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Release Round-Up: Week of August 2

August 2, 2019 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

Davy Jones Live in Japan

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Davy Jones, Live in Japan (7a Records) 2CD/DVD Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Keymail Records (U.K.) / Deep Discount (U.S.) 3LP Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Keymail Records (U.K.)/ Deep Discount (U.S.) 7a Records releases a Davy Jones treasure trove on Live in Japan, available in both 2CD/DVD and 3LP formats. The 2CD/DVD set presents both of Jones' officially released (and long-unavailable)

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bad Company, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Davy Jones, John Lee Hooker, Linda McCartney, Lonnie Liston Smith, My Morning Jacket, Paul McCartney, Richard Thompson, Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Live As One: "Above Us Only Sky" Documentary Explores Creative Process Behind Lennon's "Imagine"

July 30, 2019 By Sam Stone 3 Comments

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Last year, John Lennon fans were treated to an extravagant box set celebrating one of he highlights of his career, the Imagine album. To promote it, the original 1972 film Imagine was released in theaters and paired with the documentary Gimme Some Truth for a DVD/Blu-ray release. Channel 4 in the U.K. and A&E in the U.S. screened a new film called John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky before it moved to Netflix. As Eagle Rock Entertainment's CEO/Chairman Terry Shand says: "With exclusive

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: John Lennon, Yoko Ono

Da Doo Rendezvous: Cherry Red Collects Valerie Carter's Columbia Albums

July 24, 2019 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Valerie Carter Ooh Child

I always cook with honey/To sweeten up the night/We always cook with honey/Tell me, how's your appetite/For some sweet love? Valerie Carter liked to cook with honey.  Her dish was music-making, and the honey was the lilting yet expressive voice which made her incisive compositions (including "Cook with Honey," a hit for Judy Collins) go down so easy.  Cherry Red's Cherry Tree imprint has recently brought together the late singer-songwriter's two Columbia albums, originally released in 1977

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Valerie Carter

Lightning Crashes: Live Reissue "Throwing Copper" With Bonus Tracks, Live Woodstock Set

July 23, 2019 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

Live Throwing Copper

In April 1994, the alternative rock heroes Live released Throwing Copper.  The band already had a reputation as one of the most powerful and dynamic of the alternative rock scene off the heels of their 1991 debut, and when Throwing Copper topped the Billboard 200 chart in 1995, their renown only grew.  The Jerry Harrison-produced album spawned two No. 1 singles on the Modern Rock Charts, "Lightning Crashes" and "Selling the Drama," and eventually, the record would be certified 8x Platinum by the

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Live

Trick or Treat! "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" Coming to Vinyl in August

July 23, 2019 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Its the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!  The Emmy-nominated 1966 television special was the third overall for Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts series and the second to be holiday-themed, after A Charlie Brown Christmas.  It earned a whopping 49 share in the ratings and was so successful that CBS re-aired it every year through 2000, with ABC picking up the tradition after that.  Yet despite a beloved score by Vince Guaraldi (who else?), a soundtrack album to Great Pumpkin had never been released in any

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Soundtracks Tags: Vince Guaraldi

The Pleasure Principle: Janet Jackson Albums Coming To Vinyl, Plus Expanded 'Control: The Remixes'

July 18, 2019 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

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When a new pressing of Janet Jackson's breakthrough album Control was announced earlier this year, we speculated that perhaps the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and R&B/pop legend would finally be the subject of some catalog activity. That wish seems to be coming true: four more of Janet's albums are coming to vinyl on July 24, along with an expanded edition of a remix album to be released in America for the first time! A&M/Virgin/UMe will press Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989),

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis

Straight, No Chaser: Omnivore Collects Art Pepper's Complete Artists House Sessions on New Box

July 17, 2019 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Art Pepper Promise Kept

Omnivore Recordings is continuing its association with the late saxophone great Art Pepper with a new box set.  On September 13, the label will issue Promise Kept: The Complete Artists House Recordings on 5 CDs and digital platforms, collecting all four of Pepper's albums for John Snyder's Artists House label with bonus material. Producer Snyder had long wished to record Pepper, and to that end, booked him into a week at the Village Vanguard in New York.  But the sax man was under contract to

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Jazz Tags: Art Pepper

Woodstock: Sunday, August 17, 1969

July 16, 2019 By

Just in time for the festival's 50th anniversary, Real Gone Music brings Jefferson Airplane's complete Woodstock performance (issued on CD in 2009) to vinyl for the very first time.  The 3-LP set will be pressed on "new dawn" blue vinyl, and decked out with Henry Diltz's photographs and Richie Unterberger's liner notes.

