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Deck the Halls: Second Disc Records, Real Gone Add to Christmas Slate with The Ames Brothers, Connie Smith

September 21, 2017 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Ames Brothers Therell Always Be a Christmas

Last week, Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music announced details of The Supremes' Ultimate Merry Christmas, our 2-CD celebration of the legendary group's joyous 1965 holiday album.  Today, we're keeping spirits bright as we announce two more Christmas classics coming to CD on November 3! On their 1957 album of the same name, The Ames Brothers proclaimed in song, "There'll Always Be a Christmas" - and as it turns out, Ed, Vic, Gene, and Joe Ames had created a joyful Christmas album for all

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Country, Holiday, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Connie Smith, Ed Ames, The Ames Brothers

Cherry Red's El Label Celebrates Miles Davis, Bill Evans On Two Collections

September 19, 2017 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Quiet Passion of Bill Evans

Cherry Red's El label has recently turned its attention to two late titans of jazz for a pair of releases.  The Cinema of Miles Davis and The Quiet Passion of Bill Evans: Collaborations, Trios and Guest Sessions both focus on the artists' early periods in which they were pushing the envelope and shattering preconceived notions of bop. The Cinema of Miles Davis captures the trumpeter between 1954 and 1961 on a variety of performances either written for films or used in films.  Representing the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Jazz, Soundtracks Tags: Bill Evans, Miles Davis

Forget Your Troubles: New Judy Garland Love Songs Collection to Arrive on Jasmine In 2018

September 18, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Judy Garland 1939

Hot on the heels of two recent Judy Garland collections from Mint Audio Records and JSP Records, the U.K.-based Jasmine label has announced that it will be celebrating the late superstar in 2018 with a new 24-track collection.  I Can't Give You Anything But Love features a selection of Garland's most timeless love songs recorded between 1939 and 1961.  We have the full press release below, and will share more - including cover artwork and track listing - as soon as complete details are announced

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Judy Garland

Release Round-Up: Week of September 15

September 15, 2017 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

The Doors Singles Collection 2CD1BRD Cover 1024x1024

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Doors, The Singles (Elektra/Rhino) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 2CD/1BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada  / Amazon U.K.  Vinyl box set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. Singles compiles all 20 of the singles from The Doors' official discography. This not only includes every A and B-side from their core studio albums, but several albums recorded and released after the passing of frontman Jim Morrison, including

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Pop, Rock Tags: Big Star, Carole King, Cat Stevens, Chris Bell, Deep Purple, Kris Kristofferson, Linda Ronstadt, Lou Reed, Michael McDonald, Michael Nesmith, Ringo Starr, Rusty Young, Shawn Colvin, Steve Miller Band, The Doors, Yusuf

A Few Small Repairs: 20th Anniversary Edition

September 12, 2017 By

Shawn Colvin A Few Small Repairs

Shawn Colvin's 1997 album boasted the Grammy-winning "Sunny Came Home" as well as the chart-topping pair of "You and the Mona Lisa" and "Nothin' on Me" (also the theme to TV's Suddenly Susan).  As Colvin hits the road with a tour celebrating 20 years of the album, Legacy has a deluxe anniversary reissue in CD, vinyl, and digital formats, all with seven live bonus tracks.  Additionally, PledgeMusic offers an exclusive version with a bonus DVD and digital EP.

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

The Bottom Line Archive: In Their Own Words with Vin Scelsa

September 12, 2017 By

Bottom Line Lou Reed and Kris Kristofferson

On February 2, 1994, renowned New York DJ Vin Scelsa welcomed the unlikely pair of Kris Kristofferson and Lou Reed to the stage of The Bottom Line to discuss, and illustrate, their art.  Now, that rare conversation comes to 2 CDs as part of The Bottom Line Archive Series.  This release features both men singing some of their classic hits as well as a duet of Smokey Robinson's "Tracks of My Tears" - making essential listening for any fans of great songwriting.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Country, Rock

Soundtrack Round-Up: Action, Suspense, Horror Classics from Silvestri, Donaggio and More

