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"The First Bobby Hart Solo Album" OUT TODAY From 7a Records!

December 7, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Bobby Hart First Solo Album

UPDATED 12/7: The 7a Records label made a big splash earlier this year with its first-ever release.  The MGM Singles Collection brought together Micky Dolenz's rare MGM Records sides in a lavishly designed and annotated presentation that was a fan and collector's dream.  Now, we're thrilled to report that the Monkees specialists at 7a have turned their attention to another key figure in Monkees lore with the first-ever CD release today of 1980's aptly-titled The First Bobby Hart Solo

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Bobby Hart, Boyce and Hart, Teddy Randazzo, The Monkees

Still On "The Cutting Edge": Over 200 Live Bob Dylan Tracks Gifted To Purchasers Of 18-CD Box Set

December 4, 2015 By Joe Marchese 19 Comments

Dylan Cutting Edge 18 CD

Did you happen to order this year's most talked-about big box set?  By that, I mean the complete 18-CD edition of Bob Dylan's The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series Volume 12?  If you did, I'd advise you to sit down while reading this and start checking your email now! The folks at Columbia Records have a very special Christmas present for those who purchased the big Bob box: a free digital download of an additional 208 tracks from the period chronicled in the box set.  Yes, that's

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Bob Dylan

Release Round-Up: Week of December 4

December 4, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Bruce Ties That Bind Logo

Well, this is it - the final big release week of the year!  While next week will see releases slow to a trickle, this week is packed with exciting box sets and much more! Bruce Springsteen, The Ties That Bind: The River Collection (Columbia) 4-CD/3-DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada 4-CD/2-BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada This 4-CD/3-DVD or 4-CD/2-BD set celebrating The Boss' seminal album The River features a treasure trove of previously unreleased material across its 53 audio tracks

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Bette Midler, Bruce Springsteen, Bryan Ferry, Cream, Fleetwood Mac, George Delerue, Judy Garland, King Curtis, Nat King Cole, Peggy Lee, Rod McKuen, Roy Orbison, Simple Minds, The Allman Brothers Band, The Beatles, The Dictators

Man in Black: Live in Denmark 1971

December 2, 2015 By

Johnny Cash Live in Denmark 1971

In 1971, Johnny Cash took the stage in Denmark, bringing his singular brand of what's now called Americana to that country.  His revue was an expansive one - featuring his friend Carl Perkins, The Tennessee Three (Marshall Grant, W.S. "Fluke" Holland and Bob Wootton), The Carter Family (Mother Maybelle, Helen, Anita and of course, June) and The Statler Brothers (Harold Reid, Don Reed, Phil Balsley and Lew DeWitt).  The setlist drew on The Man in Black's recent country and pop favorites (such as

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Country

The Complete Singles: The 50th Anniversary Collection

November 30, 2015 By

The Mamas and the Papas Complete Singles

Real Gone Music has 53 tracks on 2 CDs of pure pop pleasure from The Mamas and the Papas - as a group and solo - with this first-ever collection of their complete singles, just in time for their 50th anniversary!

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

Muscle of Love (Quadraphonic SACD)

November 30, 2015 By

Alice Cooper Muscle of Love

Alice Cooper's 1973 Muscle of Love arrives on hybrid SACD (playable in all CD players).  The 4.0 quadraphonic presentation is playable on all SACD players.

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Formats: SACD Genre: Classic Rock

The Life of a Man: The Ultimate Hits 1968-2013

November 30, 2015 By

Joe Cocker The Life of a Man

UMe celebrates the life and career of the late, great Joe Cocker with this new 3-CD, 36-track anthology with greatest hits and deeper cuts including a live version of "With a Little Help from My Friends" never before released in the United States.  This set was previously released in the U.K. by Sony.

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock

The Complete Them 1964-1967

November 30, 2015 By

Complete Them

Legacy has teamed with Van Morrison's Exile Productions and producer Andrew Sandoval to curate a 3-CD, 79-song anthology collecting the music of Morrison's early band Them.  20 previously unreleased tracks make their premiere on this set which also includes every single and album track released by Them between 1964 and 1967.

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock

The Singles: 1967-1970

November 30, 2015 By

Cream The Singles

Ten 7-inch U.S. and U.K. singles from the legendary power trio of Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and the late Jack Bruce are reissued in their original mono versions and picture sleeves for this new deluxe vinyl box set.  Includes: "Wrapping Paper" b/w "Cat's Squirrel," "I Feel Free" b/w "N.S.U.," "Strange Brew" b/w "Tales of Brave Ulysses," "Spoonful Part 1" b/w "Spoonful Part 2," "Anyone for Tennis" b/w "Pressed Rat and Warthog," "Sunshine of Your Love" b/w "SWLABR," "White Room" b/w "Those Were

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Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

1 [Remixed/Remastered Vinyl]

November 30, 2015 By

Beatles 1 Vinyl Remixed

The 27 remixed No. 1 hits which recently premiered on The Beatles' 1 and 1+ CD releases have made their way to 180-gram vinyl for this lavish release.  The gatefold 2-LP package includes four art cards and a poster of global single sleeves. The poster is printed on 170gsm gloss art paper and measures 33' H x 22' W. The poster comes folded within the LP sleeve.  The art cards are printed on 180gsm white board, and each image measures 11' H X 8.5' W.

