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Coal Miner's Daughter

January 5, 2021 By

Coal Miners Daughter LP

A 50th anniversary vinyl pressing arrives of Loretta Lynn's 1970 classic featuring "For the Good Times," "The Man of the House," "Snowbird," and the timeless title track.

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Country

Still Woman Enough

January 5, 2021 By

Still Woman Enough

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Loretta Lynn is back with her 60th overall studio album on which she celebrates the legacy of women in country music, including her own.  Four beloved female performers make guest appearances: Reba McEntire and Carrie Underwood join in on a rendition of the title track (the title of Lynn's 2002 memoir) while Margo Price and Tanya Tucker contribute vocals to new versions of her hits "One's on the Way"

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

Back to 'Plan B': Two Huey Lewis and The News Albums Back in Print in February

January 5, 2021 By The Second Disc 7 Comments

Plan B

If you miss the sound of Huey Lewis and The News - and who doesn't, really? - the band will reissue on CD their last two albums before last year's Weather. 2001's Plan B and 2010's Soulsville were, before Weather, the entirety of the band's 21st century studio output after a blockbuster run through most of the '80s and a measure of success in the early '90s. Plan B marked the group's first album of original studio material in a decade - their last full album, 1994's Four Chords and Seven

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Huey Lewis and The News

One's on the Way: New Loretta Lynn Album Due in March

January 5, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Still Woman Enough

Loretta Lynn's fourth album for Legacy Recordings will be available this spring, it was announced yesterday. Still Woman Enough, available March 19, is the country icon's fourth batch of songs recorded with producers Patsy Lynn Russell (her daughter) and John Carter Cash (Johnny Cash and June Carter's son) at the legendary Cash Cabin studio in Hendersonville, Tennessee. It's also her 60th album overall - an incredible body of work altogether. Thematically, this record focuses primarily

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country Tags: Carrie Underwood, Loretta Lynn, Reba McEntire, Tanya Tucker

The 24-Karat Gold Tour: Live in Concert

January 1, 2021 By

Stevie Nicks 24 Karat Gold Tour

Stevie Nicks brings her latest live album, recorded in Indianapolis and Pittsburgh in 2017 and featuring classics and rarities alike, to wide release in the United States.  The 2-CD set was previously released as a Target exclusive, while Barnes & Noble exclusively carried the 2-LP vinyl edition.

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock

Start Walkin': 1965-1976

December 28, 2020 By

Nancy Sinatra Start Walkin

CD: Light in the Attic / Nancy's Bootique / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Vinyl: Light in the Attic / Nancy's Bootique / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Light in the Attic launches a Nancy Sinatra archival series with Start Walkin' 1965-1976. This 23-track collection chronicles the decade following the December 1965 release of the Hazlewood-penned-and-produced, Billy Strange-arranged "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'," the anthemic song that topped the charts in eight

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

Another Discmas in the Trenches!

December 24, 2020 By Mike Duquette 15 Comments

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The holiday season is always a time to reflect - but it goes without saying there's something different about this year. Amidst a health pandemic unprecedented in our lifetimes - and a lot of economic anxiety stemming from it - getting through the year in one piece has seemed such a tall order. And so many did not - including not only those we loved up close and personally, but those whose art we adored from various distances as well. In such times that reframe the heights of human kindness

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I Want You, I Need You: Retroactive Reissues Three from Chris Christian Including Star-Studded LP with Cross, Valli, Champlin, Beckley, Foster

December 24, 2020 By Joe Marchese 17 Comments

Chris Christian 1981

Chris Christian rose to prominence as one-third of the pop trio Cotton, Lloyd and Christian alongside producer Michael Lloyd (The Osmonds, Barry Manilow) and Daryl Cotton (Zoot, Olivia Newton-John).  Before long, Christian's songs were being recorded by the likes of Elvis Presley ("Love Song of the Year"), Dionne Warwick ("When the World Runs Out of Love"), and Carpenters ("(Want You) Back in My Life Again").  Christian also produced and wrote songs for artists including B.J. Thomas, Marilyn

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Gospel, Holiday, Pop Tags: Bob Gaudio, Charlene, Cheryl Ladd, Chris Christian, Christopher Cross, David Foster, Frankie Valli, Gerry Beckley, Kirk Whalum, Nigel Olsson, The Boone Girls

A Fascination with Heights: Independent Project Records Relaunches with Expanded, Remastered Reissues

December 24, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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Independent Project Records, formed in 1980, helped launch the careers of bands such as Camper Van Beethoven and Savage Republic.  Now, founder Bruce Licher of Savage Republic and partner Jeffrey Clark are relaunching IPR with a new campaign featuring remastered and expanded editions of the label's back catalogue titles plus previously unreleased recordings from a variety of underground musicians. The IPR relaunch kicks into high gear in early 2021 with reissues from Half String (1996's A

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Half String, Red Temple Spirits, Scenic, Shiva Burlesque

