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OKNOTOK 1997 2017

May 6, 2017 By

OKNOTOK

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Box Set: Links TBD OKNOTOK 1997-2017 celebrates Radiohead's first U.K. No. 1 album, cited by many as one of the greatest albums of its era, with an all-new remaster from the original analog tapes and a bonus disc compiling eight remastered B-sides and three previously unreleased tracks from the album sessions: "I Promise," "Man of War" and "Lift." The set will be available as a 2CD or 3LP set. A box set version takes the three

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Formats: Box Sets, Cassette, CD, Vinyl Genre: Rock

Adios

May 6, 2017 By

Glen Campbell Adios

Glen Campbell's final recordings, produced by his longtime band member Carl Jackson, comprise this release.  Selections include the lead-off single "Everybody's Talkin'," and four songs by Jimmy Webb (including the touching title track as well as "Postcard from Paris," "Just Like Always" and "It Won't Bring Her Back"), plus compositions from Bob Dylan, Jerry Reed, Dickey Lee, and Roger Miller.  The late Miller is heard is on his demo of "Am I Alone (Or Is It Only Me?)" which segues into

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

Release Round-Up: Week of May 5

May 5, 2017 By Joe Marchese 9 Comments

Grateful Dead Cornell 5 8 77

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Grateful Dead, Cornell 5/8/77 (Grateful Dead/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Rhino teams with the Grateful Dead for the first authorized release of one of the band's most famous concert bootlegs:  the Cornell 5/8/77 show. The bootleg recording of this show was so significant that it was added to the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry in 2011.  This 3-CD set ties in with a new book about the oft-discussed concert;

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Diana Krall, Grateful Dead, Julie Andrews, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Patti Labelle, Rare Earth, Seals and Crofts, The Creation, The Turtles

Fitter, Happier: Radiohead Revisit "OK Computer"

May 2, 2017 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

OKNOTOK

Radiohead are revisiting their third album OK Computer with a 20th anniversary box set this summer. OKNOTOK 1997-2017 celebrates the Oxfordshire quintet's first U.K. No. 1 album, cited by many as one of the greatest albums of its era, with an all-new remaster from the original analog tapes and a bonus disc compiling eight remastered B-sides and three previously unreleased tracks from the album sessions: "I Promise," "Man of War" and "Lift." The set will be available from XL Recordings,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Cassette, CD, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Radiohead

WIN! WIN! WIN! Varese Reissues Dave Grusin's Soundtrack to "On Golden Pond"

May 1, 2017 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Dave Grusin On Golden Pond OST

When The Hollywood Reporter asked Jane Fonda in 2011 to identify her proudest moment, the second-generation film star offered, "Certainly producing On Golden Pond and giving the Oscar to my father five months before he died was very special."  Indeed, Jane had purchased the rights to Ernest Thompson's stage play in order to give her father a final big-screen hurrah.  On Golden Pond, produced by and co-starring Jane, netted three Academy Awards - for Henry Fonda, his equally legendary co-star

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Categories: Giveaways!, News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Dave Grusin

A 60th Anniversary Celebration "Stax" Up in 2017

April 28, 2017 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

Stax60 logo SNAP horiz RED

From deep within the heart of Memphis to your stereo, the rich legacy of Stax Records will be honored this year as two label partners join forces to commemorate the label's 60th anniversary. Rolling Stone reported yesterday a massive campaign to celebrate Stax artists and albums across physical and digital formats. Notably, this initiative will be carried out by both owners of the Stax catalogue: Rhino/Warner Music Group, which controls much of the label's Atlantic-distributed output from

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Albert King, Booker T. and the MG's, Carla Thomas, Isaac Hayes, Johnnie Taylor, Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, The Dramatics, The Staple Singers, William Bell

Dearly Beloved: Details on "Purple Rain" Reissue Finally Confirmed

April 28, 2017 By Mike Duquette 10 Comments

"Hey, look me over / Tell me, do U like what U see?" The patience of Prince fans eager to mourn their fallen hero finally bears some catalogue fruit today, as the long-gestating expanded edition of Purple Rain--the first catalogue reissue of any of the late icon's works--is confirmed. Fans have been intently waiting for a reissue of Purple Rain for at least the past three years, when Prince finally acquired his original masters from Warner Bros. Records and promised to reissue the landmark

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Prince

Release Round-Up: Week of April 28

April 28, 2017 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Supremes A Go GO

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Supremes, Supremes A' Go-Go: Expanded Edition (Motown/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Here we A' Go-Go!  The Supremes' landmark, chart-topping 1966 album (with "You Can't Hurry Love" and "Love is Like An Itching In My Heart" - and that's just for starters!) gets lavishly expanded on two remastered CDs.  This release has got it all: mono and stereo mixes of the original album, a whopping 29 bonus tracks (a full 24 of which

