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More Rain: Blind Melon's Debut Expanded by UMe with Unreleased EP

April 10, 2013 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

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Two decades after that bee girl tap-danced into the conscious of pop-rockers everywhere, Capitol/UMe is reissuing Blind Melon's debut LP with an EP's worth of unreleased tracks. Blind Melon began in the late 1980s with vocalist Shannon Hoon, guitarists Rogers Stevens and Chris Thorn, bassist Brad Smith and drummer Glen Graham. Their local popularity in California clubs led to a contract with Capitol Records, but it was Hoon's friendship with fellow native Indianan Axl Rose, lead singer for Guns

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Review: Julio Iglesias, "1 - Greatest Hits: Deluxe Edition"

April 10, 2013 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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How to define Julio Iglesias?  Perhaps the iconic Spanish entertainer can be best summed up by the numbers.  In a career spanning well over 40 years, Iglesias has recorded 80 albums, sold 300 million records, and sung in 14 languages.  Now, Iglesias, who will turn 70 later this year, has been feted with the first American release of a new collection with a number in the title.  1 – Greatest Hits, already a multi-platinum seller in numerous Spanish-speaking territories, has arrived in the U.S.

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Categories: Reviews Tags: Stevie Wonder, Sting

Special Review: Todd Rundgren, "State"

April 10, 2013 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Todd Rundgren has entitled his new studio album State, but the title is a loaded one: is Todd commenting on a state?  Is he commenting on the state?  What state is he in?  What is he stating?  And after all, when Todd Rundgren announces a new album, does anybody ever really know which Todd Rundgren to expect?  On his first album for the Esoteric Antenna label, Rundgren has taken his inspiration – and not so implausibly, I might add – from the likes of Skrillex and Frank Ocean, placing his voice

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Categories: News, Reviews Tags: Todd Rundgren

The Softer Side of UMe's Budget Compilation Lines: "Ballads" Released

April 10, 2013 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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Having recently introduced some EMI-controlled artists to the ICON roster, Universal now incorporates some of those artists (and some of their most treasured R&B and country acts) into a new budget-oriented series, Ballads. And while none of the artists covered here really, truly need more compilations on the market - and, one can assume, the assembly of these is as low-impact as the ICON series - there's actually some promise to be had here. The overall selection of artists isn't terrible,

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Categories: News Tags: Marvin Gaye, New Edition, Peabo Bryson, The O'Jays, Trisha Yearwood, Vince Gill

Return of The Paisley Underground: Omnivore Anthologizes the Early Three O'Clock

April 10, 2013 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

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Power-pop legends The Three O'Clock stunned even their most devoted fans by announcing their first live dates in decades this year, including a stop at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival. To sweeten the deal even more, the fine folks at Omnivore have prepped a brand-new compilation covering their earliest years on Frontier Records - half of which is entirely unreleased. Singer/songwriter/bassist Michael Quercio had a funny, catchy term to describe what L.A. bands like his were doing

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Return of the "Rock Show": Paul McCartney's "Wings Over America" Takes Flight In May

April 9, 2013 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Paul McCartney has always been one for tradition. Last year, Macca used the annual Record Store Day campaign to preview his deluxe Archive Collection release of 1971’s Ram with a vinyl replica single of “Another Day” b/w “Oh Woman, Oh Why.”  This year, the reveal of McCartney’s RSD exclusive confirmed the news that diehards have been expecting since the Archive Collection first began: the 1976 chart-topping triple-album Wings Over America is coming on May 27 (Europe) and May 28 (North America)

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Categories: News Tags: Paul McCartney, Vinyl

Review: Paul Anka, "Duets"

April 9, 2013 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Whether you prefer your “My Way” by Sinatra or Sid (Vicious, that is), you have Paul Anka to thank.  It was Anka who took the melody to the chanson “Comme d’habitude” and crafted the ultimate anthem of survival and tenacity with his English-language lyrics.  When Sinatra recorded the song, a gift to him from Anka, he was just 53 years of age yet could still ring true when singing of that “final curtain.”  Today, Paul Anka is 71, and his new memoir is entitled, what else, My Way.  Thankfully, the

