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Sweeter Than Ever: Nick Kamen's Debut, With Madonna Collaboration, Expanded to 2 CDs

October 16, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Nick Kamen

Nick Kamen's career as a singer was a short-lived one, spanning just four LPs between 1987 and 1992.  But the former Levi's model - best known for his role in the denim company's "Launderette" television advertisement in which he walks into a laundromat and removes his shirt and 501s  - scored considerable success in that period including a U.K. Top 5 hit co-written and produced by none other than Madonna.  Cherry Red's Cherry Pop label has recently reissued Nick Kamen, the debut album from the

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

Release Round-Up: Week of October 16

October 16, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Christmas Time Again

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The dB's and Friends, Christmas Time Again! (Omnivore) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Omnivore revisits and revises the classic alt-rock Christmas compilation.  Producer Chris Stamey has added new performances by Yo La Tengo & Jeff Tweedy, Marshall Crenshaw, Robyn Hitchcock, and Big Star's Third (featuring Mike Mills of R.E.M. taking lead vocals on Big Star's "Jesus Christ") to selected tracks from past editions of the album for a total of 22

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, DVD-Audio, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Cole Porter, Earth Wind and Fire, Glen Campbell, Judy Garland, King Crimson, Pat Boone, Ray Parker Jr., Raydio, The dB's

Another Country

October 14, 2015 By

Rod Stewart Another Country

Rod Stewart returns with his second consecutive album of original material after a spate of covers-oriented releases.  Target has an exclusive edition of Another Country with two bonus tracks (for a total of 17 songs) also available on the U.K. Deluxe Edition (linked to below)!

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Rock

Archives Performance Series Vol. 11: Bluenote Café

October 12, 2015 By

Neil Young Bluenote Cafe

Neil Young revisits the This Note's for You era with a new live 2-CD set.  It's drawn from 1987-1988 performances recorded in New York, Hollywood, Toronto, Cleveland, San Francisco and other cities featuring the Bluenote Café band: Rick Rosas (bass), Chad Cromwell (drums), Frank Sampedro (keyboards), Steve Lawrence (lead tenor saxophone), Ben Keith (alto saxophone), Larry Cragg (baritone saxophone), Claude Cailliet (trombone), Tom Bray (trumpet), John Fumo (trumpet), Billy Talbot (bass) and

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Rock

Release Round-Up: Week of October 9

October 9, 2015 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Small Faces Decca

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up highlighted by the first course of a Christmas feast, plus a trio of deluxe box sets, new albums from veteran artists, and more! The Three Suns, A Ding Dong Dandy Christmas / George Melachrino and His Orchestra, Christmas Joy / John Gary, The John Gary Christmas Album / The Soulful Strings, The Magic of Christmas (Real Gone Music) The Three Suns: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. George Melachrino: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. John Gary: Amazon U.S. /

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Bobby Rydell, Damita Jo, Donna Summer, George Melachrino, John Gary, Lee Hazlewood, Nat King Cole, Raging Fire, The Beckies, The Small Faces, The Soulful Strings, The Three Suns, The Zombies, Tom Jones

Alone in the Universe

October 8, 2015 By

ELO Alone in the Universe

Electric Light Orchestra is back with this all-new studio album from Jeff Lynne's ELO!  Alone in the Universe features ten new Lynne songs (twelve on the U.K. deluxe and U.S. Amazon-exclusive edition) - the first full-length set of ELO originals since 2001's Zoom.  The links below both direct to the 12-track version of the album!

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock

Straighten Up and Fly Right: Universal Creates Nat King Cole's "Musical Autobiography" On New Box Set

October 8, 2015 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Nat King Cole Musical Autobiography

Over 50 years ago, on February 15, 1965, the world lost Nat "King" Cole at the age of 45.  But in a career sadly cut short by lung cancer, Cole left an indelible legacy in the worlds of jazz and popular vocals.  That immense legacy is being celebrated this fall by Universal Music with the  release tomorrow, October 9, of His Musical Autobiography, a 10-CD/2-DVD retrospective box set featuring 262 tracks spanning the period of 1939 to 1965. Cole's familiar classics, both solo and with his King

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Jazz, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Nat King Cole

At Long Last Love

October 7, 2015 By

At Long Last Love

At long last - the soundtrack to Peter Bogdanovich's cult classic At Long Last Love comes to CD!  Cybill Shepherd, Burt Reynolds, Madeline Kahn and Eileen Brennan are among those singing such Cole Porter standards as "Just One of Those Things," "I Get a Kick Out of You" and "You're the Top" on this homage to 1930s musical comedy films!

