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The Show of Our Lives: Classics from Caravan Collected on "The Decca/Deram Years"

September 5, 2019 By Sam Stone 2 Comments

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Among the most beloved purveyors of the "Canterbury Sound" - that particular strand of psychedelic British rock - is the boundary-pushing ensemble, Caravan. The band was formed in Canterbury in 1968 (from the remnants of the soul group The Wilde Flowers) and at various times included Pye Hastings on guitar and vocals, Richard Sinclair on bass guitar and vocals, Dave Sinclair on keyboards, and Richard Coughlan on drums. By the following year, the band had secured a contract with Decca and were

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Caravan

Shower the People: James Taylor's "The Warner Bros. Albums" Box Coming in July

May 21, 2019 By Joe Marchese 12 Comments

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Rhino is about to shower the people with the first-ever box set from James Taylor.  Between 1970 and 1976, the quintessential troubadour released six albums on Warner Bros. Records that laid the groundwork for his remarkable career which continues to this day.  At Warner Bros., Taylor introduced signature songs like "Fire and Rain," "Sweet Baby James," "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight," "Mexico," and "You Can Close Your Eyes," as well as classic interpretations of "You've Got a Friend" (his first

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: James Taylor

How Much Longer Must I Wait? Singles and Rarities 1965-1972

May 20, 2019 By

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CD:  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Standard black vinyl LP:  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LITA-exclusive red-and-tan vinyl:  Light In the Attic Store Plaid Room-exclusive cream-and-red vinyl:  Plaid Room Records How Much Longer Must I Wait proves brings together all of underrated soul man Lee Moses' singles and B-sides originally recorded between 1965 and 1972 for the CBS, Musicor, Dynamo, Front Page and Gates labels - along with three previously unreleased

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul

If Loving You Is A Crime: Lee Moses Rarities Collected on "How Much Longer Must I Wait?"

May 16, 2019 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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Three years ago, Light In the Attic reissued Time and Place, the lone album by soul powerhouse Lee Moses.  The self-taught instrumentalist and singer made a name for himself in Atlanta, where he performed with Gladys Knight, among others.  Upon its original release, Time and Place didn't make waves financially but in the decades since, it became a cult classic.  On May 24, Light In the Attic's Future Days Recordings imprint will continue its celebration of the raw and beautiful soul music of Lee

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Lee Moses

Shower the People: James Taylor's "One Man Band" Comes to Vinyl in June

April 16, 2019 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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For more than 50 years, the voice of James Taylor has been that of an old friend, offering warmth, comfort, and reassurance in song.  While the singer-songwriter hasn't released a new album in four years, he's been a welcome presence on the road.  Now, the recording of one of his most beloved tours is coming to vinyl for the first time from Craft Recordings.  On June 7, the label will bring Taylor's 2007 One Man Band to a 2-LP set.  Housed in a gatefold jacket, it's been mastered by Ryan Smith

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: James Taylor

Flip The Switch: Complete Rolling Stones Show From 1998, "Bridges To Bremen," Due June 21

April 9, 2019 By Sam Stone 4 Comments

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Twenty years since it was originally aired, The Rolling Stones' 1998 concert film Bridges To Bremen will finally be released as part of the band's ongoing archive series from Eagle Vision on June 21 .  It captures the complete September 2, 1998 show from Germany's Weserstadion show, recorded on The Rolling Stones' final leg of their tour supporting the Bridges To Babylon album. The Bridges To Babylon tour was a landmark in live Rolling Stones history.  For one, it was the first tour to

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: The Rolling Stones

How Can I Keep From Singing: Pete Seeger's Centennial Celebrated With "The Smithsonian Collection," 6-CD Box Including Previously Unreleased Music

