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Thrak [Limited Edition Box Set]

October 25, 2015 By

King Crimson Thrak

1995's Thrak arrives as the tenth release in the King Crimson 40th Anniversary series.  The first full album to feature the 'Double Trio' incarnation of the group, Thrak is being expanded to a whopping 16 (!) discs: 12 CDs, 1 DVD-A, 1 DVD & 2 Blu-ray discs, featuring studio & live recordings, many previously unreleased, from the earliest band rehearsals to their final gathering in Nashville in 1997. 

In addition, much of the material is presented in new 5.1 Surround & Hi-Resolution

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

All-Time Greatest Hits

October 23, 2015 By

Billy J. Kramer All Time Greatest

All-Time Greatest Hits features 14 tracks from the popular beat group's discography, all recorded between 1963 and 1965 and originally produced by George Martin.  A full seven tracks were written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney including "Do You Want to Know a Secret," "Bad to Me" and "From a Window."

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

The Hit Singles

October 23, 2015 By

Cilla The Hit Singles

The late, great Cilla Black OBE is celebrated on this new 18-track collection from Varese Vintage featuring every one of her charting singles (including "Anyone Who Had a Heart," "Alfie," "It's for You" and "Step Inside Love") originally produced by Sir George Martin!

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

The Challenge Recordings

October 23, 2015 By

Knickerbockers Challenge

Tracing the stylistic development of The Knickerbockers from their garage-rock roots through psychedelic explorations and beyond, the 4-CD, 80-track box set The Challenge Recordings presents the albums and singles recorded for the label plus never-before-released material including demos discovered in the vaults of 4-Star Publishing as well as songs from Beau Charles' personal collection of acetates.  Content from these personal scrapbooks has been reprinted in the 40-page book which accompanies

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

The Best of "Lost Tracks"

October 23, 2015 By

Judy Garland Best of Lost Tracks

The Best of Lost Tracks 1929-1959 is based on the JSP label's 2010 box set Lost Tracks which received international acclaim for its presentation of 100 rare tracks from the late superstar - 55 of which (including her two earliest solo recordings) were previously unissued. This release presents 22 highlights from the box set, selected from all four of its discs: The Decca Tests (1935) and Early Radio (1935-1939); Young Judy on the Radio (1940-1944); The Radio Years (1944-1953); and On Stage

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Formats: CD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal, Soundtracks

Buck 'Em! Volume 2: The Music of Buck Owens (1967-1975)

October 23, 2015 By

Buck Owens Buck Em Volume 2

Buck 'Em! Volume 2: The Music of Buck Owens (1967-1975) picks up where the first volume of the series, issued in 2013, left off.  Its 50 tracks trace the many accomplishments of Buck Owens during this busy period which found him continuing to write and record for Capitol Records even as he took on hosting duties for television's popular Hee Haw.  Buck 'Em! Volume 2 includes country chart-toppers like "Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass," "Johnny B. Goode," and "Tall Dark Stranger," fan favorites

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Formats: CD Genre: Country

Dick's Picks Vol. 3 - Pembroke Pines, Florida 5/22/77

October 23, 2015 By

Dicks Picks 3

Grateful Dead archivist Dick Latvala considered the show on Dick's Picks Vol. 3-Pembroke Pines, Florida 5/22/77 to be the finest outing on the entire Spring 1977 tour; Real Gone brings this 2-CD set (with all but eight songs from the epic concert) back into print with this release.

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock

The Complete Atco Singles

October 23, 2015 By

King Curtis Atco

King Curtis' The Complete Atco Singles presents the great sax man's 45 RPM output on three CDs.  Not only is this the first time on CD for virtually all of these original mono single mixes, but among these 66 tracks are over two dozen sides that never appeared on LP!  All but one of the 66 tracks have been transferred from tape in the Warner/Atlantic archives, and Mike Milchner of SonicVision provides the remastering.