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Categories: Reviews Tags: Leon Russell, Michael Jackson, Michael McDonald, Patti Labelle, Paul Anka, Tom Jones

Release Round-Up: Week of April 9

April 9, 2013 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

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Brainstorm / S.O.S. Band / Cherrelle / Alexander O'Neal, "Tabu Reborn" Expanded CD Editions (Wave 1) (Tabu/Edsel) After a fresh batch of vinyl last week, the Tabu Records reissue campaign (going strong through next year) kicks off with expanded editions of Brainstorm's Stormin', The S.O.S. Band's III, Cherrelle's Fragile and Alexander O'Neal's self-titled debut. All feature bonus tracks (Alexander O'Neal has a bonus disc) and fresh deluxe packaging. Stormin': Amazon U.S. / Amazon

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Morrissey, Paul Anka, Sandie Shaw, The S.O.S. Band, Vinyl

"Bravo," Masterworks Broadway! "Giovanni" and "Lady in the Dark" Go Digital

April 8, 2013 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Tomorrow, April 9, Masterworks Broadway once again dips into the vaults for two digital-only reissues of vintage Columbia Records cast recordings.  What do these recordings have in common?  Both feature greats of the opera world.  1962’s Original Broadway Cast Recording of Bravo Giovanni stars bass Cesare Siepi alongside ingénue Michele Lee; and the following year’s studio cast album of Lady in the Dark is led by mezzo-soprano Risë Stevens (who died on March 20 at 99 years of age) with Adolph

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Categories: News Genre: Cast Recordings

Review: Arthur Prysock, "All My Life"

April 8, 2013 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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If Arthur Prysock felt like a man out of time, he sure did a good job hiding it. Prysock, a professional vocalist since the days of World War II who had worked with bandleaders Buddy Johnson and Count Basie, was an unlikely candidate for disco stardom.  Yet, in 1976, the 47-year old singer with the smooth style of Billy Eckstine found himself with a No. 10 R&B/No. 11 disco hit thanks to a rendition of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff’s “When Love is New.”  The song had been introduced one year

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Categories: News, Reviews Tags: Arthur Prysock

Oh Yes, It's Devo! "Hardcore" Compilations, Live Show Reissue Planned

April 8, 2013 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

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The fight against de-evolution never stops, as evidenced by not one but two upcoming reissues by alt-rock heroes Devo in the coming months. The Akron, Ohio-bred group will reissue a 1981 live show released for Record Store Day last year as well as two long out-of-print compilations of early demos. Live 1981 Seattle was a hot item when it was released as a double-LP set by the band's Booji Boy Records in 2012 for Record Store Day. The set found the band - brothers Mark and Bob Mothersbaugh,

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Categories: News Tags: Vinyl

Review: John Williams, "Jurassic Park: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - 20th Anniversary Edition"

April 5, 2013 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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Really, it's almost pointless to speculate why John Williams never received an Oscar nomination for his score to Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park (1993). The composer's CV features several of the most iconic scores in the history of movies with synchronized sound. Five of his projects - an adaptation of the music to the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof and four originals (JAWS (1975), Star Wars (1977), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) and Schindler's List (1993)) have won gold statuettes,

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Categories: Reviews Genre: Soundtracks

Otis Gets Respect with "Complete Stax/Volt Singles" Set

April 5, 2013 By Mike Duquette 6 Comments

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It's shaping up to be a soulful summer with the release of Otis Redding's The Complete Stax/Volt Singles Collection on Shout! Factory Records. This triple-disc set will feature every single side released by Redding in life and death. Born in Georgia, Redding was a singer/songwriter who went from stints on the chitlin circuit to a brief tenure in Little Richard's band The Upsetters before a chance session at Stax Studios in Memphis put him on the soul music map. With songs like "These Arms of

