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Release Round-Up: Week of August 10

August 10, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Elvis Presley Where No One Stands Alone

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Elvis Presley, Where No One Stands Alone (RCA/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) RCA presents 14 of The King's seminal gospel and spiritually-themed recordings, all remixed with new orchestrations and new supporting vocals from artists who knew and worked with Elvis including Darlene Love, Cissy Houston, and Lisa Marie Presley plus members of The Stamps Quartet and The Imperials.  Includes new versions of "Stand by Me," "You'll

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Gospel, Pop, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock Tags: Bird Streets, Carla Olson, Elvis Presley, Gene Clark, Little Steven, The Allman Brothers Band, The Zombies, Various Artists

Heavy Music: The Complete Cameo Recordings 1966-1967

August 8, 2018 By

Bob Seger The Last Heard art

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Bob Seger's earliest recordings with his band The Last Heard are finally returning to the light of day.  Their long-unavailable sides for the Cameo label will be reissued in one CD, vinyl, or digital package from ABKCO.  Heavy Music: The Complete Cameo Recordings 1966-1967 has all of the records by the Detroit band for the first time since their original release as 45 RPM singles.  The 10-track

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Rhythm of Love: Cherry Red, SoulMusic Collect Marlena Shaw's Columbia Years

August 7, 2018 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Marlena Shaw Go Away Little Boy

Throughout her career, Marlena Shaw has traversed the worlds of jazz, R&B, soul, pop, funk, and dance with equal aplomb.  Following stints at Chess Records offshoot Cadet and the venerable Blue Note label, Shaw made her boldest bid for the mainstream at Columbia Records.  Her time at the label has recently been rediscovered by Cherry Red's SoulMusic Records imprint on the 2-CD set Go Away Little Boy: The Columbia Anthology. Shaw joined Columbia in 1977, remaining on the label for three

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Funk, R&B/Soul Tags: Marlena Shaw

Release Round-Up: Week of August 3

August 3, 2018 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Ben Folds Brick Cover

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Ben Folds, Brick: The Songs of Ben Folds 1996-2012 (Edsel) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The 13-CD box Brick: The Songs of Ben Folds 1996-2012 brings together nearly all of Folds' core studio albums together with a live album and various other odds and ends.  It traces his career from the first Ben Five Folds record through his solo recordings to the Five's reunion album in 2012, for a total of 194 tracks!  And yes - it's shaped

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Ben Folds, Ben Folds Five, Electric Light Orchestra, Hampton Grease Band, Merry Clayton, Monk Higgins, The Alan Parsons Project, The Doors

Just Can't Get Enough: Depeche Mode Initiate 12" Singles Box Set Series

August 2, 2018 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

Depeche Mode Speak and Spell Singles

Later this month, Depeche Mode will launch a series of box sets collecting the band's 12-inch singles.  On August 31, the first two boxes, Speak & Spell and A Broken Frame, will be released.  All audio in this series has been newly remastered from the original tapes and cut at Abbey Road Studios. The first box, Speak & Spell: The 12" Singles, collects all of the singles around the era of the British electronic band's 1981 debut Speak & Spell.  It kicks off with a replica of the

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, Rock Tags: Depeche Mode

Another Sleepy Dusty Delta Day: Bobbie Gentry's Complete Capitol Masters Collected On New Box Set

July 31, 2018 By Joe Marchese 15 Comments

Bobbie Gentry Girl from Chickasaw County

Why did Billie Joe McAllister jump off the Tallahatchie Bridge?  It's almost as big a mystery as why Bobbie Gentry vanished from view after 1981.  Happily, the enigmatic singer-songwriter left behind an enduring and diverse body of work which is now being celebrated on a comprehensive box set from Universal's U.K. arm.  On September 21, the 8-CD collection The Girl from Chickasaw County: The Complete Capitol Masters will collect all seven of Gentry's 1967-1971 Capitol Records studio albums plus

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Country, Pop Tags: Bobbie Gentry, Glen Campbell, Kelly Gordon

