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Where All the Spirits Return: Neil Young's "Dead Man" Soundtrack Reissued on Vinyl and CD

March 11, 2019 By Sam Stone 2 Comments

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Jim Jarmusch's 1995 film Dead Man was dubbed by the director as a "psychedelic western."  With a cast including Johnny Depp, Billy Bob Thornton, Crispin Glover, and Iggy Pop, the surreal period piece is set in the bleak 19th-century Old West and follows an accountant named William Blake who's on the run after a murder.  Blake encounters Nobody, a guide who believes Blake to be the famous poet. Underscoring the proceedings is a Neil Young soundtrack that's as vast as the film.  Consisting of

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else Tags: Neil Young

Dreams Never End: New Order's "Movement" To Be Reissued In April, 12" Singles Arriving TODAY

March 8, 2019 By Sam Stone 2 Comments

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New Order rose from the ashes of legendary post-punk group Joy Division and created a unique blend of punk, electronica, and new wave that made them one of the most celebrated groups of the '80s.  Their debut album Movement arrived at a period of transition.   Having elected to continue on after the death of Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis, the re-named New Order were in search of a new identity and a new sound.  Most of the material that would make up Movement came from songwriting sessions in

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, Rock Tags: New Order

Release Round-Up: Week of March 8

March 8, 2019 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Pamela Polland, Pamela Polland/Have You Heard the One About the Gas Station Attendant? (BGO) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) BGO collects the two Columbia albums of singer-songwriter Pamela Polland in one deluxe, slipcased package - her 1972 self-titled LP and 1973 follow-up which was shelved and never released...until now! Pamela Polland and Have You Heard the One About the Gas Station Attendant? are filled with enchanting pop

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Funk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Buddy Holly, Eagles, Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush, New Kids on the Block, New Order, Pamela Polland, Townes Van Zandt, Whitesnake

A SECOND DISC EXCLUSIVE! Out Of My Hands, Still In My Heart: The Story of Pamela Polland's Lost Album

March 7, 2019 By Sam Stone 3 Comments

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Pamela Polland may not have become a worldwide household name, but there was a point around the year 1973 where she was close to becoming one. In the prior decade, she had written songs performed by the illustrious likes of Vikki Carr, The Serendipity Singers, and Linda Ronstadt; performed in a blues duo with Ry Cooder; formed the psych-pop duo The Gentle Soul; appeared in the Leonard Bernstein-hosted Inside Pop documentary; and launched a solo career. In the years that followed, she hit the

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Categories: Features, Interviews Formats: CD Genre: Blues, Pop Tags: Pamela Polland

Review: Omnivore's Twin/Tone-Era Soul Asylum Reissues of "Say What You Will...," "Made To Be Broken," and "While You Were Out"

March 7, 2019 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

Soul Asylum Say What You Will

For some listeners, Soul Asylum may be best known as the group that had a worldwide hit in 1993 with "Runaway Train."  The band's major label breakthrough on Columbia Records, it was a Top 10 hit in 14 countries that went Gold in the U.S. and four other territories, brought their album Grave Dancers Union to multi-Platinum status, and garnered a Grammy for Best Rock Song in 1994.   But there's more to the band than that.  Their journey to that global acclaim, starting as rowdy punk band --

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Rock Tags: Soul Asylum

In the Pocket: Ace Salutes Mickie Most, Reggie Young on New Anthologies

March 6, 2019 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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The names of Mickie Most and Reggie Young might not be among the most familiar except to diehard music aficionados, but the songs that benefited from their respective golden touches certainly are among the most well-known ever.  Ace Records has recently paid tribute to both of these late talents with a pair of deluxe anthologies. The Pop Genius of Mickie Most may be the most lavish single-disc package yet released by Ace, housed in a heavy slipcase also containing a squarebound 74-page

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Donovan, Dusty Springfield, Elvis Presley, Herman's Hermits, Jackie DeShannon, Jeff Beck, Johnny Cash, Lulu, Merle Haggard, Mickie Most, Reggie Young, Solomon Burke, Various Artists, Waylon Jennings

