The story of Sharon Jones proves that it's never too late to follow your dreams. The late Georgia-born, New York City-raised singer spent many years as a corrections officer and an armored car guard before rising to fame in her forties when she was "discovered" by producers Gabriel Roth and Phillippe Lehman. She recorded for their Pure Records and Desco Records labels, and her work for the latter caught the attention of soul collectors; the undated singles released by Desco led the
Sing and Dance with Frank Sinatra
Hybrid SACD: Impex / Elusive Disc / Amazon U.S. LP: Impex / Elusive Disc / Amazon Links TBD Audiophile specialty label Impex Records celebrates Sing and Dance with a deluxe 70th anniversary limited edition vinyl LP and hybrid SACD. Both feature the full album alongside rare and previously unreleased bonus tracks. These include outtakes, orchestra-only cuts, and alternate vocal takes recorded during the tracking of the album. Due to the additional time allowed on the SACD format compared
Classic Diamonds
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Neil Diamond has joined with The London Symphony Orchestra to re-record 14 of his most beloved songs - including "I'm a Believer," "Sweet Caroline," "America," and "Heartlight" - in new orchestral arrangements by producer Walter Afanasieff and conductor William Ross. Available on CD, LP, and digital formats.
Song Sung New: Neil Diamond Unveils Symphonic Album "Classic Diamonds"
Classic Diamonds: That's how Neil Diamond is billing his new collection of recordings with The London Symphony Orchestra. Due on November 20 from Capitol Records, Classic Diamonds features the singer-songwriter's new recordings of 13 beloved hits. Unlike many previous artists' releases with symphony orchestras, Neil's collection features newly-recorded vocals as well as the orchestrations. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London as well as Diamond's own California studio, the album has
UPDATED WITH PRE-ORDER LINKS! Here We Go In The Years: "Neil Young Archives, Volume 2: 1972-1976" Due November 20, Standard Releases to Follow
UPDATE 10/23/2020: It's been a long time since Neil Young released his last Archives box set. In the intervening 11 years since Neil released Archives, Volume 1: 1963-1972, fans have endlessly speculated what might be on Volume 2 - or if it might happen at all. Well, it's happening. The 10-CD Neil Young Archives, Volume 2: 1972-1976 box set will be released on November 20. The links to pre-order are live for the limited, deluxe edition set of 3,000 units which is available exclusively
Fall Into The Sky: Real Gone Music Announces Reissues of Vanessa Carlton, Gavin DeGraw on Vinyl for the First Time
"Makin' my way downtown..." The words are part of a certain musical DNA of listeners from a certain generation. An inescapable earworm, a perfect oughties-pop track and - in recent years - a viral meme, Vanessa Carlton's "A Thousand Miles" is a cultural touchstone. So is Gavin DeGraw's hit single "I Don't Want to Be," a minivan-rock staple that was immortalized on the televisions series One Tree Hill. Real Gone Music will celebrate these multiplatinum singer-songwriter classics (we're coming
Release Round-Up: Week of October 16
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Tom Petty, Wildflowers & All the Rest (Warner Records) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4CD Deluxe Edition (above plus Home Recordings & Wildflowers Live): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 7LP Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5CD Super Deluxe Edition (above plus Finding Wildflowers): TomPetty.com 9LP Super Deluxe Edition: TomPetty.com 9LP
The Best of The Rest: Even More RSD Black Friday Releases Confirmed!
