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Woodstock: 20 Years After

June 29, 2022 By

Sha Na Na Woodstock 20 Years After

Two decades after taking the stage at Yasgur's Farm right before Jimi Hendrix, Sha Na Na reprised their rock-and-roll revival act at the Woodstock: 20 Years After concert held across the country at Cal-State Dominguez Hills in Carson, California.  The group - featuring Jocko Marcellino, Screamin' Scott Simon, and Donny York, all still members today - performed alongside fellow veterans of the original event including Blood, Sweat and Tears, Melanie, Canned Heat, Edgar Winter, and Country Joe

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

Noise and Flowers

June 29, 2022 By

Neil Young Noise And Flowers

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP/CD/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada BD and all formats: Greedy Hand Store Neil Young and Promise of the Real's Noise and Flowers was recorded during their brief 2019 tour which kicked off just two weeks following the passing of Young's longtime manager Elliot Roberts at the age of 76.  During the wide-ranging concerts, Young performed with a photograph of Roberts taped on his road

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

Demoiselle

June 29, 2022 By

Micky Dolenz Demoiselle

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Deep Discount LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Deep Discount Signed Copies: Coming to Micky Dolenz Official Store 7a Records delivers an expanded edition of Micky Dolenz's 1998 private press album Demoiselle.  With a new sequence and new artwork, Demoiselle (produced by Dolenz and Jerry Corbetta and boasting almost all original songs) adds three previously unreleased bonus tracks to both the CD and LP formats. The CD

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Categories: Uncategorized Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop

McCartney I II III

June 29, 2022 By

McCartney I II III

3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / uDiscoverMusic.com Standard 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD / uDiscoverMusic.com Color 3LP: uDiscoverMusic.com Macca has boxed his three influential self-titled albums - McCartney (1970), McCartney II (1980), and McCartney III (2020) - in various formats.  The trilogy collection will be available on three 180-gram black vinyl LPs; three 180-gram color vinyl LPs (clear for McCartney, white for II, and creamy white

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

That's What Happened 1982-1985: The Bootleg Series Vol. 7

June 29, 2022 By

Miles Davis Bootleg Series 7

3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP Highlights: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The 3-CD box set (also available digitally) focuses on Miles Davis' final years at the Columbia label with which he had been associated since 1955 and on the three albums that closed out his 30-year run: Star People (1983), Decoy (1984), and You're Under Arrest (1985).  The collection features studio outtakes as well as a complete live performance, What It Is: Montreal 7/7/83. That's What

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Categories: Uncategorized Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, R&B/Soul

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown: Original Soundtrack Recording

June 29, 2022 By

Vince Guaraldi Its the Great Pumpkin 2022

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Pumpkin-Shaped LP: Craft Recordings Pumpkin Patch Splatter LP: Craft Recordings Thanks to a new tape discovery, Craft Recordings is able to present the first true, complete soundtrack to It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!  The Emmy-nominated 1966 television special was the third overall for Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts series and the second to be holiday-themed, after A Charlie Brown Christmas. 

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Categories: Uncategorized Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Holiday, Jazz, Soundtracks

Rock Hard

June 29, 2022 By

Jimi Jamison Rock Hard

Iconoclassic Records is now premiering Rock Hard, Survivor lead singer Jimi Jamison's previously unreleased 1990 album, in a deluxe, expanded CD edition.  Intended to be Jamison's solo debut, Rock Hard features 10 songs including three previously unreleased compositions, three previously unreleased recordings, and a pair of previously unreleased mixes/arrangements.  Jimi's non-LP solo single (issued in Germany, Japan, and promotionally in the U.S.) of his Survivor bandmates Jim Peterik and

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

Words and Music - May 1965

June 13, 2022 By

Lou Reed Words and Music May 1965

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Black Vinyl LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Yellow Vinyl LP: Light in the Attic Store Cassette: Light in the Attic Store CD/2LP/7" Vinyl Deluxe Edition: Light in the Attic Store Light in the Attic launches The Lou Reed Archive Series with Words & Music, May 1965.  Available on CD, cassette, and multiple vinyl formats, Words & Music will collect some of Reed's earliest and most significant recordings.  Produced in

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

The Light User Syndrome [Expanded Edition]

