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Tapestry: Live in Hyde Park (CD/DVD)

July 6, 2017 By

Carole King Tapestry Live at Hyde Park

This new CD/DVD release features Carole King's 45th anniversary performance of her seminal 1971 classic Tapestry, performed live in front of 65,000 fans in London's Hyde Park on July 3, 2016.  The setlist, preserved on both CD and DVD, includes the entire album plus numerous highlights from King's illustrious songbook, and special guest appearances by King's daughter, singer-songwriter Louise Goffin, and the West End cast of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical!

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Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Pop

COMING TOMORROW! Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music Release Laura Nyro's "Complete Mono Albums Collection"

July 6, 2017 By Joe Marchese 8 Comments

Laura Nyro A Little Magic A Little Kindness

TOMORROW, July 7, Second Disc Records is proud to unveil its fifteenth release in conjunction with Real Gone Music - and quite possibly the title of which we're most proud. We're inviting you to surry to a stoned soul picnic to celebrate the music of visionary singer-songwriter Laura Nyro in the 50th anniversary year of her first release, More Than a New Discovery.  Throughout the course of her life, Nyro wrote and introduced some of the most beloved popular songs of all time with her

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Laura Nyro

Home Again: Carole King Brings "Tapestry: Live in Hyde Park" to CD/DVD in September

July 5, 2017 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Carole King Tapestry Live at Hyde Park

On July 3, 2016, those people in and around London's Hyde Park could feel the earth move.  That was the date that Carole King performed her first U.K. show in 27 years, performing her complete Tapestry album in front of 65,000 enrapt fans.  Now, King's performance of the seminal 1971 album - and a few additional favorite songs - is coming to CD/DVD on September 1 in a new package from Legacy Recordings and Rockingale Records. Carole King had nothing to prove when she decamped from New York to

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Categories: News Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Pop Tags: Carole King, Gerry Goffin, Louise Goffin

Up, Up and Away: Cherry Red Collects Charlie Byrd's Sixties Pop-Jazz Recordings

July 5, 2017 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Charlie Byrd Sixties Byrd

Today, the name of Charlie Byrd (1925-1999) remains synonymous with jazz guitar and moreover, with the soft sounds of Brazil's bossa nova, which he helped bring into the mainstream of American popular culture.  Cherry Red's El Records imprint has recently celebrated a key decade in Byrd's career with a fun new compilation.  Sixties Byrd draws on eight albums from the prolific artist originally released on Columbia Records between 1965 and 1969, all produced by Teo Macero (Bitches Brew, Time

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Jazz, Pop Tags: Charlie Byrd

Body of Work 1978-1988

July 3, 2017 By

Godley Creme

Caroline International has a 5CD box set detailing what Kevin Godley and Lol Creme did as a duo after leaving 10cc in 1976. The artier half of the band, the duo nonetheless scored two U.K. Top 10 hits in the 1980s with "Under Your Thumb" and "Wedding Bells." Body of Work 1978-1988 features, in full, each of the band's six albums in that decade (L (1978), Freeze Frame (1979), Ismism (1981), Birds of Prey (1983), The History Mix Vol. 1 (1985, presented in its expanded "Plus" form as issued by

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

Anthology

July 3, 2017 By

Eric Stewart Anthology

Cherry Red's Lemon imprint is assembling a 2CD set devoted mostly to the solo work of 10cc frontman Eric Stewart. This 2CD Anthology includes six tracks from the latter half of 10cc's career with Stewart and Gouldman at the helm (mostly drawn from their final album, 1995's MirrorMirror) plus material from Stewart's four solo albums recorded between 1980 and 2009, including tracks from 1980's Girls and 1982's Frooty Rooties making their debuts on CD.

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

Results: Expanded 4-Disc Edition

July 3, 2017 By

Liza Minnelli Results Expanded

Cherry Red's Strike Force Entertainment revisits Liza Minnelli's 1989 collaboration with The Pet Shop Boys on a new 3-CD/1-DVD set.  The original Results album is presented on Disc One, with the various single mixes associated with Results on two further CDs.  Finally, a DVD has the promotional videos for all three singles plus a television performance of "Love Pains," and as an unrelated bonus, the promotional video for 1993's "The Day After That."

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Pop

You're Gonna Need a Bigger Shelf: "JAWS" Score Surfaces on Vinyl by Mondo

July 3, 2017 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

JAWS FC 1024x1024

How appropriate on this, the eve of the Fourth of July, that Mondo announces a vinyl title to keep audiences out of the water and off the beach! The specialty vinyl label will premiere John Williams' original Oscar-winning score to Steven Spielberg's JAWS this fall. Based on the bestseller by Peter Benchley, JAWS focused on a bustling beach community whose summer tourism boom is threatened by a massive great white shark. The chief of police (Roy Scheider), a young oceanographer (Richard

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks Tags: John Williams

It's a Happening World: Warner Japan Collects Sunshine Pop on "Soft Rock Nuggets" Series

