Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to discover! This week sees the surprise remaster of an '80s pop classic, some amusing light pop re-recordings from 1972 and a foundational rock band laying down some tunes that were years ahead of their time. Sananda Maitreya, Introducing the Hardline According to... (Remastered) (Sony Music U.K.) (iTunes / Amazon) By far
'Jurassic' World: La-La Land Revives a Trio of '90s Scores (and More) on CD
La-La Land Records has three killer early '90s score expansions on their release schedule this month - and there's another much-desired title from the '80s also available to order from the label! First up, La-La Land readies a new remastered and expanded edition of John Williams' classic score to Jurassic Park. Steven Spielberg's thrilling adaptation of Michael Crichton's novel - an action-packed sci-fi flick about a theme park full of cloned dinosaurs that invariably goes wrong - is a modern
Release Round-Up: Week of July 8
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles out today! George Michael, Older: Deluxe Edition (Legacy) 5CD/3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada George Michael's third solo album - and the one he believed to be his finest - returns from Legacy Recordings in a new 5CD/3LP edition and a 2LP set. This expansion of 1996's Older features both the remastered album and the EP Upper (included with
Meeting of the Spirits: Impex Premieres Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, and Paco de Lucia's "Saturday Night in San Francisco"
Two months into a joint tour, Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, and Paco de Lucia took the stage at San Francisco's Warfield Theatre on Friday, December 5, 1980. The three acoustic guitarists, intuitively connected to one another, employed no rhythm section or other instrumentalists. Their tight interplay was nothing short of magical; one could hear a pin drop in the 2,300-seat venue. Di Meola remembered the evening as "a night of pure balls to the wall. But highly inventive balls to the wall."
Touch 'Em with Love: Highlights from Bobbie Gentry's "The Girl from Chickasaw County" Coming to CD, LP in August
Mississippi-born singer-songwriter Bobbie Gentry reached the pinnacle of success - earning hit singles, winning Grammy Awards, headlining a BBC series of her own, selling out engagements in Las Vegas, and appearing with Johnny Carson - before pulling off music's ultimate disappearing act. Gentry last performed in public on a television special in 1981 and last appeared in public at the 1982 Academy of Country Music Awards presentation. She was 39. But the music of Bobbie Gentry has never
Review: The Beach Boys, "Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys"
We'll be havin' fun all summer long... For nearly sixty years, the sun-drenched harmonies of The Beach Boys have provided the soundtrack for summer - from those welcome first days and first rays through the season's bittersweet final moments as autumn's chill approaches. They're the rare band whose compilations, beginning with 1974's chart-topping Endless Summer, have become nearly as key to their legacy as the core studio albums. 2003's Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach
Release Round-Up: Week of July 1
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! Liza Minnelli, Live in New York 1979 (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music Liza Minnelli's remarkable album of her record-breaking 1979 Carnegie Hall stand receives its first-ever release to wide retail in two distinctive editions from Second Disc Records and
Liza Minnelli's "Live in New York 1979" Hits Stores TOMORROW from Real Gone Music, Second Disc Records on CD and Vinyl
Tomorrow, July 1, Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records revisit a landmark album recorded in the heart of New York, New York by one of the most extraordinary entertainers of all time. It's perhaps our most expansive release ever: the very first reissue - not to mention first-ever wide release - of Liza Minnelli's electrifying Live in New York 1979. This remarkable "lost" concert album will be released as a deluxe vinyl set on 2 LPs and an Ultimate Edition on 3 CDs. When the Oscar, Emmy,
Pigs on the Wing: Pink Floyd Reissue "Animals" with Long-Awaited Surround Remix
Pink Floyd's Animals arrived in January 1977, after 1975's Wish You Were Here and before 1979's The Wall. Coming between those two epochal works, Animals was initially dismissed by some critics. Consisting of just five tracks (two short bookends and three lengthy compositions), no singles were released and Animals became somewhat of a hidden gem - despite having peaked at No. 2 in the United Kingdom and No. 3 in the United States. This fall, fans will have a chance to rediscover Animals as