June 13, 2022 By

The Fall The Light User Syndrome

Iconoclassic reissues and expands The Fall's 18th studio album as a 2-CD set.  1996's The Light User Syndrome - the band's first album with Julia Nagle and last with Brix Smith - was previously reissued on CD via the Receiver and Castle Music labels.  But whereas the Castle edition had just two bonus tracks (the single sides "The Chiselers" and "Chilinist"),  Iconoclassic's upcoming expansion boasts those two sides as well as an additional 10 cuts.  The first CD features the original album,

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Categories: Uncategorized Formats: CD Genre: Rock

Greatest Hits: Revisited, Remixed, Remastered

June 13, 2022 By

Whitesnake Greatest Hits Remixed

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rhino CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rhino 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rhino Whitesnake has retooled its familiar 1994 Greatest Hits collection in "Revisited, Remixed, and Remastered" form.  Its release will be staggered, with the currently-available digital version to be followed on June 17 with CD and black vinyl 180-gram double-LP editions and on July 15 with a CD/Blu-ray combo.  The original

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

Hallelujah & Songs From His Albums

June 8, 2022 By

Cohen Hallelujah

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada In conjunction with the new documentary film Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song, Legacy has offered this new collection from the late troubadour.  Already available digitally, Hallelujah & Songs from His Albums, coming to CD and translucent blue double vinyl on October 14, is exactly what's advertised: a previously unreleased live version of that mystifying standard (recorded at the

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

Regimental Sgt. Zippo

June 8, 2022 By

Elton John Regimental Sgt. Zippo Stereo

CD (24 tracks, mono and stereo): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP (12 tracks, stereo): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Last year, Elton John surprised fans on Record Store Day with the premiere release of Regimental Sgt. Zippo, a complete studio album which he recorded prior to his first released LP, Empty Sky.  Now, the once-lost psych-pop gem is seeing an even wider release.  Island/Mercury will debut the stereo version of Regimental Sgt. Zippo on 1CD and 1LP vinyl;

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

Earl's Closet

June 8, 2022 By

Earls Closet

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Light in the Attic Store Red Opaque Wax LP: Light in the Attic Store Clear Wax "Cocktail Party" LP: Light in the Attic Store Black Vinyl LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Light in the Attic Store Light in the Attic has unearthed a cache of tapes from tastemaker/scenester Earl McGrath to curate Earl's Closet, a volume with rare and hard-to-find tracks from a wide variety of artists including Daryl Hall and John Oates, Delbert

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Categories: Uncategorized Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Country, Everything Else, Pop, R&B/Soul

Against the Odds 1974-1982

June 8, 2022 By

Blondie front cover

10LP/10"/7" Super Deluxe: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 8CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The long-awaited Blondie box set - a catalogue number was assigned back in 2016! - is finally on the way.  Against the Odds 1974-1982 is coming in a variety of formats including a very limited 10LP/10"/7" Super Deluxe vinyl box, a 4LP cutdown, an 8CD box, and a 3CD set with just the

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Categories: Uncategorized Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Pop, Rock

Born For This Moment

June 8, 2022 By

Chicago Born for This Moment

Chicago releases its latest studio album, Born for This Moment (or Chicago 38, for those who are counting).  Produced by longtime Brian Wilson associate Joe Thomas, it's coming on CD and digital formats with a vinyl release due on October 21, and features the lead singles "If This Is Goodbye" and "Firecracker" plus three collaborations with Chicago rock legend Jim Peterik (The Ides of March, Survivor).

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Watermelon Man: Music from the Original Soundtrack

June 2, 2022 By

Watermelon Man OST

Watermelon Skin Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music America Swirl Vinyl: Real Gone Music Color Variant: Barnes & Noble Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records are returning Melvin Van Peebles' score to his groundbreaking 1970 comedy Watermelon Man back into print for the first time in more than five decades.  Watermelon Man shattered conventions with its bitingly satirical story about a white couple, intolerant and obnoxious insurance salesman Jeff Gerber

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Categories: Uncategorized Formats: Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul, Soundtracks

The Beatles: Get Back

June 1, 2022 By

Beatles Get Back BD

DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada After a manufacturing delay scuttled a release earlier this year, The Beatles: Get Back is finally coming to DVD and Blu-ray on Tuesday, July 12.  Both the DVD and Blu-ray presentations offer director Peter Jackson's three-part, 468-minute Get Back on three discs - one part per disc.  No additional bonus features have been included, although the packages do come with four photo cards (one per