My Precious: Rhino Reissues 'Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers' Box Set on CD, Blu-ray, Vinyl

July 25, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Lord of the Rings Two Towers Vinyl

Rhino is taking another journey to Middle-earth this Friday, July 27, with the reissue of the second soundtrack from director Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy.  The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - The Complete Recordings, composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Howard Shore, follows the reissue earlier this year of the Fellowship of the Ring soundtrack.  Like that set it will be available in two deluxe physical formats: a 5-LP vinyl box set and a 3-CD/1-Blu-ray Audio

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Howard Shore

A Million Miles of Fun: Real Gone Celebrates "Dazed and Confused," "True Romance," "Go" and "The Munsters" in September

July 24, 2018 By Randy Fairman 1 Comment

The Munsters

We've told you about one of Real Gone's September releases: the first-ever collection of Alice Coltrane's complete Warner Bros. recordings.  Now we've got the news on a quartet of soundtrack releases also slated for the month. The first release actually hits one day before September, on August 31.  It is a vinyl reissue of Even More Dazed and Confused, the second soundtrack album from Richard Linklater's 1993 film Dazed and Confused.  The high school coming-of-age film takes place primarily

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: The Munsters, Various Artists

Lay the Music Down: Cilla Black's Expanded Reissue Series Begins Today From Cherry Red

July 20, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Cilla All Mixed Up Two Fer

Surprise, surprise...it's Cilla here!  Today's the day on which Cherry Red's Strike Force Entertainment has launched a new series dedicated to remastering and expanding Cilla Black's discography.  These deluxe, lavishly expanded reissues go a long way in upgrading the late superstar's catalogue on CD.  The first 2-CD set pairs 1969's George Martin-produced Surround Yourself with Cilla with 1976's It Makes Me Feel Good, produced by David Mackay (Cliff Richard, Blue Mink, The New Seekers).  The

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Cilla Black

Her Music Is Hot: Cherry Red, Robinsongs Reissue Rare R&B from Lalomie Washburn

July 19, 2018 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Lalomie Washburn My Music Is Hot

My Music Is Hot: Lalomie Washburn exuded confidence with the very title of her 1977 LP debut.  With a husky voice entrenched in the spirit of the blues and a keen sense of herself as both a singer and songwriter, she seemed a prime candidate for soul stardom.  While solo fame eluded Washburn, she left behind a great legacy of music that's gone overlooked for far too long.  Happily, Cherry Red's Robinsongs label has just resuscitated My Music Is Hot for its first-ever CD version.  This edition is

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Lalomie Washburn

A Place for Us: Decca Broadway Celebrates Leonard Bernstein on "Jazz Loves Bernstein"

July 17, 2018 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Jazz Loves Bernstein

August 25, 2018 will mark what would have been the 100th birthday of Leonard Bernstein, and while the maestro passed away in 1990 at the age of 72, he left behind a lifetime of remarkable music in multiple genres.  A number of classical releases have been issued for the Bernstein centennial, but a new entry concentrates on the popular side of the composer.  The 2-CD anthology Jazz Loves Bernstein, on the Decca Broadway label in association with Verve and UMe, collects 27 examples from the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings, Jazz, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Billie Holiday, Billy Eckstine, Bob James, Diana Krall, Leonard Bernstein, Mel Tormé, Oscar Peterson, Sarah Vaughan

Prove It All Night: Bruce Springsteen Gives The First Official Release To Famous 1978 Roxy Concert

July 10, 2018 By Randy Fairman 1 Comment

Bruce Springsteen Roxy

Bruce Springsteen is returning to Darkness.  Last week, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the performance, Springsteen gave his concert from July 7, 1978 at the Roxy in West Hollywood, California its first official release as part of his ongoing Archive series.  The gig was part of the tour to promote the Darkness On The Edge of Town album.  This particular tour has been well-documented: this latest release marks the fourth show to be officially released from the tour. The Darkness album

