Before shuffling off this mortal coil earlier this year at the age of 90, the rock-and-roll pioneer Chuck Berry left behind his first new album in almost 40 years, featuring almost all new material written by the legend. Chuck was recorded around his home base of St. Louis, and features the local group that has backed him on 200+-dates over the past two decades. The group includes his children Charles Berry Jr. (guitar) and Ingrid Berry (harmonica), plus Jimmy Marsala (Berry's bassist of forty
Eidolon: The Allan Holdsworth Collection
Eidolon distills Manifesto's 12-CD box The Man Who Changed Guitar Forever to 28 key tracks from Allan Holdsworth's solo era, with an unreleased Jack Bruce vocal version of "Road Games" plus "Eidolon," "City Nights," "Sphere of Innocence," "Funnels," "Mental Fatigue," "Tokyo Dream," "Against the Clock" and more favorite selections from his albums, all hand-picked by Allan himself!
The Man Who Changed Guitar Forever
Manifesto has a 12-CD box set celebrating the influential if underrated guitar hero (Soft Machine, Gong). Holdsworth has inspired a generation of players of rock, jazz, prog, and even metal; the box has all of his solo albums (including a live set) from 1982-2003 plus a 40-page booklet putting his career in perspective.
Americana
Legendary Kinks frontman-songwriter Ray Davies returns with his first solo album in a decade, named after his acclaimed 2013. Davies wrote and arranged Americana, based on themes explored in his memoir, and was joined by co-producers Guy Massey and John Jackson, and The Jayhawks as his backing band. In addition to new Davies songs, the album also features brief spoken-word passages from the book, to create a musical autobiography of Davies' time in America. Available on CD, LP, and DD.
Years
Real Gone is reissuing the debut album from singer-songwriter Marc Jonson. Years, released on Vanguard in 1972, has never been reissued on CD and features a light psyche/folk baroque sound. As a songwriter, Jonson has seen his songs covered by such artists as Robert Gordon, The Roches, Shawn Colvin, Steve Forbert, Suzanne Vega and The Smithereens. He has performed on several Disney albums and released two more solo albums and, in 2015, a collections of songs written over the years with David
Honeybeat: Groovy '60s Girl-Pop
Honeybeat: Groovy 60s Girl Pop, curated by Sheila Burgel from the Sony archives and released on Real Gone Music, features 19 songs from nine different labels, nearly a third of which have never been released on CD. While some tracks come from known artists such as Little Eva, Skeeter Davis and even Nichelle Nichols (who had a brief music career during her time on Star Trek), most are definitely of the "hidden treasure" variety. Burgel's notes feature interviews with many of the artists and the
The Epic Archive (1975-1979)
Cheap Trick's The Epic Archive (1975-1979) brings together 18 odds and ends from the beginning of the band's career. The first volume of The Epic Archive brings together demos, alternate versions of songs, outtakes and live tracks, including three from a later concert at Budokan. Many of the tracks have been previously released on reissues over the years, but this is the first time they have been brought together. This title was previously available as a digital download, but this new
Ends With And
1990s noise-pop group Helium releases Ends With And, a new compilation which collects 19 rare tracks across two LPs, including B-sides, EP and compilation tracks (two of which are by Mary Timony and Ash Bowie's Led Byrd side project) and four unreleased demos, including the unheard song "Golden Bridge." Available on vinyl and download/streaming. The compilation will be joined by vinyl reissues of 1995's The Dirt of Luck and 1997's The Magic City (the latter as a 2LP set with the EP No Guitars,
It's All Over Now [CD]
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. More than 40 years after it was recorded, legendary pub rock outfit Brinsley Schwarz's final studio album It's All Over Now is finally hitting record stores! Recorded in 1974, the album sat unreleased as the band's members went their separate ways. But now, U.K. label Mega Dodo, which released a live collection from the band in 2015, will release an official version of It's All Over Now with ten
California: Deluxe Edition
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Blink-182's 2016 album California gets a quick reissue - but it amounts to a bonus of a complete new album! California will be expanded with a 12-track bonus disc, including the new single "Parking Lot," a Japanese bonus track ("Hey I'm Sorry") and an acoustic rendition of "Bored to Death." It's available on CD and vinyl, and color LP variants are available through the band's official store.
Creation Theory
This 4-CD/1-DVD collection from 1960s British rockers The Creation includes, on four CDs, include all eight single sides by pre-Creation band The Mark Four (and three live reunion recordings from 1985), all of the core recordings produced by Shel Talmy, in both mono and Talmy's new stereo mixes, the band's 1987 album and a subsequent reunion album for Creation Records (the label founded by Alan McGee and named after the band), plus Phillips' solo recordings from 1990 and 2011. The DVD features
Kickin' Child: The Lost Album 1965
Kickin' Child: The Lost Album dates back to Dion's tenure at Columbia Records, featuring 15 songs recorded with his group The Wanderers and producer Tom Wilson over sessions between spring and fall of 1965. While these folk-rock-flavored tracks have been released before on singles and compilations, this marks their first collection as a coherent whole album as originally envisioned. Available on CD and vinyl.
Allen Ginsberg Reads Kaddish - A 20th Century American Ecstatic Narrative Poem
One of Beat Generation legend Allen Ginsberg's early projects was the only release on Atlantic Records' spoken-word Verbum series. Released in 1966, Allen Ginsberg Reads Kaddish - A 20th Century Estatic Narrative Poem, features the author reciting his epic autobiographical poem Kaddish, which was first published in 1961. This new red vinyl edition - the album's first vinyl reissue - is limited to 1,700 copies.