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Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks

The Decca Years

October 6, 2015 By

Small Faces Decca

Faces precursor The Small Faces celebrate 50 years with a new 5-CD box set including all of the recordings the band made for Decca, plus rarities, alternative versions, previously unavailable tracks and a disc of BBC sessions. All audio has been remastered from the original analog sources under the supervision of drummer Kenney Jones. This lift-off lid box also includes a 72-page booklet featuring rare and previously unseen photos and memorabilia plus four postcards.

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

Singles...Driven By The Music

October 6, 2015 By

Donna Summer Driven

Complementing last year's albums box set, Driven by the Music releases a new 24-CD singles box set from the late, great Donna Summer featuring all of the singles originally released on Geffen Records and Atlantic Records from the albums 'The Wanderer', 'Donna Summer', 'Cats Without Claws', 'All Systems Go', 'Another Place and Time' and 'Mistaken Identity'.  Also included is a Bonus 4-track CD featuring remixes, which although were on the Club/DJ circuit, have not been previously available

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

Long Lost Suitcase

October 6, 2015 By

Tom Jones Long Lost Suitcase

To coincide with the release of long-awaited autobiography Over the Top and Back, Sir Tom Jones unpacks his Long Lost Suitcase on an all-new studio album.  Titles on the album reflect chapters in his book including "Elvis Presley Blues," "Why Don't You Love Me Like You Used to Do," "Bring It On Home" and "Factory Girl."  No U.S. release is currently on the schedule, though that may change.

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

A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters

October 5, 2015 By

John Coltrane Complete Love Supreme

The triple-disc A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters features a wealth of audio extras appended to John Coltrane's 1965 classic. The original stereo album is augmented with previously unreleased mono reference masters from Trane's personal archive. Disc 2 features the complete sessions from December 9-10, 1964, four takes of which were released on an expanded edition in 2002. (The sessions from the 10th consist of a second attempt at album opener "Acknowledgement," with saxophonist Archie Shepp

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Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Jazz

Reel to Real: Expanded Edition

October 5, 2015 By

Love Reel to Real

High Moon Records has the premiere reissue of Arthur Lee and Love's 1974 album Reel to Real as a newly-expanded Deluxe Edition in the following formats: Expanded CD packaged in a deluxe custom digipak with a full-color, 32-page booklet; LP pressed on high-quality RTI vinyl with full-color, 28-page LP-sized booklet; LP includes download card for high-quality album plus bonus tracks; and Digital Download includes full-color, 26-page PDF booklet.  

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965-1966

October 5, 2015 By

Dylan Best of Cutting Edge

The Cutting Edge 1965-1966 looks at one of the most halcyon periods in Bob Dylan's long career: the creatively fertile time in the studio that yielded the trilogy of masterworks Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde. This new collection, transferred from the original tapes, will be available from Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings in four formats designed to suit the appetite and budget of every Dylanophile: The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series

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

A Chorus Line: 40th Anniversary Celebration

October 5, 2015 By

A Chorus Line 40th

Masterworks Broadway expands the classic Original Broadway Cast Recording of Marvin Hamlisch, Ed Kleban, Nicholas Dante and James Kirkwood's A Chorus Line with eight never-before-released work tape demos of Hamlisch and Kleban presenting the score (including cut songs) to director/choreographer Michael Bennett.  A 180-gram vinyl reissue of the original album will also be available from Analog Spark (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.).

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings

A Voice On Air (1935-1955)

October 5, 2015 By

Sinatra A Voice on Air

This new 4-CD box set celebrates the Frank Sinatra centennial with over 100 rare and previously unreleased songs drawn from the future Chairman of the Board's legendary radio career - many of which he never otherwise recorded - in newly restored and remastered sound!

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

Right Here Now: Marshall Crenshaw Unveils "# 392: The EP Collection"

October 5, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Marshall Crenshaw EP Collection

When Marshall Crenshaw launched a vinyl EP subscription service in early 2013 as a vehicle for his new music, the veteran singer/songwriter/producer set out to not make a new album.  Yet, as these things happen, he ended up with enough music to make one after all.  # 392: The EP Collection is a new 14-track album with twelve songs drawn from the six EPs released between 2013 and 2015, plus two exclusive bonus tracks.  All songs here make their CD debuts on this release. Each vinyl EP,

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Marshall Crenshaw

Anthony Phillips' "Private Parts and Pieces" Revealed On New Box Set

October 2, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Anthony Phillips Private

The Genesis celebration at Cherry Red's Esoteric Recordings imprint continues with the release of Anthony Phillips' Private Parts and Pieces I - IV, a new 5-CD box set collecting and expanding his four albums of the same name released between 1978 and 1984.  Private Parts follows Esoteric's recent deluxe expansion of Phillips' The Geese and the Ghost as well as a number of other projects from members of his famous band including a reissue of the 1986 album by Steve Hackett's band GTR and Tony