Holiday Gift Guide Review: Legacy Looks Back at 1970 With Elvis Presley and Jimi Hendrix Archival Offerings

December 24, 2020 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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50 years ago, two of American music's greatest talents proved they were still venturing into new territories. Elvis Presley, some decade and a half after he first took the world by storm, was setting up shop in Nashville for a marathon session that saw him pulling from the new popular songbook and many songs written just for him. These sessions delivered several albums' worth of material and are now presented chronologically in a new box set, complete with exciting new mixes on From Elvis In

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Elvis Presley, Holiday Gift Guide, Jimi Hendrix, The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Holiday Gift Guide Review: Shania Twain, 'The Woman in Me (Diamond Edition)'

December 23, 2020 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

The Woman In Me Diamond

If there's one good thing we can pull from 2020's reissue slate, it's diversity. The end of the year's biggest box sets focused less on the typical classic-rock heavy-hitters and more on genres, eras and artists that typically don't get the red carpet treatment. It's a trend that would surely be nice to continue. The new "Diamond Edition" of Shania Twain's The Woman in Me (Mercury Nashville/UMe B0032601-02) checks off all three of those boxes, yet it's initially an odd sell. After all, isn't

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Categories: Holiday Gift Guide, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Country Tags: Shania Twain

Holiday Gift Guide Stax Spotlight: The Staple Singers' "Come Go with Me" and "The Gospel Truth: Complete Singles Collection"

December 23, 2020 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Staple Singers Come Go with Me

UPDATED DECEMBER 2020: Earlier this year, Craft Recordings released The Staple Singers' Come Go with Me: The Stax Collection in vinyl and digital editions. The set compiled all of the famed gospel group's 1968-1974 albums for the Stax label plus a volume of rarities, non-LP single sides, and live recordings. Now, that box has come to CD as beautifully remastered from the original analog tapes by Jeff Powell at Take Out Vinyl. Come Go with Me: The Stax Collection features the following

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Gospel, R&B/Soul Tags: Holiday Gift Guide, Jimmy Jones, Joshie Jo Armstead, Louise McCord, The Rance Allen Group, The Staple Singers

Holiday Gift Guide Review: Peter Tork, "Stranger Things Have Happened"

December 23, 2020 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Peter Tork Stranger Things Have Happened

UPDATED DECEMBER 2020:  7a Records' announcement earlier this year of a deluxe remastered and expanded edition of Peter Tork's only solo album, 1994's Stranger Things Have Happened, marked a major milestone for the label.  Over the years, 7a has already delivered a treasure trove of releases from Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, and Michael Nesmith on CD and vinyl, but with the inclusion of the late Tork, its roster of artists finally seems complete. The path to Stranger Things Have Happened was a

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Holiday Gift Guide, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork

Holiday Gift Guide Review: The Replacements, "Pleased to Meet Me: Deluxe Edition"

December 22, 2020 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

The Replacements Pleased to Meet Me

The Replacements' Pleased to Meet Me marked the moment when Minneapolis met Memphis.  For their second major label album, fifth overall, first without founding member Bob Stinson, and lone offering as a trio, the 'Mats called upon Jim Dickinson.  The producer and Memphis mainstay entered the picture after abortive demo sessions in the band's hometown during which time Bob had been dismissed from the band, leaving Paul Westerberg to pick up the lead guitar duties, Tommy Stinson on bass, and Chris

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Holiday Gift Guide, The Replacements

Songs of Freedom: The Island Years

December 22, 2020 By

Songs of Freedom

3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 6LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 6LP Color: Artist Store / uDiscover Music Store A new edition of the 1992 Bob Marley box set Songs of Freedom will be released on CD and vinyl. While that original collection spanned Marley's entire recording career, including a decade's worth of pre-Island material, this set eschews those licensed tracks; Songs of Freedom: The Island Years drops from four CDs to three, but offers a similar

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Reggae

1970

December 22, 2020 By

BobDylan 1970Collection

In recent years, Bob Dylan's annual copyright-extension collections have become highly sought-after collectors' items and fodder for bootleggers everywhere.  Happily, Legacy Recordings has opted to give a wide release to Dylan's 1970 set, largely drawn from the Self Portrait sessions and featuring his loose jams with George Harrison.  This 3-CD set features 74 previously unreleased tracks on 3 CDs.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock

The White EP [Expanded Edition]

December 22, 2020 By

Pop o Pies The White EP

Liberation Hall and 415 Records have an expanded edition of San Francisco band Pop-o-Pies' 1981 release The White EP, adding seven tracks to the original six.  This release from the band featuring Joe Callahan and a rotating cast of musicians makes its debut on CD.  Also available digitally.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Rock

Holiday Gift Guide Review: Tears for Fears, 'The Seeds of Love: Deluxe Edition'

