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Intervention Reissues Erasure's Debut "Wonderland" On Deluxe LP

March 6, 2017 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Erasure Wonderland

Intervention Records has continued its (Re)Discover series of pristine vinyl recreations of classic LPs with an album of eighties vintage that just might send you down the rabbit hole.  It's possible to get lost in Erasure's Wonderland thanks to Intervention's recent 30th anniversary presentation of songwriter-keyboardist Vince Clarke and singer-songwriter Andy Bell's collection of crystalline synth-pop. Clarke was known for his work with Depeche Mode and as one-half with Alison Moyet of

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop Tags: Erasure

Release Round-Up: Week of March 3

March 3, 2017 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Ann Margret Definitive Collection

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Ann-Margret, The Definitive Collection (Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Real Gone has a new compilation from the one and only Ann-Margret.  The Definitive Collection features 30 of the flame-haired singer/actress's songs from her 1961-1966 tenure on RCA Records and includes standards, pop, soundtrack recordings and collaborations with Al Hirt and Elvis Presley!  This title was previously issued as a digital-only entry in

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Ann-Margret, Artful Dodger, Guy Clark, Judy Collins, Livingston Taylor, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, The Muffs, The Rascals

One Shot Deal: Over 20 Frank Zappa Titles Arrive On CD in March

March 1, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Frank Zappa Hammersmith Odeon

March 24 might as well be declared Frank Zappa Day.  On that date, retailers are reporting that Zappa Records and UMe will unveil CD reissues of more than twenty Zappa titles from his storied discography.  These posthumous releases from the late composer-bandleader (1940-1993) were previously available as limited edition mail order/online exclusives from Vaulternative and Zappa Records between 1994 and 2015, and drew upon his vast archive of previously unheard material from both the studio and

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Frank Zappa

Francis Albert Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim: 50th Anniversary Edition

March 1, 2017 By

Francis Albert Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada TBD) Standard Vinyl LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada TBD Exclusive Blue Vinyl LP: uDiscoverMusic.com Sinatra and Jobim's sublime 1966 Reprise album gets a remastered anniversary reissue with two bonus tracks: a medley of "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars/Change Partners/I Concentrate on You/The Girl from Ipanema" medley from the A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim television special; and a previously unreleased alternate take of "The Girl

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal

Different Drum: Michael Nesmith's "Infinite Tuesday" Offers Soundtrack to His Autobiography

March 1, 2017 By Joe Marchese 8 Comments

Michael Nesmith Infinite Tuesday

On April 18, Crown Archetype will release Infinite Tuesday: An Autobiographical Riff, the long-awaited memoir by Michael Nesmith.  The book chronicles Papa Nez's life from his childhood days in Dallas, Texas through his success with The Monkees, groundbreaking work in music video and virtual reality, and beyond.  Four days before the book's release, however, Rhino Records will issue a companion CD tracing Nesmith's musical evolution.  The April 14 release of Infinite Tuesday: Autobiographical

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else, Pop Tags: Michael Nesmith, The Monkees

It's a Fine Life: Shirley Bassey, Steve Marriott, Cliff Richard, Original Casts Salute Lionel Bart On New Box Set

March 1, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Consider Yourself The Highs of Lionel Bart

With Oliver!, Lionel Bart created one of the most enduring musicals of all time.  Yet there was more to Bart than just the one show - though it was the only international hit he would ever write.  In between palling around with The Rolling Stones and Andrew Loog Oldham at the height of Swingin' London, Bart dominated the pop charts and the musical theatre stage.  Now, Cherry Red's el label has celebrated this quintessential British songwriter on a new 5-CD box set.  Consider Yourself! The Highs

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Cast Recordings, Pop Tags: Cliff Richard, Lionel Bart, Shirley Bassey, Steve Marriott, Tommy Steele

New Looks: Real Gone's April Slate Includes B.J. Thomas, David Allan Coe, Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg

February 28, 2017 By Randy Fairman 1 Comment

BJ Thomas New Looks

As the winter season draws to a close, we now look ahead to spring.  Real Gone Music has just announced its titles for the first full month of the season.  Due on April 7, the new slate features country and spoken word projects together with a few limited vinyl repressings. First up is a release featuring notes by our very own Joe Marchese.  The single disc New Looks from an Old Lover - The Complete Columbia Singles from B.J. Thomas gathers up all of the A and B sides the singer recorded for

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Country, Everything Else, Pop, Rock Tags: Allen Ginsberg, B.J. Thomas, David Allan Coe, Jack Kerouac, Steve Allen

Quiet Nights: 50th Anniversary Reissue of "Francis Albert Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim" Set for April

February 24, 2017 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Francis Albert Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim

Fifty years ago, Frank Sinatra released one of his finest albums - and indeed, one of the finest albums of all time.  Francis Albert Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim arrived in late March 1967 on the Reprise label, marking the first collaboration between America's foremost vocalist and Brazil's foremost composer.  On April 7, UMe and Frank Sinatra Enterprises will reissue the original album for its 50th anniversary in a new edition featuring two previously unreleased bonus tracks. For the

