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Release Round-Up: Week of April 13

April 13, 2018 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

David Bowie Changestwobowie

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! David Bowie, Changestwobowie (Parlophone) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada  LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada  David Bowie's 1981 compilation spanning the period between Hunky Dory and Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) returns to print for the first time in three decades in a newly remastered edition.  Its ten tracks include "Starman," "Oh! You Pretty Things," single versions of "Fashion," "Ashes to Ashes," and

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Cassette, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Andy Gibb, David Bowie, John Prine, Juliana Hatfield, Louis Armstrong, Metallica, Nino Tempo, Olivia Newton-John, Tina Turner

Don't You Want It: Real Gone Debuts, Expands The Quick's "Mondo Deco"

April 11, 2018 By Randy Fairman 1 Comment

The Quick Mondo Deco

This June, Real Gone Music is reissuing the one and only album from L.A. band The Quick.  The post-glam, pre-punk group's 1976 album Mondo Deco was their only full-length LP and has never been on CD before.  Real Gone's new edition, due June 1, adds 11 bonus tracks and new liner notes, archival photos, a new band essay, track-by-track-commentary and more! The power pop band consisted of Steve Hufsteter (guitar - and writer of most of the material), Danny Benair (drums), Ian Ainsworth (bass),

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: The Quick

The Trick Is To Keep Breathing: Garbage To Expand 'Version 2.0'

April 9, 2018 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Garbage 2.0

Garbage has announced a reissue of their sophomore album, 1998's Version 2.0.  This follows the 2015 reissue of the band's debut and is, like that release, multi-tiered with releases on CD and vinyl.  It's due on June 22. Originally released on Herb Alpert's Almo Sounds in North America and on Mushroom Records elsewhere, Version 2.0 made it to No. 13 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and has since gone on to earn platinum status.  The darkly-tinged album from Shirley Manson, Duke Erikson, Steve

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Garbage

Release Round-Up: Week of April 6

April 6, 2018 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Chicago VI Decades Live

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, and one of the biggest Release Fridays of the year to date! Chicago, VI Decades Live: This is What We Do (Rhino)  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Chicago celebrates 50 years on the road with this expansive new box set featuring 4 CDs and 1 DVD of previously unreleased live music recorded between 1969 and 2014.  This set includes two complete concerts - The Isle of Wight, 1970 on CD and a Rockpalast broadcast from Germany in 1977 on

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Chicago, Cy Coleman, Debby Boone, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Don Gibson, Ella Fitzgerald, Elton John, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Girlschool, Howard Shore, Jack Kerouac, John Fogerty, Johnny Cash, Louis Armstrong, Love, Mike Ness, Scientist and Prince Jammy, Tiny TIm

My Human Gets Me Blues: Third Man Readies Vault Package For Captain Beefheart's "Trout Mask Replica"

April 4, 2018 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

captain beefheart trout mask

It's fair to say that there's never been an album quite like Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band's Trout Mask Replica - and this time, it's complete with, well, a trout mask replica!  The singular 1969 album is being reissued as part of Third Man Records' Vault series.  Every quarter (March, June, September, December), the label sends subscribers a limited edition package of exclusive vinyl with various swag.  The 36th such set, due in June, is Trout Mask Replica, with subscriptions open until

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, Rock Tags: Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, Frank Zappa

Live at Town Hall 1974

March 30, 2018 By

Roy Buchanan Live at Town Hall 1974

Real Gone Music celebrates the legacy of guitarist Roy Buchanan with this special archival release.  Buchanan's Live Stock album was drawn from two 1974 performances at New York's Town Hall.  Live at Town Hall 1974 expands upon Live Stock by premiering the entirety of both sets from Town Hall on a new 2-CD set.  It features the six songs from the original album, a version of Neil Young's "Down By the River" which surfaced on a 1992 compilation, and 14 additional previously unreleased tracks! 

