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The Son of Rock and Roll: Expanded Edition

October 24, 2022 By

Rocky Burnette The Son of Rock and Roll

Iconoclassic is returning Rocky Burnette's 1979 solo debut to print in a new, expanded CD edition.  Memphis native Rocky was just eleven years old when his rockabilly pioneer father, Johnny Burnette, died.  The sound was in his DNA, and in 1979, he was signed to the EMI America label.  Produced by Jim Seiter and Bill House and recorded in both the U.S. and the U.K., The Son of Rock and Roll was dedicated to Johnny and late uncle Dorsey, among others.  The LP was primarily penned by Rocky with

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

Tired of Toein' the Line: Iconoclassic Premieres Rocky Burnette's "The Son of Rock and Roll" on CD

October 24, 2022 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Rocky Burnette The Son of Rock and Roll

Jonathan "Rocky" Burnette made quite an impression in the family business.  His father, Johnny Burnette, was the rockabilly hitmaker who notched such international hits as "You're Sixteen (You're Beautiful, and You're Mine)" and "Dreamin'" before tragically perishing in a boating accident in 1964; his uncle, Dorsey, was a member with Johnny of The Rock and Roll Trio and a recording artist in his own right on such labels as Imperial, Dot, Reprise, Motown, and Capitol before his own sad death at

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Rocky Burnette

The Weekend Stream: October 22, 2022

October 22, 2022 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

Stream

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles.  There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to usher you into the weekend - including favorites from a late '80s U.K. pop queen and the quickest digital reissue ever. Sinitta, Sinitta! (Expanded Edition) / Wicked (Expanded Edition) (Sony Music U.K.) SInitta: iTunes / Amazon Wicked: iTunes / Amazon Though Sinitta Malone was born in Seattle, her biggest chart

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: 808 State, Donna Summer, MC Tunes, Nicholas Britell, Sinitta, Taylor Swift

Can't Keep It In: Cat Stevens Reissues "Catch Bull at Four" in 50th Anniversary Editions

October 21, 2022 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Cat Stevens Catch Bull at Four

Cat Stevens, today known as Yusuf, marked the 50th anniversary of his first three Island/A&M albums (1970's Mona Bone Jakon and Tea for the Tillerman, and 1971's Teaser and the Firecat) with a variety of releases including expansive super deluxe box sets.  For 1972's Catch Bull at Four, the troubadour is taking a distinctly slimmed-down approach.  On December 2, Island and A&M will reissue Stevens' classic album on CD, LP, and digitally, newly remastered from the original tapes but with

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Pop Tags: Cat Stevens

Release Round-Up: Week of October 21

October 21, 2022 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Lou Reed Words and Music May 1965

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! Lou Reed, Words and Music - May 1965 (Light in the Attic) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Black Vinyl LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Yellow Vinyl LP: Light in the Attic Store Cassette: Light in the Attic Store CD/2LP/7" Vinyl Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Light in the Attic Store Light in the Attic launches The Lou Reed

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Debbie Gibson, Howard Jones, Jonathan Richman, Lou Reed, Madonna, Norah Jones, Olivia Newton-John, Ray Charles, Simple Minds, Taylor Swift, The Manhattan Transfer, The Modern Lovers

Break Every Rule: Deluxe Edition

October 20, 2022 By

Tina Turner Break Every Rule

3CD/2DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD (CD 1 & CD 2 Only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Last year, Parlophone revisited Tina Turner's 1989 triumph Foreign Affair in a deluxe edition.  Now, the label is turning the clock back to 1986 for a similar presentation of the artist's equally incendiary Break Every Rule.  The 1986 album will be reissued as a 3CD/2DVD box as well as on vinyl and as a 2CD expanded

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

Waka/Wazoo

October 20, 2022 By

Frank Zappa Waka Wazoo

UMe and Zappa Records are chronicling Frank Zappa's 1972 - a period of great productivity for the artist despite the health challenges he faced as a result of being pushed into an orchestra pit by a crazed fan - in a new 4CD/1BD box set.  The original Waka/Jawaka and Grand Wazoo albums, on which Zappa debuted his "electric orchestra" concept, are presented on the Blu-ray disc in three high-resolution formats: 48kHz/24-bit Dolby Atmos, 48kHz/24-bit Dolby TrueHD 5.1, and 96kHz/24-bit PCM Stereo. 

