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Hold Your Breath: For Its 30th Anniversary, Metallica Reissues "...And Justice For All" in Multiple Formats Including 21-Disc CD/LP/DVD Box

September 6, 2018 By Randy Fairman 1 Comment

Metallica And Justice for All Cover

Tomorrow marks the 30th anniversary of the release of Metallica's fourth studio album ...And Justice For All.  To commemorate the occasion, the group has announced today the reissue of the album in a variety of formats including a gigantic 11 CD/6 LP/4 DVD deluxe box set, all due on November 2.  This follows on from similar reissues of the band's first three albums over the last several years. ...And Justice For All was the first Metallica album to feature bassist Jason Newsted following the

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Cassette, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Metallica

Turn You Inside Out: R.E.M. Collect BBC Recordings for 8CD/1DVD Box

September 6, 2018 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

REM at the BBC

R.E.M.'s relationship with the BBC was a long and fruitful one, and on October 19, Craft Recordings will celebrate their joint musical journey with a new retrospective release.  R.E.M. at the BBC will be available as a super deluxe 8CD/1DVD box set as well as in 2-CD and 2-LP formats.  The collections have been curated from the archives of both the band and the BBC, and boast rare and previously unreleased live and studio recordings spanning 1984-2008. The in-studio recordings featured on the

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: R.E.M.

A Long Walk: New Box Set Collects Stax's 1968 Singles, Chronicling Tumultuous Year For The Label

September 5, 2018 By Randy Fairman 4 Comments

Stax 68 A Memphis Story

There have been several reissues this year celebrating the 50th anniversary of individual projects released in 1968.  But Craft Recordings has announced a box set which celebrates an entire year's worth of material with Stax '68: A Memphis Story, due on October 19.  This 5-CD set contains the A- and B-sides of every single released under the Stax Records banner in 1968, including the company's sub-labels, for a total of 120 tracks.  Some tracks are by soul legends like Isaac Hayes, The Staple

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Delaney and Bonnie, Eddie Floyd, Isaac Hayes, Johnnie Taylor, Otis Redding, The Staple Singers, Various Artists, William Bell

Bohemian Rhapsody: The Original Soundtrack

September 5, 2018 By

Bohemian Rhapsody OST

The soundtrack to the upcoming Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody boasts 22 tracks: hits, fan favorites, and 11 previously unreleased cuts including the band's Live Aid set, a movie mix of "We Will Rock You," a previously unreleased live version of "Fat Bottomed Girls" from Paris 1979, a new recording of "Doing All Right" with the original pre-Queen lineup of the band Smile (Roger Taylor, Brian May, and Tim Staffell) and much more.

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock, Soundtracks

Killer Queen: 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Soundtrack to Feature Unreleased Live Aid Cuts and More

September 5, 2018 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Bohemian Rhapsody OST

Today would have marked Freddie Mercury's 72nd birthday.  While the Queen frontman has been gone since 1991, his powerful voice has hardly been silenced.  On October 23, the big-screen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, authorized by his bandmates in Queen, will have its premiere in the United Kingdom - and four days before that, a rarities-packed soundtrack album will arrive from Hollywood Records (U.S.) and Virgin EMI/Universal (U.K.).  Bohemian Rhapsody: The Original Soundtrack features 22

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Queen

It Was A Gas: Numero Group Announces Major Blondie Campaign Including "Heart of Glass" EP and Complete Box Set

September 4, 2018 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Blondie Heart of Glass

PRE-ORDER NOW FROM NUMERO GROUPThe Numero Group label is well-known for its deep dives into the musical underground.  So it came as a bit of a shock today that the label's next release is celebrating a famous Number One single.  On October 26, the label will release a 12-inch vinyl and digital EP featuring six versions of Blondie's 1979 chart-topper "Heart of Glass," the song which propelled Debbie Harry and co. into superstardom.  But that's not all. This title will be followed in fall 2019 by

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, Rock Tags: Blondie

Soul and Inspiration: Second Disc Records, Real Gone Music Continue Johnny Mathis Series with Expanded "The First Time," "Song Sung Blue," and "Me and Mrs. Jones"

September 4, 2018 By The Second Disc 8 Comments

Johnny Mathis Me and Mrs. Jones

Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music are proud to continue the journey through the catalogue of the legendary Voice of Romance, Johnny Mathis, on October 7 with the two latest additions to our ongoing series. First up is an expanded 2-CD release comprising both of the artist's classic albums originally released in 1972: The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face) and Song Sung Blue.  These teamed Mathis with renowned producer Jerry Fuller (Gary Puckett and The Union Gap, The Knickerbockers, Mark

