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BREAKING! Return To Cypress Avenue: Rhino Remasters, Expands Van Morrison's "Astral Weeks," "His Band and the Street Choir"

August 27, 2015 By Joe Marchese 8 Comments

van morrison astral weeks

There's even more coming from Van Morrison! Following up on 2013's multi-disc deluxe edition of the Northern Irish soul man's 1970 classic Moondance and on the heels of Legacy Recordings' announcement earlier this week that the Sony imprint has acquired the majority of Morrison's post-1971 catalogue, Rhino has just announced two new deluxe editions drawn from Morrison's seminal early Warner Bros. discography.  Both 1968's label debut Astral Weeks and 1970's jubilant His Band and the Street

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Van Morrison

Big Break Boasts Bursting Line-Up With Chaka and Rufus, Gloria Gaynor, Kool and the Gang, More

August 27, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Gloria Gaynor Ive Got You

Big Break Records has been on a big roll with its powerhouse slate of recent releases!  We've already filled you in on the worldwide CD debut of MFSB's Philly soul classic Universal Love; today, we'll take a look at another quartet of releases from the Cherry Red imprint. BBR has returned to the catalogue of Gloria Gaynor with another first-time-on-CD reissue.  I've Got You was Gaynor's third solo album and first for Polydor Records.  Released 39 years ago in August 1976, the album found her

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Chaka Khan, Forrest, Gloria Gaynor, Kool and the Gang, Rufus

Soul Manifesto: 1964-1970

August 26, 2015 By

Otis Soul Manifesto

This 12-CD box set includes the eight live and studio albums recorded by Stax superstar Otis Redding between 1964 and 1967 as well as four posthumously-released albums.  The box contains the following albums in their original track listings: Otis Redding, Soul Manifesto 1964-1970 (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Pain In My Heart (1964) The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads (1965) Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul (1965) The Soul Album (1966) Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: R&B/Soul

The Wrecking Crew [Soundtrack]

August 26, 2015 By

Wrecking Crew OST

Director Denny Tedesco's documentary film about the legendary cadre of Los Angeles studio musicians loosely and affectionately referred to as "The Wrecking Crew" receives a 4-CD slipcased soundtrack set from RockBeat Records. Discs 1-3 include favorite tracks by artists including The Beach Boys, The 5th Dimension, The Mamas and the Papas, Glen Campbell, Cher, Herb Alpert, Lee Hazlewood and many more.  The fourth CD turns the spotlight on solo recordings by veteran musicians like Hal Blaine,

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

If I Can Dream: Elvis Presley with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

August 26, 2015 By

Elvis If I Can Dream

For this new album, Presley performances recorded between 1956 and 1973 have been melded with new tracks recorded at Abbey Road in London with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for ballads ("Bridge Over Troubled Water," "You've Lost That Loving Feeling," "Can't Help Falling in Love," "If I Can Dream"), gospel ("How Great Thou Art"), and rock and roll ("Burning Love," James Taylor's satirical "Steamroller Blues").  Favorites from songwriters Mac Davis (the hit "In the Ghetto") and Neil Diamond

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Pop

Omnivore Uncovers The Lost Soul of Carl Hall

August 26, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Carl Hall You Dont Know Nothing

Even the most diehard soul connoisseurs can be forgiven for not knowing the name of Carl Hall.  After all, he left behind just a handful of singles on labels including Mercury, Loma, Atlantic and Columbia before focusing on a stage career.  But thanks to Omnivore's recent release of You Don't Know Nothing About Love: The Loma/Atlantic Recordings 1967-1972, it's highly unlikely that you'll forget the name, and sound, of Carl Hall.  Distinguished by both his intensity and his stratospheric vocal

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Carl Hall, Jerry Ragovoy

Esoteric Reissues, Expands All Four Albums From Progressive Art-Rockers Audience

August 26, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Audience House on the Hill

