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The Best of The Grateful Dead Live

January 28, 2018 By

Best of The Grateful Dead Live

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. (TBD) / Amazon Canada (TBD) 2LP (The Best of The Grateful Dead Live, Vol. 1 1969-1977): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. (TBD) / Amazon Canada (TBD) How to distill the Grateful Dead's enormous live legacy into one collection?  Rhino gives the massive undertaking its best shot with this new 2-CD anthology, featuring 19 tracks drawn from live albums released on Warner Bros. and Arista during the group's tenure, as well as several select archival titles released after

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

The Colpix Singles

January 28, 2018 By

Nina Simone Colpix Singles

Nina Simone's 1959-1964 time at the Colpix label  is collected on the 2-CD, 27-track The Colpix Singles (also available in a 14-track highlights edition on vinyl).  At Colpix, Simone recorded some of the most sly, sultry, and incendiary music of her career, touching on folk, blues, jazz, and soul - all of which are reflected on this compendium of original single versions.

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Folk, Jazz, R&B/Soul

Mood Indigo: The Complete Bethlehem Singles

January 28, 2018 By

Nina Simone Complete Bethlehem Singles

Mood Indigo: The Complete Bethlehem Singles collects the earliest recordings of Nina Simone.  The 14-track CD version follows the chronology of the original mono singles, while the vinyl LP version has "Porgy (I Loves You Porgy)" and "Love Me or Leave Me," Simone's debut single, on a bonus 7-inch replica 45 rather than on the LP.  Additionally, Barnes & Noble will have an exclusive blue vinyl version.  Ashley Kahn's new liner notes draw on a fresh interview with drummer Al "Tootie" Heath,

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, R&B/Soul

Release Round-Up: Week of January 26

January 26, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

ABBA The Album Half Speed

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! ABBA: The Album - 40th Anniversary Edition (Polar/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) ABBA revisits its fifth studio album (released in December 1977 in Scandinavia and January 1978 in the U.K.) - a tie-in to ABBA: The Movie - as a deluxe 2-LP, 45 RPM, half-speed mastered set.  Featuring "The Name of the Game," "Take a Chance on Me," and "Thank You for the Music," the chart-topping LP has been a favorite of the band's discography. 

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Funk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: ABBA, Andrew Ridgeley, Luther Russell, Martika, Ohio Players, Wes Montgomery

Love...Thy Will Be Done: Cherry Pop Expands Martika, Andrew Ridgeley Titles in January

January 25, 2018 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Andrew Ridgeley Son of Albert

Cherry Pop is returning to the early days of the 1990s with expanded editions from the small discographies of two beloved artists: Andrew Ridgeley of Wham!, and Martika. After breaking up Wham! in 1986, George Michael graduated to bona fide solo superstar, while his musical partner Andrew Ridgeley had largely shunned the spotlight to pursue other interests such as acting and motor racing.  By 1990, however, Ridgeley was ready to return to music.  The result was Son of Albert, his only solo

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: George Michael, Martika, Prince, Wham!

Oh, Darling! Cherry Red Reissues Graham Bonnet's 1990s Output On New Box Set

January 25, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Graham Bonnet Flying Not Falling

The Graham Bonnet story has been well-chronicled by Cherry Red's Hear No Evil imprint via expanded editions of the English rocker's classic albums as well as a career-spanning anthology.  Late in 2017, HNE continued its Bonnet series with a new 3-CD compact clamshell box set.  Flying Not Falling: 1991-1999 expands three albums from the versatile vocalist: The Day I Went Mad (1999), Underground (1997), and Here Comes the Night (1991). Bonnet's career has ranged from pop to hard rock over six

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Rock Tags: Graham Bonnet

Sugar In My Bowl: Bethlehem, Rhino Plan Singles Collections Honoring Nina Simone

January 24, 2018 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Nina Simone Colpix Singles