November 27 is always a special day for vinyl enthusiasts. Still filled up on last night's Thanksgiving meal, music fans line up at their local shop for a chance at limited-edition vinyl. While the celebrations may look a little different this year in light of the COVID-19 pandemic (RSD has announced they'll be less stringent about online sales) one thing remains the same: There are some excellent releases on offer, available exclusively from your local participating record shop! Here are
Everybody's Smokin': NRBQ Collect Rarities, Unreleased Material on "in-frequencies"
Omnivore Recordings has enjoyed a long and fruitful relationship with The New Rhythm and Blues Quartet (NRBQ), from 2016's High Noon - A 50-Year Retrospective through subsequent reissues, new music, and collections. The latest, in frequencies, brings together 16 rarities from the band's long and diverse discography spanning 1968-2018, with all but four tracks previously unreleased. NRBQ has flourished over the years even as the personnel has shifted numerous times, with only keyboardist Terry
Stranger Things Have Happened
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Deep Discount 180-gram Neon Magenta Splatter Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Deep Discount 7a Records has already delivered a treasure trove of releases from Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, and Michael Nesmith on CD and limited edition vinyl. Is anyone missing from that list? Now, 7a has its first release from the late Peter Tork: the first-time reissue of his only solo album, 1994's Stranger Things Have Happened, in a deluxe,
Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One [Various Formats]
3CD/2 7-inch Box Set (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) 1CD Edition (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) 1LP Edition (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) 2CD Edition (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The Kinks' 1970 classic Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One will be reissued in a variety of formats including bonus material such as singles, B-sides, alternate mixes, session outtakes, BBC recordings, and newly-recorded commentary from Ray and
Just Like Cherry Cola: The Kinks Expand "Lola Vs. Powerman" to Box Set Proportions
The Kinks last revisited their 1970 album Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One back in 2014 as a 2-CD set incorporating the soundtrack to Percy. The band's eighth album, Lola yielded the now-famous U.S. top 10 title track and the U.K. top 5 hit "Apeman" as well as earning to 40 status in America. Now, on December 18, it's returning in a variety of formats from BMG: Limited Edition, Deluxe 10" Slipcased book pack (containing 60 page book, 3 CDs, 2 x 7" singles, 4 color
Let's Take a Trip Down the Rhine: Cherry Red, Grapefruit Reissue Rare Psych-Pop of "An Apple a Day"
Cherry Red/Grapefruit Records' new release An Apple a Day isn't to be confused with a collection of music from The Beatles' Apple Records. Instead, this Apple a Day is one of the rarest U.K. psych records of all time, with original vinyl copies fetching thousands of pounds. The Page One LP from the band simply named Apple has seen numerous reissues on CD before in the U.K. and Japan, but this edition marks the first time the band's leader Jeff Harrad has contributed to the notes to tell the
Maury Sings Yeston: The Demos
PS Classics is celebrating the 75th birthday of Tony Award-winning composer-lyricist Maury Yeston (Nine, Titanic) with this new two-disc collection. Maury Sings Yeston: The Demos brings together 40 of his own private recordings, described by the label as playing "less like a set of demos and more like an undiscovered solo disc by a great American singer-songwriter." Songs are featured from Nine, Titanic, Death Takes a Holiday, and In the Beginning as well as such theatrical projects as The
Reelin' and Rockin': Craft Recordings Announces Record Store Day Black Friday Lineup Featuring George Thorogood, Jewel, and More
Craft Recordings, the catalogue arm of the Concord label, has announced their roster of titles for Record Store Day Black Friday, all of which will be available exclusively through brick-and-mortar record shops on November 27. Among the diverse titles: a complete 1982 concert by George Thorogood and the Destroyers, early live sessions from Jewel, a 7" single of Vince Guaraldi's "Christmas Time Is Here," a 10th-anniversary re-press of Norma Jean's Meridional, and a new Jazz Dispensary compilation
Take a Giant Step: 7a Reissues and Expands Peter Tork's Solo Album on CD, Vinyl
7a Records has already delivered a treasure trove of releases from Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, and Michael Nesmith on CD and vinyl. Is anyone missing from that list? Now, 7a has just announced its first release from the late Peter Tork: the first-time reissue of his only solo album, 1994's Stranger Things Have Happened, in a deluxe, expanded edition. It's due on December 4 in the U.K. and December 11 in the U.S., and will feature a generous nine bonus tracks on CD - including several seeing
