Johnny Mathis was billed on his very first album as "A New Sound in Popular Song." In the decades since that 1956 debut, the vocalist has always explored new avenues in pop from Latin music to Philly soul. But the most adventurous of Mathis' 60-plus albums may be the one that got away...until now. Tomorrow, Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music will proudly present the first-ever standalone compact disc release of I Love My Lady, the remarkable 1981 album by two American treasures: Johnny
Nice An' Easy: Whitesnake Reissue 'Slide It In' With Three Mixes and More
Whitesnake's 1984 album Slide It In celebrates its 35th anniversary this year. The album was the last to feature Jon Lord on keyboards and boasted such hits as "Slow an' Easy" and "Love Ain't No Stranger," both of which cracked the Top 40 on the Billboard charts. On March 8, the album will be celebrated in a variety of configurations from Parlophone/Rhino. The star of the campaign is a 6-CD/1-DVD "Ultimate Special Edition," which features remastered editions of both the U.S. and U.K. mixes
UPDATED WITH TRACK LISTING: Can You Hear Me, Major Tom? Rare Bowie Demos Prepped For 7″ Vinyl Box, Due April 5
On January 8, on what would have been David Bowie's 72nd birthday, Parlophone announced the forthcoming release of David Bowie rarities to mark the milestone of 50 years since the release of breakthrough single "Space Oddity." Now the label has announced further details, including side breaks and a release date. Due out on April 5, Spying Through a Keyhole: Demos and Unreleased Songs is a 4x7" vinyl box set of some of Bowie's earliest material. It will feature nine rare, monaural
Review: Kate Bush, "Remastered in Vinyl" Boxes 1 and 2
Late last year, Parlophone unveiled a series of lavish box sets on both CD and vinyl collecting the complete works (to date) of Kate Bush. The enigmatic singer-songwriter oversaw the remastering of these sets as well as their visual presentations; indeed, each album has been newly adorned with the logo of her own Fish People label. Today, we're taking a look at the first two vinyl box sets! The four LPs of Remastered in Vinyl 1 takes listeners from The Kick Inside (1978), housed in its
Hell Freezes Over [CD or 2-LP]
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. After a fourteen-year separation, the legendary California rockers put their rivalries on hold for a miraculous 1994 reunion. The resulting album, Hell Freezes Over, collected eleven songs that were recorded for MTV in April of that year, plus four studio tracks. The album went 9x-Platinum and boasted two Top 40 hits: the Don Henley/Glenn Frey-penned "Get Over It" and "Love Will Keep Us Alive," written by Jim Capaldi, Paul
Warheads On Foreheads [Various Formats]
3-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD Standard Black 4-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD Limited-Edition "Metallic Silver" 4-LP: Megadeth's Online Store Metal titans Megadeth will ring in their 35th anniversary this year, and they're letting fans in on the celebration with a new, 35-song career retrospective called Warheads On Foreheads. Due on March 22 from Capitol/UMe, the anthology includes tracks from their entire studio career, from their
Zappa In New York: 40th Anniversary Edition [Various Formats]
5-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Zappa In New York album, UMe and Zappa Records have announced the March 29 release of a new, 5-CD deluxe box set that brings together over three hours of unreleased music from the concerts, along with a wealth of other content. Housed in a limited-edition metal tin that evokes a New York City manhole cover, the package features a new Bob Ludwig remaster
Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell [Standard Black or Limited Edition Blue LP]
Geffen/UMe is serving up a new edition of Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell, due out on February 8. Released just over 25 years ago, was the sequel to Meat Loaf's multi-platinum 1977 effort. Originally recorded at Ocean Way Recording in LA and at Power Station in New York, Bat Out of Hell's sequel was once again helmed by Jim Steinman and features many of the same musicians and personnel. Among those returning are Roy Bittan, Todd Rundgren, Ellen Foley, and Kasim Sulton. With
Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration
Joni Mitchell celebrated her 75th birthday in style last November, as Jörn Weisbrodt and The Music Center in Los Angeles hosted a pair of star-studded Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration concerts in her honor. The line-up (which Joni helped select) featured many of her closest friends and dearest collaborators, including Graham Nash, Seal, Chaka Khan, Kris Kristofferson, and James Taylor. Also on the bill were Diana Krall, Brandi Carlile, Rufus Wainwright, Emmylou Harris, Glen Hansard, Norah
