The 4 Seasons' legendary original Christmas album hit the charts three times: once in 1963 when it came out as The 4 Seasons Greetings and again in 1966 and 1967 when it was reissued as The 4 Seasons' Christmas Album. Now it's back on CD for the very first time in its original mono mix in Real Gone Music's mini-LP replica sleeve edition (with restored original artwork and Vee-Jay labels!), remastered from tape by Bill Inglot. This edition is limited to 2,000 units.
Dick's Picks Vol. 4
The fourth volume of Grateful Dead's Dick's Picks series presents the most famous stand of shows in the band's long history of touring, the 2/13/70-2/14/70 shows at the Fillmore East in New York. This 3-CD release is highlighted by a now-legendary rendition of "Dark Star" and a rare performance of "Mason's Children."
The Beckies
The lone album from The Beckies, led by Michael Brown of Left Banke, Montage, and Stories fame, at last arrives on CD from Real Gone Music. The power-pop cult favorite from 1976 features new liner notes by Jeremy Cargill as well as lyrics.
Christmas Joy
Conductor George Melachrino's 1959 Christmas Joy, a release in RCA's Living Stereo series, makes its worldwide CD debut from Real Gone Music. This symphonic seasonal classic from one of the greatest maestros of all time includes such tracks as "Christmas Alphabet," "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus," "Jingle Bells" and "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town." It's been newly remastered by Maria Triana at Battery Studios in New York, and TSD's Joe Marchese tells the Melachrino story in his new liner
The John Gary Christmas Album
1964's The John Gary Christmas Album, arranged and conducted by the great Peter Matz, went to No. 3 for the smooth vocalist the year it came out. An instant classic, it remained on the Christmas charts for four straight years after that. Real Gone Music brings this Christmas gem to CD with its original artwork in a new presentation featuring liner notes by John's widow Lee Gary and remastering by Maria Triana at Battery Studios!
The Magic of Christmas
The Soulful Strings (members of the Chess/Cadet label house band, including flautist Lennie Druss, guitarist Phil Upchurch, bassist/cellist Cleveland Eaton and harpist Dorothy Ashby) made seven albums, but the most beloved may well be 1968's The Magic of Christmas. The group's highest-charting record (#35), it has never appeared on CD until now! Gene Sculatti provides the liner notes for this R&B-infused holiday classic.
Come On In Love (Expanded Edition)
Barry White produced and Gene Page arranged this 1977 lost classic from Jay Dee, a.k.a. Earl Nelson of Bob and Earl ("Harlem Shuffle"), a.k.a. Jackie Lee ("The Duck")! Real Gone Music's Expanded Edition includes two bonus tracks, both sides of the "Strange Funky Games and Things" single featuring the single edit and a long instrumental version under the name "Games and Funky Things." Gene Sculatti provides the new liner notes.
Love and Affection: More Motown Girls
Ace follows up its Finders Keepers - Motown Girls CD with a second volume dedicated to the ladies of Hitsville, USA. This time, the Ace team has excavated a full 25 previously unreleased tracks from artists including Brenda Holloway, Barbara McNair, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, the Lewis Sisters and LaBrenda Ben!
Review: Pugwash, "Play This Intimately (As If Among Friends)"
One of the happiest pop-rock discoveries of 2014 was undoubtedly Pugwash's A Rose in a Garden of Weeds, compiling the Irish band's best music from 1999-2011. Now, the four-piece consisting of Thomas Walsh, Tosh Flood, Shawn McGee and Joe Fitzgerald is back with an all-new set recorded at Konk Studios and released on Omnivore Recordings. Produced by Walsh and Flood, Play This Intimately (As If Among Friends) features the same bright, vibrant spirit and unabashedly melodic sensibility that
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Varese Collects The Buckinghams' "Complete Hit Singles" - AND YOU CAN WIN!
When The Buckinghams' "Kind of a Drag" unseated The Monkees' "I'm a Believer" from the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1967, becoming the first new No. 1 of the year, it was anything but a drag for the Chicago band. The crackling single, with its triumphant brass fanfare practically heralding a hit record, was the first of The Buckinghams' three Top 10s in '67. Now, in celebration of The Buckinghams' 50th anniversary, Varese Vintage has released the 15-track anthology The
Release Round-Up: Week of September 11
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Second Disc Records is going back to the beach with Ricci Martin, but that's far from all this week! We're also taking off with ELO, singing street-corner symphonies with The Four Seasons, and much more! Plus: new titles from classic artists! Ricci Martin, Beached: Expanded Edition (Second Disc/Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) What if key members of The Beach Boys, Chicago, America, and Wings had teamed up to create one of the greatest
Keepin' The Summer Alive: Ricci Martin's "Beached" ARRIVES TOMORROW From Second Disc Records!
"I was living up the street from Carl Wilson and his wife Annie," Ricci Martin told me in July of this year. "I was over his house, playing his piano. And Carl said, 'God, I really like that! Did you write that?' And I said, 'Yeah, I wrote that!' And he said, 'How would you like to record that?' And I said, 'Of course, absolutely!'" The song Ricci was playing was "Stop, Look Around," a shimmering slice of Southern California pop that would open his 1977 Epic Records album Beached. Carl Wilson
Do You Hear What I Hear?: Legacy Adds Four New Entries to "Classic Christmas Album" Series
Legacy Recordings is getting into the Christmas spirit this year by continuing its Classic Christmas Album series. On October 2, four new entries will be released featuring artists who had their biggest successes in the '70s (Earth, Wind & Fire), '80s (a various artists compilation), '90s (Sarah McLachlan) and 2000s (Celtic Thunder). The majority of the material on these compilations is of a relatively recent vintage. The exception is The Classic Christmas '80s Album which obviously
Greatest Hits (Quadraphonic SACD)
Audio Fidelity brings the original quadraphonic (4.0 surround) version of Sly and the Family Stone's Greatest Hits to SACD, featuring numerous variations from the songs' familiar stereo versions. The album will play in stereo on the standard CD layer (playable on all CD players) on this hybrid SACD.