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Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul

The Dictators Go Girl Crazy! - 40th Anniversary Remastered & Expanded Edition

October 23, 2015 By

Dictators Go Girl Crazy

Real Gone is serving up a newly remastered version of the The Dictators Go Girl Crazy! album plus nine bonus tracks! And among those bonus tracks are four newly discovered, previously unreleased The Dictators Go Girl Crazy! outtakes, two of the outtakes that premiered on the Black Friday Record Store Day-exclusive Next Big Thing EP, two of that release's Andrew W.K. remixes, and the unreleased single mix of "(I Live for) Cars and Girls." Dictators songwriter Andy Shernoff contributes liner

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Formats: CD Genre: Rock

The Ties That Bind: The River Collection

October 23, 2015 By

Bruce The Ties That Bind

This 4-CD/3-DVD or 4-CD/2-BD set features a treasure trove of previously unreleased material across its 53 audio tracks plus four hours of never-before-seen video footage. Bruce Springsteen, The Ties That Bind: The River Collection (Columbia 88875 16467-2, 2015) 4-CD/3-DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 4-CD/2-BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. CDs 1-2: The River (Columbia PC2 36854, 1980) The Ties That Bind Sherry Darling Jackson Cage Two Hearts Independence Day Hungry

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Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Rock

Beach Boys' Party! Uncovered and Unplugged

October 23, 2015 By

Beach Boys Party Uncovered and Unplugged

The first disc of this 2-CD, 81-track set features the original 1965 Beach Boys Party! album as remixed in original, pre-overdubbed form and then chronologically begins an account of all five sessions as the band runs through the album's familiar tracks as well as ones that didn't make the cut including The Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," Leiber and Stoller's "Ruby Baby" and "Riot in Cell Block No. 9," The Beatles' "Ticket to Ride" and more. Dialogue from the sessions has also

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Pop

Release Round-Up: Week of October 23

October 23, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Elvis Costello Unfaithful Music

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Elvis Costello, Unfaithful Music & Soundtrack Album (UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Elvis Costello has compiled a 2-CD companion release to his recently-released, utterly engrossing memoir Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink.  Featuring songs that "offer the deepest emotional connection to the themes and stories in his book," Unfaithful Music & Soundtrack Album non-chronologically spans the onetime Angry Young Man and latter-day

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: a-ha, Charlie Rich, Elvis Costello, Harry Connick Jr., Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Jack Bruce, Marvin Hamlisch, Matthew Sweet, Mighty Clouds of Joy, Rod Stewart, Susanna Hoffs, The Kinks

Could It Be Love: Cherry Red Collects Sweet Soul Sounds of Jimmy Helms

October 22, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Jimmy Helms Gonna Make You an Offer

With Cherry Red Records' release of Gonna Make You an Offer: The Complete Cube Recordings 1972-1975, the label is turning the spotlight on the soul man behind the 1973 hit "Gonna Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse." The Florida-born musician-vocalist released his earliest records on labels including Sue subsidiary Symbol and Oracle Records.  At Oracle in 1969-1970, he recorded songs by R.B. Greaves, Dorsey Burnette and Jimmy Webb, and worked with producers including Joe Renzetti.

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Jimmy Helms

Review: Faces, "1970-1975: You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything"

October 21, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Faces You Can Make Me Dance

On September 5 of this year, Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood and Kenney Jones reunited publicly for the first time in 22 years as Faces, paying tribute to their fallen comrades Ronnie Lane and Ian McLagan with a seven-song set benefiting a prostate cancer charity.  The performance came on the heels of the release by Rhino of 1970-1975: You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything... (Rhino R2 550009), a box set-in-miniature collecting all four of Faces' long players in expanded editions plus a bonus disc of

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Faces, Ian McLagan, Kenney Jones, Rod Stewart, Ron Wood, Ronnie Lane

Thank You Friends: Omnivore Offers Big Star, Neil Finn and Paul Kelly For Record Store Day Black Friday

October 20, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Big Star Jesus Christ

Omnivore Recordings is looking ahead to this year's annual Black Friday Record Store Day event on Friday, November 27, with the announcement of two special vinyl releases. The first continues in the tradition of Omnivore's Big Star releases.  The RSD 10-inch EP of Jesus Christ features the original album version of the song recorded for the band's Third plus the demo version (which first appeared on the acclaimed Keep an Eye on the Sky box set) and five previously unissued tracks, for a total

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Big Star, Neil Finn, Paul Kelly, Record Store Day

Casting Their Spell: Croydon Municipal Celebrates Halloween, Salutes Girl Groups

October 20, 2015 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Songs for Swinging Ghosts

With Halloween around the corner, the pre-Beatles pop specialists at Cherry Red's Croydon Municipal imprint have offered up a collection of spooky musical treats, Songs for Swinging Ghosts, along with a disc of more traditional fare, the girl group salute All About the Girls. The 22 tracks on Songs for Swinging Ghosts, comprising both vocals and instrumentals, are primarily drawn from U.K. releases though a handful of American artists are on hand, too.  Compiler Bob Stanley of St. Etienne

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: St. Etienne, Various Artists

Reflections: The Greatest Songs of Rod McKuen

October 19, 2015 By

Rod Reflections

Varese Vintage celebrates the life and singular career of Rod McKuen with this new collection.  Reflections brings together 24 of the late songwriter's own interpretations of his most famous compositions including "If You Go Away," "Seasons in the Sun," "Love's Been Good to Me," "A Man Alone" and many more.  TSD's own Joe Marchese has written the liner notes for this new overview of McKuen's storied legacy in song.

