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Short Takes: Elvis Costello, Bruce Springsteen Share Details on Future Box Sets

September 21, 2020 By Mike Duquette 11 Comments

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Over the past few days, two rock legends dished on some upcoming catalogue projects while discussing their latest musical works. On Friday, in a new interview with Billboard, Elvis Costello talked about next month's Hey Clockface, releasing October 30 - but also let slip some details about another series of reissues around his first decade of material: Recently I went to a meeting at a record company for the first time since the '90s [at Universal, which last year renewed its global license

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello

Is This Love: Whitesnake Remix Romantic Tracks For 'Love Songs' Collection

September 18, 2020 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

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Continuing a series of compilations that kicked off earlier this year, Whitesnake will release a new collection, Love Songs, through Rhino on November 6. Love Songs is the middle act in the British rock group's "Red, White and Blues" trilogy that kicked off with The Rock Album back in June. (The closer, The Blues Album, will hit stores next year.) Like that collection, Love Songs is centered on a theme - romance, as you could guess from the title - and like The Rock Album, every track on here

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Whitesnake

Burn Down The Mission: Elton John Collects Rarities On New Box Set

September 17, 2020 By Mike Duquette 23 Comments

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Elton John is reaching deep into the vault with Jewel Box, a new, super-sized collection of rare and unreleased material. The British pop legend will release the new eight-disc collection on November 13, providing the deepest dive yet into his expansive, five-decade-plus archive. Approximately 63 of the set's 148 songs are previously unreleased, and three dozen B-sides are being compiled here for the first time. There are four themes across the discs, which will carry over to a trio of

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Elton John

A Charlie Brown Christmas: Original Soundtrack [70th Anniversary Edition LP]

September 16, 2020 By

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The timeless comic strip Peanuts will turn 70 this year.  To celebrate, Craft Recordings will release special one-time vinyl pressings of the holiday soundtrack A Charlie Brown Christmas by The Vince Guaraldi Trio, paired with a bonus lenticular print of the Charles Schulz-designed album cover.  The classic album is not only among the best selling jazz records of all time, it's also synonymous with the holiday season.  A standard black vinyl edition will be released October 9. A range of

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Soundtracks

Watching The Wheels: Kenneth Womack's New Biography "John Lennon: 1980" Offers A Comprehensive Look At The Artist's Later Days

September 16, 2020 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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John Lennon has been in the news a lot lately, and with good reason.  2020 marks what would have been the musician's 80th birthday and, sadly, it's also the fortieth year since his death.  But there's more to that final year of John's life than the tragic events of December 8, 1980.  In his new biography, John Lennon: 1980 - The Last Days in the Life, Beatles expert Kenneth Womack tracks that period of creativity and reinvention, writing in a way that's simultaneously approachable yet

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Books Genre: Classic Rock Tags: John Lennon

Funky Mama: Hard-To-Find Roland Haynes Album "2nd Wave" To Be Reissued by Real Gone Music

September 15, 2020 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

The deep-dive into Black Jazz Records' catalogue continues! Real Gone Music has announced new CD and vinyl reissues of Roland Haynes' only album, 2nd Wave, due on October 23.  The hard-to-find album features notable jazz sidemen like the ace rhythm section composed of drummer Carl Burnett (whose credits include Cal Tjader, Vince Guaraldi and Gene Harris and The Three Sounds), and bassist Henry 'The Skipper' Franklin (who's recorded with Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Hugh Masekela, and many

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Jazz Tags: Roland Haynes

A Hundred Million Miracles: Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Flower Drum Song" Reissued on Vinyl, Hi-Rez Digital

September 14, 2020 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

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Flower Drum Song occupies a unique position in the Rodgers and Hammerstein canon.  The 1958 musical wasn't one of the duo's timeless hits (Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, The Sound of Music).  Nor was it one of their three commercial misses (Allegro, Me and Juliet, Pipe Dream).  Instead, when considering the R&H oeuvre, it resides somewhere in between.  It played 600 performances, and yielded a successful London production, a couple of bona fide classic songs, a