Real Gone Music's Record Store Day Slate Includes Badfinger, Cheap Trick, More

March 5, 2019 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

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Real Gone Music has announced its offerings for the 2019 Record Store Day celebration, taking place at your local brick-and-mortar shop Saturday, April 13, and they include a pair of rarities releases from two beloved bands, and a new-to-vinyl soundtrack.  Check out all three titles below, with descriptions for each provided by the label! Badfinger, So Fine--The Warner Bros. Rarities (2-LP Red Vinyl Edition) (2,000 copies) Most folks point to Badfinger as the greatest power pop band of all

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Badfinger, Cheap Trick, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, The Doors, The Posies

Keep A-Knockin': Grapefruit Collects Early Flamin' Groovies Albums On "Gonna Rock Tonite!"

March 5, 2019 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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The Flamin' Groovies are best remembered today for their 1976 single "Shake Some Action," a British Invasion-influenced power pop favorite.  But less well known is the first iteration of the band which recorded three albums between 1969-1971, arguably employing a larger palette of influences than on their later work, including rockabilly, blues, R&B, country, and even ragtime.  Cherry Red's Grapefruit imprint has recently released the 3-CD set Gonna Rock Tonite! The Complete Recordings

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Flamin' Groovies

Hunting High And Low: Rhino Announces Record Store Day 2019 Lineup

March 4, 2019 By Sam Stone 4 Comments

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Today, Rhino announced its offerings for the 2019 Record Store Day celebration, taking place at your local brick-and-mortar shop Saturday, April 13. Rhino's 33 releases highlight several genres of music - soul, rock, rap, comedy, disco, pop, jam bands, prog, and more - on an array of formats including LPs, CDs, picture discs, colored vinyl, and even cassette tapes. Here's the run-down on all their RSD titles! a-ha, Hunting High and Low: The Early Alternate Mixes - 1 LP - 6,000

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: a-ha, Angelo Badalamenti, Aretha Franklin, Cheech and Chong, CHIC, Craig Mack, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, David Bowie, David Lynch, Devo, Duran Duran, Fleetwood Mac, Grateful Dead, Hawkwind, Jefferson Starship, Jethro Tull, Lou Reed, Madonna, Prince, Ramones, Record Store Day, The Notorious B.I.G., Todd Rundgren, Van Morrison, Woodstock, Yes

Hey, Music Lover! Legacy Announces Record Store Day 2019 Exclusives

March 4, 2019 By Sam Stone 9 Comments

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Sony's Legacy Recordings has announced its offerings for this year's Record Store Day festivities, to be held on Saturday, April 13 at your local brick-and-mortar retailer!  As usual, it's an eclectic line-up with pop, rock, and R&B superstars all represented.  So without further ado, here's the label's full list! Jeff Buckley, In Transition - 1 LP - 3,000 copies In Transition is a compilation of seven previously unreleased studio performances from 1993 during the making of Jeff Buckley's

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Categories: News Formats: Cassette, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Brian May, Dennis Wilson, Elvis Presley, Janis Joplin, Jeff Buckley, Pink Floyd, Prince, Record Store Day, Roger Taylor, Sly and the Family Stone, Taylor Hawkins

You Made Me Love You: Judy Garland's "Lost Tracks 2" Collects 50 Rarities on 2 CDs

March 4, 2019 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

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June 22, 2019 will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the passing of Judy Garland.  Though Garland was only on this earth for 47 short years, she packed that time with incendiary performances on stage, screen, radio, television, and records.  That still-singular body of work has been exceedingly well-documented in the years since her death, but remarkably, there's still more to be discovered.  JSP Records has just followed up its acclaimed 2010 collection Lost Tracks 1929-1959 with a second

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal, Soundtracks Tags: Bing Crosby, Judy Garland

Babe, It Ain't No Lie: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Celebrates Iconic Women in Folk With New Vinyl Reissues

