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Soul Time: Ace Digs Into the Vaults for New Jackie Wilson Anthology

June 22, 2015 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Jackie Wilson NYC

When it comes to classic soul men, the roster at Ace Records is second to none.  Two recent releases shed light on two underrated yet titanic talents - Jackie Wilson and Garnet Mimms - in the label's typically comprehensive fashion.  Today, Part One of Two, looks at the latest from Wilson! Ace has dug deep into the archives of Brunswick Records for an unparalleled look at the sixties' New York sessions for Mr. Excitement himself, Jackie Wilson!  The simply-titled NYC 1961-1966 presents 48

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Jackie Wilson

The Studio Albums 1969-1983

June 19, 2015 By

Alice Cooper Studio Albums

Rhino brings together the first 15 studio albums recorded by the original Alice Cooper band and Alice Cooper, solo, on this new box set.

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

The Warner Bros. Years: 1971-1977

June 19, 2015 By

America Warner Years

Rhino boxes up newly-remastered editions of every one of America's studio and live albums recorded for Warner Bros. between 1971 and 1977 on this new 8-CD box set.

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

School's Out for Summer: Rhino Announces Alice Cooper's New 15-CD "Studio Albums 1969-1983" Box Set

June 19, 2015 By Randy Fairman 4 Comments

Alice Cooper Studio Albums

Yesterday, we told you about a new box set focusing on America's complete Warner Bros. studio albums.  Well, today, Rhino has announced a similar set focusing on shock-rocker Alice Cooper to be released July 31.  The Studio Albums: 1969-1983 is a fifteen-disc set containing the fifteen Alice Cooper Band and Alice Cooper solo studio recordings in that 14-year period. The band Alice Cooper began performing in the late 1960s with their first LP being 1969's Pretties for You on Frank Zappa's

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Alice Cooper

Review: Robin Gibb, "Saved by the Bell: The Collected Works 1968-1970"

June 17, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Saved by the Bell

Give me a smile!  With the new release of Robin Gibb's Saved by the Bell: The Collected Works of Robin Gibb 1968-1970 (R2 549315), Rhino/Reprise has unveiled the most significant archival collection related to The Bee Gees in nearly a decade.  Not since 2006's The Studio Albums 1967-1968 has the vault door been opened to reveal such a remarkable wealth of pop treasure from an artist with the surname of Gibb - in this case, the late Robin. This three-CD set, produced with stunning attention to

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download Genre: Pop Tags: Robin Gibb, The Bee Gees

It's Their Party: Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, Ben E. King, Steppenwolf Go Real Gone In August

June 16, 2015 By Joe Marchese 14 Comments

Lesley Gore Someplace Else Now

Are you ready to take a magic carpet ride with Real Gone Music this August? The label's slate for the month offers an array of rock, soul and pop heavy hitters including a number of CD debuts.  Two complete singles collections arrive, both on two CDs: one from John Kay and Steppenwolf (The Complete ABC/Dunhill Singles Collection), and another from the late, great Ben E. King (The Complete Atco/Atlantic Singles Volume 1).  Then, the label is offering up two rare soundtracks from bona fide rock

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Alex North, Ben E. King, Dusty Springfield, Jorge Ben, Lesley Gore, Mike Bloomfield, Robbie Robertson, Steppenwolf

Release Round-Up: Week of June 16

June 16, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

James Taylor Before This World

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring the return of a veteran artist, celebrations of the renowned musicians of Nashville and Los Angeles, a classic Disney soundtrack, and much more! Various Artists, Dylan, Cash and the Nashville Cats: A New Music City (Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Legacy teams with the Country Music Hall of Fame for this 2-CD, 36-song companion soundtrack to the Nashville museum's current exhibit chronicling Music City's fusion of country of rock.

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Christopher Cross, Donovan, Eddi Reader, James Taylor, John Barry, Johnny Cash, Miklos Rosza, The Dream Syndicate, Various Artists

The Lover Speaks: Expanded Edition

June 14, 2015 By

The Lover Speaks

The 1986 eponymous album from The Lover Speaks, a.k.a. vocalist-lyricist David Freeman and composer-arranger Joseph Hughes, returns from Cherry Pop in a definitively expanded edition.

