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A Higher Place: Tom Petty's 'Wildflowers & All The Rest' Arrives In Multiple Formats This Fall

August 20, 2020 By Joe Marchese 11 Comments

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Let's get to the point, let's roll another joint: the late, great Tom Petty's solo masterpiece Wildflowers will be revisited in a series of reissues out October 16. Wildflowers & All The Rest rounds up the original 1994 album alongside several bonus discs of outtakes and rarities. A standard 2CD/3LP edition adds 10 unheard tracks - intended for a much longer edition of the album at the time - while a 4CD/7LP deluxe box adds two volumes of solo home recordings and live cuts. A super deluxe

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Tom Petty, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

Waiting for the Sun: The Doors' "Morrison Hotel" Goes Deluxe in October

August 20, 2020 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

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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 on October 9 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. The box set features original engineer Bruce Botnick's

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: The Doors

A Holly Dolly Christmas

August 18, 2020 By

Dolly Parton A Holly Dolly Christmas

Dolly Parton is spreading the sunshine this Christmas with an all-new holiday album.  A Holly Dolly Christmas features her renditions of "A Holly Jolly Christmas," "Pretty Paper," and "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" alongside duets with Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus, and Dolly's brother Randy Parton.  Available on CD and vinyl.

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Country, Holiday

Ultimate Christmas

August 18, 2020 By

Peggy Lee Ultimate Christmas

Capitol and UMe continue the Peggy Lee centennial celebration with this new anthology featuring 22 of her beloved Christmas recordings.  Tracks include "Winter Wonderland," "The Christmas Waltz," "I Like a Sleighride (Jingle Bells)," "Peace on Earth," and many more.  Available on CD and 2-LP vinyl.

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Holiday, Popular Standards/Vocal

It's Magic: Crimson Collects "Gold" from Doris Day, Neil Sedaka, Tammy Wynette, The Foundations

August 18, 2020 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

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Today, we're rounding up a quartet of recent additions to Crimson Productions' ever-growing library of 3-CD Gold collections! The Foundations occupy a place in history as the first multi-racial band to score a U.K. No. 1 single in the 1960s.  While the pop-soul group's run of hits was relatively short-lived, their classics "Build Me Up, Buttercup" and "Baby, Now That I've Found You" still remain in the rotation on oldies stations everywhere.  Crimson's Gold volume proves that The Foundations'

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Country, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Doris Day, George Jones, Johnnie Ray, Neil Sedaka, Tammy Wynette, The Foundations

All Rise: New Box Set Anthologizes Herb Alpert's Discography

August 17, 2020 By Mike Duquette 17 Comments

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There are truly few in the music business like Herb Alpert. A trumpet player, songwriter, label co-founder, sculptor and philanthropist - Alpert is all these things and more, and they're all due to be on display in a forthcoming documentary, appropriately titled Herb Alpert Is..., slated to premiere October 1. Just one day later, a new overview of his storied musical career is due. The box set Herb Alpert Is..., to be released through his own Herb Alpert Presents label, will compile 63 tracks

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Funk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Herb Alpert, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Hugh Masekela, Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis

Herb Alpert Is...

August 17, 2020 By

Herb Alpert Is

3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Herb Alpert Is...a trumpeter, songwriter, producer, artist, entrepreneur, philanthropist.  The list goes on.  To tie in with director John Scheinfeld's documentary of that name premiering this fall, Alpert's own Herb Alpert Presents label is releasing a 3-CD or 5-LP deluxe box set tracing his career from the birth of A&M Records (which he founded with Jerry Moss) to the present day.  The

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal

This Dream of You

August 17, 2020 By

Diana Krall This Dream of You

Diana Krall is back with a new studio album culled from her final recording sessions in 2016-2017 with late, great producer Tommy LiPuma.  This Dream of You is named after the recent Bob Dylan song, and the album also includes such classic standards as "Almost Like Being in Love," "Autumn in New York," "That's All," and "How Deep Is the Ocean."  Settings vary, with ensemble, quartet, and duo performances.  Available on CD, vinyl, and streaming.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Popular Standards/Vocal

Cruisin' for Love: Cherry Red, RPM Collect The Complete Kursaal Flyers on "Little Does She Know"

August 17, 2020 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Kursaal Flyers Little Does She Know

The Kursaal Flyers - founded in Southend-on-Sea, some 40 miles or 64 kilometers east of central London and so named for the town's famous building which once housed part of a famous amusement park - made their biggest splash with the 1976 single "Little Does She Know," produced by Mike Batt in thunderous Phil Spector style.  Cherry Red's RPM Records has recently chronicled the full Kursaal Flyers story as one of the imprint's final projects.  Little Does She Know: The Complete Recordings has

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Kursaal Flyers

Sinister Footwear II: Frank Zappa's "Halloween 81" Box Set Arrives In October

August 14, 2020 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Frank Zappa Halloween 81