Honey, Don't You Want A Box Set Like This?: 40th Anniversary of "Zappa In New York" Collects Rare Mix, Unreleased Concert Material
In December 1976, Frank Zappa performed four sold-out shows at New York City's Palladium. The career-spanning concerts were "theatrical, outrageous, and raucously funny," according to Ruth Underwood, who played percussion and synthesizer for the dates. The performances, she says, were "filled with startling and gorgeous music, dating from Frank's 1960s output to literally the moment the curtain went up." It's from this source material that the live double-album Zappa In New York was
Don't You Lose Heart: Bruce Springsteen's Digital Live Series Continues With "Songs of Friendship"
In December, Legacy Recordings surprised Bruce Springsteen fans with a digital album of live rarities called The Live Series: Songs of the Road. Now, The Live Series continues with Songs of Friendship, which brings even more rarities to digital and streaming for the first time ever. Culled from Springsteen's extensive vault of live material that was previously only available from the Nugs.net on-demand site, the 15-track set spotlights iconic tracks about the unbreakable bonds of
Still Defying Gravity: "Wicked" Turns 15, Celebrates with Cast Album Reissue
"No one mourns the wicked," goes the opening song of Winnie Holzman and Stephen Schwartz's musical Wicked. But the musical, which celebrated its 15th anniversary on Broadway in 2018 and was recently crowned the sixth longest-running Broadway musical of all time, won't have any need for mourners any time soon. "The Untold Tale of the Witches of Oz" is still going strong and shows no signs of slowing down. Its fresh perspective on The Wizard of Oz and intricate backstory of both The Land of Oz
Live In Hollywood
The first-ever live album from Linda Ronstadt, Live in Hollywood, features twelve tracks (three previously released) from the singer's April 24, 1980 performance for HBO. While the entire concert isn't featured here, the material is a choice cross-section of her biggest hits including "It's So Easy," "Just One Look," "You're No Good," "Desperado," and "Blue Bayou," as well as selections from her new wave-inspired Mad Love, which had just been released in February 1980. Her interpretations of
Hello Happiness [CD]
Chaka Khan is set to return with her first album in 12 years. Hello Happiness is the long-awaited follow-up to Funk This. It will be released through Diary Records in conjunction with Island Records on February 15. The 7-track LP features songs of empowerment and appreciation that remain contemporary but include strains of late-'70s disco and funk.
Live In London [CD or LP]
Soul and gospel legend Mavis Staples returns with an incendiary live album recorded at Union Chapel in July 2018, the week of her 79th birthday. She gives fans the presents, though, with 13 of her best songs culled from her solo work and The Staples Singers' catalog. Live In London will be available on CD and double vinyl on February 8 from Anti/Epitaph. CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
Gun [Red Vinyl]
British hard-rockers The Gun burst onto the scene in 1968 with a self-titled debut that established its members as new forces in rock. Gun was an album of firsts: not only was it the group's inaugural LP, but it was also the starting point for Adrian and Paul Gurvitz (or Curtis, as they're named here), who would later found Three Man Army with Tony Newman and Buddy Miles, and The Baker-Gurvitz Army with Ginger Baker. It was also the first album to feature cover art by celebrated artist Roger
Slide It In: 35th Anniversary Edition [Various Formats]
6-CD/1-DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Whitesnake's 1984 album Slide It In celebrates its 35th anniversary this year. The album was the last to feature Jon Lord on keyboards and boasted such hits as "Slow an' Easy" and "Love Ain't No Stranger," both of which cracked the Top 40 on the Billboard charts. On March 8, the album will be celebrated in a variety of configurations from
Slide It In: 35th Anniversary Edition [2-LP]
Whitesnake's 1984 album Slide It In celebrates its 35th anniversary this year. The album was the last to feature Jon Lord on keyboards and boasted such hits as "Slow an' Easy" and "Love Ain't No Stranger," both of which cracked the Top 40 on the Billboard charts. On March 22, the album will be celebrated with a new 2-LP collection that features the 2019 remasters of the original U.S. and U.K. mixes.