Few artists have had the impact on pop, soul, rock and jazz as the iconoclastic Nina Simone.  Simone (1933-2003) played by her own rules in life and art, recording some of the most electric and eclectic music imaginable in any genre.  It wasn't uncommon on a Simone album to find politically charged protest music alongside popular Broadway hits and reworkings of contemporary rock songs.  This April, she will enter the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, though she preferred to call her singular fusion of

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Nina Simone

Going to California: Led Zeppelin Goes Super Deluxe with "How the West Was Won"

January 24, 2018 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Led Zeppelin How the West Was Won

Fifteen years ago, Led Zeppelin issued How the West Was Won, premiering performances from the band's June 25 and 27, 1972 concerts at the Los Angeles Forum and Long Beach Arena.  Now, those seminal tracks have been newly remastered under the supervision of Jimmy Page for a surprise addition to the band's Super Deluxe library - as well as in a variety of formats, all of which are due from Atlantic/Swan Song on March 23 including the first-ever Blu-ray Audio and vinyl editions.  The remastered How

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Led Zeppelin

Rhino Collects 25 Years of Trips with Grateful Dead Live Compilation

January 23, 2018 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Best of The Grateful Dead Live

The Grateful Dead played more than 2,300 concerts during their lifespan. Of those, it's estimated that some 2,200 of those shows were taped by the band and their loyal fans. The good-natured California group allowed them to be freely distributed from the beginning, and every Deadhead has a favorite. But where would you start with the live history of such an esteemed band? The Dead and Rhino are offering an answer to that question this spring with The Best of The Grateful Dead Live, a 2CD or 2LP

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: The Grateful Dead

Intrada's Valiant Effort: A Deluxe 'Roger Rabbit' Soundtrack From Disney!

January 23, 2018 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Roger Rabbit 30

Intrada is set to make Disney fans p-p-p-pleased with a major soundtrack expansion: Alan Silvestri's stirring score to Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Gary K. Wolf's quirky novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit? - the tale of a hard-boiled private detective named Eddie Valiant solving the murder of a comic strip character - was equal parts Raymond Chandler and Chuck Jones, and perfect film fodder. But nobody could have predicted what Who Framed Roger Rabbit would have become: Jeffrey Price and Peter S.

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Alan Silvestri

In the Lap of Luxury: Marillion Detail Expanded Remix Package for 'Brave'

January 22, 2018 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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Following the release of last year's remixed expansion of Misplaced Childhood, neo-prog rockers Marillion are jumping ahead to one of their top albums of the 1990s to reissue: 1994's Brave, their seventh album. A 4CD/1Blu-ray box set edition of the album is due March 9. Brave was the third Marillion album with vocalist Steve Hogarth, who replaced Fish as frontman in early 1989. A stark departure from 1991's Holidays In Eden, their most pop-centric album, Brave told the story (based on actual

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD Genre: Everything Else, Rock Tags: Marillion

Songs That Sound Like Movies: The Complete Epic Recordings

January 22, 2018 By

Rupert Holmes Songs That Sound Like Movies

This new 3-CD collection from Cherry Red Records presents the first three albums created by  nonpareil musical storyteller Rupert Holmes, all of which pushed the boundaries of what was expected from pop music.  The reissue of these long out-of-print treasures might be cause enough to celebrate, but to sweeten the deal, the label has added a number of rare and previously unreleased bonus tracks as well as a deluxe booklet featuring fresh insights from Rupert.  It's a Widescreen package perfect

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop

Stone Cold Soul: The Complete Capitol Recordings

January 22, 2018 By

Jackie DeShannon Stone Cold Soul

This exciting set from Real Gone Music gathers all of singer-songwriter Jackie DeShannon's rootsy, soulful material from her short period on the Capitol label from 1970-1971, encompassing her sessions at Chips Moman's American Studios and more, and including five previously unreleased tracks.  It also includes liner notes by our own Joe Marchese, featuring quotes from his new interview with DeShannon.

