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He Shall Be a Good Man: Elton John's 'Madman Across the Water' Gets Deluxe Edition

April 21, 2022 By Mike Duquette 12 Comments

Madman 50

Elton John's breathtaking piano pop conjured up powerful images thanks to the lyrics of Bernie Taupin - but the duo were often writing about things before they experienced them. The Americana of 1970's Tumbleweed Connection, for instance, was indeed a fantasy; only within the year would Elton get his first taste of America - and the results powered his next studio album, 1971's appropriately-titled Madman Across the Water. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rUarpBrfLI That album will be the

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Elton John

I Am Trying to Break Your Bank: Wilco Detail Deluxe 'Yankee Hotel Foxtrot' Reissues

April 20, 2022 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

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One of the most beloved albums of the 2000s is getting a lavish series of reissues - with configurations as head-turning as the album itself. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilco's fourth album, will get the box set treatment on September 16 in several different formats. The original album will come with up to three CDs worth of alternate takes and mixes, a collection of demos and rough sketches, and two live performances: a live-in-studio, five-song appearance and interview on Chicago's WXRT-FM in

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Rock Tags: Jeff Tweedy, Wilco

Strange Animals: BMG Reissues Five Albums from Sparks in New 21st Century Collection

April 19, 2022 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Sparks Exotic Creatures of the Deep

Director Edgar Wright's 2021 documentary The Sparks Brothers brought much-deserved attention to cult rock heroes Ron and Russell Mael and their prodigious, singular output as Sparks. Now, BMG has announced the 21st Century Sparks collection: a series of deluxe CD and vinyl reissues encompassing Balls (2000), Lil' Beethoven (2002), and Hello Young Lovers (2006) arriving on Friday, April 29; and Exotic Creatures of the Deep (2008) and The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman (2009) following on Friday, May

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, Pop, Rock Tags: Sparks

Older: Deluxe Edition

April 18, 2022 By

Older deluxe

5CD/3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada George Michael's third solo album - and the one he believed to be his finest - returns from Legacy Recordings in a new 5CD/3LP edition and a 2LP set.  This expansion of 1996's Older features both the remastered album and the EP Upper (included with reissues of the album in 1997) on 180-gram vinyl and CD, along with an additional three CDs featuring 27 B-sides, live tracks, edits and remixes. (A

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop

Watertown: Expanded Edition

April 18, 2022 By

Frank Sinatra Watertown

UMe and Frank Sinatra Enterprises have remixed and remastered Frank Sinatra's stark, spellbinding 1970 concept album Watertown, penned by Bob Gaudio and Jake Holmes, for this new expanded edition featuring eight bonus tracks: the outtake "Lady Day" and subsequent single re-recording from November 1969 arranged by Don Costa; session alternates of four songs; and two period Reprise radio promo spots.  The booklet includes new liner notes, a track-by-track breakdown from Bob Gaudio, quotes from

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal

Tantamount to Treason Volume One: 50th Anniversary Edition

April 18, 2022 By

Michael Nesmith Tantamount to Treason 7a

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Deep Discount (U.S.) LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Deep Discount (U.S.) 7a reissues Michael Nesmith and The Second National Band's 1972 album Tantamount to Treason Volume One on both CD and LP in an expanded edition featuring five bonus tracks on CD and four on LP.  7a's remastered Tantamount to Treason Volume One is adorned with a new painting by the original album's cover artist Wilson McLean, depicting an older Nesmith

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country

The Weekend Stream: April 16, 2022

April 16, 2022 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Stream

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to discover! Ben Folds, It's the Small Things, Charlie Brown (Apple TV+ Original Soundtrack) (Peanuts Productions) (iTunes) Ben Folds has been sort of quiet lately. While the piano-pounding alt-rocker has been livestreaming and podcasting along with being an advocate for orchestras in recent years, he's only released a

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Country, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Ben Folds, Boyz II Men, Depeche Mode, Dwight Yoakam, John Williams, Sophie B. Hawkins, Third Eye Blind

I Don't Do Gentle: Cherry Red's 7T's Imprint Reissues Two Albums from Suzi Quatro on New Collection

April 15, 2022 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Suzi Quatro Back to the Spotlight

Since bursting onto the scene in the mid-1960s as a member of Detroit band The Pleasure Seekers, Suzi Quatro has enjoyed one of the most versatile careers in rock and roll.  In addition to selling over 55 million LPs and singles, Quatro has starred on stage and screen and influenced an entire generation of artists including Joan Jett and The Go-Go's.  Suzi's most recent studio LP, The Devil in Me, arrived in early 2021.  Now, Cherry Red's 7T's imprint is looking back to her first two albums of

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Suzi Quatro

Release Round-Up: Week of April 15

April 15, 2022 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Rush Moving Pictures 40th

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new releases available today! Rush, Moving Pictures: 40th Anniversary [various editions] (Mercury/UMe) 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3CD/5LP/1BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rush's seminal 1981 Moving Pictures receives a number of belated 40th anniversary reissues today including a 3CD version with the 2015 album remaster (debuting in

