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The Warner Bros. Years 1971-1983

July 16, 2015 By

Doobie Brothers Warner Years

Rhino boxes up 10 seminal albums by The Doobie Brothers, taking the band from southern rock to blue-eyed soul.

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock

Happy in the Morning: Sony Masterworks Reissues Lauren Bacall, Mickey Rooney Musicals and More

July 16, 2015 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Woman of the Year

Last week, we told you about Masterworks Broadway's search for suggestions of cast albums to reissue on vinyl.  This week, the label has just announced three new releases in their ongoing download/CD-R program. The first up on July 17 (this Friday) is the 1957 television cast of Pinocchio starring Mickey Rooney.  This is not the Disney musical, but a version of the story featuring music by Alec Wilder and lyrics by William Engvick.  It has only been available on CD before by public domain

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Cast Recordings Tags: Alec Wilder, John Kander and Fred Ebb, Lauren Bacall, Mickey Rooney

Satisfy Your Soul: RPM Collects Rare Rock and Soul from Larry's Rebels and Ronnie Jones

July 16, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Larrys Rebels

RPM Records, an imprint of the Cherry Red Group, continues to delve deep into the vaults for another pair of rare rock-and-roll releases. Larry's Rebels has long been a beloved band to fans in the group's native New Zealand; with RPM's release of I Feel Good: The Essential Purple Flashes of Larry's Rebels 1965-1969, the rest of the world can get hip to the Rebels, too!  Active for a rough five-year period during which time the band, like so many others, endured personnel changes, Larry's

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Larry's Rebels, Ronnie Jones

Bookends: Simon and Garfunkel Reissue "The Concert in Central Park" On CD/DVD, Collect Studio Albums on Vinyl

July 15, 2015 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Simon and Garfunkel Concert in Central Park

Legacy Recordings is seeing that the only sound isn't silence with the release this summer of two new projects from Simon and Garfunkel.   In less than a month, on August 7, the label will issue Simon & Garfunkel - The Complete Columbia Albums Collection, a six-album, newly-remastered set featuring each one of the duo's studio albums plus Greatest Hits, all pressed on 180-gram vinyl.  The box will be joined by a new, remastered CD/DVD reissue of The Concert in Central Park, as

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon, Simon and Garfunkel

Fairport Convention, Vashti Bunyan, Bill Fay Featured On New Underground Folk Box "Dust on the Nettles"

July 15, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Dust on the Nettles

In the spirit of past box sets such as Love, Poetry and Revolution which spotlighted the British underground psychedelic scene circa 1966-1972, Cherry Red's Grapefruit label has just released Dust on the Nettles, a new 3-CD compendium of British underground folk in roughly the same time period (1967-1972). This new mini-box set, subtitled A Journey Through the British Underground Folk Scene, boasts 63 tracks and a running time of nearly four hours.  The emphasis is on the genre sometimes

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Folk Tags: Bill Fay, Fairport Convention, Joan Armatrading, The Incredible String Band, Vashti Bunyan

New "Rare Soul" Collection Features Otis Redding, Percy Sledge, Solomon Burke, Mary Wells and More

July 14, 2015 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Rare Soul

If Rare Soul is what you're looking for, PopMarket has an exclusive release just for you.  The online shop has recently released A Crate Digger's Collection of Rare Soul, a 3-LP set pressed on heavyweight180-gram vinyl presenting 35 tracks culled from the Warner Music Group family of labels including Atlantic, Cotillion, Loma, Atco and Warner Bros. itself.  This handsome package, a limited edition of 1,000 units, features 35 tracks from some of the labels' heaviest hitters as well as names that

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Ben E. King, Bettye LaVette, Dee Dee Sharp, Mary Wells, Otis Redding, Percy Sledge, Solomon Burke, Various Artists

