PRE-ORDER NOW FROM NUMERO GROUPThe Numero Group label is well-known for its deep dives into the musical underground. So it came as a bit of a shock today that the label's next release is celebrating a famous Number One single. On October 26, the label will release a 12-inch vinyl and digital EP featuring six versions of Blondie's 1979 chart-topper "Heart of Glass," the song which propelled Debbie Harry and co. into superstardom. But that's not all. This title will be followed in fall 2019 by
Me and Mrs. Jones: Expanded Edition
TSD and Real Gone Music continue their Johnny Mathis reissue series with an expanded edition of Johnny's first album of 1973. Me and Mrs. Jones proved to be one of his most eclectic albums of the decade. Reuniting him with Jerry Fuller, the LP found the singer exploring a variety of styles and genres. In addition to the title track from Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff's Philly soul hit factory, Me and Mrs. Jones found Mathis singing the best of Broadway ("Corner of the Sky" from Pippin),
The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face)/Song Sung Blue: Expanded Edition
Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music have paired two 1972 albums from the legendary Johnny Mathis as an expanded 2-CD set. Both albums were produced by Jerry Fuller and make their standalone CD debuts here. The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face) had not only Mathis' rendition of the hit popularized by Roberta Flack but also classics introduced by The Stylistics ("Betcha by Golly Wow"), America ("I Need You"), and The 5th Dimension ("(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All") as well as
Mathematics: The MCA Years
Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music bring Melissa Manchester's 1985 MCA album to CD for the very first time in an expanded 2-CD deluxe edition! Mathematics: The MCA Years features the original Mathematics (produced by George Duke, Brock Walsh and Robbie Nevil, Trevor Veitch and executive producer Quincy Jones!) on the first CD, while the second disc boasts 13 bonus tracks including every period remix, the non-LP B-side "So Full of Yourself," three previously unreleased outtakes, and a host
This Was: 50th Anniversary Edition
Parlophone/Rhino has a new 3CD/1DVD anniversary edition of Jethro Tull's debut album in the hardcover book format. It features a new stereo mix of the album by Steven Wilson, who has also mixed it in 4.1 (yes, 4.1, not 5.1) DTS and AC3 Dolby Digital surround for the DVD. In addition, CD1 also includes new mixes of two non-LP songs "Love Story" and "A Christmas Song" (both remixed into 5.1 surround on the DVD) and four previously unreleased tracks. CD2 kicks off with nine live performances
The Munsters
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Limited Edition "Pumpkin Orange with Black Splatter" Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Real Gone brings back the 1964 Decca tie-in album to TV's The Munsters on limited edition vinyl. The album is not a proper soundtrack to the show but rather tries to say it is the Munster family singing new songs. The cover proclaimed that they were "the newest teen-age singing group," but it was of course not the actors from the show.
Keep A-Knockin': New Box Set Collects Mott the Hoople's Island Years, Premieres Unreleased Tracks
On October 24, Universal U.K. will board the Mental Train for a trip back with some really young dudes. Mott the Hoople's new 6-CD box set Mental Train: The Island Years 1969-1971 revisits the band's earliest, pre-glam years in deluxe fashion. The set includes remastered and expanded versions of all four original Island releases; an entire disc of unheard and unreleased material; and a full disc of live and BBC performances. Ian Hunter, Mick Ralphs, Verden Allen, Pete Watts, and Dale
A Sunday Feeling: Jethro Tull's Debut "This Was" Expanded For Its 50th Anniversary with New Stereo and Surround Mixes
As Jethro Tull celebrates their 50th anniversary this year, the band has already give their fans several reissues beginning with a deluxe version of Heavy Horses in February and a pair of compilations in May. But that's not all, because Parlophone/Rhino has just announced a new 3-CD/1-DVD deluxe edition of the group's debut album This Was, due on November 9. After playing their first show under the name Jethro Tull in February, 1968, the group got into the studio to record their first album
Knowing The Way: Omnivore Revisits Fastball's Breakthrough
