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Release Round-Up: Week of August 4

August 4, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Robin Hood Legacy Collection

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Legacy Collection: Robin Hood (Walt Disney Records) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K.) Disney's Legacy Collection returns with a first-ever complete soundtrack release for the 1973 animated classic Robin Hood.  Disc 1 of this 2-CD set includes the original songs and score from the film (28 tracks overall), penned by writers including Roger Miller, George Bruns, Floyd Huddleston, and Johnny Mercer. Disc 2 spotlights 13 tracks of

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Def Leppard, Henry Mancini, Jaguar, Jimmy Reed, Randy Newman, Roger Miller, Samson, The Rain Parade

Maximum As & Bs: The Complete Singles

August 2, 2017 By

The Who Maximum As and Bs

The Who's complete singles from 1964-2015 are collected on a new 5-CD box set, which also contains a 48-page booklet featuring track-by-track annotations on each single.

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock

See For Miles: The Who Compile "Maximum As and Bs: The Complete Singles" on 5-CD Box Set

August 2, 2017 By Joe Marchese 10 Comments

The Who Maximum As and Bs

Over the past two years, The Who have compiled their complete singles discography into a four-volume series of vinyl box sets, with each volume dedicated to one particular label and period: Brunswick, Reaction, Track and Polydor.  Now, the band is bringing those volumes to the CD format as a 5-disc box set as part of a year-long campaign of Who-related releases. Maximum As & Bs: The Complete Singles is due from UMe/Polydor on October 27, collecting 86 sides (including EP tracks) from all

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

Their Satanic Majesties Request - 50th Anniversary Special Edition

July 31, 2017 By

Rolling Stones Satanic Majesties Cover

The Rolling Stones' controversial 1967 immersion into psychedelia, Their Satanic Majesties Request, gets a 50th anniversary box set from ABKCO containing the original album in mono and stereo on both 180-gram vinyl and hybrid SACD (playable on all CD players) as newly remastered by Bob Ludwig, plus restored lenticular artwork and a 20-page booklet with new liner notes by Rob Bowman.

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

Review: Santana and The Isley Brothers, "Power of Peace"

July 31, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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In 1965, Hal David first made the observation, "What the world needs now is love, sweet love...it's the only thing that there's just too little of."  Over fifty-two years later, there's still just too little love, and it's a situation which Carlos Santana has aimed to remedy.  The guitar hero was inspired by seeing the velvet-voiced Ron Isley, longtime lead singer of The Isley Brothers, performing with Burt Bacharach in a 2004 television special promoting their collaborative album Here I Am. 

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Santana, The Isley Brothers

She's a Rainbow: ABKCO Preps 50th Anniversary Box Set For The Rolling Stones' "Satanic Majesties Request"

July 31, 2017 By Joe Marchese 10 Comments

Rolling Stones Satanic Majesties Cover

The Rolling Stones aren't the first band one might think of in connection with the Summer of Love and the blossoming sound of psychedelia.  Yet the Stones spent much of 1967, on and off, recording the album that became Their Satanic Majesties Request.  Wholly unique in the band's catalogue, it fused the band's gritty sensibility with psychedelic effects, more lavish instrumentation, and experimental sounds.  Underscoring its nature as a conceptual work, it was also the first album by the Stones

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: The Rolling Stones

Review: Ramones, "Leave Home: 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition"

July 28, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Leave Home

The sophomore album from Forest Hills, Queens, New York's Ramones, Leave Home, arrived in January 1977 on Sire Records, just months after the April 1976 release of the band's self-titled debut.  Despite the title, however, Leave Home didn't mark a large stylistic leap or departure for the young punks out of their comfort zone.  On closer inspection, however, it continued the growth of the band.  Forty years later, it's easier to hear that progression than ever, thanks to a new, 3-CD/1-LP set

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Ramones

Sirius-ly Expanded: Legacy Plans 'Eye in the Sky' Box from Alan Parsons Project

July 27, 2017 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Alan Parsons Project Eye in the Sky 35th

The eye in the sky is still looking at you... On November 17, Legacy Recordings will issue a 35th anniversary box set celebrating The Alan Parsons Project's 1982 Eye in the Sky.  The album, which yielded the APP's biggest hit single with its title track as well as the classic instrumental "Sirius," will be enhanced for this expansive 3-CD/1-BD/2-LP/1-Flexidisc release with rare and previously unreleased material. Perhaps the pinnacle of the collaboration between Alan Parsons and Eric

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: The Alan Parsons Project

Motörhead Go "Under Cöver" With New Compilation in September

July 26, 2017 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Motorhead Under Cover