Give My Regards to Broadway: Sony Masterworks Seeks Votes on Vinyl Reissues

July 10, 2015 By Randy Fairman 5 Comments

Cabaret OBC

Are you a vinyl enthusiast?  Do you enjoy the music of Broadway?  If so, then you might be interested in the poll being conducted right now by Sony Masterworks' Broadway division.  The label has just announced that it's seeking suggestions for Broadway cast album to reissue on vinyl.  By going to this link at Masterworks' website, you can vote on which titles you would like to see. The 14 titles on which you currently can vote encompass musicals by some of Broadway's biggest names including

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings Tags: Jerry Herman, John Kander and Fred Ebb, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Stephen Schwartz, Stephen Sondheim

Release Round-Up: Week of July 10

July 10, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Chicago Box Set 2

Welcome to today's Release Round-Up for the first international Friday release date!   Like you, we're still adjusting to the switch from Monday in the U.K./Tuesday in the U.S. to a worldwide Friday date.  Please sound off in the comments below on whether you would like to see us run this longtime feature each Friday, or earlier in the week (so that you may plan ahead for Release Day)! The Hollies, Changin' Times: The Complete Hollies, January '69 - March '73 (Parlophone) (Amazon U.S. /

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Soundtracks Tags: Chicago, Jane Morgan, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Randy Newman, Shirley Bassey, Tennessee Ernie Ford, The Hollies, The King Brothers, The Rolling Stones, Van Halen

Fare Thee Well [Various Editions]

July 9, 2015 By

Grateful Dead Fare Thee Well

The final (?) performances of the Grateful Dead, recorded on July 3-5 at Chicago's Soldier Field, come to CD, DD, DVD and BD in a variety of audio and video formats: FARE THEE WELL - Exclusive Complete Versions (Exclusively for order at dead.net)          •    12-CD/7-Blu-ray Complete Version - Full audio and high-definition video from all three shows on CD and Blu-ray plus exclusive bonus disc of behind-the-scenes footage. Individually numbered, limited edition of 20,000.          •   

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Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD Genre: Rock

Review: Ronny and the Daytonas, "The Complete Recordings"

July 9, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Complete Ronny and the Daytonas

The sound was surf-rock, but the pedigree was pure Nashville.  Ronny and the Daytonas burst onto the scene in 1964 with the rip-roaring California-style car tune "G.T.O.," scoring a Top 5 hit on both the Billboard and Cash Box charts.  The group - in actuality, singer-songwriter John "Buck" Wilkin and a rotating cast of Music City's finest - recorded a couple of albums and notched other hits, most notably 1965's dreamy "Sandy," through 1966 on the Mala label before moving to RCA for a stint

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Bucky Wilkin, Ronny and the Daytonas

A Brilliant Disguise: Springsteen Live Archive Series Spotlights Los Angeles, 1988

July 9, 2015 By Randy Fairman 4 Comments

Springsteen Live LA

The next release in Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's live archive series has just been announced: LA Sports Arena, California, 1988.  Coming toward the end of the U.S. leg of the Tunnel of Love Express Tour, this concert is from April 23, 1988 - the second night of a five-night stand in Los Angeles.  Performances from other nights in this stand have shown up on Springsteen videos over the years. The Tunnel of Love Express Tour marked several changes for Springsteen.  Most

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Rock Tags: Bruce Springsteen

Making Their Mind Up: Cherry Pop Expands Bucks Fizz's Four RCA Albums

July 8, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Bucks Fizz

Bucks Fizz burst onto the pop scene in 1981, winning the Eurovision Pop Contest for Great Britain with "Making Your Mind Up."  The well, fizzy, infectious track had more than a slight ABBA flavor to it, with the group paying homage to their fellow Eurovision winners.  Between 1981 and 1986, five English-language albums were released by Bucks Fizz, the first four of which featured the original quartet of Bobby G, Jay Aston, Cheryl Baker and Mike Nolan.  Following the 2014 release of the Remixes

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Bucks Fizz

Live in Hyde Park

July 7, 2015 By

ELO Hyde Park

The music of Electric Light Orchestra lives on!  Jeff Lynne's acclaimed performance in 2014 at London's Hyde Park comes to DVD and Blu-ray in a special edition also containing the documentary film Mr. Blue Sky -The Story of Jeff Lynne and ELO.

