Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to float you into the weekend. We're headed into most wonderful time of the year territory with a few holiday rarities, plus more Madonna remixes, rare live tracks from Portishead and a forgotten link between Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship. Teddy Pendergrass, This Christmas (I'd Rather Have Love) (Craft) (iTunes /
Review: Joni Mitchell, "Archives Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975)"
Late in 1970, Joni Mitchell took a moment while performing at London's Royal Festival Hall to announce an early retirement from the stage. She relocated to British Columbia, built a modest stone cabin in the somewhat remote area, and let inspiration guide her rather than the machinations of a manager or record executive. While in this self-imposed creative exile, Mitchell began crafting the album that became 1972's For the Roses. It would reach listeners more than a year after the June 1971
Release Round-Up: Week of November 3
Welcome to another packed Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the many titles available today! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. The Beatles, Now and Then (Apple/Capitol/UMe) Various Formats including CD single: The Beatles Online Store 7-inch clear single: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 7-inch blue single: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 12-inch black vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Target-exclusive red 12-inch
Greatest Hits Watch: New Compilations Coming from Bush, The Blasters and Johnny Marr
Today, we're taking a look at three upcoming greatest hits packages (and one essential related album!) from three very different artists. The Blasters formed in 1979 in Downey, California - home of Richard and Karen Carpenter - and immediately cut a striking figure on the Los Angeles club scene. Brothers Phil and Dave Alvin, drummer Bill Bateman, and bassist John Bazz blended muscular rock appropriate to the punk era with rockabilly, early rock-and-roll, and a rootsy sensibility that sounds
Blue Heartache: Cherry Red, Morello Collect Albums from Gail Davies, Neal McCoy
Cherry Red's Morello imprint continues to re-present the best of American country music, and now the label has recently looked back to the 1980s and 1990s for a pair of releases. Oklahoma-born singer-songwriter Gail Davies was born into a musical family. Her father, Tex Dickerson, was a country singer. Her brother, Ron Davies, penned songs recorded by artists including Three Dog Night, David Bowie, Dave Edmunds, The Association, and Jerry Jeff Walker. Having grown up in Washington state,
The Best of Milli Vanilli (35th Anniversary)
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. One of pop music's most notorious strange-but-true tales has been memorialized in a gripping new documentary - and there's a new compilation to go with it, too. The Best of Milli Vanilli (35th Anniversary) offers 14 tracks (and three remixes) from the infamous European duo, who shot to international acclaim with a slate of classic pop
That Holiday Feeling! [Vinyl]
LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music Real Gone Music presents a newly-remastered edition of Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme's joyous 1964 Christmas classic That Holiday Feeling! Their son David Lawrence has written an introduction, and TSD's Joe Marchese provides the liner notes. The album has been remastered for vinyl by Eric Boulanger at The Bakery under the supervision of David Lawrence.
Now and Then
Various Formats: The Beatles Online Store 7-inch clear single: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 7-inch blue single: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 12-inch black vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Target-exclusive red 12-inch single: Target.com As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. "Now and Then" - billed as "The Last Beatles Song" - arrives today in physical formats including various 7- and 12-inch vinyl records and a cassette
The Beatles 1967-1970
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Joining The Beatles' 1962-1966 is the "blue album," 1967-1970, in a new expanded edition with additional songs and new remixes by Giles Martin and Sam Okell. "Within You, Without You," "Revolution," "Glass Onion," "Hey Bulldog," and "I Me Mine" are among the "new" tracks while "I Am the Walrus," "The Fool on the Hill," and "Magical
The Beatles 1962-1966
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada As an Amazon associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. The famous "red" compilation chronicling The Beatles' early years returns in a new, expanded edition featuring extra songs and brand-new stereo mixes by Giles Martin and Sam Okell. "I Saw Her Standing There," "Twist and Shout," This Boy," "Got to Get You Into My Life," and "Here, There, and Everywhere" are among the added tracks while
So in Love, Girl: Milli Vanilli Compilation Accompanies New Documentary
One of pop music's most notorious strange-but-true tales has been memorialized in a gripping new documentary - and there's a new compilation to go with it, too. The Best of Milli Vanilli (35th Anniversary) is released November 17 through Legacy Recordings, offering 14 tracks (and three remixes) from the infamous European duo, who shot to international acclaim with a slate of classic pop tunes and crashed back to earth when it turned out that neither member sang a note on the records. It's not
I'm Gonna Be Strong: Blue Angel's Album, Featuring Cyndi Lauper, Gets Reissued
Four decades ago this October, Cyndi Lauper exploded into the mainstream with her solo debut album She's So Unusual. Her quirky personal style, distinctive vocals and a batch of indisputable hits - including Top 10 smashes "Girls Just Want to Have Fun," "Time After Time," "She Bop" and "All Through the Night" - guaranteed her stardom through the '80s and an icon status that endures to this day. But Lauper's story didn't start there. Three years prior, her voice was first caught on record as
Release Round-Up: Week of October 27
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the (many, many!) new titles available today! As an Amazon associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. The Salsoul Orchestra, Christmas Jollies I + II: The Extra Jolly Edition (SoulMusic/Cherry Red/Second Disc) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Cherry Red) The Second Disc has teamed with SoulMusic Records for the definitive celebration of the Christmas disco/Philly soul classic. The Salsoul