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Bruce Springsteen

Bet Your Lucky Star: Cherry Red, SoulMusic Anthologize the Best of Jean Carne

July 6, 2018 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Jean Carne Dont Let It Go to Your Head

Cherry Red's SoulMusic imprint has recently continued its series of artist anthologies with a pair of double-disc sets from two great ladies of soul-jazz: Jean Carne and Marlena Shaw.  Today, we're taking a look at Jean Carne's collection! Jean Carne (also known as Jean Carn, though we'll continue to use her preferred spelling with an "e") has recorded for a variety of labels in a 45-plus year career: first, as part of a soul-jazz duo with her then-husband Doug Carn at his Black Jazz Records,

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, R&B/Soul Tags: Dexter Wansel, Glenn Jones, Grover Washington Jr., Jean Carne, Michael Henderson, Norman Connors

Music to Eat

July 3, 2018 By

Hampton Grease Band Music to Eat

Real Gone has a limited vinyl release of the cult classic double LP Music To Eat by Hampton Grease Band.  The group's offbeat mix of Dadaist vocals and jazz/prog/psych instrumentation did not prove a hit with audiences, and the album is apocryphally said to be the second lowest-selling album in Columbia Records' history, after only a yoga-instructional album.  Yet, the one-of-a-kind Music to Eat has gained a healthy following over the years, and Real Gone's edition is the first vinyl reissue of

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Everything Else

Music from Big Pink [Various Formats]

July 3, 2018 By

Super Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP Black Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP Pink Vinyl: uDiscoverMusic.com Just in time for its 50th anniversary, Capitol/UMe will reissue The Band's seminal exploration of Americana, Music from Big Pink, on CD, 2-LP vinyl, digital, and in a CD/BD/2-LP/1-7 inch single Super Deluxe Edition.  For its 50th, Big Pink has been spruced up by engineer Bob

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Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Back to Big Pink: The Band's "Music from Big Pink" Turns 50, Goes Super Deluxe

June 29, 2018 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Music from Big Pink Super Deluxe

The Band is returning to Big Pink for its 50th anniversary. On August 31, Capitol/UMe will reissue the seminal Music from Big Pink on CD, 2-LP vinyl, digital, and in a CD/BD/2-LP/1-7 inch single Super Deluxe Edition. Though few groups would have had the audacity to name themselves The Band, that's exactly what Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Rick Danko and Richard Manuel did.  Big Pink was the album where the former Hawks (and former Bob Dylan backing band) crystallized the

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: The Band

The Exodus Has Begun: Prince Estate Strikes Catalog Deal With Sony Music

June 27, 2018 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Prince RRHOF

In what's certainly one of the year's biggest surprises, Sony Music's Legacy Recordings has just announced a comprehensive new deal with the Prince estate that will see Legacy assuming the reins for a considerable portion of Prince's remarkable discography. Sony will hold the worldwide licensing rights to the late superstar's core catalogue recorded from 1995 onward, covering some 19 major albums recorded by the Purple One during this time, as well as relevant singles, B-sides, live material,

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Prince

The Sun in Your Eyes: Real Gone's August Slate to Include Alan Parsons Project, Merry Clayton, Monk Higgins, More

June 22, 2018 By Randy Fairman 1 Comment

Alan Parsons Project Eye in the Sky BD

Real Gone Music has just announced its slate for August, and the reissues are in a variety of genres and formats, all due on August 3. First up is a standalone release of the Blu-ray Audio edition of The Alan Parsons Project's 1982 hit album Eye in the Sky.  The Project's sixth album (and fifth on Arista Records) employed a variety of musical styles within a radio-friendly soft-rock framework to address typically lofty themes.  This Blu-ray reissue boasts a high-resolution stereo version of

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Merry Clayton, Monk Higgins, The Alan Parsons Project, The Hampton Grease Band

The Song Remains the Same [Various Formats]

June 21, 2018 By

Led Zeppelin The Song Remains the Same Cover

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Blu-ray Audio: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD 2CD/4LP/2DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham took the famous stage at New York's Madison Square Garden on July 27-29, 1973 for the concerts that were captured in the film The Song Remains the Same.  Now that film's soundtrack, produced by Page and originally

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Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Soundtracks

Chicago: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture

June 21, 2018 By

Chicago OST

And all that jazz: Real Gone Music has the first-ever vinyl reissue of the original soundtrack to 2002's Academy Award-winning musical Chicago, starring Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, and Queen Latifah, and featuring a score by John Kander and Fred Ebb with Danny Elfman.  It's pressed on 2 LPs, in black and gold, and is limited to 1,500 units.

