Over the last few months, Legacy Recordings has released a number of exciting Prince reissues on purple vinyl and CD as part of the label's initiative to bring Prince's post-1995 catalogue back in print. Today, Legacy has announced the April 26 release of a new 2-CD/DVD set called Ultimate Rave. The 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 The Joy Fantastic, a hard-to-find 2001 remix album that was
Stand Back: Stevie Nicks Hits and Rarities Collected On New Career Spanning Collections
Next month, Stevie Nicks will make music history as the first female artist to receive her second induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, following her 1998 induction with Fleetwood Mac. Nicks has hardly been resting on her laurels; after wrapping a recent, acclaimed solo tour, she's embarked on a 50th anniversary tour with the newly-reconstituted Mac. Now, Rhino is celebrating her accomplishments with a new, career-spanning collection. Stand Back 1981-2017 will arrive in a variety of
The Big Sky: Kate Bush's "The Other Sides" Getting Standalone Release In March
Last year, Kate Bush surprised fans with a series of fully-remastered box sets presenting her entire albums discography plus numerous bonuses on CD and vinyl. The second CD box (the simply-titled CD Box 2) included four discs of rare bonus material, all of which were also released as the fourth vinyl box (Remastered in Vinyl IV). Now, those four CDs are being broken out on their own. The Other Sides, due on March 8 from Parlophone, brings together one disc of extended 12-inch mixes, two
Review: "Music from Vanilla Sky" and "Orange County: The Soundtrack" LPs From Real Gone
Real Gone Music has recently given soundtrack lovers and vinyl aficionados something to talk about with two new color vinyl reissues of turn-of-the-millennium soundtracks: Music from Vanilla Sky (on "blue cloud" vinyl) and Orange County: The Soundtrack (on orange vinyl). The plots of both films are tied to the music within. The soundtrack for the far-out Vanilla Sky shifts moods and tones while maintaining some sense of cohesion as it takes listeners from classic rock to folk, trance and
Back On The Street: Todd Rundgren and Utopia's Reunion Show Documented on "Live at the Chicago Theatre" Box Set
Last year, rock's wizard/true star Todd Rundgren reunited prog rockers turned power-pop legends Utopia, joining up with Kasim Sulton, Willie Wilcox, along with featured performer Gil Assayas. It had been 32 years since the band's last performance, save a brief reunion in 1992. Utopia trekked across the U.S. in the spring and summer and now one stop on the tour will be released as a 2-CD/DVD/Blu-ray set, as well as a limited-edition, two-disc green vinyl set. Arriving from Cleopatra Records
An Occasional Dream: More Bowie Demos Announced For Second Vinyl Box
Another vinyl box set of David Bowie demos has been announced by his estate, following the recent announcement of a first box, Spying Through a Keyhole, this spring. Clareville Grove Demos will feature six additional 1969 home recordings (four previously unreleased), all performed with singer/guitarist John "Hutch" Hutchinson, his former cohort in the trio Feathers (alongside then-girlfriend Hermione Farthingale). Several of these tracks were heard in final form on Bowie's self-titled 1969
It Won't Be Long: The Gun's 1968 Debut Coming To Vinyl From Real Gone
British hard-rockers The Gun burst onto the scene in 1968 with a self-titled debut that established its members as new forces in rock. Gun was an album of firsts: not only was it the group's inaugural LP, but it was also the starting point for Adrian and Paul Gurvitz (or Curtis, as they're named here), who would later found Three Man Army with Tony Newman and Buddy Miles, and The Baker-Gurvitz Army with Ginger Baker. It was also the first album to feature cover art by celebrated artist Roger
UPDATED: Back To The Garden: "Joni 75" Tribute Concerts To Arrive on CD, DVD, and Public Television
Few musicians have had as lasting an impact on music as Joni Mitchell. In her four-decade career, she made groundbreaking music that traversed genres and continually stunned fans and critics alike. The music icon celebrated her 75th birthday in style last November, as Jörn Weisbrodt and The Music Center in Los Angeles hosted a pair of star-studded Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration concerts in her honor. The line-up (which Joni helped select) featured many of her closest friends and dearest
Release Round-Up: Week of February 8
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Prince, Musicology [Various Formats] (Legacy) 1-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP black vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP purple vinyl: Prince Official Store Today, three of Prince's essential 2000s albums arrive on CD and, for the first time ever, LP. Musicology marked Prince's return to a major label and to the upper heights of the charts. It reached the Top Five on the Billboard Album Chart in
The Healing Game: Deluxe Edition
3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD Legacy is revisiting Van Morrison's 1997 return to his R&B roots with The Healing Game: Deluxe Edition in 3-CD and digital formats; these releases will be joined by a single-LP vinyl edition of the original album only. This comprehensive set rounds up all of the associated bonus tracks with the album plus a disc of Sessions and Collaborations (with 15 tracks, 10 of which are
Live at Myspace
Ben Folds' October 1996 concert for the early social media site makes its physical premiere from Real Gone Music on both CD and 2-LP white vinyl, bolstered by Folds' 2005 iTunes Originals set. Bill Kopp provides the new liner notes, and the remastered sound is certain to beat anything heard through your computer speakers on Myspace or iTunes!
