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Real Gone Has "Rhapsodies" In April From Dusty Springfield, Rick Wakeman, Jesse Winchester and More

February 18, 2015 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Dusty Springfield Faithful

One surefire cure for the winter blues is to think ahead to the warmer climates awaiting us in spring.  And Real Gone Music is seeing to it that April 2015 will shower not only with rain but with a full slate of new releases! This batch includes a sprawling set from Yes’ Rick Wakeman produced the great Tony Visconti, two more visits down memory lane with Grateful Dead, plus some rare music from underrated singer/songwriters Craig Fuller and Eric Kaz, and Jesse Winchester.  And that’s not

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Cannonball Adderley, Craig Fuller, Dusty Springfield, Eric Kaz, Jesse Winchester, Rick Wakeman, The Crumbsuckers, The Grateful Dead, Yes

With These Hands/A Million to One

February 10, 2015 By

Manhattans Two Fer

Funky Town Grooves brings The Manhattans' 1970 and 1972 pre-Columbia albums for DeLuxe Records to CD as a 2-CD set with seven rare bonus tracks.

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Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul

One Little Spark: New Label Launches With Kate Bush, Ben Folds, Laura Nyro, "The Sound of Music"

February 10, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Analog Spark

With its upcoming roster boasting titles from Kate Bush, Ben Folds Five, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Laura Nyro and Julie Andrews, the new audiophile label Analog Spark is pulling out all the stops for its debut this spring. Yesterday, Razor & Tie announced the launch of Analog Spark, a new imprint which will focus on reissued releases on both 180-gram vinyl and SACD. Razor & Tie co-owners Cliff Chenfeld and Craig Balsam commented, “We’re very excited about the launch of Analog Spark

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Categories: News Formats: SACD, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Ben Folds Five, Julie Andrews, Kate Bush, Laura Nyro, The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Star-Spangled Rodeo: Glen Campbell's "Rhinestone Cowboy" Turns 40, Gets Expanded Edition

January 28, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Glen Campbell Rhinestone Cowboy

When the 87th Annual Academy Award nominations were announced on January 15, fans of legendary entertainer Glen Campbell no doubt rejoiced at his first-ever Academy Award nomination. Campbell and co-writer Julian Raymond received a Best Original Song nod for “I’m Not Gonna Miss You,” the singer-songwriter’s touching farewell from the soundtrack of the documentary film I'll Be Me. It followed news of two Grammy nominations for the song. Campbell, of course, is in the midst of a valiant and very

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Country, Pop Tags: Glen Campbell

Rhinestone Cowboy: 40th Anniversary Edition

January 27, 2015 By

Glen Campbell Rhinestone Cowboy

Capitol Nashville remasters and expands Glen Campbell's smash 1975 album with five bonus tracks, including the previously unreleased "Quits," two rare new-to-U.S.-CD single sides and remixes of "Rhinestone Cowboy" and "Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.)."

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

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January 27, 2015 By

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Soul Spotlight: Linda Jones, Barbara Lynn Get Complete Treatment from Real Gone, SoulMusic

January 26, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Barbara Lynn Complete

Of all the great labels famous for soul and R&B, few could boast the pedigree of Atlantic Records. Atlantic’s commitment to quality soul music extended beyond just the famous names such as Aretha Franklin or Solomon Burke. An Atlantic label on an artist was a stamp of quality. SoulMusic Records and Real Gone Music have recently released collections from two underrated artists from the Atlantic family of labels. Linda Jones scored only one hit in her too-short 28 years: 1967’s

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Barbara Lynn, Linda Jones

Swingin' on the Korner: Live at Keystone Korner

January 18, 2015 By

Red Garland Korner

This 2-CD or 3-LP set features previously unissued live recordings by the late, great jazz pianist Red Garland, recorded at San Francisco's Keystone Korner. Garland is joined by bassist Leroy Vinnegar and drummer Philly Joe Jones on these 16 tracks totaling over 150 minutes of music.  These recordings, taken from the soundboard the week of December 6, 1977, mark the only time this trio ever performed or recorded together.  The 2-CD set adds a 44-page booklet containing new liner notes from Nat

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Neon Art: Volume One

January 16, 2015 By

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Omnivore presents rare music from the late, great alto saxophonist Art Pepper (1925-1982) - first issued on vinyl in 2012 - on CD and digital for the very first time!

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Real Gone's March Slate Boasts Peggy Lee, Perry Como, Foghat, J. Geils Band - and Second Disc Records, Too!