August 30, 2017 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Romancing the Stone

Intrada, La-La Land and Lakeshore Records have some delightful soundtrack titles available or forthcoming right now, including rediscovered musical works for some major blockbusters of the '80s and '90s. Last week, Intrada reissued Pino Donaggio's score to Body Double, Brian De Palma's erotically-charged thriller about a claustrophobic actor mixed up in a nightmarish murder mystery. Craig Wassen and Melanie Griffith star, De Palma co-writes, produces and directs; and Donaggio marks his fourth

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Alan Silvestri, Christopher Young, James Newton Howard, Pino Donaggio

Can't Hold the Feeling Back: Brenda Holloway's Lost Motown Sessions Arrive On "Spellbound"

August 29, 2017 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Brenda Holloway Spellbound

A new anthology from Cherry Red's SoulMusic Records imprint is bound to leave listeners so very happy.  Why?  It's a 2-CD, 33-track collection of (mostly) unheard music from one of Motown's most underrated stars, the incandescent Brenda Holloway.  While Brenda may be best known for co-writing "You've Made Me So Very Happy," there was much more to the artist, and Spellbound: Rare and Unreleased Motown Gems makes that abundantly clear.  Many of the tracks on this collection

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Brenda Holloway

We Could Be Together

August 29, 2017 By

Debbie Gibson WCBT

This new box set by Edsel offers a deep dive into the career of the eighties pop diva. This 10CD/3DVD set features expanded editions of eight of Gibson's albums, including works for Atlantic, SBK and independent releases, two additional discs of remixes and rarities, and DVDs of music videos and live shows (much of which is either unreleased or otherwise unavailable on DVD). The box is rounded out with a 32-page scrapbook of photos selected by Gibson herself, plus new interviews and commentary

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Pop

Out of the Blue: Debbie Gibson Singles Collection, Box Set Coming Soon

August 28, 2017 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

Debbie Gibson WCBT

Three decades ago, a 17-year-old girl from Brooklyn quite literally came from out of the blue with an infectious blend of pop that was all her own. Now, two different labels are celebrating Debbie Gibson's classic catalogue with a double-disc collection and a no-holds-barred box set. Gibson, the third of four girls born to a family of music lovers, was writing and recording her own material before she reached her teens. In 1986, her demo "Only In My Dreams" earned her a development deal at

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Pop Tags: Debbie Gibson

Review: Echo and the Bunnymen, "It's All Live Now"

August 25, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Echo and the Bunnymen Its All Live Now

Run Out Groove, the new vinyl arm of Rhino and Warner Music Group, has continued its winning streak with another top-notch presentation - this time from the Liverpool-bred post-punk band Echo and the Bunnymen.  The limited edition It's All Live Now is a newly-curated title with ten tracks - mostly cover versions, from Bob Dylan to The Velvet Underground - performed in concert between 1983 and 1985, as originally released on singles and/or the band's 2001 retrospective CD box set Crystal Days

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Echo and the Bunnymen

Everybody Sing! JSP Records Collects Four Discs of Judy Garland's "Classic Duets" on New Box Set

August 7, 2017 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Judy Garland Classic Duets

Throughout her illustrious, if tragically curtailed, career, Judy Garland raised her voice in song with some of the greatest artists of all time, including Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Fred Astaire, Al Jolson, Gene Kelly, Kay Thompson, and many more.  Last Friday, August 4, a new 4-CD set arrived from the U.K.'s JSP Records celebrating Garland's greatest vocal collaborations with these performers and many others.  Judy Garland: Classic Duets features 109 tracks over 4 CDs, including 15 tracks

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal, Soundtracks Tags: Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney

DeShannon, Ronstadt, Baez, Nyro Featured on "Milk of the Tree: Anthology of Female Folk and Singer-Songwriters"

August 1, 2017 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Milk of the Tree