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

Avonmore [Deluxe Edition Box Set]

November 30, 2015 By

Bryan Ferry Avonmore

Bryan Ferry expands his most recent album, 2014's Avonmore, to epic proportions on this new box set.  The Deluxe Edition, limited to 1,500 units, features the original album on both vinyl and CD plus one vinyl LP and 2 CDs of remixes, as well as a DVD with three music videos.  It's all housed in a hardbound book-style set.

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

Once Upon a Time [Super Deluxe Edition]

November 30, 2015 By

Simple Minds Once Upon a Time

Simple Minds' 1985 breakthrough album is expanded to six discs (five CDs and a region-free NTSC DVD) on this new super deluxe edition.  Containing the hit singles "Alive And Kicking," "All The Things She Said," "Sanctify Yourself" and "Ghostdancing," this chart-topping album built on the success of "(Don't You) Forget About Me."  The bonus discs include numerous additional tracks including the original and extended versions of "(Don't You) Forget About Me," single edits, 12-inch mixes, B-sides,

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Pop

Idlewild South [Super Deluxe Edition]

November 30, 2015 By

Allman Brothers Idlewild South

The 3-CD, Super Deluxe Edition adds 12 tracks not included on the original release of The Allman Brothers' classic sophomore album which yielded one of the band's signature songs, "Midnight Rider." Bonus tracks are a combination of live tracks from Ludlow Garage in 1970, studio alternates, outtakes and even a mono single version of "Revival (Love is Everywhere)." The entire album and four additional tracks are also presented in 5.1 Surround and high resolution stereo on the Blu-ray.

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

Volume One: 1961-1965

November 30, 2015 By

rsz 1marvin gaye box

Marvin Gaye's first seven albums are reissued in mini-LP sleeve replicas for this new slipcased set, the first of three planned volumes.  The titles are: The Soulful Moods of Marvin Gaye, That Stubborn Kinda Fellow, When I'm Alone I Cry, Hello Broadway, A Tribute to the Great Nat 'King' Cole, Together (with Mary Wells) and How Sweet It Is to Be Loved By You.  Also available on vinyl!

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: R&B/Soul

Release Round-Up: Week of November 27

November 27, 2015 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

America Archives

To our U.S. readers, today is the day of shopping known as Black Friday - but happily, the diverse slate of releases due in stores today should lift your spirits - no matter where you're located! Love, Reel to Real: Expanded Edition (High Moon Records) (Amazon U.S.) High Moon Records has the premiere reissue of Arthur Lee and Love's 1974 album Reel to Real as a newly-expanded Deluxe Edition boasting a color, 32-page booklet.  A vinyl edition will follow early next year.  Read more

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD-Audio, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: America, Bob Welch, Bobby Rush, Cilla Black, Hot Tuna, Jack Nitzsche, Jaco Pastorius, Jefferson Airplane, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jethro Tull, John Williams, Love, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Supergrass, The Flaming Lips, The Goo Goo Dolls, The Raspberries

Ease On Down! Motown Unveils Lost Diana Ross Album For Digital Release

November 27, 2015 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

Diana Ross Sings The Wiz

On the eve of NBC's new production of The Wiz next week, Motown/UMe have dug into the vaults to release a lost album of songs from the Broadway musical by Diana Ross. The pairing, of course, is no mistake: the 1975 Tony Award-winning "super soul musical" was adapted into a film in 1978, with Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell and original cast member Ted Ross as Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Lion, respectively. Produced by Motown and directed by Sidney Lumet, with a young

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Diana Ross

Review: Frank Sinatra, "A Voice on Air: 1935-1955"

November 25, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Sinatra A Voice on Air

Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings' new box set Frank Sinatra: A Voice on Air (88875 09971 2) begins, appropriately enough, with the jarring sound of an old-time radio tuning in.  The shrill noise quickly segues to the first of nearly 100 performances on four CDs - 19-year old Frank Sinatra, one-fourth of The Hoboken Four, singing the perky "S-H-I-N-E" on WHN Radio's The Major Bowes Amateur Hour.  Here, then, is the future Chairman of the Board - before he sang for swingin' lovers, before he

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Jazz, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Frank Sinatra

Tried, Tested and Found True: Big Break Expands Two By Ashford and Simpson

November 25, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Ashford and Simpson So So Satisfied