The spirit of Motörhead lives on with a rockin' collection of the band's various cover songs due in September. Under Cöver compiles 11 of the band's cover songs from the last 25 years of their career--featuring the band's most consistent lineup of late frontman/bassist Lemmy Kilmister, guitarist Phil Campbell and drummer Mikkey Dee. Only a handful of the covers (including interpretations of Judas Priest, The Rolling Stones, Twisted Sister, Metallica and others) were released on studio albums,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Motörhead

Rhino Plans Plush Box Set for Stone Temple Pilots' 'Core'

July 26, 2017 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Core deluxe

Rhino Records will celebrate Stone Temple Pilots' debut album with a multi-format reissue this fall. Core introduced the world to STP's raw fusion of grunge and album-oriented rock, a combination the band said was intentional. "You know how when you listen to a Led Zeppelin album, you listen to the entire album, not just the odd song?" bassist Robert DeLeo asked of Core. "We wanted to make a record like that. We wanted to create a vibe which would run right through the whole album." DeLeo,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Rock Tags: Stone Temple Pilots

Still Beatin': Hits, Rarities Abound In New European Huey Lewis Collection

July 26, 2017 By Mike Duquette 12 Comments

HLN Collected

Fans looking for a wildly thorough compilation for pop-rock band par excellence Huey Lewis & The News--or those hunting for rarities in the wake of their 30th anniversary edition of Sports that may have left fans wanting--have got some unlikely good (pardon the pun) news coming out of Europe. An entry on the San Francisco bar band in Universal Music's triple-disc Collected series looks to be not only a deep dive into the band's hits and favorites from their debut album in 1980 to the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Clover, Huey Lewis and The News

Bidin' My Time

July 25, 2017 By

Chris Hillman Bidin My Time

Chris Hillman (The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Manassas, Desert Rose Band) returns with an all-new album produced by Tom Petty and executive produced by Herb Pedersen.  In addition to Petty, guest appearances are made by artists including Hillman's Byrds bandmates David Crosby and Roger McGuinn; The Heartbreakers' Benmont Tench, Mike Campbell, and Steve Ferrone; and Desert Rose Band's John Jorgenson, Pedersen, and Jay Dee Maness.  The strains of Hillman's past run through this

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Country, Rock

Give More Love

July 25, 2017 By

Ringo Give More Love

On Ringo's newest solo album - his nineteenth - the legendary Beatle is joined by Paul McCartney, Joe Walsh, Peter Frampton, Don Was, Steve Lukather, and other pals for a romp through new songs as well as reworkings of "Photograph," "Don't Pass Me By," "You Can't Fight Lightning," and "Back Off Boogaloo."  Available on CD, LP, and DD.  Peace and love!

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

Roll with the Punches

July 25, 2017 By

Van Morrison Roll with the Punches

Van Morrison's 37th studio album, Roll with the Punches finds the Caledonia soul man covering some of his favorite R&B classics (by the likes of Bo Diddley, Mose Allison, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Lightnin' Hopkins among others) alongside five new, original songs.  Chris Farlowe, Georgie Fame, Jeff Beck, Paul Jones and Jason Rebello join Van for this new release.  Available on CD, LP, and DD.

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

White Punks On Disc: The Tubes' A&M Albums Collected in New Box

July 24, 2017 By Mike Duquette 9 Comments

The Tubes AM Years

The U.K. Caroline label will bring together the first five albums by art-punk act The Tubes in one collection next month. The A&M Years features all the long-players recorded by the quirky San Francisco group, founded by vocalist Fee Waybill, guitarists Bill Spooner and Roger Steen, keyboardists Vince Welnick and Michael Cotten, bassist Rick Anderson and drummer Prairie Prince. Known for their off-the-wall stage shows (many directed by future choreographer to the stars/High School

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: The Tubes

A New Career in a New Town (1977-1982)

July 21, 2017 By

David Bowie A New Career Cover Only

The third release in Parlophone's series of chronological box sets dedicated to the music of David Bowie, A New Career in a New Town (1977-1982) closes the book on the legendary artist's RCA career.  It follows 2015's Five Years (1969-1973) and 2016's Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976), offering material from five major studio and live albums: Low (1977), "Heroes" (1977), Stage (1978), Lodger (1979) and Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980). Low, "Heroes" and Lodger are, of course, referred to as

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

For Sale: Live at Maxwell's 1986

July 21, 2017 By

Replacements For Sale

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada (TBD) / Amazon U.K. 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada (TBD) / Amazon U.K. For Sale: Live At Maxwell's 1986 captures the Minneapolis legends (lead singer Paul Westerberg, guitarist Bob Stinson, bassist Tommy Stinson and drummer Chris Mars) for a raucous set at the famous Hoboken, New Jersey club in the winter of 1986. The band had signed to Sire Records the previous year and released their fourth album Tim; a good deal of that album features on this release, as

