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Jeremy Spencer (Expanded Edition)

October 23, 2015 By

Jeremy Spencer

Real Gone has an Expanded Edition of early Fleetwood Mac member Jeremy Spencer's cult favorite LP with one non-LP bonus track ("Teenage Darling") and new liner notes by Richie Unterberger.  Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Danny Kirwan and Peter Green all play on the album!

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock

The Dictators Go Girl Crazy! - 40th Anniversary Remastered & Expanded Edition

October 23, 2015 By

Dictators Go Girl Crazy

Real Gone is serving up a newly remastered version of the The Dictators Go Girl Crazy! album plus nine bonus tracks! And among those bonus tracks are four newly discovered, previously unreleased The Dictators Go Girl Crazy! outtakes, two of the outtakes that premiered on the Black Friday Record Store Day-exclusive Next Big Thing EP, two of that release's Andrew W.K. remixes, and the unreleased single mix of "(I Live for) Cars and Girls." Dictators songwriter Andy Shernoff contributes liner

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Formats: CD Genre: Rock

The Ties That Bind: The River Collection

October 23, 2015 By

Bruce The Ties That Bind

This 4-CD/3-DVD or 4-CD/2-BD set features a treasure trove of previously unreleased material across its 53 audio tracks plus four hours of never-before-seen video footage. Bruce Springsteen, The Ties That Bind: The River Collection (Columbia 88875 16467-2, 2015) 4-CD/3-DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 4-CD/2-BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. CDs 1-2: The River (Columbia PC2 36854, 1980) The Ties That Bind Sherry Darling Jackson Cage Two Hearts Independence Day Hungry

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Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Rock

You've Got the Touch: Legacy's 2015 Black Friday RSD Slate includes Presley, Cash, Hendrix, Isley Brothers and "Transformers" Soundtrack

October 23, 2015 By Randy Fairman 5 Comments

Sony RSD Black Friday 2015

Announcements about this year's Black Friday Record Store Day event have been trickling out.  A couple of days ago we brought you news of Omnivore's titles and before that, of Real Gone's Dictators release!   Now we can tell you about Legacy's slate for the day after Thanksgiving. The titles run the gamut in size from 7" singles to 12" 2-LP sets, and also range in genre from rock to country to hip-hop.  Several soundtracks are being released including a single from the 1960s Batman TV show,

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Country, Pop, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Earth Wind and Fire, Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Record Store Day, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Alan Parsons Project, The Isley Brothers

Release Round-Up: Week of October 23

October 23, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Elvis Costello Unfaithful Music

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Elvis Costello, Unfaithful Music & Soundtrack Album (UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Elvis Costello has compiled a 2-CD companion release to his recently-released, utterly engrossing memoir Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink.  Featuring songs that "offer the deepest emotional connection to the themes and stories in his book," Unfaithful Music & Soundtrack Album non-chronologically spans the onetime Angry Young Man and latter-day

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: a-ha, Charlie Rich, Elvis Costello, Harry Connick Jr., Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Jack Bruce, Marvin Hamlisch, Matthew Sweet, Mighty Clouds of Joy, Rod Stewart, Susanna Hoffs, The Kinks

Let's Get This Party Rolling: Capitol Readies "Beach Boys' Party! Uncovered and Unplugged

October 22, 2015 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Beach Boys Party Uncovered and Unplugged

Following the release of The Beach Boys Today! and Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) earlier in the year, Capitol Records was eager to make yet more Beach Boys music available for the 1965 holiday season.  The label urged Brian and the Boys into the studio to record Beach Boys' Party!, an album filled with loose versions of familiar favorites, complete with laughter and background talk.  Now, that LP filled with freewheeling good vibrations is getting a surprise 2-CD deluxe, expanded edition to

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: The Beach Boys

Could It Be Love: Cherry Red Collects Sweet Soul Sounds of Jimmy Helms

October 22, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Jimmy Helms Gonna Make You an Offer

With Cherry Red Records' release of Gonna Make You an Offer: The Complete Cube Recordings 1972-1975, the label is turning the spotlight on the soul man behind the 1973 hit "Gonna Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse." The Florida-born musician-vocalist released his earliest records on labels including Sue subsidiary Symbol and Oracle Records.  At Oracle in 1969-1970, he recorded songs by R.B. Greaves, Dorsey Burnette and Jimmy Webb, and worked with producers including Joe Renzetti.

