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Big Break Boasts Bursting Line-Up With Chaka and Rufus, Gloria Gaynor, Kool and the Gang, More

August 27, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Gloria Gaynor Ive Got You

Big Break Records has been on a big roll with its powerhouse slate of recent releases!  We've already filled you in on the worldwide CD debut of MFSB's Philly soul classic Universal Love; today, we'll take a look at another quartet of releases from the Cherry Red imprint. BBR has returned to the catalogue of Gloria Gaynor with another first-time-on-CD reissue.  I've Got You was Gaynor's third solo album and first for Polydor Records.  Released 39 years ago in August 1976, the album found her

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Chaka Khan, Forrest, Gloria Gaynor, Kool and the Gang, Rufus

Soul Manifesto: 1964-1970

August 26, 2015 By

Otis Soul Manifesto

This 12-CD box set includes the eight live and studio albums recorded by Stax superstar Otis Redding between 1964 and 1967 as well as four posthumously-released albums.  The box contains the following albums in their original track listings: Otis Redding, Soul Manifesto 1964-1970 (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Pain In My Heart (1964) The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads (1965) Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul (1965) The Soul Album (1966) Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis

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

The Wrecking Crew [Soundtrack]

August 26, 2015 By

Wrecking Crew OST

Director Denny Tedesco's documentary film about the legendary cadre of Los Angeles studio musicians loosely and affectionately referred to as "The Wrecking Crew" receives a 4-CD slipcased soundtrack set from RockBeat Records. Discs 1-3 include favorite tracks by artists including The Beach Boys, The 5th Dimension, The Mamas and the Papas, Glen Campbell, Cher, Herb Alpert, Lee Hazlewood and many more.  The fourth CD turns the spotlight on solo recordings by veteran musicians like Hal Blaine,

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

Omnivore Uncovers The Lost Soul of Carl Hall

August 26, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Carl Hall You Dont Know Nothing

Even the most diehard soul connoisseurs can be forgiven for not knowing the name of Carl Hall.  After all, he left behind just a handful of singles on labels including Mercury, Loma, Atlantic and Columbia before focusing on a stage career.  But thanks to Omnivore's recent release of You Don't Know Nothing About Love: The Loma/Atlantic Recordings 1967-1972, it's highly unlikely that you'll forget the name, and sound, of Carl Hall.  Distinguished by both his intensity and his stratospheric vocal

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Carl Hall, Jerry Ragovoy

Loaded: Re-Loaded 45th Anniversary Edition

August 25, 2015 By

Velvet Underground Loaded

The Velvet Underground's 1970 album - and Lou Reed's swansong with the band - gets the deluxe expanded treatment from Rhino in this new box set featuring the original stereo and mono albums plus a wealth of bonus material, two live concerts and a DVD featuring high resolution stereo mixes plus the first-ever surround mix of the album!  The remastered stereo Loaded album will also be available as a stand-alone CD on October 30.

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

Jagged Little Pill: Collector's Edition

August 25, 2015 By

Alanis Jagged 4 CD Box

Rhino revisits Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill in a new 4-CD box set as well as a 2-CD highlights edition. This new four-disc Jagged Little Pill: Collector's Edition includes remastered audio of the original album plus an entire disc of 10 unreleased demos from the era handpicked by Morissette from her archives. Also included is a previously unreleased concert from 1995 as well as 2005's Jagged Little Pill Acoustic.  The 2-CD version has the remastered original album plus the demo disc.

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download Genre: Pop

Introducing Darlene Love

August 25, 2015 By

Introducing Darlene Love

Yes, Little Steven Van Zandt is "introducing" one of the greatest voices of our time on this all-new album!  The legendary Ms. Love is out front on songs penned by Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Jimmy Webb, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, Linda Perry, and Little Steven himself - plus a revival of Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector's masterpiece "River Deep - Mountain High."

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Pop

Sherry & 11 Others (Mono Mini-Sleeve Edition)

August 25, 2015 By

Four Seasons Sherry

The 4 Seasons' debut album comes to CD for the very first time in its original mono mix, remastered by Bill Inglot under the supervision of Bob Gaudio!  This mini-LP replica is a limited edition of 2,000 copies.