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings Tags: Juanita Hall, Larry Blyden, Miyoshi Umeki, Pat Suzuki, Rodgers and Hammerstein

Mind Blowing Decisions: Crimson Collects Three Discs of Heatwave

September 14, 2020 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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Autumn's almost here, but Demon's Crimson imprint is planning a Heatwave with the impending release of a 3CD collection in the label's Gold series that covers the U.K. R&B group in detail. Though they were based in England and signed to the country's GTO label (with Epic handling their works in the U.S.), Heatwave showcased the potential of soul, funk and R&B in the disco era to connect with a global audience. At the core of the band were two Americans (singers Johnnie Wilder, Jr. and

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Heatwave

Suddenly It's Yesterday: Demon Reissues R&B Classics from Freda Payne, 100 Proof Aged in Soul, More

September 9, 2020 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

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Today, we're taking a look at an array of recent R&B/soul vinyl releases from Demon Music Group! Demon has been home to Holland-Dozier-Holland's Invictus catalogue for years now, and after a comprehensive series of CD reissues, the label has turned its attention to vinyl.  Freda Payne's Contact was the Detroit songstress' second album for Invictus and a further showcase for her extraordinary vocal gifts.  Freda had already recorded for labels including ABC-Paramount and MGM when an old

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: 100 Proof Aged in Soul, Freda Payne, Sydney Joe Qualls, Willie Henderson

Oh No, Not Me: Tony Visconti Remixes David Bowie's 'The Man Who Sold The World' For 50th Anniversary (UPDATED WITH ORDER LINKS)

September 8, 2020 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

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David Bowie's third album The Man Who Sold The World will be remixed and reissued for its 50th anniversary this fall. The album will be re-released November 6 - two days after its exact anniversary - with a new mix of nearly the entire album by original producer Tony Visconti, available on CD, LP and high-resolution digital formats. (The sole exception: Side 1 closer "After All," which Visconti felt he could not improve on.) This release will feature a new version of the album's original

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: David Bowie

This Far

September 5, 2020 By

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This Far brings together remastered versions of all of Sade's albums on 180-gram vinyl.  The white casebound box includes the following LPs: Diamond Life (1984); Promise (1985); Stronger Than Pride (1988); Love Deluxe (1992); Lovers Rock (2000); and Soldier of Love (2010) Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios sourced the collection from high resolution digital transfers of the original stereo masters, remastering at half-speed using his own restored Neumann VMS80 cutting

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Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul

Funny and You Don't Know Why: The Second Disc's Bandcamp Friday Picks for September

September 4, 2020 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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On March 20, as the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic was just starting to be understood, indie music retailer Bandcamp made the bold choice of waiving their share of revenue for artists and labels who were cancelling shows and delaying album releases left and right. The result was more music bought by more fans than any day on the site, a record broken on the first Friday of May. Bandcamp Fridays have since taken place in June, July and August - plus the first of an annual occurrence when the

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Categories: Features, News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Electronic, Everything Else, Folk, Pop, Rock Tags: Death Cab For Cutie, Joni Mitchell, Mort Garson, Paramore, Pylon, R.E.M., The Modulators, Wilco, Woody Guthrie

Barnes and Noble's Vinyl Weekend Begins TODAY with Exclusive LPs from The Doors, The Hollies, Bread, Linda Ronstadt, Otis Redding, Classic Broadway Musicals

September 4, 2020 By Joe Marchese 9 Comments

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Today, Vinyl Weekend kicks off at Barnes and Noble locations around the United States.  This promotion sees the release a number of exclusive vinyl titles including classic albums, compilations, and cast recordings.  These titles are typically available even at locations that (shudder) no longer have full music departments, and should also be available at BN.com.  We're spotlighting the catalogue-related titles and more below.  Click here to locate a B&N near you. Bread, Anthology of

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Alanis Morisette, Bread, Debbie Gibson, Green Day, Leonard Bernstein, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Linda Ronstadt, Otis Redding, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim, The Doors, The Hollies, Tina Turner