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Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz

Ghost in the Machine (Expanded Picture Disc)

October 20, 2022 By

Police Ghost picture disc

The Police's 1981 album Ghost in the Machine is receiving a picture disc vinyl reissue - with a twist.  The UMC release will present the album with its "original" expanded track list that was apparently shortened at the last minute. In addition to the inclusion of three non-album tracks - the haunting tracks "I Burn for You" and "Once Upon a Daydream" (released on the soundtrack to Brimstone & Treacle and the B-side of 1983's "Synchronicity II," respectively) and the instrumental jam

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock

Harvest: 50th Anniversary Edition

October 20, 2022 By

Neil Young Harvest 50 Cover

3CD/2DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP/7-inch single/2DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Harvest, Neil Young's most commercially successful album to date, is turning 50 - and the singer-songwriter is celebrating with new 3CD/2DVD and 2LP/7-inch/2DVD box sets.  The boxes feature the original album on CD 1, with the second disc dedicated to a previously unreleased February 23, 1971 solo performance from the BBC's In Concert series featuring album cuts such as

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Live at the Whisky 1977

October 20, 2022 By

Cheap Trick Live at the Whisky

This 4CD set compiles a quartet of Cheap Trick's complete, uncut shows recorded at the Whisky-a-Go-Go in Los Angeles in the summer of 1977. It's limited to just 2,000 copies and chronicles when Robin Zander, guitarist/songwriter Rick Nielsen, bassist Tom Petersson and drummer Bun E. Carlos spontaneously booked some nights at the historic Sunset Strip nightclub.  KROQ-FM DJ Rodney Bingenheimer served as their master of ceremonies, and the Record Plant's Mobile One truck rolled tape on the songs,

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock

Keep On Sailing: Cherry Red Collects Iain Matthews' Plainsong on New Box Set

October 20, 2022 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Plainsong Following Amelia

Cherry Red's Lemon imprint has anthologized the works of singer-songwriter Iain Matthews on previous releases including the 2019 rarities collection Orphans and Outcasts and this year's I Can't Fade Away: The Rockburgh Years 1978-1984.  Now, Lemon is turning back the clock to Matthews' time in the band Plainsong with a new 6-CD box set.  Following Amelia: The 1972 Recordings and More is, in essence, a generous 50th anniversary expanded edition of the original band's one and only album to be

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk Tags: Iain Matthews, Plainsong

She'll Be Thunder: Tina Turner's "Break Every Rule" Goes Deluxe in November

October 19, 2022 By Joe Marchese 9 Comments

Tina Turner Break Every Rule

Last year, Parlophone revisited Tina Turner's 1989 triumph Foreign Affair in a deluxe edition.  Now, the label is turning the clock back to 1986 for a similar presentation of the artist's equally incendiary Break Every Rule.  The 1986 album will be reissued on November 25 as a 3CD/2DVD box as well as on vinyl and as a 2CD expanded edition. Break Every Rule followed Turner's 1984 solo breakthrough, the four-time Grammy-winning Private Dancer (itself reissued as a 2CD Deluxe Edition in 2015). 

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Tina Turner

Greatest Hits

October 19, 2022 By

Olivia Newton John Greatest Hits

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Target Exclusive 2LP: Target.com Japan-Exclusive 2CD: CDJapan Primary Wave revisits and remasters Olivia Newton-John's 1977 Greatest Hits album in a variety of formats.  The new edition will include all 20 tracks released across various international editions of the original album, including every one of Olivia's U.S. top 40 hits up to the time of its release (twelve of which reached the top ten)

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

A Big Enough Umbrella: 'Ghost in the Machine' Picture Disc Details a "Lost" Police Release

October 17, 2022 By Mike Duquette 6 Comments

Police Ghost picture disc

For most fans of The Police, the story of their penultimate album, 1981's Ghost in the Machine, is pretty cut and dried. But a forthcoming picture disc release hints at a road not taken for the beloved LP. On November 4, UMC will reissue the record with its "original" expanded track list that was apparently shortened at the last minute. In addition to the inclusion of three non-album tracks - the haunting tracks "I Burn for You" and "Once Upon a Daydream" (released on the soundtrack to

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Andy Summers, Stewart Copeland, Sting, The Police

Journey Through the Past: Neil Young Expands "Harvest" For 50th Anniversary

October 17, 2022 By Joe Marchese 9 Comments

Neil Young Harvest 50 Cover

Neil Young's fourth studio album, 1972's Harvest, was a landmark for the artist.  His first and only No. 1 album in the U.S. and U.K. to date, it spun off his only U.S. No. 1 single to date with the ballad "Heart of Gold," and became the best-selling album in the U.S. of 1972 - only to remain the best-selling album in Young's ever-growing catalogue.  The 2015 Grammy Hall of Fame inductee has received numerous reissues including a 2002 DVD-Audio presentation and a 2009 remaster as part of Young's

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Categories: Holiday Gift Guide, News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Neil Young

Hello There! Real Gone Prep Limited CD Box Set of Cheap Trick's 1977 Whisky Gigs

October 17, 2022 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Cheap Trick Live at the Whisky

As the 1970s drew to a close, the world became well aware of the live concert power of Cheap Trick. The Rockford, Illinois quartet broke through in a big way thanks to their seminal At Budokan, recorded in Japan in 1978 and belatedly released stateside a year later, yielding a Top 10 hit in "I Want You to Want Me." The audience response on the record was undeniable - and still is in many ways - but there were lucky concertgoers who already knew thanks to some seminal American club gigs. As the