February 20, 2019 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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May 3rd will mark 100 years since the birth of Pete Seeger.  He was a musician of incalculable influence, an activist, lyricist, banjo picker, and, most significantly, a unifier of the masses.  Like a Johnny Appleseed of music, Pete Seeger spent his life spreading music to all that would listen.  From "We Shall Overcome" and "If I Had A Hammer," and "The Bells of Rhymney," to "Turn! Turn! Turn!" "Wimoweh," and "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine," Seeger left an indelible mark on music history that

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Folk Tags: Big Bill Broonzy, Brownie McGhee, Lee Hays, Mary Travers, Memphis Slim, Mike Seeger, Peggy Seeger, Pete Seeger, Sonny Terry, The Almanac Singers, Tom Glazer, Willie Dixon, Woody Guthrie

Back On The Street: Todd Rundgren and Utopia's Reunion Show Documented on "Live at the Chicago Theatre" Box Set

February 14, 2019 By Sam Stone 4 Comments

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Last year, rock's wizard/true star Todd Rundgren reunited prog rockers turned power-pop legends Utopia, joining up with Kasim Sulton, Willie Wilcox, along with featured performer Gil Assayas.  It had been 32 years since the band's last performance, save a brief reunion in 1992.  Utopia trekked across the U.S. in the spring and summer and now one stop on the tour will be released as a 2-CD/DVD/Blu-ray set, as well as a limited-edition, two-disc green vinyl set. Arriving from Cleopatra Records

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Todd Rundgren, Utopia

30 and Life: Skid Row's Debut Gets Digital Expansion With Unreleased Live Show

February 4, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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Rhino's celebrating the 30th anniversary of hair-metal group Skid Row's breakthrough debut album with a new digital expanded edition. The Toms River, NJ-based band, fronted by the inimitable Sebastian Bach, spent 1989 taking over the charts with their first album, supported with memorable music videos and a carefully-honed live act, serving as opening act for Bon Jovi, Aerosmith and Mötley Crüe that year. Featuring sharp production by Michael Wagener (Dokken, White Lion), Skid Row has gone

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Rock Tags: Skid Row

Sweet Memories: Elvis' 'The Best Of The '68 Comeback Special' Offers Highlights From Iconic Show Plus New Tribute

January 8, 2019 By Joe Marchese 9 Comments

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The celebration for Elvis Presley's '68 "comeback special" is continuing into the new year.  Legacy Recordings and RCA have announced a new single-CD collection to coincide with an upcoming NBC-TV tribute to the original December 1968 broadcast. The Best of the '68 Comeback Special, coming on February 15, features highlights from the recent '68 Comeback Special box set with performances culled from both of the "stand-up" and "sit-down" shows recorded in June, 1968 for the special. 

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Elvis Presley

Show Me The Way: The Columbia Anthology

January 6, 2019 By

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The 2-CD collection brings together 29 tracks drawn from 4 albums that she recorded between 1987 and 1995.  Among them are the classic tracks like "So Many Tears," "Show Me The Way," and "If I Could," as well as the #1 R&B hits "Baby Come To Me and "Make It Like It Was.  Rounding out the set are duets with James "J.T." Taylor ("All I Want Is Forever"), Johnny Mathis ("Better Together"), and Peabo Bryson ("I Can't Imagine"), plus the 1987 "Cool Mix" version of "So Many Tears."  Together,

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Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul

Pedal Patter: Omnivore Offers Buck Owens Classics on Tom Brumley Compilation, "Steelin' The Show"

December 13, 2018 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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Buck Owens and His Buckaroos were among the hottest country acts of the 1960s, thanks in no small part to Tom Brumley's masterful pedal steel guitar work.  Tomorrow, December 14, Omnivore Recordings will release a new compilation, Steelin' The Show, which collects some of "Tender" Tom Brumley's best work.  The collection will be available on CD and through digital download and streaming services. As music historian Scott Bomar notes, Brumley was a true craftsman on pedal steel and dobro. "He

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Country Tags: Buck Owens, Tom Brumley

