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Review: Stealers Wheel on Vinyl: "Stealers Wheel" and "Ferguslie Park"

April 4, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Stealers Wheel LP

Intervention Records launched in 2015 with a simple mission statement: "To provide archive-quality LPs of music we love," with the goal that "each record we do must be the single definitive, final version of that album, the one real music lovers will seek out."  Happily, the label's early releases have all more than lived up to those lofty goals!  The first two albums from Gerry Rafferty and Joe Egan's Stealers Wheel might not have been the most expected titles for vinyl reissue in 2016, but

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Gerry Rafferty, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Stealers Wheel

RPM Is "Looking Stateside" with Sons of Champlin, Knickerbockers, Joe Tex, Chuck Jackson, More

April 1, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Looking Stateside

Cherry Red's RPM Records label has been doing a lot of Looking with its series of themed mini-box sets dedicated to such pop subgenres as freakbeat, mod, and girl group soul.  The latest set in the Looking series, established in 2011, is Looking Stateside.  This volume is dedicated to U.S. R&B Mod, Soul and Garage Nuggets, and contains 80 such selections on its three packed CDs.  Though limited to American recordings, the focus is otherwise diverse.  As the compilers explain in the thick

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Chuck Jackson, Joe Tex, The Knickerbockers, The Sons of Champlin, Timi Yuro, Various Artists

Time to Get Down: Real Gone Returns The O'Jays' "Back Stabbers" To Vinyl

March 30, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

OJays Back Stabbers

The O'Jays quietly began their association with Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff on 1970's Neptune album In Philadelphia, announcing the Ohio group's shift to the City of Brotherly Love and its burgeoning soul scene.  But there was nothing quiet about the opening track of Back Stabbers, the trio's first album for Gamble and Huff's Philadelphia International Records.  "When the World's at Peace," by Gamble, Bunny Sigler and Phil Hurtt, imagined a time "when it's safe to walk the streets/when we learn

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Gamble and Huff, The O'Jays, Thom Bell

Paint It Black: RPM Collects The Tomcats' Raw Sixties Rock On "Running at Shadows"

March 29, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Tomcats Running at Shadows

Collectors of rare psychedelia likely know the band July and its self-titled 1968 album on the Major Minor label featuring "My Clown," "Dandelion Seeds," and "The Way."  But few remember that the psych cult heroes of July began their career as members of The Tomcats.  Cherry Red's RPM label has recently collected the Ealing band's rare Spanish EPs, plus previously unreleased tracks, on Running at Shadows: The Spanish Recordings 1965-66. Tom Newman (lead vocals), Peter Cook (guitar), Alan

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: The Tomcats

But Never Ever On A Sunday: él Collects Greek Cinema Classics, Early Michel Legrand

March 28, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Michel Legrand Bonjour Paris

For the past seven decades, Michel Legrand has been composing rich melodies for film, stage, television and records.  The three-time Academy Award winner and co-writer of such songs as "The Windmills of Your Mind," "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life" and "Happy (Love Theme from Lady Sings the Blues)" has been a prolific recording artist since the 1950s, and now Cherry Red's él label has recently reissued some of his earliest work on Bonjour Paris/Le Joli Mai/Rendez-vous a Paris. The

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Manos Hadjidakis, Melina Mercouri, Michel Legrand, Mikis Theodorakis, Nana Mouskouri

Release Round-Up: Week of March 25

March 25, 2016 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Dylan Live 1964 Bootleg SACD

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Bob Dylan, The Bootleg Series Vol. 6 - Live 1964: Concert at Philharmonic Hall (Audio Fidelity)  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Bob Dylan's The Bootleg Series Vol. 6 - Live 1964: Concert at Philharmonic Hall comes to hybrid 5.0 multichannel SACD for the first time. Audio Fidelity's release will boast a full booklet (as on the original standard CD release) and is playable in stereo on all CD players.  Read more here! Various

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Funk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Bob Dylan, Ella Fitzgerald, Kleeer, Mark Murphy, Sarah Vaughan, Stargard, The Kinks, Various Artists, Winfield Parker