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Live Releases [Various Formats]

July 8, 2019 By

Paul McCartney Amoeba Gig

Paul McCartney is taking a look back at his past live performances with four new titles: reissues of Wings Over America, Choba B CCCP, and Paul Is Live, plus the world premiere of the complete 2007 Amoeba Gig.  All four albums will be released in digital formats, on CD, and on both black and limited edition color vinyl.  [The Japanese SHM-CD editions feature enhanced mini-sleeve artwork.] Amoeba Gig: CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. /

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

Agaetis Byrjun: A Good Beginning (20th Anniversary Edition) [Various Formats]

July 8, 2019 By

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4-CD:  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP:  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Exclusive 7-LP Twenty years ago, Icelandic band Sigur Ros released Ágætis Byrjun (meaning "A Good Beginning").  And so it proved to be, as critics everywhere praised the album.  Q Magazine even went as far as to deem it "the last great album of the 20th century."  Now, the band revisits the album with a deluxe edition that brings together a remastered version of the album, demos, newly unearthed

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Rock

Seaside Woman: Linda McCartney's "Wide Prairie" To Be Reissued This August

July 8, 2019 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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On the heels of the news about his live album vinyl and CD reissues, Paul McCartney has announced another reissue project:  this one involving the sole album by his wife, Linda, Wide Prairie.  Originally released in 1998, the album collected tracks that she sang and played on during her time in Wings, including the non-album single "Seaside Woman" / "B-Side to Seaside."  There's also solo material from the 1980s and '90s; covers of such classics as "Poison Ivy" and "Mr. Sandman"; and her final

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Linda McCartney, Paul McCartney

Strictly Genteel: The Zappa Family Trust and UMe Present "Orchestral Favorites" Deluxe Edition, "Mothermania" Reissue

July 5, 2019 By Sam Stone 5 Comments

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UMe and The Zappa Family Trust have announced a pair of Frank Zappa releases that is sure to delight fans: an expanded deluxe edition of 1979's Orchestral Favorites and a new reissue of the classic compilation Mothermania. First up is a new, 40th Anniversary, deluxe 3-CD edition of Orchestral Favorites. Orchestral Favorites is an odd release in the Zappa catalogue - one that started its life in a very different configuration. The music, recorded live in September 1975 with a full orchestra

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Comedy, Everything Else Tags: Frank Zappa

Review: Various Artists, "Motown: The Complete No. 1s"

July 3, 2019 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

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Smokey Robinson's mama famously told the young singer-songwriter that he'd better shop around, but happily, those looking for the definitive chronicle of Smokey and Diana and Mary and Flo and Martha and Marvin and Stevie and co. need shop around no more.  To mark the label's 60th anniversary, Motown: The Complete No. 1s is back in print in a slightly-expanded edition, and this 11-CD box set is, simply, one-stop shopping.  Impressively housed within a sturdy replica of 2648 West Grand Boulevard

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Diana Ross, Four Tops, Martha and the Vandellas, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, The Jackson 5, The Supremes, The Temptations, Various Artists

Live at the International Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, August 26, 1969

July 2, 2019 By

ElvisPresley LiveAtTheInternationalHotel LasVegasNV August26 1969 2LP black

In addition to the 11-CD Live 1969 box set, Legacy will release Live at the International Hotel, Las Vegas, NV August 26, 1969, featuring Elvis Presley's complete August 26 Midnight show. The standard-edition, 180-gram black vinyl pressing will be joined by a limited edition bundle of the album, an exclusive T-shirt, and replica International Hotel room key over at ShopElvis.com. An exclusive hot pink and yellow color vinyl variant will be available from Shop Graceland and fans who pre-order

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop

Review: Klaus Nomi, "Klaus Nomi" (Real Gone Vinyl Reissue)

July 1, 2019 By Sam Stone 4 Comments

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With the new reissue of Klaus Nomi's self-titled debut album, Real Gone Music has presented another lost classic album on vinyl for the first time since its original release some three decades ago. It's one that is full of strangeness, starkness, and subtlety. Klaus Nomi stuns with a diverse repertoire, an over-the-top theatricality, but, more importantly, a dedication to craft that sometimes gets lost in the narrative. Yes, the NYC performance artist collaborated with David Bowie (as seen on

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classical/Opera, Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Pop Tags: Klaus Nomi

Life of Work: Iggy Pop's "Zombie Birdhouse" Reissued on CD and LP

June 28, 2019 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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A long-lost classic album from Iggy Pop has arrived today on CD and LP from Caroline International: Zombie Birdhouse. The album was Pop's sixth studio record and saw him combining Afrobeat influences, droning electronics, and free-association. The album was originally produced by Chris Stein of Blondie and released on Animal Records. Since then, the bizarre and compelling album has only been reissued twice. In 1991 it was remastered and expanded with an alternate version of "Pain and Suffering"

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, Rock Tags: Iggy Pop

Wilde Thing: Marty Wilde's Career Celebrated on Hits and Rarities Anthology "A Lifetime in Music"

June 27, 2019 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Marty Wilde A Lifetime in Music

Marty Wilde, MBE can legitimately be described as a musical legend.  One of the first musicians to bring rock-and-roll to the U.K., his career has spanned over 60 years.  Cherry Red's RPM imprint has recently celebrated Wilde's legacy with a package that brings together his earliest hits and numerous rarities.  A Lifetime in Music: 1957-2019 - Hits, Highlights, and Rarities collects 132 tracks on 4 CDs including 24 previously unreleased cuts. Wilde, born in Blackheath, South London, was