Poetry For The Beat Generation
Poetry For The Beat Generation features Beat Generation hero Jack Kerouac reciting poetry over television host and composer-pianist Steve Allen's musical accompaniment. Real Gone's new vinyl edition of this 1959 classic is colored "beatnik smoke" black-and-white and is limited to 900 copies.
The Complete Hits
Controversial country outlaw David Allan Coe signed with Columbia Records in 1974 and would remain there through 1987. During his tenure, he notched 31 hits on the Country chart including 1983's No. 4 "The Ride" and the No. 2 "Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile" from 1984. These 31 hits comprise the tracklisting of Real Gone's new 2-CD compilation, which features notes from Chris Morris and remastering from Chris LeMonde.
New Looks From An Old Lover: The Complete Columbia Singles
New Looks from an Old Lover - The Complete Columbia Singles from B.J. Thomas gathers up all of the A and B sides the singer recorded for that label during his tenure there in the 1980s including the No. 3 Country hit "Two Car Garage" and two No. 1s: "Whatever Happened To Old-Fashioned Love" and "New Looks from an Old Lover." It's all been newly remastered by Sean Brennan at Battery Studios, and features liner notes from TSD's Joe Marchese!
Easter Bunny Hop
The crate-diggers at Germany's Bear Family label are celebrating Easter with a selection of "28 hot tracks for your basket!" Easter Bunny Hop has such seasonal treats as Rosemary Clooney's "Eggbert the Easter Egg" and My Choc'late Rabbit," Johnny Horton's "Egg Money," Tommy Sands' "The Chicken and the Hawk," Fats Domino's "Easter Parade," and Sam Butera's "Up Jumped a Rabbit." These pop, rock and roll, country and R&B treats are bound to leave you hoppin'!
Songs From Kermit Goell's Pocahontas: The West End Musical
Stage Door Records unearths another lost bit of West End history with this first-ever release of music from composer-lyricist-librettist Kermit Goell's Pocahontas. The 1963 show starring Anita Gillette and Terence Cooper was a swift 12-performance flop, prompting Decca Records to cancel its cast album recording sessions. But the score was preserved on a demo sung by a company of Broadway vocalists as well as on the composer's piano demos. Stage Door premieres those ultra-rare recordings on CD
The Best of Big Star
Perennial cult band Big Star gets its first compilation in nearly 15 years with The Best of Big Star. This new release collects (on one CD or 2 LPs) 16 tracks from #1 Record, Radio City and Third; As a bit of a nod to collectors, six of the tracks are presented in their original single mix/edit forms - and four of those ("Don't Lie to Me" and "Watch the Sunrise" from #1 Record, "September Gurls" from Radio City and "Jesus Christ" from 3rd) appear to be making their debut on CD.
Thank You, Friends: Big Star's Third Live...and More
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. (TBD) 2CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. (TBD) 2CD/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. (TBD) Big Star's cult classic Third is revived in front of a live audience in 2016 on this new concert film and soundtrack, featuring original drummer Jody Stephens joined by The Posies' Ken Stringfellow and Jon Auer, Mike Mills of R.E.M., Mitch Easter of Let's Active, and Chris Stamey of The dB's, plus a host of special guests including Jeff Tweedy and Pat Sansone (both of
Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds 1984-2014
Standard 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. (TBD) Standard 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. (TBD) 3CD/1DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. (TBD) Super Deluxe: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. (TBD) A new multi-format compilation curated by Nick Cave and Mick Harvey serves as an introduction to the group's output over a thirty-year period. Lovely Creatures will be available in several formats: A 2CD and 3LP set features 21 tracks from the group's discography in non-chronological order; A deluxe
Leonard Bernstein: The Composer
The LP-sized box set Leonard Bernstein: The Composer contains 25 CDs of the maestro's most enduring compositions in remastered and/or remixed form including his Broadway musicals, all of the original stereo "Bernstein Conducts Bernstein" recordings made for Columbia Masterworks, new compilations, and more. View our original article for full details on this comprehensive collection!
John Williams and Steven Spielberg: The Ultimate Collection
This 3-CD/1-DVD set brings together two previously released albums celebrating the legendary 40+ partnership of director and composer (1991's The Spielberg/Williams Collaboration and 1995's Williams on Williams: The Classic Spielberg Scores) and adds a newly-recorded third volume entitled The Spielberg/Williams Collaboration Part III. A newly filmed documentary, Steven Spielberg & John Williams: The Adventure Continues, rounds out the package on DVD.
Francis Albert Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim: 50th Anniversary Edition
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada TBD) Standard Vinyl LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada TBD Exclusive Blue Vinyl LP: uDiscoverMusic.com Sinatra and Jobim's sublime 1966 Reprise album gets a remastered anniversary reissue with two bonus tracks: a medley of "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars/Change Partners/I Concentrate on You/The Girl from Ipanema" medley from the A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim television special; and a previously unreleased alternate take of "The Girl
Infinite Tuesday: Autobiographical Riffs - The Music
Rhino Records offers a 14-track companion CD to Michael Nesmith's memoir Infinite Tuesday - An Autobiographical Riff (due on April 18). This collection has tracks from Nesmith solo as well as The Monkees and The First National Band, charting his singular and often-trailblazing work over the decades.
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