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Dark Matter

July 23, 2017 By

Randy Newman Dark Matter

Randy Newman returns with his first studio album of new material since 2008's Harps and Angels.  Songs include "Putin," "Sonny Boy," "Wandering Boy," and "Lost Without You."  A vinyl release arrives on August 18.

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

Release Round-Up: Week of July 21

July 21, 2017 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Leave Home

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Ramones, Leave Home: 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (Sire/Rhino) 3CD/1LP box set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 1CD remaster: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K.  A new  3CD/1LP edition of Ramones' 1977 sophomore album boasts the album in original and newly-remixed form, as well as a 33-track disc loaded with previously unreleased session material and a 1977 CBGBs concert recording! In addition to the above material on CD,

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: 10cc, Billy Ocean, Eric Stewart, Johnny Rivers, Marillion, Ramones, The Beach Boys, The Stylistics

Release Round-Up: Week of July 14

July 14, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Dusty Springfield Brand New Me Complete

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Dusty Springfield, A Brand New Me: The Complete Philadelphia Sessions (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Dusty Springfield's 1970 A Brand New Me LP (her follow-up Atlantic effort to the landmark Dusty in Memphis) found Dusty traveling to Sigma Sound in Philadelphia to work with Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff and Thom Bell, architects of the orchestrated soul known as "The Philadelphia Sound."  Springfield would have a #3 AC

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Dusty Springfield, Eagles, k.d. lang, Lifehouse, Nick Lowe, The Grateful Dead, Yoko Ono

Release Round-Up: Week of July 7

July 7, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Laura Nyro A Little Magic A Little Kindness

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up featuring our latest Second Disc Records title and much, much more! Laura Nyro, A Little Magic, A Little Kindness: The Complete Mono Albums Collection (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music are proud to present, for the first time on CD, the ultra-rare, original mono mixes of Laura Nyro's first two albums: More Than a New Discovery (Verve Folkways, 1967) and Eli

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country, Disco/Dance, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Charley Pride, Chris Bell, Del Shannon, Delegation, Eddy Arnold, Keely Smith, Laura Nyro, Radiohead, Rosanne Cash, Tim Buckley, Weather Report

Body of Work 1978-1988

July 3, 2017 By

Godley Creme

Caroline International has a 5CD box set detailing what Kevin Godley and Lol Creme did as a duo after leaving 10cc in 1976. The artier half of the band, the duo nonetheless scored two U.K. Top 10 hits in the 1980s with "Under Your Thumb" and "Wedding Bells." Body of Work 1978-1988 features, in full, each of the band's six albums in that decade (L (1978), Freeze Frame (1979), Ismism (1981), Birds of Prey (1983), The History Mix Vol. 1 (1985, presented in its expanded "Plus" form as issued by

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

Anthology

July 3, 2017 By

Eric Stewart Anthology

Cherry Red's Lemon imprint is assembling a 2CD set devoted mostly to the solo work of 10cc frontman Eric Stewart. This 2CD Anthology includes six tracks from the latter half of 10cc's career with Stewart and Gouldman at the helm (mostly drawn from their final album, 1995's MirrorMirror) plus material from Stewart's four solo albums recorded between 1980 and 2009, including tracks from 1980's Girls and 1982's Frooty Rooties making their debuts on CD.

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

Release Round-Up: Week of June 30

June 30, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Beach Boys Sunshine Tomorrow

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Beach Boys, 1967: Sunshine Tomorrow (Capitol/Brother/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The Beach Boys' Sunshine Tomorrow, a new 2-CD and digital collection, not only premieres the first-ever true stereo mix of 1967's Wild Honey, but also premieres a whopping 54 rarities recorded that year including the live album Lei'd in Hawaii, session material from both Wild Honey and Smiley Smile, and further live recordings (spanning

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Art Pepper, Beach House, Harry Nilsson, Peggy March, The Beach Boys, The Beau Brummels, Various Artists

Release Round-Up: Week of June 23

June 23, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Radiohead OKNOTOK 2 CD

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Prince, Purple Rain: Music from the Motion Picture (various formats) (Warner Bros.) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 3CD/1DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. At long, long last - a deluxe, expanded Purple Rain arrives in various formats, including a 2-CD iteration with 11 previously unreleased outtakes and a 3-CD/1-DVD version adding a third CD of 15 single edits and

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Allen Ginsberg, Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello, Glenn Morrow, Neil Young, Prince, Radiohead, Willie Nile

Decade

June 16, 2017 By

Neil Young Decade

Neil Young's seminal Decade - his 1977 triple-album retrospective - returns to CD in remastered form as a 2-CD set.  The 140-gram 3-LP version, previously available only as a Record Store Day exclusive, will also be available to general retail.