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

This Was: 50th Anniversary Edition

September 4, 2018 By

Jethro Tull This Was

Parlophone/Rhino has a new 3CD/1DVD anniversary edition of Jethro Tull's debut album in the hardcover book format.  It features a new stereo mix of the album by Steven Wilson, who has also mixed it in 4.1 (yes, 4.1, not 5.1) DTS and AC3 Dolby Digital surround for the DVD.  In addition, CD1 also includes new mixes of two non-LP songs "Love Story" and "A Christmas Song" (both remixed into 5.1 surround on the DVD) and four previously unreleased tracks.  CD2 kicks off with nine live performances

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock

Imagine: Ultimate Collection [Various Formats]

September 4, 2018 By

john lennon imagine

Imagine: Ultimate Collection Super Deluxe Box (4CD/2BD):  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Imagine: Ultimate Collection Deluxe Edition (2CD): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Imagine: Ultimate Mixes Deluxe Vinyl (2LP): 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Imagine: Ultimate Mixes (1CD): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada John Lennon's second solo studio album, and arguably his most beloved, is returning from Apple and Capitol in a lavish new 4CD/2BD box

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

Keep A-Knockin': New Box Set Collects Mott the Hoople's Island Years, Premieres Unreleased Tracks

September 4, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Mott the Hoople Mental Train

On October 24, Universal U.K. will board the Mental Train for a trip back with some really young dudes.  Mott the Hoople's new 6-CD box set Mental Train: The Island Years 1969-1971 revisits the band's earliest, pre-glam years in deluxe fashion.  The set includes remastered and expanded versions of all four original Island releases; an entire disc of unheard and unreleased material; and a full disc of live and BBC performances. Ian Hunter, Mick Ralphs, Verden Allen, Pete Watts, and Dale

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Mott the Hoople

Review: The Band, "Music from Big Pink: 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition"

August 31, 2018 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

The house on Parnassus Lane, formerly Stoll Road, in West Saugerties, New York might be one of rock and roll's least likely landmarks, with its unassuming residential façade distinguished only by its pink siding.  But the colorful house bore witness to the birth of some of the greatest songs in American pop history when Bob Dylan and his band - soon to be The Band - recorded "The Basement Tapes" there.  When Capitol Records subsequently signed Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Rick

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Bob Dylan, The Band

Release Round-Up: Week of August 31

August 31, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Chicago II Collectors Edition

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Band, Music from Big Pink [Various Formats] (Capitol/UMe, 2018) 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

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Categories: Release Round-Up Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Rock Tags: Chicago, Depeche Mode, Nick Mason, Pet Shop Boys, Roger Miller, The Band

A Sunday Feeling: Jethro Tull's Debut "This Was" Expanded For Its 50th Anniversary with New Stereo and Surround Mixes

August 30, 2018 By Randy Fairman 2 Comments

Jethro Tull This Was

As Jethro Tull celebrates their 50th anniversary this year, the band has already give their fans several reissues beginning with a deluxe version of Heavy Horses in February and a pair of compilations in May.  But that's not all, because Parlophone/Rhino has just announced a new 3-CD/1-DVD deluxe edition of the group's debut album This Was, due on November 9. After playing their first show under the name Jethro Tull in February, 1968, the group got into the studio to record their first album

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Jethro Tull

Knowing The Way: Omnivore Revisits Fastball's Breakthrough

August 29, 2018 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Fastball All the Pain Money Can Buy

Despite the lyrics to their biggest hit song referring to never growing old, time marches on for everything.  And so it is that Fastball's sophomore album All The Pain Money Can Buy is marking its 20th anniversary this year.  To celebrate the occasion, Omnivore Recordings is releasing an expanded edition of the album on November 9. Formed in Austin, Texas in 1995, Fastball consists of Tony Scalzo (vocals, bass, keyboards, guitars), Mike Zuniga (vocals, guitars) and Joey Shuffield (drums,

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock

You Go To My Head: Legacy Reissues Legendary LP "The Voice of Frank Sinatra"

August 28, 2018 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

The Voice of Frank Sinatra

In a career encompassing seven decades, Frank Sinatra blazed many trails.  Yet his role in the birth of the long-playing record, or LP, is oddly among his lesser-known accomplishments.  Legacy Recordings and Columbia Records have just celebrated that momentous event with a 70th anniversary limited and numbered reissue of The Voice of Frank Sinatra, available exclusively on vinyl from the Vinyl Me Please webstore. When Sinatra took the microphone at Columbia's Vine Street Playhouse in

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Frank Sinatra

My Way

August 24, 2018 By

Willie Nelson My Way

Willie Nelson pays tribute to Frank Sinatra on this new 11-song collection featuring the timeless country troubadour's personalized takes on "Fly Me to the Moon," "It Was a Very Good Year," "Young at Heart," and the Paul Anka-co-written title track.  Available on CD, vinyl, and digital.