It wouldn't be Halloween without a little Frank Zappa...and this year, Zappa Records and UMe are delivering once again with a frightfully entertaining new box set.  October 2 will see the release of Halloween 81, following up the previous releases of Halloween 73 and 77.  The 6-CD box set boasts 78 previously unreleased live tracks from three concerts for more than seven hours of listening. The bandleader's New York Halloween shows were among his most anticipated as he blended his signature

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Frank Zappa, Steve Vai

Distortion 1989-2019

August 14, 2020 By

Mould Distortion CD

24CD with exclusive signed print: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 8LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. British label Edsel is joining forces with punk icon Bob Mould to collect nearly everything he's ever released into a new CD box set.  Distortion 1989-2019 offers 24 discs of Mould's work after the dissolution of seminal hardcore outfit Hüsker Dü. It features all his studio albums credited to himself, '90s power trio Sugar and even dance-oriented side projects LoudBomb and Blowoff, plus four live sets

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Rock

That Summer Feeling: Jonathan Richman's "I, Jonathan" Receives First-Ever Vinyl Issue

August 14, 2020 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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Boston-hailing ex-Modern Lover Jonathan Richman's I, Jonathan was his fourth solo album, hailed as a masterpiece of lo-fi and a master class in songwriting.  Originally released in 1992 on Rounder Records, I, Jonathan now receives its first-ever vinyl reissue as part of a series celebrating the 50th anniversary of the label.  The new pressing arrived today on Craft Recordings. Upon its release, the album brought the somewhat underground, offbeat artist to a new group of fans, joining a group

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Jonathan Richman

See a Little Light: Bob Mould Plans 'Distortion' Box Set, Vinyl Reissue Series

August 13, 2020 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

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Looking for a way to celebrate Bob Mould ahead of his next album, Blue Hearts, due next month? British label Edsel is joining forces with the punk icon to collect nearly everything he's ever released into a new CD box set. Distortion 1989-2019, available October 2, offers 24 discs of Mould's work after the dissolution of seminal hardcore outfit Hüsker Dü. It features all his studio albums credited to himself, '90s power trio Sugar and even dance-oriented side projects LoudBomb and Blowoff,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Rock Tags: Bob Mould, Hüsker Dü, Sugar

Love You So: Rare David Bowie Live Show Arriving August 14, "Young Americans" Vinyl Reissue To Follow

August 13, 2020 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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As keepers of the David Bowie catalogue, Parlophone has been presenting a wealth of CD box sets, vinyl reissues, and digital rarities in recent years.  Now, another batch is on the way.  Back in May, LiveandWell.com received its first wide commercial release on digital platforms.  Prior to that, the label announced the RSD release of ChangesNowBowie on both CD and vinyl, and most recently, Parlophone delivered Ouvrez Le Chien (Live Dallas 95) to digital services. This Friday, another '90s

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

From Elvis in Nashville [Various Formats]

August 12, 2020 By

ElvisPresley FromElvisInNashville

4-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop 2-LP orange and aquamarine: Graceland Online Shop RCA and Legacy Recordings are commemorating the 50th anniversary of Elvis Presley's landmark "marathon" recording sessions in Nashville with this new 4-CD box.  These sessions (which yielded material for Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old), That's the Way It Is, and Love Letters from Elvis) will

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country, Pop

Hemidemisemiquaver: Buried Treasures of the Raymond Scott Big Band

August 12, 2020 By

RaymondScottBigBand Hemidemisemiquaver

Real Gone turns back the clock to the big band era with a collection of music by Raymond Scott, best known for his contributions to Warner Bros. cartoons and as an electronic music pioneer. But there's another chapter to this story, and this release chronicles the first multiracial radio big band, the Scott-led "CBS Big Band" whose ranks included legends Ben Webster, Cozy Cole, and Charlie Shavers. Now, the group will be celebrated with a 26-track CD set containing primarily unreleased radio

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Formats: CD Genre: Everything Else, Jazz

This Is The Life: Weird Al's Drummer, Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz, On His New Book Of Photos

August 12, 2020 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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Ever wonder what it's like to be behind one of the most famous comedy musicians of all time? Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz literally knows - and, for the first time, he's getting to tell his side of the story. The versatile drummer, who's played on every one of "Weird Al" Yankovic's records and tours for the past four decades, is releasing Black & White & Weird All Over: The Lost Photographs Of "Weird Al" Yankovic '83-'86 through 1984 Publishing on October 27, four days after Al's 61st

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Categories: Features, News Formats: Books Genre: Comedy, Pop Tags: "Weird Al" Yankovic

The Next Step Is Love: New Box Set Chronicles 50 Years Of Elvis Presley's 'That's The Way It Is'