Electronic Flair: Real Gone Music Reissues Rare Synthesizer Explorations of Dan Lacksman

September 3, 2020 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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Real Gone Music has a reputation for finding some of the finest lost treasures from across genres and the label's most recent announcement is one that's sure to take listeners by surprise.  On October 23, Real Gone will reissue three pioneering pieces of synth-pop from Belgian recording engineer and synthesizer artist Daniel Lacksman:  Dan Lacksman, Electronic System: Vol. II, and Electronic System: Tchip Tchip (Vol. 3).  Originally released in 1973 and 1974, this triptych sees Lacksman

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Electronic, Everything Else, Pop Tags: Daniel Lacksman

So What'cha Want: Beastie Boys Issue New Compilation In October

September 3, 2020 By Mike Duquette 6 Comments

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After two years of retrospectives in the literary and cinematic world, a new career-spanning Beastie Boys compilation is on its way next month. Beastie Boys Music serves as a belated 20-track accompaniment to the group's lengthy Beastie Boys Book (2018) and this year's Spike Jonze-helmed documentary Beastie Boys Story. True to its name, it collects 20 singles and beloved tracks from the New York trio's seven major records for Def Jam and Capitol, including "Fight For Your Right," "Hey

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Rap/Hip-Hop Tags: The Beastie Boys

Diamond Life: Sade's Studio Discography Collected on New Box Set "This Far"

September 2, 2020 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

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With such irresistible songs as "Smooth Operator," "The Sweetest Taboo," and "Soldier of Love," Sade has been winning the hearts of listeners everywhere for over 35 years.  The group's small but powerful discography - six studio albums, all of which have been certified Platinum and Gold all around the world, including the U.S. and U.K. - will be collected in a new vinyl box set due October 9 from Sony Music. This Far brings together remastered versions of all of Sade's albums on 180-gram

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Sade

Hey Sandy: 'Pete & Pete' Band Polaris Prep Deluxe Vinyl Reissue

September 2, 2020 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

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Polaris, the Miracle Legion side-project "band that lives in your TV," is coming back to your turntable with a very special reissue this year. Music From The Adventures Of Pete & Pete is being reissued this month by frontman Mark Mulcahy's Mezzotint label, pressed for the first time as a double LP on white vinyl. This "Deluxe 21st Century Edition" will also come with a CD of 15 previously unreleased demos. Series co-creator Will McRobb has penned liner notes, and for the first time, a

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Mark Mulcahy, Miracle Legion, Polaris

My Blue Heaven: Impex Preps Expanded Audiophile Reissue of "Sing and Dance With Frank Sinatra" on LP and SACD

September 1, 2020 By Sam Stone 2 Comments

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Over the course of his long and storied career, Frank Sinatra made many game-changing moves.  He released the very first pop long-playing record with Columbia's 1948 reissue of The Voice of Frank Sinatra, pioneered the concept album with In The Wee Small Hours at Capitol, founded his own independent record label (Reprise), and transformed the art of pop vocal performance.  In 1950, the future Chairman of the Board released an album (then available as either a set of four 10" 78s or a single

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Categories: News Formats: CD, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Pop Tags: Frank Sinatra

Let's Make the Most of It Now: Stage Door Reissues "On the Level," '60s Musical with "Doctor Who" and Beatles Connections

August 31, 2020 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Swinging London was a melting pot of fashions, styles, and sounds.  It was only natural that the cultural revolution and the youth movement would extend to the West End musical theatre.  1966's On the Level was the second musical to open in London in as many years to concern itself with young adults in a school setting; the first was John Barry, Trevor Peacock, and Wolf Mankowitz's Passion Flower Hotel a year earlier.  If that show had boldfaced names in John Barry, Jeremy Clyde (of Chad and

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings Tags: Ron Grainer, Ronald Millar

This Is Soul: Ace Collects "The Soul of The Memphis Boys" with Elvis, Dusty, Box Tops, More

