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Edsel's In a Bobby Darin Bag With "Shadow" and "Broadway" Reissues

May 16, 2016 By Joe Marchese 14 Comments

Bobby Darin Broadway Bag

We're proud to have kicked off the Bobby Darin 80th birthday celebration earlier this month with Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music's release of Another Song on My Mind: The Motown Years.  The Bobby festivities will continue next month from Edsel Records with the re-reissue of a pair of currently out-of-print titles previously released as a two-fer.  The Demon Music Group imprint has new standalone editions of Darin's 1966 albums The Shadow of Your Smile and In a Broadway Bag arriving on June

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Bobby Darin

WIN! WIN! WIN! Sentimental Journey: Doris Day's "The Love Album" Returns From Varese

May 10, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Doris Day The Love Album

When Doris Day sings, the title of one of her signature songs most definitely applies: "It's Magic."  The legendary vocalist, who celebrated her 92nd birthday on April 3, is the subject of a new reissue from Varese Vintage.  The Love Album, recorded over three sessions in May and June 1967, was first issued in the mid-1990s and has seen a couple of previous iterations on CD.  Varese's newly remastered edition adds stunning period photography and updated liner notes for the most compelling

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Categories: Giveaways!, News, Reviews Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Doris Day

What'cha Gonna Do: Big Break Reissues Chaka Khan, Brenda Russell, Stargard

May 10, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Chaka Khan Whatcha Gonna Do for Me

Big Break Records has unveiled its an exciting slate of releases from The Emotions, Kool and the Gang, Gloria Gaynor, and more!  But first we'd like to turn our attention to a trio of recent releases from the Cherry Red imprint that you might have missed! First up, BBR has an expanded edition of the third solo album from the one and only Chaka Khan.  What'cha Gonna Do for Me was named for the infectious title song (an R&B No. 1 hit) co-written by Ned Doheny, the underrated

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, R&B/Soul Tags: Brenda Russell, Chaka Khan, Stargard

Walk, Don't Run: Cherry Red Expands The Ventures' "Beach Party"

April 26, 2016 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Ventures Beach Party

For nearly 60 years, The Ventures have brought the sound of surf music to audiences worldwide.  The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted band, formed in Tacoma, Washington in 1958, remains the best-selling instrumental group of all time.   Cherry Red's él label has recently travelled back to the band's earliest days for the new release Beach Party.  The original 1962 album of that name is the centerpiece of this reissue, and it's been expanded with tracks from eight more Ventures albums. Beach

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: The Ventures

Cherry Pop Goes Plus One on Double-Disc Haircut One Hundred Reissue

April 21, 2016 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Haircut One Hundred Pelican West

Fans of the sumptuous '80s pop of British outfit Haircut One Hundred are in for a treat with Cherry Pop Records' exhaustive double-disc edition of the band's 1982 debut album, Pelican West.  Fronted by singer/songwriter Nick Heyward, Haircut One Hundred blended New Wave, jazz and funk into a dazzling sonic package, all biting guitar chords and propulsive bass lines chased with expressive saxophone lines and horn charts for a little cosmopolitan extra. In the band's home country, they logged

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Haircut One Hundred

Saturday On My Mind: Varese Has Easybeats, Moody Blues, "Dark Shadows" and More For Record Store Day

April 12, 2016 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Easybeats Good Friday

Vampires! Dragons! Keanu Reeves! Plus two revered pop-rock classics: Varese Sarabande has a little bit of everything on its five-title Record Store Day slate arriving this Saturday, April 16, in finer independent stores everywhere. Record Store Day may take place on a Saturday, but thanks to The Easybeats, it's a Good Friday. Varese has the first-ever U.S. release of the Australian band's debut U.K. album originally issued on United Artists Records.  Good Friday was issued in the U.S. as

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: John Powell, Record Store Day, Robert Cobert, The Easybeats, The Moody Blues

I Still Do

April 10, 2016 By

Clapton I Still Do

Eric Clapton has reunited with producer Glyn Johns for his 23rd studio album I Still Do.  Tracks include "I'll Be Seeing You" and "I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine."  Available on CD, DD and LP.

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

Time to Get Down: Real Gone Returns The O'Jays' "Back Stabbers" To Vinyl

March 30, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

OJays Back Stabbers

The O'Jays quietly began their association with Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff on 1970's Neptune album In Philadelphia, announcing the Ohio group's shift to the City of Brotherly Love and its burgeoning soul scene.  But there was nothing quiet about the opening track of Back Stabbers, the trio's first album for Gamble and Huff's Philadelphia International Records.  "When the World's at Peace," by Gamble, Bunny Sigler and Phil Hurtt, imagined a time "when it's safe to walk the streets/when we learn

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Gamble and Huff, The O'Jays, Thom Bell

Paint It Black: RPM Collects The Tomcats' Raw Sixties Rock On "Running at Shadows"

March 29, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Tomcats Running at Shadows

Collectors of rare psychedelia likely know the band July and its self-titled 1968 album on the Major Minor label featuring "My Clown," "Dandelion Seeds," and "The Way."  But few remember that the psych cult heroes of July began their career as members of The Tomcats.  Cherry Red's RPM label has recently collected the Ealing band's rare Spanish EPs, plus previously unreleased tracks, on Running at Shadows: The Spanish Recordings 1965-66. Tom Newman (lead vocals), Peter Cook (guitar), Alan

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: The Tomcats

Live at The Forum: London 1994

March 24, 2016 By

Todd Rundgren Forum 1994

Cherry Red's Esoteric imprint continues its Todd Rundgren Archive Series with this re-release of his 1994 concert at London's Forum.  This 2-CD set preserves a performance from one of Rundgren's most interactive tours on the heels of his No World Order album.

