Intervention Records has been looking sharp with deluxe vinyl reissues of some of Joe Jackson's most treasured albums, including I'm the Man, Night and Day, and yes, Look Sharp! Now, the label has returned to the singer-songwriter-piano man's oeuvre with one of his lesser-known, latter-day efforts: Summer in the City: Live in New York. The album was recorded in August 1999 in the intimate environs of Joe's Pub at the Public Theater, and released on Sony Classical. It came as a surprise - and
Holiday Gift Guide Review: Isaac Hayes, "The Spirit of Memphis 1962-1976"
From its humble beginnings in a Memphis garage sixty years ago to its present-day role as part of the Concord Music Group, Stax Records has persevered through numerous ups and downs to be rightfully recognized as one of the most important labels of the 20th century. After early records concentrated on pop, country, and rockabilly, Stax (so named for founders Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton) found its niche in R&B, launching the careers of soul legends like Isaac Hayes, Otis Redding, Sam &
Holiday Gift Guide Review: Johnny Mathis, "The Voice of Romance: The Columbia Original Album Collection"
I. Wonderful, Wonderful "A new sound in popular music," heralded the back cover of Johnny Mathis' 1956 debut album. That self-titled release on Columbia Records introduced a voice that's now instantly familiar: expressive, rich, creamy, seductive, and tender, with a clarion, controlled vibrato that set it apart from any other tone in the golden age of American song. As Columbia's George Avakian realized, Mathis' natural instrument was perfect for jazz - capable of navigating the form's
Eat Like a Rock Star
Ever wanted to know what some of your favorite artists are serving at the dinner table? Music biographer Mark Bego has the answers for you with this fun and stylish new cookbook! Weighing in at a generous 258 pages and lavishly decked out with full-color photos to leave you salivating, Eat Like a Rock Star features recipes personally provided to the author for this book by The Supremes' Mary Wilson (who also penned the introduction), The Rolling Stones' Bill Wyman, The 5th Dimension's Marilyn
A SECOND DISC INTERVIEW! Have No Fear, Bond Is Here: "Casino Royale: 50th Anniversary" Reissue Announced, Chris Malone Explains Restoration
Seven James Bonds at Casino Royale/They came to save the world and win the gal at Casino Royale! Six of them went to a heavenly spot, the seventh one is going to a place where it's terribly hot... Hal David's lyric captures just a small fraction of the insanity of Charles K. Feldman's 1967 Casino Royale, the big-budget comic extravaganza and cult favorite that was "too much...for one James Bond!" And so, David Niven as James Bond was joined by 007s of all shapes and sizes (and genders!),
Far Beyond The Pale Horizon: Roxy Music Expand Debut Album for 45th Anniversary in 2018
While Roxy Music essentially broke up at the start of this decade - having performed on and off since 1972 - guitarist Phil Manzanera promised a box set covering the band's first album back in 2014. Now, it's one of the latest reissue announcements in a rapidly-filling 2018 release schedule. UMC will release a 3CD/1DVD version of the British art-rockers' debut on February 2. In addition to the original album (presented as mastered by Bob Ludwig in 1999), two discs of unreleased material will
'Round Midnight: Miles Davis' New "Bootleg Series" Volume Offers Concerts with Coltrane
The Miles Davis Bootleg Series is returning with a vengeance in 2018. On March 23, Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings will journey back to one of the legendary musician's most cherished collaborations with the release of Miles Davis & John Coltrane - The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6. This landmark set brings together five performances recorded during the Spring 1960 Jazz at the Philharmonic European Tour, Coltrane's final such outing as a sideman: two shows from Paris's
Of All The Things: The Complete ABC/Dunhill Masters
Of All the Things: The Complete ABC/Dunhill Masters brings "Papa" Denny Doherty's 1971 country-rock cult classic Watcha Gonna Do to CD in the U.S. for the very first time, and adds six bonus tracks, four of which are previously unreleased - including"Sail the Waterway" and "Giles of the River" from the pens of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, a.k.a. Steely Dan! This remastered package features liner notes by our own Joe Marchese with quotes from many of Doherty's friends, family and
Watcha Gonna Do: Real Gone to Release "Papa" Denny Doherty's Complete Solo Recordings for ABC/Dunhill, Including Unreleased Steely Dan Songs