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Soundtracks

OUT TOMORROW! Second Disc Records, Real Gone Music Continue Johnny Mathis Series with Two New Titles

June 7, 2018 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Johnny Mathis Close to You and Love Story

Johnny Mathis kicked off the 1970s with a series of albums that found the Voice of Romance reinventing the day's chart hits in inimitably lush fashion.  Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records are continuing the journey through the legendary singer's 1970s catalogue with two remastered Expanded Editions due TOMORROW! First up is an expanded two-for-one compact disc release of the classic studio albums Close to You and Love Story.  Johnny teamed with longtime producer Jack Gold and top

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Johnny Mathis

Rock 'N' Roll Is King: ELO's "Secret Messages" Comes to Double Vinyl in August

June 6, 2018 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

ELO Secret Messages

35 years after its first appearance, Electric Light Orchestra's Secret Messages is returning to vinyl in a new edition moving closer to founder Jeff Lynne's original vision for the album.  On August 3, Legacy Recordings will reissue Secret Messages on double 150-gram vinyl restoring all but one of the tracks which were cut from the original LP release.  Alas, that outtake - the near-legendary "Beatles Forever" - is still missing in action. 1983's Secret Messages was originally conceived by

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Electric Light Orchestra, Jeff Lynne

Fairytale: Cherry Red, SoulMusic Reissue, Expand The Pointer Sisters' First Two Albums

June 6, 2018 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Pointer Sisters Two Fer

BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COMLong before they wanted a man with a "Slow Hand" or found that "He's So Shy," The Pointer Sisters were spellbinding listeners with an unusual blend of retro rhythm and blues, jazz, funk, soul and even country.  Cherry Red's SoulMusic Records imprint has recently brought together their first two LPs for Blue Thumb Records on a 2-CD set.  The Pointer Sisters and That's a Plenty established Anita, Ruth, June, and Bonnie Pointer as one of the first families of American music. 

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: The Pointer Sisters

Surround Yourself with Cilla: Cherry Red, SFE Launch Ambitious Cilla Black Reissue Campaign

May 29, 2018 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Cilla Surround Yourself Two Fer

Surprise, surprise...it's Cilla here!  Cherry Red's Strike Force Entertainment imprint has great news for fans of the late Cilla Black.  On July 27, SFE launches a new reissue campaign dedicated to Cilla's discography with a pair of deluxe, generously expanded 2-CD releases.  These releases coincide with what would have been Cilla's 75th birthday year.  The first set pairs 1969's George Martin-produced Surround Yourself with Cilla with 1976's It Makes Me Feel Good, produced by David Mackay

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Burt Bacharach, Cilla Black, Cliff Richard, The Beatles

BREAKING! Second Disc Records, Real Gone Music Unearth Never-Before-Heard Bobby Darin on "Go Ahead and Back Up: The Lost Motown Masters"

May 22, 2018 By The Second Disc 6 Comments

BD Go Ahead Final Cover

Bobby Darin joined Motown Records in 1970, inaugurating the final phase in a remarkable career that saw him transform from a rock-and-roll teen idol to a sophisticated swinger to a socially conscious folkie.  Yet before his tragic death at the age of 37 in 1973, Darin only released one album and a handful of singles for Berry Gordy's legendary label.  A few posthumous recordings followed in 1974 and a live album in 1987, but the story stayed the same: that despite the best efforts of all,

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Ashford and Simpson, Bobby Darin, Smokey Robinson

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