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Piece of My Heart: Janis Joplin, Dave Matthews Headline Legacy's Black Friday Record Store Day Slate

October 17, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Janis Joplin Greatest Hits

We're now around five weeks away from Black Friday - the unofficial kick-off to the holiday shopping season - and that means another Record Store Day Black Friday event!  On Friday, November 24, independent music retailers will join together to offer a host of exclusive releases as part of the yearly tradition.  Legacy Recordings is one of the first labels out of the gate to announce its Black Friday line-up.  This year's four-title line-up is an eclectic one, touching on classic rock, hip-hop,

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Dave Matthews, Janis Joplin, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Prodigy, Record Store Day

I Want My Baby Back: RPM Collects Los Bravos' Best on "Black Is Black"

October 17, 2017 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Los Bravos Black is Black

What 1966 record from a Spanish band with a German lead singer was written and recorded in England before becoming a top 5 hit in America?  The answer, of course, is "Black is Black," the No. 4 smash from Spain's Los Bravos.  Cherry Red Records' RPM imprint has recently released a definitive 2-disc compendium from the group.  Black is Black: The Anthology 1966-1969 boasts 60 tracks on 2 CDs from the band most often thought of as a "one hit wonder" in the United States. Los Bravos was formed

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Los Bravos

Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band

October 16, 2017 By

Green Day Gods Favorite Band

Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band tells the Green Day story across 22 tracks on one CD or two LPs. (The band's last compilation was 2001's International Superhits!, released before the American Idiot years.) It's the first Reprise-era set to include anything from the Lookout Records years (opening track "2000 Light Years Away," from the 1991 album Kerplunk), and also features two new recordings: a version of Revolution Radio track "Ordinary World" with guest vocals from country singer Miranda

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock

Among His Souvenirs: Bing Crosby Celebrated with Deluxe Reissue and New Rarities Anthology, Supremes Duet Included

October 16, 2017 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Bing Crosby Among My Souvenirs

Saturday, October 14, marked 40 years since the passing of one of America's legendary vocalists, Bing Crosby.  The famed crooner could fairly be recognized as the father of pop singing, treating the microphone and the studio of essential components of his art, and bringing intimacy to the form.  On December 8, Bing Crosby Enterprises will team with UMe for new two titles in the Bing Crosby Archive Collection.  New Tricks: 60th Anniversary Deluxe Edition and Among My Souvenirs: More Treasures

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Bing Crosby, Diana Ross, The Supremes

Can't Stop This Thing He Started: Bryan Adams Plans New "Ultimate" Set

October 16, 2017 By Mike Duquette 10 Comments

Bryan Adams Ultimate

Bryan Adams is releasing a new compilation encapsulating the best of his 35-plus-year career into one disc. Ultimate, available November 3, features 21 tracks including two new recordings, the single "Please Stay" and "Ultimate Love." The Canadian singer/songwriter/photographer's biggest hits are here, including some of his biggest breakthrough singles during the '80s ("Cuts Like a Knife," "Heaven," "Summer of '69"), soundtrack smashes from the '90s and '00s and two tracks from his most

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, Sting, Tina Turner

Teatro: The Complete Sessions [CD/DVD Edition]

October 15, 2017 By

Willie Nelson Teatro

Willie Nelson's 1998 album, produced by Daniel Lanois (Bob Dylan, U2) and featuring Emmylou Harris on rich harmonies, is expanded as a CD/DVD edition.  The CD adds seven previously unreleased session outtakes, while the DVD features an entire performance of the album directed by filmmaker Wim Wenders.

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Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Country

Voice of the Heart: Carpenters Vinyl Box Set Due in November

October 13, 2017 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Carpenters VInyl Collection

On November 17, it will be yesterday once more with A&M Records and UMe's release of a new vinyl box set dedicated to the remarkable legacy of the Carpenters.  Encompassing 20 Billboard Top 40 hits, including three No. 1s and five No. 2s, as well as fifteen Adult Contemporary No. 1s, the music of the beloved, three-time Grammy-winning brother-sister duo became a cornerstone of American popular song.  Karen's beautifully soulful voice, with a tinge of melancholy and incapable of a dishonest

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Carpenters

Green Day Declare Themselves 'God's Favorite Band' On New Compilation

October 13, 2017 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Green Day Gods Favorite Band

The only thing more unusual than Green Day declaring themselves God's Favorite Band on their new greatest hits compilation is the path that took them to such a humorously lofty claim. The East Bay, California trio--singer/guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt and drummer Tre Cool (replacing original drummer John Kiffmeyer in 1990)--were fixtures of the Berkeley DIY club 924 Gilman Street, performing and producing snotty punk releases on the independent Lookout Records at the

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Green Day

Welcome To Your Life: Tears For Fears 'Rule The World' With New Collection and New Tracks