The new anthology Milk of the Tree, from Cherry Red's Grapefruit label, sets forth its mission statement clearly in its subtitle: An Anthology of Female Vocal Folk and Singer-Songwriters 1966-1973.  Still, how to anthologize such a broad and powerful group of artists during one of the most creatively fertile periods in popular music history?  Grapefruit does a fine job in distilling the essence of the period - and charting the growth of artists from a pure pop framework to one in which they

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Folk, Pop Tags: Jackie DeShannon, Janis Ian, Joan Baez, Laura Nyro, Linda Ronstadt, Marianne Faithfull, Various Artists

Review: Ramones, "Leave Home: 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition"

July 28, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Leave Home

The sophomore album from Forest Hills, Queens, New York's Ramones, Leave Home, arrived in January 1977 on Sire Records, just months after the April 1976 release of the band's self-titled debut.  Despite the title, however, Leave Home didn't mark a large stylistic leap or departure for the young punks out of their comfort zone.  On closer inspection, however, it continued the growth of the band.  Forty years later, it's easier to hear that progression than ever, thanks to a new, 3-CD/1-LP set

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Ramones

Review: Elvis Presley, "A Boy From Tupelo: The Complete 1953-1955 Recordings"

July 28, 2017 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Elvis A Boy from Tupelo Cover

It's hard to believe - impossible, even - but Elvis Aron Presley once was just A Boy from Tupelo.  The once and future King's transformation from modest beginnings to international superstar has never been more vividly traced than on the new 3-CD box set from RCA and Legacy.  A Boy from Tupelo: The Complete 1953-1955 Recordings is a trip back in time to the birth of rock-and-roll (destination: Memphis) featuring every one of Elvis' known Sun Records masters and outtakes, as well as his four

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop Tags: Elvis Presley

Release Round-Up: Week of July 28

July 28, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Boy From Tupelo LP

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Elvis Presley, A Boy From Tupelo - The Complete 1953-55 Recordings (RCA/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K.) A Boy From Tupelo: The Complete Recordings 1953-1955 journeys back to the birth of rock-and-roll to feature, on three CDs and digitally, every known Elvis Presley Sun Records master and outtake.  In addition, the collection also contains Elvis' four earliest, privately-pressed sides, and vintage radio and concert

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: 10cc, Alice Cooper, Arthur Alexander, Elvis Presley, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Herb Alpert, Jessica Molaskey, John Pizzarelli, Pet Shop Boys, Santana, The Cars, The Delfonics, The Isley Brothers

Sirius-ly Expanded: Legacy Plans 'Eye in the Sky' Box from Alan Parsons Project

July 27, 2017 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Alan Parsons Project Eye in the Sky 35th

The eye in the sky is still looking at you... On November 17, Legacy Recordings will issue a 35th anniversary box set celebrating The Alan Parsons Project's 1982 Eye in the Sky.  The album, which yielded the APP's biggest hit single with its title track as well as the classic instrumental "Sirius," will be enhanced for this expansive 3-CD/1-BD/2-LP/1-Flexidisc release with rare and previously unreleased material. Perhaps the pinnacle of the collaboration between Alan Parsons and Eric

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: The Alan Parsons Project

Tickle Me: Edsel Reissues The Alan Price Set's Decca Recordings, Featuring Early Randy Newman Songs

July 25, 2017 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Alan Price Set Twice the Price

Alan Price's early accomplishments with The Animals would have been enough to ensure the keyboardist-composer-arranger's place in the rock and roll pantheon, but happily, Price's solo work has endured just as strongly over the years.  Price publicly announced his departure from the group on May 5, 1965, and just a few months later in September, he introduced his new band, The Alan Price Set.  Edsel has recently restored the early recordings of The Alan Price Set into print on a 3-CD

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Alan Price, Randy Newman, The Alan Price Set

Ace Throws a Philly Soul "House Party" with The Delfonics, Len Barry, Jerry Butler, More

July 13, 2017 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Nothing But a House Party

