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Fancy: Reba McEntire's "Rumor Has It" Gets 30th Anniversary Expanded Edition

August 3, 2020 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Reba McEntire Rumor Has It

Late last year, Reba McEntire celebrated 25 years of her Read My Mind album with an anniversary expanded edition.  Now, she's following that up by revisiting her 3x platinum 1990 smash Rumor Has It in similar fashion.  On September 11, Rumor Has It will return from MCA Nashville in a new edition with two bonus versions of its top ten hit "Fancy": a live acoustic take recorded at Music City's famed Ryman Auditorium and a dance remix by Dave Audé (who recently remixed Barbara Mandrell's "Sleeping

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country Tags: Bobbie Gentry, Reba McEntire

Review: Paul McCartney, "Archive Collection: Flaming Pie" 2-CD and 5-CD/2-DVD Box Set Editions

July 31, 2020 By The Second Disc 5 Comments

Today sees the release of the latest in Paul McCartney's acclaimed Archive Collection series, Flaming Pie. Originally released in 1997, the album marked something of a comeback for McCartney, who was inspired by the spontaneous, more immediate recording techniques of The Beatles.  Many heralded it as a sort of return to form upon its release, and now fans can judge for themselves with this illuminating deep dive into the Macca vaults.  Like previous Archive Collection entries, Flaming Pie is

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Paul McCartney

Sweet, Sweet Fantasy: Mariah Carey Kicks Off 30th Anniversary Campaign

July 31, 2020 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

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She famously doesn't count birthdays, but Mariah Carey is taking 2020 to commemorate the birth of her music career with some rare and unreleased material. Earlier this month, the pop icon announced #MC30, a celebration throwing all the way back to her self-titled debut, issued three decades ago this past June. The campaign promises weekly "digital EPs, remixes, bonus cuts, rare tracks, acapella moments and mind-blowing live performances" - and five releases have occurred so far. The first,

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Categories: News Formats: Books, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Mariah Carey

Lawdy Miss Clawdy: Craft Recordings Celebrates New Orleans Music Royalty With New Vinyl Reissues

July 31, 2020 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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Today, Craft Recordings releases a pair of vinyl reissues from two of the most enduring New Orleans musicians of the modern era:  James Booker's Classified and Irma Thomas' After The Rain.  Both are part of Craft's ongoing celebration of Rounder Records' golden anniversary. Piano virtuoso James Booker proved himself to be one of the most unique, trail-blazing pianists to come out of New Orleans.  Over the course of his career, he released a No. 3 R&B single "Gonzo," performed alongside

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Jazz, R&B/Soul Tags: Irma Thomas, James Booker

In Your Head: Cranberries Expand 'No Need To Argue' With B-Sides and Outtakes

July 30, 2020 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

No Need To Argue

No Need To Argue, the album that gave Irish rockers The Cranberries their biggest hit around the world, is getting expanded  this fall. As a tribute to frontwoman Dolores O'Riordan, who passed away unexpectedly in 2018, the surviving members of The Cranberries have remained active despite the band's formal dissolution, expanding their debut Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? later that year and wrapping up final album In The End in 2019. No Need To Argue continues that reissue

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: The Cranberries

Cross That Line: Expanded Deluxe Edition

July 30, 2020 By

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3CD/1DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Cherry Red's ongoing Howard Jones reissue campaign continues with his fourth album.  The 3CD/1DVD set features the original album alongside a whopping 34 bonus tracks - nearly two dozen of which are being released for the first time - along with a region-free DVD offering three original music videos (including a rare alternate version of "Everlasting Love") and a newly-recorded interview with

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Formats: CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Pop

We're Not In Kansas: Big Country's Early '90s Anthologized In New Cherry Red Box

July 29, 2020 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

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Cherry Red's longtime association with Scottish rockers Big Country - which manifested in a release of the group's last album The Journey in 2013 and continued with deluxe reissues of latter-day and live bootleg material in 2017 and 2018 - continues with another multi-disc anthology project due this September. Out Beyond The River - The Compulsion Years Anthology showcases the group's journey through the mid-'90s as they released The Buffalo Skinners, their sixth album, in 1993. After seeing

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Big Country

Back to Dirty Blvd.: Lou Reed's "New York" Gets Deluxe Box Set Treatment in September

July 29, 2020 By Joe Marchese 9 Comments

Lou Reed New York

Lou Reed went back to basics for his fifteenth solo studio album and Sire Records debut, 1989's New York.  In contrast to the prevailing high-gloss, sleek, and electronic sound of the day, Reed opted for a primal sound with two guitars, bass, and drums that recalled his groundbreaking work two decades earlier with The Velvet Underground.  (In fact, the VU's Moe Tucker even played percussion on a couple of tracks.)  On September 25, Rhino will revisit the dark, visceral LP in a sprawling

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Lou Reed

Happy Together: Demon Reissues Three Turtles Collections on Vinyl

July 29, 2020 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

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Three years after the U.K.'s Demon Records released The Turtles' The Albums Collection - a six-LP vinyl set presenting the band's complete studio album discography - the label has added three more vinyl titles to their Turtles library: the period anthologies Golden Hits (1967) and More Golden Hits (1970) plus the 2017 compilation The Turtles '66.  All three reflect the changing sound of the eternal group which both epitomized AM pop and gently sent it up. Golden Hits arrived at the midpoint