Thrak [CD/DVD Edition]
1995's Thrak arrives as the tenth release in the King Crimson 40th Anniversary series. The first full album to feature the 'Double Trio' incarnation of the group, Thrak will feature a new "21st century stereo reimagining" of the album by Jakko Jakszyk and Robert Fripp, while the DVD-Audio disc has high-resolution 5.1 Surround Sound and stereo mixes by Jakszyk and Fripp, alongside a high-resolution presentation of the original album stereo mix. Like all release in this series, the CD and DVD
I'm a Believer: The Monkees' TV Series Comes to Blu-ray
Monkees 50 is upon us! Yes, that's right, 2016 marks the 50th anniversary of Micky, Davy, Peter and Mike joining together as The Monkees - and you can bet that the good people at Rhino Records aren't about to let the year pass without a return of Monkeemania! Yesterday, on the 50th anniversary of the first announcement of The Monkees' casting call, Rhino announced the first project of the golden celebration: a limited edition, website-exclusive Blu-ray set dedicated to all things Monkees!
Rocket Man: Cherry Red Reissues Colin Blunstone Albums on Elton's Label
This fall, the surviving members of The Zombies' classic line-up - a.k.a. Colin Blunstone, Rod Argent, Chris White and Hugh Grundy - will reunite for a tour centered on their landmark 1968 album Odessey and Oracle. Then, on October 9, Cherry Red and End Records will release Still Got That Hunger, an all-new album from the current line-up of Blunstone, Argent, Jim Rodford, Tom Toomey and Steve Rodford, fresh off acclaimed festival appearances. With so much renewed interest in the
I Love Being Here With You: Peggy Lee's "Live in London" Box Set Coming In December
A pair of rare albums by the legendary Miss Peggy Lee are getting the deluxe, expanded treatment this fall from Universal Music. Peggy Lee: Live in London is the title of the new 4-CD box set due on December 4 containing the soulful songstress' 1977 studio album Peggy; the concert album Live in London recorded at the famous Palladium on March 13, 1977; an entire disc of previously unreleased material including studio outtakes, rehearsal takes and the March 20 Palladium show; and a DVD of the
So There
Ben Folds returns with a new studio album. New York chamber sextet yMusic joins him on eight "chamber-rock" songs, and then it's off to the (Nashville) Symphony for Folds' new Concerto for Piano and Orchestra.
Everything Is Roses: 1985-1989
This ain't your typical Nashville Sound! Everything is Roses anthologizes the career of Music City's groundbreaking alt-rockers Raging Fire with 22 tracks on one CD recorded between 1985 and 1989. (An 11-track vinyl highlights version will also be available as well as a 26-track lossless digital edition.) Raging Fire opened for such bands as The Replacements, The Cramps and Gun Club with their singular sound incorporating punk, rock, folk, country, and more. With almost all tracks reissued
Release Round-Up: Week of September 4
The fall is almost upon us - which means some of the most exciting release weeks of the year are just around the corner! We hope you've checked out Ted's farewell to the sounds of summer, because we're kicking off September right here with a new release from Second Disc Records - as well as goodies from The Doors, Eydie Gorme, Micky Dolenz, Peter Frampton, Pugwash, and many more! To our U.S. readers, we wish you a safe and happy Labor Day weekend filled with great new (and old)
I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times): Ted's Big Summer '15 Wrap-Up!
The summer's winding down and so Ted Frank, our resident maven of all things eclectic, is looking back on his favorites from the past few months, from reissues to future classics of all genres! We hope you make some new discoveries as you enjoy the Labor Day weekend! As the boys of summer's mettle is currently being put to the test, here are some favorite releases - new and old - from the past couple of summer months that have staying power and could perfectly score those few remaining
The Complete Hit Singles
Varese rounds up fifteen single sides from Chicago's own Buckinghams on this new anthology, including all-time sixties pop classics "Kind of a Drag," "Don't You Care," "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy," "Hey Baby" and "Susan."
Hollywood Vampires
Alice Cooper and a host of his famous friends - among them Joe Perry, Johnny Depp, Dave Grohl, Slash, Zak Starkey, Joe Walsh, Sir Paul McCartney and the late Sir Christopher Lee - pay tribute to friends and fallen comrades with Hollywood Vampires celebrating the rock scene, seventies Hollywood-style. Songs include Harry Nilsson's "One/Jump Into the Fire," The Who's "My Generation," T Rex's "Jeepster," Macca's Badfinger hit "Come and Get It," John Lennon's "Cold Turkey," Spirit's "I Got a Line
Cass County
Don Henley returns with his fifth studio album - and first in 15 years. Cass County was produced by Henley and Stan Lynch, who also co- wrote 11 of the songs on the album, and primarily recorded in Nashville and Texas. Guests include Martina McBride, Dolly Parton, Merle Haggard, Miranda Lambert, Vince Gill, Mick Jagger and Alison Krauss. Cass County will be available as a 12- song standard CD and digital album, as well as a 16-track deluxe version, which will be available on CD, digitally,
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