Wouldn't It Be Nice: "Pet Sounds" 50th Anniversary Celebrated in June With Multiple Editions Including 4 CD/Blu-ray Box Set

March 18, 2016 By Joe Marchese 18 Comments

beach boys standard pet sounds

On May 16, 1966, one of the most acclaimed albums in pop/rock history was released: The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds. 2016 marks the 50th anniversary of this landmark album and it is being commemorated in several ways. Brian Wilson is embarking on a concert tour in a little under a week in which he and his band will play the album in its entirety for what's being billed as the last time. And it has just been revealed that a new box set is due to be released on June 10 by Capitol/UMe to join the

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys

Review: Elvis Presley, "The Album Collection"

March 18, 2016 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Elvis Album Collection 2

I. Playing for Keeps "You don't have to face the music...you don't have to face the crowd...Just go back where you came from," sings a world-weary Elvis Presley on "It's Easy for You," the closing track of his 1977 album Moody Blue.  "If you ever tire of the good life, call me in a year or two...I've got no choice, I'll forgive you, 'cause it's easy for you."  Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's musical recrimination not only dated back to the superstar artist's final studio session - at home

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop Tags: Elvis Presley

Release Round-Up: Week of March 18

March 18, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Elvis Album Collection 2

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up featuring a host of titles on CD and vinyl! Elvis Presley, The Album Collection (RCA/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) To coincide with the 60th anniversary of his signing to RCA, Elvis Presley's The Album Collection is a whopping 60-disc box set containing 57 RCA albums released during Presley's lifetime (many with bonus tracks added) and 3 bonus discs of rarities, one disc each for the '50s, '60s and '70s.  A 300-page

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: a-ha, Elvis Presley, Garry Tallent, Julian Slade, The O'Jays, Todd Rundgren

Dan Fogelberg, Johnny Paycheck, Beau Brummels, More Join Bobby Darin On Real Gone's May Slate

March 17, 2016 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Dan Fogelberg Definitive Anthology

Real Gone Music has just announced its May release slate, and with rock, jazz, gospel, country, pop and beyond, it's one of the label's most diverse months yet! Naturally, we're partial to the May 6 release of Bobby Darin's Another Song on My Mind: The Motown Years from Real Gone and our own Second Disc Records (get all of the details right here!), but there's plenty more on offer, too!  Bobby Darin was a remarkable singer-songwriter; another beloved titan of popular song is the late Dan

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Gospel, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Bobby Darin, Cactus, Cannonball Adderley, Dan Fogelberg, Grateful Dead, Johnny Paycheck, The Beau Brummels, The Staple Singers

Find Out What's Happening: Ace Explores "Where Soul Meets Country" On New Collection

March 17, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Where Soul Meets Country

Between 2012 and 2014, Ace issued three volumes of Where Country Meets Soul.  All three volumes featured many of the greatest soul singers of all time tackling country-and-western repertoire. Now, the label has revisited the country-soul territory - in reverse! Out of Left Field: Where Soul Meets Country presents 24 sizzling R&B songs as sung by country's greatest performers, and most are surprisingly comfortable fits. Stax thought it was onto something when it ushered Daaron Lee into the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Country, R&B/Soul Tags: David Allan Coe, Johnny Cash, Johnny Paycheck, Loretta Lynn, Ronnie Milsap, Skeeter Davis, Tanya Tucker, Various Artists, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson

Playing In The Band: Rhino Unveils 12-CD, 3-CD Sets For Grateful Dead's July 1978 Concerts

March 16, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Grateful Dead July 1978

There's more Dead on the way from Rhino. 1978 was a successful year for Grateful Dead on many levels.  The band released Shakedown Street, its second album for Clive Davis' Arista label, and played over 80 shows, including three landmark performances at the Giza Pyramids in Egypt.  On May 13, Rhino will draw into that vast well of live recordings for a major box set.  The 12-CD set July 1978: The Complete Recordings focuses on five previously unreleased concerts from that month, and marks the