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: The Turtles

That Old Feeling: UMe and Acoustic Sounds Team Up For New Audiophile Reissues From Verve's Vast Jazz Catalog

July 28, 2020 By Sam Stone 5 Comments

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Verve Label Group and UMe have announced a new collaboration with the audiophile reissue label Acoustic Sounds that finds the team offering up what's said to be "definitive audiophile grade versions of some of the most historic and best jazz records ever recorded."  It's set to launch this Friday, July 31, on August 28 with two classic duets albums: Stan Getz and João Gilberto's landmark Getz/Gilberto (featuring Astrud Gilberto) and the singular Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Jazz Tags: Joao Gilberto, Louis Armstrong, Oscar Peterson, Stan Getz

Must Be The Money: Nelly's 'Country Grammar' Gets 20th Anniversary Digital Expansion

July 27, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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Two decades after Nelly put St. Louis' hip-hop scene on the map, his breakthrough debut album has been digitally expanded by UMe. A new 20th anniversary expansion of Nelly's Country Grammar is now available to stream and download, featuring the original album alongside four bonus tracks available digitally for the first time, including the soundtrack rarity "Icey"; "Come Over," a collaboration with Funkmaster Flex; and instrumental versions of the album's biggest hits, "Country Grammar" and

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Rap/Hip-Hop Tags: Nelly

In Memoriam: Peter Green (1946-2020)

July 25, 2020 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Peter Green

Earlier today, it was confirmed that Peter Green - the wunderkind guitarist who played with john Mayall's Bluesbreakers and co-founded Fleetwood Mac as well as his own Splinter Group - died at the age of 73.  As a singer, songwriter, and electrifying guitar-slinger, Green pushed the boundaries of blues-rock and forged a thrilling, all-encompassing new sound reflected on such classic songs as "Black Magic Woman,"  "Albatross," "Oh Well," and "Man of the World."  Artists the caliber of B.B. King

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Blues, Classic Rock Tags: Peter Green

Field of Eternity: Cherry Red, Esoteric Reissue and Expand Anthony Phillips "Living Room Concert"

July 24, 2020 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Anthony Phillips The Living Room Concert

Cherry Red's Esoteric Recordings imprint has had a long relationship with composer/ex-Genesis guitarist Anthony Phillips including numerous reissues and last year's release of his latest album, Strings of Light.  Now, Esoteric has reissued and expanded another treasured album from Phillips: his 1995 acoustic live set The "Living Room" Concert. The album was culled from Phillips' June 25, 1993 performance as part of the Living Room Concert Series on the U.S. public radio program Echoes.  As

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Everything Else Tags: Anthony Phillips

Release Round-Up: Week of July 24

July 24, 2020 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul, Men Without Women [CD/DVD] (Wicked Cool/UMe)  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Little Steven Van Zandt's 1982 debut with The Disciples of Soul, Men Without Women, remains a high watermark in the Jersey shore bar band sound with its fusion of classic rock and soul sounds.  Van Zandt was joined by members of The E Street Band, The Asbury Jukes, and The Miami Horns as well as pals like The

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: ABBA, Andrew Gold, Bill Kirchen, Bob Marley, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Diana Ross, Doris Day, Little Steven, Nick Kamen, The Turtles, Vince Guaraldi

Spirit of the New Land

July 23, 2020 By

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CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop Clear/black swirl LP: Real Gone Music Online Store Doug Carn was the most prolific of the artists on the Black Jazz roster, releasing four albums.  Two featured his then-wife, future Philadelphia International Records star Jean Carn.  On Spirit of the New Land, he's joined by saxophonist George Harper, trumpeter Charles Tolliver, trombonist Garnett

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Jazz

Heat Wave: The Decca Singles 1953-1955

July 23, 2020 By

Dolores Gray Decca Singles

Stage Door Records brings together two dozen rare single sides recorded by Broadway and Hollywood's sultry songstress Dolores Gray, including the Irving Berlin-penned showstopper from the soundtrack of There's No Business Like Show Business which lends this collection its title.

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Formats: CD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal

Tell Me All The Things You Do: Rhino Boxes Fleetwood Mac's Early Reprise Years

July 23, 2020 By Joe Marchese 21 Comments

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1975's Fleetwood Mac introduced a new sound for the band founded by Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Peter Green, and Jeremy Spencer. The addition of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks to the lineup saw a marked shift towards mainstream pop-rock and earned the group its first No. 1 album. But the Mac had been reinventing itself virtually from the start. Now, its early years are being revisited on a pair of new releases from Rhino due September 4. Fleetwood Mac 1969 to 1974 is a long-anticipated,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Bob Welch, Christine McVie, Fleetwood Mac, Jeremy Spencer, Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green

UPDATE: The Rolling Stones Unearth Jimmy Page Collaboration "Scarlet" and Announce Another Limited Edition Version of "Goats Head Soup"