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Jimmy Helms

Review: Faces, "1970-1975: You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything"

October 21, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Faces You Can Make Me Dance

On September 5 of this year, Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood and Kenney Jones reunited publicly for the first time in 22 years as Faces, paying tribute to their fallen comrades Ronnie Lane and Ian McLagan with a seven-song set benefiting a prostate cancer charity.  The performance came on the heels of the release by Rhino of 1970-1975: You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything... (Rhino R2 550009), a box set-in-miniature collecting all four of Faces' long players in expanded editions plus a bonus disc of

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Faces, Ian McLagan, Kenney Jones, Rod Stewart, Ron Wood, Ronnie Lane

Thank You Friends: Omnivore Offers Big Star, Neil Finn and Paul Kelly For Record Store Day Black Friday

October 20, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Big Star Jesus Christ

Omnivore Recordings is looking ahead to this year's annual Black Friday Record Store Day event on Friday, November 27, with the announcement of two special vinyl releases. The first continues in the tradition of Omnivore's Big Star releases.  The RSD 10-inch EP of Jesus Christ features the original album version of the song recorded for the band's Third plus the demo version (which first appeared on the acclaimed Keep an Eye on the Sky box set) and five previously unissued tracks, for a total

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Big Star, Neil Finn, Paul Kelly, Record Store Day

Casting Their Spell: Croydon Municipal Celebrates Halloween, Salutes Girl Groups

October 20, 2015 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Songs for Swinging Ghosts

With Halloween around the corner, the pre-Beatles pop specialists at Cherry Red's Croydon Municipal imprint have offered up a collection of spooky musical treats, Songs for Swinging Ghosts, along with a disc of more traditional fare, the girl group salute All About the Girls. The 22 tracks on Songs for Swinging Ghosts, comprising both vocals and instrumentals, are primarily drawn from U.K. releases though a handful of American artists are on hand, too.  Compiler Bob Stanley of St. Etienne

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: St. Etienne, Various Artists

Reflections: The Greatest Songs of Rod McKuen

October 19, 2015 By

Rod Reflections

Varese Vintage celebrates the life and singular career of Rod McKuen with this new collection.  Reflections brings together 24 of the late songwriter's own interpretations of his most famous compositions including "If You Go Away," "Seasons in the Sun," "Love's Been Good to Me," "A Man Alone" and many more.  TSD's own Joe Marchese has written the liner notes for this new overview of McKuen's storied legacy in song.

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Formats: CD Genre: Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal

A Man Alone: Varese Collects "The Greatest Songs of Rod McKuen" In November

October 19, 2015 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Rod Reflections

On November 13, Varese Vintage will celebrate a singular career when the label releases Reflections - The Greatest Songs of Rod McKuen.  This definitive overview of McKuen's work as a singer-songwriter features 24 of his most famous compositions including "If You Go Away," "Jean," "Seasons in the Sun," "A Man Alone" and "Love's Been Good to Me." Though a self-professed loner who often wrote of isolation and solitude, McKuen had an extraordinary ability in music, poetry and prose to

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Rod McKuen

Live In Hyde Park

October 19, 2015 By

The Who Live in Hyde Park

This set preserves The Who's concert of June 26, 2015 at London's Hyde Park before a crowd of 50,000 fans.  Filmed in high definition and simultaneously released on DVD, Blu-ray, DVD+2CD set, DVD+3LP set and in a Deluxe 60 page hardback photobook containing the DVD, Blu-ray & 2CDs, this release marks The Who's 50th anniversary.

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

At Long Last: Original Soundtrack To "At Long Last Love" Comes To CD - AND YOU CAN WIN!

October 19, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

At Long Last Love

Is it an earthquake or simply a shock?  Is it the good turtle soup or merely the mock? Last Friday, Varese Vintage had an unexpected treat for fans of Peter Bogdanovich's cult classic musical comedy with the first-ever CD release of the original RCA Victor soundtrack to At Long Last Love. Bogdanovich, the Oscar-nominated director of films including The Last Picture Show, Paper Moon and What's Up, Doc intended At Long Last Love to pay homage to Hollywood's dazzling musical comedies of the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Burt Reynolds, Cole Porter, Cybill Shepherd

Completely Under the Covers

October 18, 2015 By

Completely Under the Covers

This 4-CD box set collects all three Under the Covers albums released by Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs paying tribute, respectively, to the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s and adds a fourth disc with 15 bonus tracks, for a total of 60 songs.  This bonus disc rounds up most of the exclusive tracks previously associated with Under the Covers.  The box also includes a 48-page booklet with track annotations by Sweet and Hoffs!

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock

Live in London

October 16, 2015 By

Peggy Lee Live in London

A new 3-CD/1-DVD box set chronicles Peggy Lee's studio recordings and live performances in London, 1977 (including previously unreleased material), plus a 1981 BBC television special making its commercial video premiere.  Read the full track listing and more here.

