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Oh No, Not Me: Tony Visconti Remixes David Bowie's 'The Man Who Sold The World' For 50th Anniversary (UPDATED WITH ORDER LINKS)

September 8, 2020 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

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David Bowie's third album The Man Who Sold The World will be remixed and reissued for its 50th anniversary this fall. The album will be re-released November 6 - two days after its exact anniversary - with a new mix of nearly the entire album by original producer Tony Visconti, available on CD, LP and high-resolution digital formats. (The sole exception: Side 1 closer "After All," which Visconti felt he could not improve on.) This release will feature a new version of the album's original

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: David Bowie

The Times

September 5, 2020 By

Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Amazon Music HD / Neil Young Archives / Your Local Record Shop Neil Young is taking stock of "The Times" on a new 7-track EP which will arrive as an Amazon Original release that can be streamed exclusively on Amazon Music HD in high resolution.  The album can also be enjoyed on NeilYoungArchives.com or on CD.  The Times features performances originally shared on the "Porch Sessions" episode of Young's livestreamed Fireside Sessions series.  The

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

Summerteeth: Deluxe Edition

September 5, 2020 By

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4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Wilco Store (color version) A 4CD and 5LP edition of Wilco's 1999 release, packed with unreleased material, arrives from Rhino.  Both formats feature a brand-new remaster of the original album by Bob Ludwig, plus two dozen previously unreleased demos, outtakes and alternate versions. Each set features a different unreleased live show as well: the CD featuring an extended, soundboard-sourced set at

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

This Far

September 5, 2020 By

Sade This Far Box

This Far brings together remastered versions of all of Sade's albums on 180-gram vinyl.  The white casebound box includes the following LPs: Diamond Life (1984); Promise (1985); Stronger Than Pride (1988); Love Deluxe (1992); Lovers Rock (2000); and Soldier of Love (2010) Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios sourced the collection from high resolution digital transfers of the original stereo masters, remastering at half-speed using his own restored Neumann VMS80 cutting

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Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul

The Fontana and Motown Years

September 5, 2020 By

Kiki Dee Fontana and Motown Years

Edsel collects Kiki Dee's pre-Rocket Records years on this new 3-CD set, featuring 2 discs of her Fontana recordings (including rare international singles) and one of her Motown output including one previously unreleased track and two more making their CD debuts.  The set, packaged as a hardcover mediabook, is accompanied by a 28-page book featuring new liner notes by Alan Robinson (drawing on a 2020 interview with Kiki) as well as rare photos from the artist's own archives.

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop

Funny and You Don't Know Why: The Second Disc's Bandcamp Friday Picks for September

September 4, 2020 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Manic Panic

On March 20, as the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic was just starting to be understood, indie music retailer Bandcamp made the bold choice of waiving their share of revenue for artists and labels who were cancelling shows and delaying album releases left and right. The result was more music bought by more fans than any day on the site, a record broken on the first Friday of May. Bandcamp Fridays have since taken place in June, July and August - plus the first of an annual occurrence when the

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Categories: Features, News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Electronic, Everything Else, Folk, Pop, Rock Tags: Death Cab For Cutie, Joni Mitchell, Mort Garson, Paramore, Pylon, R.E.M., The Modulators, Wilco, Woody Guthrie

Release Round-Up: Week of September 4

September 4, 2020 By The Second Disc 4 Comments

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Rolling Stones, Goats Head Soup [Various Formats] (Polydor/Interscope/UMe) 3CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP clear: The Rolling Stones Shop Cassette: The Rolling Stones Shop The

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Billy Ocean, Bob James, Burt Bacharach, Daniel Tashian, Elton John, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Fleetwood Mac, Joan Jett, Labi Siffre, Sara Evans, T Rex, The Doobie Brothers, The Rolling Stones, Todd Rundgren, U2

Diamonds In The Rough: John Prine's First Seven Albums Collected In New Box

September 3, 2020 By Mike Duquette 10 Comments

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One of the more difficult side effects of this very strange year is bidding farewell to a number of musical luminaries due to the COVID-19 pandemic. John Prine's passing looms large among them, not only as one of the first cases but in light of the incredible few years he'd had: in 2018, his 18th album The Tree of Forgiveness became his first-ever Top 5 album, and in February 2020, only two months before he died, he earned a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. On October 23, fans new and old

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Folk, Rock Tags: John Prine

So What'cha Want: Beastie Boys Issue New Compilation In October

September 3, 2020 By Mike Duquette 6 Comments

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After two years of retrospectives in the literary and cinematic world, a new career-spanning Beastie Boys compilation is on its way next month. Beastie Boys Music serves as a belated 20-track accompaniment to the group's lengthy Beastie Boys Book (2018) and this year's Spike Jonze-helmed documentary Beastie Boys Story. True to its name, it collects 20 singles and beloved tracks from the New York trio's seven major records for Def Jam and Capitol, including "Fight For Your Right," "Hey

