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
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
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.
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
Generals and Majors: Steven Wilson Remixes XTC's 'Black Sea'
Sgt. Rock (or is that Steven Wilson?) is going to help XTC fans this season with the fifth in an ongoing series of remixes of the beloved Swindon band's albums for Virgin Records: 1980's Black Sea. XTC's fourth album (and second with the lineup of singer/guitarist Andy Partridge, singer/bassist Colin Moulding, guitarist/keyboardist Dave Gregory and drummer Terry Chambers) was almost immediately praised by critics upon its release, thanks to a potent brace of catchy, frenetic, barbed pop/rock
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,
Smiling Faces: Ace Brings Three Motown Classics From Undisputed Truth to CD
Had you crossed The 5th Dimension with Sly and the Family and Stone, the result might well have sounded like The Undisputed Truth. Assembled in 1971 by Motown veteran and "psychedelic soul" pioneer Norman Whitfield, The Undisputed Truth (a.k.a. Joe Harris, Billy Rae Calvin and Brenda Joyce Evans) scored a hit off their first LP with the hauntingly ominous "Smiling Faces Sometimes." Enduring personnel changes, the group went on to record six LPs in all for Motown's Gordy imprint before moving
Release Round-Up: Week of September 22
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Rolling Stones, Their Satanic Majesties Request: 50th Anniversary Special Edition (ABKCO) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The Rolling Stones' controversial 1967 immersion into psychedelia, Their Satanic Majesties Request, gets a 50th anniversary box set from ABKCO containing the original album in mono and stereo on both 180-gram vinyl and hybrid SACD (playable on all CD players) as newly remastered by Bob Ludwig, plus restored
Sex Pistols Offer Reissued "Bollocks" Box, "More Product"
40 years after Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols charged into record stores, Virgin and Universal Music Catalogue are bringing a box set version of the set back into print--and they've also recently expanded a collection of interview excerpts for hardcore fans, too. Five years ago, Virgin/Universal expanded Never Mind The Bollocks as a deluxe box set which featured the original remastered album, a disc of studio rarities, a live disc and a DVD of performances and vintage
Deck the Halls: Second Disc Records, Real Gone Add to Christmas Slate with The Ames Brothers, Connie Smith
Last week, Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music announced details of The Supremes' Ultimate Merry Christmas, our 2-CD celebration of the legendary group's joyous 1965 holiday album. Today, we're keeping spirits bright as we announce two more Christmas classics coming to CD on November 3! On their 1957 album of the same name, The Ames Brothers proclaimed in song, "There'll Always Be a Christmas" - and as it turns out, Ed, Vic, Gene, and Joe Ames had created a joyful Christmas album for all
Hallelujah: Johnny Mathis Releases New Album of Current Songs, Confirms Date of Career-Spanning Box Set
For more than sixty years, the voice of Johnny Mathis has been synonymous with romance, class, and sophistication. He's performed songs by everyone from Richard Rodgers to Burt Bacharach, and worked with world-class musicians like Percy Faith, Ray Conniff, Henry Mancini, Thom Bell, Nelson Riddle, and Don Costa. Now, the eternally youthful singer is turning to a new repertoire for his latest studio album. On September 29, Columbia Records will release Johnny Mathis Sings the Great New American
Stayin' Alive: 'Saturday Night Fever' Soundtrack Gets Super Deluxe Treatment
Get ready to strut into record stores--Saturday Night Fever's immortal soundtrack is being reissued as a super deluxe set alongside the film itself. Based on a New York Magazine article that was later found to be fabricated, Saturday Night Fever ironically solidified the image of disco in popular culture. John Travolta's rough-edged but sympathetic Tony Manero--a Brooklyn bum working in a hardware store by day and tearing up the floor of the 2001 Odyssey by night--established the young TV
Pass Your Light Around
Omnivore premieres 15 previously unissued tracks from artist/songwriter/producer Jerry Yester (Farewell Aldebaran, The Association, The Turtles, Tim Buckley) recorded in the 1960s and 1970s. These never-before-heard songs were written with poet/lyricist and Tim Buckley collaborator Larry Beckett, and feature performances by Yester with Rosebud bandmates David Vaught and John Seiter, future Lone Justice member Don Heffington, and Laurel Masse from The Manhattan Transfer, among others.
Sunshine On His Shoulders: Night Fever Music Reissues Three John Denver Classics on Vinyl
On October 12, 1997, fans around the world were shocked to learn of the tragic passing of beloved troubadour John Denver at the age of 53. Yet nearly twenty years later, his remarkable legacy of music continues to endure. Night Fever Music has celebrated his legacy with the release of three deluxe 180-gram, colored vinyl albums from Denver's seminal RCA tenure: 1971's Poems, Prayers, and Promises, 1972's Rocky Mountain High, and 1974's Back Home Again. Though best known as a
Cherry Red's El Label Celebrates Miles Davis, Bill Evans On Two Collections
Cherry Red's El label has recently turned its attention to two late titans of jazz for a pair of releases. The Cinema of Miles Davis and The Quiet Passion of Bill Evans: Collaborations, Trios and Guest Sessions both focus on the artists' early periods in which they were pushing the envelope and shattering preconceived notions of bop. The Cinema of Miles Davis captures the trumpeter between 1954 and 1961 on a variety of performances either written for films or used in films. Representing the
Forget Your Troubles: New Judy Garland Love Songs Collection to Arrive on Jasmine In 2018
Hot on the heels of two recent Judy Garland collections from Mint Audio Records and JSP Records, the U.K.-based Jasmine label has announced that it will be celebrating the late superstar in 2018 with a new 24-track collection. I Can't Give You Anything But Love features a selection of Garland's most timeless love songs recorded between 1939 and 1961. We have the full press release below, and will share more - including cover artwork and track listing - as soon as complete details are announced
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