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal

Get Up

October 16, 2015 By

Bryan Adams Get Up

Bryan Adams teams with producer Jeff Lynne (ELO, Traveling Wilburys, Tom Petty) for his thirteenth studio album, a collection of new songs. Get Up features nine original tracks plus four acoustic versions.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Rock

Hungry Heart: Bruce Springsteen Expands "The River" In New Box Set

October 16, 2015 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Bruce The Ties That Bind

Bruce Springsteen is going down to The River on December 4 when Columbia Records releases The Ties That Bind: The River Collection.  This 4-CD/3-DVD or 4-CD/2-BD set promises a treasure trove of previously unreleased material across its 53 audio tracks plus four hours of never-before-seen video footage. Springsteen's fifth album, The River was released on October 17, 1980.  The sprawling double album reached the top of the Billboard 200 chart and No. 2 in the U.K., and yielded the hit single

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Bruce Springsteen

Sweeter Than Ever: Nick Kamen's Debut, With Madonna Collaboration, Expanded to 2 CDs

October 16, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Nick Kamen

Nick Kamen's career as a singer was a short-lived one, spanning just four LPs between 1987 and 1992.  But the former Levi's model - best known for his role in the denim company's "Launderette" television advertisement in which he walks into a laundromat and removes his shirt and 501s  - scored considerable success in that period including a U.K. Top 5 hit co-written and produced by none other than Madonna.  Cherry Red's Cherry Pop label has recently reissued Nick Kamen, the debut album from the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Madonna, Nick Kamen

Release Round-Up: Week of October 16

October 16, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Christmas Time Again

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The dB's and Friends, Christmas Time Again! (Omnivore) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Omnivore revisits and revises the classic alt-rock Christmas compilation.  Producer Chris Stamey has added new performances by Yo La Tengo & Jeff Tweedy, Marshall Crenshaw, Robyn Hitchcock, and Big Star's Third (featuring Mike Mills of R.E.M. taking lead vocals on Big Star's "Jesus Christ") to selected tracks from past editions of the album for a total of 22

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, DVD-Audio, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Cole Porter, Earth Wind and Fire, Glen Campbell, Judy Garland, King Crimson, Pat Boone, Ray Parker Jr., Raydio, The dB's

Hear The Bang: Lost Country-Rock Classic By Late Singer-Songwriter Denny Lile Is Rediscovered

October 15, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Denny Lile Hear the Bang

Singer-songwriter Denny Lile was only 21 years old when a newspaper headline proclaimed "Maybe THIS time it's Denny Lile's turn," but he was already a veteran of the music business and its vagaries.  A couple of singles came and went with his band Elysian Field on Imperial Records; the same fate befell Soul, Inc. and its handful of singles on the Laurie label.  At the time of that headline, Lile was striking out with his own group Otis for the single release of "Hear the Bang."  A self-titled

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Country, Folk, Rock Tags: Denny Lile

Another Country

October 14, 2015 By

Rod Stewart Another Country

Rod Stewart returns with his second consecutive album of original material after a spate of covers-oriented releases.  Target has an exclusive edition of Another Country with two bonus tracks (for a total of 17 songs) also available on the U.K. Deluxe Edition (linked to below)!

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When The Heart Rules The Mind: Esoteric Reissues, Expands Howe and Hackett's "GTR"

October 14, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

GTR

Esoteric Recordings has recently reissued landmark albums by Genesis' Anthony Phillips and Tony Banks; now, the Cherry Red imprint has turned its attention to GTR, the lone album from the group formed by Steve Hackett of Genesis and Steve Howe of Yes and Asia.  The 1986 Arista release of GTR has been expanded by Esoteric to two CDs with the addition of three bonus tracks and a full-length live concert previously released as part of the King Biscuit Flower Hour series. Yes and Asia manager

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: GTR, Steve Hackett, Steve Howe

Great Scott! "Back to the Future" Trilogy Reissued on CD and Vinyl

October 13, 2015 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Back to the Future

"Wait a minute, wait a minute. Doc, ah...are you telling me that you built a time machine...out of a DeLorean?" With those words, audiences were in for the ride of a lifetime with Back to the Future, 1985's hit sci-fi comedy about a teenager who accidentally ends up 30 years in the past and has to ensure his existence by setting up his parents before making it back to his present day. With a winning cast that included Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd as the dynamic duo of young Marty McFly

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Alan Silvestri

Real Gone "Goes Crazy" With December Releases From The Dictators, Nat King Cole, King Curtis, More

October 13, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Dictators Go Girl Crazy

Real Gone Music has just announced its December release slate, and the label is closing out 2015 with as dizzyingly eclectic a line-up as ever - from the proto-punk clamor of The Dictators to the velvet vocals of Nat "King" Cole.  Real Gone previews its December 4 offerings on Record Store Day - Black Friday, November 27, with a special 10" EP from The Dictators featuring previously unreleased tracks unavailable anywhere else!  Then, the following week comes an expanded edition of the band's The

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Grateful Dead, Jeremy Spencer, King Curtis, Nat King Cole, The Dictators

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