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Colors of the Day: The Best of Judy Collins (Quadraphonic SACD)

November 30, 2015 By

Judy Collins Colors of the Day Quad

Audio Fidelity brings Judy Collins' 1972 compilation to hybrid SACD (playable on all CD players) including the 4.0 surround presentation of the album.  Features "Both Sides Now," "Suzanne," "In My Life," "Amazing Grace" and more.

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Formats: SACD Genre: Folk, Pop

Go Crazy: Varese Collects "The Very Best of Paul Davis"

November 19, 2015 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Very Best of Paul Davis

With hits like "Cool Night," "I Go Crazy" and "'65 Love Affair," Paul Davis established himself as one of the most appealing singer-songwriters of the late 1970s and early 1980s.  Yet the Mississippi native all but walked away from his solo career at the height of his fame, returning to his roots as a behind-the-scenes songwriter and making cameo appearances on others' hit records.  Before his untimely death in 2008 at the age of 60, Davis notched fourteen Hot 100 hits and eight Top 40s.  Many

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Marie Osmond, Paul Davis, Tanya Tucker

Heighty Hi: The Best of Lee Michaels

November 17, 2015 By

Heighty Hi The Best of Lee Michaels

This new 20-song compilation collects the best of Lee Michaels' A&M Records recordings originally released between 1968-1973, including his 1971 Top 10 hit single "Do You Know What I Mean" and the FM radio favorite "Heighty Hi." All of the tracks have been remastered from the original master tapes, and an 8-page booklet adds comprehensive liner notes and quotes from the artist.  This single-disc anthology also serves as a companion to Manifesto's 7-CD box set The Complete A&M Album

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock

The Best of "Lost Tracks"

October 23, 2015 By

Judy Garland Best of Lost Tracks

The Best of Lost Tracks 1929-1959 is based on the JSP label's 2010 box set Lost Tracks which received international acclaim for its presentation of 100 rare tracks from the late superstar - 55 of which (including her two earliest solo recordings) were previously unissued. This release presents 22 highlights from the box set, selected from all four of its discs: The Decca Tests (1935) and Early Radio (1935-1939); Young Judy on the Radio (1940-1944); The Radio Years (1944-1953); and On Stage

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Formats: CD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal, Soundtracks

Lotta Love: Varese Collects "The Very Best of Nicolette Larson" - AND YOU CAN WIN!

August 21, 2015 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Very Best of Nicolette

Today, Varese Vintage releases Lotta Love: The Very Best of Nicolette Larson, celebrating the life and career of the silken-voiced pop singer who died at the tragically young age of 45 in 1997.  This 16-track anthology, culled from her years with Warner Bros. Records and featuring duets with Emmylou Harris, Steve Goodman and Michael McDonald, is a welcome reminder of Larson's versatile gifts in the genres of pop, country and folk - and we would like to give you a chance to WIN ONE OF TEN COPIES

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Categories: Giveaways!, News Formats: CD Genre: Country, Pop Tags: Andrew Gold, Emmylou Harris, Michael McDonald, Neil Young, Nicolette Larson, Steve Goodman

Comes Love: JSP Readies Judy Garland's "The Best of Lost Tracks" with New-to-CD Tracks

July 29, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Judy Garland Best of Lost Tracks

This December, JSP Records will revisit the musical legacy of the one and only Judy Garland with a new single-disc collection that draws on a past release while offering new-to-CD material, as well. The Best of Lost Tracks 1929-1959 is based on the label's 2010 box set Lost Tracks which received international acclaim for its presentation of 100 rare tracks from the late superstar - 55 of which (including her two earliest solo recordings) were previously unissued. This release presents 22

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Judy Garland

Power of Soul: Robinsongs Collects The Best of Jazz-Soul Drummer Idris Muhammad

June 18, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Idris Boogie to the Top

Idris Muhammad's 1974 album for Kudu Records was called Power of Soul - and it was a power that the drummer brought to all of his recordings over a three-decade period spanning 1970 through 1998.  Cherry Red's Robinsongs label has recently compiled a new anthology of the greatest works of Muhammad, who died on July 29, 2014 at the age of 74.  The Very Best of Idris Muhammad: Boogie to the Top brings together 13 selections from his 1970s prime for producer Creed Taylor's Kudu label. Born Leo

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Jazz, R&B/Soul Tags: Idris Muhammad

Directly From My Heart: The Best of the Specialty and Vee-Jay Years

May 22, 2015 By

Little Richard Directly

Little Richard's Specialty and Vee-Jay years are the subject of this new 3-CD, 64-track anthology, including all of the piano pounder's greatest hits as well as B-sides and rarities!