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

The Weekend Stream: October 15, 2022

October 15, 2022 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Stream

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles.  There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to usher you into the weekend - including a few surprise digital expansions from some '80s U.K. legends, holiday remixes, a lost fitness favorite and more! Sting, ...Nothing Like the Sun (Expanded Edition) (A&M/UMe) (iTunes / Amazon) This week marked the 35th anniversary of Sting's second solo album, and UMe

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Andy Williams, Big Mama Thornton, Blink-182, Bobby Helms, Brenda Lee, Count Basie, George Benson, Nelly, Robert Palmer, Sting, The Weather Girls

England Rocks: Demon Collects Ian Hunter's CBS Years on 2-LP Set

October 14, 2022 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Ian Hunter Once Bitten CBS Collection

Ian Hunter departed from Mott the Hoople in 1974, having guided the band from hard rock to glam through seven studio albums and such hits as "All the Young Dudes," "Honaloochie Boogie," "All the Way from Memphis," "Roll Away the Stone," and "The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll."  Upon leaving Mott, Hunter jumped into a solo career that continues to this day, having produced nearly two dozen studio and live LPs.  Now, Demon Music Group is celebrating one period of Hunter's career with a 2-LP

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Ian Hunter, Mick Ronson

Release Round-Up: Week of October 14

October 14, 2022 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Dolly A Holly Dolly Christmas Deluxe

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today! Frank Zappa, Zappa '75: Zagreb/Ljubljana (Zappa/UMe) (Zappa Official Store / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Zappa '75: Zagreb/Ljubljana captures The Mothers' first and only concerts in Yugoslavia.  Zappa referred to the dates as "The Mothers of Invention Yugoslavian Extravaganza," and the performances lived up to that mighty moniker.  The shows were staged in Zagreb and

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Holiday, Latin, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock Tags: Brian Eno, Dean Torrence, Dexys Midnight Runners, Dolly Parton, Duran Duran, Frank Zappa, Josh Groban, Kevin Rowland, Leonard Cohen, Linda Ronstadt, Mike Love, Reba McEntire, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Roy Orbison, Todd Rundgren

The Miracle: Collector's Edition

October 13, 2022 By

Queen The Miracle Cover

5CD/BD/DVD/LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Cassette / Picture Disc LP / All Bundles: Queen Online Store Queen's thirteenth studio album, 1989's The Miracle, is getting the super deluxe treatment from EMI/Hollywood as a 5CD/BD/DVD/LP box set adding alternate takes, demos, rough mixes, backing tracks, B-sides, and more to the original album (heard in Bob Ludwig's 2011 remaster).  Previously unreleased songs include the lead single

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Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock

Scarecrow: Deluxe Edition

October 13, 2022 By

Mellencamp Scarecrow Art

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD/Blu-ray/LP/7": Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada John Mellencamp's 1984 landmark Scarecrow launched five Top 40 singles: the Top 10 hits "Small Town," "Lonely Ol' Night," and "R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. (A Salute to '60s Rock)," along with rock radio staple "Rumbleseat" and the haunting opener "Rain on the Scarecrow." The album sold more than 5 million copies and remains one of his most

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Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock

Louis Wishes You a Cool Yule

October 13, 2022 By

Louis Armstrong Wishes You a Cool Yule

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada For an artist who never recorded a proper Christmas album, Louis Armstrong has become associated with the holiday due to the seasonal warmth of "What a Wonderful World" and even the irreverent "Zat You, Santa Claus?" which finds its way yearly to Christmas radio and playlists.  Numerous Christmas compilations have been built around Armstrong's discography, but most tapped either non-holiday songs in

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal

A Neil Diamond Christmas

October 13, 2022 By

Neil Diamond Christmas

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP Black Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP Gold Vinyl: Target.com The new collection A Neil Diamond Christmas has been curated by the artist and draws upon all four of his holiday LPs originally released between 1992 and 2016.  The 2-LP and 2-CD editions offer 24 and 25 songs, respectively, with one disc of secular favorites (including Neil-penned originals "You Make It Feel

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal

Norma Deloris Egstrom from Jamestown, North Dakota: 50th Anniversary Edition

October 13, 2022 By

Peggy Lee Norma Deloris Egstrom

Capitol Records revisits Peggy Lee's final album for the label, 1972's Norma Deloris Egstrom from Jamestown, North Dakota, in a remastered and expanded edition adding seven bonus tracks including a non-LP single, session outtake, and alternate takes.

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The Hits 1 & 2

October 13, 2022 By

Prince Hits 1 LP

The Hits 1: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Target (color variant) The Hits 2: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Walmart (color variant) Legacy Recordings is bringing Prince's 1993 greatest hits collections back to vinyl.  Though not a complete overview of Prince's chart entries, both sets of The Hits offered a comprehensive review of the artist's core discography. For completists, more than a dozen single edits and mixes were included therein, along with four brand new

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