Omnivore Recordings has kept the flame for Big Star burning brightly in recent years as the label continues to plumb the depths of the cult band's story from various angles. Two recent releases shed light on the solo works of Big Star's late musical heroes Alex Chilton and Chris Bell: an expanded reissue of Chilton's 1995 solo album A Man Called Destruction; and an updated, expanded version of Bell's I Am the Cosmos. The second album since Chilton's 1993 solo "comeback" Clichés, A Man Called
The Wonderful World Of Andy Williams / Call Me Irresponsible / My Fair Lady / Almost There
BGO continues its reissue series for Andy Williams, turning its attention to another group of four classic titles - this time from 1964-1965. Including "Canadian Sunset," "Wives and Lovers," "Charade," "Hello, Dolly!," "Emily," and "Dear Heart."
On Air
1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada (TBD) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Rolling Stones' On Air marks the first wide release of any of the band's live BBC sessions, recorded during the beginning of their storied career. An audio companion to the recently published book of the same name, On Air features a bevy of tracks recorded between 1963, when the group appeared on Saturday Club just months after the release
'On Air' Shares Early Rolling Stones Radio Performances
While the 50th anniversary edition of The Rolling Stones' Their Satanic Majesties Request is short on archival material, a newly announced title looks to add some variety to Stones fans' Christmas lists. This time, it's the first wide release of any of the band's live BBC sessions, recorded during the beginning of the band's storied career. On Air, an audio companion to the recently published book of the same name, features a bevy of tracks recorded between 1963, when the group appeared on
Mike Love, Not War: Beach Boy Preps New Solo Album
Mike Love is a lot of things--a charter member of The Beach Boys who owns the band name and continues to tour with it alongside longtime touring member Bruce Johnston (currently in support of Wild Honey and 1967 - Sunshine Tomorrow), a devoted meditator, perhaps the most memorable speaker at a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction--but right now, he's a guy with a solo double album coming out. Unleash The Love, due out November 17 on BMG, features 13 new tracks produced by Michael Lloyd and
Release Round-Up: Week of October 6
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Carol Burnett, Carol Burnett Sings: Expanded Edition (Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Real Gone celebrates the 50th anniversary of The Carol Burnett Show with the comedy legend's third solo album and first for RCA Victor. A tie-in to the groundbreaking variety show, Carol Burnett Sings features four songs performed on early episodes: "Georgy Girl," "Enter Laughing," "I Believed It All" and "There's No Business Like Show
Back to the Swamp: John Fogerty Plans Solo Reissue Campaign
John Fogerty is planning to revisit his catalogue as part of a new record deal--and the first of his albums to be reissued is coming in November. The former Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman has signed with BMG for not only the distribution of much of his solo catalogue, but a new album due next year. The agreement will cover five albums: 1985's chart-topping Centerfield, the next year's follow-up Eye of the Zombie, 1997's Blue Moon Swamp, the live Premonition (1998) and Deja Vu (All Over
'Here's Little Richard,' Again: Landmark Album Expanded with Bonus Disc of Rare and Unreleased Outtakes
"A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-wop-bam-boom!" Craft Recordings is reissuing Little Richard's landmark debut album next month in honor of its 60th anniversary. Here's Little Richard will now feature a bonus disc with 22 session outtakes and demos. While most are ostensibly taken from the exhaustive treasury The Specialty Sessions (released in 1989 as a 6CD set by Ace Records and a 3CD cut-down by Specialty shortly thereafter), eight tracks--including alternate versions of "Rip It Up," "Ready Teddy"
Mystify Me: INXS Ready New 'Kick' Box
Come over here: INXS' landmark album Kick is getting another deluxe reissue for its 30th anniversary. The Australian rockers' sixth album was the one that propelled the group to their greatest international success, particularly in America, where some six million copies were sold and four singles ("Need You Tonight," "Devil Inside," "New Sensation" and "Never Tear Us Apart") all reached the Top 10 of Billboard's Hot 100. And that success has parlayed itself into not one, not two, but three
Intervention Reissues Murray Head's Ambitious Rock Concept Album "Nigel Lived"
Few artists have bridged the worlds of rock and theatre as successfully as Murray Head. Singing the music of others, actor-singer Head scored two major hits on both sides of the Atlantic with 1973's "Superstar" from Jesus Christ Superstar and 1984's "One Night in Bangkok" from Chess. Far lesser known, however, is his discography as a singer-songwriter. Head imbued his own compositions with the same vibrant life as those famous songs by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice, Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny
Lookin' Good: Robinsongs Collects Eric Gale's Jazz Fusion on "The Definitive Collection"
In his all-too-short life, guitarist Eric Gale (1938-1994) made his mark on the worlds of jazz, rock, R&B, and pop, leading his own jazz ensembles and contributing as a session musician to countless classic records by Paul Simon, The Drifters, Billy Joel, and Aretha Franklin, among others. Cherry Red's Robinsongs imprint has recently taken stock of the late Gale's legacy of lithe, liquid guitar lines with a 2-CD release, The Definitive Collection. The Brooklyn-born musician ultimately
Christmas with Elvis and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
This new album follows on from 2015's If I Can Dream: Elvis Presley with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and 2016's The Wonder of You: Elvis Presley with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, where Elvis' original vocals are melded with newly recorded orchestral tracks. The songs are drawn from two Elvis LPs, with all eight songs from 1957's Elvis' Christmas Album and five more from 1971's Elvis Sings the Wonderful World of Christmas. Available on CD and LP today. There is also a deluxe
Review: Brian Wilson, "Playback: The Brian Wilson Anthology"