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Rap/Hip-Hop Tags: The Beastie Boys

Review: Andrew Gold, "Lonely Boy: The Asylum Years Anthology"

September 3, 2020 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Andrew Gold Lonely Boy

The Asylum Records discography of pop polymath Andrew Gold has been well-addressed in the CD era - first via international CD reissues, then individual expanded editions on the U.S. Collectors' Choice label, and an all-encompassing set in 2013 from the U.K.'s Edsel label.  But one thing had eluded Gold: a bona fide box set.  Cherry Red and Esoteric Recordings have delivered with Lonely Boy: The Asylum Years Anthology, a 6-CD/1-DVD compendium celebrating the late artist (1951-2011) with

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Andrew Gold, J.D. Souther, Linda Ronstadt

Change Gonna Come At Last: Neil Young Releases "The Times," Featuring New Live Recordings of Protest Songs

September 2, 2020 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

Neil Young has taken a break from his deep-dives into the archives to announce the release of a new EP, The Times.  The 7-track set will arrive on September 18 as an Amazon Original release that can be streamed exclusively on Amazon Music HD in high resolution.  The album can also be enjoyed on NeilYoungArchives.com or on CD. The Times features performances originally shared on the "Porch Sessions" episode of Neil Young's livestreamed Fireside Sessions series.  The webcast found Neil Young

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Rock Tags: Neil Young

Wilco's 'Summerteeth' Gets a Shot In The Arm With New Box Set

September 2, 2020 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

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Wilco's third album Summerteeth is Rhino's latest offering in 2020's holiday box set season. A 4CD and 5LP edition of the 1999 release, packed with unreleased material, will be issued November 6. Both physical and digital formats feature a brand-new remaster of the original album by Bob Ludwig, plus two dozen previously unreleased demos, outtakes and alternate versions. Each set features an unreleased live show as well: the CD featuring an extended, soundboard-sourced set at Colorado's

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Jeff Tweedy, Wilco

Diamond Life: Sade's Studio Discography Collected on New Box Set "This Far"

September 2, 2020 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Sade This Far Box

With such irresistible songs as "Smooth Operator," "The Sweetest Taboo," and "Soldier of Love," Sade has been winning the hearts of listeners everywhere for over 35 years.  The group's small but powerful discography - six studio albums, all of which have been certified Platinum and Gold all around the world, including the U.S. and U.K. - will be collected in a new vinyl box set due October 9 from Sony Music. This Far brings together remastered versions of all of Sade's albums on 180-gram

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Sade

Hey Sandy: 'Pete & Pete' Band Polaris Prep Deluxe Vinyl Reissue

September 2, 2020 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

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Polaris, the Miracle Legion side-project "band that lives in your TV," is coming back to your turntable with a very special reissue this year. Music From The Adventures Of Pete & Pete is being reissued this month by frontman Mark Mulcahy's Mezzotint label, pressed for the first time as a double LP on white vinyl. This "Deluxe 21st Century Edition" will also come with a CD of 15 previously unreleased demos. Series co-creator Will McRobb has penned liner notes, and for the first time, a

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Mark Mulcahy, Miracle Legion, Polaris

Review: Joe Jackson, "Body and Soul" [Hybrid SACD]

September 1, 2020 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Joe Jackson Body and Soul Intervention

Joe Jackson was never much of a conformist.  The singer-songwriter followed up his first two albums (which dovetailed with the new wave movement and also reflected a punk spirit) with two stylistic departures before embracing classic songcraft on 1982's watershed Night and Day.  Basking in the success of the album and its singles "Steppin' Out" and "Breaking Us in Two," Jackson turned to film scoring with Mike's Murder, but most of his score was discarded in favor of one by John Barry.  Where

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD, SACD Genre: Pop Tags: Joe Jackson

My Blue Heaven: Impex Preps Expanded Audiophile Reissue of "Sing and Dance With Frank Sinatra" on LP and SACD

September 1, 2020 By Sam Stone 2 Comments

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Over the course of his long and storied career, Frank Sinatra made many game-changing moves.  He released the very first pop long-playing record with Columbia's 1948 reissue of The Voice of Frank Sinatra, pioneered the concept album with In The Wee Small Hours at Capitol, founded his own independent record label (Reprise), and transformed the art of pop vocal performance.  In 1950, the future Chairman of the Board released an album (then available as either a set of four 10" 78s or a single