March 2, 2019 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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The archivists and musical archaeologists at Smithsonian Folkways Recordings have been mining their mammoth catalogue of folk, world music, blues, jazz, frog sounds, educational recordings, early electronica, historical documentary, and so on to create new vinyl reissues of some of their shining gems. This week, in celebration of the start of Women's History Month, the label has put the spotlight on three releases by Folkways icons.  There's legendary guitar picker Elizabeth Cotten, whose

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Blues, Folk, Jazz Tags: Elizabeth Cotten, Lucinda Williams, Mary Lou Williams

The Story of His Life: Hal David Celebrated on Public Television, Upcoming CD and DVD

March 1, 2019 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

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"Words by Hal David."  That credit graces many of the most cherished popular songs of the second half of the twentieth century, including "(They Long To Be) Close To You," "I Say a Little Prayer," "The Look of Love," and of course, "What the World Needs Now Is Love."  Beginning this weekend, Public Television stations nationwide will be celebrating the life and legacy of Hal David with a new special. What the World Needs Now: Words by Hal David from John Paulson Productions is hosted by The

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Categories: News Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Country, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Aretha Franklin, B.J. Thomas, Barbra Streisand, Burt Bacharach, Carpenters, Cher, Dionne Warwick, Dusty Springfield, Frank Sinatra, Hal David, Jackie DeShannon, Tom Jones

Love Is The Thing: Nat "King" Cole Comes to Public Television, New CD Collection and DVD

March 1, 2019 By The Second Disc 10 Comments

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All hail the King!  The velvet voice of Nat "King" Cole is coming this weekend to Public Television as TJ Lubinsky's My Music series premieres a centennial celebration of the late singer-pianist born March 17, 1919.  My Music: Nat King Cole's Greatest Songs includes full performances of his greatest hits, most beloved classics, and favorite standards including the timeless "Mona Lisa," "Unforgettable" and "When I Fall in Love," the cool "Route 66," and jubilant "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Nat King Cole

Spotlight On: The Zombies' "In the Beginning" from Demon Music Group

March 1, 2019 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

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On March 29, The Zombies will take the stage at Brooklyn's Barclays Center to celebrate their long overdue induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  The time has never been better to revisit the band's catalogue, a hugely influential one despite its small size.  Rediscovering The Zombies has been made easier with the recent release of two deluxe 5-LP vinyl box sets.  For the U.S., Varese Vintage has issued The Complete Studio Recordings, while in the group's native U.K., Demon Music Group

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: The Zombies

Release Round-Up: Week of March 1

March 1, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Tom Petty The Best of Everything

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, The Best of Everything (Geffen/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) On the heels of the release of the acclaimed rarities box set An American Treasure, a new career-spanning anthology arrives from the late Tom Petty.  The Best of Everything is subtitled The Definitive Career-Spanning Hits Collection 1976-2016 and features 38 tracks from the soulful rock-and-roller, including two previously unreleased

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Chaka Khan, Dennis Coffey, Gordon Lightfoot, John Hartford, The Gun, The Undisputed Truth, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Tommy Hunt

Record Store Day Spotlight: Craft Recordings Plans Violent Femmes, Stax Classics, Psych Pop Collections

February 28, 2019 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

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Record Store Day announcements are coming fast and furious, and one of the first out of the gate hails from Craft Recordings.  The label has a variety of packages coming soon for the RSD festivities at your local independent retailer on Saturday, April 13! Here's the full list from Craft with descriptions provided by the label. Violent Femmes, Hallowed Ground (LP): Hallowed Ground is the follow up to the Violent Femmes' legendary self-titled 1983 debut. As with the first album, all of the

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Albert King, Bingo Hand Job, Booker T. & The MG's, Otis Redding, Record Store Day, The Bar-Kays, The Beatles, Violent Femmes