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets Tags: Otis Redding

The Iceman Cometh to Detroit: Jerry Butler's Motown Albums Arrive On CD

April 5, 2013 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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When Jerry Butler joined Motown Records in 1975, hopes naturally ran high.  One of the classiest baritones in R&B was finally appearing on the most successful independent record label of all time.  The Iceman’s time at Motown would turn out to be short, encompassing just four albums in two years.  But thanks to SoulMusic Records, his first two albums for Berry Gordy’s empire can be enjoyed once more on CD.  The label’s reissue of Love’s on the Menu and Suite for the Single Girl (SMCR 25086)

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First Reissue: Light in the Attic Expands Debut LP by Public Image Ltd.

April 4, 2013 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

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Light in the Attic, the Seattle label that reintroduced us to Rodriguez, has quite a title on hand for their 100th reissue: the first-ever U.S. release of the debut album by Public Image Ltd. as an expanded CD or LP set. Public Image Ltd. was the brainchild of John Lydon, the iconoclastic British punk who'd set the world ablaze as Johnny Rotten with his previous band, The Sex Pistols, in 1977. The band had imploded not long after releasing the iconic Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex

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Nancy Wilson Goes Pop and Philly Soul With New Two-For-One CD Reissue

April 4, 2013 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

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By 1970, Nancy Wilson had already been a marquee recording artist for Capitol Records for a decade. The supreme song stylist never allowed herself to be pigeonholed into one musical style, having made her successful debut single with a Broadway showtune ("Guess Who I Saw Today"), dabbled in R&B ("Save Your Love for Me") and collaborated with jazz greats such as Cannonball Adderley and George Shearing. All in all, Wilson was a leading light of adult pop, selling out nightclubs and even

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Nancy Wilson

They Go A Long Way Back: Booker T., Bloodstone, One Way On Tap From Purpose Music Vaults

April 3, 2013 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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The Vaults are open again!  And by The Vaults, I mean Purpose Music Vaults, the soul/R&B-focused label that launched late last year with a dynamic duo of reissues from Bobby Womack and Ronnie Dyson.  Our initial report also covered the label’s reissue of Dan Hartman’s Relight My Fire, but delays kept the disco classic from arriving as scheduled.  Well, the good news is that Relight My Fire has finally been released to finer retailers everywhere!  The better news is that Purpose has announced

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Categories: Giveaways!, News Tags: Booker T. Jones, One Way

Review: Mad Season, "Above: Deluxe Edition"

April 3, 2013 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Where was grunge, or alternative rock, in 1995?  Kurt Cobain had died one year earlier at his Seattle home.  Before 1995 was out, Alice in Chains had released its third album, the last with vocalist Layne Staley and also its final studio LP until 2009.  Foo Fighters, born from the ashes of Nirvana, scored a hit with its July debut, but by and large, the brief, blazing supremacy of grunge was ceding to other genres like post-grunge and Britpop.  Yet 1995 was the year in which Staley joined with

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Categories: Reviews Tags: Mad Season

Review: Albert King, "Born Under a Bad Sign"

April 2, 2013 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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The familiar cover artwork to Albert King’s 1967 Stax album Born Under a Bad Sign hardly gives any indication as to its heavy contents.  A calendar reading Friday the 13th, the Ace of Spades, snake eyes on the dice, and an almost-cute black cat (!) adorned with a skull and crossbones all reinforce the title of the album but offer precious little hint as to the smoking electric blues within the sleeve.  Following 2012’s reissue of King’s 1972 Stax album I’ll Play the Blues for You, Concord Music

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Release Round-Up: Week of April 2