June 30, 2017 By Joe Marchese 11 Comments

Soft Rock Nuggets 1

As longtime collectors know, great "nuggets" show up in the most unlikely places...and so do Nuggets, naturally.  Warner Music Japan has just issued four volumes of Soft Rock Nuggets, but most of the tracks on these collections are firmly in the harmony-drenched, lushly melodic, sunshine pop genre.  Any fans of Rhino Handmade's Come to the Sunshine: Soft Pop Nuggets from the WEA Vaults (reissued on vinyl this year for Record Store Day) will find much to savor on these latest additions to the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Dino Desi and Billy, Harpers Bizarre, Jackie Trent, Paul Williams, Roger Nichols, The Association, The Hollies, Tony Hatch, Various Artists

Release Round-Up: Week of June 30

June 30, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Beach Boys Sunshine Tomorrow

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Beach Boys, 1967: Sunshine Tomorrow (Capitol/Brother/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The Beach Boys' Sunshine Tomorrow, a new 2-CD and digital collection, not only premieres the first-ever true stereo mix of 1967's Wild Honey, but also premieres a whopping 54 rarities recorded that year including the live album Lei'd in Hawaii, session material from both Wild Honey and Smiley Smile, and further live recordings (spanning

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Art Pepper, Beach House, Harry Nilsson, Peggy March, The Beach Boys, The Beau Brummels, Various Artists

Gonna Have Some Fun: Omnivore Premieres Jan and Dean's Original, Shelved "Filet of Soul"

June 28, 2017 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Jan and Dean Filet of Soul Redux

Omnivore Recordings is heading to Surf City...and everybody's gonna have some fun!  The label is presenting an oldie but a goodie from Jan and Dean, as you've never heard it before.  On September 1, Omnivore will premiere the original, rejected version of the legendary surf duo's 1966 album Filet of Soul in a package featuring the participation of Dean Torrence himself. In 1965, Jan Berry and Dean Torrence were eager to extricate themselves from their deal with Liberty Records, for whom they

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Jan and Dean

Art for Art's Sake: Eric Stewart Collection, 10cc, Godley & Creme Box Sets Forthcoming

June 27, 2017 By Mike Duquette 6 Comments

10cc packshot

With apologies to Lady Gaga, it may be British band 10cc that's most worthy of the term "art pop." The multifaceted group yielded 11 Top 10 hits in their native England, including the No. 1s "Rubber Bullets," "I'm Not In Love" and "Dreadlock Holiday"; the group even crossed over into the U.S. charts with "I'm Not In Love" and "The Things We Do for Love," both Top 5 hits. By an amazing coincidence, not one, not two, but three 10cc-related catalogue collections are hitting stores starting next

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else, Pop, Rock Tags: 10cc, Andrew Gold, Eric Stewart, Godley & Creme, Graham Gouldman, Neil Sedaka, Paul McCartney, The Art of Noise, Wax

Release Round-Up: Week of June 23

June 23, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Radiohead OKNOTOK 2 CD

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Prince, Purple Rain: Music from the Motion Picture (various formats) (Warner Bros.) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 3CD/1DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. At long, long last - a deluxe, expanded Purple Rain arrives in various formats, including a 2-CD iteration with 11 previously unreleased outtakes and a 3-CD/1-DVD version adding a third CD of 15 single edits and

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Allen Ginsberg, Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello, Glenn Morrow, Neil Young, Prince, Radiohead, Willie Nile

Devo Demos Recombo'd for Vinyl

June 22, 2017 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Recombo DNA

Devo's demo collection Recombo DNA will be expanded and reissued this year in a special 4LP vinyl edition from the Futurismo label. Released as a limited 2CD set in 2000 by Rhino Handmade, Recombo DNA collected unreleased demos, alternates and outtakes of the legendary Akron band recorded during their tenure on Warner Bros. Records between 1977 and 1987. Versions of familiar tracks like "Be Stiff," "Girl U Want," "Whip It" and others are all here. Futurismo's version is pressed on

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, Pop, Rock Tags: Devo

B-Sides and Rarities

June 21, 2017 By

Beach House B Sides and Rarities

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. The Balitmore-based psych-rock/dream-pop duo (consisting of French-born, niece-of-Michel vocalist/keyboardist Victoria Legrand and guitarist/bassist Alex Scally) rounds up 14 rarities and previously unreleased songs and mixes on this new collection.