January 15, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Peggy Lee At Last

We hope that nobody missed yesterday’s big news of The Second Disc’s partnership with Real Gone Music to create Second Disc Records, launching March 10 with a pair of releases from Johnny Mathis and Bob Crewe!  But that’s not all that Real Gone has on tap for March release.   With a total of eight titles ranging from psychedelia to standards, this may be one of the label’s most eclectic release batches yet! Real Gone is kicking off the month on March 3 with two iconic classic rock albums on

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Bettye LaVette, Bob Crewe, Foghat, Johnny Mathis, Peggy Lee, Perry Como, Shanti, The J. Geils Band

Just Don't Want To Be Lonely: SoulMusic Reissues, Expands Ronnie Dyson's Debut

January 6, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

dyson

SoulMusic Records has certainly shown a lot of love for Ronnie Dyson (1950-1990) this year. Following its U.S. release in conjunction with Real Gone Music of the late soul man's two final albums for Cotillion Records, the label is turning back the clock to Dyson's very first recordings for Columbia Records. Lady In Red: The Columbia Sides Plus, from SoulMusic and the U.K.'s Cherry Red Group, is in actuality an expanded edition of Dyson's 1970 debut album (If You Let Me Make Love to You Then) Why

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Ronnie Dyson

Tony Joe White, George Jones and Tammy Wynette, Ray Kennedy Highlight Real Gone's February

December 10, 2014 By Joe Marchese 11 Comments

george and tammy inspiration

From The Apollo to the swamps of Louisiana, Real Gone Music has a whirlwind musical tour planned for its February 3, 2015 slate! The centerpiece of the February batch just might be the first-ever complete collection of Louisiana man Tony Joe White's Warner Bros. recordings!  Singer-songwriter White ("Willie and Laura Mae Jones," "Polk Salad Annie") has one of the most distinctive voices in southern soul, and Real Gone's new collection celebrates a major period his career with a new 2-CD set

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Country, R&B/Soul Tags: George Jones, John Hall, Ray Kennedy, Tammy Wynette, The Grateful Dead, Tony Joe White

Holiday Gift Guide Review: A Classic Christmas With Rosemary Clooney, Frank DeVol

December 9, 2014 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

devol christmas

Welcome to Part One of a two-part series exploring the recent line-up of Christmas releases from Real Gone Music! 1954’s White Christmas, quite simply, remains one of the most beloved holiday musicals to ever hit the silver screen. Built around the songbook of Irving Berlin – who lived to the age of 101 in 1989 but was already a Grand Old Man of American music by 1954 – the film starred Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Danny Kaye and Vera Ellen. Such a quartet promised an evening’s

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Categories: Holiday Gift Guide, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Bing Crosby, Frank DeVol, Rosemary Clooney

Better Be Fierce: Real Gone Reissues Two From Ronnie Dyson On "Phase 2/Brand New Day"

November 25, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

ronnie dyson brand new and phase

In the annals of underrated R&B vocalists, Ronnie Dyson (1950-1990) was among the greatest. A versatile singer equally comfortable with smooth soul, pure pop and showbiz pizzazz, Dyson left behind a small but rich catalogue for the Columbia and Cotillion labels. With the recent release of Phase 2 and Brand New Day from 1982 and 1983, respectively, Real Gone Music and SoulMusic Records have filled in two of the major holes in Dyson’s CD discography (RGM-0294). With the release of this stellar

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Ronnie Dyson

Ace Super Soul Round-Up, Part Two: The "One in a Million" Songs of Sam Dees, The New Orleans Sound of Cosimo Matassa

November 19, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

sam dees one in a million

Welcome to Part 2 of our two-part series exploring a recent crop of amazing soul and R&B from the Ace and Kent labels! Birmingham, Alabama native Sam Dees has worn many hats in a long and illustrious career – producer, singer, songwriter, among them.  But it’s a songwriter that Dees has received his greatest acclaim.  He’s gifted music to George Benson and Aretha Franklin (“Love All the Hurt Away”), Atlantic Starr (“Am I Dreaming”), Gladys Knight and the Pips (“Save the Overtime (For Me)”

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Allen Toussaint, Sam Dees

It's A Happy New Year with Real Gone Music's January Slate

November 18, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

jackie moore complete

Real Gone Music is saying “Happy New Year!” a couple of months early with the announcement of the label’s January 6 slate of releases. This customarily eclectic batch is highlighted by the classic soul of The Main Ingredient and Jackie Moore, blue comedy from Redd Foxx, two otherworldly soundtracks from the films of cult filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky (on both LP and CD!), and more live jam-band greatness from Grateful Dead. Real Gone’s press release, with full details on each title,

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Jackie Moore, Redd Foxx, The Grateful Dead, The Main Ingredient

Ace Super Soul Round-Up, Part One: Wayne Cochran, Arthur Prysock, and More "When Country Meets Soul"

November 13, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

wayne cochran miami

Welcome to Part One of our two-part look at some of the most exciting soul and R&B reissues to have recently arrived from the Ace and Kent labels! Wayne Cochran was known as “The White Knight of Soul,” for his outrageous onstage attire and white pompadour.  But underneath all the glamour of his showbiz persona, Cochran was a commanding soul vocalist.  With Goin’ Back to Miami: The Soul Sides 1965-1970, Ace aims to showcase Wayne Cochran, the singer.  This 2-CD, 38-track set collects

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Country, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Arthur Prysock, Wayne Cochran

