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Big Break Big Round-Up, Part One: Spotlight on Chameleon and Five Special

February 7, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Five Special Five Special

Welcome to Part One of our Big Break Records Big Round-Up!  Today, we're looking at a pair of releases from 1979 which have newly received the BBR remastered and expanded treatment! Chameleon was the brainchild of Azar Lawrence, the saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist who had played in the bands of Miles Davis, Gene Harris, Freddie Hubbard, Elvin Jones, and McCoy Tyner.  Like so many of his jazz contemporaries, Lawrence began to explore the connections between the various strains of jazz

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, R&B/Soul Tags: Chameleon, Five Special

UPDATE: Vibe On's Deluxe Reissue of Miami Sound Machine's "Primitive Love" Indefinitely Delayed

February 6, 2017 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Miami Sound Machine Primitive Love

We're sorry to report that fans waiting for the eagerly-anticipated deluxe reissue of Miami Sound Machine's Primitive Love, from the fine folks at Vibe On Records, will have to wait a bit longer.  The label has confirmed the unfortunate news that the title has been indefinitely delayed, as a result of Gloria and Emilio Estefan wishing to concentrate on the recording of a new Gloria Estefan album.  Our friends at Vibe On have written, in part: "Until very recently, the Estefans were working with

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Gloria Estefan, Miami Sound Machine

Two of a Kind [Expanded Edition]

February 6, 2017 By

Bobby Darin and Johnny Mercer Two of a Kind

Omnivore expands Bobby Darin and Johnny Mercer's freewheelin', swingin' classic from 1961 - arranged and conducted by the great Billy May (Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald) - with seven previously unreleased bonus tracks, including two outtakes and five session alternates!

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Formats: CD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal

This Is My Town: Songs of New York

February 6, 2017 By

Barry Manilow This Is My Town

Barry Manilow returns with his second album for Verve Records.  This Is My Town is the showman's brassy salute to New York City and features both original songs (such as the title track) and covers ("On Broadway," "Downtown," "Uptown," Manilow's own "New York City Rhythm") as well as a posthumous duet with Mel Tormé on "The Brooklyn Bridge."

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Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal

Look Up Here, I'm In Heaven: David Bowie's Final Recordings Reissued on CD and Vinyl EPs

February 6, 2017 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

David Bowie No Plan CD

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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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Rock Tags: David Bowie

Three "Mad Max" Scores Head to Vinyl From Varese

February 6, 2017 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Mad Max Trilogy

Varese Sarabande is releasing a special limited package collecting the soundtracks to George Miller's original Mad Max trilogy on vinyl. Miller's dystopian sci-fi tales followed the rogue cop Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson, in his first breakout role) as he navigated the scorching Australian outback after an energy crisis and nuclear war has thrown society into chaos. In 1979's Mad Max, Miller's first film, Max fought a gang of motorbiking thugs led by the vicious Toecutter (Hugh Keays-Byrne) at

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Brian May, Maurice Jarre

Release Round-Up: Week of February 3

February 3, 2017 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Lesley Gore Love Me By Name

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring Second Disc Records' first release of the year plus another incredible slate from Real Gone Music, box sets, anthologies, and more! Various Artists, The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Expanded Edition) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music are tipping off 2017 with the first-ever CD release of Thom Bell's soulful soundtrack to 1979's The Fish

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Black Sabbath, Delaney and Bonnie, Duke Ellington, Jim Kweskin, Judas Priest, Larry Coryell, Lesley Gore, Lynn Anderson, Soft Machine, Thom Bell, Vangelis

Road To Your Dream: T'Pau Box Set Due in March

February 1, 2017 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Tpau Virgin Anthology

Following a lavish reissue of their breakthrough album Bridge of Spies, British rock group T'Pau will release The Virgin Anthology, a four-disc companion piece of sorts to that reissue which chronicles the band's hits and rarities. Produced with the approval of frontwoman Carol Decker, the first disc The Virgin Anthology includes, for the first time in one set, all of the group's single A-sides, including "Heart and Soul," "China in Your Hand," "Valentine," "I Will Be with You" and "Whenever

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: T'Pau

Triplicate

February 1, 2017 By

Bob Dylan Triplicate

Bob Dylan returns with his third consecutive collection of standards - times three!   Dylan's first triple album, Triplicate is a 3-CD or 3-LP set, with each 10-song disc based on one theme: 'Til the Sun Goes Down, Devil Dolls, and Comin' Home Late.  Harold Arlen, Charles Strouse and Lee Adams, Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh, Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke, Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, and Hoagy Carmichael and Mitchell Parish are just some of the classic songwriters represented. 