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Formats: CD Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Rock

50 for 50

March 30, 2018 By

Jethro Tull 50 for 50

Jethro Tull marks 50 years with this new 3-CD, 50-song collection curated by Ian Anderson from all 21 of Jethro Tull's studio albums.  The set traces the band's journey from blues-rockers to prog-rock heroes incorporating jazz and folk influences, and goes from the very beginning through The Jethro Tull Christmas Album, the 2003 release that remains the band's last new album.  Also available on the same day: 50th Anniversary Hits(Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.), a 15-track "highlights" distillation

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock

The Album Collection Vol. 2, 1987-1996

March 30, 2018 By

Springsteen Album Collection Vol 2

Bruce Springsteen boxes up the second set of his albums in chronological order, remastered by Bob Ludwig and Toby Scott.  At this time, the collection is only available on vinyl. LPs 1-2: Tunnel of Love (Columbia OC 40999, 1987) LPs 3-4: Human Touch (Columbia C 53000, 1992) LP 5: Lucky Town (Columbia C 53001, 1992) LPs 6-7: In Concert/MTV Plugged (Columbia CK 68730, 1993) ** LP 8: The Ghost of Tom Joad (Columbia C 67484, 1995) LP 9: Chimes of Freedom (Columbia 4C 44445, 1988) LP 10:

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

Everything's Coming Up Posies: Power Pop Group Work with Omnivore, PledgeMusic on Expanded Reissues (UPDATED 3/30)

March 30, 2018 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Posies Amazing Disgrace

UPDATE (3/30): These three previously reported expansions are now available to pre-order directly from Omnivore, with Amazon links coming soon! ORIGINAL POST (1/3/2018): Power pop masterminds The Posies will celebrate their 30th anniversary this year by teaming up with Omnivore Recordings and PledgeMusic for reissues of three albums recorded for DGC Records in the mid-'90s. Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow, the core members of the group, released the first Posies album, Failure, in 1988.

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Big Star, The Posies

Release Round-Up: Week of March 30

March 30, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Shake It Up

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Cars, Shake It Up: Expanded Edition (Elektra/Rhino) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Cars reissue their 1981 LP featuring the hit title track "Shake It Up" on CD and double vinyl, featuring eight bonus tracks including previously unreleased demos and alternate and early versions. The Cars, Heartbeat City: Expanded Edition (Elektra/Rhino) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bettye LaVette, Eric Andersen, Geoff and Maria Muldaur, Johnny Rivers, Suede, The Cars, The Damnation of Adam Blessing

Living Proof: New Springsteen Vinyl Box Details Life After E Street (UPDATED With CD Details 5/8)

March 29, 2018 By Joe Marchese 15 Comments

Springsteen Album Collection Vol 2

UPDATE (5/8/18): CDJapan is now taking orders for a CD version of the box. Fans have certainly been vocal in their desire for such a release, but we cannot yet confirm that the box will be released in any other market.  Amazon, however, is currently taking pre-orders for the CD version, as well: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada! ORIGINAL POST (3/29/18): Bruce Springsteen is riding high.  Following a remarkable tour in which he performed some of the longest concerts of his career (4+

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Bruce Springsteen

Life Is a Long Song: Jethro Tull Celebrates 50 Years with Two New Collections

March 27, 2018 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Jethro Tull 50 for 50

Jethro Tull, led by founding member Ian Anderson, is currently out on tour with a 50th anniversary show, and now, Parlophone is getting into the act with a pair of suitably celebratory collections. On May 25, the label will release 50 for 50, a career-spanning, 3-CD anthology featuring 50 songs hand-picked by Ian Anderson from all 21 of Jethro Tull's studio albums - eleven of which have been certified gold and five of which have gone platinum.  Though the track listing provided doesn't appear

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Jethro Tull

Yachts Rock: Cherry Red Collects Complete Recordings of New Wave Band

March 22, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Yachts Complete Collection