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks

Even a Fool Can See: Peter Cetera Compilation Due Next Month

April 27, 2017 By Mike Duquette 15 Comments

Cetera

It's hard to believe that only in 2017 will collectors have the first proper collection of solo works by Peter Cetera--but on May 19, Varese Sarabande is doing just that. For more than two decades, Cetera was a solid fixture of popular American music. As bassist and one of several vocalists in progressive rock-jazz combo Chicago, his soaring voice powered a fair amount of the group's horn-filled Top 10 hits, including "25 or 6 to 4," "Feelin' Stronger Every Day," "Just You N' Me" and the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Chicago, Peter Cetera

No One Can Hear You Stream: Mondo Celebrates "Alien" with Two Vinyl Reissues

April 26, 2017 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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For a few years, April 26 has officially been known as "Alien Day," taking its inspiration from LV-426, the fictional setting of Ridley Scott's 1979 sci-fi/horror classic and James Cameron's blockbuster action sequel from 1986. With Scott having recently returned to the Alien universe with Prometheus in 2012, and a sequel, Alien: Covenant, due in theaters next month, today's obviously a special Alien Day indeed. That's why soundtrack fans should be (chest)bursting with excitement over the news

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Jerry Goldsmith, Vinyl

Don't Worry About a Thing: Bob Marley's "Exodus" Gets 40th Anniversary Expansion

April 26, 2017 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Exodus 3CD

Bob Marley and The Wailers' ninth album Exodus is receiving a new expanded edition this summer in honor of the album's 40th anniversary. Exodus was the album that found Marley and his messages of love and social activism reaching a larger international audience. Exiled to London after an assassination attempt, he and his band concocted a laid-back album that ruminated on religion, sex and politics while still keeping the infectious reggae rhythms to the fore. Tracks like "Jamming," "Waiting

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bob Marley

Beautiful Evening - Live in Japan: Expanded Edition

April 25, 2017 By

Rita Coolidge Beautiful Evening

Rita Coolidge's 1980 Beautiful Evening - Live In Japan was recorded for the Japanese market, and was only ever released there, Hong Kong and Australia.  The singer's first live album, it features a set list comprised of then-recent hits like her cover of "(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher."  It also includes her rendition of Peter Allen's "Don't Cry Out Loud," which was a hit for Coolidge in Japan at the time.  The new reissue has been expanded with five studio tracks from various

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

Full Moon: Expanded Edition

April 25, 2017 By

Kris and Rita Full Moon

1973's Full Moon was the first duet album Rita Coolidge made with her then-husband Kris Kristofferson.  It was the first of three collaborative albums the couple would make together.  It was highly successful, going to the peak position on the country charts and winning a Grammy for Best Country Performance for a Duo or Group for the Kristofferson-penned "From The Bottle To the Bottom."  It has never been released on CD outside of Japan, and this new reissue has been expanded with six previously

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Formats: CD Genre: Country, Pop

Coming Up Roses: Analog Spark Reissues Classic Musicals From Sondheim, Rodgers and Hammerstein, More

April 24, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Company OBC

Analog Spark kicked off 2016 with a trio of cast recordings - Fiddler on the Roof, My Fair Lady, and West Side Story - on deluxe 180-gram vinyl LPs, and now, the label is welcoming this spring with another three landmark titles from the Sony vaults: Columbia Records' original Broadway cast recordings of South Pacific (1949), Gypsy (1959), and Company (1970) - each one representing a classic period of American musical theatre. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's South Pacific, the

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings Tags: Arthur Laurents, Jule Styne, Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim

Keep On Movin': Robinsongs Reissues Funky Jazz from Deodato and Fuse One

April 24, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Deodato Night Cruiser and Happy Hour

Cherry Red's Robinsongs imprint has recently released a pair of two-fers sure to excite jazz fusion fans. Keyboardist/multi-instrumentalist Eumir Deodato began his career as a major proponent of the bossa nova scene in his native Brazil, and soon became a sought-after arranger for the likes of Roberta Flack, George Benson, and even The Chairman of the Board himself, Frank Sinatra.  Although he had been a solo recording artist since the early 1960s, Deodato's solo career took off at Creed

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Funk, Jazz, R&B/Soul Tags: Eumir Deodato, Fuse One

Release Round-Up: Week of April 21

April 21, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Honeybeat CD

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Various Artists, Honeybeat: '60s Groovy Girl-Pop (Real Gone Music) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Honeybeat: Groovy 60s Girl Pop, curated by Sheila Burgel from the Sony archives and released on Real Gone Music, features 19 songs from nine different labels, nearly a third of which have never been released on CD.  While some tracks come from known artists such as Little Eva, Skeeter

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Barry Manilow, Bee Gees, Big Star, Cait Brennan, Ella Fitzgerald, Major Lance, Marc Jonson, Ray Davies, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim, Various Artists