October 13, 2017 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

TFF Rule The World

If you caught them during their recent co-headlining U.S. summer tour with Daryl Hall & John Oates, you know that Tears for Fears have lost none of the power and style that made them a juggernaut of '80s pop. Now, with a new album on the horizon (their first in more than a decade), the duo are reintroducing themselves to audiences with a newly curated single-disc collection. Rule The World: The Greatest Hits showcases all the most popular songs from the Bath-born duo of

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Tears for Fears

Release Round-Up: Week of October 13

October 13, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

The Who Tommy Live at Royal Albert Hall

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Who, Tommy: Live at the Royal Albert Hall (Eagle Rock) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.  In spring 2017, in support of the Teenage Cancer Trust, The Who played the classic Tommy in full, plus an encore set of seven greatest hits at London's historic Royal Albert Hall.  This release includes every song from

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Holiday, Pop, Reggae, Rock Tags: Bob Marley and the Wailers, Chicago, Dolly Parton, Montrose, Paul McCartney, Reba McEntire, Robert Plant, Squeeze, The Who, Woody Guthrie

Wilco Uncover Sunken Treasures On Reissues of Their First Two Albums

October 12, 2017 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Wilco header

Wilco is digging deep for new expanded reissues of their first two albums, due this December from Rhino Records. The Chicago alternative outfit was born in 1994 from the ashes of influential alt-country outfit Uncle Tupelo, following the dissolution of Jeff Tweedy and Jay Farrar's creative partnership. Farrar went on to form Son Volt, while Wilco began with Tweedy and the rest of the band--bassist Jon Stirratt, multi-instrumentalist Max Johnson and drummer Ken Coomer--plus new lead guitarist

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Uncle Tupelo, Wilco

Kick 30

October 12, 2017 By

Kick 30

INXS' oft-reissued Kick gets a definitive edition for its 30th anniversary, with 3 CDs rounding up everything from the last box set plus additional, coveted remixes, and a Blu-ray premiering Giles Martin's new Dolby Atmos mix - plus all seven original music videos and a new promo video!  A vinyl edition features the original album on two half-speed mastered LPs!

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Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop

Days of Future Passed: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

October 12, 2017 By

Moody Blues Days of Future Passed

The Moody Blues' sophomore album and all-time classic gets a 50th Anniversary upgrade on 2 CDs & 1 DVD with the CD premiere of the original 1967 stereo mix, plus the familiar 1978 remix and a host of (previously released) bonus tracks, as well as high-resolution stereo and 5.1 surround mixes on DVD.

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Formats: CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Hotel California: 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

October 12, 2017 By

hotel california

2CD/BD: 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 Rhino offers a 2-CD/1-BD deluxe edition of the 1976 Eagles classic, containing the original remastered album on CD 1, ten previously unreleased live recordings on CD 2, and a Blu-ray Audio disc with high-resolution stereo and 5.1 mixes.  It's all housed within an 11x11 hardback book-style package.  Also available in 1-CD and 2-CD versions.

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Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock

I Wish You Love: More From "The Bodyguard"

October 12, 2017 By

Whitney I Wish You Love Bodyguard 25

Arista and Legacy offer a new collection of songs related to The Bodyguard, featuring fourteen previously unreleased tracks (including film versions, alternates, live performances, and more) performed by the late, great Whitney Houston.  A purple double vinyl edition will follow at a later date!

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

'S Wonderful: Verve/UMe Reissues 'The Astaire Story'

October 12, 2017 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

The Astaire Story

A beloved collaboration between Fred Astaire and a clutch of legendary jazz musicians, The Astaire Story, is being rediscovered on CD for its 65th anniversary. "The history of dance on film begins and ends with Astaire," Gene Kelly once declared. The versatile performer, born Frederick Austerlitz in 1899, revolutionized the way footwork was shown on screen in more than two dozen films, with everyone from Rudolf Nuryev to Michael Jackson citing him as an influence. But Astaire was a capable

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Jazz, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Fred Astaire, Oscar Peterson

Hungry for Fun: Samantha Fox Receives 4 Disc CD/DVD "Fox Box" from Cherry Pop

October 12, 2017 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Samantha Fox The Fox Box

Last year marked the 30th anniversary of Samantha Fox's debut on Jive Records.  Recently, Cherry Red imprint Cherry Pop Records released a box set chronicling her career.  The 2CD/2DVD set Play It Again, Sam: The Fox Box traces Fox's musical journey from 1986 all the way up through the present day. While initially gaining fame in the U.K. as a model, Samantha Fox began a career in music at nearly the same time.  In her early teens, she formed the band SFX, which also included Ringo Starr's