Cherry Red Records has set sail with a three-CD retrospective dedicated to Yachts, the British power pop/new wave band that left behind two LPs on Radar Records in 1979 and 1980.  Suffice to Say: The Complete Yachts Collection features both of those albums as well as a disc of 19 singles and rarities originally released on the Radar, Stiff, Demon, and Eric's Records labels.  It's due tomorrow, March 23! Liverpool Art College students J.J. Campbell (lead vocals), Martin Watson (guitar/vocals),

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

Girly-Sound to Guyville: The 25th Anniversary Box Set

March 21, 2018 By

Liz Phair Girly Sound to Guyville

7LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD Girly-Sound to Guyville: The 25th Anniversary Boxset, a 7-LP or 3-CD (or digital) collection, traces singer-songwriter Liz Phair's artistic evolution from her three privately-pressed, pre-Matador demo cassettes (originally released under the name of Girly-Sound) to her acclaimed debut album.  A comprehensive book is also included, and a version with actual cassettes can also be

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Rock

Above the Clouds: The Collection

March 21, 2018 By

Glenn Frey Above the Clouds

The 3-CD/1-DVD Above the Clouds: The Collection celebrates the musical legacy of Eagles' Glenn Frey, presenting key tracks from Frey as a solo artist on 2 CDs as well as the long-awaited, official CD premiere of Longbranch/Pennywhistle, his early collaboration with friend J.D. Souther, and a live concert DVD, Strange Weather/Live in Dublin, previously available only on VHS.

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

Caught Up In The Action: Universal Plans Career-Spanning Glenn Frey Box

March 19, 2018 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Glenn Frey Above the Clouds

Though he passed away at far too young an age in 2016, the late Glenn Frey remains a looming presence as the Eagles embark on a new North American tour that will take the reconstituted band - now featuring Frey's son Deacon as well as country superstar Vince Gill - on the road through October.  Now, even as his music is being sung nightly by his bandmates, Geffen Records is celebrating his career with a new box set.  The 3-CD/1-DVD Above the Clouds: The Collection arrives on May 11, highlighting

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Eagles, Glenn Frey, J.D. Souther

Return To 'Guyville': Liz Phair Packs Unreleased Demos Into New Box Set

March 18, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Liz Phair Girly Sound to Guyville

Singer-songwriter Liz Phair's Exile in Guyville is about to turn 25, and Matador Records is making sure that anniversary doesn't go unnoticed.  On May 4, the label will issue Girly-Sound to Guyville: The 25th Anniversary Boxset, a 7-LP or 3-CD (or digital) collection tracing her artistic evolution from her three pre-Matador demo cassettes (originally released under the name of Girly-Sound) to her acclaimed debut album. Girly-Sound to Guyville kicks off with each of the three privately-pressed

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Cassette, CD, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Liz Phair

Record Store Day 2018: The Best of the Rest

March 12, 2018 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

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We've already filled you in on the upcoming Record Store Day releases from Legacy Recordings, Rhino, and Real Gone Music, but there's still much more on offer from many of our other favorite labels!  Here's a selection of "the best of the rest" to be released in brick-and-mortar independent record stores on Saturday, April 21! ABBA, Summer Night City (Polydor) (2000 copies) (Record Store Day UK) (Quantity TBA) Clear/yellow-splatter 7-inch release of ABBA's 1978 non-LP single Baby Huey,

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Funk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: ABBA, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, David Bowie, Def Leppard, Dr. Dre, Duran Duran, Ella Fitzgerald, Elton John, Elvis Costello, Eric Clapton, Evanescence, Frank Zappa, Gloria Gaynor, John Williams, Marvin Gaye, Neil Young, Record Store Day, Soundgarden, Sublime, Tangerine Dream, Taylor Swift, The Beau Brummels, The Police, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Tom Waits

The Singles 1979-1984 [Limited Orange Vinyl Edition]

March 12, 2018 By

Girlschool The Singles

Real Gone celebrates the British all-female hard rock band Girlschool with a new vinyl anthology offering 12 single A-sides from the band's City and Bronze tenures including "Take It All Away," "Race With the Devil," "Hit and Run," "C'Mon Let's Go" and "Please Don't Touch" (performed with Motorhead).  The set has been compiled, produced and annotated by Mark Brennan and the gatefold package shows a rare picture sleeve.  The orange vinyl pressing is limited to 700 copies.  