Steelin' The Show

December 4, 2018 By

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Buck Owens and His Buckaroos were among the hottest country acts of the 1960s, thanks in no small part to Tom Brumley's masterful pedal steel guitar work. With 17 tracks culled from nine Buck Owens and His Buckaroos releases, Steelin' The Show is the perfect introduction to Brumley's peerless musicianship. And for longtime fans, it serves as a rich overview of his greatest work. Steelin' The Show also includes rare photos from the Brumley Family collection, as well as introductory notes from

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Country

How Far I'll Go: England's 'Sing Your Heart Out' Series Releases Disney Volume with Rare Instrumentals

November 7, 2018 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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A British compilation series recently released a magical volume for Disney fans - and with a host of rarities for collectors, to boot! Since 2016, Universal Music On Demand's Sing Your Heart Out series has annually issued hits-packed compilations meant for (you guessed it) singing together, at home or in the car. In October, the Sing Your Heart Out series expanded to include a volume of classics from the films of Walt Disney Pictures. A total of 52 tracks are featured across the set's first

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings, Everything Else, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Soundtracks Tags: Alan Menken, Danny Elfman, Demi Lovato, Disneyland, Elton John, Howard Ashman, Julie Andrews, Kristin Anderson-Lopez, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Louis Prima, Mandy Moore, Miley Cyrus, Phil Harris, Randy Newman, Rascal Flatts, Robert Lopez, The Jonas Brothers, The Muppets, The Sherman Brothers, Tim Rice

How The Story Goes: Cherry Red Collects REO Speedwagon's "Early Years" On New Box Set

October 17, 2018 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

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When "Keep on Loving You" reached the top spot of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1980, some listeners could be forgiven for thinking that REO Speedwagon came out of nowhere.  Prior to that seminal power ballad, the Illinois-formed band had never attained a chart position higher than No. 56 ("Time for Me to Fly," 1978).  When the success of "Take It on the Run" (No. 5) quickly followed, it was clear that REO Speedwagon was here to stay.  But their success was hard-earned, and their catalogue already

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: REO Speedwagon

Things Can Only Get Better: Deluxe Howard Jones Box Sets Due In November

September 7, 2018 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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Cherry Red Records has a pair of treats for fans of English singer-songwriter and '80s synthpop hero Howard Jones.  On November 30, the label will expand and remaster Jones' chart-topping debut album Human's Lib and its follow-up, Dream Into Action. Originally issued in March 1984, Human's Lib rocketed into the U.K. Album Chart at No. 1 with sales of over 100,000 units in the first week alone.  The double platinum smash spent a total of 57 weeks on the British chart, and yielded four top 20

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Cassette, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Howard Jones, Phil Collins

Endless Party: Cherry Red Collects New York Dolls' Demos and Live Shows on "Personality Crisis"

June 13, 2018 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

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Call them hard rock, call them proto-punk, call them glam-punk or a combination of the three, but when The New York Dolls burst onto the downtown Manhattan scene in 1971, they were unlike any other band in town - or perhaps on the planet.  The Dolls - lead vocalist David Johansen, rhythm guitarist Sylvain Sylvain, bassist Arthur "Killer" Kane, lead guitarist Johnny Thunders and drummer Jerry Nolan (who replaced the late Billy Murcia) - might have emerged as a response to the studied musicianship

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The Andy Williams Show / Love Story / A Song For You / Alone Again (Naturally)

April 13, 2018 By

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BGO continues its exploration of Andy Williams' Columbia catalogue with this 2-CD set bringing together four of the classic vocalist's albums The Andy Williams Show (1970), Love Story (1971), A Song for You (1971, known as You've Got a Friend in the U.S.) and Alone Again (Naturally) (1972).