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Rock

Love and Mercy: Rhino Collects Solo Brian Wilson For New Anthology, Premieres Two Songs

June 20, 2017 By Joe Marchese 8 Comments

Brian Wilson Playback

Brian Wilson turns 75 years young today - and hot on the heels of a well-received biopic and a record-breaking concert tour that continues through this fall, the legendary artist is looking back on his solo career for a new compendium arriving on September 22 from Rhino Records.  Playback: The Brian Wilson Anthology captures, via 18 tracks, the Beach Boy's extraordinary journey from his 1988 Sire Records solo LP debut through 2015's No Pier Pressure.  Two never-before-released tracks will also

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys

Beach House Plan 'B-Sides and Rarities' Album

June 20, 2017 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Beach House B Sides and Rarities

The atmospheric psych-rock of Baltimore duo Beach House continues to win over swaths of fans, both on the road and from their studio albums (2015 saw the release of two albums including Depression Cherry, the group's second U.S. Top 10 effort). Now, they're taking time to look back on a new compilation. B-Sides and Rarities scoops up 14 non-album cuts, hidden tracks and outtakes in one handy collection. Spanning from the release of their debut album in 2005 and stopping a decade later at the

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Beach House

Review: "Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Deluxe Edition"

June 19, 2017 By Ted Frank 1 Comment

Singles Deluxe Edition

A Tribute Told in Vignettes... Well, I don't like to reduce us to just being part of the "Seattle Sound." I'd like to think of us as expanding more. Like, we're huge in Europe right now. I mean, we've got records... uh, a big record just broke in Belgium.    -Cliff Poncier, Singles A Cameron Crowe film tends to have a "killer" soundtrack.  Listening to a Crowe soundtrack is an intriguing adventure filled with carefully curated juxtapositions.  In fact, the experience is a lot like the

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Cameron Crowe, Chris Cornell, Paul Westerberg, Various Artists

Decade

June 16, 2017 By

Neil Young Decade

Neil Young's seminal Decade - his 1977 triple-album retrospective - returns to CD in remastered form as a 2-CD set.  The 140-gram 3-LP version, previously available only as a Record Store Day exclusive, will also be available to general retail.

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Omnivore Revives "Rosebud" From Henske, Yester, Doerge On New Expanded Edition

June 16, 2017 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Rosebud

Last year, the Omnivore label began its retelling of the story of Judy Henske and Jerry Yester with the hotly-anticipated, first authorized reissue of the then-married duo's 1969 cult favorite album Farewell Aldebaran.  Now, the Henske/Yester tale continues with another lavishly expanded CD reissue: this time, of 1971's Rosebud.  The album was so named for the band itself, featuring Henske on vocals, Yester on vocals, bass, and banjo, her future husband Craig Doerge on vocals, keyboards, and

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Jerry Yester, Judy Henske, Rosebud

Release Round-Up: Week of June 16

June 16, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

David Bowie Cracked Actor

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! David Bowie, Cracked Actor: Live in Los Angeles 1974 (Parlophone/Rhino) (Amazon U.S./ Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Cracked Actor: Live in Los Angeles 1974 is the first authorized release of Bowie's Philly Dogs Tour show at Los Angeles' Universal Amphitheatre, from September 1974.  First released earlier this year on vinyl only, some of this performance was featured in Alan Yentob's BBC documentary also known as Cracked Actor.  The original tapes

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Big Star, Blue Cheer, Cheap Trick, David Bowie, Randy Newman, Rosebud, Spirit, The Commodores, The Dustbowl Revival, The Rolling Stones

Music: Volume 1

June 15, 2017 By

Herb Alpert Music Volume One

The indefatigable Herb Alpert continues his winning streak with another all-new album reinventing popular standards in the trumpeter's instantly recognizable style.  Tracks include The Beatles' "Michelle," as well as the classics "Unforgettable," "Cheek To Cheek" and "C'est Si Bon," a new interpretation of the Tijuana Brass' "Flamingo" and a cover of Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours." The set includes one original song, "Sugarfoot."

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Formats: CD Genre: Jazz, Pop

A Love So Beautiful

June 15, 2017 By

Roy Orbison A Love So Beautiful

The late Roy Orbison follows in the footsteps of his fellow Sun Records alumnus Elvis Presley with a new collection joining Roy's classic vocals with newly-recorded backing tracks by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.  Expect lush takes on Orbison staples like "Oh, Pretty Woman," "Crying," and even the posthumous '80s hit "You Got It."  Roy's children Wesley, Roy Jr., and Alex, as well as grandson Roy Orbison III, also play on the album.

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop

Get Busy: Sean Paul Releases Greatest Hits Collection

June 14, 2017 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Dutty Classics Collection

If you've been on a dance floor since the start of the millennium, there's a good chance you've heard the intoxicating dancehall riddims of Sean Paul. A recently released greatest hits compilation from Rhino Records puts those dancefloor classics in full focus. Born Sean Paul Henriques in Kingston, Jamaica, the singer was discovered in his mid-20s, with a flow compared favorably to dancehall pioneer Super Cat. A cameo in music video director Hype Williams' big-screen bow, the urban crime

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Beyoncé, Busta Rhymes, DMX, Sean Paul

Don't Worry, Kyoko: Three More Yoko Ono Reissues Announced

June 14, 2017 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Yoko Universe

Secretly Canadian, in partnership with Chimera Music, last year announced a back catalogue campaign covering the challenging musical works of Yoko Ono. The second batch of three expanded albums will be released next month, the label announced today. Three albums from the early '70s recorded for Apple Records--1971's Fly and 1973's Approximately Infinite Universe and Feeling the Space--will be repressed on CD and LP for the first time in many years on July 14. Each release will feature bonus

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Everything Else Tags: John Lennon, Yoko Ono

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