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

The Monsanto Years

June 14, 2015 By

Neil Young Monsanto Years

Neil Young teams with Promise of the Real (Lukas Nelson (vocals/guitar), Micah Nelson (guitar, vocals), Anthony Logerfo (drums), Corey McCormick (bass) and Tato Melgar (percussion)) for this hard-rocking album drawing on environmental and ecological themes.  Available as a CD/DVD edition and on digital platforms including, of course, Young's Pono.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Rock

Dylan, Cash and the Nashville Cats: A New Music City

June 14, 2015 By

Dylan Cash and Nashville Cats

Legacy teams with the Country Music Hall of Fame for this 2-CD, 36-song companion soundtrack to the Nashville museum's current exhibit chronicling Music City's fusion of country of rock.  One previously unreleased cut by Bob Dylan joins both familiar and rare tracks by Johnny Cash, Linda Ronstadt, The Byrds, The Monkees, Neil Young, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Paul McCartney and others!

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Country

RPM Says "Vive Le Rock and Roll" With New Collection from Early French Rockers

June 12, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Vive Le Rock and Roll

RPM, an imprint of Cherry Red Group, has recently issued a number of sets exploring the world of sixties French pop.  Now the label has recently turned to the heavier side, with Vive Le Rock and Roll, a 22-track anthology dedicated to the country's rock-and-roll scene. As detailed in Kieron Tyler's extensive liner notes to this collection subtitled The Unruly World of French Rock and Roll 1956-1962, France didn't cotton to the rough-and-tumble genre immediately.  Bill Haley and the Comets

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else Tags: Johnny Hallyday, Various Artists, Vince Taylor

Review: Little Richard, "Directly From My Heart"

June 10, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Little Richard Directly

The annals of rock have been filled with colorful characters, but few can compare to Richard Penniman, a.k.a. Little Richard.  Over the course of just eighteen months beginning in 1955, the man who has called himself The King and Queen of Rock and Roll recorded the songs that laid the foundation of the genre, notching seventeen R&B Top 10s - four of which also made the Pop Top 10.  After that initial burst of fame, however, Richard retreated from the spotlight.  The new box set Directly from

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Little Richard

Jim Peterik, Don Dixon, Jules Shear, Justin Currie, Julian Velard Fight Cancer on "You Can't Live on Love Alone"

June 9, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

You Cant Live on Love Alone

Many of you reading this might know Popdose as one of your favorite pop-culture hangouts on the Internet.  Recently, our good friends at Popdose have curated a special digital-only release that not only features an array of remarkable artists, but helps a great cause, too. You Can't Live on Love Alone: Songs for the Fight Against Multiple Myeloma arrived on Amazon last week, on June 2.  This 19-track compendium is headlined by artists ranging from veterans (Jim Peterik of The Ides of March

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Don Dixon, Jim Peterik, Jules Shear, Julian Velard, Justin Currie, Kenny Loggins

Drifted: In the Beginning and Beyond

June 9, 2015 By

Continental Drifters Drifted

Omnivore collects two discs' worth of music from the Los Angeles-to-New-Orleans musical collective The Continental Drifters, whose roster has included Vicki Peterson (Bangles), Susan Cowsill (The Cowsills), Peter Holsapple (The dBs, R.E.M.), and many more--including the only member who has been with them from the beginning, Mark Walton (Giant Sand, The Dream Syndicate).  This definitive anthology presents, per the label, rarities and previously unreleased music which add up to an "inspiring

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Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Rock

You Don't Know Nothing About Love: The Loma/Atlantic Recordings 1967-1972

June 9, 2015 By

Carl Hall You Dont Know Nothing

Actor, singer and all-around soul man Carl Hall released just six scorching single sides produced by the great Jerry Ragovoy for the Loma and Atlantic labels which have become cult favorites of many an R&B collector.  Omnivore has brought those sides together on a new anthology that premieres 13 previously unissued tracks from the same period!

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Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul

Days of Wine and Roses

June 9, 2015 By

Dream Syndicate Days of Wine and Roses

1982's album debut from Paisley Underground rockers The Dream Syndicate arrives in remastered and expanded form via Omnivore, with six previously unreleased rehearsal recordings!