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Release Round-Up: Week of June 16

June 16, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

David Bowie Cracked Actor

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! David Bowie, Cracked Actor: Live in Los Angeles 1974 (Parlophone/Rhino) (Amazon U.S./ Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Cracked Actor: Live in Los Angeles 1974 is the first authorized release of Bowie's Philly Dogs Tour show at Los Angeles' Universal Amphitheatre, from September 1974.  First released earlier this year on vinyl only, some of this performance was featured in Alan Yentob's BBC documentary also known as Cracked Actor.  The original tapes

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Big Star, Blue Cheer, Cheap Trick, David Bowie, Randy Newman, Rosebud, Spirit, The Commodores, The Dustbowl Revival, The Rolling Stones

A Boy From Tupelo: The Sun Masters

June 14, 2017 By

Boy From Tupelo LP

A Boy From Tupelo: The Sun Masters is a single disc distillation on 12-inch vinyl of Legacy's new 3-CD complete Elvis at Sun box set.  This LP chronicles, in streamlined fashion, Presley's rise via his complete single A and B-sides for Sun Records, plus additional songs recorded at Sun Studio and released on his legendary self-titled RCA debut album in 1956.

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

Pet Shop Boys Announce "Catalogue 1985-2012," Three Expanded Albums

June 13, 2017 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Nightlife FL

After a 16-year break, legendary British duo Pet Shop Boys have announced a trio of expanded reissues from within their Parlophone Records discography--now part of a new initiative, Catalogue 1985-2012. On July 28, new remastered reissues of Nightlife (1997), Release (2002) and Fundamental (2006) will be issued worldwide. As with prior releases, each CD title will include a series of Further Listening discs featuring "master quality bonus tracks and demos created in the same time period as

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop Tags: Pet Shop Boys

Release Round-Up: Week of June 9

June 9, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Glen Campbell Adios

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Glen Campbell, Adios (UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Glen Campbell's final recordings, produced by his longtime band member Carl Jackson, comprise this release.  Selections include the lead-off single "Everybody's Talkin'," and four songs by Jimmy Webb (including the touching title track as well as "Postcard from Paris," "Just Like Always" and "It Won't Bring Her Back"), plus compositions from Bob Dylan, Jerry Reed, Dickey Lee,

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Christine McVie, Chuck Berry, Del Shannon, Glen Campbell, John Coltrane, Lee Hazlewood, Lindsey Buckingham, Lynn Castle, Paul Simon, Third Eye Blind

Power of Peace

June 5, 2017 By

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The Isley Brothers and Santana team up for an all-new studio album in which the legendary artists reflect on classic rock, pop, soul, and R&B standards such as "Higher Ground," "Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology)," "God Bless the Child," and "What the World Needs Now is Love."

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

Release Round-Up: Week of June 2

June 2, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Kris and Rita Full Moon

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Rita Coolidge and Kris Kristofferson, Full Moon: Expanded Edition (Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) 1973's Grammy-winning, chart-topping Full Moon was the first duet album Rita Coolidge made with her then-husband Kris Kristofferson.  Yet, it has never been released on CD outside of Japan - until now!  Real Gone's new reissue has been expanded with six previously unreleased outtakes: one from the album sessions and five more

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Gospel, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Bob Marley, Chicago, Doris Day, Grateful Dead, Jesse Ed Davis, Kris Kristofferson, Larry Coryell, Merry Clayton, Rita Coolidge, Robert Lamm, Ry Cooder, The Who, U2

Release Round-Up: Week of May 26

May 26, 2017 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Sgt Pepper super

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band various editions (Apple/Capitol/UMe) 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 4CD/DVD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. The Beatles' seminal 1967 celebrates its 50th anniversary in style with a multitude of new editions featuring Giles Martin's brand-new - and quite frankly,

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Bad Company, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Foreigner, Grateful Dead, Jaco Pastorius, Midnight Oil, The Beatles, The Beau Brummels, The Rolling Stones, Tim Rice

Release Round-Up: Week of May 19

May 19, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Cetera

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Jethro Tull, Songs from the Wood: 40th Anniversary Edition - The Country Set (Chrysalis/Parlophone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K.) Jethro Tull's 1977 album returns in a new 3CD/2DVD book-style edition, packed with bonus material. Steven Wilson produced new stereo and 5.1 surround sound mixes heard in this set on CD and DVD, featuring not only the album but bonus tracks too.  As per the norm for this series, there's a flat transfer