Rockin' The Servers: Ben Folds' Myspace Concert On The Way From Real Gone
Ah, Myspace...for folks of a certain generation, the name alone brings back memories of friend requests from Tom, WordArt GIFs, and other mementos of pre-Facebook socialization. But aside from all that, Myspace was (and, in some ways, still is) a haven for independent music. Let's rewind to 2006. By August, over 100 million people were using the platform, and in October, the platform launched its first-ever live webcast. The star? Ben Folds. Joined by an audience small enough to fit into
Fire In The Belly: Van Morrison Expands 'The Healing Game' With Two Bonus Discs Of Studio and Live Material
Legacy Recordings and Exile Productions are celebrating a late-1990s classic from Van Morrison with a new expanded set. On March 22, the label will issue The Healing Game: Deluxe Edition in 3-CD and digital formats; these releases will be joined by a single-LP vinyl edition of the original album only. The Healing Game found the artist reconnecting with his R&B roots. For the sessions, he was joined by such top-flight musicians as James Brown collaborator Pee Wee Ellis (who had first
30 and Life: Skid Row's Debut Gets Digital Expansion With Unreleased Live Show
Rhino's celebrating the 30th anniversary of hair-metal group Skid Row's breakthrough debut album with a new digital expanded edition. The Toms River, NJ-based band, fronted by the inimitable Sebastian Bach, spent 1989 taking over the charts with their first album, supported with memorable music videos and a carefully-honed live act, serving as opening act for Bon Jovi, Aerosmith and Mötley Crüe that year. Featuring sharp production by Michael Wagener (Dokken, White Lion), Skid Row has gone
Nice An' Easy: Whitesnake Reissue 'Slide It In' With Three Mixes and More
Whitesnake's 1984 album Slide It In celebrates its 35th anniversary this year. The album was the last to feature Jon Lord on keyboards and boasted such hits as "Slow an' Easy" and "Love Ain't No Stranger," both of which cracked the Top 40 on the Billboard charts. On March 8, the album will be celebrated in a variety of configurations from Parlophone/Rhino. The star of the campaign is a 6-CD/1-DVD "Ultimate Special Edition," which features remastered editions of both the U.S. and U.K. mixes
Warheads On Foreheads [Various Formats]
3-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD Standard Black 4-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD Limited-Edition "Metallic Silver" 4-LP: Megadeth's Online Store Metal titans Megadeth will ring in their 35th anniversary this year, and they're letting fans in on the celebration with a new, 35-song career retrospective called Warheads On Foreheads. Due on March 22 from Capitol/UMe, the anthology includes tracks from their entire studio career, from their
No Line On the Horizon [2-LP, Black or Clear Vinyl]
On February 22, U2 will revisit their 2009 album, No Line On the Horizon, with special 10th Anniversary vinyl editions collecting the album proper and contemporaneous remixes. Recorded in studios worldwide, from Morrocco and London, to Dublin and New York, No Line On the Horizon saw U2 collaborating again with Daniel Lanois, Brian Eno, and Steve Lillywhite on eleven new songs. These tracks and two remixes make up the new, 2-LP set from Island/Interscope/UMC. All the music has been newly
Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell [Standard Black or Limited Edition Blue LP]
Geffen/UMe is serving up a new edition of Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell, due out on February 8. Released just over 25 years ago, was the sequel to Meat Loaf's multi-platinum 1977 effort. Originally recorded at Ocean Way Recording in LA and at Power Station in New York, Bat Out of Hell's sequel was once again helmed by Jim Steinman and features many of the same musicians and personnel. Among those returning are Roy Bittan, Todd Rundgren, Ellen Foley, and Kasim Sulton. With
Welcome To The Neighbourhood [2-LP]