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else Tags: Anthony Phillips, Genesis, Mike Rutherford

Release Round-Up: Week of October 2

October 2, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Paul McCartney Tug of War

Welcome to our new Release Round-Up! Paul McCartney, The Paul McCartney Archive Collection: Tug of War (MPL/Concord) The Paul McCartney Archive Collection continues with 1982's Tug of War, featuring "Ebony and Ivory" and "Here Today."  The release is available in various formats: 3-CD/1-DVD Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-CD Special Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-LP Vinyl Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Check out our full feature for information on what

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bad Company, Carl Wilson, Carole King, Celtic Thunder, Dean Martin, Dick Haymes, Earth Wind and Fire, Garbage, Grateful Dead, Janet Jackson, Joe Jackson, Judy Garland, Paul McCartney, Sarah McLachlan

Spotlight On: The 4 Seasons' "Sherry" and "Big Girls Don't Cry" Mono Editions

October 1, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Four Seasons Sherry

In recent months, Real Gone Music has further diversified its CD offerings with a line of mini-LP replica editions of rare titles from Banana and the Bunch, The Viscounts, and Jorge Ben.  This Friday, the label kicks off an eagerly-anticipated series from New Jersey's favorite sons, The 4 Seasons.  The band's first and third albums - from 1962 and 1963, respectively - were both headlined by U.S. No. 1 singles.  The Vee-Jay releases Sherry and 11 Others (RGM-0386) and Big Girls Don't Cry and

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Frankie Valli, The Four Seasons

Paul McCartney Archive Collection "Tug of War" and "Pipes of Peace" ARRIVE TOMORROW!

October 1, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Paul McCartney Tug of War

REMINDER!  Tomorrow, October 2, will finally see the release of the next two installments in Paul McCartney's Archive Collection: Tug of War and Pipes of Peace! At last, we can say, say, say it's true: the next two volumes of the Paul McCartney Archive Collection are almost here in a variety of formats.  Macca's second and third albums of the 1980s, the platinum sellers Tug of War and Pipes of Peace, will arrive from Concord Records and MPL with the expected array of bonus material,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Paul McCartney

Man, We Had a Party: Ace Collects Sequel Songs On "Second Helpings"

September 30, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Second Helpings

Numerous collections have compiled famous "answer songs."  Ace Records' 2007 anthology The Answer to Everything had many of the best, like Jody Miller's "Queen of the House," Esther Phillips' "When a Woman Loves a Man" and Marilyn Michaels' "Tell Tommy I Miss Him."  Early in the summer, Ace took a look not at answer songs, per se, but at sequel songs, on the compilation of Second Helpings: Sequels to the Songs That Left 'Em Hungry for More! The 24 tracks on this collection all hail from the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Country, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Buddy Holly, George Jones, Jay and the Americans, Jimmy Dean, Marty Robbins, The Marvelettes, The Shirelles, Various Artists, Wanda Jackson

Perfectly Frank: "A Voice On Air" Box Set Collects Rare, Unreleased Sinatra Recordings

September 29, 2015 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Sinatra A Voice on Air

The Sinatra centennial celebration is picking up steam this fall with the release of a new 4-CD box set from Legacy Recordings.  On November 20, the label will release Frank Sinatra: A Voice on Air (1935-1955), the first comprehensive, fully authorized collection of Sinatra's historic radio performances.  Over 100 tracks have been meticulously restored from the original recording masters for what's being billed as "unprecedented high fidelity sound." A Voice on Air captures Sinatra during the

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

Long Time Comin': Next Bruce Springsteen Live Archive Release Highlights 2005 "Devils & Dust" Tour

September 29, 2015 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Bruce Springsteen Ohio 2005

The next installment in Bruce Springsteen's live archive series has been revealed:  Schottenstein Center, Columbus, Ohio 2005. The show for this release is from July 31, 2005 and falls in the middle of Springsteen's Devils & Dust Tour.  Devils & Dust was released in April of that year, debuting at Number 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.  It was his first album following 2002's The Rising which had reunited Springsteen with the E Street Band for the first time on a new studio record in

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Rock Tags: Bruce Springsteen

Review: Dr. John, "The Atco/Atlantic Singles 1968-1974"

September 29, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Dr. John Singles

Dr. John's most famous single was titled "Right Place Wrong Time," but the one and only Mac Rebennack has certainly found himself in the right place at many a right time.  One particularly halcyon period of the funky New Orleans piano man's long career is captured on Omnivore Recordings' essential new collection of The Atco/Atlantic Singles 1968-1974 (OVCD-149). Though the 22 U.S. and U.K. singles included on this collection represent Dr. John's earliest years as a solo artist under that

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Allen Toussaint, Dr. John

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