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Release Round-Up: Week of August 19

August 19, 2016 By Joe Marchese 10 Comments

Turtles Album Collection

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Turtles, The Complete Original Album Collection (Manifesto/FloEdCo) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The definitive Turtles box set is here!  The Complete Original Albums Collection presents all six albums released by The Turtles between 1965 and 1970, expanded with rare bonus material. Each of the group's first three albums -- It Ain't Me Babe, You Baby and Happy Together -- is presented in its original mono and stereo mixes,

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Pop, Rock Tags: Chad and Jeremy, Dolly Parton, Josh White, The Heaters, The Scientists, The Spencer Davis Group, The Turtles

Try a Little Tenderness: Otis Redding's "Dictionary of Soul" Expanded On CD and LP

August 18, 2016 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Otis Redding Dictionary

Otis Redding famously ran the gamut of soul from A to Z on his 1966 album Complete and Unbelievable...The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul.  Well, now the dictionary is getting even more complete on October 7 with Rhino's release of a 50th anniversary edition!  This 2-CD deluxe edition features both the stereo and mono mixes of the original album plus eight bonus tracks. The 1966 album, Redding's fifth album, was cut in the summer of 1966 at Stax Studios in Memphis.  Redding was joined by

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Otis Redding

Ready Take One

August 18, 2016 By

Erroll Garner Ready Take One

Late jazz pianist Erroll Garner's Ready Take One, presenting fourteen previously unreleased selections by Garner released between 1967 and 1971, is the first album of all-new Garner material to be released in almost 25 years.  The performances on Ready Take One have been culled from seven sessions held in 1967, 1969 and 1971 in locales including New York City and Chicago. The pianist was joined by musicians as follows: drums (Jimmie Smith, Joe Cocuzzo), bass (Earnest McCarty, Jr., Ike Isaacs,

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Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Jazz

A Capitol Arrangement: Paul McCartney Returns To Venerable Label

August 17, 2016 By Joe Marchese 13 Comments

paul mccartney ram

Paul McCartney is coming full circle. After years at Concord Records, successor to Hear Music, McCartney has signed a worldwide deal with Universal Music Group's Capitol Records label.  This new agreement brings all of the superstar's solo works beginning with 1970's McCartney to the Capitol fold, and also encompasses a new solo album that is currently in the works. McCartney commented in a statement: "This is genuinely exciting for me. Not only was Capitol my first U.S. record label, but

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Paul McCartney

Nice Ones: Esoteric Reissues David McWilliams, Three Man Army

August 16, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Three Man Army Third of a Lifetime

Folk-rock singer-songwriter David McWilliams (1945-2002) may be best known for his 1967 song "Days of Pearly Spencer," a hit throughout Europe except for in the United Kingdom, which Marc Almond successfully revived in 1992.  There was more to McWilliams than just that one song, however, as evidenced by Esoteric Recordings' new reissue of his fourth album and first for Dawn Records, Lord Offaly. The Belfast native began immersing himself in music in his early teen years, and he released his

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: David McWilliams, Three Man Army

Stay Hungry: Twisted Sister Release New Career Compilation

August 15, 2016 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

Twisted Sister Atlantic Years

A new Twisted Sister compilation celebrates their loudest hits as they celebrate their fourth decade together with one last tour. Most know Twisted Sister--the Long Island-based quintet famously comprised of vocalist Dee Snider, guitarists Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda and Jay Jay French, bassist Mark "The Animal" Mendoza and drummer A.J. Pero--for their catchy riffs and over-the-top fashion sense (notably Snider's wild blonde mane and made-up face). This is, of course, what earned them constant

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Rock Tags: Twisted Sister

Thank You, Friends: Omnivore Presents Big Star's "Complete Third" In October

August 15, 2016 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Big Star Complete Third

Omnivore Recordings has kept the legend of Big Star alive with a number of projects over the years including the release of frontman Alex Chilton's Free Again: The 1970 Sessions, the soundtrack to the acclaimed documentary Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me, and Big Star: Live in Memphis.  Now, the label has turned its attention to its most expansive Big Star release yet: a definitive look into the making of the band's third album.  The 3-CD collection Complete Third, due on October 14, includes

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Alex Chilton, Big Star

Rounder Records Continues 45th Anniversary Celebration with Classic Bluegrass Reissues

August 12, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Mark OConnor Markology

Rounder Records, one of the preeminent labels in the realm of roots music and Americana, is currently celebrating its 45th anniversary.  As part of its ongoing digital catalogue initiative, the label has reissued a number of vintage bluegrass albums on digital service providers this month.  Artists include Mark O'Connor, The Rice Brothers, Kenny Baker, Stuart Duncan, Tony Trischka, Hazel Dickens, and The Wayfaring Strangers! Without any further ado, you can check out Rounder's August digital

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download Genre: Country, Everything Else, Folk Tags: Hazel Dickens, Rob Ickes, Stuart Duncan, Tony Trischka

Release Round-Up: Week of August 12

August 12, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Emerson Lake and Palmer Anthology

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Emerson, Lake & Palmer, The Anthology (BMG) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The new 3-CD/DD release of Emerson, Lake & Palmer - The Anthology rounds out this first wave of titles from BMG including reissues of Emerson Lake & Palmer, Tarkus and Pictures at an Exhibition.  Produced by Greg Lake, this career-spanning set has 39 tracks from the years 1970 to 1998, the choice of material approved by all three band members.