Say A Little Prayer: Real Gone's July 1 Slate Includes Melvin Van Peebles' "Watermelon Man," "My Best Friend's Wedding" Soundtrack, and Two Rock Rarities
Real Gone Music is kicking off its summer slate with another batch of eclectic titles. Tomorrow, Real Gone and Second Disc Records release Liza Minnelli's Live in New York 1979 on CD and vinyl as well as the soundtrack to Melvin Van Peebles' groundbreaking comedy Watermelon Man. But that's not all. Real Gone also has another soundtrack and two hard rock LPs coming your way. First, a refresher on Watermelon Man. In an extraordinary career spanning seven decades, director and "godfather of
Let's Go to the Hop: Liberation Hall Releases Sha Na Na's Woodstock Anniversary Concert
Between 7:30 and 8:00 a.m. on the morning of Monday, August 18, 1969, Sha Na Na took the stage at Yasgur's farm as the penultimate act of the Woodstock Music and Art Festival. The '50s rock-and-roll revivalists followed The Paul Butterfield Blues Band and preceded Jimi Hendrix who brought the festival to a majestic close. Twenty years later, Sha Na Na reprised their act at the Woodstock: 20 Years After concert held across the country at Cal-State Dominguez Hills in Carson, California. They
Intrada's Spell is Cast with New Expansion of James Horner's 'Willow' Score
Intrada's newest archival soundtrack release is an exciting one for fans of the late, great James Horner: the label has remastered and expanded his heroic and timeless work for the 1988 fantasy epic Willow. Sort of a Lord of the Rings for beginners (parts were even shot in New Zealand), Willow takes place in a lush fantasy world ruled by the merciless sorceress Bavmorda. She seeks to stop a prophecy that promises her defeat at the hands of Elora Danaan, the infant Princess of Tir Asleen. The
New Four Seasons Mega-Box Will Have You Swearin' to God
The Four Seasons are one of America's most resonant and enduring pop/rock outfits. Between the group and its distinctive frontman Frankie Valli, they've scored around a dozen Top 10 hits - seven of which went to No. 1. Their early output in the '60s held its own against the British Invasion. They maintained hits into the disco era, and a cover of one of their songs hit the upper reaches of the Billboard Hot 100 last year. The original quartet was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and
Field of Opportunity: Neil Young and Promise of the Real Release Live "Noise and Flowers"
On Friday, Neil Young and Promise of the Real announced a new live album that will takes its place as No. 21 in the artist's Neil Young Archives Performance Series of releases. Noise and Flowers is due on August 5 from Reprise Records in a variety of formats including CD, LP, and digitally; concurrently, a concert film of the same material will be issued on standalone Blu-ray and as part of a 2LP/1CD/1BD Deluxe Edition box set. Young has been playing with Promise of the Real since 2015, and
The Weekend Stream: June 25, 2022
Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to discover! This week we've got continuing celebrations of Bob Marley and Roger Miller, a lost country trailblazer, a rare early classic from a turn-of-the-millennium hip-hop hero, and Cyndi Lauper singing for a cause. Bob Marley & The Wailers, Exodus (2022 Deluxe Edition) (Tuff Gong/Island/UMe) (iTunes / Amazon) The
Wowie Zowie: "Zappa/Erie" Box Set Captures Three Different Mothers Line-Ups
The Frank Zappa archive has opened wide in recent years; the past twelve months alone have seen such diverse releases as The Mothers 1971, the 50th anniversary edition of 200 Motels, and Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show. The latest addition to the canon (or Official Release Series No. 122, for those keeping count) has recently arrived from Zappa Records and UMe. Zappa/Erie premieres three full shows from the Erie, Pennsylvania area (including Edinboro, some eighteen miles outside of Erie) plus a
Release Round-Up: Week of June 24
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the week's new titles! Christine McVie, Songbird: A Solo Collection (Rhino) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada "Sea Foam" Green LP: Rhino.com Christine McVie releases her first-ever solo compendium. Songbird (A Solo Collection), available in CD, 180-gram vinyl, and digitally, is a lean 10-track anthology remastered by producer Glyn Johns who worked in tandem
