Fanny Walked the Earth: Cherry Red's "The Reprise Years 1970-1973" Expands All-Female Band's First Four Albums

By Joe Marchese | October 30, 2024 | 3 Comments

When Fanny - a.k.a. June Millington (guitar), Jean Millington (bass), Alice De Buhr (drums), and Nickey Barclay (keyboards) - came to Reprise Records in 1969, the foursome became the first all-female rock band to be signed to a major label.  Championed by Richard Perry, Fanny went on record four albums for Reprise, notch two top […]

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Alice Cooper's 'Muscle of Love' Has Never Been Sold Before (Like This)

By Mike Duquette | October 29, 2024 | 5 Comments

Alice Cooper's final album - well, the final album with Cooper's original band of the same name - is getting a deluxe treatment this year. Available on 2CD/Blu-ray and pink double vinyl exclusively at Rhino.com, 1973's Muscle of Love gets expanded with unreleased alternate versions of every track on the album and lengthy, track-by-track liner notes […]

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Hogwarts Forever! Rhino Plans Massive Box Set of 'Harry Potter' Soundtracks

By Mike Duquette | October 29, 2024 | 2 Comments

More than 20 years after the first Harry Potter novel was adapted into a film, Rhino is planning a little magic of its own with a heavy-duty vinyl box set of soundtracks to all eight of the films. Limited to 3000 copies worldwide on Rhino.com and other select retailers, Harry Potter: Original Motion Picture Soundtracks I-VII will feature […]

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Maybe This Year: Steve Perry Plots Third Reissue of Holiday Album 'The Season'

By Mike Duquette | October 28, 2024 | 0 Comments

Until a few years ago, fans wondered if Steve Perry - the best known voice of blockbuster rock band Journey - would ever sing again after a lengthy absence from the public eye. After a celebrated comeback album in 2018, Perry ended his shortest gap between solo releases three years later, with the holiday album […]

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In Memoriam: Phil Lesh (1940-2024)

By Joe Marchese | October 28, 2024 | 6 Comments

And it's just a box of rain/Or a ribbon for your hair/Such a long, long time to be gone/And a short time to be there... With the passing on Friday of Phil Lesh at the age of 84, another chapter of Grateful Dead's long, strange trip has come to a close.  A founding member of […]

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