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La-La Means I Love You: The Delfonics, Survivor, Brook Benton and Sea Level Join Eddy Arnold On Real Gone's July Slate

May 26, 2016 By Randy Fairman 3 Comments

Delfonics 40 Classic Soul Sides

Yesterday we told you about Second Disc Records' and Real Gone Music's July 1 release of Eddy Arnold's Chet Atkins and Lee Hazlewood albums from 1970 and now we've got the news of the rest of Real Gone's line-up for right before Independence Day. First up is a compilation featuring notes by our very own Joe Marchese:  40 Classic Soul Sides from The Delfonics.  When Stan Watson introduced a group (including brothers William and Wilbert Hart and Randy Cain) he was managing to a young Thom Bell

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Brook Benton, Clint Eastwood, Eddy Arnold, Grateful Dead, Patty Duke, Question Mark and the Mysterians, Sea Level, Survivor, The Delfonics, The Electric Prunes, The Tubes, Thom Bell

Everything's Beautiful

May 25, 2016 By

Miles Davis Everythings Beautiful

Spearheaded by pianist-producer Robert Glasper, Everything's Beautiful incorporates original recordings by the late Miles Davis into new "collaborative soundscapes" by guest artists including Stevie Wonder, Erykah Badu, Ledisi and John Scofield.  For these genre-bending journeys incorporating jazz, R&B, hip-hop, rap and soul, Davis tracks including "Blue in Green," "In a Silent Way," "The Ghetto Walk" and "Right Off" were sampled, isolating elements from the original multitracks and weaving

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Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Jazz

Blonder and Blonder

May 25, 2016 By

The Muffs Blonder

The Muffs' 1995 Blonder and Blonder featured 14 Kim Shattuck-penned originals, including the hit single "Sad Tomorrow."  With Shattuck, Ronnie Barnett and new drummer Roy McDonald comprising the line-up, the Rob Cavallo-produced Blonder became the band's biggest selling album. Omnivore adds seven bonus tracks (2 U.K. B-sides, and 5 previously unissued Shattuck demos) on CD and also presents the original LP on vinyl for the first time in over two decades (first pressing on baby blue vinyl, with

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock

Each Road I Take: The Lee Hazlewood and Chet Atkins Sessions 1970

May 25, 2016 By

Eddy Arnold Each Road I Take

Second Disc Records' newest release brings together two seminal, never-before-reissued albums by Eddy Arnold on one CD, both from 1970. Love and Guitars captured Arnold in a raw, acoustic setting with many of Nashville's greatest pickers including producer Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed, Harold Bradley and Ray Edenton.  Its follow-up, Standing Alone, moved the singer to Hollywood where he worked with producer/creative maverick Lee Hazlewood and the famed Wrecking Crew on a series of contemporary

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Formats: CD Genre: Country

Quadio

May 25, 2016 By

Chicago Quadio

Chicago: Quadio brings together nine albums from the legendary band in remastered high-resolution 192/24 DTS-HD Master Audio in both their original quadraphonic and stereo mixes on nine Blu-ray discs.  This lavish celebration of the Windy City's favorite band is housed in a rigid two-piece box, with every album presented in a replica sleeve promised to "replicate the original release down to the last detail, including mini-posters, and the iron-on that came with Chicago VIII." Albums

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Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

Blitzkrieg Bop! Ramones' Debut Expanded for 40th Anniversary

May 24, 2016 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

It was unlike anything audiences had heard or seen: four leather jacket-clad, shaggy-haired ne'er do wells from Forest Hills, Queens, offering loud bursts of sneering rock and roll as grimy as the streets they stumbled across. Almost no one knew it then, but this was a musical movement, as potent as Elvis Presley's first swivel or the first haze over Woodstock. Four decades later, Rhino Records celebrates the incredible legacy of the self-titled debut album by the Ramones with a 3CD/1LP box

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Ramones

Let's Do It Again: Ace Collects Funk Brother Jack Ashford's "Just Productions"

May 23, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Jack Ashford Just Productions

Jack Ashford's story is about how a Philadelphia jazz man ended up in Detroit, playing on hundreds of the greatest R&B recordings ever made.  The percussionist's unforgettable work with Motown's Funk Brothers has been oft-chronicled, but on a recent compilation, Ace Records' Kent imprint has turned its attention to Ashford's producing and songwriting work away from Hitsville, USA between the years of 1968 and 1977.  Just Productions features 24 sizzling slices of ultra-rare Detroit soul

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Jack Ashford, Various Artists

Release Round-Up: Week of May 20

May 20, 2016 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

ChangesOneBowie

Welcome to this week's packed Release Round-Up! David Bowie, ChangesOneBowie (Parlophone/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) ChangesOneBowie returns from Parlophone in a 40th anniversary edition available on vinyl, CD and digital formats.  Originally issued on RCA in May 20, 1976, ChangesOneBowie was the first key compilation album from superstar David Bowie.  Collecting songs dating back to 1969, the 11-track album introduced the single "John, I'm Only Dancing" on LP