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Formats: CD Genre: Rock

The Queen Is Dead: Deluxe Edition

July 21, 2017 By

The Queen is Dead 2017

The Smiths' The Queen is Dead - a towering album of '80s British rock and arguably the definitive statement by the Manchester band - gets the deluxe, expanded treatment from Rhino.  This reissue has been approved by Morrissey, who offered in a statement, "You cannot continue to record and simply hope that your audience will approve, or that average critics will approve, or that radio will approve. You progress only when you wonder if an abnormally scientific genius would approve-and this is the

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

Release Round-Up: Week of July 21

July 21, 2017 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Leave Home

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Ramones, Leave Home: 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (Sire/Rhino) 3CD/1LP box set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 1CD remaster: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K.  A new  3CD/1LP edition of Ramones' 1977 sophomore album boasts the album in original and newly-remixed form, as well as a 33-track disc loaded with previously unreleased session material and a 1977 CBGBs concert recording! In addition to the above material on CD,

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: 10cc, Billy Ocean, Eric Stewart, Johnny Rivers, Marillion, Ramones, The Beach Boys, The Stylistics

Interpol 'Admire' Third Album On 10th Anniversary CD/DVD Set

July 20, 2017 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Our Love to Admire

While Interpol have dutifully supported the 15th anniversary of their debut album Turn On the Bright Lights (which was reissued for its 10th anniversary) with a tour, they're also going to revisit their third album and major label debut, Our Love to Admire, with a 10th anniversary package. Released in the summer of 2007, Our Love to Admire found the New York City band moving from Matador to Capitol and expanding their sonic palette. "We had keyboards on from the start which we've never done

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Categories: News Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Rock Tags: Interpol

Keats and Yeats Are On Your Side: The Smiths' 'The Queen is Dead' to Be Expanded

July 20, 2017 By Mike Duquette 6 Comments

The Queen is Dead 2017

The Smiths' The Queen is Dead--a towering album of '80s British rock and arguably the definitive statement by the Manchester band--will be reissued and expanded October 20. Produced by frontman Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr with assistance from engineer Stephen Street, The Queen is Dead has become quintessential Smiths: packed with biting, witty lyrics and catchy, densely layered instrumental hooks (thanks not only to Marr but bassist Andy Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce). While Morrissey

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Johnny Marr, Morrissey, The Smiths

The Thrill of the Hunt: Real Gone's September Slate Begins with "Predator" on Vinyl Plus Duane Eddy RCA Singles and Grateful Dead

July 19, 2017 By Randy Fairman 4 Comments

Duane Eddy Complete RCA Singles

While we are now in the height of the summer heat, Real Gone is looking ahead to the fall.  The label has announced the first part of its release slate for September of this year and it is another eclectic mix of titles. First up is a title from the artist most people consider to be the greatest rock-instrumentalist of all time: Duane Eddy.  Guitar Star: The Complete RCA Singles A's and B's collects all 22 single sides Eddy recorded for RCA Victor in the early to mid-1960s on CD, and is due

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Alan Silvestri, Duane Eddy, Fifteen, Grateful Dead

Back to the Temple of Love: Sisters of Mercy Plan Vinyl Box of "Some Girls Wander By Mistake"

July 19, 2017 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Some Girls Wander By Mistake

A quarter century after The Sisters of Mercy chronicled their early singles on the compilation Some Girls Wander By Mistake, an expanded edition will be released in September as a vinyl box set. Some Girls Wander By Mistake originally collected the band's independently-released material from 1980 to 1983. The single material on 1980's "Anaconda," 1982's "Body Electric" and Alice EP and 1983's "Anaconda," "Temple of Love" and The Reptile House EP all feature on this set, released by EastWest

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, Rock Tags: The Sisters of Mercy

Bitter Sweet Symphony: The Verve's 'Urban Hymns' Gets Box Set Edition

July 18, 2017 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Urban Hymns Deluxe

The Verve's third album, 1997's Urban Hymns, may be the band's most famous in any part of the world. It's little surprise, then, that Universal is going big for the album's 20th anniversary with a multi-format deluxe edition due in the fall. Recorded after the band's first breakup and reformation (with the subsequent addition of guitarist/keyboardist Simon Tong), Urban Hymns was an ambitious piece of Britpop and balladry, recorded with producers Youth and Chris Potter. Three of its singles

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: The Verve

Color Us Impressed: 1986 Replacements Set Makes CD Debut from Rhino

July 18, 2017 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Replacements For Sale

The Replacements may be done as a band (again), but Rhino is giving fans something exciting to remember, with the release of a vintage live show in October. For Sale: Live At Maxwell's 1986 captures the Minneapolis legends (lead singer Paul Westerberg, guitarist Bob Stinson, bassist Tommy Stinson and drummer Chris Mars) for a raucous set at the famous Hoboken, New Jersey club in the winter of 1986. The band had signed to Sire Records the previous year and released their fourth album Tim; a

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: The Replacements

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