Despite the lyrics to their biggest hit song referring to never growing old, time marches on for everything. And so it is that Fastball's sophomore album All The Pain Money Can Buy is marking its 20th anniversary this year. To celebrate the occasion, Omnivore Recordings is releasing an expanded edition of the album on November 9. Formed in Austin, Texas in 1995, Fastball consists of Tony Scalzo (vocals, bass, keyboards, guitars), Mike Zuniga (vocals, guitars) and Joey Shuffield (drums,
You Go To My Head: Legacy Reissues Legendary LP "The Voice of Frank Sinatra"
In a career encompassing seven decades, Frank Sinatra blazed many trails. Yet his role in the birth of the long-playing record, or LP, is oddly among his lesser-known accomplishments. Legacy Recordings and Columbia Records have just celebrated that momentous event with a 70th anniversary limited and numbered reissue of The Voice of Frank Sinatra, available exclusively on vinyl from the Vinyl Me Please webstore. When Sinatra took the microphone at Columbia's Vine Street Playhouse in
Cool Summer: Six Bananarama Albums Expanded On London Label
She's got it...yeah, baby, she's got it! The first six albums by the beloved girl group Bananarama have recently been reissued in expanded editions from London Music Stream Limited. These albums - Deep Sea Skiving (1983), Bananarama (1984), True Confessions (1986), Wow! (1987), Pop Life (1991), and Please Yourself (1993) - represent the first decade of the band, spanning 1983-1993 and including such hits as "Shy Boy," "Cruel Summer," "More Than Physical," "I Heard a Rumour," and of course,
Step by Step: The Complete Pop Hits
This 2-CD, 35-track set gathers up all of the Billboard Pop hits from "The Mouth of the South," Joe Simon. Culled from various labels, Step by Step includes "The Chokin' Kind," "Drowning in the Sea of Love," and much more. Grammy-nominated producer Mitchell Cohen has written the liner notes, which include new quotes from the artist. It has been remastered by Mike Milchner at SonicVision.
The Complete ABC/Dunhill Singles
Real Gone Music has the first-ever comprehensive collection of the Four Tops' post-Motown tenure at ABC/Dunhill. The Complete ABC/Dunhill singles boasts 33 sides on 2 CDs; 27 of the tracks have never been on CD in their correct single versions and 13 of the songs have never appeared on CD at all. The first seven songs are in mono, the rest are in stereo. Ed Osborne provides the new liner notes, and Aaron Kannowski has remastered.
They Don't Come Better: Real Gone Announces Four Tops Singles and Joe Simon Pop Hits Compilations For October
With summer winding down, we now start to look to the fall and what's coming up in that season. Real Gone has recently announced a couple of 2-CD compilations in the R&B/Soul genre due on October 5. The first is The Complete ABC/Dunhill Singles from the Four Tops. The vocal quartet of Levi Stubbs, Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Renaldo "Obie" Benson and Lawrence Payton needs little introduction as they were the Motown stalwarts who gave us such classics as "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey
One Love to Give: Cherry Red, Doctor Bird Expand Phyllis Dillon's Pop-Rocksteady Classic
Cherry Red's Doctor Bird imprint is shining the spotlight on arguably the most significant female artist of the rocksteady genre, Phyllis Dillon. Her story is a special one; she only released one full album during her recording career, but that album - 1972's One Life to Live - laid the groundwork for the reputation which she enjoyed until her untimely death in 2004. Doctor Bird's reissue, due on September 7, expands the original 12-song album to 28 tracks, making for a deep retrospective of
Gimme Some Truth: John Lennon's "Imagine" Gets "Ultimate" Treatment in October
John Lennon's second solo studio album, and arguably his most beloved, is returning from Apple and Capitol in a lavish new 4CD/2BD box set. On October 5, the Imagine: Ultimate Collection will hit stores, celebrating the classic 1971 album which introduced the world to "Imagine," "Jealous Guy," and "Gimme Some Truth" as well as the blistering "How Do You Sleep" and rollicking "Oh, Yoko!" In addition to the box set and digital options, a 2CD Deluxe Edition, 1CD remaster, and 2LP black vinyl
If They Could See Me Now: Blixa Sounds Reissues Four Albums From Linda Clifford
May 1978 was certainly Linda Clifford's month. The Chicago songstress had taken to the top of the Billboard Disco chart - and wasn't about to let it go for five consecutive weeks. The bold reinvention of Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields' Sweet Charity showstopper "If My Friends Could See Me Now" established Clifford in the top tier of disco superstars, and now Blixa Sounds is revisiting that golden era. On Friday, the label will reissue four of Clifford's albums for Curtis Mayfield's Curtom
