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Roger McGuinn and Pete Seeger, Tony Orlando, Doc Watson Join Bottom Line Archive Series

October 29, 2015 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Pete Seeger and Roger McGuinn Bottom Line

The Bottom Line Archive Series, preserving performances from the late, renowned New York club, will roll out a new trio of releases on October 30.  Joining previous entries from artists including The Brecker Brothers, Harry Chapin and Janis Ian are new titles from Tony Orlando, Doc Watson, and the duo of Pete Seeger and Roger McGuinn. One 1994 evening at The Bottom Line, famed disk jockey Vin Scelsa joined folk legend Pete Seeger and The Byrds' Roger McGuinn for one-of-a-kind exchange of

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Folk, Pop Tags: Doc Watson, Pete Seeger, Roger McGuinn, Tony Orlando

Don't Fear the Reaper: "Now!" Series Releases a Halloween Volume

October 26, 2015 By Randy Fairman 3 Comments

Now Halloween

We've reported on several Christmas reissues being released in the lead-up the yuletide season.  And when it comes to holidays throughout the year, Christmas certainly reigns supreme in terms of the quantity of music devoted to it.  However, some other holidays and occasions throughout the year have music devoted to them.  One of the more popular ones is Halloween which is coming up this weekend.  To provide a soundtrack to your Halloween parties or trick-or-treating, Legacy Recordings, in

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Blue Oyster Cult, Donovan, Mike Oldfield, Various Artists, Warren Zevon

All Aboard! Ace Collects "London American Label: 1966" and "25 Train Tracks"

October 26, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

London American Label 1966

Ace is saying "All Aboard!" with a pair of recent releases spotlighting the label's pursuit of the diverse sounds of music.  The London American Label Year by Year: 1966 continues Ace's long-running survey of the American sides issued on London Records in the U.K. between the 1950s and the 1970s while All Aboard! 25 Train Tracks Calling at All Musical Stations spotlights (you guessed it!) "train songs." The eleventh volume of Ace's The London American Label series is here, with 28 selections

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Blues, Country, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Chuck Berry, Neil Sedaka, The Righteous Brothers, The Ronettes, The Vogues, Various Artists

Casting Their Spell: Croydon Municipal Celebrates Halloween, Salutes Girl Groups

October 20, 2015 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Songs for Swinging Ghosts

With Halloween around the corner, the pre-Beatles pop specialists at Cherry Red's Croydon Municipal imprint have offered up a collection of spooky musical treats, Songs for Swinging Ghosts, along with a disc of more traditional fare, the girl group salute All About the Girls. The 22 tracks on Songs for Swinging Ghosts, comprising both vocals and instrumentals, are primarily drawn from U.K. releases though a handful of American artists are on hand, too.  Compiler Bob Stanley of St. Etienne

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: St. Etienne, Various Artists

From The Vault: Live at the Tokyo Dome 1990

October 19, 2015 By

RS Tokyo

The Rolling Stones are continuing their From The Vault series with this release of one of the ten shows from February 14-27, 1990 at The Tokyo Dome; these shows culminated the Steel Wheels World Tour.  The footage has been restored and the sound has been newly mixed by Bob Clearmountain for this first official release of the show.  Available in DVD/2-CD, Standard Definition BD and DVD/4-LP editions. DVD/2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. DVD/4-LP: Amazon U.S.

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Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Live in London

October 16, 2015 By

Peggy Lee Live in London

A new 3-CD/1-DVD box set chronicles Peggy Lee's studio recordings and live performances in London, 1977 (including previously unreleased material), plus a 1981 BBC television special making its commercial video premiere.  Read the full track listing and more here.

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal

Sweeter Than Ever: Nick Kamen's Debut, With Madonna Collaboration, Expanded to 2 CDs

October 16, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Nick Kamen

Nick Kamen's career as a singer was a short-lived one, spanning just four LPs between 1987 and 1992.  But the former Levi's model - best known for his role in the denim company's "Launderette" television advertisement in which he walks into a laundromat and removes his shirt and 501s  - scored considerable success in that period including a U.K. Top 5 hit co-written and produced by none other than Madonna.  Cherry Red's Cherry Pop label has recently reissued Nick Kamen, the debut album from the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Madonna, Nick Kamen

When The Crypt Doors Creak: Disneyland's "Haunted House" Returns On Vinyl

October 14, 2015 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Chilling Thrilling Sounds

Walt Disney's Haunted Mansion didn't open in Disneyland until 1969, but five years earlier, Disneyland Records invited listeners to visit an equally mysterious property with the release of Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House.  Now, the original 1964 LP is back in print on vinyl for the first time in over 30 years - just in time for Halloween. Though exterior construction of Disneyland's Haunted Mansion was completed in 1963, and the attraction was previewed on a 1965 episode of

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, Soundtracks Tags: Disneyland

Croydon Municipal Pops More "Popcorn," Revisits "Troxy Music" On Recent Compilations