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop Tags: Samantha Fox

Such a Lovely Place: Rhino Expands Eagles' "Hotel California" In November

October 11, 2017 By Joe Marchese 13 Comments

Eagles Hotel California Deluxe

The doors to the Hotel California are opening anew. On November 24, Rhino will deliver a new 2-CD/1-Blu-ray Audio set of the 1976 Eagles classic that includes the remastered album, ten previously unreleased live recordings, as well as hi-res stereo and 5.1 mixes.  Hotel California: 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition is housed in an 11x11 hardbound book offering rare and unseen photos from the era, a replica tour book, and an 11x22 poster. Additionally, a 2-CD Expanded Edition (with both of the

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Eagles

Generals and Majors: Steven Wilson Remixes XTC's 'Black Sea' (UPDATED WITH TRACK LIST)

October 10, 2017 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Black Sea cover

Sgt. Rock (or is that Steven Wilson?) is going to help XTC fans this season with the fifth in an ongoing series of remixes of the beloved Swindon band's albums for Virgin Records: 1980's Black Sea. XTC's fourth album (and second with the lineup of singer/guitarist Andy Partridge, singer/bassist Colin Moulding, guitarist/keyboardist Dave Gregory and drummer Terry Chambers) was almost immediately praised by critics upon its release, thanks to a potent brace of catchy, frenetic, barbed pop/rock

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, CD Genre: Rock Tags: XTC

Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" Opera Adaptation Comes To CD From Kritzerland

October 10, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

The Crucible OCR

The Kritzerland label has been on a roll in recent weeks, broadening its purview beyond its typically excellent array of soundtracks and cast recordings to offer such worthwhile reissues in the classical realm as Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2 and Robert Russell Bennett Violin Concerto with illustrious conductor Leopold Stokowski and renowned film composer Bernard Herrmann at the podium; and Claus Ogerman's Symphonic Dances/Some Times (Ballet) from the composer/arranger who famously collaborated

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings, Classical/Opera Tags: Arthur Miller, Bernard Stambler, Robert Ward

Nights in White Satin: The Moody Blues' "Days of Future Passed" Turns 50 with First Reissue of Original Stereo Mix

October 10, 2017 By Joe Marchese 8 Comments

Moody Blues Days of Future Passed

The 50th anniversary of The Moody Blues' 1967 classic Days of Future Passed will be marked next month, on November 17, by UMe as a new deluxe edition featuring the CD debut of the original 1967 stereo mix and more. The band's second album, Days of Future Passed paved the way for the birth of progressive rock with its overt classically-inspired elements - including its closing song, "Nights in White Satin," which went on to become a rock-era standard.  The London Festival Orchestra conducted

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Categories: News Formats: CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: The Moody Blues

Hearts In Her Eyes: The Searchers' Sire Recordings Collected By Omnivore

October 10, 2017 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Searchers Another Night

The Searchers will always be remembered as a leading light of the British Invasion, thanks to such infectious hits as "Needles and Pins," "Don't Throw Our Love Away," "Love Potion No. 9," "When You Walk in the Room," "Sugar and Spice," and "Sweets for My Sweet."  Their Merseybeat reinventions of classic American songs and fresh British originals earned them a deserved following and berth on radio that's lasted to this very day.  All told, the band notched eleven top 40s in the U.K. (including

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: The Searchers

Review: Alex Chilton, "A Man Called Destruction" and Chris Bell, "I Am The Cosmos"

October 9, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Chris Bell I Am the Cosmos

Omnivore Recordings has kept the flame for Big Star burning brightly in recent years as the label continues to plumb the depths of the cult band's story from various angles.  Two recent releases shed light on the solo works of Big Star's late musical heroes Alex Chilton and Chris Bell: an expanded reissue of Chilton's 1995 solo album A Man Called Destruction; and an updated, expanded version of Bell's I Am the Cosmos. The second album since Chilton's 1993 solo "comeback" Clichés, A Man Called

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Alex Chilton, Big Star, Chris Bell

Christmas Present/The Other Side Of Me/Andy/Let's Love While We Can

October 7, 2017 By

Andy Williams Christmas Present Four Fer

BGO wraps up Andy Williams' Columbia career with his final four albums for the label, released between 1974 and 1980, on 2 CDs in a slipcase.  Christmas Present was Williams' most spiritual holiday offering; The Other Side of Me and Andy featured his renditions of pop classics like "Love Will Keep Us Together," "Groovin'," "Mandy," and "My Eyes Adored You"; and Let's Love While We Can placed the singer in a firmly country setting.

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Formats: CD Genre: Country, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal

On Air

October 7, 2017 By

Rolling Stones On Air

1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada (TBD) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Rolling Stones' On Air marks the first wide release of any of the band's live BBC sessions, recorded during the beginning of their storied career.  An audio companion to the recently published book of the same name, On Air features a bevy of tracks recorded between 1963, when the group appeared on Saturday Club just months after the release

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock

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