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop Tags: Emerson Lake and Palmer, Gretchen Cryer and Nancy Ford, Jerry Yester, Judy Henske, The Monkees, Various Artists

Jimmy Webb's "Voices" Featuring Burton Cummings Premieres On CD

August 10, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Jimmy Webb Voices

Following its recent reissue of Sonny and Cher's Good Times! soundtrack, Varese Vintage has turned its attention to another neglected release uniting the worlds of cinema and pop.  The 1979 romantic drama Voices featured a score by Jimmy Webb and performances by The Guess Who's Burton Cummings and the teenage duo of Andy and David Williams (nephews to the elder Andy Williams) as well as, on its non-Webb tracks, Willie Nelson and Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers.  This Friday, the long

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Burton Cummings, Jimmy Webb, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Willie Nelson

This Girl's in Love: A Bacharach and David Songbook

August 9, 2016 By

Rumer This Girls In Love

Rumer pays tribute to legendary songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David with this new 12-song collection featuring many of the duo's most beloved songs including "(They Long to Be) Close to You," "Walk On By," "A House is Not a Home" and the title track "This Girl's in Love with You."  Bacharach himself makes a special appearance accompanying Rumer on the latter.  Available on CD and vinyl LP, with autographed editions of both currently available from Amazon U.K. only. CD: Amazon U.S. /

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Pop

Reputation: Expanded Collector's Edition

August 8, 2016 By

Dusty Springfield Reputation Expanded

Cherry Red/Strike Force Entertainment's 2-CD/1-DVD "Expanded Collector's Edition" of Dusty Springfield's 1990 LP Reputation features the original album alongside its various 12″ mixes and B-sides (including the Disco Mix of "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" as a bonus track), as well as the bonus tracks from EMI Gold's Reputation and Rarities reissue from 1997.  The package is rounded out with a DVD of promo videos and liner notes featuring insights from Dusty, session singer Simon Bell and

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

Farewell Aldebaran

August 8, 2016 By

Judy Henske and Jerry Yester Farewell Aldebaran

The 1969 cult classic by Judy Henske and Jerry Yester, originally released on Frank Zappa's Straight label, gets an authorized CD release for the very first time via Omnivore Recordings.  For the occasion, this genre-bending favorite has been remastered from the original master tapes, with liner notes by Barry Alfonso and five previously unissued demo recordings.  A vinyl reissue will be released simultaneously, presenting the original album sequence on multi-colored vinyl.  Taking in styles

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Folk, Pop

I Would Die 4 Blu: Prince's Filmography Coming to High Definition Video

August 8, 2016 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

Prince Movie Collection

While fans may still have to wait some time for archival Prince material to emerge from that fabled vault, there will be at least one release ready for the holidays: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced The Prince Movie Collection, featuring all three of his feature films on Blu-ray with newly remastered picture, due out this fall. Of course, Purple Rain needs nearly no introduction: the stylized, vaguely autobiographical feature starred Prince as "The Kid" alongside his band, The

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Prince

Release Round-Up: Week of August 5

August 5, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Wilson Pickett Complete Atlantic Singles Volume One

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Wilson Pickett, Land of 1000 Dances: The Complete Atlantic Singles Vol. 1 (Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Real Gone Music has the first release in a three-volume collection chronicling Wilson Pickett's tenure at Atlantic Records.  The Wicked Pickett released a total of 66 single sides at the label and The Complete Atlantic Singles Vol. 1 collects the first 22 of these in their original mono single mixes.  You'll find some

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Black Sabbath, Diamond Rio, Dusty Springfield, Elvis Presley, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Fanny, Mitch Miller, The B-52's, The New Christy Minstrels, Wilson Pickett

All This Time: Sting to Issue Vinyl Box Set

August 2, 2016 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

Sting The Studio Collection

Can't get enough of the vinyl resurgence? Looking to bone up on the solo works of Sting ahead of his first rock album in nearly 15 years? A new box set has got you covered. A&M/Interscope will release The Studio Collection, an 11-LP set covering all of Sting's eight solo albums between 1985 and 2013, on September 30. The set, which features meticulously recreated packaging, new vinyl masters cut at Abbey Road Studios and the debuts of both Brand New Day (2000) and Sacred Love (2003) on

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Sting

(Don't) Walk On By: Rumer's "This Girl's in Love" Celebrates Bacharach and David

August 1, 2016 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Rumer This Girls In Love