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

Action Painting

January 31, 2017 By

The Creation Action Painting

2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada TBD 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. TBD / Amazon Canada TBD Numero Group collects the studio output of the British Invasion-era psych-rockers The Creation on one lavish 2-CD set, featuring outtakes, rarities, and new stereo mixes created by famed producer Shel Talmy (The Who, The Kinks).  An 80-page hardcover book is included with this deluxe package.

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

One Punch at a Time: Mondo Expands "Creed" Score On Vinyl

January 30, 2017 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Creed Mondo Vinyl

Venerable vinyl soundtrack label Mondo is preparing a reconfigured release of one of 2015's best soundtrack efforts: Ludwig Göransson's score to Creed. Co-written and directed by Ryan Coogler (who wrote and directed the harrowing biopic Fruitvale Station and is working on co-writing and directing Black Panther for Marvel Studios), Creed is a stunning update and continuation of the Rocky series--this time told through the eyes of Adonis Johnson, the out-of-wedlock son of former heavyweight

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Ludwig Göransson

Playing with Electric Trains: Squeeze's Chris Difford to Release Solo Box Set

January 27, 2017 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Chris Difford Chris to the Mill

Arguably one of the finest British songwriting duos since Lennon and McCartney, Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook have made perfect, powerful pop as leaders of Squeeze since the release of their first material in 1977--all the way up to an out-of-nowhere triumph with 2015's Cradle to the Grave, the band's first album of new material in more than 15 years. Since that initial dissolution of the duo's partnership after 1998's Domino, both Chris and Glenn sought to found their voices as solo

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop Tags: Chris Difford, Squeeze

Release Round-Up: Week of January 27

January 27, 2017 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Chicago II Steven Wilson Remix

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Chicago, Chicago II: Steven Wilson Remix (Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Chicago's second album gets a fully remixed edition from producer Steven Wilson, created from the original 16-track multitrack tapes and sure to highlight previously unheard or overlooked elements of this rock classic!  Available on CD, with an LP edition to follow later in the year.  Read more here! Cream, Fresh Cream: Super Deluxe Edition

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, SACD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Brewer and Shipley, Carly Simon, Chicago, Cream, Grand Funk Railroad, Joe Cocker, The Move

Ooh Baby You Move Me: Ace Collects Soulful Sounds of Linda Jones

January 25, 2017 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Linda Jones Precious

Linda Jones' life was tragically curtailed at the age of 28 in March 1972, felled by a long battle with diabetes.  Yet the passionately emotive vocalist left behind a catalogue so rich that it's still cherished by soul connoisseurs.  In 2015, Real Gone Music collected Jones' complete sides for Atco, Loma, and Warner Bros. Records, spanning the period of 1964-1969.  Now, Ace's Kent imprint has bookended the Linda Jones story with Precious: The Anthology 1963-72, culled from every one of her label

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

96 Tears

January 24, 2017 By

Question Mark 96 Tears

? and The Mysterians' debut 1966 album 96 Tears returns to vinyl from Real Gone Music and ABKCO.   It has been mastered at 45 RPM for this reissue, pressed on orange vinyl and limited to 600 copies.

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Music for Lovers Only

January 24, 2017 By

The 1952 mood-music classic Music for Lovers Only from TV superstar Jackie Gleason has been reissued on CD numerous times in the past, including on a 2012 edition from Real Gone Music of its definitive, 16-track mono presentation.  Since that release has gone out-of-print, RGM has seen fit to re-release it for the enjoyment of lovers everywhere!

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Formats: CD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal

Inspiration

January 24, 2017 By

Clint Walker Inspiration

Real Gone Music dips back to the golden age of television for this reissue.  The western Cheyenne ran from 1955-1963 and starred Clint Walker.   He was also signed to Warner Bros. for a recording contract and, in 1959, released Inspiration, a country-gospel album.  RGM's new edition is expanded by one track and features notes from Todd Everett.

