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Could anyone have expected the resurgence of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons that occurred in 2005 when the musical Jersey Boys opened at the Virginia Theatre on Broadway?  Suddenly, Valli’s profile was higher than it had been at any time since the mid-1970s, and today he continues to reap the rewards of the musical’s exposure in multiple cities in America, Canada, England and Australia.  Collector’s Choice launched a comprehensive album reissue program in 2007 which was the best such

England has gotten more than its share of great expansions of the Black Sabbath catalogue - even the lesser known material - and now we can add another title to the list. The metal ensemble's Born Again (1983) is coming back into print in May in a new double-disc deluxe edition. Black Sabbath were in a period of transition in the months leading up to Born Again. Vocalist Ronnie James Dio had left the band to form his own successful band, and took Sabbath drummer Vinny Appice with him. Remaining

Memphis-born musician Jimmy Lee Lindsey, Jr., better known as Jay Reatard, gained a considerable cult following with his brand of all-over-the-place garage-rock. Though Reatard died last January at the too-young age of 29, he left a pretty long musical legacy, not only as a solo act but through his early bands, The Reatards and The Lost Souls. Reatard's original label, Goner Records, announced in January plans to reissue some of those early recordings, and now news has broke that one of

Aerosmith hasn't released an album of new material since 2004 (and that was a covers record, so the last album of original material was in 2001). Recent affairs between Steven Tyler and Joe Perry have veered toward acrimony, after Tyler injured himself on tour and began insisting his desire to work on "Brand Tyler" (i.e.: a solo album); this ultimately manifested itself into a gig replacing Simon Cowell as a judge on American Idol, a gig that has been bizarre but not disastrous. It would not be

You got to love it when discoveries like these are made: Verve Select has delivered on their Twitter tease from last week with the announcement of a previously-unreleased set of Ella Fitzgerald in Japan. 'S Wonderful: Ella in Japan showcases the First Lady of Song in rare form over two nights with the Roy Eldridge Quartet in Tokyo in 1964. There are some great bits of historical importance here, including Ella's first recordings with pianist Tommy Flanagan and a jam session between the quartet

Iron Maiden's latest studio release may be called The Final Frontier, but the band - whose latest leg of The Final Frontier World Tour is set to kick off tomorrow in Mexico and wind through South America and Europe through August - still have a few tricks up Eddie's rotting sleeve. On May 23 in the U.K. (and a day later in the States), the band will release From Fear to Eternity: The Best of 1990-2010, a compilation spanning their most recent two decades. Intended as a companion piece to 2008's

Here's something a little bit different that came our way courtesy of MusicTAP: a compilation coming out later this month to highlight the early years of Fania Records. The New York-based label, founded by artist Johnny Pacheco and lawyer Jerry Masucci, was a pioneering force in the salsa genre, a perfect storm of traditional Latin rhythms fused with the modern sounds of rock and soul music. The label made stars out of Latin musicians like Pacheco, Bobby Valentin, Celia Cruz and Ruben Blades