Cherry Red's Robinsongs imprint is turning up the Cool Heat with a new 2-CD, 25-track collection celebrating The Best of CTI Records and featuring many of the classic jazz label's most renowned artists including instrumentalists George Benson, Freddie Hubbard, Hubert Laws, and Stanley Turrentine, and vocalists Nina Simone, Patti Austin, and Esther Phillips. Chances are, if you think of a jazz artist, it wouldn't take many degrees of separation to reach Creed Taylor. The esteemed producer
'Cause This Is Thriller Night: Michael Jackson's "Scream" Arrives In October
On Monday evening, an animated teaser featuring black cats, a spider web, and other spooky imagery arrived on Michael Jackson's official social media platforms, teasing the release of a project entitled Scream. Today, the details have been confirmed for this new 14-track collection. Scream, bringing together some of the late King of Pop's darkest songs, will arrive from Epic and Legacy on September 29, giving listeners a month-plus to savor it in the build-up to one of Jackson's favorite
Hokus Pokus: Insane Clown Posse Reissue Classic Joker's Card As Expanded Edition
Detroit duo Insane Clown Posse exist in many minds as a broad-based punchline, which is kind of a shame. Despite the goofy, shlocky nature of their music and image, like something out of a nightmarish, coulrophobic slasher film, the hatchet-wielding, Faygo-spraying antics of Shaggy 2 Dope and Violent J have sold millions of records and endeared the group to their loyal blue-collar fanbase of Juggalos. (The controversy they've drummed up still continues, with a protest march on Washington, D.C.
Queen's 'News of the World' Championed In New Box Set
Queen's sixth album, 1977's News of the World, is being generously expanded for its 40th anniversary in a new 3CD/1DVD/1LP box set, to be released in November. Following the typically grandiose rock of A Day At the Races a year before, Queen and longtime engineer Mike Stone, now promoted to co-producer, found themselves pursuing various rock styles and dialing back some of their more ornate impulses. This is arguably nowhere more prominent than in the landmark one-two opening salvo of arena
WIN! WIN! WIN! Varese Says "Welcome Back" to "The Very Best of John Sebastian"
Welcome back! Today, Varese Vintage celebrates the early solo discography of singer-songwriter, Woodstock folk hero, and Lovin' Spoonful founder John Sebastian with the release of Stories We Could Tell: The Very Best of John Sebastian, a new 16-track anthology drawing on the troubadour's Reprise albums originally released between 1971 and 1976. A New York native and the son of classical harmonica player John Sebastian Sr. and his wife Jane, a writer, young John fused pop and folk when he
Release Round-Up: Week of September 1
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Carole King, Tapestry: Live at Hyde Park (CD/DVD) (Legacy/Rockingale) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) This new CD/DVD release features Carole King's 45th anniversary performance of her seminal 1971 classic Tapestry, performed live in front of 65,000 fans in London's Hyde Park on July 3, 2016. The setlist, preserved on both CD and DVD, includes the entire original album plus numerous highlights from King's illustrious songbook both
Rhino Serves Bread and Gumbo In New Album Box Sets
Rhino's international arm is boxing up remastered albums by two very different artists of the late '60s and early '70s: New Orleans R&B master Dr. John and definitive soft rock combo Bread. For six decades, Dr. John has been spreading the funky gospel with his singular brand of psychedelic soul. On September 22, many of the good doctor's most acclaimed albums will feature in The Atco Albums Collection. This set brings together the former Mac Rebennack's first seven classic albums,
Pet Shop Boys Add 'Yes,' 'Elysium' to 'Catalogue' Series
After rebooting their reissue program last month, Pet Shop Boys will continue Catalogue 1985-2012 with expanded, remastered reissues of their final two studio albums for Parlophone Records, 2009's Yes and 2012's Elysium, on October 20. Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe's 10th and 11th studio albums continued an still-unbroken streak of U.K. Top 10 efforts. Yes' lead single, "Love Etc.," was a British Top 20 hit and broke a U.S. record for most Billboard No. 1 dance hits by a duo or group. Legendary
Oh, Honey: Big Break Celebrates 40 Years of Delegation with Two New Releases