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

An American Treasure

August 25, 2015 By

Eydie An American Treasure

This 3-CD, 34-song set previously available as a website exclusive comes to general retail.  An American Treasure has been compiled by Steve Lawrence in tribute to his late wife Eydie Gorme.  The first disc, "The Hits," presents Eydie's a number of Eydie's most famous recordings, including "Blame It on the Bossa Nova," "If He Walked into My Life," and "What Did I Have That I Don't Have" while Disc Two, "Steve's Favorites," offers the songs he most loved hearing Eydie sing, like "Don't Go to

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Formats: CD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal

Midnight McCartney

August 22, 2015 By

Midnight McCartney

Paul McCartney himself suggested that the great jazz guitarist and vocalist John Pizzarelli tackle his songbook. Pizzarelli took Macca up on the notion, bringing along his wife Jessica Molaskey, dad Bucky PIzzarelli and other esteemed talents to craft this 12-track set featuring jazz reinterpretations of "Silly Love Songs," "My Love," "No More Lonely Nights," "Let 'Em In," "Maybe I'm Amazed" and many more solo McCartney and Wings songs.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Jazz

The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern

August 22, 2015 By

Tony Bennett The Silver Lining

Tony Bennett, just off a phenomenally successful tour with Lady Gaga, partners with acclaimed jazz pianist Bill Charlap (as well as Charlap's trio) for this new set of standards composed by arguably the greatest American composer, Jerome Kern.  Songs include "All the Things You Are," "I Won't Dance," "The Song is You," "The Way You Look Tonight" and "Look for the Silver Lining."

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Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal

Lotta Love: Varese Collects "The Very Best of Nicolette Larson" - AND YOU CAN WIN!

August 21, 2015 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Very Best of Nicolette

Today, Varese Vintage releases Lotta Love: The Very Best of Nicolette Larson, celebrating the life and career of the silken-voiced pop singer who died at the tragically young age of 45 in 1997.  This 16-track anthology, culled from her years with Warner Bros. Records and featuring duets with Emmylou Harris, Steve Goodman and Michael McDonald, is a welcome reminder of Larson's versatile gifts in the genres of pop, country and folk - and we would like to give you a chance to WIN ONE OF TEN COPIES

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Categories: Giveaways!, News Formats: CD Genre: Country, Pop Tags: Andrew Gold, Emmylou Harris, Michael McDonald, Neil Young, Nicolette Larson, Steve Goodman

Release Round-Up: Week of August 21

August 21, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Isley Brothers T Neck and RCA Masters

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, packed with box sets, reissues, special collections, and more! The Isley Brothers, The RCA Victor and T-Neck Album Masters (Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Legacy has boxed up 23 discs of The Isley Brothers - featuring every one of the group's RCA and T-Neck albums released between 1959 and 1983, including one previously unreleased album and a total of 84 previously unissued or new-to-CD bonus tracks!  Every track has been newly-remastered

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, SACD Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Belinda Carlisle, Jeff Beck, Linda Ronstadt, Nicolette Larson, Paul Young, Peggy Lee, Singers and Players, Teddy Pendergrass, The Isley Brothers, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, The Sherman Brothers, Various Artists

Pot Luck

August 20, 2015 By

Spooner Oldham Pot Luck

The great songwriter and pianist Spooner Oldham takes the solo spotlight on LITA's reissue of his 1972 Family Productions LP!  Features "Cry Like a Baby," "Respect," "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" and more.

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul

The Atco/Atlantic Singles 1968-1974

August 20, 2015 By

Dr. John Singles

Omnivore collects 22 A- and B-sides from the New Orleans legend on this new anthology!

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Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul

Bernard Herrmann's "Hangover Square" Soundtrack Expanded On New Two-For-One CD

August 20, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Hangover Square

Fresh off its successful Indiegogo campaign, Kritzerland has returned to the music of Bernard Herrmann (Psycho, Taxi Driver) for its latest soundtrack release.  Two Herrmann scores - 1945's Hangover Square and 1952's 5 Fingers - have been paired on one CD.  Though both have been previously released on CD, they have been newly transferred for Kritzerland by our friend Mike Matessino, and Hangover Square (a favorite score of none other than Stephen Sondheim) has been expanded by sixteen

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Bernard Herrmann

Sixteen Tons, What Do You Get?: Bear Family Releases Tennessee Ernie Ford 5-CD Box Set

August 17, 2015 By Randy Fairman 3 Comments

For years, Germany's venerable Bear Family label has been curating large box sets focusing on country, pop and early rock-n-roll.  These vast collections offer up a complete look at an artist's recordings during a specific period.  The label is continuing in this tradition by compiling a box set to coincide with the 60th anniversary of this artist's biggest hit.  On September 25, 2015, Tennessee Ernie Ford: Portrait of An American Singer (1949-1960) will be released in the U.S., marking the six

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Country Tags: Tennessee Ernie Ford

Release Round-Up: Week of August 14

August 14, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Lesley Gore Someplace Else Now