October 6, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Popcorn Exotica

Croydon Municipal, an imprint of Cherry Red Group, has recently continued two of its popular series with the releases of Troxy Music 2 and Popcorn Exotica. Like the first volume of Troxy Music, this edition is subtitled Fifties and Sixties Film Themes; this time around, it's Screen 2.  Compiler Bob Stanley and compiler/annotator Martin Green set out the collection's ethos in the liner notes, explaining how both Hollywood and Great Britain fought against the onslaught of television: "Hollywood

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Various Artists

Spotlight On: The 4 Seasons' "Sherry" and "Big Girls Don't Cry" Mono Editions

October 1, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Four Seasons Sherry

In recent months, Real Gone Music has further diversified its CD offerings with a line of mini-LP replica editions of rare titles from Banana and the Bunch, The Viscounts, and Jorge Ben.  This Friday, the label kicks off an eagerly-anticipated series from New Jersey's favorite sons, The 4 Seasons.  The band's first and third albums - from 1962 and 1963, respectively - were both headlined by U.S. No. 1 singles.  The Vee-Jay releases Sherry and 11 Others (RGM-0386) and Big Girls Don't Cry and

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Frankie Valli, The Four Seasons

Live at the London Palladium

September 20, 2015 By

Judy and Liza Live at Palladium

Capitol has a new 180-gram 2-vinyl LP presentation of Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli's Live at the London Palladium to celebrate the album's 50th anniversary.  Liza provides new liner notes!

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal

Sing Him Back Home: Porter Wagoner Classics Enter The Digital Domain

September 16, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Porter Bottom of the Bottle

With his unmistakable blonde pompadour and flashy Nudie suits, Porter Wagoner (1927-2007) cut one of the most distinctive figures in country music.  The three-time Grammy-winning Missouri-born singer known as "Mr. Grand Ole Opry" charted over 80 records in his lengthy career, but his solo releases have often been overlooked due to his prosperous association with the young Dolly Parton.  Legacy Recordings has taken one step to rectify that with the first-time digital release of six albums

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download Genre: Country Tags: Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner

A Ding Dong Dandy Christmas

September 15, 2015 By

Three Suns Ding Dong Dandy Christmas

Real Gone serves up one of the zaniest Christmas albums of all time with The Three Suns' 1959 A Ding Dong Dandy Christmas!  Inspired by the new-fangled recording technology in RCA's Studio A, the instrumental trio turned in one of the most wacky and entertaining Christmas albums of the era, adding rock and roll guitar and instrumentation as varied as chimes, bells, oboes and two (!) tubas to create a Space Age stereophonic spectacular suitable for the Jetsons' next holiday party. Real Gone's

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Formats: CD Genre: Jazz

Do You Hear What I Hear?: Legacy Adds Four New Entries to "Classic Christmas Album" Series

September 10, 2015 By Randy Fairman 7 Comments

Earth Wind and Fire Classic Christmas

Legacy Recordings is getting into the Christmas spirit this year by continuing its Classic Christmas Album series.  On October 2, four new entries will be released featuring artists who had their biggest successes in the '70s (Earth, Wind & Fire), '80s (a various artists compilation), '90s (Sarah McLachlan) and 2000s (Celtic Thunder). The majority of the material on these compilations is of a relatively recent vintage.  The exception is The Classic Christmas '80s Album which obviously

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Everything Else, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Celtic Thunder, Earth Wind and Fire, Sarah McLachlan, Various Artists

I Love Being Here With You: Peggy Lee's "Live in London" Box Set Coming In December

September 8, 2015 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Peggy Lee Live in London

A pair of rare albums by the legendary Miss Peggy Lee are getting the deluxe, expanded treatment this fall from Universal Music.  Peggy Lee: Live in London is the title of the new 4-CD box set due on December 4 containing the soulful songstress' 1977 studio album Peggy; the concert album Live in London recorded at the famous Palladium on March 13, 1977; an entire disc of previously unreleased material including studio outtakes, rehearsal takes and the March 20 Palladium show; and a DVD of the

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Peggy Lee

Bill Wyman Opens The Vault Doors with "The Solo Box," "Complete Willie and the Poor Boys" Sets

September 1, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Bill Wyman White Lightnin

Earlier this year, erstwhile Rolling Stone bassist Bill Wyman released Back to Basics, his fifth solo album and first in over two decades.  The time couldn't be better, then, to revisit Wyman's past work apart from his former bandmates.  Edsel has happily obliged with two new multi-disc collections in the Bill Wyman's Recording Archives series showcasing Wyman's own musical melange of blues, soul, pop, and rock-and-roll.  The 4-CD/1-DVD White Lightnin': The Solo Box reissues and expands Wyman's

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, The Rolling Stones

Big Girls Don't Cry & 12 Others

August 25, 2015 By

Four Seasons Big Girls

The second album by The 4 Seasons has never been released on CD in its original mono mix - until now!  Real Gone has the mono Big Girls in a mini-LP replica sleeve, limited to 2,000 copies, newly remastered by Bill Inglot with the stamp of approval from Bob Gaudio!

