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Deluxe (Tokyo Dome Live in Concert + Remasters)

March 4, 2015 By

VH Deluxe

Van Halen boxes up its new concert release featuring David Lee Roth with remastered editions of the band's debut and his (first) farewell, 1984.  Available on 4 CDs or 6 LPs.

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Rock

1984 (Remastered Edition)

March 4, 2015 By

VH 1984

David Lee Roth's (first) swansong with Van Halen is remastered, with no additional material, on CD, DD and LP.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Rock

Tokyo Dome Live in Concert

March 4, 2015 By

VH Tokyo

The first-ever live album from Van Halen to feature David Lee Roth, Tokyo Dome Live in Concert was recorded on June 21, 2013 in Japan with Roth, Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen and Wolfgang Van Halen, Tokyo Dome Live in Concert boasts 25 songs representing all seven of the band's albums with Roth, right up through 2012's A Different Kind of Truth. Mixed by Bob Clearmountain and mastered by Chris Bellman, it will be released in 2-CD, 4-LP and DD configurations.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Rock

Progeny: Highlights from Seventy-Two

March 4, 2015 By

Progeny Highlights

If the 14-CD Progeny box is too much for you to say "Yes," how about this 2-CD or 3-LP distillation of highlights from the box chronicling Yes' 1972 tour?

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Progeny: Seven Shows from Seventy-Two

March 4, 2015 By

Yes Progeny

This 14-CD box captures seven complete concerts from Yes circa 1972 - the same tour leading up to the performances preserved on Yessongs.

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock

Still Here: 1967-1973

March 4, 2015 By

Notations

Numero collects the best of the Chicago R&B vocal group, produced by Syl Johnson and Curtis Mayfield, illustrating the group's musical transition from smooth ballads to socially-conscious soul.

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

Short Takes: Yes' Massive Box Set, Metallica's Original Demo and Van Halen Remasters

March 4, 2015 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Yes Progeny

There soon will be many more Yessongs. Progressive rockers Yes released the triple-LP live album Yessongs in 1973. It captured the band at the height of its powers, riding a wave of success thanks to the 1972 album Close to the Edge. In the weeks leading up to the recording of Yessongs, however, the band recorded a number of shows that are now being collected in Rhino's massive 14-CD box set Progeny: Seven Shows from Seventy-Two. The May 19 release contains seven complete shows recorded in

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Metallica, Record Store Day, Van Halen, Yes

Ultimate Sinatra

March 4, 2015 By

Ultimate Sinatra

The 100th birthday of The Chairman of the Board is celebrated with a variety of releases under the Ultimate Sinatra umbrella, including a 4-CD box set drawing on the RCA, Columbia, Capitol and Reprise eras, highlights on 2 LPs or 1 CD, and a digital download.  Full track listings and details on bonus material can be found in our full article!

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal

Perfectly Frank: Sinatra Celebrated With Career-Spanning Box Set "Ultimate Sinatra"

March 3, 2015 By Joe Marchese 9 Comments

Ultimate Sinatra

2015 is getting a lot more ring-a-ding-ding come April thanks to the release of Ultimate Sinatra.  On April 21, Capitol/UMe will continue the Frank Sinatra centennial celebration in style with new career-spanning collections drawing on the Chairman of the Board’s historic tenures with the RCA Victor, Columbia, Capitol and Reprise labels.  Available as a 25-track single CD, a 26-track digital album, a 24-track 180-gram double-vinyl set, and a deluxe, 101-track 4-CD or digital box set, Ultimate

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

Release Round-Up: Week of March 3

March 3, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

staple singers freedom

Welcome to the Release Round-Up for the week of March 3! The Staple Singers, Freedom Highway Complete: Recorded Live at Chicago's New Nazareth Church (Epic/Legacy) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. The Staple Singers' 1965 LP celebrating that year’s historic civil rights marches from Montgomery to Selma, Alabama is generously expanded to complete form on Legacy's new reissue available on both CD and vinyl.  Watch for a review here soon! The J. Geils