Now and Then: Unheard Outtake, New Mixes Added to Classic Beatles Compilations
On April 2, 1973, the first career-spanning compilations by The Beatles - broken up for three years - were released. Nicknamed for the colored borders around Angus McBean's iconic photos of The Fab Four (taken six years apart) leaning over a stairwell at EMI's offices in London, the "Red" (The Beatles 1962-1966) and "Blue" (The Beatles 1967-1970) albums offered on eight sides of vinyl a holistic view of the group's unbelievable discography: 54 hit singles, B-sides and treasured album cuts that
OUT TOMORROW! The Salsoul Orchestra's "Christmas Jollies I + II: The Extra Jolly Edition" Arrives from SoulMusic Records, The Second Disc
As a founding member of Philadelphia's MFSB, vibraphonist Vincent Montana, Jr. played on countless hits by The O'Jays, Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, The Three Degrees, Billy Paul, and others. But Montana had a bigger vision: a full-fledged disco orchestra combining the soulful Philly sound with the infectious dance rhythms of Latin America. The result was The Salsoul Orchestra, formed for the groundbreaking disco/dance label Salsoul Records by Montana and his MFSB bandmates. Between 1975
Gaucho [Various Formats]
LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada UHQR Box: Acoustic Sounds SACD: Acoustic Sounds As an Amazon associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. The Steely Dan reissue campaign rolls on with the return of Gaucho, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker's final album before putting the Dan on a two-decade hiatus. Gaucho (featuring "Hey Nineteen" and "Time Out of Mind") follows the previous vinyl reissues of Can't Buy a Thrill (1972), Countdown to Ecstasy (1973), Pretzel Logic (1974), and,
Beg, Steal, or Borrow: Stage Door Pop Launches with CD Premiere of "The Singing Nolans"
Stage Door Records is well-known for celebrating the music of Broadway and the West End on CD. Now, the label is launching a new imprint that will bring the same dedication and quality to pop repertoire. Stage Door Pop launches this Friday, October 27, with the CD premiere of The Singing Nolans, the 1972 debut album from The Nolans. Between 1978 and 2009, the girl group from Blackpool - the family had its roots in Dublin before moving in 1962 - notched four Gold albums in the U.K. as well
Slide on Down: Steely Dan's "Gaucho" Returns in December
Go back, Jack, do it again: The Steely Dan reissue campaign rolls on with the December 1 return of Gaucho, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker's final album before putting the Dan on a two-decade hiatus. Gaucho follows the previous vinyl reissues of Can't Buy a Thrill (1972), Countdown to Ecstasy (1973), Pretzel Logic (1974), and, most recently, Aja (1977). In addition to the 180-gram vinyl series from Geffen/UMe, a concurrent program from Analogue Productions is reissuing each record on SACD and
Something Big: Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme Celebrated on Upcoming Public Television Special
"Steve and Eydie represent all that is good about performers and the interpretation of a song," Frank Sinatra once observed. "They're the best." Without a doubt, anyone who'd had the opportunity to see Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme onstage - or any of their hundreds of television appearances over five decades - would agree with the Chairman of the Board's assessment. Now, the couple's extraordinary career is being celebrated on a remarkable new Public Television special which debuts on
The Weekend Stream: October 21, 2023
Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to float you into the weekend. Adam Ant's first single, Taylor Swift's latest single and Tom Petty's 2010 studio album are all in the mix, plus an unexpected Prince production and a most unusual tribute to The B-52's. Adam & The Ants, Young Parisians/Lady (Decca) (iTunes / Amazon) Yesterday marked 45 years since the debut
Klark Kent: Deluxe Edition
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada As an Amazon associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. From the twisted minds of one of rock's most celebrated drummers came a burst of tongue-in-cheek post-punk by Klark Kent, a mysterious presence who made a brief cameo on the U.K. pop charts. Now, Stewart Copeland's Klark Kent album - out of print for over 25 years - gets a generously expanded double-CD reissue next month with 14
The Sound of Music: Super Deluxe Edition
4CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Craft Store (picnic meadow green) As an Amazon associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. This remarkable new 4CD/1BD box set invites listeners to hear The Sound of Music anew. The first two discs represent the complete musical score as heard in the film, from the orchestral prelude and Julie Andrews' iconic "The Sound of Music" - yes,
The Wheel: 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP (Vinyl Me, Please Exclusive: Clear with Black Swirl): Vinyl Me, Please 2LP Marble Swirl and Other Exclusive/Signed Editions: Rosanne Cash Shop As an Amazon associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. The deluxe anniversary edition of Rosanne Cash's 1993 The Wheel has the remastered original album on the first CD, while the second disc contains Rosanne's performance from Austin City Limits
Roses in the Fire: Rosanne Cash's "The Wheel" Turns 30, Gets Expanded and Remastered
The daughter of Johnny Cash and his first wife Vivian Liberto, Rosanne Cash carved out a musical path all her own. She charted twenty-two country singles under her own name while at Columbia Records between 1979 and 1995, embracing contemporary textures while never forgetting her roots and her role in the distinguished lineage of country music. On December 15, one of her most acclaimed and personal albums, 1993's The Wheel, will return in a remastered deluxe edition from RumbleStrip
Release Round-Up: Week of October 20
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the many titles being released today as we inch closer to the holiday shopping season! As an Amazon associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Nancy Sinatra, Keep Walkin': Singles, Demos, and Rarities (1965-1978) (Light in the Attic) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Standard Black 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Zodiac Blue 2LP: Nancy's Bootique Highway Song Yellow 2LP: Nancy's
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 36
- 37
- 38
- 39
- 40
- …
- 343
- Next Page »