July 23, 2020 By Sam Stone 3 Comments

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It's been a busy and exciting time to be a fan of The Rolling Stones.  Sure, we may not have had the opportunity to see them on the road this summer, but fans were treated to the exciting news of a deluxe, expanded reissue campaign for Goats Head Soup.  As previously reported, the album has been newly remixed and will arrive in a variety of formats including 1-CD, 2-CD, several vinyl configurations, and an extravagant 3CD/Blu-ray box set featuring an immersive Dolby Atmos mix of the album as its

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

Everybody's Movin': Third Man Records Presses Up Rare Stooges Set "Live At Goose Lake," Albert Ayler Gem "New Grass"

July 22, 2020 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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Jack White's Third Man Records has established itself as a formidable addition to the list of fine reissue labels. Though Third Man most often deals with Jack White's back catalog and production work, every so often, the label delivers a lost classic by legendary musicians. Such is the case with a pair of new releases - a live set from The Stooges vintage 1970, and a reissue of a beloved if challenging free jazz/soul album by saxophonist Albert Ayler. New Grass is available now.  The album

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Rock Tags: Albert Ayler, The Stooges

Review: Donna Summer, "A Hot Summer Night"

July 22, 2020 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

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"This isn't just my show...this is your show!" Donna Summer exclaimed during "MacArthur Park," the opening song of her August 6, 1983 concert at Costa Mesa, California's Pacific Amphitheatre.  Now, that memorable concert dubbed A Hot Summer Night truly can be yours, as Driven by the Music and Crimson Productions have debuted it on CD and DVD as well as on a separate vinyl release. A Hot Summer Night, part of Summer's Hard for the Money tour, was filmed in the wake of the She Works Hard for

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Donna Summer

Christmas in July: Real Gone Highlights Special Sale with New CD Reissue of "Seasons Greetings" by The Fantastic Strings of Felix Slatkin

July 21, 2020 By Randy Fairman 3 Comments

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As a heat wave grips a large portion of the U.S. and the news seems to be lacking in upbeat stories, Real Gone is looking to Christmas to brighten some spirits.  The label has started a "Christmas in July" sale, and its centerpiece is a new-to-CD reissue of 1961's Seasons Greetings by The Fantastic Strings of Felix Slatkin. Slatkin, born right before Christmas on December 22, 1915, studied the violin at an early age and joined the St. Louis Symphony at 17.  He eventually moved to Los Angeles

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Holiday Tags: Felix Slatkin, Leonard Slatkin

Lost In Loveliness: Stage Door Collects Dolores Gray's "Decca Singles 1953-1955"

July 21, 2020 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Dolores Gray Decca Singles

Stage Door Records celebrates the legacy of one of Broadway's great leading ladies, the late Dolores Gray, with its next release. Due in stores on August 14, Heat Wave: The Decca Singles 1953-1955 has two dozen sides Gray recorded for the venerable Decca label during that period including the Irving Berlin-penned showstopper from the soundtrack of There's No Business Like Show Business which lends this collection its title. (Gray stepped in when the film's star Marilyn Monroe was contractually

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Dolores Gray

Review: Micky Dolenz, "Live in Japan" [CD/DVD Edition]

July 20, 2020 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Micky Dolenz Live in Japan

Even today, the name Kodak is synonymous with photography.  But in 1980 Japan, Kodak was synonymous with The Monkees.  The venerable company had scored a popular commercial there with the group's recording of "Daydream Believer," leading to a fresh wave of Monkeemania.  Word spread, and soon, Davy Jones and Peter Tork were touring the country as solo acts.  Micky Dolenz was third to arrive, having comfortably reestablished himself as not only a stage star but a theatrical and television

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Micky Dolenz, The Monkees

Paul McCartney Releases "Beautiful Night" EP, Offers Free Exclusive Download of Rare 1986 Version

July 17, 2020 By Sam Stone 3 Comments

Ahead of the exciting Flaming Pie Archive set that's due to arrive on July 31, Paul McCartney has released a trio of digital EPs starting with Young Boy, then The World Tonight.  Today, he's released another digital EP, Beautiful Night.  This one isn't too different from the last two in that it offers highlights from the box set.  Among its four tracks are the remastered version of the song, a 1995 demo, a studio run-through, and the radio show mix "Oobu Joobu, Pt. 5." But, as a surprise to

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Paul McCartney

I'm In Love, What's That Song: Replacements Expand 'Pleased To Meet Me' For New Box Set

July 17, 2020 By Joe Marchese 16 Comments

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On the heels of last year's revelatory Dead Man's Pop set exploring the making of Don't Tell a Soul, Rhino has announced a new box set from The Replacements celebrating another of the Minneapolis band's finest albums.  On October 9, 1987's Pleased to Meet Me - the immediate predecessor of Don't Tell a Soul - will get the deluxe treatment as a 3-CD/1-LP set (also available digitally) featuring a whopping 29 previously unreleased tracks. The 'Mats' fifth studio album, Pleased to Meet Me is

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Alex Chilton, Paul Westerberg, The Replacements

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