reached the Top 5 of the U.K. charts (with the latter three going

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler

All The Right Reasons: 15th Anniversary Expanded Edition

August 12, 2020 By

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Love them or loathe them, Canadian rockers Nickelback were prevalent forces on the charts and on the radio throughout the first decade of the new millennium - and a new expanded reissue of one of their bestselling albums will put that popularity into context.  All The Right Reasons, the band's fifth album, will be reissued for its 15th anniversary as a 2-CD set, collecting the remastered album, four rare B-sides from European CD singles (including a cover of Queen's "We Will Rock You" and three

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2 Tone: The Albums

August 12, 2020 By

2 Tone The Albums

A new box set will anthologize most of the output of influential ska/punk label 2 Tone Records.  2 Tone: The Albums collects on CD eight major long-playing albums issued by the British label between 1979 and 1984: The Specials' Specials (1979), More Specials (1980) and In The Studio (1984, issued under a revised line-up and new name, The Special AKA); The Selecter's Too Much Pressure (1980); Cuban-born Rico Rodriguez's That Man Is Forward (1981) and Jama Rico (1982); and two compilations: Dance

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Reggae, Rock

Greater American Saturday Night: Bobby Bare and Shel Silverstein Celebrated On Bear Family Box

August 11, 2020 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

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What do you get when you combine one of country's most underrated outlaws and one of the 20th century's most beloved poets? A new box set from Bear Family will answer that question across eight incredible discs. Bobby Bare Sings Shel Silverstein Plus collects more than 100 tunes the unlikely duo collaborated on during Bare's tenure on the RCA and Columbia labels between 1973 and 1983. The set represents a dozen of Bare's albums, including six presented in full herein. An impressive 25 tracks

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Country, Rock Tags: Bobby Bare, Shel Silverstein

The Next Step Is Love: New Box Set Chronicles 50 Years Of Elvis Presley's 'That's The Way It Is'

August 11, 2020 By Joe Marchese 14 Comments

Elvis Thats the Way It Is 50th

Legacy Recordings' From Elvis in Nashville, focusing on The King's storied 1970 Music City sessions, isn't the only Elvis box set coming this year. Follow That Dream, the online-exclusive, collector-oriented Elvis label, also recently announced a massive collection: That's the Way It Is: 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition is a new look at the live recordings which comprised part of the multimedia project That's the Way It Is. Over 8 CDs, the box presents 128 tracks and more than 450 minutes of

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Categories: News Formats: Books, Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Elvis Presley

A Message To You: Two Tone Classics Collected On New CD Box

August 10, 2020 By Mike Duquette 9 Comments

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A new box set next month will anthologize most of the output of influential ska/punk label 2 Tone Records. 2 Tone: The Albums will collect eight major long-playing albums issued by the British label between 1979 and 1984: The Specials' Specials (1979), More Specials (1980) and In The Studio (1984, issued under a revised line-up and new name, The Special AKA); The Selecter's Too Much Pressure (1980); Cuban-born Rico Rodriguez's That Man Is Forward (1981) and Jama Rico (1982); and two

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Reggae, Rock Tags: Madness, The Beat, The English Beat, The Specials

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