Welcome to New Release Friday! Lesley Gore, Someplace Else Now (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Someplace Else Now marked Lesley Gore's first full immersion into the world of the singer-songwriter.  She penned every one of the twelve tracks on this 1972 album for MoWest Records, writing solo and with lyricists Ellen Weston and her brother Michael Gore.  Joe Porter (Gladys Knight and the Pips, Thelma Houston) supplied the passionate production.  Lesley's lost Motown gem - a

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Lesley Gore, Steppenwolf, The Muffs, The Replacements, The Who

Right Place, Right Time: Omnivore Collects Dr. John's Atlantic and Atco Singles In September

August 12, 2015 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Dr. John Singles

The Doctor is in! On September 18, Omnivore Recordings is heading to the bayou with one of New Orleans' favorite sons, Mac Rebennack - a.k.a. Dr. John! The Atco/Atlantic Singles 1968-1974 collects the Good Doctor's A- and B-sides, from both the U.S. and the U.K., as issued on the Atco and Atlantic labels during that prolific period. These 22 tracks take the piano-pounding Night Tripper from his debut album, Gris-Gris, through Desitively Bonnaroo, produced by fellow N'awlins legend Allen

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

It's Clobberin' Time! Ace Unearths Gems From Motown's Fantastic Four

August 11, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Fantastic Four Lost Album

Last weekend, The Fantastic Four - the super-powered Reed Richards, Susan Storm, Johnny Storm and Ben Grimm - returned to the big screen, ultimately to disappoint fans.  But Ace Records' Kent label has another group of the same name in the spotlight - and this one is bound to thrill! Joe Pruitt, Ralph Pruitt, Toby Childs and James Epps made their debut as The Fantastic Four in 1966 on Detroit's Ric-Tic label, notching a series of R&B and Pop hits (including 1967's No. 6 R&B/No. 63 Pop

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: The Fantastic Four

Review: Simon and Garfunkel, "The Complete Columbia Albums Collection" and "The Concert in Central Park"

August 7, 2015 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Simon and Garfunkel Complete Columbia Vinyl Box

When Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel took the stage on April 24, 2010 at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, it's doubtful that many in the audience knew they were witnessing the end of one chapter in the story of Simon & Garfunkel.  That concert marked the final time that the famous duo have performed together to date, but over five years later, the specter of Simon & Garfunkel still looms large over both men.  It's no surprise; the question of a reunion cropped up almost

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon, Simon and Garfunkel

Release Round-Up: Week of August 7

August 7, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Dusty Come for a Dream

Welcome to another New Release Friday, and today's Release Round-Up! Dusty Springfield, Come for a Dream: The U.K. Sessions 1970-1971  (Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Earlier this year, Real Gone released Faithful - a collection of Dusty Springfield's complete sessions with producer-songwriter Jeff Barry, compiled for the first time as originally envisioned on one disc.  Now, the label has turned its attention to Dusty's 1970-1971 London sessions intended for the album See All

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Alex North, Ben E. King, Dusty Springfield, Elvis Presley, Georgie Fame, Mike Bloomfield, Robbie Robertson, Simon and Garfunkel, Tom Rush

The Milk of Human Kindness: Esoteric Expands Third and Fourth Procol Harum Albums

August 6, 2015 By Joe Marchese 8 Comments

Procol Salty Dog

Esoteric Recordings has just continued its series of expanded Procol Harum reissues with A Salty Dog and Home, the band's third and fourth albums as originally released in 1969 and 1970, respectively, on the Regal Zonophone label.  As with Esoteric's reissues of Procol Harum and Shine On Brightly, both titles are available in single- and multiple-disc configurations with bonus tracks culled from past reissues plus previously unreleased material. After initial sessions held in Los Angeles

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Procol Harum

Get Ready to "Groove and Grind" on RockBeat's New "Rare Soul" Box Set

August 5, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Groove and Grind

Hot on the heels of its recent Super Rare Doo Wop Box, RockBeat Records is turning its attention to another corner of the rhythm and blues world and further advancing into the 1960s with a new four-CD box set.  Groove and Grind: Rare Soul 1963-1973, due in stores on Friday, August 18, is packed with 112 songs - the vast majority of which have never been reissued on CD! Groove and Grind, compiled by RockBeat's James Austin and annotated in its hardcover 127-page book by Bill Dahl, has divided

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Various Artists

You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything (1970-1975)

August 4, 2015 By

Faces You Can Make Me Dance

This long-awaited 5-CD box set includes Faces' First Step (1970), Long Player (1971), A Nod Is as Good as a Wink...to a Blind Horse (1971), and Ooh La La (1973), and adds never-before-released bonus tracks to each album.  The set is topped off with a bonus disc containing non-LP selections.  In total, 17 bonus tracks are previously unreleased!

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock

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