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Jazz, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Bobby Cole, Dave Brubeck, Edgar Winter, George Thorogood, Rush

Some Velvet Morning: Light in the Attic Reissues, Expands Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood's "Nancy and Lee"

April 14, 2022 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Nancy and Lee CD Packshot

The next installment in Light in the Attic's ongoing Nancy Sinatra Archival Series is set for release on May 20: an expanded edition of 1968's Nancy and Lee, the singer's first full-length duet album with maverick singer-songwriter-producer Lee Hazlewood.  Nancy and Lee will be reissued on CD as well as digitally, vinyl (with various color exclusives), cassette, and eight-track. 1965's "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'," produced and written by Hazlewood, launched Sinatra's musical career

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Categories: News Formats: Cassette, CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Lee Hazlewood, Nancy Sinatra

You're My Everything: Craft Recordings Reissues "Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet" On Small Batch Audiophile Vinyl

April 14, 2022 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Miles Davis Relaxin

Craft Recordings is continuing its Small Batch audiophile series with a 180-gram vinyl reissue of 1958's Prestige release Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet, recorded in 1956 by the legendary trumpeter with John Coltrane on tenor saxophone, Red Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and Philly Joe Jones on drums.  The release - which becomes available tomorrow, Friday, April 15 at 2:00 pm PST / 5:00 pm EST through CraftRecordings.com - is limited to 5,000 copies worldwide.  It follows prior

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Jazz Tags: John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones, Red Garland

You Are My One: 7a Records Reissues Michael Nesmith's "Tantamount to Treason Volume One" in June

April 13, 2022 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Michael Nesmith Tantamount to Treason 7a

Even before the May 13 reissue of Michael Nesmith's And the Hits Just Keep on Comin' arrives from 7a Records, the Monkees-focused label has announced a second 50th anniversary reissue from the late singer-songwriter.  On June 3, 7a will reissue 1972's Tantamount to Treason Volume One on vinyl and in an expanded edition on CD. Tantamount to Treason Volume One was actually Nesmith's first album of 1972, preceding Hits by roughly six months.  The LP was the first and only one credited to Michael

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country Tags: Michael Nesmith, Red Rhodes

So Much Excitement to Be Found: UMe Reissues Frank Sinatra's Concept Album "Watertown"

April 12, 2022 By Joe Marchese 14 Comments

Frank Sinatra Watertown

Old Watertown/Nothing much happening down on Main, 'cept a little rain... Something's happening in Watertown - on June 3, to be precise.  That's the date when UMe and Frank Sinatra Enterprises (FSE) will release a remixed and expanded edition of Frank Sinatra's 1970 masterwork Watertown on CD and digital/streaming platforms.  In addition, the remixed album only will be reissued on vinyl. Watertown remains an album unlike any other in the Sinatra discography.  The seeds of the two-part

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Bob Gaudio, Frank Sinatra, Jake Holmes, The Four Seasons

We Will Meet Again: Craft Recordings Reissues, Expands Bill Evans' "You Must Believe in Spring"

April 11, 2022 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Bill Evans You Must Believe in Spring

Last year, Craft Recordings delivered an impressive career-spanning salute to late pianist-composer Bill Evans.  The title of that box set, Everybody Still Digs Bill Evans, rings true today as the label has announced a remastered reissue of one of Evans' finest studio albums, the posthumous release You Must Believe in Spring.  It's due on June 3 in 180-gram vinyl, CD, hybrid stereo SACD (playable on all CD players), and digital formats. Produced by Tommy LiPuma and Evans' longtime manager

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Jazz Tags: Bill Evans

Would You Go All The Way? "Zappa/Erie" Collects Three Pennsylvania Shows and More on 6 CDs

April 8, 2022 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Zappa Erie

On June 3, Zappa Records and UMe are taking a journey to Elsewhere.  Frank Zappa's 1974 live album Roxy and Elsewhere primarily featured performances from Hollywood's Roxy Theatre recorded in December 1973.  The Elsewhere in the album's title referred to "Son of Orange County" and "More Trouble Every Day," both of which were captured in May 1974 at Edinboro State College in Edinboro, Pennsylvania (with parts of "Son of Orange County" drawn from a Chicago show).  Now, the entire Edinboro show

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Release Round-Up: Week of April 8

April 8, 2022 By The Second Disc 4 Comments

Aerosmith The Road Starts Hear

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles arriving in stores today! Aerosmith, 1971 (The Road Starts Hear) (UMe) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada One of the highlights of 2021's Record Store Day Black Friday line-up was 1971 (The Road Starts Hear) - a never-before-heard, earliest-known recording from the classic line-up of rock band Aerosmith. Nearly five months after its vinyl debut

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Aerosmith, Bonnie Pointer, Carla Olson, Jack White, Michael Korie, Mick Taylor, Tom Kitt