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop Tags: Marty Wilde

Woodstock 50: Back to the Garden [Various Formats]

June 26, 2019 By

Woodstock 50 10CD

On August 2, Rhino releases the ultimate Woodstock experience: a massive, 38-CD, 432-song (267 previously unreleased!) box set featuring nearly every note performed at the Festival (only the Jimi Hendrix estate would not give permission for his entire performance).  But if that's too much Woodstock for your tastes, Rhino has also come through, as 10CD, 5LP, and 3CD highlights versions will also be released on June 28.  Woodstock - Back to the Garden - 50th Anniversary Experience features 162

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

See The Bright Lights: Real Gone Offers Classic Live Concerts From Richard Thompson, Jefferson Airplane in August

June 26, 2019 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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Real Gone Music has announced the release of two classic live performances -- one a gig by the multi-faceted guitarist Richard Thompson, and the other the vinyl debut of Jefferson Airplane's Woodstock set. Richard Thompson is one of the great guitarists of his generation and an accomplished singer-songwriter who has remained vital for over fifty years, starting with his genre-bending work as part of Fairport Convention.  Over the course of his solo career, Thompson released several

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Rock Tags: Jefferson Airplane, Richard Thompson

I Put A Spell On You: Real Gone Serves Up Jazz-Fusion from Lonnie Liston Smith, Bizarre-Era Screamin' Jay Hawkins

June 24, 2019 By Sam Stone 2 Comments

Lonnie Liston Smith Astral Traveling

Real Gone Music's vinyl reissue series continues August 2 with three titles: two from the astral travelers themselves, fusion heavyweights Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes; and a compilation of late-era recordings by rock's original madman, Screamin' Jay Hawkins.  All three will be presented in limited-edition color vinyl editions. As an alum of Miles Davis' fusion era and Roland Kirk's ensemble, pianist Lonnie Liston Smith had already made a name for himself prior to releasing his

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, Jazz Tags: Lonnie Liston Smith, Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Pull the String: Cherry Red, SoulMusic Collect James and Bobby Purify's "Complete Bell Recordings"

June 21, 2019 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

James and Bobby Purify Complete

With "I'm Your Puppet," the duo of James and Bobby Purify gained soul immortality.  The 1966 single written by Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham went top ten Pop and top five R&B on the Billboard charts (and No. 1 R&B on Cash Box!), sold an estimated million copies, and still gets airplay today.  Now, Cherry Red's SoulMusic Records imprint has brought together all of the Purifys' recordings for the Bell Records label on the 2-CD collection entitled (naturally) I'm Your Puppet: The Complete

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Dan Penn, James and Bobby Purify, Spooner Oldham

Echo in the Canyon: Music From and Inspired by the Documentary Film

June 19, 2019 By

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Jakob Dylan and a group of friends including Beck, Cat Power, Fiona Apple, Norah Jones, Eric Clapton, Neil Young, and Regina Spektor revisit thirteen Laurel Canyon classics on this album inspired by director Andrew Slater's recent documentary film.  Songs include "I Just Wasn't Made for These Times" by Dylan with Young, "Expecting to Fly" with Spektor, "Goin' Back" with Beck, "You Showed Me" with Cat Power, and more.

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

Lesley Step Lightly: The GM Recordings Plus 1974-1982

June 19, 2019 By

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British singer-songwriter and prolific backing vocalist Lesley Duncan ("Love Song")'s three albums and seven singles for the GM label are collected on RPM's new 3-CD set with copious bonus material including her 1974 BBC In Concert recording, a live track from the 1973 Reading Festival, and post-GM material including the charity single "Sing Children Sing" (with Kate Bush, Pete Townshend, Madeline Bell, and others) and tracks recorded with her producer-arranger husband Tony Cox in the 1980s.

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

The Man Who: 20th Anniversary Edition [Various Formats]

June 19, 2019 By

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2CD/2LP Box: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Scottish rock band Travis' sophomore album, 1999's The Man Who, gets a 20th anniversary deluxe edition from Craft Recordings.  Produced by Nigel Godrich, it spent eleven weeks atop the U.K. Albums Chart, and has sold over 3.5 million copies worldwide.  The box set features the expanded original album and bonus tracks (including B-sides and live

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

It's Life's Illusions I Recall: Edsel Collects Judy Collins' 1960s Albums on New Box Set

June 19, 2019 By Joe Marchese 17 Comments

Judy Collins Elektra Albums

With a crystalline voice and a songbook encompassing the best of folk, pop, Broadway, and beyond, Judy Collins remains an American treasure.  The Seattle native first made a splash on the Colorado folk scene; soon, she was gaining notoriety in Connecticut and then in the fertile Greenwich Village stomping grounds of New York City.  It was in New York that the luminous Collins - a classical piano prodigy, talented guitarist, gifted adapter and later, songwriter, and a singer with a three-octave

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Folk, Pop Tags: Judy Collins

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