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Honky Château (50th Anniversary Edition)

February 2, 2023 By

Honky Chateau

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Hot on the heels of his final U.S. live performances, Elton John is looking back with a 50th anniversary edition of his 1972 LP Honky Château.  The reissue will feature the original album (boasting such classics as "Rocket Man," "Honky Cat," and "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters") alongside nine session demos covering eight of the album's tracks (including two versions of "Slave") and eight Honky tracks

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Categories: Uncategorized Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

Nancy and Lee Again [Various Formats]

February 2, 2023 By

Nancy and Lee Again

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Standard Black Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada "Big Red Balloon" Swirl Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada "Tippy Toes" Teal Vinyl (Nancy's Bootique Edition): Nancy's Bootique + Bundles / Rough Trade U.S. "Got It Together Again" Gold Vinyl (Fanclub Edition): Light in the Attic Store / Rough Trade U.S. / Elusive Disc White Vinyl (U.K. Exclusive): Rough Trade U.K. / Drift Records / Piccadilly Records Pink Vinyl

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Categories: Uncategorized Formats: Cassette, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop

Marshall Crenshaw (40th Anniversary Expanded Edition)

February 2, 2023 By

Marshall Crenshaw 40

After coming back into circulation last year courtesy of a new label home and a Record Store Day reissue, CD fans can rejoice at the news that Yep Roc's new expanded edition of Marshall Crenshaw's self-titled debut will get a wider release on disc.  Seven bonus tracks have been appended, including previously unreleased tracks.

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Categories: Uncategorized Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock

Burnin'

February 2, 2023 By

John Lee Hooker Burnin

LP (Stereo Mix Only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Craft Recordings reissues blues legend John Lee Hooker's 1962 classic Burnin' on LP and CD.  The singer-guitarist was supported by the personnel who would later comprise Motown's legendary Funk Brothers house band including Mike Terry on baritone saxophone, Joe Hunter on piano, James Jamerson on bass, and Benny Benjamin on drums.  Another future Motown legend, Hank Cosby, played

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Categories: Uncategorized Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues

GRRR! Live

February 2, 2023 By

Rolling Stones Grrr Live

3LP black vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP red vinyl: uDiscoverMusic.com / Rolling Stones Store 3LP white vinyl: Barnes & Noble 2CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Mercury Studios commemorates a special night on The Rolling Stones' 50 & Counting tour with the release of GRRR Live!, a 24-song set recorded at Newark, New Jersey's Prudential Center

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Categories: Uncategorized Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock

The Dark Side of the Moon / Live at Wembley 1974

February 1, 2023 By

Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon SDE

2CD/2LP/2BD/1DVD/2-7" Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Live at Wembley 1974: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP Live at Wembley 1974: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Pink Floyd's 1973 landmark album is returning for its 50th anniversary in a new box set.  The Dark Side of the Moon: 50 Years features the original Dark Side (in various mixes) and a 1974 live concert from the previous Immersion box while adding a vinyl component and new Dolby

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Categories: Uncategorized Formats: Blu-Ray, Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

BBC Broadcasts

February 1, 2023 By

Genesis BBC cover

5CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP Highlights: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada BBC Broadcasts, curated by founding keyboardist Tony Banks and longtime engineer Nick Davis, offers a trove of concert audio from all the major eras of Genesis from 1970 to 1998.  Most of this material is previously unreleased; a few Peter Gabriel-era tracks were released on a 1998 box set, one 1980 Lyceum Theatre track made it to the group's Three Sides Live in 1982, and the 1987 Wembley

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

Songs of Surrender

February 1, 2023 By

Songs of Surrender

4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Deluxe CD (includes * and **): Amazon U.S. (TBD) / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD (includes *): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP (includes *): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada U2 is revisiting its discography on the new project Songs of Surrender.  The album takes its name from the speaking tour undertaken last year by frontman Bono, tied to his memoirs. While writing those,

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

State of the Heart: The Columbia Recordings (1983-1988)

January 31, 2023 By

Philip Bailey State of the Heart

State of the Heart celebrates the timeless voice of Earth, Wind & Fire's Philip Bailey with expanded editions of his three solo LPs for Columbia Records in the '80s: 1983's Continuation, 1984's Chinese Wall (including the mega-hit Phil Collins duet "Easy Lover") and 1986's Inside Out. The set features eight bonus tracks, including rare dance remixes and a few soundtrack songs (including the cult classic "Twins," a duet with Little Richard). It's been produced and compiled by The Second

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Categories: Uncategorized Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Rock