Spinning the Wheel: George Michael's 'Older' Prepped for Box Set Edition

April 6, 2022 By Mike Duquette 9 Comments

Older deluxe

The album George Michael called his "greatest moment" will get the deluxe treatment this summer: his third album, 1996's Older. Though the record came off a six-year gap between albums, the late British pop star was hardly idle. In the years since 1990's Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1, he'd embarked on a tour comprised of mostly cover songs and had a few major critical and commercial hits with some, too; chiefly, the chart-topping "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (a duet with its

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop Tags: George Michael

Prince and The Revolution Live

April 4, 2022 By

Prince and the Revolution Live 1

2CD/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD/3LP/BD: Official Prince Store NPG and Legacy Recordings premiere a physical audio release of Prince and The Revolution Live, a 1985 concert feature recorded at The Carrier Dome in Syracuse, NY on March 30, 1985, toward the end of the Purple Rain tour and less than a month before the release of follow-up Around The World In a Day.  He's backed by an expanded version of The Revolution;

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Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

Life After Death (25th Anniversary Super Deluxe)

April 4, 2022 By

Notorious BIG Life After Death

Notorious B.I.G.'s 1997 album Life After Death was released on Bad Boy and Arista Records just sixteen days after his death.  The expansive double album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and yielded two consecutive chart-topping singles, "Hypnotize" and "Mo Money Mo Problems."  Now, it's being reissued as a vinyl box set that's quadruple the size of the original double-LP, with eight vinyl albums including the remastered Life After Death (now presented on three LPs), and reissues of the

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Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Rap/Hip-Hop

Album Box Set

April 4, 2022 By

ABBA Albums Box

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Picture Disc Bundle: Official Store To coincide with the arena show ABBA Voyage setting sail in London on May 27, the band's 2021 studio album Voyage will be canonized in a new career-spanning box set featuring every one of the quartet's nine studio LPs plus a specially-curated collection of singles and B-sides.  The new box clones the previously released The Vinyl Collection, offering all the

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One Step Ahead: Cherry Pop Reissues, Expands Debbie Gibson's "Anything Is Possible"

April 4, 2022 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Debbie Gibson Anything Is Possible Deluxe

Cherry Pop has continued its series of reissues from Debbie Gibson's Atlantic catalogue with a deluxe 2-CD expanded edition of the singer's 1990 album Anything Is Possible.  The original 16-song album has gained 17 bonus tracks in its most comprehensive presentation yet. The singer-songwriter burst onto the scene with 1987's Out of the Blue, yielding a number of worldwide hits including Billboard top 10 entries "Foolish Beat" (No. 1), "Only in My Dreams" (No. 4), "Out of the Blue" (No. 3),

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop Tags: Debbie Gibson, Lamont Dozier

The Doris Day Centennial: Celebration of the Late Superstar Begins This Weekend!

April 2, 2022 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Doris Day Centennial

Tomorrow, April 3, 2022, marks the 100th anniversary of Doris Day's birth.  Yesterday, Real Gone Music kicked off the festivities with two releases celebrating the singer-actress-activist's extraordinary musical legacy.  Early Day: Rare Songs from the Radio 1939-1950 features two dozen rarities from the dawn of Day's career (as well as a booklet with period photographs and a new essay by TSD's Joe Marchese) on one CD, while Day's final album, 2011's My Heart, premieres on vinyl.  (Read more

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Categories: News Formats: Books, CD, Vinyl Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Doris Day

Having the Time of Your Life: ABBA to Release New Box Set of Complete Albums

April 1, 2022 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

ABBA Albums Box

Perhaps the biggest musical surprise of 2021 was the release of a brand-new ABBA album - 40 years after they took their final bow with The Visitors. A chart-topper in many countries around the world (it "only" hit No. 2 in America), Voyage hardly sounded as if four decades had passed thanks to dramatic tracks like "I Still Have Faith in You" (a Grammy nominee for Record of the Year this weekend, the band's first-ever nod from the Recording Academy), "Don't Shut Me Down" and "Just a Notion." The

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop Tags: ABBA

Dance a Little Closer: Stage Door Reissues "Rainbows: The Lorna Dallas Album"

April 1, 2022 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Lorna Dallas Rainbows

Over the course of seven decades, Lorna Dallas has forged a remarkable career path all her own.  The Illinois-born vocalist and Indiana University graduate toured with the national company of the Metropolitan Opera and appeared on the WCBS-TV talent program Callback (its musical director: a young Barry Manilow) before making a splash in London as Magnolia in the acclaimed 1971 company of Show Boat starring Cleo Laine, Kenneth Nelson, and Andre Jobin.  Dallas made London her home and soon was

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Lorna Dallas

Holidays in the Sun: New Sex Pistols Collection to Precede Miniseries

April 1, 2022 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

Sex Pistols Original Recordings

A new Sex Pistols collection is hitting shops in May - much to the chagrin of the band's former frontman. The Original Recordings is a simple 20-track summary of the short-lived punk icons, culled mostly from their sole album Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols (1977) and odds-and-ends soundtrack The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle (1979), plus a few non-LP B-sides. The ostensible hook for the disc: the impending airing of Pistol, a fictionalized miniseries about the group (based on

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Sex Pistols

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