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Formats: CD Genre: Country, Gospel

Sound and Vision [7-Inch Picture Disc Vinyl]

January 24, 2017 By

Bowie Sound and Vision Single

David Bowie's Low classic returns to vinyl in this new 7-inch vinyl picture disc single edition featuring the original, newly-remastered track on Side One and a stripped-down 2013 remix on Side Two.

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Forever In Blue Jeans: Neil Diamond Preps 3-CD "50th Anniversary Collection" For March

January 24, 2017 By Joe Marchese 16 Comments

Neil Diamond 50th Anniversary Collection

Neil Diamond's debut single for Bang Records, "Solitary Man," hit shelves in April 1966, launching an internationally successful career that continues to this very day.  On March 31, Diamond (who turns 76 years young today) will look back on his 50+-years as a recording artist with the Capitol Records/UMe release of a new 3-CD collection.  Neil Diamond 50: The 50th Anniversary Collection features 50 songs compiled by Diamond, who has overseen this set for release. The set

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Neil Diamond

Do That Conga Beat: Vibe On Expands Miami Sound Machine's "Primitive Love" to 2 CDs

January 23, 2017 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Miami Sound Machine Primitive Love

This March, Vibe On Records will be going Primitive.  The label is following its recent reissue of Cher's I Paralyze with another lavishly expanded Deluxe Edition - this time from Miami Sound Machine featuring the one and only Gloria Estefan.  On March 31, Vibe On will reissue MSM's 1985 breakthrough Primitive Love as a 2-CD edition featuring a full 23 bonus tracks - four of which are previously unreleased, and six of which have never previously appeared on CD. Primitive Love, Miami Sound

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Gloria Estefan, Miami Sound Machine

Cool It Now: New Edition Digital Reissues (And More) Unveiled

January 20, 2017 By Mike Duquette 8 Comments

New Edition

Ahead of an officially-sanctioned TV biopic of the lives and careers of New Edition, Universal Music Enterprises has digitally expanded four of the group's studio albums plus an additional four spin-off projects. The band's classic-era output for MCA Records, New Edition (1984), All for Love (1985), Heart Break (1988) and the reunion album Home Again (1996), as well as Bobby Brown's Don't Be Cruel (1988), Bell Biv DeVoe's Poison (1990) and 1990 solo albums by members Johnny Gill and Ralph

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Categories: News Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Bell Biv DeVoe, Bobby Brown, Johnny Gill, New Edition, Ralph Tresvant

Release Round-Up: Week of January 20

January 20, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Grateful Dead The Grateful Dead

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Grateful Dead, The Grateful Dead: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (Rhino) 2-CD (Original Album and Bonus Disc): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Picture Disc (Original Album Only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. The Grateful Dead: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition presents the original 1967 album on Disc 1 and an unreleased concert from July 29, 1966 in Vancouver, Canada on Disc 2.  The first disc has been remastered from the original tapes by David

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Soundtracks Tags: George Benson, Grateful Dead, Muhammad Ali, Randy Newman, Various Artists

Black and White Night 30

January 20, 2017 By

Roy Orbison Black and White Night 30

CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. TBD / Amazon Canada CD/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. TBD / Amazon Canada Roy Orbison's all-star 1987 concert featuring friends Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, k.d. lang, J.D. Souther, T Bone Burnett and Jennifer Warnes returns in a new 30th anniversary edition on CD/DVD and CD/BD.  Alex Orbison and co-editor Luke Chalk have re-edited the film using alternate camera angles and have put the concert into its original

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Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, DVD Genre: Pop, Rock

Have You Seen Me Lately/Letters Never Sent

January 19, 2017 By

Carly Simon Have You Seen Me Two Fer

The U.K. Floating World label has a two-fer of Carly Simon's Arista albums Have You Seen Me Lately (1990) and Letters Never Sent (1994).  Have You Seen Me has the hit "Better Not Tell Her," while Letters was inspired by her mother Andrea Simon and friend Jackie Onassis, and features appearances by Ben Taylor, Dave Stewart, Rosanne Cash, Taj Mahal, and Marc Cohn.  The label promises that this package has been approved by Carly, and features new liner notes by Alan Robinson as well as lyrics.

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

Thirty Three and 1/3: Complete George Harrison Box Set Arrives In February

January 18, 2017 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

George Harrison Box Cover

On February 25, George Harrison would have turned 74 years old.  One day earlier, UMe and the estate of the late Beatle will release his entire solo album catalogue in one new vinyl box set. 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

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: George Harrison, The Beatles

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