If Cherry Red's Esoteric Recordings imprint has anything to say about it, the music of Audience will soon discover a new audience!  Esoteric has recently reissued all four of the British band's studio albums, originally released on the Polydor and Charisma labels between 1969 and 1972. Audience, a.k.a. Howard Werth (acoustic guitar/vocals), Keith Gemmell (flute/tenor sax/clarinet), Trevor Williams (bass) and Tony Connor (drums) formed out of the ashes of the band The Lloyd Alexander Real

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Audience

A Little Bit Is Better Than Nada - Prime Cuts 1990-1996

August 25, 2015 By

Texas Tornados Prime Cuts

Real Gone digs into The Texas Tornados' output with this 2-CD, 39-track set that includes prime cuts from all of their albums - the Spanish and English versions of their self-titled debut, plus Zone of Our Own, Hangin' On by a Thread and 4 Aces - together with rarities and six unreleased sides including four instrumentals and a Miller Lite beer spot!

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Formats: CD Genre: Everything Else

An American Treasure

August 25, 2015 By

Eydie An American Treasure

This 3-CD, 34-song set previously available as a website exclusive comes to general retail.  An American Treasure has been compiled by Steve Lawrence in tribute to his late wife Eydie Gorme.  The first disc, "The Hits," presents Eydie's a number of Eydie's most famous recordings, including "Blame It on the Bossa Nova," "If He Walked into My Life," and "What Did I Have That I Don't Have" while Disc Two, "Steve's Favorites," offers the songs he most loved hearing Eydie sing, like "Don't Go to

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Formats: CD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal

The Velvet Underground Gets "Re-Loaded" For 6-Disc Deluxe Box Set

August 25, 2015 By Joe Marchese 8 Comments

Velvet Underground Loaded

Rhino has a fully loaded slate for this fall...make that a fully Loaded slate.  On October 30, the same date as the recently-announced 20th anniversary edition of Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill, the label will give the deluxe treatment to The Velvet Underground's fourth studio album.  Loaded: Re-Loaded 45th Anniversary Edition will follow in the footsteps and format of the deluxe sets previously released by UMe for the VU's first three albums The Velvet Underground and Nico, White

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Lou Reed, The Velvet Underground

BREAKING! Van Morrison Goes To Legacy Recordings, Deluxe Editions and Digital Releases Planned

August 25, 2015 By Joe Marchese 16 Comments

Essential Van Morrison

The music of Van Morrison is returning to CD - and about to make a splash on digital platforms, as well.  Rolling Stone broke the news today that Sony Music's Legacy Recordings has recently acquired the rights to 50 albums, videos and compilations from the venerable Northern Irish troubadour.  The vast majority of Morrison's albums have been out-of-print on CD since the plug was abruptly pulled on a U.K. series of remastered and expanded editions.  Legacy's very welcome campaign kicks off this

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Van Morrison

You Oughta Know: Rhino Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Alanis Morissette's "Jagged Little Pill" with 4-CD Box

August 25, 2015 By Randy Fairman 5 Comments

Alanis Jagged 4 CD Box

This October, Rhino is celebrating one of the biggest albums of the 1990s: Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill.  To commemorate the album's 20th anniversary, a newly remastered 4-CD Collector's Edition and 2-CD Deluxe edition will be released on October 30. Alanis Morissette's first two albums did not indicate the direction her music would take for her biggest smash record.  Released on MCA in her native Canada, 1991's Alanis and 1992's Now is the Time had critics comparing her to Debbie

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download Genre: Pop Tags: Alanis Morissette

EXCLUSIVE! It's Yesterday Once More: Carpenters "Complete Singles" Released For Public Television

August 24, 2015 By Joe Marchese 28 Comments

Carpenters Complete Singles cover low res reference

On November 5, 1969, the very first single by Carpenters was released on A&M Records.  "Ticket to Ride" b/w "Your Wonderful Parade" announced the fresh talents of Richard Carpenter, 23, and Karen Carpenter, 19.  The dramatically reinterpreted Beatles song introduced radio to Karen's richly intimate voice, and the bitingly ironic flipside heralded the songwriting team of Richard Carpenter and John Bettis  - while both sides revealed Richard's prodigious gifts for arrangement