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Formats: CD Genre: Rock

Here Today! The Songs of Brian Wilson

June 9, 2015 By

Here Today The Songs of Brian Wilson

Ace Records delivers with love and mercy on this new collection of songs written by Brian Wilson!  Its 25 tracks feature Jay and the Americans, Bruce and Terry, Kirsty MacColl, Bobby Vee, The Tokens, Jan and Dean, Darian Sahanaja and many more.

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

Retrospective

June 9, 2015 By

Donovan Retrospective

Donovan has hand-picked and written the liner notes for the 29 tracks on Salvo's new 2-CD anthology.  Alongside his familiar hits, the collection also premieres one new track, "One English Summer."

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Pop

Every Turn Of The World/Back Of My Mind

June 9, 2015 By

Christopher Cross Every Turn Two Fer

Friday Music reissues two of Christopher Cross' Warner Bros. albums as a 2-CD set: 1985's Every Turn Of The World and 1988's Back Of My Mind.

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

Release Round-Up: Week of June 9

June 9, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

rolling stones sticky fingers

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, headlined by the long-awaited return of The Rolling Stones' Sticky Fingers in a variety of formats and editions! The Rolling Stones, Sticky Fingers (UMe) 3-CD/1-DVD Super Deluxe Edition Box Set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-CD/1-DVD Deluxe Edition Box Set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-CD Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 1-CD Standard Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-LP Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Digital Download:

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Dave Edmunds, Eydie Gorme, Faith No More, Jackie Lomax, John Lennon, Pete Townshend, Stephanie Mills, Tennessee Ernie Ford, The Knack, The Rolling Stones, Valerie Simpson

The Bad Seeds: "Nick Cave Heard Them Here First" Features Dylan, Cash, Pitney, More

June 5, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Nick Cave Heard Them Here First

Ace Records has an unusual name on its roster: that of Australian musical iconoclast Nick Cave.  An artist who's lived up to his description as rock's "Prince of Darkness," Cave has nonetheless drawn on a wide array of influences in crafting his own intense, personal and powerful songbook.  Ace has rounded up the original versions of 25 songs recorded over the years by the artist on the collection entitled Nick Cave Heard Them Here First.  This anthology follows the label's similar sets for The

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Gospel, Rock Tags: Bob Dylan, Gene Pitney, Hank Williams, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Cash, Nick Cave, The Stooges

Hey, Look Me Over! Harbinger Celebrates The Music of Cy Coleman On New Collection

June 4, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Cy Coleman You Fascinate Me So

When Bob Dylan released his first collection of standards earlier this year, the venerable singer-songwriter took umbrage at the notion that he was "covering" classic songs.  "I don't see myself as covering these songs in any way," he reflected.  "They've been covered enough. Buried, as a matter a fact. What me and my band are basically doing is uncovering them."  Among the songs uncovered by Dylan was Cy Coleman and Joseph McCarthy's "Why Try to Change Me Now," first recorded by Frank Sinatra

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Carolyn Leigh, Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields, Floyd Huddleston

A Boy Named Charlie Brown

June 4, 2015 By

Rod McKuen Charlie Brown

Varese has the first-ever CD reissue of the late Rod McKuen's album of selections from his song score to 1969's A Boy Named Charlie Brown. The album also contains performances of other McKuen classics from The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Me, Natalie (co-written with Henry Mancini) and Joanna.

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Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks

Volume 2: The Reaction Singles 1966

June 4, 2015 By

The Who Reaction Singles

The Who presents Volume Two of a four-part series of the band's singles, collected by label (Brunswick, Reaction, Track and Polydor).  This box features five 7-inch singles from the Reaction label, pressed on heavyweight vinyl with sleeves reproducing the period graphics with die-cut center holes.  Includes remastered versions of Who classics such as "Substitute," "Happy Jack," "I'm a Boy," the Ready Steady Who EP, and more.  The singles are all housed in a full-color box that also contains

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Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Coda [Various Editions]

June 4, 2015 By

Led Zeppelin Coda SDE

The Led Zeppelin remastered reissue campaign has reached the band's final studio album, 1982's Coda, available in various formats: Super Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Deluxe Edition CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Original Album CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Original Album Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Deluxe Edition Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.

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

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