I hear the music coming out of your radio... Who's today's foremost young interpreter of the timeless music of Burt Bacharach and Hal David?  Chances are many would answer with one name: Rumer.  On October 21, the singer-songwriter will release her first full-length tribute to the songwriting legends with the debut on Rhino/EastWest of her fourth album, the eagerly-anticipated This Girl's in Love: A Bacharach and David Songbook. In 2010, Rumer released the single Sings Bacharach at

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Burt Bacharach, Hal David, Rumer

Now, Voyager: Big Break Collects Dexter Wansel's "Philadelphia International Records Anthology"

August 1, 2016 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Dexter Wansel Anthology

Are you ready to blast off?  With the August 5 release of Dexter Wansel's Stargazer: The Philadelphia International Records Anthology 1976-1980, Big Break Records is headed for the stars.  Wansel was one of the brightest lights of PIR's "Mk. II" period, releasing four criminally underrated LPs on the label.  His work as an artist, songwriter, arranger and producer pushed the envelope of Philly soul, bringing in elements of jazz fusion and even progressive rock.  Stargazer brings together all of

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Dexter Wansel

Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976)

July 29, 2016 By

David Bowie Who Can I Be Now

David Bowie - Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976), the second in the late artist's series of deluxe albums box sets, will contain the following albums plus a 128-page booklet in the CD edition (or 84 pages in the vinyl edition. Diamond Dogs (Remastered) 1-CD David Live (Original Mix) (Remastered) 2-CD David Live (2005 Mix) (Remastered) 2-CD The Gouster (Previously Unreleased as an album) 1-CD Young Americans (Remastered) 1-CD Station to Station (Remastered) 1-CD Station to

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul

Chapter and Verse

July 29, 2016 By

Bruce Springsteen Chapter and Verse

Bruce Springsteen releases a companion CD to his long-awaited autobiography Born to Run.  He has selected the 18 career-spanning tracks on Chapter and Verse, including five previously unreleased songs from his pre-E Street Band days (1966-1972)!

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

Release Round-Up: Week of July 29

July 29, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Archies Sugar Sugar Complete

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Archies, Sugar, Sugar: The Complete Albums Collection (Cleopatra) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) At long last!  The complete albums of The Archies are being assembled in one 5-CD box set by Cleopatra Records.  You'll find The Archies, Everything's Archie, Jingle Jangle, Sunshine and This Is Love each in a mini-LP replica sleeve, along with a booklet containing new liner notes. Bubblegum never tasted so good as in these top-notch

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, SACD Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Blood Sweat and Tears, David Bowie, Gary Wright, Loggins and Messina, The Archies, The Isley Brothers

Groove with You...Live!

July 29, 2016 By

Isley Brothers Groove with You Live

We're incredibly excited and proud to bring this sizzling, swooning and immersive double-album document of The Isley Brothers at the peak of their powers to CD for the very first time!  Groove with You...Live! features powerful renditions of classic hits like "Take Me to the Next Phase," "Summer Breeze" and "Livin' in the Life," recorded live-in-the-studio at Bearsville Sound to reflect the 3+3-era band's set lists of the time, and sweetened by the band to create a "live" presentation! Groove

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Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul

Towering Twosome: Robinsongs Reissues Jazz-Disco Classics From Lalo Schifrin, Brick

July 28, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Lalo Schifrin Black Widow and Towering

In a career now in its seventh decade, there's little that Lalo Schifrin hasn't accomplished.   The four-time Grammy-winning Argentinean composer-arranger-conductor created one of the most memorable television themes of all time with his "Mission: Impossible," worked with Count Basie, Cannonball Adderley and Sarah Vaughan, scored innumerable films (racking up six Oscar nominations in the process) and released a variety of solo albums for labels including Verve, Tabu and CTI.  Two of his LPs for

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Funk, Jazz, R&B/Soul Tags: Brick, Lalo Schifrin

Review: Rhonda Ross, "In Case You Didn't Know"

July 27, 2016 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Rhonda Ross In Case You Didnt Know

In Case You Didn't Know: Rhonda Ross has dropped a new release.  The album of that title showcases the singer-songwriter on a set of fourteen potent, original tracks.  Ross, a gifted vocalist with an expressive instrument, has written or co-written every song on the album, and though the CD's exclusive retailer CD Baby categorizes the record as "Jazz Fusion" - calling to mind the liquid soundscapes of Return to Forever or Weather Report - that term only tells part of the artist's story.  The

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Rhonda Ross

Above and Beyond: Varese Brings Papa John Phillips, Wynn Stewart to Vinyl

July 27, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

John Phillips John the Wolfking of LA

For his first solo album - and lone solo LP released during his lifetime - John Phillips was careful not to repeat himself.  With The Mamas and the Papas in the rearview mirror at that moment in time, Papa John reinvented himself as John, The Wolfking of L.A. and surrounded himself with the day's top musicians to craft a beguiling, mellow portrait of Los Angeles circa 1970.  Varese Vintage expanded this one-of-a-kind record on CD in 2006, and has recently issued it on a new 180-gram vinyl

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: Country, Pop Tags: John Phillips, The Mamas and The Papas, Wynn Stewart

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