April 2, 2013 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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The S.O.S. Band / Cherrelle / Alexander O'Neal, "Tabu Reborn" Vinyl Editions (Wave 1) (Tabu/Edsel) The start of a lengthy reissue campaign from Demon Music Group, these are 180-gram vinyl reissues of The S.O.S. Band's III (1982), Cherrelle's 1984 debut Fragile, and Alexander O'Neal's self-titled debut from 1985. Expanded editions of these albums come out on CD next week, followed by a great many more waves of product throughout 2013 and into 2014! S.O.S. Band: Amazon U.S. / Amazon

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets Tags: Mad Season, Margaret Whiting, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Nancy Wilson, Rilo Kiley, Simple Minds, Stephanie Mills, The Four Tops, The Grateful Dead, The S.O.S. Band

That Old Black Magic: Tony Bennett and Dave Brubeck Cast a Spell on "Live 1962"

April 1, 2013 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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What happens when two legends collide? Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings will have the answer for you with the May 28 premiere release of Bennett and Brubeck - The White House Sessions: Live 1962 from Tony Bennett and Dave Brubeck.  In the true spirit of jazz, the performance by these two titans on August 28, 1962 was largely unplanned.  Both men – Brubeck with his Quartet and Bennett with his Ralph Sharon-led ensemble – were appearing at the behest of President John F. Kennedy’s White

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Categories: News Tags: Tony Bennett

In Memoriam: Phil Ramone (1934-2013)

April 1, 2013 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

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Today, The Second Disc remembers Phil Ramone. The multiple Grammy-winning producer, 79, died on Saturday, leaving behind a legacy of song from artists ranging from Barbra Streisand to Paul McCartney, Barry Manilow to The Band.  Yet unlike so many of his contemporaries, Phil Ramone didn’t have a signature style.  Instead of molding a band or singer to a preferred sonic specialty, he was a true architect of sound, tailoring each production to the individual artist.  Ramone was equally comfortable

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Madonna, Paul Simon, Phoebe Snow, Stan Getz, Tony Bennett

Those Oldies But Goodies: Bear Family Offers Up Vintage Everly Brothers, Paul Anka

March 29, 2013 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Though best known for its definitive box sets spanning careers or large swaths of them, Germany’s historically-minded Bear Family label also keeps busy with a steady flow of single-disc anthologies, all with the label’s hallmarks of quality.  Three such anthologies have recently arrived from Bear Family, two focusing on The Everly Brothers and one on Paul Anka. Brothers Don and Phil Everly successfully straddled the line between country and rock-and-roll (with a healthy dollop of R&B in

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Categories: News Tags: Paul Anka, The Everly Brothers

Shout! Factory to Release Nine-Disc Richard Pryor Box Set

March 28, 2013 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

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Richard Pryor - one of the most culturally-significant, nearly-unprintable and flat-out funniest stand-up comedians in history - will be celebrated by Shout! Factory this summer with a massive career-spanning box set. No Pryor Restraint: Life in Concert captures more than 12 hours of Pryor, from his popular (if comparatively pedestrian) early works as a Cosby-esque stand-up in the 1960s, to his wildly popular, immensely controversial glory years in the 1970s and 1980s to his last stand-up

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, DVD Tags: Richard Pryor

Culture Factory Reveals "Supreme" Slate with Motown, James Taylor, Robert Palmer and More [UPDATED]

March 28, 2013 By Joe Marchese 32 Comments

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UPDATE: In the days since this article has been posted, Culture Factory has revised the street dates for all of the titles mentioned here.  See below for corrected information as of March 28, 2013. ORIGINAL POST OF 3/25: Since its inaugural wave of releases in 2011, the Culture Factory label has carved out a niche in the catalogue field. Artists such as Robert Palmer, Hot Tuna, Paul Williams, Bob Welch, The Flamin’ Groovies, Sylvie Vartan, Rare Earth and The Motels are all among the recipients

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Categories: News Genre: Soundtracks Tags: New York Dolls, Robert Palmer, The Supremes

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