The Singles - Volume 01

January 17, 2023 By

Strokes singles box

The Singles - Volume 01 chronicles the best of The Strokes' material from around their first three albums: breakthrough Is This It (2001) and follow-ups Room on Fire (2003) and First Impressions of Earth (2006). The set faithfully replicates a batch of 7" singles, complete with picture sleeves, that came out in the U.S. and the U.K. - back when vinyl was far less a thing! - and almost all of which featured a non-LP B-side. (This is technically true of early track "Hard to Explain," whose caustic

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Categories: Uncategorized Formats: Box Sets, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Rock

I Don't Know a Thing About Love

January 17, 2023 By

Willie Nelson I Dont Know a Thing About Love

The tireless Willie Nelson is back with his latest long-player for Legacy Recordings.  I Don't Know a Thing About Love finds the legendary vocalist paying tribute to an old pal, songwriter Harlan Howard (1927-2002), an inductee into both the Country Music Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame.  Nelson brings his burnished voice to new renditions of such classic Howard tunes as "The Chokin' Kind," "Tiger by the Tail," and "Busted."  I Don't Know a Thing About Love has been produced by Buddy

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Categories: Uncategorized Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Country

The Songs of Bacharach and Costello [Various Formats]

January 11, 2023 By

Songs of Bacharach and Costello

4CD/2LP: ElvisCostello.com 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP with Lithograph: ElvisCostello.com Elvis Costello is looking back at his 25 years of music with Burt Bacharach on this lavish new 4-CD/2-LP box set (also available in smaller formats).  The Songs of Bacharach and Costello features four distinctive albums: A newly remastered version of the duo's acclaimed, Grammy Award-winning 1998 album Painted from Memory;

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Categories: Uncategorized Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop

Zappa '80: Mudd Club/Munich

January 11, 2023 By

Zappa 80

3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Zappa Store 2LP Mudd Club: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Zappa Store (Exclusive Colored Vinyl) 3LP Munich: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Zappa Store (Exclusive Colored Vinyl) Zappa Records and UMe have rescued another two concerts from the late artist's storied Vault.  The 3-CD set Zappa '80: Mudd Club/Munich boasts two very different shows: one from New York's tiny, 240-capacity Mudd Club, and other from Munich's

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Categories: Uncategorized Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Home Again: Live in Central Park

January 10, 2023 By

Carole King Home Again

Coinciding with the documentary/concert film of the same name, Carole King's Home Again: Live in Central Park captures her concert - the first-ever free concert at New York City's Great Lawn - in front of a reported 100,000 people.  King opened the show with a solo set at the piano before welcoming her 11-piece band onstage.  The selections encompassed half of Tapestry ("Beautiful," "Way Over Yonder," "Home Again," "Smackwater Jack," "It's Too Late," "You've Got a Friend") plus already-beloved

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Categories: Uncategorized Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Pop

Greatest Hits: Live in '76

January 5, 2023 By

Marvin Gaye Greatest Hits Live in 76

LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Mercury Studios releases Marvin Gaye's Greatest Hits: Live in '76, recorded on October 10 of that year at Amsterdam's Jaap Edenhal. The concert features three lengthy medleys of Gaye's Motown classics along with a handful of standalone renditions.  It's available on CD and vinyl LP, though the latter format drops "Since I Had You."

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Soul'd Out: The Complete Wattstax Collection [Various Formats]

December 22, 2022 By

Wattstax

Soul'd Out: The Complete Wattstax Collection: 12CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Wattstax: The Complete Concert: 6CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 10LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Best of Wattstax (Highlights) 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Wattstax: The Living Word 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Wattstax 2: The Living Word 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada One of the greatest music

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Categories: Uncategorized Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Funk, Gospel, R&B/Soul

The Unsinkable Molly Brown: The Original Demo Recordings and More!

December 22, 2022 By

The Unsinkable Molly Brown Demos

Stage Door Records celebrates the legacy of Meredith Willson's musical The Unsinkable Molly Brown with a deluxe 2-CD set comprising four distinct programs of the musical's songs.  The Original Demo Recordings and More! opens with the fully-orchestrated album of demos performed by veteran studio singers Sandy Stewart and Bernie Knee.  It continues with another clutch of demos performed by Meredith Willson himself along with wife Rini and original star Harve Presnell.  The second CD is dedicated

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Categories: Uncategorized Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings

Sure Thing: The Warner Bros. Recordings (1972-1977)