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Categories: News Formats: CD, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Pop Tags: Frank Sinatra

The Day Will Come: Edsel Collects Kiki Dee's "Fontana and Motown Years" On New Box Set

September 1, 2020 By Joe Marchese 10 Comments

Kiki Dee Fontana and Motown Years

Kiki Dee rocketed to worldwide stardom (no pun intended) on Elton John's Rocket Records in 1976, imploring "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" to John on the chart-topping duet.  She had been recording for Rocket since 1973, scoring such U.K. hits as "Amoreuse" and "I've Got the Music in Me," the latter of which also went to the top 20 of the U.S. chart, as well.  Anyone familiar with Dee's Rocket recordings knows her to be a singer of both power and sensitivity, and last year, Edsel collected that

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On the Level: Original London Cast Recording

August 31, 2020 By

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Stage Door Records brings producer Brian Epstein's swingin' sixties musical by Ron Grainer (Doctor Who) and Ronald Millar to CD for the very first time anywhere in the world.  This release, part of Stage Door's Cast Album Masters series, is remastered from the original CBS tapes and limited to 500 units.

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Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings

Halloween 81

August 31, 2020 By

Frank Zappa Halloween 81

6CD Box: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD Highlights plus "Strictly Genteel": Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Frank Zappa's 1981 Halloween concerts at New York's late, lamented Palladium are collected on this new box set from Zappa Records/UMe. The 6-CD set is housed in a costume box with a Count Frankula mask as well as a red and black cape, natch.  It's been produced by Ahmet Zappa and Vaultmeister Joe Travers, while the concerts have been newly remixed from the

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My Life: Deluxe Edition

August 28, 2020 By

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2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Official Store 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Mary J. Blige's sophomore album My Life is about to bring audiences joy when it's expanded and reissued on CD and vinyl with some rare bonus content.  The expanded My Life - which follows a killer compilation of Blige's early work from last year - pairs the newly remastered album with a half-dozen rare bonus tracks, including a stirring cover of Aretha Franklin's "(You Make Me

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul

Make It Up To You: Steve Wynn Albums and Rarities Collected On New Box Set "Decade," Due in October

August 28, 2020 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

Steve Wynn (not the casino magnate!) is well known as a vocalist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, beginning as part of the renowned Paisley Underground outfit The Dream Syndicate.  After the group folded, Wynn began a solo career that garnered critical acclaim and accolades from his legion of fans.  Now, his solo career will be celebrated in a new, 11-CD box set from Real Gone Music called Decade. The box will hit shops on October 23.  The expansive 166-track set chronicles Wynn's

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Sleep in Safety

August 28, 2020 By

45 Grave Sleep In Safety

Just in time for Halloween is a new vinyl re-press of Sleep In Safety, the first album from the deathrock/goth band 45 Grave. The group was formed in 1979 in California and initially consisted of Paul B. Cutler (guitar), Dinah Cancer (vocals), Rob Grave (bass) and Dan Bolles (drums). Their style was rooted in punk rock but contained elements of horror movies and, alongside Christian Death, the group is considered one of the first Gothic rock bands.  This edition is limited to 450 copies and

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Rock

The Return of the Living Dead: Original Soundtrack

August 28, 2020 By

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Real Gone has a limited vinyl reissue of the soundtrack to 1985's The Return of the Living Dead. Return's history and legacy is a little complicated. George A. Romero and John Russo wrote 1968's classic Night of the Living Dead.  After its release, the two parted ways, with Russo retaining the rights to use the title "Living Dead."  Romero, meanwhile, began a series of sequels beginning with Dawn of the Dead in 1978 (four more films through 2009's Survival of the Dead would follow). Russo wrote

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Rock, Soundtracks

Cujo: Original Soundtrack Album

August 28, 2020 By

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Stephen King's tale of a killer dog hit the big screen in 1983 with a score by composer Charles Bernstein.  But Bernstein's music was cut up for the film's final edit, and the score never received a commercial release until last year, when Intrada presented the music as recorded by Bernstein for a CD reissue. The tracklisting for Real Gone's edition presents the complete film score as presented on CD by Intrada, dropping the five alternate cues which were also included. This new vinyl reissue is

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks

Groovie Goolies

August 28, 2020 By

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"Franken-Green" LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop Real Gone has a reissue of the 1970 power pop soundtrack to the popular CBS-TV music-themed Saturday morning cartoon show produced by Filmation.  Each episode included two original songs: one from The Monster Trio (Drac, Frankie, and Wolfie - see the album cover!) and one from a rotating group of "bands" such as The Rolling Headstones,

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Soundtracks

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