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Grateful Dead

Release Your Love: Robinsongs Expands Two Isley Brothers Albums

March 16, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Isley Brothers Masterpiece and Smooth Sailin

The Isley Brothers' first studio album, in 1959, made listeners want to Shout! with its soulful blend of doo-wop, R&B, jazz, rock and roll, and gospel.  Ronald, O'Kelly and Rudolph Isley followed up that RCA Victor LP with tenures at labels including Wand, United Artists, Atlantic, and most notably, Motown, before setting up shop at their own T-Neck label.  The Isleys' line-up would expand and alter over the years, but their marriage of soul, funk and rock would keep them at the forefront of

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: The Isley Brothers

To Know Them Is To Love Them: Dolly, Emmylou and Linda Release "The Complete Trio Collection"

March 14, 2016 By Joe Marchese 8 Comments

Complete Trio

Individually, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris have created some of the most beautiful records of all time, blurring the lines between country, pop, folk, and rock-and-roll.  Collectively, the threesome released two transcendent and heartfelt albums, Trio (1987) and Trio II (1999).  The two landmark LPs garnered sales of over five million copies and three Grammy Awards and became beloved additions to all three artists' discographies.  Today, Rhino Records announced the September 9

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Country, Folk, Pop Tags: Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt

And The Wheels Keep Turning: Esoteric Reissues Two Tony Banks Albums As CD/DVD Sets

March 11, 2016 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Tony Banks The Fugitive

Last year, Tony Banks went A Chord Too Far with a career-spanning box set; now, the Genesis keyboardist has teamed once more with Esoteric Recordings for a CD/DVD edition of his sophomore solo album, 1983's The Fugitive.  The first disc presents a new stereo mix of the album plus two bonus tracks, while the DVD includes a DTS 5.1 surround mix, a 96/24 PCM stereo mix, and a promotional music video.  The Fugitive has recently arrived alongside a new pressing of the similar 2009 CD/DVD reissue of

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Genesis, Tony Banks

Release Round-Up: Week of March 11

March 11, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Peter and Micky

This week's Release Round-Up is filled with reissues and anthologies from favorite artists on both CD and vinyl! Peter Noone and Micky Dolenz, An Evening with Peter Noone and Micky Dolenz (7a Records) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Today sees the U.S. release of one of the coolest titles so far of 2016!  An Evening with Peter Noone and Micky Dolenz captures the candid, intimate conversations between the rock legends recorded earlier this year.  The first CD in this

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Brenda Russell, Dave Mason, Herbie Mann, Jeff Buckley, Judy Garland, Maynard Ferguson, Mickey Gilley, Micky Dolenz, Peter Noone, Teddy Pendergrass, The Cars, Whitney Houston

Review: Raspberries, "Raspberries" Vinyl Edition

March 10, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Raspberries Raspberries

When Eric Carmen and Wally Bryson of Cyrus Eyrie teamed up with Jim Bonfanti and Dave Smalley of The Choir, the result was pop bliss.  The Raspberries emerged from the ashes from the two bands, and over the course of four albums - three with the original line-up, and one with just Carmen and Bryson remaining - they came to define power pop.   Yet today, some might wonder: Why is the Cleveland, Ohio band so fondly remembered despite only placing one Top 5 single in the U.S. and two more Top 20s? 

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Eric Carmen, The Raspberries

Rhino Unveils Record Store Day Line-Up with a-ha, Monkees, Madonna, Doors, Coltrane, More

March 9, 2016 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Sex Pistols RSD

We've already filled you in on Rhino's upcoming Record Store Day releases from the late David Bowie, but the label has now confirmed the rest of its vinyl offerings for the April 16 event!  This year's crop of 25+ titles is a diverse one, with a number of vinyl premieres, new entries in the label's longtime "Side by Side" series, and more!  You'll find all details just below. a-ha - Hits South America 12-inch 180-gram vinyl Limited edition of 3000 copies, $14.98 AIR - Casanova