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: R&B/Soul

Truancy: The Very Best of Pete Townshend

May 20, 2015 By

Pete Townshend Truancy

The Who's legendary leader premieres two new songs on this 17-track remastered solo career overview.  Truancy kicks off a new campaign from UMe dedicated to Townshend's solo catalogue.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock

Review: Drivin' N' Cryin', "Best of Songs"

May 12, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Drivin n Cryin Best of Songs

In a career spanning almost thirty years on both independent and major labels, Drivin' N' Cryin' has refused to be pigeonholed.  The band, formed by Kevin (or Kevn) Kinney in 1985 has happily leaped from genre to genre, drawing on hard rock, country, pop, punk and other influences.  Between June 2012 and January 2014, the band - now consisting of Kinney, founding member Tim Nielsen, Sadler Vaden and Dave V. Johnson - recorded a series of four EPs from which a tight, all-killer, no-filler

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Drivin' N' Cryin'

Best of Songs

April 21, 2015 By

Drivin n Cryin Best of Songs

Indie southern rockers Drivin' N' Cryin' return with a 10-track, 180-gram vinyl LP culled from the 32 songs on their four acclaimed EPs originally released between 2012 and 2014.  The band touches on hard n' heavy rock, psychedelia, pop, blues and punk on this tight, diverse collection, packaged in the style of a 1970s K-tel compilation!

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Rock

The Best of the Doors (Quadraphonic)

April 21, 2015 By

Best of the Doors SACD

The 1973 greatest hits collection for The Doors is presented on hybrid SACD in its original stereo and 4.0 quad surround mixes.  Features "Light My Fire," "Touch Me," "Love Her Madly," "Hello, I Love You" and more.  The stereo layer is playable on all CD players.

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Formats: SACD Genre: Classic Rock

Souvenirs: Raven Compiles Best of Foghat, Four Albums from John Prine

January 19, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Foghat Drivin Wheels

The Raven Records label closed out its 2014 with a pair of double-CD sets reliving the seventies – one, a retrospective of Foghat’s first decade, and another, a complete collection of John Prine’s first four albums. Foghat’s Drivin’ Wheels: Best of 1972-1982 brings together 32 tracks from the FM radio titans, spanning the period of 1972-1982 and culled from ten studio and live albums.  The blues-rock band was founded in Manchester, England in 1971 by three Savoy Brown expatriates –

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Folk Tags: Foghat, John Prine

Sunshine Special: Now Sounds Collects "The Best of The GoldeBriars"

January 16, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Goldebriars Best

Late in 1963, The GoldeBriars recorded “Sunshine Special,” the group’s adaptation of the traditional train song. Curt Boettcher – the male vocalist in the line-up and also its major creative leader – would later make sunshine a specialty; his shimmering California-pop productions for the likes of The Millennium, The Ballroom and Sagittarius have all gone on to attain cult status. There’s not much of that baroque psych-pop sound on Now Sounds’ Walkin’ Down the Line: The Best of The GoldeBriars

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Folk, Pop Tags: Curt Boettcher, The GoldeBriars

Best of Bread (Quadraphonic)

January 14, 2015 By

Best of Bread

Audio Fidelity continues its quadraphonic series with a 4.0 reissue of Bread's greatest-hits collection Best of Bread, featuring surround-sound versions of "Make It with You," "Everything I Own," "If," "It Don't Matter to Me" and more on hybrid SACD!  Original two-channel stereo mixes are present on the standard CD layer and in SACD stereo!

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Formats: SACD Genre: Pop

The Best of The Guess Who (Quadraphonic)

January 10, 2015 By

guess who sacd4

Audio Fidelity premieres the 4.0 quadraphonic surround mix of The Guess Who's 1971 compilation album on hybrid SACD (meaning a stereo layer is playable on standard CD players) - featuring such songs as "These Eyes," "Laughing," "No Time," "Undun" and "American Woman."

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Formats: SACD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

The Best Days of My Life

January 9, 2015 By

Mathis Best Days

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Formats: CD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal

Reviews: Two From Omnivore - Big Star, "Live in Memphis" and Roger Taylor, "The Best"

January 7, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

big star live

Welcome to Part One of our two-part review round-up featuring some of Omnivore Recordings’ releases from late 2014! Just when one thinks the Big Star well has run dry, Omnivore Recordings surprises with a treat of the magnitude of Live in Memphis (OVCD-107). On October 29, 1994 at Memphis’ New Daisy Theatre, Big Star founding members Alex Chilton and Jody Stephens, were joined by Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow of The Posies for an overflowing set of Big Star classics and covers in front of an

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Big Star, Queen, Roger Taylor

Review: Pugwash, "A Rose in a Garden of Weeds" (Or: The Best Band You Never Heard?)