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul

Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head: Expanded Edition

January 22, 2018 By

Johnny Mathis Raindrops

Johnny Mathis' 1970 album - featuring the songs of Bacharach and David, Paul Simon, Jimmy Webb, George Harrison and others - gets its first-ever expanded CD reissue from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music.  We've added four bonus non-LP singles from Johnny's return to Columbia Records circa 1968-1970!  TSD's Joe Marchese has written the liner notes based on a new interview with Johnny!

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal

WE HAVE OUR WINNERS! Varese Victories For Eight Great Years

January 22, 2018 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

Thief of Hearts OST

Congratulations! Our special 8th anniversary giveaway was a sterling success, thanks to our awesome readers who entered! And now, we've got the list of prize winners. The following 15 friends have won a bundle of Chuck Berry's Rockit (1979) and the 40th anniversary soundtrack of Smokey and The Bandit and its sequel, both courtesy of Varese Sarabande: Marty Brandt Gary Dunaier Brian Edmiston Scott Fraley Emile Gardette Marc Hiatt Adrian Hickman Heath Holland Rusty Houston Dan

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Categories: Giveaways! Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Soundtracks Tags: Chuck Berry, E.G. Daily, Giorgio Moroder, Harold Faltermeyer, Melissa Manchester

Pure Hysteria: Def Leppard Allow Download, Streaming of Classic Catalogue for the First Time

January 19, 2018 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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Step inside, walk this way: British rockers Def Leppard have finally allowed their most popular albums to stream or download for the first time. Ahead of a major co-headlining tour with Journey, fans old and new can finally take the hits of Def Leppard along with them wherever digital music is found, thanks to the band's label, Bludgeon Riffola, and Universal Music Enterprises, who distributes much of the group's catalogue. "Given a bit of time to sit down and think about it and read and do

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Def Leppard

Release Round-Up: Week of January 19

January 19, 2018 By Joe Marchese 10 Comments

Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Fleetwood Mac, Fleetwood Mac [Various Formats] (Reprise/Rhino) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3CD/DVD/LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The 1975 debut album by the Fleetwood Mac line-up of Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie, John McVie, and Mick Fleetwood arrives in a variety of deluxe formats, including a 3CD/DVD/LP box with the remastered album on CD

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Fleetwood Mac, Ten Years After, Todd Rundgren, Winfield Parker

BREAKING! Second Disc, Real Gone Celebrate Johnny Mathis with "Raindrops" and "Bacharach and Kaempfert" Expanded Reissues

January 18, 2018 By Joe Marchese 19 Comments

Johnny Mathis Bacharach and Kaempfert

In a career spanning over 60 years, the music of Johnny Mathis is more vibrant than ever.  The eternally youthful "voice of romance" gained a whole new generation of fans in 2017 with a new album featuring his recordings of future standards by Adele, Bruno Mars, and Pharrell Williams.  At the dawn of the 1970s, Mathis was celebrating the great songwriters of that day, too.  On March 2, Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music are proud to kick off a new series celebrating the legendary Johnny

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Bert Kaempfert, Burt Bacharach, Johnny Mathis

It Takes Two to Tango: Analog Spark Reissues Two Todd Rundgren Classics on SACD

January 18, 2018 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Todd Rundgren Something Anything

Since the dawn of the CD era, Todd Rundgren's classic Bearsville LPs have appeared and re-appeared with regularity - yet they had never appeared in the physical format for which they're most ideally suited: high-resolution audio.  Thanks to Analog Spark, that's all changed.  The label has just released hybrid stereo SACDs of the singer-songwriter-producer's third and fourth Bearsville LPs - the career-defining Something/Anything (1973) and its daring successor, A Wizard, A True Star (1974). 