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Carpenters

The Essential Van Morrison

August 22, 2015 By

Essential Van Morrison

Fresh off his RCA Duets album, Van Morrison comes to RCA sister imprint Legacy Recordings for a volume of the label's Essential series.  The Essential Van Morrison features 37 songs from the troubadour including favorites like "Moondance," "Brown Eyed Girl," "Jackie Wilson Said," and many tracks currently out-of-print: CD 1 1. Gloria - Them 2. Here Comes The Night - Them 3. Spanish Rose 4. Brown Eyed Girl 5. Astral Weeks 6. The Way Young Lovers Do 7. Moondance 8. Crazy Love 9. And

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

Lotta Love: Varese Collects "The Very Best of Nicolette Larson" - AND YOU CAN WIN!

August 21, 2015 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Very Best of Nicolette

Today, Varese Vintage releases Lotta Love: The Very Best of Nicolette Larson, celebrating the life and career of the silken-voiced pop singer who died at the tragically young age of 45 in 1997.  This 16-track anthology, culled from her years with Warner Bros. Records and featuring duets with Emmylou Harris, Steve Goodman and Michael McDonald, is a welcome reminder of Larson's versatile gifts in the genres of pop, country and folk - and we would like to give you a chance to WIN ONE OF TEN COPIES

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Categories: Giveaways!, News Formats: CD Genre: Country, Pop Tags: Andrew Gold, Emmylou Harris, Michael McDonald, Neil Young, Nicolette Larson, Steve Goodman

Release Round-Up: Week of August 21

August 21, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Isley Brothers T Neck and RCA Masters

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, packed with box sets, reissues, special collections, and more! The Isley Brothers, The RCA Victor and T-Neck Album Masters (Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Legacy has boxed up 23 discs of The Isley Brothers - featuring every one of the group's RCA and T-Neck albums released between 1959 and 1983, including one previously unreleased album and a total of 84 previously unissued or new-to-CD bonus tracks!  Every track has been newly-remastered

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, SACD Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Belinda Carlisle, Jeff Beck, Linda Ronstadt, Nicolette Larson, Paul Young, Peggy Lee, Singers and Players, Teddy Pendergrass, The Isley Brothers, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, The Sherman Brothers, Various Artists

Otis Blue: Collectors Edition

August 20, 2015 By

Otis Redding Otis Blue

Rhino reissues the 2008 double-disc Collectors Edition of Otis Redding's 1965 classic in time for its 50th anniversary.

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Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul

Bernard Herrmann's "Hangover Square" Soundtrack Expanded On New Two-For-One CD

August 20, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Hangover Square

Fresh off its successful Indiegogo campaign, Kritzerland has returned to the music of Bernard Herrmann (Psycho, Taxi Driver) for its latest soundtrack release.  Two Herrmann scores - 1945's Hangover Square and 1952's 5 Fingers - have been paired on one CD.  Though both have been previously released on CD, they have been newly transferred for Kritzerland by our friend Mike Matessino, and Hangover Square (a favorite score of none other than Stephen Sondheim) has been expanded by sixteen

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Bernard Herrmann

Turn It Up: Cherry Red Reissues Ted Nugent's "Free-For-All" Featuring Meat Loaf

August 20, 2015 By Randy Fairman 1 Comment

Ted Nugent Free For All

Cherry Red imprint Hear No Evil Recordings has recently released a new reissue from a classic 1970's hard-rocker: Ted Nugent's second solo album for Epic Records, Free-For-All.  This also follows in HNE's line of Meat Loaf reissues as the Bat Out of Hell superstar is a prominent guest on the album singing over half of the songs. Ted Nugent, hailing from Detroit, got his start in music at a young age.  After performing in several bands, he formed the Amboy Dukes when his family moved to

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Meat Loaf, Ted Nugent

R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Rhino Reissues Deluxe "Otis Blue", Preps Redding Albums Box