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Someday, Somehow: Real Gone Readies Limited Vinyl Soundtracks to "Commando," "Tank Girl," "Something's Gotta Give" and "MST3K: The Return" for April

February 20, 2018 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

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Real Gone is kicking off its April release slate with a quartet of limited edition soundtrack vinyl releases, and we've got the details for you right here.  All titles are due on April 6. First up is the score to 1985's Commando which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and was directed by Mark Lester.  Schwarzenegger plays Special Forces Colonel John Matrix, who is forced into a fight with a South American dictator when his daughter is kidnapped.  The actor was cementing his place as one of the

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Courtney Love, James Horner

Roxy and (More Than) Elsewhere: Zappa's Legendary 1973 Shows Collected On New Box Set Released Tomorrow

February 1, 2018 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

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Fans of the uncompromising rock composer Frank Zappa have a special jewel to add to their collections tomorrow: a definitive set chronicling his 1973 stand at The Roxy in Hollywood. The Roxy Performances is a 7CD box set that offers material from four incredible nights from December 8-12, 1973, as heard on 1974's Roxy & Elsewhere (in overdubbed form), 2014's Roxy By Proxy (which featured alternate performances sans overdubs) and 2015's Blu-ray/CD combo Roxy The Soundtrack. In addition to

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Everything Else, Rock Tags: Frank Zappa

How the West Was Won [Multiple Formats]

January 28, 2018 By

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3 CDs: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4 Vinyl LPs: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Blu-ray Audio: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Super Deluxe Edition (3 CD/4 LP/1 DVD):  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Led Zeppelin's 2003 concert album chronicling the band's June 25 and 27, 1972 concerts at the Los Angeles Forum and Long Beach Arena returns in a new, remastered edition available in multiple formats.

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Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Going to California: Led Zeppelin Goes Super Deluxe with "How the West Was Won"

January 24, 2018 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

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Fifteen years ago, Led Zeppelin issued How the West Was Won, premiering performances from the band's June 25 and 27, 1972 concerts at the Los Angeles Forum and Long Beach Arena.  Now, those seminal tracks have been newly remastered under the supervision of Jimmy Page for a surprise addition to the band's Super Deluxe library - as well as in a variety of formats, all of which are due from Atlantic/Swan Song on March 23 including the first-ever Blu-ray Audio and vinyl editions.  The remastered How

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Peaches En Regalia: Frank Zappa's "Halloween 77" Shows Collected On New Box Set

October 18, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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If you ever wanted to look in the mirror and see the famously mustachioed visage of Frank Zappa staring right back at you, has Zappa Records got a box set for you!  Halloween 77, due on Friday, October 20, celebrates the 40th anniversary of the musical iconoclast's run at New York's late, lamented Palladium from October 28-31, 1977.  The "costume box set" includes a mask and costume certain to spice up your trick-or-treating, in addition to a candy bar-shaped USB drive featuring six shows (158

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Rock Tags: Frank Zappa

Review: Howard Jones, "Best 1983-2017"

August 21, 2017 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

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Howard Jones is more than his synths. The British keyboardist dominated his home country's charts in the '80s (and flirted with success on American shores more than a few times in the same period) with fascinatingly busy, seriously catchy slices of synthpop with more than a little R&B influence. But peel back the hooks and riffs and you'll find the work of a man who is searching--for what, it's not always clear, but the search is there. Best 1983-2017 (Cherry Red Records PCDTRED 707), an

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Pop Tags: Howard Jones

Listen to the Man: 7a Records Releases Mike Nesmith Solo Show On CD, Vinyl

August 14, 2017 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

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By 1975, Michael Nesmith's bona fides as a groundbreaking pioneer of country-rock were well established.  After his first solo LP, 1968's orchestral The Wichita Train Whistle Sings, the once and future Monkee had released six well-received albums and yielded a pair of hit singles, "Joanne" and "Silver Moon"- not to mention "Different Drum," a major hit for Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Poneys.  On November 27, 1975, Nesmith recorded an intimate set in London at the BBC Paris Theatre, during which

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Country, Pop, Rock Tags: Michael Nesmith, The Monkees

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