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Blink-182, Chris Cornell, Chris Price, Helium, Isaac Hayes, Jethro Tull, Little Steven, Los Straitjackets, Nick Lowe, Peter Cetera, The Staple Singers, Wes Montgomery, William Bell, Wynton Kelly

Release Round-Up: Week of May 12

May 12, 2017 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Dion Kickin Child

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Dion, Kickin' Child: The Lost Album 1965 (Norton) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Norton Records has rounded up 15 songs recorded by Dion DiMucci and his group The Wanderers with producer Tom Wilson over sessions between spring and fall of 1965.  It all adds up to a trailblazing folk-rock album featuring original songs and covers of Bob Dylan, Tom Paxton, and Mort Shuman.  Also available on vinyl.  Read more here! Brinsley

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Bette Midler, Brinsley Schwarz, Dan Fogelberg, Dion, Stephen Sondheim, The Allman Brothers Band, Todd Rundgren

OKNOTOK 1997 2017

May 6, 2017 By

OKNOTOK

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Box Set: Links TBD OKNOTOK 1997-2017 celebrates Radiohead's first U.K. No. 1 album, cited by many as one of the greatest albums of its era, with an all-new remaster from the original analog tapes and a bonus disc compiling eight remastered B-sides and three previously unreleased tracks from the album sessions: "I Promise," "Man of War" and "Lift." The set will be available as a 2CD or 3LP set. A box set version takes the three

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Formats: Box Sets, Cassette, CD, Vinyl Genre: Rock

Release Round-Up: Week of May 5

May 5, 2017 By Joe Marchese 9 Comments

Grateful Dead Cornell 5 8 77

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Grateful Dead, Cornell 5/8/77 (Grateful Dead/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Rhino teams with the Grateful Dead for the first authorized release of one of the band's most famous concert bootlegs:  the Cornell 5/8/77 show. The bootleg recording of this show was so significant that it was added to the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry in 2011.  This 3-CD set ties in with a new book about the oft-discussed concert;

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Diana Krall, Grateful Dead, Julie Andrews, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Patti Labelle, Rare Earth, Seals and Crofts, The Creation, The Turtles

The Very Best of Peter Cetera

April 30, 2017 By

Cetera

The Very Best of Peter Cetera salutes the Chicago balladeer's solo career over 14 tracks.  This special collection rounds up all the hits from his Warner Bros. albums, many of which are presented in their original single edit and mix versions (including Japan-only single "Stay with Me," from the country's fairy-tale film Princess From the Moon), making this a must-own for those who want to remember Cetera's smooth sound as it was heard on radio through the '80s and '90s.

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

40

April 13, 2017 By

Foreigner 40

Foreigner marks 40 years of music with a new 2-CD, 40-song collection featuring all 16 of the group's Top 30 hits from different charts, plus various singles, album tracks, one-offs, two new recordings, and more.  40 is also available as a 2-LP vinyl set, with 23 of the tracks from the CD version.

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock

Release Round-Up: Week of March 31

March 31, 2017 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring some of the most hotly-anticipated sets of the year! Fleetwood Mac, Tango in the Night [Various Editions] (Warner Bros./Rhino) 3CD/1DVD/1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Fleetwood Mac's 1987 album featuring "Little Lies" and "Everywhere" returns in a variety of formats including a 3-CD/1 DVD/1 LP version (with the original

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Big Country, Bob Dylan, Derrick Anderson, Fleetwood Mac, Johnny Cash, Leonard Bernstein, Neil Diamond, The Bangles, The Bee Gees, The Doors, Various Artists, Vera Lynn

Chuck

March 29, 2017 By

Chuck Berry Chuck

Before shuffling off this mortal coil earlier this year at the age of 90, the rock-and-roll pioneer Chuck Berry left behind his first new album in almost 40 years, featuring almost all new material written by the legend.  Chuck was recorded around his home base of St. Louis, and features the local group that has backed him on 200+-dates over the past two decades.  The group includes his children Charles Berry Jr. (guitar) and Ingrid Berry (harmonica), plus Jimmy Marsala (Berry's bassist of forty

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Rock

Years

March 28, 2017 By

Marc Jonson Years

Real Gone is reissuing the debut album from singer-songwriter Marc Jonson.  Years, released on Vanguard in 1972, has never been reissued on CD and features a light psyche/folk baroque sound.  As a songwriter, Jonson has seen his songs covered by such artists as Robert Gordon, The Roches, Shawn Colvin, Steve Forbert, Suzanne Vega and The Smithereens.  He has performed on several Disney albums and released two more solo albums and, in 2015, a collections of songs written over the years with David

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Formats: CD Genre: Folk

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