August 11, 2020 By Joe Marchese 14 Comments

Elvis Thats the Way It Is 50th

Legacy Recordings' From Elvis in Nashville, focusing on The King's storied 1970 Music City sessions, isn't the only Elvis box set coming this year. Follow That Dream, the online-exclusive, collector-oriented Elvis label, also recently announced a massive collection: That's the Way It Is: 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition is a new look at the live recordings which comprised part of the multimedia project That's the Way It Is. Over 8 CDs, the box presents 128 tracks and more than 450 minutes of

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Categories: News Formats: Books, Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Elvis Presley

Look At This Photograph: Nickelback Expand 'All The Right Reasons'

August 10, 2020 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

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Love them or hate them, Canadian rockers Nickelback were prevalent forces on the charts and on the radio throughout the first decade of the new millennium - and a new expanded reissue of one of their bestselling albums puts that popularity into context this fall. All The Right Reasons, the band's fifth album, will be reissued for its 15th anniversary on October 2. This 2CD set collects the remastered album, four rare B-sides from European CD singles (including a cover of Queen's "We Will Rock

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Nickelback

How The Web Was Woven: Elvis Presley's Marathon 1970 Sessions Collected on "From Elvis in Nashville"

August 10, 2020 By Sam Stone 4 Comments

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On Friday, RCA and Legacy Recordings announced the release of From Elvis in Nashville, a 4-CD box set due on November 20 which promises to be the definitive chronicle of Presley's marathon Music City recording session fifty years ago. In June 1970, Elvis arrived at RCA's Studio B in Nashville to begin what would become a legendary five-night recording session. Along with an additional session on September 22, these tracks would form the core of three celebrated albums: That's the Way It Is,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Rock Tags: Elvis Presley

Hand of Doom: Rhino Revisits Black Sabbath's "Paranoid" on 50th Anniversary Vinyl Box Set

August 7, 2020 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

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50 years ago next month, Black Sabbath's breakthrough sophomore album Paranoid was released, becoming a key building block in the transition from "hard rock" to "heavy metal." On October 9, the Birmingham band's dark and innovative album will return to vinyl in a 50th anniversary 5-LP Super Deluxe Edition from Rhino featuring the vinyl debut of two 1970 concerts. Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward followed up their self-titled debut album of early 1970 with Paranoid,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Black Sabbath

Nobody Else: Cherry Red Revisits Nick Kamen Discography on "The Complete Collection"

August 6, 2020 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

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"Wow, he's got a great face!"  That was Madonna's first reaction to then-model, future pop star Nick Kamen.  She recollected, "I never knew he could sing.  And the next thing I know, Seymour Stein calls me up and says, 'would you be interested in writing a song for his album?'  So he sent me a tape and the Levi's commercial and a demo video that he had done, and I said, 'Wow, this guy's got everything.'"  Now, fans of Kamen can have everything, too, as Cherry Red has just released The Complete

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop Tags: Madonna, Nick Kamen

Don't Rain on Their Parade: Diana Ross and The Supremes' "Funny Girl" Comes to Deluxe CD from Second Disc Records, Real Gone Music

August 5, 2020 By The Second Disc 28 Comments

Diana Ross and The Supremes Funny Girl Ultimate

Nobody - no, nobody was gonna rain on Diana Ross and The Supremes' parade. With new member Cindy Birdsong joining Miss Ross and Mary Wilson, the group released no fewer than five albums in 1968, all of which showcased their extraordinary versatility.  One of those LPs was to be their only full-length tribute to a classic Broadway score - and what a tribute it was from three of Motown's "greatest stars."  Diana Ross & The Supremes Sing and Perform "Funny Girl" featured the group's dynamic

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Bob Merrill, Diana Ross, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Jule Styne, The Supremes

What Was It You Wanted? MoFi Announces Deluxe Vinyl Reissues of Bob Dylan's "Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid," "Oh Mercy," "'Love and Theft'"

August 3, 2020 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

The long-awaited next volumes in Mobile Fidelity's successful series of Bob Dylan albums have been announced: a 2-LP 45rpm edition of Oh Mercy is available now, and a further 2-LP 45rpm configuration of Love and Theft is due later this month.  This follows a 33rpm remaster of Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid, already available.  (All three titles are also available on hybrid stereo SACDs from MoFi.) 1989's Oh Mercy represented something of a return-to-form for Bob Dylan, who, after a few

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Bob Dylan

The Rill Thing: Omnivore Returns Little Richard's Reprise Albums to CD in New Expanded Editions

July 31, 2020 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

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Rock and roll lost a founding father this year with the passing of Richard Penniman, a.k.a. Little Richard.  Now, the outrageous, charismatic, and ahead-of-his-time piano-pounder is being celebrated by Omnivore Recordings with the reissue of his first two Reprise albums originally released in 1970 and 1971.  Both titles are due in expanded editions on September 18. The 1960s saw the peripatetic Richard moving from label to label (and genre to genre) including Mercury, Atlantic, Specialty, Vee

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul

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