Back in January 2016, Real Gone collected the complete singles of The Mamas & The Papas onto one 2-CD collection to celebrate the group's 50th anniversary. Two years later, on January 12, 2018, the label is turning its attention to a solo member of the band by releasing Of All the Things: The Complete ABC/Dunhill Masters by Denny Doherty, featuring Doherty's 1971 album Watcha Gonna Do together with other assorted tracks (including four unreleased) and including liner notes written by our
Stop, Listen, Look & Think: Exposé's Second Album Expanded by Cherry Pop
Earlier this year, Cherry Red imprint Cherry Pop issued a greatly expanded edition of the 1989 sophomore album by the vocal freestyle group Exposé, following from their 2015 2-CD expanded edition of the group's first album. The 11-track What You Don't Know has been augmented by 34 bonus tracks on this impressively exhaustive 3-CD set. The group was the brainchild of Miami-based DJ, producer and songwriter Lewis Martineé. In 1984, he decided to form a dance-based vocal group and hired three
The Light of Day: Bruce Springsteen Live Archive Recent Release Round-Up
As Bruce Springsteen continues his sold-out Springsteen on Broadway run, he has continued to release live concerts from his archives. It has been a little while since we looked at these, so we thought we might catch you up on the most recent ones. And a special reminder: all titles are on sale today for Cyber Monday (25% off CDs, 50% off downloads)! Released a couple of weeks ago is Springsteen and the E Street Band live from Stockholm, Sweden on July 3, 1988. This concert was part of
Release Round-Up: Week of November 24
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! "Weird Al" Yankovic, Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of "Weird Al" Yankovic (Legacy) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The world's premier parodist celebrates his discography with a box set unlike any other: all 14 of his original albums, newly remastered; Medium Rarities, a bonus album of rare and unreleased material; and a 100+ page book of rare photos and memorabilia--all packaged
Review: "Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track" [Super Deluxe Box Set]
Listen to the ground...there is movement all around... Saturday Night Fever didn't invent disco...but in many ways, it epitomized the genre. With the December 1977 release of the John Badham-directed drama and its soundtrack album, the onetime underground dance movement which had been rising to the mainstream since at least 1974 became the mainstream. Disco's alluring blend of the gritty and the glamorous gained a face in the form of John Travolta, whose tough yet tender Tony Manero of Bay
Big Break Big Round-Up: Spotlight on Spyder Turner, Randy Crawford and Enchantment
Today, we're taking a look at three recent releases from Big Break Records that you just might have missed! Spyder Turner may be best remembered today for a novelty single. His 1967 reworking of Ben E. King's classic "Stand by Me" found him channeling his inner Rich Little or Sammy Davis, Jr. to impersonate such famous voices as James Brown, Sam Cooke, and Smokey Robinson. Love it or loathe it, Turner's "Stand by Me" made it all the way to No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100. But the West
Release Round-Up: Week of November 10
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Elton John, Diamonds [Various Formats] (UMe) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Elton John looks back on his extraordinary career with a new retrospective collection, available in 1-CD, 2-CD, 3-CD, and 2-LP formats. Get all of the details right here! R.E.M., Automatic for the
Happy Ending: Cherry Red Collects Albums from Yvonne Elliman and More on "Purple People Vol. 1"
Cherry Red Records has recently been cherry-picking a number of rare treasures from the archives of Purple Records, the label formed by Deep Purple. Between 1971 and 1979, Purple Records issued music not just from its namesake band, but by other artists both inside (Elf, Hard Stuff) and outside of the hard rock sphere. Highlights from these albums have been compiled before on a compilation entitled Purple People. Now, four of the label's most unexpected offerings have been collected on CD by
Jumping Off The Sun: Esoteric Reissues, Expands Prog Classics From Quintessence, Colosseum