Over the course of just four albums released between 1977 and 1982, Delegation established a reputation and a following that continues to this very day based on the group's sleek brand of soulful, dance-infused R&B. The trio, still active today as led by founding member Ricky Bailey, has long been a mainstay of Cherry Red's Big Break Records label. That association which has recently culminated in a pair of potent releases: the definitive, double-disc anthology In Love's Time: The
Welcome Home: Metallica Massively Expand "Master of Puppets"
Following in the footsteps of Metallica's comprehensive reissues of Kill 'Em All and Ride The Lightning, the metal icons will issue an exhaustive deluxe version of Master of Puppets, the group's first album for the Elektra label. Master of Puppets found the group further expanding their unique, thrash-driven approach to metal. Recorded in drummer Lars Ulrich's native Denmark, the album is an impeccably sounding, increasingly complex one--a cornerstone of '80s metal through and through. It
Southern Blood [Various Formats]
The late, great Gregg Allman's final recordings are presented on Southern Blood, his first studio album since 2011's Low Country Blues. This final testament from an artist who shaped the sound of southern rock was produced by Don Was and recorded in the legendary Muscle Shoals, where his brother Duane Allman famously enhanced the recordings of so many artists passing through. Channeling the spirit that informed his solo works like Laid Back, Allman brought his distinctive style to songs written
Hitchhiker
Neil Young dips into his fabled archives for a wholly unreleased album. Hitchhiker was recorded by Young and co-producer David Briggs in one session on August 11, 1976 in Malibu, California. During the solo session, Young performed ten songs, the majority of which subsequently appeared in various forms on albums throughout the years: "Pocahontas," "Powderfinger," and "Ride My Llama" on Rust Never Sleeps; "Captain Kennedy" on Hawks and Doves; "Campaigner" on Decade; "Human Highway" on Comes a
Can't Hold the Feeling Back: Brenda Holloway's Lost Motown Sessions Arrive On "Spellbound"
A new anthology from Cherry Red's SoulMusic Records imprint is bound to leave listeners so very happy. Why? It's a 2-CD, 33-track collection of (mostly) unheard music from one of Motown's most underrated stars, the incandescent Brenda Holloway. While Brenda may be best known for co-writing "You've Made Me So Very Happy," there was much more to the artist, and Spellbound: Rare and Unreleased Motown Gems makes that abundantly clear. Many of the tracks on this collection
Popeye: Deluxe Edition
Varese Sarabande celebrates Harry Nilsson's score to Robert Altman's quirky live-action musical Popeye with a remarkable 2-CD deluxe edition of the original soundtrack. This 2-CD deluxe edition will not only feature all of Nilsson's memorable songs as performed by the perfectly-cast likes of Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, and Paul Dooley, but will also debut Thomas Pierson's instrumental score on CD, and an entire disc of previously unreleased demos performed by Nilsson!
The Spirit Of Memphis (1962-1976)
Craft Recordings celebrates the life and legacy of Isaac Hayes on an essential new 4-CD box set. The first disc includes 26 of Hayes' great early Stax classics as a songwriter and producer. Disc 2 moves on to his solo singles for the Enterprise label, including many non-LP rarities like a Volt single from 1965, a double-sided holiday platter from 1969, duets with songwriting partner David Porter and even two radio spots. The final two discs are also themed. One focuses on Hayes' covers,
Find Out What's Happening! Ace Celebrates "Marylebone Beat Girls" with Cilla Black, Julie Driscoll, More
Around this time last summer, we filled you in on two volumes of Ace's Beat Girls series focusing on sixties starlets from the Pye and Decca labels. Now, Ace has recently released another volume in the series. Marylebone Beat Girls looks at the big-city acts recording out of London's Marylebone district, home of EMI's headquarters and its labels like Parlophone, His Master's Voice, and Columbia. This 25-track collection of uptempo nuggets brings the Swingin' London fusion of pop, rock, and
Catch a Wave: Jeffrey Foskett Captures Sounds of Summer on "You Remind Me of the Sun"