December 22, 2020 By The Second Disc 5 Comments

TFF Seeds of Love Deluxe

Think back to your days listening to pop music in the '80s - say, for the sake of argument, 1985. Thriller's wrapped up its run of seven hit singles. Bruce Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A. is in the middle of its own seven-hit stretch. Purple Rain made Prince a juggernaut - and Tears for Fears, the British duo behind the moody, electronic The Hurting (1983) have broken into the mainstream with the progressive psych-pop of 1985's Songs from the Big Chair, including back-to-back chart-toppers

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Holiday Gift Guide, Tears for Fears

Holiday Gift Guide Spotlight: Esoteric Reissues Classics by Barclay James Harvest, Be-Bop Deluxe

December 22, 2020 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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As our Holiday Gift Guide continues with a fourth and final look at Cherry Red's recent box set offerings, we wanted to bring to your attention two collections that would look great underneath the tree, whether for a prog-rock enthusiast in your life or for yourself (we won't tell!).  First up: Barclay James Harvest's And Other Short Stories, recently reissued as a 2-CD/DVD set.  The English prog rock outfit Barclay James Harvest had already made a name for themselves as part of Harvest

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Barclay James Harvest, Be-Bop Deluxe

Roll Your Tapes: Bruce Springsteen Releases 'Darkness' Tour Box Through Nugs

December 21, 2020 By The Second Disc 4 Comments

Darkness box Nugs

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band's tour to promote 1978's Darkness on the Edge of Town has been lauded by casual and hardcore fans alike in the four decades since it happened, with several shows considered among the Boss' best. A myriad of official live releases through Nugs.net has helped provide evidence to the case - and now, eight of those shows are being collected in a 24CD box set. Darkness on the Edge of Town Tour 1978 features full sets from that legendary tour which took place

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

Holiday Gift Guide Review: U2. "All That You Can't Leave Behind: 20th Anniversary Edition"

December 21, 2020 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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Prepare to elevate your soul with this 20th anniversary box set edition of U2's All That You Can't Leave Behind.  Twenty years into their career, U2 rang in the new millennium with a career-redefining recording that saw them return to the upper echelons of the Billboard charts, with Grammy nominations and worldwide hits to boot.  With enduring instant classics like "Beautiful Day," "Walk On," "Elevation," and "Stuck in a Moment That You Can't Get Out Of," it's no wonder the album remains a

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Holiday Gift Guide, U2

Holiday Gift Guide Spotlight: Cherry Red Box Set Bonanza - Rhinoceros, Jerry Jeff Walker, Fumble

December 21, 2020 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Jerry Jeff Walker Mr Bojangles Box

Welcome to the third part of our Holiday Gift Guide Spotlight - Cherry Red Box Set Bonanza!  Click here for Part One, featuring Evelyn "Champagne" King, and here for Part Two featuring Graham Bonnet! When one thinks of bands assembled by audition, The Monkees usually spring to mind.  Davy, Micky, Peter, and Michael had been assembled by Screen Gems for the purposes of starring in a new television sitcom, and by sheer force of will became a "real" band making some of the era's most

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Pop Tags: Fumble, Holiday Gift Guide, Jerry Jeff Walker, Rhinoceros

Solo Albums 1974-1992

December 18, 2020 By

Graham Bonnet Solo Albums Box

Cherry Red's HNE imprint has been steadily remastering and restoring the catalogue of Graham Bonnet (Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, Alcatrazz, The Michael Schenker Group).  This new 5-CD box set collects the singer's first four solo albums, the "lost" 1974 set intended to be his debut but ultimately unheard until 2016, and the rarities collection Reel to Real.  While all of this material save the Here Comes the Night album has been previously reissued by HNE, this collection does those versions

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

The Shape I'm In: Capitol, UMe Prep The Band's "Stage Fright" In New Stereo and Surround Mixes For 50th Anniversary Releases

December 18, 2020 By Joe Marchese 9 Comments

The Band Stage Fright 50 Cover

With their seminal first two albums, Music from Big Pink and The Band, the group consisting of Garth Hudson (keyboards, piano, horns), Levon Helm (drums, vocals, mandolin), Richard Manuel (keyboards, vocals, drums), Rick Danko (bass, vocals, fiddle) and Robbie Robertson (guitar, piano, vocals) had earned the right to call themselves, simply, The Band.  They effortlessly fused folk, country, blues, gospel, soul, and a dash of rock to create an organic, back-to-basics sound that reverberated with

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: The Band

New Morning: Bob Dylan 1970 Copyright Extension Release To Get Wider Release, 3CD Set Due in February

December 18, 2020 By Sam Stone 4 Comments

BobDylan 1970Collection

In a move that will no doubt excite Bob Dylan aficionados everywhere, on February 26, Legacy Recordings will release Bob Dylan: 1970 in a new, more widely available limited edition set with revised artwork and fresh liner notes by Michael Simmons.  The collection includes all the songs from this year's quietly announced copyright extension release. It's an interesting move on the part of Legacy and Dylan's team.  Fans of the artist have come to expect micro-batches of 50 year old recordings

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk Tags: Bob Dylan, George Harrison

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