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Formats: CD Genre: Rock

Chance of a Lifetime: 7a Releases Micky Dolenz's First Single In 33 Years

March 21, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Micky Dolenz Chance of a Lifetime

Come April, Micky Dolenz will be returning to a place where he hasn't appeared in 33 years.  No, the performing mainstay won't be discovering some new, far-flung venue.  But he will be returning to the single shelves of record store racks with his first 45 RPM release since 1983.  7a Records, the label responsible for Dolenz's The MGM Singles Collection and the recent An Evening with Peter Noone and Micky Dolenz, will release "Chance of a Lifetime" b/w "Living on Lies" in

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Micky Dolenz, Record Store Day, The Monkees

To Know Them Is To Love Them: Dolly, Emmylou and Linda Release "The Complete Trio Collection"

March 14, 2016 By Joe Marchese 8 Comments

Complete Trio

Individually, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris have created some of the most beautiful records of all time, blurring the lines between country, pop, folk, and rock-and-roll.  Collectively, the threesome released two transcendent and heartfelt albums, Trio (1987) and Trio II (1999).  The two landmark LPs garnered sales of over five million copies and three Grammy Awards and became beloved additions to all three artists' discographies.  Today, Rhino Records announced the September 9

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Country, Folk, Pop Tags: Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt

Rhino Unveils Record Store Day Line-Up with a-ha, Monkees, Madonna, Doors, Coltrane, More

March 9, 2016 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Sex Pistols RSD

We've already filled you in on Rhino's upcoming Record Store Day releases from the late David Bowie, but the label has now confirmed the rest of its vinyl offerings for the April 16 event!  This year's crop of 25+ titles is a diverse one, with a number of vinyl premieres, new entries in the label's longtime "Side by Side" series, and more!  You'll find all details just below. a-ha - Hits South America 12-inch 180-gram vinyl Limited edition of 3000 copies, $14.98 AIR - Casanova

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Allen Toussaint, Fleetwood Mac, Jethro Tull, Madonna, Record Store Day, The Doors, The Monkees, The Sex Pistols

Rounder Bluegrass Initiative Features Béla Fleck, Doc Watson, John Hartford, Louvin Brothers, More

March 7, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Louvin Brothers Songs That Tell a Story

Rounder Records, the pioneering American roots music label, is in the midst of its 45th anniversary celebration.  Over the past months, the Cambridge-founded, Nashville-based Rounder has been making titles from its deep catalogue available as digital downloads.  Last month, the label threw a Mardi Gras party with digital reissues of R&B, blues, jazz and Cajun music of the Crescent City.  This month, the 51-time Grammy-winning Rounder - since 2010 under the umbrella of the Concord Music Group

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download Genre: Blues, Country, Folk Tags: Béla Fleck, Doc Watson, John Hartford, Ralph Stanley, The Louvin Brothers

An Evening with Peter Noone and Micky Dolenz

February 6, 2016 By

Peter and Micky

An Evening with Peter Noone and Micky Dolenz captures the candid, intimate conversations between the rock legends recorded earlier this year.  The first CD in this splendid new package presents the conversation from January 7 recorded at Westbury, New York's The Space at Westbury; the second has the pair's evening at Montclair, New Jersey's Memorial Auditorium recorded on January 9.  Each off-the-cuff chat features different showbiz tales from the engaging pair, peppered with memories of their

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

The Complete London Recordings

February 4, 2016 By

Margaret Whiting London

The Complete London Recordings by Margaret Whiting, a new 2-CD set, brings together the three albums the classic pop vocalist recorded for the London label in the 1960s and also features non-LP singles and rarities.  Real Gone originally released these two CDs separately in 2013.

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A Little Bit Micky, A Little Bit Peter: 7a Presents Dolenz and Noone In Conversation On CD

January 28, 2016 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Peter and Micky

A Monkee and a Hermit walk into a bar... Well, actually it was a theatre, The Monkee was Micky Dolenz, and the Hermit was none other than Herman himself, Peter Noone.  Just last month, sixties survivors and music legends Dolenz and Noone shared a stage together for three intimate evenings of candid conversation.   Those lucky enough to attend one of the talks (including yours truly) won't soon forget the pair's easy camaraderie and seemingly endless well of riotous and revealing

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Herman's Hermits, Micky Dolenz, Peter Noone, The Monkees

Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough: Michael Jackson's "Off the Wall" To Be Reissued with New Spike Lee Documentary