Let's Face the Music and Dance: Ella Fitzgerald's Live Irving Berlin Songbook Arrives Tomorrow
When Ella Fitzgerald selected the songs of Irving Berlin for the fourth volume in her acclaimed Songbook series, it turned out to be a match made in heaven. Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook, recorded over one week in March 1958, featured more than 30 selections from the legendary songwriter including "Puttin' on the Ritz," "Alexander's Ragtime Band," "Cheek to Cheek," "How Deep Is the Ocean," "Always," and "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm." Berlin's extraordinary body of work
Never Enough: 7a Reissues, Expands Micky Dolenz's "Demoiselle"
7a Records' debut release in 2015 was Micky Dolenz's The MGM Singles Collection, a lavish package (first on vinyl and then on expanded CD) collecting the singer and forever Monkee's early '70s output for the MGM family of labels. 7a has released a number of Dolenz titles over the years including his acclaimed new studio album Dolenz Sings Nesmith; on August 5, the label will return to his discography with an expanded reissue of 1998's Demoiselle. The private-press CD was offered via mail order
Everlasting: Edsel Collects Steve Ellis, Love Affair on "Finchley Boy" Box Set
The voice of Steve Ellis first burst out of radios on The Love Affair's 1967 recording of "Everlasting Love." A chart-topper in the U.K. and a hit throughout Europe, it failed to chart in the U.S. but set Ellis on a path of music-making that continues to this day. Edsel has taken a deep dive into his extensive career for an impressive new box set. Over 10 discs, Finchley Boy chronicles the Steve Ellis story both as a solo artist and with the groups Love Affair, Ellis, and Widowmaker. In
That Would Be Something: Paul McCartney Boxes Three Self-Titled Albums on CD, LP
Though Paul McCartney turned 80 on Saturday, June 19, he's hardly slowed down. He wrapped his acclaimed, sold-out Got Back tour of North America on Thursday evening in East Rutherford, New Jersey - joined by a couple of the state's favorite sons, Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi - and will soon headline the Glastonbury Festival. On Friday, the legendary artist announced an upcoming box set collecting his three influential self-titled albums. McCartney (1970), McCartney II (1980), and
The Weekend Stream: June 18, 2022
Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to discover! Today's your chance to dive deep on an alternate history of Miles Davis or some mid-'60s classics by The Ventures, among other cool picks; pull up a chair after your Record Store Day Drop visit and queue up some good stuff! Miles Davis, Early Minor: Rare Miles from the Complete In a Silent Way Sessions / Double
The Second Disc's Guide to Record Store Day Drop 2: Our Essential Picks
Tomorrow is Drop 2 of this year's Record Store Day event, following the initial (and much larger) Drop on Saturday, April 23. More than 75 new titles will be available at independent stores everywhere (even including CDs from the likes of Wilco and Billy F. Gibbons); visit RecordStoreDay.com in the U.S., RecordStoreDay.co.uk in the U.K., and RecordStoreDayCanada.ca in Canada for the complete list, and sound off below as to which titles you're most anticipating! Below you'll find our staff
Celestial Blues: Miles Davis' Bootleg Series Vol. 7 Draws on His 1981-1985 Columbia Years
Tomorrow, Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings premiere Miles Davis' What It Is: Montreal 7/7/83 on vinyl as part of the Record Store Day Drop 2 event. While a significant release in its own right, What It Is serves as a preview to the just-announced next volume of the late jazz great's Bootleg Series. On September 16, That's What Happened 1982-1985 will arrive in stores as Davis' seventh Bootleg volume. The 3-CD box set (also available digitally) focuses on Davis' final years at the
Release Round-Up: Week of June 17
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up featuring a selection of the week's new titles! The Beach Boys, Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys - Expanded Edition (Capitol/UMe) 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 6LP Standard: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD (contains CD 1 only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP Standard: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada All Formats (including 2LP and 6LP exclusives): The Beach Boys Official
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