Step Back from That Ledge: Third Eye Blind Expand Debut for 20th Anniversary

April 20, 2017 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

3eb

Depending on how old you are, the mere mention of Third Eye Blind is enough to elicit wistful memories of their first three, relatively immortal hits, "Semi-Charmed Life," "How It's Going to Be" and "Jumper"--all Top 10s on the Billboard Hot 100. Or their inescapability, combined with stories of frontman Stephan Jenkins' offstage antics, are enough to make you reconsider all '90s nostalgia. In either case, we have news for you: their debut album is being reissued and expanded for its 20th

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Third Eye Blind, Vinyl

With A "Z": Cherry Red Reissues Two Columbia Albums From Liza Minnelli, Plans "Results" Box

April 18, 2017 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

Liza Minnelli The Singer

When Columbia Records released Liza Minnelli's The Singer in March 1973, the album's understated title wasn't nearly enough to encapsulate her many facets.  The singer-dancer-actress had, in fact, already received two Academy Award nominations for Best Actress - the second one of which, for Cabaret, would result in a win that very same month.  Just two months later, in May, her television variety special Liza with a Z would win multiple Emmy Awards.  The Singer inaugurated the third major-label

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Liza Minnelli

Higher and Higher: Real Gone's June Slate Features Rita Coolidge, Kris Kristofferson, Doris Day, Larry Coryell, Jesse Ed Davis and More

April 17, 2017 By Randy Fairman 2 Comments

Kris and Rita Full Moon

As we get further into the spring season, we've begun to hear about releases that will be coming out more towards summer.  Among these are the new announcements of titles from Real Gone Music due on June 2.  As always, they are an eclectic group featuring CDs and vinyl reissues. First up are two titles from Rita Coolidge featuring liner notes from our very own Joe Marchese.  1973's Full Moon was the first duet album Coolidge made with her then-husband Kris Kristofferson.  It was the first of

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Soundtracks Tags: Doris Day, Grateful Dead, Jesse Ed Davis, Kris Kristofferson, Larry Coryell, Merry Clayton, Rita Coolidge, Ry Cooder, Shirley Walker

Lindsey Buckingham/Christine McVie

April 17, 2017 By

Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVie

Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie have come together for their first joint album, consisting of 10 original songs.  Mick Fleetwood and John McVie lend able instrumental support to the singer-songwriters.  Available on CD, LP, and DD.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock

Adios, Adios: Glen Campbell To Release Final Studio Album in June

April 14, 2017 By Randy Fairman 8 Comments

Glen Campbell Adios

In 2011, Glen Campbell released Ghost On the Canvas and it was revealed that the legendary artist was suffering from Alzheimer's disease.  Campbell then embarked upon the yearlong Good Times - Final Farewell Tour which took him to cities in Europe and North America.  After the conclusion of that tour, he went into the studio to finish the album See You There, which was released in August of 2013.  It was billed at the time as his sixty-third and final studio album.  However, it has now been

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country, Pop Tags: Glen Campbell, Jimmy Webb, Roger Miller, Willie Nelson

Release Round-Up: Week of April 14

April 14, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Michael Nesmith Infinite Tuesday

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Michael Nesmith, Infinite Tuesday: Autobiographical Riffs - The Music (Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Rhino Records offers a 14-track companion CD to Michael Nesmith's memoir Infinite Tuesday - An Autobiographical Riff (due on April 18).  This collection has tracks from Nesmith solo as well as The Monkees and The First National Band, charting his singular and often-trailblazing work over the decades.  Read more here!  The

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Billy Porter, John Mayer, Michael Nesmith, Richard Rodgers, The Monkees

Official Release Series Discs 5-8

April 13, 2017 By

Neil Young 5 8

Neil Young's Official Release Series Discs 5-8 continues the packaging of the artist's classic Reprise albums as part of his own personal archival series. (These four albums were collected on vinyl in 2014; Official Release Series Discs 1-4, covering 1968's self-titled album through 1972's Harvest, bowed in 2009 while Official Release Series 8.5-12, spanning The Stills-Young Band's Long May You Run (1976) to 1979's Live Rust, was released to vinyl last year.) This box will feature

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock

40

April 13, 2017 By

Foreigner 40

Foreigner marks 40 years of music with a new 2-CD, 40-song collection featuring all 16 of the group's Top 30 hits from different charts, plus various singles, album tracks, one-offs, two new recordings, and more.  40 is also available as a 2-LP vinyl set, with 23 of the tracks from the CD version.

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock

Rodgers and Hammerstein Songbook

April 13, 2017 By

Richard Kiley Rodgers and Hammerstein

Tony Award-winning actor-singer Richard Kiley's 1960 LP Rodgers and Hammerstein Songbook comes to CD for the first time as part of Sepia Records' limited edition Collector's Series (500 units only).  This double-album was originally released on RCA's Camden imprint, and features the legendary performer wrapping his rich pipes around standards from the R&H catalogue of classic musicals including Oklahoma! , Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, and more.

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Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings, Popular Standards/Vocal

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