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Antonio Carlos Jobim, Claus Ogerman, Frank Sinatra

Release Round-Up: Week of February 24

February 24, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

George Harrison Box Cover

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! George Harrison, The Vinyl Collection (Apple/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) George Harrison - The Vinyl Collection includes newly-remastered editions of 13 albums, from Wonderwall Music (1968) to the posthumously released Brainwashed (2002).  Each album has been remastered at Capitol Studios from the original tapes and pressed onto 180-gram vinyl.  The albums are all packaged in replica sleeves, and the entire set comes in one

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock Tags: David Bowie, George Harrison, Harry Belafonte, Herb Alpert, Jack Bruce, Meredith Willson, Roy Orbison

You Got to Funkifize: SoulMusic, Cherry Red Reissue Tower of Power, Graham Central Station, Starpoint

February 23, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Tower of Power Bump City two fer

Over the years, Tower of Power's rip-roaring horns have enlivened a host of recordings from artists as diverse as Elton John, Grateful Dead, Poison, Neil Diamond, Santana, and Aerosmith, but the group also has had a long career as one of the most smoking outfits in R&B.  Now, Bump City and Tower of Power, the group's first two Warner Bros. Records releases, have been collected as one expanded 2-CD set from SoulMusic Records and Cherry Red. 1972's Bump City marked the Warner debut of the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Funk, R&B/Soul Tags: Graham Central Station, Starpoint, Tower of Power

Cornell 5/8/77

February 22, 2017 By

Grateful Dead Cornell 5 8 77

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; both the book and CDs were also available as part of a sold-out box set exclusive to the Dead's website.  (A no-frills edition was subsequently

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Odessey and Oracle: 50th Anniversary Edition

February 22, 2017 By

Zombies Odessey and Oracle 50th

It's the time of the season!  Varese has a new edition of The Zombies' 1968 classic, freshly remastered at d2 Mastering and with seven bonus tracks as well as new liner notes by co-producer Andrew Sandoval and rare photographs.  The bonuses comprise the mono mix of "I'll Call You Mine" and "I Want Her She Wants Me;" alternate takes and mixes of "Care of Cell 44;" a version with cello of "A Rose for Emily;" a non-overdubbed stereo mix of "This Will Be Our Year;" and a remix of the hit single

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

Not Fade Away: Grateful Dead's Legendary 1977 Cornell Concert To Get Official Release On Its Own and As Part of 11-Disc May 1977 Concert Box

February 21, 2017 By Randy Fairman 1 Comment

Grateful Dead Cornell 5 8 77

A month ago, Rhino Records released a 50th Anniversary edition of the Grateful Dead's self-titled debut album.  When it was announced, Rhino promised that it would kick off a series of anniversary reissues of all of the band's albums.  Details of the next Dead project have now emerged and it is not a new edition of an officially released album but rather the first authorized released of one of the band's most famous concert bootlegs:  the Cornell 5/8/77 show.  It will be released on May 5 to

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Grateful Dead

Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo: Cherry Red Collects Derringer, Hawkwind Albums on New Box Sets

February 21, 2017 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Derringer Blue Sky Albums

Cherry Red Records has recently continued its series of "complete albums"-style box sets with a set from Derringer on its Hear No Evil Recordings imprint, and a continuation of the Hawkwind story from its Atomhenge imprint. Guitarist/songwriter/producer Rick Derringer has one of the most enviable C.V.s in all of rock and roll - as lead singer of The McCoys' classic oldie "Hang On, Sloopy," as writer of the hit "Rock 'n' Roll Hoochie Koo," as producer of "Weird Al" Yankovic's beloved parodies

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Derringer, Hawkwind, Rick Derringer

Release Round-Up: Week of February 17

February 17, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

The Standells Dirty Water

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Evanescence, The Ultimate Collection (Concord Bicycle) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The long-delayed release ofThe Ultimate Collection features, on six vinyl albums, Evanescence's full studio discography on 180-gram vinyl. In addition to Fallen, The Open Door (a double LP) and Evanescence, the box features the first wide release of Origin, a 2000 self-released demo collection; plus Lost Whispers, a rarities disc featuring four

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Rock Tags: Alison Krauss, Evanescence, The Standells

He's Only Just Begun: "Roger Nichols Treasury" Collects Demos, Jingles, Paul Williams Collaborations

February 15, 2017 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Roger Nichols Treasury

If you don't know the name of Roger Nichols, you know the man's songs.  His compositions have been sung by the Carpenters, Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Petula Clark, Jackie DeShannon, Bobby Darin, Paul Anka, The Monkees, and Nichols' most frequent lyrical collaborator, Paul Williams - just to name a few.  Many of those songs have become bona fide American standards, among them "We've Only Just Begun," "Rainy Days and Mondays," "I Won't Last a Day Without You," and "Times of Your Life."  He and

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Paul Williams, Roger Nichols

Faith Evans Plans Notorious B.I.G. Duet Album

February 15, 2017 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Faith Evans and Notorious BIG The King and I

Two days before his 25th birthday, and just over 20 years since his heartbreaking and still unsolved murder, The Notorious B.I.G. will live on with his widow Faith Evans' duets album, The King & I. The iconic rapper (born Christopher Wallace) met and married R&B singer and fellow Bad Boy Records label mate Evans in 1994--a turbulent but often loving relationship that ended when Biggie was killed in a drive-by shooting in 1997, 16 days before his second album, Life After Death, hit

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Rap/Hip-Hop Tags: Faith Evans, The Notorious B.I.G.