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Booker T. and the MG's, Boz Scaggs, Carole King, Foghat, Jerry Lee Lewis, Les McCann, The J. Geils Band, The Staple Singers

Jack the Ripper: Original London Cast Album

February 27, 2015 By

Jack the Ripper

Ron Pember and Denis De Marne's 1974 musical Jack the Ripper promised "scenes of fun, terror, song and dance" as it retold the story of the infamous murders in a music-hall style. A cast album was recorded 40 years ago with Pember, Eleanor McCready, Roy Stone and Charles West, but never released. Stage Door premieres that original recording now!

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Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings

The NOT Column: Anne McCue, "Blue Sky Thinkin'"

February 27, 2015 By Ted Frank Leave a Comment

Anne McCue Blue Sky

We'd like to kick off your weekend with some Frank on Friday, as we welcome back Ted to debut what he's deemed The NOT Column...as in, "NOT a reissue, but NOTeworthy nonetheless!"  Today, he looks at the latest release from Australian alt-country singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Anne McCue, who has tapped into a rich vein of blues, jazz and folk to craft Blue Sky Thinkin'.  We have no doubt that the music being created by McCue will one day be reissued and covered by future catalogue

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Country, Folk, Jazz Tags: Anne McCue

Warmth of the Sun: Rumer Collects "B-Sides and Rarities" On New Release

February 26, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Rumer B Sides

Since making her major label debut in 2010 with Seasons of My Soul, the artist known as Rumer (real name: Sarah Joyce) has made the case that elegantly-crafted adult pop can still be viable in the 21st century. Influenced by Burt Bacharach, Laura Nyro, Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Stephen Bishop, Jimmy Webb and Paul Williams, Rumer is possessed of a honeyed voice that's most frequently been compared to Karen Carpenter on her three studio albums - Seasons, 2012's Boys Don't Cry (a collection of

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Burt Bacharach, Dionne Warwick, Rumer, Stephen Bishop

The Atlantic Albums Plus

February 26, 2015 By

England Dan

Edsel brings together England Dan and John Ford Coley's four Atlantic LPs (including the hits "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" and "Love is the Answer") on two CDs, adding three non-album bonus sides (including the Japan-only release "Keep Your Smile") and a 36-page booklet!

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

Review: Ron Nagle, "Bad Rice"

February 25, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

bad rice

Rare is the "cult album" that actually lives up to its mystique. But rare is Ron Nagle's Bad Rice. This artifact from the Mystery Trend leader and acclaimed ceramic sculptor, originally released on Warner Bros. Records circa 1970, has recently been given new life by Omnivore Recordings in a deluxe 2-CD edition that's an early candidate for Reissue of the Year. One part David Ackles, one part Randy Newman and the rest pure Nagle, Bad Rice likely wasn't helped all those decades ago by its

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Jack Nitzsche, Ron Nagle

Straight Shooter: Deluxe Edition

February 24, 2015 By

Bad Company Straight Shooter

The sophomore album from supergroup Bad Company gains a second disc of rarities on CD - 13 previously unreleased session tracks and one non-LP single!  A 2-LP vinyl edition features the remastered original album plus selected rarities.

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

Bad Company: Deluxe Edition

February 24, 2015 By

Bad Company

The debut album from supergroup Bad Company is expanded with an entire second disc of rarities on CD - 10 previously unreleased session tracks and two non-LP singles!  A 2-LP vinyl edition features the remastered original album plus selected rarities.

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

Stillness in Motion: Vai Live in L.A.

February 24, 2015 By

Steve Vai Stillness

Stillness in Motion - Vai Live in L.A. is drawn from the guitar great's October 12, 2012 at Los Angeles' Club Nokia. Available in 2-CD and 2-DVD configurations, Stillness in Motion chronicles the 49th concert of Vai's acclaimed Story of Light World Tour.

