It's a Beautiful Day: Michael Bublé Collects Greatest Hits on "The Best of Bublé"

By Joe Marchese | September 26, 2024 | 0 Comments

With nearly one dozen studio albums, three live sets, and numerous EPs, it's surprising that Michael Bublé is now announcing his first physical greatest hits collection.  With 75 million records sold and four Billboard No. 1 albums, he's the third best-selling Canadian artist of all time, behind only Celine Dion and Shania Twain. The Best […]

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Hold Me Now: Thompson Twins Go Back 'Into the Gap' with Deluxe Reissue of Breakthrough Album

By Mike Duquette | September 25, 2024 | 5 Comments

Beloved British pop group Thompson Twins will revisit their seminal fourth album, 1984's Into the Gap, in a new deluxe edition from BMG this fall. Newly remastered by Frank Arkwright, the triple-disc set will include the original album - including U.K. Top 10s "Hold Me Now," "Doctor! Doctor!" and "You Take Me Up" - alongside 30 […]

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Pictures Came and Broke Your Heart: Cherry Red to Release Bruce Woolley and The Camera Club Collection

By Mike Duquette | September 25, 2024 | 0 Comments

Everyone knows the story: at the stroke of midnight on August 1, 1981, the new cable station Music Television (MTV) first aired, playing a steady stream of heretofore little-seen "music videos" that redefined pop music for the rest of the decade. Their first, of course, was The Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star": a prescient […]

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Crawling from the Wreckage: Omnivore Preps Double-Disc Collection of Dave Edmunds' Complete Swan Song Singles

By The Second Disc | September 24, 2024 | 11 Comments

From his very first solo hit in 1970 (a cover of Dave Bartholomew's "I Hear You Knocking") to his final album release (2015's On Guitar...Rags and Classics), Welsh guitarist-singer-songwriter-producer Dave Edmunds proselytized for the power of pure rock-and-roll.  Whether stripping the sound down to basics or doing a spot-on emulation of Phil Spector's Wall of […]

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Needless to Say: Al Stewart's "Past, Present and Future" Goes Deluxe From Esoteric

By Joe Marchese | September 24, 2024 | 2 Comments

Al Stewart fans have been rather well-served in recent years.  The historically-minded troubadour recently released a new live album with the band The Empty Pockets, preserving a concert set on 2 CDs.  Earlier this summer, Al received a volume of Rhino's Now Playing series of vinyl compilations.  Last year, TSD teamed up with Real Gone […]

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