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Adam & The Ants, Allen Ginsberg, Bob Dylan, Dave Grusin, David Bowie, Eric Clapton, Linda Ronstadt, Marvin Hamlisch, Mudcrutch, The Highwaymen, Willie Nelson

Fill Your Heart: Now Sounds Collects Tiny Tim's "Complete Singles (1966-1970)"

May 19, 2016 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Tiny Tim The Complete Singles Collection

Now Sounds clearly can't resist another tip-toe thru the tulips.  Following the 2013 reissue of Tiny Tim's debut God Bless Tiny Tim (1968) as an expanded mono edition, the Cherry Red imprint has recently returned to the catalogue of the late "Human Canary" for his Complete Singles Collection (1965-1970).  Twenty years after Tiny Tim's passing at the age of 64, his music remains equally beguiling and bewildering.  These tracks, culled from his recordings at Blue Cat, Reprise and Scepter, find

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Tiny TIm

Circus Of Voices: JAY Records Remasters "Charlotte Sweet," Premieres "Tales of Tinseltown"

May 17, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Charlotte Sweet

Charlotte Sweet is one of that increasingly rare breed: an original musical.  And this "madcap musical," as it was billed, sure is original.  Lyricist/librettist Michael Colby and composer Gerald Jay Markoe delivered the unexpected with their delightfully unusual show which premiered at New York's intimate Westside Arts Theatre on August 12, 1982 and ran for over 100 performances.  JAY Records has recently brought the complete Original Cast Recording to 2 CDs for the first time; a previous CD

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings Tags: Gerald Jay Markoe, Michael Colby, Paul Katz

The Very Best of The Highwaymen

May 16, 2016 By

Highwaymen Very Best

Legacy brings together 16 classic tracks from the collective of Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson and Waylon Jennings - a.k.a. The Highwaymen - including the Jimmy Webb composition that gave the group its name. Four previously unreleased tracks make their debut - a rendition of Bob Dylan's "One Too Many Mornings" as well as live versions of "City of New Orleans," "Big River," and "The King is Gone (So Are You)."  Mickey Raphael, Don Was and Chips Moman have produced these

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Formats: CD Genre: Country

Live: American Outlaws

May 16, 2016 By

Highwaymen Live

Joining Legacy's release this week of The Very Best of The Highwaymen is this new 3-CD/1-DVD box.  Live: American Outlaws features three discs of never-before-heard concert performances from Messrs. Cash, Nelson, Kristofferson and Jennings including a complete performance from Nassau Coliseum in 1990 and selections from Farm Aid 1992 and 1993.  (A studio outtake version "One Too Many Mornings" is included here as a bonus track; it's also on the Very Best compilation.)  The DVD has the Nassau

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Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Country

Silk Purse

May 16, 2016 By

Linda Ronstadt Silk Purse

Linda Ronstadt's second solo album returns to CD from Varese Vintage. Ronstadt teamed with producer Elliot Mazer (recommended by Janis Joplin) to craft a record with a much more country sound than her previous efforts.  While overshadowed by her later hugely successful recordings, Silk Purse remains a top-notch collection filled with great vocal performances by Ronstadt including a sublime take on Goffin and King's "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?" is sublime as is the LP's breakthrough single,

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

All-Time Greatest Hits

May 16, 2016 By

Mitch Ryder All Time Greatest Hits

Varese Vintage has 16 prime cuts of Motor City-style blue-eyed soul via Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels! This collection (remastered by Steve Massie) features the original mono single versions of "Devil with a Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly," "Sock it to Me, Baby" and "(You've Got) Personality/Chantilly Lace" plus other hits like "Jenny Take a Ride" and "Little Latin Lupe Lu."  In addition, you'll find three Mitch Ryder solo songs - and every track was produced, arranged and conducted by

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

A Hard Act To Follow: Raven Collects George Jones' Epic Years

May 16, 2016 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

George Jones Tour De Force

George Jones (1931-2013) joined Epic Records in 1972, announcing his artistic rebirth with a self-titled album also sometimes known as We Can Make It after the top 10 hit song.  Make it he did, as Jones stayed with Epic and producer Billy Sherrill for nearly 20 years.  Raven Records has recently collected five of The Possum's prime Epic endeavors on one 2-CD set as The Tour de Force 1972-1980. This new collection features the following complete albums: A Picture of Me (Without You)

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Country Tags: George Jones

Got a Mind to Give Up Living - Live 1966

May 13, 2016 By

Paul Butterfield Got a Mind to Give Up Living

Real Gone Music releases, for the first time in legitimate fashion, a legendary bootleg that captures The Paul Butterfield Blues Band live at Boston's Unicorn Coffee House 50 years ago in May 1966, two months before the release of the group's landmark East-West.  Chris Morris' new liner notes feature fresh quotes from Elvin Bishop and Mark Naftalin, rare pictures and memorabilia, and editorial input from Mike Bloomfield aficionado and co-producer Toby Byron.  Mike Milchner has remastered the