Summer is inching to its inevitable conclusion (sorry, readers!) but for Jeffrey Foskett, the season is year-long. The longtime associate of Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys and current touring member of the band led by Mike Love and Bruce Johnston not only brings the sounds of summer to stages worldwide, but keeps them alive on his own solo recordings. Following last year's release by Vivid Sound Japan of The Best of Jeffrey Foskett, the vocalist-musician has dipped once more into his solo
Out of the Blue: Debbie Gibson Singles Collection, Box Set Coming Soon
Three decades ago, a 17-year-old girl from Brooklyn quite literally came from out of the blue with an infectious blend of pop that was all her own. Now, two different labels are celebrating Debbie Gibson's classic catalogue with a double-disc collection and a no-holds-barred box set. Gibson, the third of four girls born to a family of music lovers, was writing and recording her own material before she reached her teens. In 1986, her demo "Only In My Dreams" earned her a development deal at
I Am The Cosmos [Expanded Edition]
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada (TBD) / Amazon U.K. (TBD) LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada (TBD) / Amazon U.K. (TBD) Omnivore reconfigures the seminal I Am the Cosmos from Big Star's late Chris Bell as a new 2-CD set. Prior to Rykodisc's initial release of the title in 1992, only two of the tracks were released during Bell's lifetime; both tracks were pressed on a single released shortly before a car crash took the Memphis hero's life. In 2009, Rhino issued a double-disc Cosmos that
Stories We Could Tell: The Very Best of John Sebastian
Varese Vintage collects 16 classic tracks from the singer-songwriter and onetime Lovin' Spoonful leader including "Welcome Back," "She's a Lady," and his solo versions of "Didn't Wanna Have to Do It," "Younger Girl," "Darling Be Home Soon" and more.
Release Round-Up: Week of August 25
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Alex Chilton, A Man Called Destruction: Expanded Edition (Omnivore) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada In 1995, the late Big Star and Box Tops frontman Alex Chilton returned to Memphis' Ardent Studios, the site of his classic work with Big Star, to record A Man Called Destruction. Blending original songs with a host of eclectic covers from the likes of Chris Kenner ("Sick and
Review: Echo and the Bunnymen, "It's All Live Now"
Run Out Groove, the new vinyl arm of Rhino and Warner Music Group, has continued its winning streak with another top-notch presentation - this time from the Liverpool-bred post-punk band Echo and the Bunnymen. The limited edition It's All Live Now is a newly-curated title with ten tracks - mostly cover versions, from Bob Dylan to The Velvet Underground - performed in concert between 1983 and 1985, as originally released on singles and/or the band's 2001 retrospective CD box set Crystal Days
New Hanson Collection to Lodge "MMMBop" In People's Heads Again
Twenty summers ago, it wafted through the early summer air like pollen: a wordless chorus with an absurdly chipper melody, sung by three brothers with shoulder-length blonde hair. Hanson's "MMMBop," an international chart-topper, didn't lead to wave after wave of commercial success for the Tulsa, Oklahoma trio, the group--now together for a quarter century--continues to turn out solid pop-rock tunes for their devoted fans. And this fall, a double-disc greatest hits compilation brings to the
Back From the Grave and Ready To Party: Real Gone's October Releases Celebrate Halloween with 'Cujo,' Zacherle, 'Return of the Living Dead' and More
Real Gone has already announced one title for October: an expanded edition of Carol Burnett Sings. Now they are going in a completely different direction with titles to get listeners in the Halloween spirit, due on October 6. Things kick off with a limited vinyl reissue of the soundtrack to 1985's The Return of the Living Dead. Return's history and legacy is a little complicated. George A. Romero and John Russo wrote 1968's classic Night of the Living Dead. After its release, the
Hot Fun: Cherry Red's Robinsongs Collects Stanley Clarke's Epic Years
Bassist Stanley Clarke has long been one of jazz's leading lights. The Philadelphia-born musician and composer's career, which flourishes to the present day, has recently been anthologized by Cherry Red's Robinsongs label. The Definitive Collection concentrates on the period of 1975-1990 during which time he was recording for the Nemperor and Epic labels as a solo artist. Philadelphia-born Clarke first rose to prominence showcasing his bass wizardry as part of Chick Corea's fusion jazz
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