January 7, 2016 By Randy Fairman 15 Comments

Michael Jackson Off the Wall

We're barely a week into 2016 and we're already seeing a lot of reissue news for this new year!  The latest comes from Legacy Recordings, who yesterday announced a massive Elvis Presley box set.  Now they've got a new reissue featuring another legendary performer:  Michael Jackson.  Due to be released on February 26 is a new edition of Jackson's landmark 1979 solo Epic Records debut Off the Wall.  The album is being paired with Spike Lee's new documentary Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, DVD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Michael Jackson

Doug Sahm and Band (Gold Vinyl Edition)

December 29, 2015 By

Doug Sahm and Band

Doug Sahm was of course a part of the Sir Douglas Quintet in the 1960s and Jerry Wexler brought him to Atlantic in 1973.  Sahm's first album there, Doug Sahm and Band, was a star-studded affair featuring guests like Dr. John, David Bromberg, Flaco Jimenez and, most notably, Bob Dylan.   This new gold vinyl edition of Sahm's only charting album is limited to ,000 copies.

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Won't You Dance With Me: Real Gone Goes Country with Barbara Mandrell, Ralph Stanley, Marty Robbins and Doug Sahm with Bob Dylan and Others

December 17, 2015 By Randy Fairman 13 Comments

Barbara Mandrell This Time

Real Gone is in a country mood this February, with the majority of their slate devoted to the country and western genre.  But that is not all you will find on the label's mix of CDs and vinyl for the month. Kicking things off is collection drawn from Barbara Mandrell's tenure at Columbia Records: This Time I Almost Made It - The Lost Columbia Masters.  This CD features liner notes by our very own Joe Marchese based on a fresh interview with Mandrell, and is centered around Mandrell's final

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Barbara Mandrell, Bob Dylan, Circle Jerks, Doug Sahm, Grateful Dead, Marty Robbins, Ralph Stanley, The Ides of March

Uncommonly Gentle: Intrada Scores with "Scissorhands," "Double Indemnity," "Something Wicked" and More

December 8, 2015 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Edward Scissorhands

Intrada Records has gone big throughout this year, bringing all four JAWS soundtracks to the surface in definitive forms and adding to the Back to the Future 30th anniversary festivities with a reissue of two of Alan Silvestri's scores (including the never-before-expanded Part II). How do they close out the year? With a four-title slate that includes a classic composer-director combo, an anthology of '40s and '50s noir, an unused score from a Disney cult classic and an epic newer score from a

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Danny Elfman, Franz Waxman, Georges Delerue, Hugo Friedhofer, Miklós Rózsa, Victor Young

Ease On Down! Motown Unveils Lost Diana Ross Album For Digital Release

November 27, 2015 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

Diana Ross Sings The Wiz

On the eve of NBC's new production of The Wiz next week, Motown/UMe have dug into the vaults to release a lost album of songs from the Broadway musical by Diana Ross. The pairing, of course, is no mistake: the 1975 Tony Award-winning "super soul musical" was adapted into a film in 1978, with Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell and original cast member Ted Ross as Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Lion, respectively. Produced by Motown and directed by Sidney Lumet, with a young

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Diana Ross

Do You Know What I Mean: Lee Michaels Celebrated On New Box Set, Anthology

November 20, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Lee Michaels The Complete AM Album Collection

The enigmatic Lee Michaels is back.  No, the cult favorite singer-songwriter who once graced the rosters of A&M and Columbia Records hasn't recorded a new album; he's been happily retired from the music business since the early 1980s.  But Michaels has given his blessing to a definitive new compact disc box set collecting all seven of his A&M albums originally released between 1967 and 1973 as well as a new single-disc anthology drawing on the same period.  Manifesto Records' The

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Lee Michaels

His Way: Sinatra Documentary Comes To DVD and BD, Retirement Concert Included In Box Set

November 9, 2015 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Sinatra All or Nothing At All Box Set

Frank Sinatra fans (and who isn't?) already have November 20 marked on their calendars as the release date of A Voice on Air (1935-1955), Columbia/Legacy's new 4-CD box set collecting the future Chairman of the Board's rare radio performances.  Now, Eagle Rock Entertainment has announced the same date for the arrival on Blu-ray and DVD of Frank Sinatra: All or Nothing At All, director Alex Gibney's acclaimed four-hour Sinatra documentary. The film, which originally aired earlier this year on

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Frank Sinatra

Luck Be A Lady: Cherry Red's él Label Reissues The Kirby Stone Four's "Guys and Dolls," Ron Goodwin, More

November 3, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Guys and Dolls Like Today

Cherry Red's él label continues to deliver an array of some of the most eclectic sounds of the pre-Beatles era with a recent pair of reissues. The Kirby Stone Four's Guys and Dolls (Like Today) reinvented Frank Loesser's classic 1950 Broadway score for 1962 in the group's "Go Sound" style fusing jazz, swing, tight harmony vocals and even a dash of freewheeling rock-and-roll spirit.  It's been paired on one CD with the quartet's Laugh Along with the Kirby Stone Four at the Playboy Club and

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Frank Loesser, Ron Goodwin, Russ Garcia, The Kirby Stone Four, The Spotnicks

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