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

Release Round-Up: Week of August 24

August 24, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Bob Marley Kaya 40

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Linda Clifford, If My Friends Could See Me Now / Let Me Be Your Woman / Here's My Love / I'm Yours (Blixa Sounds) If My Friends Could See Me Now: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Let Me Be Your Woman: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Here's My Love: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada I'm Yours: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Blixa Sounds reissues four albums (three new to CD) from seventies soul/disco

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classical/Opera, Disco/Dance, R&B/Soul, Reggae Tags: Bob Marley, Donna Summer, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Leonard Bernstein, Linda Clifford

Gimme Some Truth: John Lennon's "Imagine" Gets "Ultimate" Treatment in October

August 23, 2018 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

john lennon imagine

John Lennon's second solo studio album, and arguably his most beloved, is returning from Apple and Capitol in a lavish new 4CD/2BD box set.  On October 5, the Imagine: Ultimate Collection will hit stores, celebrating the classic 1971 album which introduced the world to "Imagine,"  "Jealous Guy," and "Gimme Some Truth" as well as the blistering "How Do You Sleep" and rollicking "Oh, Yoko!"  In addition to the box set and digital options, a 2CD Deluxe Edition, 1CD remaster, and 2LP black vinyl

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: George Harrison, John Lennon, Yoko Ono

If They Could See Me Now: Blixa Sounds Reissues Four Albums From Linda Clifford

August 22, 2018 By Joe Marchese 9 Comments

Linda Clifford If My Friends Could See Me Now

May 1978 was certainly Linda Clifford's month.  The Chicago songstress had taken to the top of the Billboard Disco chart - and wasn't about to let it go for five consecutive weeks.  The bold reinvention of Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields' Sweet Charity showstopper "If My Friends Could See Me Now" established Clifford in the top tier of disco superstars, and now Blixa Sounds is revisiting that golden era.  On Friday, the label will reissue four of Clifford's albums for Curtis Mayfield's Curtom

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, R&B/Soul Tags: Linda Clifford

Look Now

August 21, 2018 By

Elvis Costello Look Now

Elvis Costello returns with his first album since 2013's Wise Up Ghost with The Roots, and his first with The Imposters since 2008's Momofuku. Co-produced with Sebastian Krys, Look Now features one song co-written with Carole King ("Burnt Sugar Is So Bitter"), and three songs co-authored with Burt Bacharach ("He's Given Me Things," "Photographs Can Lie," and "Don't Look Now") plus solo Costello originals such as the dramatic "Suspect My Tears" and "Unwanted Number," both of which will be

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock

Egypt Station

August 21, 2018 By

Paul McCartney Egypt Station

With Egypt Station, Paul McCartney releases his first new studio album since 2013.  The album's been produced by Greg Kurstin with the exception of one song (the naughty "Fuh You") helmed by Ryan Tedder.  Includes "I Don't Know" and "Come On to Me."  Available on CD, vinyl, and digital.

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The Death of Rock: Peter Holsapple vs. Alex Chilton

August 21, 2018 By

Peter Holsapple and Alex Chilton The Death of Rock

Alex Chilton's path crossed with Peter Holsapple's in 1978 at Memphis' Sam Phillips Recording Service.  Chilton promised to show the younger artist "how it's done," and this collection brings together the never-before-released recordings made by both men during the chaotic sessions.  Holsapple tells the whole story in his liner notes, aided by Memphis historian Robert Gordon and the period photographs of Pat Rainer.

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The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society [Various Formats]

August 21, 2018 By

Kinks Village Green Box Set Cover

5CD/3LP/3-7" Box Set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Kinks are going back to the Village Green - and it's grown quite a bit in size!  The band's legendary fifth album, 1968's The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society, is reissued from BMG Rights Management in a massive new box set produced by Andrew Sandoval.  The new box

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Lost In a Lost World: Cherry Red Reissues, Expands Hudson-Ford with Rupert Holmes Productions, Roger James

August 21, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Hudson Ford Daylight

Cherry Red has recently unearthed another pair of seventies pop gems on their Esoteric and RPM imprints, respectively, from Hudson-Ford and Roger James.  Both titles will hit stores this Friday, August 24. Daylight was the 1977 CBS Records debut of Hudson-Ford, a.k.a. Richard Hudson (guitar/vocals/sitar) and John Ford (vocals/bass/guitar), formerly of The Strawbs.  Their fourth album as a duo, Daylight was produced at the label's behest by Robin Geoffrey Cable, a Trident Studios engineer who

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Hudson-Ford, Roger James, Rupert Holmes, The Strawbs

Freak Out! Vintage-Style CHIC Mixes Shine On New Dimitri From Paris Set

August 20, 2018 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Le Chic Remix

In 2010, Dimitri from Paris was invited to remix a number of tracks from the venerable CHIC catalogue for The CHIC Organization Box Set. Vol. 1: Savoir Faire.  The Turkish-born, French music producer and DJ's remixed takes on classics like "I Want Your Love," "I Feel Your Love Comin' On," Sister Sledge's "Thinking of You" and "Lost in Music," and Norma Jean Wright's "Saturday" were all released as digital singles.  Now, those remixes and more have just been collected on a new set available on 2

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: CHIC, Nile Rodgers, Sister Sledge

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