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Rock

Suede: 25th Anniversary Silver Edition

March 12, 2018 By

Suede 25 front

This 4-CD/1-DVD set is the ultimate presentation of the group's chart-topping, Mercury Prize-winning, best-selling 1993 debut. It features the original album, a disc of B-sides, an assortment of demos and outtakes (including material not included on Edsel's initial deluxe edition of the album from 2011), unreleased BBC sessions, a live show from Sheffield recorded a month before the album's release and a DVD of rare TV performances (including the band's first appearances on British airwaves) and

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Rock

Seeing The Unseeable: The Complete Studio Recordings of The Flaming Lips 1986-1990

March 12, 2018 By

Flaming Lips Seeing the Unseeable

This six-CD box set contains all four of The Flaming Lips' Restless studio albums, originally issued between 1986 and 1990:  Hear It Is (1986), Oh My Gawd!!!...The Flaming Lips (1987), Telepathic Surgery (1989) and In A Priest Driven Ambulance (With Silver Sunshine Stares) (1990). Like the compilation, all of these have been remastered from the original master tapes.  Two discs of rarities collect up odds and ends from this period, including B-sides, flexidiscs, and one-offs from various

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

Scratching the Door: The First Recordings of The Flaming Lips

March 12, 2018 By

Flaming Lips Scratching the Door

This single-CD compilation features 19 tracks from the first iteration of the band.  It spotlights the music recorded by the band's original lineup including leader Wayne Coyne's brother Mark on vocals.  It includes the band's first and second cassette demos plus their 1984 debut EP, newly remastered from the original analog tapes.  This is the first time these seminal recordings have been collected in one place.  Showcasing the band's influences, the set is peppered with covers such as The

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

Release Round-Up: Week of March 9

March 9, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Both Sides of the Sky

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Jimi Hendrix, Both Sides of the Sky (Legacy/Experience Hendrix) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The latest collection of posthumously-released material from Jimi Hendrix arrives in CD, vinyl, and digital formats, featuring 13 songs recorded between January 1968 and February 1970 - ten of which are previously unreleased, including performances with Stephen Stills of Joni Mitchell's

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Folk, Pop, Rock Tags: David Byrne, Eva Cassidy, Jimi Hendrix, John Cage, Justin Hinds, Leonard Bernstein, Marillion, Tania Chen, Uncle Walt's Band

Mixed Up, Torn Down: Releases from The Cure, Madonna, Miles Davis and More Form Rhino's Record Store Day 2018 Schedule

March 7, 2018 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

The Cure Torn Down

Rhino isn't holding back this Record Store Day, planning more than 30 special vinyl releases for Saturday, April 21, to be sold at all participating retailers. Interestingly, several releases are companion pieces to recent general reissues, offering bonus content from different re-releases and box sets as standalone vinyl. Several singles and oddities are in the mix, from a 12" of The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Juicy," to a rare "short version" of Prince's 1999, featuring only seven tracks from the

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks

RPM Round-Up, Part One: Label Reissues James Royal, Shel Talmy Productions from Jon-Mark and Wild Silk

March 7, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Wild Silk Visions

Cherry Red's RPM label continues to trawl the deepest vaults for truly rare gems in the realms of pop, rock, and R&B.  Part One of this two-part RPM Round-Up focuses on three rarities-packed collections from the mid-to-late 1960s! Despite releasing eighteen singles and one album between 1965 and 1972 in his home of the U.K., James Royal never achieved stardom while he was recording.  But the blue-eyed soul man's stellar body of work began attracting fans on the northern soul and mod

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: James Royal, Jon-Mark, Shel Talmy, Wild Silk

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