August 31, 2020 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

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We've already filled you in on Ace's recent anthology collecting works by Philly soul maestro Thom Bell; now we're looking to the American South with another release! Way back in 2012, Ace Records collected the multifaceted sounds of Chips Moman and Don Crews' American Studios on Memphis Boys: The Story of American Studios.  The 24-song tribute collection featured such visitors to Memphis as Dusty Springfield, Wilson Pickett, B.J. Thomas, and Solomon Burke as well as Elvis Presley, one of the

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Arthur Alexander, Ben E. King, Bobby Womack, Dusty Springfield, Elvis Presley, James and Bobby Purify, James Carr, Jerry Lee Lewis, Joe Tex, Solomon Burke, The Blossoms, The Box Tops, Various Artists

The Second Disc Guide to Record Store Day Drop 1 TOMORROW!

August 28, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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With the nation still fighting COVID-19, Record Store Day here in the U.S. looks a little - make that a lot - different this year.  The usual offerings have been split among three dates with Drop 1 taking place tomorrow, August 29, at your local independent record retailer.  Drop 2 is September 26, and Drop 3 is October 24.  Every retailer is handling the Drop a bit differently thanks to the necessary accommodations for social distancing, smaller crowds, and better safety precautions.  So please

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Al Green, America, Andrew Gold, Billie Eilish, Bob James, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Charlie Parker, David Bowie, Elton John, John Lennon, Marc Bolan, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, Ravi Shankar, Record Store Day, Steve Earle, T Rex, The Valentines, The Who, Thelonious Monk

This is the Way: Mondo Preps Vinyl Box Set for 'The Mandalorian'

August 27, 2020 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

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Soundtrack revival label Mondo is taking its first ever trip to a galaxy far, far away next week with the physical debut of the complete scores to The Mandalorian, the critically acclaimed Star Wars television series that was an early must-see on the streaming Disney+ network. This 8LP set includes the complete Emmy-nominated score by upstart composer Ludwig Göransson, all pressed on 180-gram vinyl. Each album features unique artwork by designer Paul Mann, and it's all packaged in a custom

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Ludwig Göransson

Excitable Boy: Warren Zevon's "Stand in the Fire" Is Expanded by Run Out Groove; The Monkees and Lenny Kravitz Among Next Titles in Fan Vote

August 27, 2020 By Joe Marchese 8 Comments

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Get ready to howl!  Run Out Groove has announced its latest fan-voted release, and it's from the late singer-songwriter Warren Zevon.  The label will press a limited and numbered Deluxe Edition of Zevon's live album Stand in the Fire - Recorded Live at The Roxy in a generously expanded format.  The original LP was originally released at the tail end of 1980 and was recorded over a five-night stand in August of that year at the famed West Hollywood venue.  It boasted ten tracks - including

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Lenny Kravitz, Louis XIV, The Monkees, Warren Zevon

Real Gone Music Announces Halloween Lineup, Including First Reissue of Cartoon Cult Classic "Groovie Goolies"

August 27, 2020 By Sam Stone 2 Comments

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Time may feel like it's at a standstill, but Halloween is just around the corner.  To celebrate, Real Gone Music will release a host of spooky-scary releases on October 2, including the first-ever CD and LP reissue of Groovie Goolies. The 1970 power pop album was the soundtrack to the popular CBS-TV music-themed Saturday morning cartoon show produced by Filmation.  Each episode included two original songs: one from The Monster Trio (Drac, Frankie, and Wolfie - see the album cover!) and one

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: 45 Grave, Charles Bernstein, Coven, Filter, Gravediggaz, Groovie Goolies, John Zacherle, Megadeth, Melvins, Pantera, Roky Erickson, The Cramps, The Damned, The Munsters

Morrison Hotel: Deluxe Edition

August 24, 2020 By

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The Doors went back to basics when they checked into Morrison Hotel for their 1970 studio album.  The band's fifth LP, it's now being reissued by Rhino as a 2-CD/1-LP 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition.  This release follows the label's similar reissues for The Doors' first four albums including The Soft Parade which expanded their sound to include orchestration.  Morrison Hotel got them back to blues-rock in striking fashion.  CD 1 has the original mix newly remastered by the band's longtime

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