Meat Loaf's 17th studio album, Welcome to the Neighbourhood, will arrive on vinyl on February 8l. Released in 1995, it's a concept album that follows the trajectory of a relationship over the years. Among its tracks are the singles "I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)" (a duet with Patti Russo), "Not a Dry Eye in the House," and "Runnin' for the Red Light (I Gotta Life)." Diane Warren and Jim Steinman are among the songwriters represented on its epic musical dramas. For its vinyl debut,
Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration
Joni Mitchell celebrated her 75th birthday in style last November, as Jörn Weisbrodt and The Music Center in Los Angeles hosted a pair of star-studded Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration concerts in her honor. The line-up (which Joni helped select) featured many of her closest friends and dearest collaborators, including Graham Nash, Seal, Chaka Khan, Kris Kristofferson, and James Taylor. Also on the bill were Diana Krall, Brandi Carlile, Rufus Wainwright, Emmylou Harris, Glen Hansard, Norah
Honey, Don't You Want A Box Set Like This?: 40th Anniversary of "Zappa In New York" Collects Rare Mix, Unreleased Concert Material
In December 1976, Frank Zappa performed four sold-out shows at New York City's Palladium. The career-spanning concerts were "theatrical, outrageous, and raucously funny," according to Ruth Underwood, who played percussion and synthesizer for the dates. The performances, she says, were "filled with startling and gorgeous music, dating from Frank's 1960s output to literally the moment the curtain went up." It's from this source material that the live double-album Zappa In New York was
Hit The Motherlode: UMe Prepares Vinyl Reissues of James Brown, Scott Walker, Meat Loaf and U2
Over the past few weeks, Universal has announced a varied assortment of upcoming vinyl releases, including a rarities collection from the Godfather of Soul, a compilation of early Scott Walker, two Meat Loaf titles arriving on vinyl for the first time ever in the States, and a celebratory 10th Anniversary edition from U2. It's set to be a vinyl-filled February and March, and The Second Disc has all the details! First up, Geffen/UMe is serving up two new editions of celebrated Meat Loaf
Don't You Lose Heart: Bruce Springsteen's Digital Live Series Continues With "Songs of Friendship"
In December, Legacy Recordings surprised Bruce Springsteen fans with a digital album of live rarities called The Live Series: Songs of the Road. Now, The Live Series continues with Songs of Friendship, which brings even more rarities to digital and streaming for the first time ever. Culled from Springsteen's extensive vault of live material that was previously only available from the Nugs.net on-demand site, the 15-track set spotlights iconic tracks about the unbreakable bonds of
Live In Hollywood
The first-ever live album from Linda Ronstadt, Live in Hollywood, features twelve tracks (three previously released) from the singer's April 24, 1980 performance for HBO. While the entire concert isn't featured here, the material is a choice cross-section of her biggest hits including "It's So Easy," "Just One Look," "You're No Good," "Desperado," and "Blue Bayou," as well as selections from her new wave-inspired Mad Love, which had just been released in February 1980. Her interpretations of
Gun [Red Vinyl]
British hard-rockers The Gun burst onto the scene in 1968 with a self-titled debut that established its members as new forces in rock. Gun was an album of firsts: not only was it the group's inaugural LP, but it was also the starting point for Adrian and Paul Gurvitz (or Curtis, as they're named here), who would later found Three Man Army with Tony Newman and Buddy Miles, and The Baker-Gurvitz Army with Ginger Baker. It was also the first album to feature cover art by celebrated artist Roger
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 67
- 68
- 69
- 70
- 71
- …
- 109
- Next Page »