What is the sound of Philadelphia?  As Kent Records' exciting compilation Nothing But a House Party: The Birth of The Philly Sound 1967-1971 readily admits, there were many such sounds - the sound of teen idols Fabian and Frankie Avalon; of "South Street" and "The Mashed Potato" and Cameo-Parkway Records; of the doo-wop of The Dreamlovers, and before that, of Italian-American singers like Mario Lanza and Al Martino.  But the sound of Philadelphia referenced here is the one with capital letters -

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Archie Bell and the Drells, Gamble and Huff, Jerry Butler, The Delfonics, The Intruders, Thom Bell, Various Artists

Review: The Beach Boys, "1967: Sunshine Tomorrow" and "Wild Honey" (Stereo LP)

July 3, 2017 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Beach Boys Sunshine Tomorrow

There's nothing quite nice as a kiss of wild honey... Carl Wilson - the angelic voice from on high of "God Only Knows" - unleashed his inner soul man with a fury on "Wild Honey," the title track of The Beach Boys' second album of 1967.  The funky, Theremin-driven ode to a "girl with the sweetness of a honey bee" opened the LP which turned out to be one of the most singular in the band's storied catalogue.  Its fusion of pulsating R&B and raw rock-and-roll, anchored by nine Brian

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: The Beach Boys

Playback: The Brian Wilson Anthology

June 21, 2017 By

Brian Wilson Playback

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Coinciding with the legendary Beach Boy's 75th birthday year and current, sold-out tour, Rhino offers the first-ever anthology of Brian Wilson's solo recordings from 1988 through the present day, including two previously unreleased tracks, "Some Sweet Day" and "Run, James, Run."  Available on CD, double vinyl LP, and digital platforms.

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

Omnivore Revives "Rosebud" From Henske, Yester, Doerge On New Expanded Edition

June 16, 2017 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Rosebud

Last year, the Omnivore label began its retelling of the story of Judy Henske and Jerry Yester with the hotly-anticipated, first authorized reissue of the then-married duo's 1969 cult favorite album Farewell Aldebaran.  Now, the Henske/Yester tale continues with another lavishly expanded CD reissue: this time, of 1971's Rosebud.  The album was so named for the band itself, featuring Henske on vocals, Yester on vocals, bass, and banjo, her future husband Craig Doerge on vocals, keyboards, and

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Jerry Yester, Judy Henske, Rosebud

Something for Audrey (And Patty): Cherry Red Reissues Mancini's "Two for the Road" and "Me, Natalie"

June 15, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Two For The Road and Me Natalie

In the canon of all-time great film composers, the name of Henry Mancini still looms large.  Cherry Red's El imprint has brought two of his classic 1960s scores together on one CD: the original RCA Victor soundtrack album of Two for the Road (1967) and the Columbia Records release of Me, Natalie (1969) - the latter of which has only been previously available on CD as part of a large Mancini box set. Mancini scored four films for Audrey Hepburn - Breakfast at Tiffany's, Charade, Wait Until

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Henry Mancini, Rod McKuen

Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment: Ramones Remix and Expand "Leave Home" for 40th Anniversary

June 7, 2017 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Leave Home

Last year's deluxe 40th anniversary edition of the self-titled debut album by the Ramones looks to be the first in a series! Rhino Records today announced a rarity packed 3CD/1LP edition of the band's second album, 1977's Leave Home, for release this summer. Leave Home was a progression for the Forest Hills punk quartet: more diverse songs written independently by the band instead of devised in the studio; a budget nearly doubled from the sessions for Ramones (plus a big shot producer, Tony

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Ramones

Step Inside, Walk This Way: Def Leppard Expand "Hysteria" to Seven Discs

June 7, 2017 By Mike Duquette 8 Comments

Hysteria super deluxe

In very many ways, Def Leppard's fourth studio album Hysteria was their biggest--and a new box set due this year looks to prove that en masse. On August 4--exactly 30 years since it was first released--Bludgeon Riffola and UMC will release multiple expanded editions of Hysteria, including a new 3CD deluxe edition, a 5CD/2DVD box set (both boasting material not on the 20th anniversary deluxe edition released in 2007) and vinyl formats. Hysteria was the culmination of more than three years

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Def Leppard

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