There have been many great second acts in rock, but perhaps none so momentous as Brian Wilson's. The Beach Boys' leader's triumphant return to health and happiness after a lifetime of tragedy was captivatingly portrayed in the recent biopic Love and Mercy, but the real legacy of the reinvigorated Brian Wilson remains with his music. With Wilson near the conclusion of his acclaimed, sold-out Pet Sounds: The Final Performances world tour, the time has never been better to revisit his solo
Review: The Doors, "The Singles"
The Doors have had no shortage of collections in the CD era, whether the 10x-platinum The Best of The Doors, Legacy: The Absolute Best, The Very Best of The Doors, or The Future Starts Here: The Essential Doors Hits - just to name a few. Happily, the latest such release from Messrs. Morrison, Manzarek, Krieger, and Densmore distinguishes itself with a true raison d'etre. Rhino's simply-titled The Singles lives up to its name with 44 A-and B-sides on two CDs, originally released between 1967
In Memoriam: Tom Petty (1950-2017)
UPDATE 10/3/17, 12:15 AM: After a day of conflicting information, Tom Petty's passing was indeed confirmed just after midnight Tuesday. Here, Joe and Mike share some thoughts on the man and his music. When Tom Petty burst onto the scene with his band The Heartbreakers in 1976, American audiences initially didn't know what to make of him. In a year dominated by pop and disco, there wasn't much room on the charts for this new heir apparent to the jangle of The Byrds. Petty loved rock and
Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track - Deluxe Edition
2-CD/2-LP/1-BD Box Set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-CD Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Saturday Night Fever is 40 years old, and Capitol and UMe are marking the occasion with a new box set. In this 2-CD/2-LP/1-BD presentation, you'll find the original remastered album on CD and double LP as well as the film on Blu-ray (presented here in a recently restored 40th anniversary cut overseen by director John Badham and packed with extras from previous DVD
Strange Days: 50th Anniversary Edition
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD Mono LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD Strange Days: 50th Anniversary Edition will be released in two configurations: a 2-CD set with the original mono and stereo versions of the 1967 album, each on its own CD; and a 1-LP vinyl reissue of the original mono album only. Digital streaming and download versions will also be released.
Diamonds [Various Formats]
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Elton John looks back on his extraordinary career with a new retrospective, available in 1-CD 2-CD, 3-CD, and 2-LP formats. Whew!
Your Songs: Elton John Plans New "Diamonds" Collection
Five decades ago, an aspiring singer/songwriter named Reginald Dwight, frontman for a band named Bluesology, answered an ad in the New Musical Express placed by an A&R man for Liberty Records. At the ensuing meeting, Dwight was given a stack of lyrics written by someone who'd answered the same ad: an up and coming lyricist named Bernie Taupin. Dwight wrote a melody to Taupin's lyrics, placed the ensuing song in the post--and thus started a partnership that continues to this day, with scores
Reach The Stars and Fly A Fantasy: Cherry Red Expands "The NeverEnding Story" Soundtrack
"A Boy Who Needs a Friend Finds a World That Needs A Hero." So proclaimed the tagline to the 1984 fantasy film The NeverEnding Story. The film became a hit that year and featured a title song which also climbed the charts. Cherry Red imprint Strike Force Entertainment has recently released an expanded reissue of the film's soundtrack. The movie, based upon the 1979 German fantasy novel by Michael Ende, tells the tale of ten-year old Bastion Balthazar Bux who begins to read a book
Release Round-Up: Week of September 29
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! David Bowie, A New Career in a New Town (1977-1982) (Parlophone) 11CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 13LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. The third release in Parlophone's series of chronological box sets dedicated to the music of David Bowie, A New Career in a New Town (1977-1982) closes the book on the legendary artist's RCA career. It follows 2015's Five Years (1969-1973) and 2016's Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976),
Viva Cavalera: Two Sepultura Albums Expanded By Rhino This Fall
Rhino is heading back to the '90s this fall with a pair of deluxe, expanded reissues from the Brazilian hard rock/metal band Sepultura. Both 1993's Chaos A.D. and 1996's Roots will be available in remastered and expanded form on double CD and vinyl LP, with Chaos arriving on October 6 and Roots on November 3. Sepultura was founded in 1983 by brothers Max and Iggor Cavalera with Wagner Lamounier and Jairo Guedes. Paulo Xisto Pinto Jr. joined just a few short months later. Four years later,
That's What Friends Are For: Clive Davis Soundtrack Features Barry, Whitney, Dionne, Aretha, More
This past April, New York's Radio City Music Hall hosted a prestigious premiere. The film was Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives, and the screening was accompanied by an all-star concert featuring Barry Manilow, Dionne Warwick, Aretha Franklin, Carly Simon, and others celebrating the life of the music legend. Beginning on October 3, Apple Music will exclusively stream the Chris Perkel-directed documentary, and today, September 27, Legacy Recordings has digitally released an exclusive
Willie's Boogie: Cherry Red, SoulMusic Reissue Two From Motown's Willie Hutch
Willie Hutch ensured his place in Motown history with his era-defining soundtracks to the blaxploitation films Foxy Brown and The Mack. But the singer-songwriter's C.V. was much deeper and more all-encompassing, both at Motown and elsewhere; he provided The 5th Dimension with memorable songs like "California My Way" and recorded as a solo artist for labels including RCA, Soul City, and Whitfield Records. SoulMusic and Cherry Red, hot off a recent rarities anthology for Motown's Brenda
Been Through the Desert: Omnivore Collects Early, Unreleased America on "Heritage"
Omnivore Recordings is heading down Ventura Highway this fall with the November 17 release on CD of a new archival collection from America. Heritage: Home Recordings/Demos 1970-1973 boasts sixteen tracks from the band's early days, ten of which are previously unreleased, from the original trio of Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell, and Dan Peek. Heritage comprises demos, home recordings, alternate versions, and outtakes from the era of the first three America albums: 1971's self-titled release,
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