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Formats: CD Genre: Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal

A Man Alone: Varese Collects "The Greatest Songs of Rod McKuen" In November

October 19, 2015 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Rod Reflections

On November 13, Varese Vintage will celebrate a singular career when the label releases Reflections - The Greatest Songs of Rod McKuen.  This definitive overview of McKuen's work as a singer-songwriter features 24 of his most famous compositions including "If You Go Away," "Jean," "Seasons in the Sun," "A Man Alone" and "Love's Been Good to Me." Though a self-professed loner who often wrote of isolation and solitude, McKuen had an extraordinary ability in music, poetry and prose to

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Rod McKuen

Live In Hyde Park

October 19, 2015 By

The Who Live in Hyde Park

This set preserves The Who's concert of June 26, 2015 at London's Hyde Park before a crowd of 50,000 fans.  Filmed in high definition and simultaneously released on DVD, Blu-ray, DVD+2CD set, DVD+3LP set and in a Deluxe 60 page hardback photobook containing the DVD, Blu-ray & 2CDs, this release marks The Who's 50th anniversary.

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

From The Vault: Live at the Tokyo Dome 1990

October 19, 2015 By

RS Tokyo

The Rolling Stones are continuing their From The Vault series with this release of one of the ten shows from February 14-27, 1990 at The Tokyo Dome; these shows culminated the Steel Wheels World Tour.  The footage has been restored and the sound has been newly mixed by Bob Clearmountain for this first official release of the show.  Available in DVD/2-CD, Standard Definition BD and DVD/4-LP editions. DVD/2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. DVD/4-LP: Amazon U.S.

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Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

At Long Last: Original Soundtrack To "At Long Last Love" Comes To CD - AND YOU CAN WIN!

October 19, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

At Long Last Love

Is it an earthquake or simply a shock?  Is it the good turtle soup or merely the mock? Last Friday, Varese Vintage had an unexpected treat for fans of Peter Bogdanovich's cult classic musical comedy with the first-ever CD release of the original RCA Victor soundtrack to At Long Last Love. Bogdanovich, the Oscar-nominated director of films including The Last Picture Show, Paper Moon and What's Up, Doc intended At Long Last Love to pay homage to Hollywood's dazzling musical comedies of the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Burt Reynolds, Cole Porter, Cybill Shepherd

Completely Under the Covers

October 18, 2015 By

Completely Under the Covers

This 4-CD box set collects all three Under the Covers albums released by Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs paying tribute, respectively, to the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s and adds a fourth disc with 15 bonus tracks, for a total of 60 songs.  This bonus disc rounds up most of the exclusive tracks previously associated with Under the Covers.  The box also includes a 48-page booklet with track annotations by Sweet and Hoffs!

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock

Live in London

October 16, 2015 By

Peggy Lee Live in London

A new 3-CD/1-DVD box set chronicles Peggy Lee's studio recordings and live performances in London, 1977 (including previously unreleased material), plus a 1981 BBC television special making its commercial video premiere.  Read the full track listing and more here.

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal

Get Up

October 16, 2015 By

Bryan Adams Get Up

Bryan Adams teams with producer Jeff Lynne (ELO, Traveling Wilburys, Tom Petty) for his thirteenth studio album, a collection of new songs. Get Up features nine original tracks plus four acoustic versions.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Rock

Hungry Heart: Bruce Springsteen Expands "The River" In New Box Set

October 16, 2015 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Bruce The Ties That Bind

Bruce Springsteen is going down to The River on December 4 when Columbia Records releases The Ties That Bind: The River Collection.  This 4-CD/3-DVD or 4-CD/2-BD set promises a treasure trove of previously unreleased material across its 53 audio tracks plus four hours of never-before-seen video footage. Springsteen's fifth album, The River was released on October 17, 1980.  The sprawling double album reached the top of the Billboard 200 chart and No. 2 in the U.K., and yielded the hit single

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Bruce Springsteen

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