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Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Rock

The Ultra Zone: Steve Vai Brings "Live in L.A." Concert To CD, DVD

February 24, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Steve Vai Stillness

With a résumé ranging from Frank Zappa to Whitesnake, three-time Grammy Award winner Steve Vai has earned his reputation as one of the most inventive, virtuosic guitarists in rock. Vai – an accomplished composer and producer as well as musician – has recently signed with Sony’s Legacy Recordings to a new multi-album agreement which will kick off with two releases in 2015. The first of these has been confirmed for April 7, 2015. Stillness in Motion – Vai Live in L.A. is drawn from his October 12,

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Categories: News Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Rock Tags: Steve Vai

Release Round-Up: Week of February 24

February 24, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti various editions (Atlantic/Swan Song) 2-CD Original Album: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 3-CD Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-LP Original Album: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 3-LP Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Super Deluxe Edition (3-CD/3-LP): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Digital Download: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Led Zeppelin's classic album turns 40 and gets the remastered treatment with never-before-heard content available in a plethora

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Camper Van Beethoven, Chicago, Lead Belly, Led Zeppelin, The Animals, The Manhattans

From Belmont Ave. To Bleecker St.: Never-Before-Heard Dion Concert Arrives On CD In April

February 23, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Dion Bitter End

In a career spanning an astounding seven decades, Dion DiMucci has transitioned from doo wop to rock and roll to pop to folk to blues to contemporary Christian and back again, always bringing his stamp of originality and attitude to each endeavor. In August 1971, The King of the New York Streets took to one street in particular – Bleecker – to perform at the legendary Bitter End, today New York’s oldest rock club. Omnivore Recordings in the U.S. (and Ace Records in the U.K.) has captured Dion at

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Folk, Pop Tags: Dion, Dion and the Belmonts

Winds of Change (Mono Edition)

February 21, 2015 By

Animals Winds of Change

Sundazed has Eric Burdon and The Animals' 1967 rock classic on CD and 180-gram vinyl in mono.  Includes "San Franciscan Nights," the title track and the band's take on "Paint It Black."

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Reviews: Two From Real Gone - John Hall and Ray Kennedy

February 20, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

john hall power

It’s telling that John Hall’s Wikipedia page identifies him as “John Hall (New York politician).” For despite a career that saw him found Orleans, pen such instantly identifiable pop hits as “Dance with Me” and “Still the One,” and organize the 1979 No Nukes concerts alongside such heavy hitters as Jackson Browne, Graham Nash and Bonnie Raitt, Hall may be best known today as a member of the House of Representatives for New York between 2007 and 2011 and as a longtime environmental activist. Real

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: John Hall, Ray Kennedy

Coming Back For You: Ronnie James Dio's "Elf" Returns

February 20, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Elf

Who’s that gleefully malevolent-looking elf? Why, it’s none other than the late Ronnie James Dio, legendary frontman of Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Heaven and Hell and of course, Dio. Between 1972 and 1975, Dio (under his real name of Ronald Padavona) led the band Elf for three albums. The first of those LPs, the eponymous Elf, has just been reissued by Cherry Red’s Hear No Evil imprint in a newly-remastered edition. Singer/bassist Dio founded Elf in 1967 as The Electric Elves, alongside

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Elf, Ronnie James Dio

Hey Joe! Rare Early Jimi Hendrix Recordings Collected By Legacy, Experience Hendrix

February 19, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Curtis Knight You Cant Use My Name

With Experience Hendrix and Legacy Recordings having previously reissued Jimi Hendrix’s core catalogue as well as more unexpected offerings like The Cry of Love and Rainbow Bridge, where to go next? The answer is back to the very beginning – which, as always, is a very good place to start. You Can’t Use My Name: Curtis Knight & The Squires (Featuring Jimi Hendrix) The RSVP/PPX Sessions is the first in a series of releases intended to place the legendary guitarist’s pre-fame recordings in the

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, R&B/Soul Tags: Curtis Knight and the Squires, Jimi Hendrix

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