BEST+LIVE

February 14, 2017 By

Chickenfoot Best Live

A new double-disc offering from Chickenfoot - Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani, Michael Anthony and Chad Smith - arrives, with greatest hits, live tracks, and previously unreleased music.  It includes 10 tracks from the group's two studio albums; the newly-recorded "Divine Termination" (praised by Satriani as "bone crunching, hell raising rock, dripping with attitude and vibe" in the official press release); live covers of Deep Purple ("Highway Star"), The Who ("My Generation") and Hagar's former band

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Formats: CD Genre: Rock

No Plan [EP]

February 14, 2017 By

David Bowie No Plan

Last October, the original New York cast recording of David Bowie and Enda Walsh's musical Lazarus arrived on compact disc, vinyl, and digital download, with each format including a bonus EP of Bowie's four new songs from the musical.  "Lazarus" was, of course, already familiar from its inclusion on the artist's highly acclaimed final studio album Blackstar.  The cast recording premiered three more tracks penned for the show from the Blackstar sessions: "No Plan," "Killing a Little Time," and

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Rock

Let's Go Crazy! Prince Comes to Streaming, "Purple Rain" Reissue Due in June

February 12, 2017 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

Dearly beloved, we R gathered here 2day to announce that Prince's classic Warner Bros. Records catalogue is finally back on streaming services. As previously expected, 18 studio albums, six compilations and a handful of digital singles and EPs are available on Spotify, with all platforms expected to feature the offering by the 5 p.m. Pacific start time of the 59th annual Grammy Awards. But that's not all: in a press release, Warner Bros. announced the first details of the long-awaited

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Streaming Genre: Funk, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Prince

Get It Up: Chickenfoot to Issue Greatest Hits Collection

February 10, 2017 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Chickenfoot Best Live

Fans of the rock supergroup Chickenfoot are in for a treat with the forthcoming release of a double-disc collection that includes their greatest hits and live cuts, plus a few unreleased surprises. Chickenfoot featured four of the best hard rock musicians anyone could expect to find in one band: from Van Halen, vocalist Sammy Hagar and founding bassist Michael Anthony; guitarist Joe Satriani and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith. (Hagar, Anthony and Satriani had previously worked

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Rock Tags: Chickenfoot

Release Round-Up: Week of February 10

February 10, 2017 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

David Bowie Nassau Coliseum 1976

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Bon Jovi, The Albums (Island/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Bon Jovi's The Albums includes all 14 of the group's studio efforts, from 1984's blistering-glam self-titled debut to the just-released This House is Not for Sale, the first album without longtime guitarist Richie Sambora. Eleven of these albums have hit the Billboard Top 10 since 1986's chart-topping breakthrough Slippery When Wet; of those, six of these albums

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Arthur Lee, Bon Jovi, David Bowie, Golden Earring, Kris Kristofferson, Love

Prince Estate Inks Catalogue Deal with Universal

February 9, 2017 By Mike Duquette 11 Comments

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In a hotly-anticipated turn of events, Universal Music Group today announced a new multi-year catalogue agreement with the estate of the late, legendary Prince. Under the terms of the deal, Universal will become the immediate licensor of 25 albums released through Prince's NPG Records label, as well as any future projects drawn from The Artist's mythic Vault, "including outtakes, demos and live recordings." An exact list of albums has not yet been detailed, although the bottom of this post

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Prince

Something Special: Cherry Red Collects Lloyd Webber, Rice-Produced Psych-Rockers Tales of Justine

February 8, 2017 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Tales of Justine

To collectors of rare psychedelia, Tales of Justine is known for one lone single on the HMV label.  The band's lone platter of "Albert" b/w "Monday Morning" came and went in October 1967.  Its lead singer, David Daltrey (thought to be a distant cousin of The Who's Roger) went on to sing the title role on the original concept album of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - no surprise, as Lloyd Webber orchestrated and Rice produced the band's

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Daltrey, Tales of Justine, Tim Rice

How Happy I Can Be: 7a Records Releases Rare Davy Jones On New Live Single

February 7, 2017 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Davy Jones Daydream Believer

Attention all daydream believers!  The diehard Monkeephiles at 7a Records have an upcoming release that's sure to cheer up sleepy Jean.  Oh what can it mean?  On February 24, the 7a team will unveil the label's latest limited-edition vinyl single, and its first from the late, great Davy Jones.  Daydream Believer/I Wanna Be Free captures Jones' performances of the two all-time Monkees classics recorded on his 1981 tour of Japan.  This 7-inch single, strictly limited to 500 copies pressed on

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Davy Jones, The Monkees

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