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Categories: Uncategorized Formats: Blu-Ray, DVD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

Waiting for Columbus: Super Deluxe Edition

June 1, 2022 By

Little Feat Waiting for Columbus

8CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP (Original Album Only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada  Rhino celebrates 45 years of the original concerts that formed Little Feat's seminal live album Waiting for Columbus with this new 8-CD presentation.  The Super Deluxe Edition kicks off with a remastered version of the original album (culled from concerts in Washington, DC and London) on two CDs, following that presentation with three never-before-released live performances

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

Toast

June 1, 2022 By

Neil Young Toast

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP:  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Young and Crazy Horse recorded the album Toast "around the turn of the millennium" at San Francisco's Toast Studios but the prolific and notoriously mercurial artist soon thought better of releasing it.  "Quit" and "Goin' Home" appeared on 2002's Are You Passionate?, the former in a re-recording with a different band (including Booker T. Jones, Donald "Duck" Dunn, and Crazy Horse's Frank "Poncho"

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The Resurrection of Rust

June 1, 2022 By

Rusty The Resurrection of Rust

Elvis Costello has joined his old friend Allan Mayes to reform Rusty, the band in which they played in 1972-1973.  Costello and Mayes were joined by The Imposters and guest keyboardist Bob Andrews of Brinsley Schwarz for this newly-recorded six-song album comprising Rusty originals plus covers of Nick Lowe, Jim Ford, and Neil Young played in the band's original setlists.  The Resurrection of Rust arrives digitally June 10; the U.S. date for the CD release is July 22 (delayed from July 1).

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Finn: Deluxe Edition

June 1, 2022 By

Finn

Finn, the first album credited to the Finn Brothers, will debut on vinyl this summer as part of a double LP that also includes Neil and Tim Finn's extraordinary demos from 1989 - which birthed another classic album from the duo. The Needle Mythology label, founded by writer and Finn authority Pete Paphides, will put both Finn and those 1989 demos (including the previously-unreleased "Four-Stepping in 3/4 Time") together in one luxe 2LP package. The sleeve will also include lyrics, new notes by

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Categories: Uncategorized Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock

Live in New York 1979: The Ultimate Edition

May 26, 2022 By

Liza Live in New York 1979

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 Real Gone Music, both of which are adorned with Andy Warhol's suitable-for-framing portrait of the artist.  Live in New York 1979: The Ultimate Edition will be available on 3 CDs,

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Categories: Uncategorized Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal

Holy Diver: Super Deluxe Edition

May 23, 2022 By

Dio Holy Diver SDE

Rhino expands Holy Diver, the first album from the band Dio, in time for what would have been late frontman Ronnie James Dio's 80th birthday.  The upcoming Super Deluxe Edition is built around two versions of Holy Diver.  CD 1 presents a brand-new 2022 mix of the album made utilizing the original multitracks by Joe Barresi, while CD 2 features a remastered version of the original 1983 mix.  Two discs of bonus material round out the package.  CD 3, Live at Selland Arena, Fresno, CA, 1983, offers

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

Melt Away: A Tribute to Brian Wilson

May 23, 2022 By

She and Him Melt Away

For their seventh studio album, She and Him - a.k.a. Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward - pay tribute to The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson.  Melt Away features fourteen intimate reinterpretations from the Wilson songbook, with the title track pulled from his solo debut and the rest from the Beach Boys' discography.  Brian himself joins the duo on "Do It Again."  Available on CD, LP, and digitally.

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

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk: Deluxe Edition

May 17, 2022 By

Art Blakeys Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk

On May 14 and 15, 1957, piano great Thelonious Monk joined drummer Art Blakey and his loose musical collective known as the Jazz Messengers to record an album for Atlantic Records.  The resulting LP, Monk's lone appearance on the label, remains a high point in both artists' discographies.  Blakey and Monk were joined by Johnny Griffin on tenor saxophone, Bill Hardman on trumpet, and bassist Spanky DeBrest for the session which featured such Monk compositions as "In Walked Bud," "Blue Monk," and

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