Cherry Red's Esoteric Recordings imprint has continued its look back at underrated artists of the progressive rock era with a recent trio of reissues from Quintessence and Colosseum. Formed in the Notting Hill area of London by Australians Ron "Raja Ram" Rothfield (flute) and Phil "Shiva Shankar" Jones (keyboards/vocals) with four of their mates, Quintessence took its inspirations from a variety of sources including The Band, Dr. John, Grateful Dead, and most noticeably, the sound of Eastern
Release Round-Up: Week of November 3
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Supremes, The Ultimate Merry Christmas (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music are joining Motown Records to unwrap a celebration of The Supremes' 1965 perennial Merry Christmas. The Ultimate Merry Christmas features the album in three distinctive versions: the original 1965 mono and stereo mixes, as well as a brand new, never-before-heard 2017 mix premiering
Reservations for Two: SoulMusic Adds Kashif, Tom Browne to "Anthology" Series
Earlier this year, Cherry Red's SoulMusic Records imprint continued its series of artist anthologies with another two titles in the series, this time spotlighting the late singer-songwriter-musician-producer Kashif, and jazz fusion artist-trumpeter Tom Browne. Help Yourself to My Love: The Arista Anthology collects 30 tracks on 2 CDs from Kashif, the artist born Michael Jones, whose smooth grooves helped define the sound of eighties R&B. A native New Yorker, Kashif first rose to fame as
Yeh Yeh! Matt Bianco Expands Sophomore Album On Cherry Pop
Cherry Pop will reissue an expanded edition of Matt Bianco's self-titled sophomore album this week, with a dazzling array of bonus tracks. Released in 1986, Matt Bianco introduced a new line-up of the U.K.-based continental jazz-pop group; vocalist Basia and keyboardist Danny White had both left the group (the duo would collaborate on every Basia solo album afterward); vocalist Mark Reilly subsequently recruited Mark Fisher, who'd played keyboards for Wham!, to share creative responsibilities
Release Round-Up: Week of October 20
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! George Michael, Listen Without Prejudice 25 (Columbia/Legacy) 2-CD (Disc 1 & 2 Only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3-CD/1-DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Legacy is delivering a deluxe edition of George Michael's classic 1990 album. Listen Without Prejudice 25 sees release in several formats. The biggest is a 3-CD/1 DVD box set. The first CD contains a
Review: David Bowie, "A New Career in a New Town: 1977-1982"
I. Art Decade Keep Up with David's Changes, read an insert from the David Bowie Fan Club packaged in original pressings of the artist's 1977 album Low and painstakingly replicated on the edition included in the new 11-CD (or 13-LP) box set A New Career in a New Town 1977-1982. Indeed, it was no small feat to follow the restless artist's many transformations. 1975's Station to Station saw the formal introduction of The Thin White Duke, a nattily-dressed but rather unpleasant fellow; who
Tori Amos, Richard Hell Lead Rhino's Record Store Day Black Friday Slate
Rhino Records is planning 11 titles for this year's Record Store Day Black Friday--and two of them are fairly unexpected catalogue treats from two very different artists. First up, the label has announced an upcoming expanded edition on CD and LP of Richard Hell & The Voidoids' Blank Generation. Hell, a founding member of Television and one of the key figures of early punk rock in New York and beyond (his personal style of spiked hair and safety pins is said to have influenced Malcolm
Peaches En Regalia: Frank Zappa's "Halloween 77" Shows Collected On New Box Set
If you ever wanted to look in the mirror and see the famously mustachioed visage of Frank Zappa staring right back at you, has Zappa Records got a box set for you! Halloween 77, due on Friday, October 20, celebrates the 40th anniversary of the musical iconoclast's run at New York's late, lamented Palladium from October 28-31, 1977. The "costume box set" includes a mask and costume certain to spice up your trick-or-treating, in addition to a candy bar-shaped USB drive featuring six shows (158
I Want My Baby Back: RPM Collects Los Bravos' Best on "Black Is Black"
What 1966 record from a Spanish band with a German lead singer was written and recorded in England before becoming a top 5 hit in America? The answer, of course, is "Black is Black," the No. 4 smash from Spain's Los Bravos. Cherry Red Records' RPM imprint has recently released a definitive 2-disc compendium from the group. Black is Black: The Anthology 1966-1969 boasts 60 tracks on 2 CDs from the band most often thought of as a "one hit wonder" in the United States. Los Bravos was formed
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