December 11, 2022 By

Dionne Warwick Sure Thing Box

Dionne Warwick's new 6-CD box set Sure Thing: The Warner Bros. Recordings (1972-1977) anthologizes the superstar singer's years for the famous label, including five full albums and over 40 additional recordings.  This adds up to the most comprehensive chronicle of Warwick's Warner Bros. period ever, including productions by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Holland-Dozier-Holland, Jerry Ragovoy, Thom Bell, Randy Edelman, Ashford and Simpson, and more.  All of the album outtakes which premiered on

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Categories: Uncategorized Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul

Cosmic Connections: The Lyrics of Michael Colby

December 7, 2022 By

Maureen Taylor Cosmic Connections

Lyricist-librettist Michael Colby continues to enjoy an extraordinary career in the musical theatre with such credits as the Drama Desk-nominated Charlotte Sweet (music: Gerald Jay Markoe), Ludlow Ladd (music: Markoe), Tales of Tinseltown (music: Paul Katz), Mrs. McThing (music: Jack Urbont), Slay It with Music (music: Katz), Boynton Beach Club (music: Ned Paul Ginsburg) and North Atlantic (music: James Fradrich).  Colby is also the acclaimed author of the memoir The Algonquin Kid in which he

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Categories: Holiday Gift Guide Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Cast Recordings, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Maureen Taylor, Michael Colby

Sometimes Late at Night: Expanded Edition

November 30, 2022 By

Carole Bayer Sager Sometimes Late at Night

Iconoclassic Records is bringing Carole Bayer Sager's star-studded 1981 album Sometimes Late at Night back to CD, for the very first time from the original Boardwalk Records master tapes.  Featuring Burt Bacharach, Michael Jackson, Marvin Hamlisch, Neil Diamond, Melissa Manchester, David Foster, and many others, this lush, extraordinary (and extraordinarily personal) set co-produced by Bacharach and Brooks Arthur gets the treatment it deserves.  The album (remastered by Vic Anesini) is

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Categories: Uncategorized Formats: CD Genre: Pop

A Postcard from California

November 30, 2022 By

al jardine postcard

Al Jardine is revisiting his 2010 solo debut A Postcard from California in a new CD edition reprising the 15-track sequence of the 2012 edition.  Postcard boasts appearances by Glen Campbell, three-quarters of CSNY (Neil Young, David Crosby and Stephen Stills), Steve Miller, The Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea, Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell of America, and Jardine's fellow Beach Boys Brian Wilson, David Marks, Mike Love, Bruce Johnston, and the late Carl Wilson.

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Categories: Uncategorized Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Pop

Songs of Innocence and Experience (1965-1995)

November 29, 2022 By

Marianne Faithfull Songs of Innocence and Experience

It was clear from the start that Marianne Faithfull was no ordinary artist.  Following the success of the singles "As Tears Go By" and "Come and Stay with Me" (gifted to Marianne by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards and Jackie DeShannon, respectively), Decca wanted her to record a pop album. Marianne wanted to record a folk album.  The result was that not one, but two, LPs were released in April 1965 showcasing two very different sides of the singer.  (For the record, the folk set outperformed

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Categories: Holiday Gift Guide Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, Pop

The Rolling Stones in Mono (Limited Color Edition)

November 29, 2022 By

Rolling Stones in Mono Cover

ABKCO will revisit 2016's The Rolling Stones in Mono box set - originally released on 15 CDs or 16 black vinyl LPs - in a limited, new color vinyl version featuring 16 LPs, pressed on 180-gram vinyl in 14 different colors to match the original cover artwork of the albums contained within.  Like the original box, the new Rolling Stones in Mono presents the original mono albums released on both sides of the Atlantic between 1964 and 1969 plus the exclusive 2-LP Stray Cats collection of mono

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Categories: Uncategorized Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Life-Live

November 29, 2022 By

Thin Lizzy Life Live packshot

Thin Lizzy's 1983 live double-album recorded on various dates at London's Hammersmith Odeon gets a new remaster "from best available sources" from UMC.  The album is notable for featuring all of Thin Lizzy's studio guitarists including Scott Gorham and John Sykes plus guests Brian Robertson, Gary Moore, Eric Bell, and Snowy White.

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Categories: Uncategorized Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock

Live and Dangerous (Limited Edition)

November 29, 2022 By

Thin Lizzy Live and Dangerous box

Thin Lizzy's Live and Dangerous is getting a lot more dangerous with this new box set: the 8CD set will feature the originally-assembled 1978 album next to all seven shows that were used for the album. They've been newly mixed from the original multitracks by Ben Findlay and remastered by Andy Pearce, all under the guidance of guitarist Scott Gorham. They're packed in a 12" x 12" box with a new booklet featuring rare photos, memorabilia and liner notes that include new band interviews by

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Categories: Uncategorized Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock

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