Now Sounds is back with its first release of 2016, and with it, the label is spreading some California sunshine. Harpers Bizarre's The Complete Singles Collection 1965-1970 compiles all 26 sides issued on 45 RPM singles by Warner Bros. Records, including tracks from the group's early incarnation as The Tikis and numerous mono mixes never before available on CD. The resulting release, which follows Now Sounds' reissues of Harpers' Feelin' Groovy and Anything Goes albums, is a refreshing journey
The Elektra Years 1978-1987
The Elektra Years 1978-1987, a six-disc box set offering all six of The Cars' albums - The Cars (1978), Candy-O (1979), Panorama (1980), Shake It Up (1981), Heartbeat City (1984) and Door to Door (1987) - all newly remastered. (This marks the first time that any album outside of the band's powerhouse debut gets a sonic upgrade!) Vocalist/guitarist Ric Ocasek oversaw the mastering, while drummer David Robinson, who helped create the band's original album covers, served as art director for the
Back Stabbers (Limited Edition Vinyl)
1972's Back Stabbers was the breakthrough album for The O'Jays and also put Philadelphia International Records on the map. Produced by Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff, the album went to #10 on the Billboard charts while the title song was a #3 hit and the immortal "Love Train" went to #1. The sounds coming out of Philadelphia would help to define soul music for the rest of the 1970s and into the 1980s with Gamble and Huff, along with Thom Bell, producing some of the decade's biggest hits with
Waiting To Exhale: Original Soundtrack (Purple Vinyl Edition)
Real Gone brings to vinyl a two-LP edition of the soundtrack to the 1995 film Waiting to Exhale. Produced (with most of the songs written by) Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, the soundtrack was a huge smash in the mid-1990s featuring songs by Whitney Houston, Toni Braxton, Aretha Franklin, Brandy, TLC, Mary J. Blige, Chaka Khan, SWV and Patti LaBelle, among others. The album topped the Billboard charts and was eventually certified 7x platinum. Seven of its sixteen songs were released as singles.
The Definitive Hits Collection
A cousin to both Jerry Lee Lewis and Jimmy Swaggart, Mickey Gilley notched his first hit in 1974 with a cover of "Room Full of Roses" on the Playboy label. This began a string of hits for Gilley throughout the 1970s. 1976 was a particularly good year for him when he won ACM awards for Top Male Vocalist, Song ("Don't The Girls Get Prettier At Closing Time"), Single ("Bring It On Home"), Album (Gilley's Smoking) and Entertainer of the Year. In 1978, he joined Epic. He reached new popularity
Live at The Whisky 1969: The Unreleased Masters
Legendary flautist Herbie Mann's long tenure at Atlantic Records included 1969's Live At the Whisky A Go Go where he was joined by other jazz luminaries including Steve Marcus, Roy Ayers, Sonny Sharrock, Miroslav Vitous and Bruno Carr. This album featured only two songs, one on each side of the LP. However, there was a lot more material recorded from the group's four-night stand at the famous nightspot. Now, the tapes from these shows have been unearthed and newly mixed to create a 2-CD set
Mint Audio, H&H, Voice Masters Offer New Stereo Recordings From Sinatra, Presley
Good news for those who enjoyed last year's releases from Mint Audio featuring Rosemary Clooney and Jim Reeves. The U.K.-based label, also responsible for a wonderful concert release from Matt Monro, has added Elvis Presley's The New Sessions to its release slate, while a companion title - Frank Sinatra's The New Recordings - has arrived courtesy of H&H Music. Like the Clooney and Reeves sets, both of these (produced in association with Voice Masters) marry the artists' original vocals to
RPM Collects Mod-Rockers The Mickey Finn, Reissues Two Albums From Tim Rose
Cherry Red's RPM label closed out 2015 on a high note with a couple of releases in today's spotlight, from mod rockers The Mickey Finn and singer-songwriter Tim Rose. The Mickey Finn traveled in the same circles as The Rolling Stones and The Pretty Things, but despite some very close calls, the band never hit the big time. Garden of My Mind: The Complete Recordings collects The Mickey Finn's 1964-1967 Blue Beat, Oriole, Columbia, Polydor and Direction singles along with previously unreleased