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD, SACD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Todd Rundgren

Some Disc! 'Charlotte's Web' Soundtrack Makes CD Debut From Varese

January 18, 2018 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

Charlottes Web

In 1973, Hanna-Barbera's animated adaptation of E.B. White's beloved children's novel Charlotte's Web was released; over time, it became a multi-generational classic. 45 years later, a major milestone occurs with the first ever CD release of the film's winning soundtrack, courtesy of Varese Sarabande. Though White professed to not care for the film, condemning it as "a travesty" and admitting "I don't care much for jolly songs," Charlotte's Web has incredibly gained fans with time. The story

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings, Soundtracks Tags: Debbie Reynolds, Paul Lynde, Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, The Sherman Brothers

Salad Days (Are Here Again): Esoteric Plans Multi-Disc, Audio-Visual Procol Harum Anthology

January 17, 2018 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Procol Harum box

"You'll cry out for mercy, but still there'll be more..." So proclaimed English prog rockers Procol Harum on their fourth album, 1970's Home. Three years before, the group burst onto the scene with the baroque-inspired "A Whiter Shade of Pale," an international hit that topped the British charts and reached No. 5 in America. And the group presses on, having released their 12th album, Novum, in April - a month shy of 50 years since "Pale" first landed in U.K. shops. To celebrate this

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Procol Harum

Run Out Groove Round-Up: The Dream Syndicate, The Stooges, Secret Machines and Morphine

January 17, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Dream Syndicate Complete Live at Rajis

Today, we're taking a look at four recent titles pressed for audiophile-level vinyl excellence by the Run Out Groove label! Run Out Groove embraces the Paisley Underground with the vinyl premiere of The Dream Syndicate's The Complete Live at Raji's.  Recorded on January 31, 1988 (not 1989, as indicated on the original CD release of the truncated album), the set captured the underground heroes prior to the release of their Ghost Stories album - and a year prior to their breakup.  But the

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Morphine, Secret Machines, The Dream Syndicate, The Stooges

Review: The Monkees, "More of The Monkees: Super Deluxe Edition"

January 16, 2018 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Monkees More of The Monkees

January is barely over yet, but 2018 is already shaping up to be another banner year for The Monkees.  Davy, Peter, Michael, and Micky have just met The Archies in a zany time-travelling comic book adventure, and fans have had the perfect soundtrack: the new, 3-CD/1-45 RPM single super deluxe box set edition of sophomore album More of The Monkees (Rhino Handmade R2 560125) - in time to mark 51 years since the LP was first released, in January 1967.  This sixth installment of the long-running

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: The Monkees

My Time Has Come: Anthony Phillips' "Invisible Men" Reissued and Expanded by Cherry Red

January 16, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Anthony Phillips Invisible Men

Anthony Phillips' album Invisible Men arrived in American stores in fall 1983, following the third volume of the founding Genesis guitarist's Private Parts and Pieces.  Phillips envisioned more of a commercial pop sound for the album, which he crafted in collaboration with co-writer Richard Scott.  That album, which featured different track listings in the U.S. and in Phillips' native U.K. (where it saw release in spring 1984), has been reissued by Cherry Red's Esoteric Recordings imprint as a

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Anthony Phillips, Genesis

For Your Love: Herman's Hermits, Yardbirds, Hollies Featured on "The Graham Gouldman Songbook"

January 15, 2018 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Listen People Graham Gouldman Songbook

Ace's latest addition to its Songwriter Series, Listen People: The Graham Gouldman Songbook 1964-2005, appropriately enough begins with a track written by Gouldman, "That's How (It's Gonna Stay)."  But the track is also significant in that it was performed by Gouldman, as well - as part of his early group The Mockingbirds.  Throughout his career, he's worn many hats - as a songwriter, as a band member, as a solo artist - and all of them are touched upon on this fine celebration of a largely

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Cher, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Graham Gouldman, Herman's Hermits, Jeff Beck, Morrissey, Rush, The Hollies, The Yardbirds, Various Artists

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