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Allen Toussaint, Fleetwood Mac, Jethro Tull, Madonna, Record Store Day, The Doors, The Monkees, The Sex Pistols

Bad Luck No More: Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes' "To Be True" Receives CD Reissue

March 9, 2016 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Harold Melvin To Be True

Blame it on "Bad Luck."  Inexplicably, a proper, wide-release CD reissue has long eluded To Be True, the third of four LPs released by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes on Philadelphia International Records.  Happily, Cherry Red's Big Break imprint has come to the rescue with a remastered and expanded edition of the 1975 chart-topping album that introduced the hit "Bad Luck." To Be True followed I Miss You and Black and Blue, both of which have already been reissued in expanded CD editions by

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, Teddy Pendergrass

Box O' Todd

March 7, 2016 By

Todd Rundgren Box OTodd

The 3-CD Box O' Todd draws exclusively on radio broadcasts of Rundgren's early years, with live concerts from Philadelphia 1971, Hempstead, NY 1972 and Cincinnati 1973 (the latter featuring Utopia).  Featuring both hits and rarities, Box O' Todd includes a booklet with color photos and liner notes by Dave Thompson, a guitar pick, three pins, and a replica backstage pass.

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Hello, It's Todd: Purple Pyramid Collects Classic Concerts On "Box O' Todd"

March 7, 2016 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Todd Rundgren Box OTodd

There appears to be no shortage of live releases from the one and only Todd Rundgren in the pipeline.  On March 25, Edsel has slated For Lack of Honest Work, a 3-CD, 43-song compendium spanning the years 1971-2006.  This appears to be a reissue of the box set issued on the MicroWerks label in 2010, albeit with the addition of newly-penned liner notes by Paul Myers.  The same date, Cherry Red's Esoteric Recordings imprint will offer Live at the Forum - London 1994 as part of its

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Todd Rundgren, Utopia

Raspberries (Vinyl)

March 5, 2016 By

Raspberries Raspberries

Analog Spark, the audiophile imprint of Razor and Tie, has a 180-gram deluxe reissue of The Raspberries' seminal debut featuring the hit "Go All the Way."  This limited edition vinyl reissue of Raspberries has been mastered and cut from the original stereo tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearant Audio; the 180-gram LP has been pressed and plated at RTI.  Additionally, it's housed in a classic-style Stoughton "tip-on" jacket.

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

Testify: Deluxe Edition

March 5, 2016 By

Phil Collins Testify Deluxe Edition

Phil Collins revisits 2002's Testify, still his most recent collection of original material, as a 2-CD set.  Co-produced by Collins and Rob Cavallo, Testify featured new songs (all composed by Collins save one co-written with longtime collaborator Daryl Stuermer) as well as a cover of Billy Nicholls' "Can't Stop Loving You," a 1978 hit for Leo Sayer.  The upcoming edition features ten bonus tracks including four B-sides, two demos, and four new-to-CD live tracks.  The original album will be

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Pop

No Jacket Required: Deluxe Edition

March 5, 2016 By

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Phil Collins' No Jacket Required, originally released in 1985 and still the artist's most commercially successful album, is expanded to 2 CDs with the addition of thirteen bonus tracks: ten new-to-CD live performances and three demos.  The original album is also available on vinyl.

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Release Round-Up: Week of March 4

March 4, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Fleetwood Mac In Concert

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a host of titles on CD and vinyl! Fleetwood Mac, In Concert (Warner Bros./Rhino)  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) This 3-LP concert album features 22 live recordings from Fleetwood Mac's 1979-1980 tour, originally presented in December on the Tusk Deluxe Edition box set, for the very first time on vinyl.  The music heard on In Concert was recorded at four stops (Wembley, Tucson, St. Louis, Omaha) during the band's 111-show

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bing Crosby, Fleetwood Mac, Janis Joplin, Lords of the New Church, Loretta Lynn, Margaret Whiting, Mario Lanza, The O'Jays, The Three Degrees, Vic Dana

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