Popsicles, Icicles and More: Ace Collects The Best of The Murmaids
Ace Records has recently made quite a splash with the first-ever comprehensive compendium from one-hit wonder girl group The Murmaids. But as the collection so accurately titled A Few of the Things We Love reveals, the girls had more to offer than just "Popsicles and Icicles." This collection is pure girl group manna! That nostalgic composition by the young David Gates, pre-"Make It with You" and "Baby I'm a-Want You" fame, of course kicks off this 21-track anthology comprising The
Home By Dawn: Expanded Edition
Omnivore has an expanded edition of J.D. Souther's only album of the 1980s, Home by Dawn. David Malloy produced the album in Nashville and introduced "I'll Take Care of You," later recorded by The Dixie Chicks. Embracing a rootsy, forward-thinking country-rock fusion, Home by Dawn welcomed Don Henley as well as Linda Ronstadt and Waddy Wachtel among its cast. Eagle Timothy B. Schmit also sang on the album. Both Wachtel and Danny Kortchmar co-wrote tunes with Souther for the LP. Omnivore has
Black Rose: Expanded Edition
Following a stint as one-third of the Souther-Furay-Hillman Band, J.D. Souther returned to his solo career with 1976's Black Rose. Jazz musicians Stanley Clarke and Donald Byrd joined friends Ned Doheny and Glenn Frey, and other guests included Art Garfunkel, David Crosby, Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Linda Ronstadt, Lowell George, Andrew Gold, Jim Keltner, Russ Kunkel, Waddy Wachtel, and Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar. Black Rose includes Souther's own rendition of "Faithless Love" as well as "Simple
Moments In Time
This companion release to Resonance's Getz/Gilberto '76, Moments in Time features never-before-released music played in concert by The Stan Getz Quartet featuring pianist Joanne Brackeen, bassist Clint Houston, and drummer Billy Hart. These 1976 performances from San Francisco's Keystone Korner marks the only released recordings by this configuration of the Stan Getz Quartet. The deluxe CD includes a 28-page booklet with essays by jazz journalist Ted Panken, Steve Getz, band members Brackeen
Getz/Gilberto '76
In 1976, Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto reunited at San Francisco's Keystone Korner alongside pianist Joanne Brackeen, bassist Clint Houston and drummer Billy Hart. Their never-before-released set arrives in lavish fashion from Resonance Records on CD and vinyl. The deluxe CD includes a 32-pg booklet of essays by author James Gavin, bossa nova pioneer Carlos Lyra, Stan's son Steve Getz, and producers Zev Feldman and Todd Barkan, as well as previously unpublished photos from the archives of
Heat It Up: Groove Line Tells "The Salsoul Orchestra Story: 40th Anniversary Collection"
The title of The Salsoul Orchestra's second album said it all - Nice 'n' Naasty. The soul-disco orchestra, originally under the baton of MFSB alumnus Vincent Montana Jr., could serve up nice, shimmering and lushly elegant soundscapes...and naasty floor-filling grooves that practically demanded you hit the dancefloor! Happily, the group has recently received a lavish tribute in the form of a sizzling 3-CD collection from Groove Line Records (the label responsible for the recent, definitive
What About Now: Daughtry Announces Hits Compilation
The idea of a greatest hits album seems to get smaller and smaller as the music business does, so it's always noteworthy when a newer artist releases one. Such is the case for Chris Daughtry, the American Idol runner-up who remained a consistent pop-rocker after his time on the show had ended. The forthcoming It's Not Over...The Hits So Far chronicles that decade in one succinct package. Daughtry, who finished the singing competition in fourth place behind winner Taylor Hicks and runner-up
SPECIAL FEATURE! "The Grease Megamix" Is the Word: Inside an Unlikely International Hit
In the 45 years since Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey premiered their musical Grease in a trolley barn-turned-blues club in Chicago, the show has taken on a life unlike any other theatrical production in America, or even the world. There have been 11 different major productions of the show throughout the U.S. and U.K., including a record-breaking 3,388-performance run on Broadway, five runs on London's West End between 1979 and 2007 and three national tours; an internationally-acclaimed film