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

Ann Veronica: Original London Cast Album

August 20, 2015 By

Ann Veronica

Stage Door Records rescues the 1969 London Cast Recording of the short-lived musical Ann Veronica, based on the H.G. Wells novel and featuring a score by Cyril Ornadel (Pickwick) and David Croft.  Recorded at CTS Studios, the cast album (licensed from Sony) features the performances of Mary Millar (in the title role), Hy Hazell, Arthur Lowe, Peter Reeves, Charles West, Ian Lavender and John Inman.

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Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings

Sixteen Tons, What Do You Get?: Bear Family Releases Tennessee Ernie Ford 5-CD Box Set

August 17, 2015 By Randy Fairman 3 Comments

For years, Germany's venerable Bear Family label has been curating large box sets focusing on country, pop and early rock-n-roll.  These vast collections offer up a complete look at an artist's recordings during a specific period.  The label is continuing in this tradition by compiling a box set to coincide with the 60th anniversary of this artist's biggest hit.  On September 25, 2015, Tennessee Ernie Ford: Portrait of An American Singer (1949-1960) will be released in the U.S., marking the six

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Country Tags: Tennessee Ernie Ford

Let's Go Disco: Big Break Gets Down With MFSB's "Universal Love"

August 13, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

MFSB Universal Love

Big Break Records is letting the love come through - Universal Love, that is! - with its new reissue of the third album from Philadelphia International Records' inimitable house band, MFSB.  The only mystery about the 1975 album is how this No. 2 R&B smash (and respectable No. 44 Pop success, as well) has avoided compact disc release after all these years.  Happily, it follows 1972's MFSB and 1973's Love is the Message into Big Break's catalogue in a newly-expanded and remastered

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: MFSB

Freedom: Atlanta Pop Festival

August 4, 2015 By

Hendrix Freedom

Legacy and Experience Hendrix have the first commercial release of The Jimi Hendrix Experience's historic set from the July 4, 1970 Atlanta Pop Festival on 2 CDs or 2 vinyl LPs.

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Stone Free: The Jimi Hendrix Experience's "Freedom: Atlanta Pop Festival" Coming On CD and LP

August 4, 2015 By Joe Marchese 17 Comments

Hendrix Freedom

Are you ready to get Experienced, once again?  45 years ago, The Jimi Hendrix Experience played to the largest American audience of its career on the stage of the Atlanta Pop Festival, alongside other artists including The Allman Brothers Band, Mott the Hoople, Procol Harum, Rare Earth, and even a company of Hair!  The now-legendary performance of Hendrix, Mitch Mitchell and Billy Cox on July 4, 1970 will be chronicled this fall with a new documentary film and live album.  Legacy Recordings

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Jimi Hendrix, The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Let's Hang On! Real Gone Has Four Seasons, Texas Tornados, More in September

July 21, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Four Seasons Sherry

We've already told you about the two September releases from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music - Wilson Pickett's The Complete RCA Studio Recordings and an expanded edition of Ricci Martin's all-star California rock classic Beached - but we know that you're going to be just as excited about the entire action-packed Real Gone slate! For starters, it's a line-up that's always in season - with new deluxe mono mini-sleeve editions of The 4 Seasons' first two albums for the first time ever

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Everything Else, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Doug Sahm, Eydie Gorme, Flaco Jiménez, The Four Seasons, The Texas Tornados

Takin' It To the Streets: Rhino Announces 10-CD Doobie Brothers Box Set Collecting 1971-1983 Albums

July 13, 2015 By Randy Fairman 8 Comments

Doobie Brothers Warner Years

Rhino Records is continuing to release complete album box sets of artists in their catalog.  We've recently told you about sets for Chicago, Alice Cooper, and America and the label has just announced another similar box for The Doobie Brothers.  The Warner Bros. Years 1971 -1983 features the band's 10 albums recorded during that period, and it's set to be released in under two weeks on July 24. The core of The Doobie Brothers was formed when drummer John Hartman and

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Michael McDonald, The Doobie Brothers

Get On Up, Get On Down: Roy Ayers' Jazz, Funk and Disco Revisited On "Searching for Sunshine"

July 7, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Roy Ayers Searching for Sunshine

In a career spanning six decades, vibraphonist and composer Roy Ayers has pushed the boundaries of jazz, transitioning from bop to soul-jazz, funk and acid jazz.  Three classic albums from the "Godfather of Neo-Soul" have recently been reissued by Australia's Raven Records label with a handful of bonus selections, as well.  The 2-CD set Searching for Sunshine: 1973-1980 collects Ayers' Polydor albums You Send Me (1978), Fever (1979) and No Stranger to Love (1979) and then dips into other areas

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Funk, Jazz, R&B/Soul Tags: Roy Ayers

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