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Formats: Blu-Ray, Digital Download, DVD Genre: Classic Rock

Whiter Shades: Esoteric Kicks Off Deluxe Reissue Campaign For Procol Harum

July 7, 2015 By Joe Marchese 9 Comments

Procol Harum Procol Harum

Cherry Red's Esoteric Recordings imprint is skipping the light fandango with its new reissue campaign dedicated to the classic albums of Procol Harum.  Though these titles have been previously issued on CD before (including recent, now out-of-print deluxe editions from Salvo Music), Esoteric's new editions boast previously unreleased music and other new bonuses as well as copiously-annotated booklets and restored original album artwork.  The first two titles in the series, 1967's Procol Harum

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Procol Harum, Robin Trower

Can't Get It Out Of My Head: Jeff Lynne and ELO's 2014 Hyde Park Concert Gets Fall Release

July 6, 2015 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

ELO Hyde Park

Last September, 50,000 lucky spectators bore witness to Jeff Lynne's return to the concert stage when the Electric Light Orchestra frontman took the stage at London's Hyde Park for the most eagerly-anticipated performance of BBC Radio 2's Festival in a Day.  Now, Lynne's performance - backed by his band (including ELO's Richard Tandy) and the BBC Concert Orchestra - is coming to DVD, Blu-ray and digital formats.  On September 11, Eagle Rock Entertainment will release Live in Hyde Park preserving

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Digital Download, DVD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Electric Light Orchestra, Jeff Lynne

Heaven Is a Place on Earth: Edsel to Release Belinda Carlisle Singles Box Set

July 3, 2015 By Randy Fairman 2 Comments

Belinda Carlisle CD Singles

Following a series of deluxe reissues and a career-spanning box set, Edsel is once again turning to the catalogue of Belinda Carlisle.  A new 29-CD box set has just been announced which collects the songs and edits released in the U.S. and U.K. across her entire solo recording career for IRS, Virgin, Chrysalis and up to the new song from her UMe Icon entry.  Belinda Carlisle: The CD Singles 1986-2014 is due to be released on August 21, 2015. The California-born Carlisle rose to fame as the

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop Tags: Belinda Carlisle, The Go-Go's

The MGM Singles Collection

July 2, 2015 By

Micky Dolenz MGM

U.K. label 7A Records offers the first-ever reissue of Micky Dolenz's complete MGM singles (including "Daybreak," written, arranged and conducted by Harry Nilsson) - now on CD, following a successful vinyl release last year!

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop

Good Grief! Varese Premieres "A Boy Named Charlie Brown" On CD

July 2, 2015 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Rod McKuen Charlie Brown

When Charles Schulz, director-producer Lee Mendelson and co-producer Bill Melendez announced they were bringing Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the Peanuts gang to the big screen for the very first time, anticipation was naturally high.  A Boy Named Charlie Brown was well-received upon its December 1969 theatrical debut, going on to do good business and receiving credit for breaking the Disney monopoly on feature-length animation.  Today, it's still remembered as the best of the four Peanuts animated

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Chet Baker, Henry Mancini, Rod McKuen

No Parlez: Four Discs of Paul Young Collected On New Rarities-Packed Box Set "Tomb of Memories"

July 1, 2015 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Paul Young Tomb of Memories

Sony Music U.K. is unearthing a Tomb of Memories - but this isn't a dusty tomb but rather one filled with the vital, vibrant sound of eighties hitmaker Paul Young.  Over 4 CDs and 64 tracks, this new box set subtitled The CBS Years will present an overview of Young's tenure with CBS and Columbia Records including new-to-CD tracks and previously unreleased alternate mixes, outtakes, demos and more. Between 1983 and 1993, Paul Young released five albums on Columbia.  His solo debut (also his

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download Genre: Pop Tags: Paul Young

Run, Woman, Run: Morello Brings Two Tammy Wynette Albums to CD

July 1, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Tammy Wynette First Lady Two Fer