August 19, 2015 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Otis Redding Otis Blue

This September, Otis Redding's album masterwork Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul celebrates its 50th anniversary.  To mark the occasion, Rhino will reissue its out-of-print 2008 expanded edition on September 18; then, on October 30, the label will compile Redding's original albums into a new box set. A testament to Redding's power to reinvent a song, Otis Blue primarily features his interpretations of familiar melodies - plus three choice originals.  The album, an R&B chart-topper,

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Otis Redding

Those Old Sweet Rolls: Light In The Attic Reissues Carole King's "The City," Spooner Oldham, Lee Hazlewood's Kitchen Cinq

August 18, 2015 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

The City

An upcoming trio of releases from Light in the Attic turns the label's spotlight on two of popular song's most enduring writers and one maverick producer/label impresario (who also happened to be one heckuva songwriter!) - namely Carole King, Spooner Oldham, and Lee Hazlewood.   LITA is bringing King's one remarkable album with her band The City back to CD and LP, and premiering on official CD and vinyl a reissue of Oldham's 1972 solo LP Pot Luck.  Then the label continues to dig deep into the

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Carole King, Dan Penn, Lee Hazlewood, Spooner Oldham, The City, The Kitchen Cinq

Christmas Joy: Real Gone Kicks off the Holidays with Four Seasons and More in October

August 14, 2015 By Randy Fairman 2 Comments

Four Seasons Greetings

It may be hard to believe, but the holiday season will be here sooner than we think!  To prove that point, Real Gone Music is getting Christmas started early with its October slate of releases featuring five yuletide gems along with three titles good for year-round enjoyment. This batch of Christmas classics kicks off with the 4 Seasons' The 4 Seasons Greetings, continuing Real Gone's series of mono Seasons reissues which began in September.  Next, you've got holiday tunes from crooner and

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Barry White, Frankie Valli, George Melachrino, Jay Dee, John Gary, The Beckies, The Four Seasons, The Grateful Dead, The Soulful Strings, The Three Suns

Release Round-Up: Week of August 14

August 14, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Lesley Gore Someplace Else Now

Welcome to New Release Friday! Lesley Gore, Someplace Else Now (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Someplace Else Now marked Lesley Gore's first full immersion into the world of the singer-songwriter.  She penned every one of the twelve tracks on this 1972 album for MoWest Records, writing solo and with lyricists Ellen Weston and her brother Michael Gore.  Joe Porter (Gladys Knight and the Pips, Thelma Houston) supplied the passionate production.  Lesley's lost Motown gem - a

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Lesley Gore, Steppenwolf, The Muffs, The Replacements, The Who

Right Place, Right Time: Omnivore Collects Dr. John's Atlantic and Atco Singles In September

August 12, 2015 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Dr. John Singles

The Doctor is in! On September 18, Omnivore Recordings is heading to the bayou with one of New Orleans' favorite sons, Mac Rebennack - a.k.a. Dr. John! The Atco/Atlantic Singles 1968-1974 collects the Good Doctor's A- and B-sides, from both the U.S. and the U.K., as issued on the Atco and Atlantic labels during that prolific period. These 22 tracks take the piano-pounding Night Tripper from his debut album, Gris-Gris, through Desitively Bonnaroo, produced by fellow N'awlins legend Allen

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Allen Toussaint, Dr. John, The Meters

It's Clobberin' Time! Ace Unearths Gems From Motown's Fantastic Four

August 11, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Fantastic Four Lost Album

Last weekend, The Fantastic Four - the super-powered Reed Richards, Susan Storm, Johnny Storm and Ben Grimm - returned to the big screen, ultimately to disappoint fans.  But Ace Records' Kent label has another group of the same name in the spotlight - and this one is bound to thrill! Joe Pruitt, Ralph Pruitt, Toby Childs and James Epps made their debut as The Fantastic Four in 1966 on Detroit's Ric-Tic label, notching a series of R&B and Pop hits (including 1967's No. 6 R&B/No. 63 Pop

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: The Fantastic Four

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