Review: Frank Zappa, "Halloween 81"
"The finest night of the year..." Frank Zappa knew how to throw one hell of a Halloween party. The iconoclastic composer-bandleader counted Halloween as his favorite holiday, and his annual celebratory shows were among his most anticipated. The 1981 stand at the late, lamented Palladium - a once-plush 1927 movie palace sadly demolished in 1998 to make room for dormitories at New York University - was particularly special to Zappa's fans as he had curtailed the 1980 shows earlier than
Icky Thump: Third Man, Columbia Release The White Stripes' "Greatest Hits" in December
The White Stripes, a.k.a. Jack and Meg White, were among the leading proponents of the garage rock revival of the late 1990s and early 2000s with their lo-fi brand of riff-rock. They shot three LPs into the top 10 of the Billboard 200 and more than ten singles into the upper regions of the Alternative Rock chart in addition to picking up multiple Grammy Awards. On December 4, the duo will team with Columbia Records and Jack White's Third Man Records to release the first U.S. commercial
Demon Reissues Thom Bell-Produced New York City's "I'm Doin' Fine Now"
Doo-wop veterans John Brown, Tim McQueen, Edward Schell, and Claude Johnson came together as New York City, hoping that the name of their new vocal quartet would reflect the melting pot that inspired it. "We feel personally that a group should be able to sing anything from the lowest, dirtiest blues," Brown wrote in the sleevenotes of New York City's 1973 debut LP, "through spirituals, right up through pop to the heaviest kind of music." I'm Doin' Fine Now, originally issued on Chelsea Records
Here They Come: Run Out Groove Reissues, Remasters, and Expands The Monkees' Debut on Limited Edition Vinyl
The Monkees are coming back to vinyl with the next release from Run Out Groove! Today, the label announced that its next fan-voted title will be the 1966 debut of Micky, Davy, Michael, and Peter. It will arrive as a deluxe 2-LP set featuring an entire disc of new-to-vinyl bonus tracks (including two previously unissued tracks and four previously unissued mixes). Kevin Gray and Andrew Sandoval have cut the lacquers directly from the original analog master tapes. Though The Monkees didn't
Gaining Experience: Jimi Hendrix Sessions Collected on Curtis Knight and The Squires' "No Business: The PPX Sessions Volume 2"
Are you experienced? Back in 1965, the answer was: "not yet!" But Jimi Hendrix was charting a path to his eventual success that included working as a sideman with Curtis Knight and The Squires. A dozen of these performances will be released on brown vinyl for Record Store Day Black Friday on November 27, but you don't have to wait that long to hear the complete 19-song set. No Business: The PPX Sessions Volume 2 will first be released on CD and digital providers through Dagger Records on
WHO + Live at Kingston
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 6x7"/CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Who are revisiting their 2019 self-titled album in a new edition featuring one bonus track appended to the album (a remix by Pete Townshend of "Beads on One String") and a bonus disc of eight intimate acoustic performances from their February 2020 pre-pandemic concerts. Unfortunately, the 2019 bonus tracks associated with WHO are not reprised. The 2-CD edition arrives October 30 while the
Stone Free: Rhino and Warner Announce Lineup for Rocktober 2020 Indie-Exclusive Vinyl Releases
There are some things you can just count on: taxes, death, trouble...add to the list the joy of listening to a bunch of new albums in October while supporting your favorite brick-and-mortar shop. Yep, it's back. Rhino's annual Rocktober campaign is back on, boasting a stellar line-up of lost gems and favorites from the Warner vault. From landmark albums by famed '90s rockers, a desirable compilation of John Prine's '70s work, reissues of DEVO and Talking Heads classics, a clutch of soundtracks,
Release Round-Up: Week of October 9
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! John Lennon, Gimme Some Truth: The Ultimate Mixes [Various Formats] (Capitol/UMe) 2CD/Blu-ray Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Today would have been John Lennon's 80th birthday. To mark the occasion, Capitol and UMe have released
Review: Prince, "Sign 'O' The Times: Super Deluxe Edition"
Tell Me Who in This House Know About the Quake Would a look into Prince's Crystal Ball ever have predicted this? For the third of its deluxe album reissues - following a 3CD/DVD expansion of Purple Rain and a 5CD/DVD deluxe box of 1999 - Warner Records and NPG have unveiled the most lavish archival project yet to emerge from the Prince archive. In terms of both physical size and its contents, the new Sign "O" The Times Super Deluxe Edition box set is larger in every sense than its
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