Big Break Records has recently continued its definitive reissue series chronicling Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson' Warner Bros. years with the expanded releases of 1977's So So Satisfied and 1980's A Musical Affair.  This pair follows previous titles in the series including Come As You Are, Send It and Is It Still Good to Ya and Stay Free.  (Gimme Something Real and I Wanna Be Selfish arrive in January!) Though So So Satisfied found Ashford and Simpson still on the cusp of the greater

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Ashford and Simpson

Something Bad On Her Mind: Rare and Unreleased Timi Yuro Arrives From Cherry Red

November 23, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Timi Yuro Something Bad

There was only one Timi Yuro.  The late, Chicago-born Italian-American vocalist was signed to Liberty Records as a teenager, bringing jazz and R&B influences into her emotional, heart-on-its-sleeve blue-eyed soul style.  After having spent the first portion of her career at Liberty, Yuro departed the label in 1963.  She was dubbed The Amazing Timi Yuro by Mercury Records for her Quincy Jones-produced LP debut there in 1964, but Mercury never followed it up with another long-player, opting

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Timi Yuro

Do You Know What I Mean: Lee Michaels Celebrated On New Box Set, Anthology

November 20, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Lee Michaels The Complete AM Album Collection

The enigmatic Lee Michaels is back.  No, the cult favorite singer-songwriter who once graced the rosters of A&M and Columbia Records hasn't recorded a new album; he's been happily retired from the music business since the early 1980s.  But Michaels has given his blessing to a definitive new compact disc box set collecting all seven of his A&M albums originally released between 1967 and 1973 as well as a new single-disc anthology drawing on the same period.  Manifesto Records' The

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Lee Michaels

Release Round-Up: Week of November 20

November 20, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Beach Boys Party Uncovered and Unplugged

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up which continues this autumn's tradition of having each week packed with box sets from heavy hitters - in this case, The Rolling Stones, The Velvet Underground, The Who, Queen, Grateful Dead, Frank Sinatra, and they're still not all!  Plus: CD and vinyl reissues, anthologies, and much more! The Beach Boys, Beach Boys' Party: Uncovered and Unplugged (Capitol) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) The first disc of this 2-CD, 81-track set features the

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Carly Simon, Frank Sinatra, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Jo Jo Gunne, John Coltrane, Lee Michaels, Love, Queen, Roger Waters, The Beach Boys, The Grateful Dead, The Rolling Stones, The Velvet Underground, The Who, Timi Yuro, Weather Report

Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die

November 19, 2015 By

Jethro Tull Too Old

Jethro Tull's 1976 LP is expanded to 2-CD/2-DVD form as part of Chrysalis' ongoing book-style series dedicated to the band's albums, including: An unreleased, alternate version of the complete album recorded for a British television special and remixed by Steven Wilson; Bonus tracks (18 previously unreleased), all mixed to 5.1 surround and stereo by Wilson; Flat transfer of the original LP mix on CD and on DVD at 96/24; Commercial debut of footage from the television

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Formats: Box Sets, DVD, DVD-Audio Genre: Classic Rock

One Less Egg To Fry: Raven Collects Four 5th Dimension Albums On Two CDs

November 19, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

5th Dimension Portrait Four Fer

Earlier this year, the Raven label collected The 5th Dimension's first four albums, all originally released on Soul City between 1967 and 1969, as a 2-CD set.  Now, Raven is happily continuing the story of Marilyn McCoo, Billy Davis Jr., Florence LaRue, Lamont McLemore and Ron Townson with a second collection of four albums on two CDs.  4 Classic Albums: Portrait/Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes/Individually and Collectively/Living Together, Growing Together has the group's four Bell Records

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: The 5th Dimension

Esoteric Offers Up Live Barclay James Harvest, Rarities From Tea and Symphony, Third World War

November 18, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Third World War

With a trio of recent releases, Cherry Red Group's Esoteric Recordings imprint continues to dig through the archives to reissue some of the most intriguing offerings from the prog-rock era and beyond. John Lees founded Barclay James Harvest in 1966 with Les Holroyd, Mel Pritchard and Stuart "Wooly" Wolstenholme.  After one single for EMI's Parlophone imprint in 1968, the progressive four-piece was moved over to the Harvest imprint.  Barclay James Harvest remained on Harvest for four LPs, but

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Categories: News Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Rock Tags: Barclay James Harvest, Tea and Symphony, Third World War

A Gift Of Love

November 18, 2015 By

Bette Midler A Gift of Love

A Gift of Love focuses on the romantic side of The Divine Miss M's repertoire, culling eighteen tracks from nine albums originally released on the Atlantic and Warner Bros. labels between 1976 and 2014 including "The Rose," "From a Distance," "Wind Beneath My Wings," "To Deserve You" and more.

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

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