Review: Michael Nesmith and The First National Band Redux, "Live at The Troubadour"
Michael Nesmith always traveled to the beat of a different drum. While serving as one-fourth of The Monkees, Nesmith was expanding his musical horizons beyond the group's infectious Brill Building pop stylings. "I wanted beautiful music wherever I could find it," he writes in the liner notes to his new release on 7a Records. "But if I wanted to sing it myself and write it myself, I had to have an understanding of what that music was, and how to get to it. So, the first place I looked was in
Look Now
Elvis Costello returns with his first album since 2013's Wise Up Ghost with The Roots, and his first with The Imposters since 2008's Momofuku. Co-produced with Sebastian Krys, Look Now features one song co-written with Carole King ("Burnt Sugar Is So Bitter"), and three songs co-authored with Burt Bacharach ("He's Given Me Things," "Photographs Can Lie," and "Don't Look Now") plus solo Costello originals such as the dramatic "Suspect My Tears" and "Unwanted Number," both of which will be
Solo Anthology: The Best of Lindsey Buckingham
The former Fleetwood Mac frontman is looking back on his career with this collection of his finest solo works. Solo Anthology - The Best of Lindsey Buckingham will be available as a 3-disc set on CD and digitally and also as a single disc "highlights" release. A 6-LP vinyl edition is slated for November 23. The 3-CD version offers original and alternate versions of songs from Buckingham's solo albums including Law and Order (1981), Go Insane (1984), Out of the Cradle (1992), Under the Skin
Lost In a Lost World: Cherry Red Reissues, Expands Hudson-Ford with Rupert Holmes Productions, Roger James
Cherry Red has recently unearthed another pair of seventies pop gems on their Esoteric and RPM imprints, respectively, from Hudson-Ford and Roger James. Both titles will hit stores this Friday, August 24. Daylight was the 1977 CBS Records debut of Hudson-Ford, a.k.a. Richard Hudson (guitar/vocals/sitar) and John Ford (vocals/bass/guitar), formerly of The Strawbs. Their fourth album as a duo, Daylight was produced at the label's behest by Robin Geoffrey Cable, a Trident Studios engineer who
Freak Out! Vintage-Style CHIC Mixes Shine On New Dimitri From Paris Set
In 2010, Dimitri from Paris was invited to remix a number of tracks from the venerable CHIC catalogue for The CHIC Organization Box Set. Vol. 1: Savoir Faire. The Turkish-born, French music producer and DJ's remixed takes on classics like "I Want Your Love," "I Feel Your Love Comin' On," Sister Sledge's "Thinking of You" and "Lost in Music," and Norma Jean Wright's "Saturday" were all released as digital singles. Now, those remixes and more have just been collected on a new set available on 2
Anyone Who Had a Heart: Dionne Warwick Saluted on Public Television, New Rarities-Packed CDs, More
From the moment she burst onto the music scene in 1962 exhorting "Don't Make Me Over," Dionne Warwick has been a musical force with which to be reckoned. The legendary singer blended elegant pop and deeply-felt soul in a fashion which remains unrivaled today for its sophistication and polish; her signature songs like "Walk On By," "I Say a Little Prayer," "Alfie," and "I'll Never Love This Way Again" have all become cornerstones of the new American songbook. Dionne's remarkable life and
In Memoriam: Aretha Franklin (1942-2018)
The Queen has left the building. Aretha Franklin has died the age of 76, having forever transformed the landscape of American popular music. That she was indisputably The Queen of Soul was most recently made it clear when her December 6, 2015 performance at Washington, DC's Kennedy Center quickly went viral. Audiences around the world reveled as she performed Carole King, Gerry Goffin and Jerry Wexler's "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" with a blazing emotional honesty that couldn't
Picture Book: The Kinks Expand "The Village Green Preservation Society" In Massive New Box Set
The Kinks are going back to the Village Green - and it's grown quite a bit in size! On October 26, the band's legendary fifth album, 1968's The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society, will arrive from BMG Rights Management in a massive new box set produced by Andrew Sandoval. The new box will boast 3 LPs, 5 CDs, 3 seven-inch singles and more, for a total of 174 tracks (3 previously unreleased songs, 55 previously unreleased versions). Considered the band's most
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