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Formats: CD Genre: Blues, Classic Rock

Natural Love: The Scotti Brothers Recordings

May 13, 2016 By

Petula Clark Natural Love

In the early years of the 1980s, Petula Clark was signed to the Scotti Brothers label in the U.S. and starring in a revival of The Sound of Music in the West End.  During this busy period, she released several singles for Scotti but an album never materialized...until now.Natural Love - The Scotti Brothers Recordings collects all of these tracks (plus Pet's rare Epic U.K. single with "Edelweiss" and "Darkness") in one place so this era of Clark's music may be better appreciated.  Our own Joe

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

Think About Your Troubles: Micky, Davy and Harry's "The Point!" Arrives On CD

May 13, 2016 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Nilsson The Point

Let's get to The Point, shall we?  On July 1, Varese Vintage will release for the first time in America - and the first time on CD anywhere in the world - a much-desired addition to the discographies of both Harry Nilsson and The Monkees: The Original London Cast Recording of Nilsson's The Point (1977), starring Davy Jones and Micky Dolenz, and featuring songs not included on Nilsson's original RCA solo recording. Inspired by an acid trip ("Everything has a point.  And...what would happen if

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings Tags: Davy Jones, Harry Nilsson, Micky Dolenz, The Monkees

Release Round-Up: Week of May 13

May 13, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Grateful Dead Red Rocks 7 8 78

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Linda Ronstadt, Frenesi (Remastered Edition) (Elektra/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Linda Ronstadt's 1992 Spanish-language album Frenesi returns to CD in a newly-remastered edition with no additional content.  Consider this an appetizer for the upcoming expanded remaster of Trio! Allen Toussaint, The Complete Warner Recordings (Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Rhino has a reissue of its 2003

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock, Gospel, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Allen Toussaint, Grateful Dead, Henry Mancini, Linda Ronstadt, Miles Davis, The Blind Boys of Alabama

The Complete Monument and Columbia Album Collection

May 12, 2016 By

Kris Kristofferson Complete Monument Box

This 16-CD box set features 11 studio albums and three concerts (two previously unreleased) plus two more discs of bonus tracks from the legendary, prolific singer/songwriter who heralded the "New Nashville" sound as he brought country music into a more contemporary vein.

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Country

It's Too Late to Stop Now...Volume 1

May 12, 2016 By

Van Morrison Its Too Late to Stop Now

Van Morrison's classic 1974 live double album recorded in Los Angeles, Santa Monica and London gets the remastered treatment, while three CDs of additional material from the concerts is available as a stand-alone release.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul

It's Too Late to Stop Now...Volumes II, III, IV & DVD

May 12, 2016 By

Van Morrison Its Too Late to Stop Now Volumes II

Legacy revisits Van Morrison's seminal 1974 double live album with this release of additional material.  The CDs ofVolumes II-IV collect previously unreleased concert recordings from the dates that yielded the original album, while the DVD contains professionally-shot footage from the Rainbow Theatre stand which originally aired on the BBC in the U.K. but has never before been commercially available.  The original It's Too Late was compiled by Morrison and co-producer Ted Templeman from eight

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul

Kings of the Wild Frontier [Various Editions]

May 12, 2016 By

Adam and the Ants King

Kings of the Wild Frontier remains a pivotal album in post-punk history, as well as a major turning point for Ant himself.  Kings topped the British charts and became 1981's biggest-selling album, thanks to the Top 5 hits "Dog Eat Dog" and "Antmusic." (The title track, released as a single before either, would also go Top 5 upon re-release.)  Adam Ant is in full control here, sharing mastering credits with engineer Walter Coelho, selecting the bonus audio content (including three B-sides, four

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Pop

Mirage [Various Editions]

May 12, 2016 By

Fleetwood Mac Mirage

Fleetwood Mac's 1982 chart-topping album featuring "Hold Me" and "Gypsy" arrives from Rhino/Warner Bros. in a variety of formats: Deluxe Edition (3 CD/1 DVD/1 LP): Original album remastered, plus a disc of B-sides and rarities; the original album on vinyl; a disc of live performances; and a new 5.1 mix on DVD Expanded Edition (2 CD): Original album remastered, plus a disc of B-sides and rarities Remastered Edition (1 CD): Original album, remastered 3-CD/1-DVD/1-LP Deluxe Edition:

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

It's Not Just A "Mirage": Fleetwood Mac Classic Gets Expanded To Box Set, More

May 12, 2016 By Joe Marchese 14 Comments

Fleetwood Mac Mirage

On the heels of last year's deluxe box set of Fleetwood Mac's Tusk, Warner Bros. Records has just announced the legendary band's Mirage will be next to get the lavish treatment.  On July 29, the label will unveil the 1982 chart-topping smash in a variety of physical formats: Deluxe Edition (3 CD/1 DVD/1 LP): Original album remastered, plus B-sides and rarities; the original album on vinyl; a disc of live performances; and a 5.1 mix on DVD Expanded Edition (2 CD): Original album

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Fleetwood Mac

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