Release Round-Up: Week of January 29
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up featuring a host of deluxe reissues, box sets, and more! Phil Collins, Face Value: Deluxe Edition (Atlantic/Rhino) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Phil Collins' 1981 classic featuring "In the Air Tonight" gets expanded to two CDs or DD with the addition of eight live tracks and four demos (plus a new, modern cover photograph echoing the original). Ten of the twelve bonuses are new
A Little Bit Micky, A Little Bit Peter: 7a Presents Dolenz and Noone In Conversation On CD
A Monkee and a Hermit walk into a bar... Well, actually it was a theatre, The Monkee was Micky Dolenz, and the Hermit was none other than Herman himself, Peter Noone. Just last month, sixties survivors and music legends Dolenz and Noone shared a stage together for three intimate evenings of candid conversation. Those lucky enough to attend one of the talks (including yours truly) won't soon forget the pair's easy camaraderie and seemingly endless well of riotous and revealing
Let the Good Times Roll: New Cars Box and Compilation Announced
Though The Cars didn't make it into this year's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame class, it's always a good time to remember the Boston-based New Wave icons--and a new box set and compilation aim to do just that. On March 11, Rhino will release The Elektra Years 1978-1987, a six-disc box set offering all six of the band's albums--The Cars (1978), Candy-O (1979), Panorama (1980), Shake It Up (1981), Heartbeat City (1984) and Door to Door (1987)--all newly remastered. (This marks the first time that
Rock On! 7Ts Reissues David Essex's First Three Albums
7Ts Records - Cherry Red's imprint dedicated to all things seventies, returned late last year to the catalogue of one of its favorite artists, David Essex, for a trio of album reissues. The stage and screen star's first three solo albums - Rock On, David Essex, and All the Fun of the Fair - are all newly available from 7Ts, with the latter two in slightly expanded form. David Essex, OBE, was born David Albert Cook in 1947. Since making his record debut on the Fontana label in 1965, he has
Original Album Series
Bill Evans joins the line-up for Rhino/Warner U.K.'s Original Album Series with this mini-box collecting five albums from the jazz piano titan: New Conversations, Affinity, You Must Believe in Spring, The Paris Concert: Edition One and The Paris Concert: Edition Two.
Always Heavenly: The Paris Sisters Anthology
Ace offers the first-ever career-spanning anthology for The Paris Sisters ("I Love How You Love Me") including their work with Phil Spector, Jack Nitzsche, Terry Melcher and Nik Venet for labels including Gregmark, Capitol, Crescendo, MGM, Mercury and Reprise. Several perviously unreleased tracks also grace this set including the Sisters' legendary unissued single for Columbia from 1963!
Shazam! and Other Instrumentals Written By Lee Hazlewood
Ace celebrates the instrumental side of the iconoclastic composer-producer Lee Hazlewood with this 24-track anthology. Duane Eddy headlines three tracks, while other cuts come from Al Casey, Hal Blaine, Jack Nitzsche, Billy Strange, Dino, Desi and Billy, and surf combo The Astronauts, plus many more!
Julia Fordham (2-CD Expanded Edition)
Julia Fordham's self-titled debut album gets the deluxe, expanded treatment from Cherry Pop. This 1988 U.K. Top 20 success features the hit singles "The Comfort Of Strangers" (U.K. #89, U.S. #40 (AC)), "Woman Of The 80s" (U.K. #83), "Where Does The Time Go?" (U.K. #41), and "Happy Ever After" (U.K. #27, U.S. #24 (AC). This 2-CD, remastered edition features 25 tracks including the original 11-song album alongside 14 bonus tracks: all of the single versions, B-sides, remixes, and alternate
Original Album Series
Parlophone collects five vintage Cilla Black albums in this mini-box set: Cilla, Cilla Sings a Rainbow, Sher-oo!, Surround Yourself with Cilla, and Sweet Inspiration. The latter three titles make their proper CD debuts here, although none of the albums retain the bonus tracks previously issued in digital format.
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