If Everyone Was Listening: Supertramp's "Crime of the Century" Goes Deluxe

November 10, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

With the release of 1974’s Crime of the Century, the members of Supertramp finally got the big break for which they’d been waiting. Songwriter-vocalists Roger Hodgson and Rick Davies were the only two members remaining from the group’s 1970 debut, but with Bob Benberg, John Anthony Helliwell and Dougie Thompson on board, Crime of the Century firmly established the band at the vanguard of both pop and prog-rock. A No. 4 album in the U.K., it also cracked the U.S. Top 40 for the first time in the

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Supertramp

Here's Your "Vehicle," Baby! Real Gone Expands Ides of March Debut

October 29, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Never judge a book by its cover…or an album, for that matter. In his illuminating new memoir Through the Eye of the Tiger, Jim Peterik writes of the moment he first bore witness to the cover artwork of his debut album with his band The Ides of March, 1970’s Vehicle: “When we saw it there was an audible gasp and then an ‘Oh shit! This stinks!’ We wondered out loud what some perverted ‘genius’ was thinking when on the cover of our life’s work he put an image of a naked baby doll abandoned

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: The Ides of March

O-o-h Child! Real Gone's December Line-Up Features Five Stairsteps, Grateful Dead, B.J. Thomas and More

October 20, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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O-o-h Child! Real Gone Music has announced its December 2 release slate, and following the label's holiday offerings set for November 4, it’s packed with rare soul, classic rock and folk! The Real Goners have a complete collection of Linda Jones’ recordings for not one, not two, but three labels – Warner Bros., Atco and Loma –marking the most comprehensive collection yet for the “Hypnotized” songstress, including tracks new to CD! Joining the Linda Jones set is a two-for-one release of two

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Linda Jones, The Five Stairsteps, The Grateful Dead, The Unforgiven, Theodore Bikel

Temptin': SoulMusic Reissues The Temptations' Atlantic Albums On One CD

September 25, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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When The Temptations departed Berry Gordy’s historic Motown label in 1977, the Motown roster was in the midst of dramatic change.  The Tempts followed in the footsteps of their onetime labelmates like The Four Tops, Gladys Knight and the Pips, The Spinners and even The Jackson 5, all of whom had departed Motown.  The Tempts - Otis Williams, Melvin Franklin, Richard Street, Glenn Leonard and newest recruit Louis Price – signed to R&B powerhouse label Atlantic, where they remained for two

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Baker-Harris-Young, The Temptations

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like a Real Gone Christmas: Label Preps Robert Goulet, Andy Williams and the Williams Brothers, B.J. Thomas, More

September 19, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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The first day of autumn is almost here, but Real Gone Music is looking ahead to winter - and the most spectacular line-up of holiday music we've seen since The Second Disc started up nearly five years ago!  The label has just unveiled its release slate for November 4, with a whopping seven Christmas titles, two contemporary Christian albums from a classic pop legend that make a perfect seasonal  complement, and - just to keep things rocking - a hotly-anticipated CD from a classic rock

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Country, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Andy Williams, B.J. Thomas, Frank DeVol, Robert Goulet, Rosemary Clooney, The Brothers Four, The Kingston Trio, The Statler Brothers

Real Gone Has Stories In September, Plus Kerry Chater, Grateful Dead, Barbara Lynn, More

September 3, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Real Gone Music has plenty of stories to tell with its September 30 slate of releases – including music from, well, Stories! The eclectic reissue specialists have the first-ever anthology dedicated to Stories (“Brother Louie”) featuring 19 tracks from the band led by Ian Lloyd and Michael Brown, late of legendary baroque-pop band The Left Banke. And that’s not all. Real Gone is digging deep into the Atlantic vaults for the complete recordings of southern soul star Barbara Lynn including an

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Barbara Lynn, Faith Hope and Charity, Kerry Chater, Ronnie Dyson, Stories, The Grateful Dead

Ace Soul Round-Up, Part One: Label Unveils Lost Treasures From Sounds of Memphis, Mary Love

August 28, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

more lost soul gems

When it comes to vintage soul, no stone is left unturned by the team at Ace and Kent Records.  A number of recent releases hit points from Miami to Memphis, and just about everywhere in between.  In today’s Part One of our Ace Soul Round-Up, we’ll look at releases from the Sounds of Memphis label and vocalist Mary Love! Memphis is a long way from Hollywood, but the famous MGM lion adorned the releases of the Sounds of Memphis label, subject of Kent’s new More Lost Soul Gems from Sounds of

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Mary Love, Various Artists

You Gotta Have Faith (Hope, and Charity): Real Gone Reissues Lost R&B Gems

August 22, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

nycc make every day count

Real Gone Music is moving to the sound of a disco beat! In conjunction with SoulMusic Records, Real Gone has tapped the vaults of RCA Records to present two world-premiere CD reissues, both with rare bonus tracks. Perhaps no other genre has inspired as many songs imploring listeners to suppress their inhibitions and put their dancing shoes on as disco has. “Let’s Go to the Disco/’Cause I feel like dancing tonight/Let’s go to the disco/Where the music is outta sight!” The call to arms “Let’s

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, R&B/Soul Tags: Faith Hope and Charity, New York Community Choir

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