Hello Happiness [Standard and Indie LP Editions]
Chaka Khan is set to return with her first album in 12 years. Hello Happiness is the long-awaited follow-up to Funk This. The LP will be released through Diary Records in conjunction with Island Records on March 1. The 7-track LP features songs of empowerment and appreciation that remain contemporary but include strains of late-'70s disco and funk. There is also an indie-exclusive edition (pictured) that is pressed on orange vinyl and housed in alternative cover art. It will include a 24″ x
Have You Heard? Singer-Songwriter Pamela Polland's Complete Columbia Recordings, Including Unreleased Album, Coming from BGO
What do The Byrds' The Ballad of Easy Rider, Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Poneys' Evergreen Vol. 2, and Helen Reddy's Music, Music all have in common? Every one of those albums features a song by Pamela Polland. Also known as one-half of the sixties folk-pop duo The Gentle Soul and a member of Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs and Englishmen ensemble, Polland's songs have additionally been recorded by artists as diverse as Vikki Carr, Nancy Ames, Bobby Bare, The Pointer Sisters, and Anita Carter. But
Release Round-Up: Week of January 25
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Big Star, Live on WLIR (Omnivore) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Omnivore has Live On WLIR, a newly restored and remastered version of Big Star's legendary 1974 radio broadcast. The 15-track collection is available on CD and 2-LP. The release marks the vinyl debut of this raw, live set. Read more here! Love Actually: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Real Gone
Got My Mojo Working: Cherry Red, Grapefruit Collects Alexis Korner and Baroque Pop On Two Box Sets
Periodically this month, we'll be looking at titles released in the latter part of 2018 that we either didn't cover, or only covered briefly, the first time around! We hope you enjoy this look at "some nice things we've missed"... Cherry Red's Grapefruit imprint has recently released a pair of 3-CD box sets touching on two very different aspects of the sixties British music scene. One of the fathers of the British blues boom, Alexis Korner (1928-1984) has been celebrated on Every Day I
Carry On: Expanded Reissue of Soul Asylum's "While You Were Out" Arrives from Omnivore
Omnivore Recordings' series of Soul Asylum reissues has shone a light on their early years. Last Friday, January 18, the most recent installment--an expanded edition of While You Were Out--was released. It was Soul Asylum's last independent album on Twin/Tone Records before the group signed with A&M Records. Originally released in 1986 (their third album that year!), it's considered by many to be their best work. Omnivore's reissue combines the original album with the 1988 rarities
Talk Is Cheap: 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition [Various Formats]
2-CD Deluxe Media Book Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 6-Disc Deluxe Box Set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Black LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Red LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 6-Disc Super Deluxe Box Set (unsigned): Keith Richards Store 6-Disc Super Deluxe Box Set (signed): Keith Richards Store For its 30th Anniversary edition, Keith Richards' debut, Talk Is Cheap, will be presented as a 2-CD deluxe mediabook edition, a
Ultimate Nat King Cole / International Nat King Cole
To celebrate Nat King Cole's centennial and his legacy of enduring music, Capitol/UMe has partnered with the Nat King Cole Estate for a number of exciting projects. Among them are two new collections that showcase Cole's remarkable talents -- both due out on March 15. Ultimate Nat King Cole will arrive on CD and digital, with a 2-LP configuration to follow on June 14. It features 21 tracks, including all those aforementioned classics, and a new duet version of "The Girl From Ipanema" with
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