The late country queen Tammy Wynette has been the recipient of much reissue love lately, with release coming on both sides of the Atlantic from labels including Real Gone Music and BGO Records.  Now, Cherry Red Group imprint Morello Records has turned its attention to two of Wynette's solo albums recorded during her famously tumultuous marriage to George Jones.  The First Lady/We Can Sure Love Each Other brings to one CD her Epic albums from 1970 and 1971, respectively. Tammy Wynette's

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Country Tags: Tammy Wynette

End of the Long, Strange Trip? Final Grateful Dead Reunion Shows Arrive From Rhino in November

June 30, 2015 By Randy Fairman 4 Comments

Grateful Dead Fare Thee Well Complete

Over the weekend, the remaining members of the Grateful Dead kicked off their reunion "Fare Thee Well" concerts in Santa Clara, California.  These concerts are billed as the last time that Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart and Bob Weir will perform under the name of the Grateful Dead.  The final three highly-anticipated shows begin on July 3 at Soldier Field in Chicago.  Rhino Records has just announced that these final shows will all be recorded and available in a variety of formats on

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: The Grateful Dead

They've Got the Music in Them: Edsel Expands Kiki Dee and Carmelo Luggeri's "A Place" With Unreleased Songs

June 30, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Kiki and Carmelo A Place

If you're a fan of Kiki Dee, rest assured that Edsel won't be breaking your heart any time soon.  The Demon Music Group label has recently followed its series of Kiki's Rocket albums with a deluxe, expanded edition of her most recent release: 2013's collaboration with singer/songwriter/guitarist Carmelo Luggeri, A Place Where I Can Go.  The original 11-track album has been expanded with an entire second disc of previously unreleased bonus material. Kiki Dee first joined in performance with

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Pop Tags: Carmelo Luggeri, Kiki Dee

Release Round-Up: Week of June 30

June 30, 2015 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Private Dancer 30th

Welcome to our final Tuesday Release Round-Up - and it's a doozy!  As many of you know, the record industry will next week adopt a universal Friday release day.  No releases are scheduled for Tuesday, July 7; instead, Friday, July 10 is the date!  DVDs and Blu-rays will, for the foreseeable future, remain released on Tuesdays.  We'll resume with a new Release Round-Up on Friday, July 10! Ronny and the Daytonas, The Complete Recordings (2-CD Set) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) / The

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, DVD, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: 311, Brian Wilson, Dean Martin, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Fanny, Grateful Dead, Harry Chapin, Janis Ian, KC and the Sunshine Band, Nancy Wilson, Neil Young, Pete Townshend, Ronny and the Daytonas, Tavares, The Fantastic Four, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Who, Tina Turner

The Pieces Fit: Omnivore Reissues Three From Peter Frampton

June 29, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Peter Frampton Premonition

Following the label's deluxe, expanded box set edition of Humble Pie's legendary Rockin' the Fillmore, Peter Frampton is returning to Omnivore Recordings - this time as a solo artist.  Frampton is coming alive once again via remastered reissues of 1986's Premonition, 1989's When All the Pieces Fit, and 2003's Now.  All three titles are due from Omnivore between August 28 and September 11. Premonition returned Frampton to the Billboard charts and the airwaves after the disappointment of his

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Peter Frampton

Cry Baby: Ace Collects Complete UA, Veep Singles for Soul Man Garnet Mimms

June 29, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Garnet

We've already filled you in on Ace's recent collection from the great Jackie Wilson; today, we turn the spotlight to another classic R&B vocalist, Garnet Mimms! West Virginia-born, Philadelphia-raised Garnet Mimms is best remembered today for his 1963 hit "Cry Baby," which reached No. 1 R&B/No. 4 Pop and inspired Janis Joplin's scorching revival years later.  "Cry Baby" was the work of songwriters Jerry Ragovoy and Bert Berns, both of whom played key roles in the vocalist's career. 

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Bert Berns, Garnet Mimms, Jerry Ragovoy

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