October 17, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

pugwash

Pugwash is currently wrapping up its first-ever U.S. tour with two more performances scheduled in Los Angeles: this Sunday, October 19, on a bill alongside Wings' great guitarist Laurence Juber and Now Sounds' musical guru and all-around renaissance man Steve Stanley; and next Friday, October 24, with Love Revisited!  If you're in the area, you just might want to check the lads out! The first track on the first-ever North American release by Irish band Pugwash implores “Take Me Away,” but

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Rock Tags: Pugwash

Golden Years: "Nothing Has Changed" Compiles 50 Years of David Bowie's Best, Plus New Song

September 9, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

bowie nothing has changed promo art

Less than a month ago, we reported on the upcoming reissue of David Bowie's Sound and Vision, the box set covering the artist's career from 1969 to 1997.  Today, Bowie's official website has confirmed the November 18 release of NOTHING HAS CHANGED, an all-new career-spanning retrospective which for the first time collects music from the entirety of his 50-year career: 1964 to 2014.  In the U.K., this package - available in 2-CD, 3-CD and 2-LP configurations - will arrive from Parlophone; in the

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: David Bowie

Simply the Best: Romantic New Tina Turner Compilation Announced

January 7, 2014 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

Tina Turner knows plenty about love and loss, both on and offstage. The legendary performer shook up the '60s with her husband Ike and their relentlessly soulful revue, culminating with the Phil Spector-produced "River Deep - Mountain High" and an opening slot for The Rolling Stones on tour. But Ike's substance (and marital) abuse led Tina to divorce him in 1976 and struggled to make a name for herself as a solo artist. Of course, less than a decade later, 1984's iconic Private Dancer put her

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Categories: News Tags: Tina Turner

The Best That He Could Do: John Mellencamp Collects Albums for New Box

October 30, 2013 By Mike Duquette 6 Comments

mellencamp big box

While the 1980s have become synonymous with pop/rock music that allegedly valued image, craft and style above the emotional rush of the music itself, one of the decade's most popular entertainers had an image as rough-hewn and rugged as they could come: John Mellencamp. The Indiana-bred musician earned his keep making tuneful rock steeped in the traditions of the genre as well as the vision of the average, working-class middle American. And with a list of hits that includes "Jack and Diane,"

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets

Shower The People: "The Essential James Taylor" Blends Best of Columbia, Warner Years

October 17, 2013 By Joe Marchese 9 Comments

essential james taylor2

If you, like me, immediately think of James Taylor whenever you hear the initials "JT" in the context of a music superstar, then Legacy Recordings has a release just for you!  The Essential James Taylor, due on October 29 like The Essential Boz Scaggs, is the troubadour's first-ever 2-CD career-spanning anthology.  Its 30 studio and live tracks draw on the artist's tenures at Warner Bros., Columbia and Hear Music, from 1970's breakthrough Sweet Baby James through 2007's One Man Band. Following

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Best of Their Love: Eagles LPs Boxed Up on Vinyl

September 12, 2013 By Mike Duquette 8 Comments

eagles vinyl box

Some seven months after packing up all of the Eagles' studio albums in one CD box set, Rhino's at it again, doing the same for those six albums on vinyl. The Studio Albums 1972-1979 collects all of the Asylum-era LPs - Eagles (1972), Desperado (1973), On the Border (1974), One of These Nights (1975), Hotel California (1976) and The Long Run (1979) - and replicates the original packaging almost entirely to the letter of the original releases. We say "almost" thanks to two upgrades made by Rhino

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets Tags: Vinyl

Tom Petty, The Clash, Dire Straits, Pat Benatar Featured On "The Best of Fridays"

August 12, 2013 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

the best of fridays

When ABC-TV’s Fridays premiered on April 11, 1980, its agenda was not a hidden one: to grab a piece of the lucrative late-night comedy pie from NBC’s Saturday Night Live.  Less than a year later, on March 10, 1981, The New York Times was trumpeting in a headline, “How ‘Fridays’ Beat ‘Saturday Night.’”  Of course, Fridays’ domination didn’t last, and the program was off the air after just three seasons.  The series has mainly lived on due to the infamous incident in which Andy Kaufman and Michael

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Categories: News Formats: DVD Tags: The Cars, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

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