Spotlight On: The Zombies' "Complete Studio Recordings" From Varese Vintage

February 28, 2019 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

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On March 29, The Zombies will take the stage at Brooklyn's Barclays Center to celebrate their long overdue induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  The time has never been better to revisit the band's catalogue, a hugely influential one despite its small size.  Rediscovering The Zombies has been made easier with the recent release of two deluxe 5-LP vinyl box sets.  For the U.S., Varese Vintage has issued The Complete Studio Recordings, while in the group's native U.K., Demon Music Group

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: The Zombies

Sky Blue [Various Formats]

February 28, 2019 By

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CD:  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP:  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Townes Van Zandt is an icon of outlaw country, whose introspective and enigmatic songs have touched audiences for decades. On March 7 Fat Possum Records, working alongside the Townes Van Zandt Estate and their TVZ imprint, will add another chapter with a new collection of unreleased recordings called Sky Blue.  It's a collection of 11 newly unearthed recordings that were made with friend Bill

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Country

Live At The Chicago Theatre [Various Formats]

February 28, 2019 By

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2-CD/DVD/Blu-Ray:  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Limited-Edition Green Vinyl:  Cleopatra Records Last year, rock's wizard/true star Todd Rundgren reunited prog rockers turned power-pop legends Utopia, joining up with Kasim Sulton, Willie Wilcox, along with featured performer Gil Assayas.  It had been 32 years since the band's last performance, save a brief reunion in 1992.  Utopia trekked across the U.S. in the spring and summer and now one stop on the tour will be released as a

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Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

The Wedding Album [Various Formats]

February 28, 2019 By

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CD:  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada White Vinyl Box Set:  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD + LP + T-shirt bundle:  Secretly Canadian Online Store Clear Vinyl Edition:  Rough Trade Online Store On March 22, just over 50 years after the couple's marriage, John Lennon and Yoko Ono's avant-garde Wedding Album will be re-released.  The pair's previous albums saw them experimenting in musique concrete and piecing together audio diary snippets to provide a snapshot of their

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Ultimate Rave [2CD/DVD]

February 28, 2019 By

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The latest in Legacy's Prince reissue series, the new 2-CD/DVD set Ultimate Rave brings together three of his projects.  There's Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic from 1999 and Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic, a hard-to-find 2001 remix album that was only available to members of Prince's NPG Music Club service.  The new collection will also include a DVD of the Rave Un2 The Year 2000 concert film, originally a pay-per-view special which saw Prince and an array of guests - including Morris Day and The Time,

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Cleveland Rocks [Various Formats]

February 28, 2019 By

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CD:  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP:  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Cleveland's rock scene during the '70s was largely championed by Steve Popovich, a former Cleveland resident who ended up being the head of A&R at Epic.  In mid-1976, he left the corporate rock world and headed back home to Cleveland, where he set up Cleveland International Records, part record label, part management company, part marketing consulting group.  Throughout the '70s, Cleveland

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Glamoured (Tone Poet Audiophile LP Reissue)

February 28, 2019 By

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This year marks the 80th anniversary of Blue Note Records, the legendary label that continues to deliver some of the most striking jazz music ever recorded.  To mark the occasion, Joe Harley and Blue Note president Don Was have launched a new initiative called the Tone Poet Audiophile Reissue Series and they've included Cassandra Wilson's Glamoured as one of the new titles. The new reissue is all-analog, mastered from the original master tapes, pressed onto 180-gram audiophile vinyl, and

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Jazz

Remember A Day: Mono Mix of Pink Floyd's "Saucerful of Secrets" Arriving for Record Store Day

February 27, 2019 By Sam Stone 3 Comments

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Vinyl aficionados worldwide are gearing up for, or at least saving up for, Record Store Day.  The official list is set to drop any day now, but today Legacy Recordings has announced one highly anticipated release from the early days of Pink Floyd: the original mono mix of their second album, 1968's A Saucerful of Secrets.  The limited-edition LP will be a Record Store exclusive, available  from independent record shops on Saturday, April 13th. Saucerful is the only album to feature the

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Pink Floyd

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