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Feel Like Makin' Love: Rhino Readies Live Bad Company For April

April 6, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Bad Company Live

More Bad Company is on the way from Rhino! On April 29, the label will release the band's first-ever official live album: Live in Concert 1977 & 1979.  This 2-CD set from the original line-up of Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs, Simon Kirke and Boz Burrell includes more than two-and-half hours of unreleased music, all culled from 24-track tapes in the band's archives. The label notes that the "music heard on this live collection features absolutely no enhancements or overdubs, nothing but the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Bad Company

Review: Stealers Wheel on Vinyl: "Stealers Wheel" and "Ferguslie Park"

April 4, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Stealers Wheel LP

Intervention Records launched in 2015 with a simple mission statement: "To provide archive-quality LPs of music we love," with the goal that "each record we do must be the single definitive, final version of that album, the one real music lovers will seek out."  Happily, the label's early releases have all more than lived up to those lofty goals!  The first two albums from Gerry Rafferty and Joe Egan's Stealers Wheel might not have been the most expected titles for vinyl reissue in 2016, but

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Gerry Rafferty, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Stealers Wheel

RPM Is "Looking Stateside" with Sons of Champlin, Knickerbockers, Joe Tex, Chuck Jackson, More

April 1, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Looking Stateside

Cherry Red's RPM Records label has been doing a lot of Looking with its series of themed mini-box sets dedicated to such pop subgenres as freakbeat, mod, and girl group soul.  The latest set in the Looking series, established in 2011, is Looking Stateside.  This volume is dedicated to U.S. R&B Mod, Soul and Garage Nuggets, and contains 80 such selections on its three packed CDs.  Though limited to American recordings, the focus is otherwise diverse.  As the compilers explain in the thick

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Chuck Jackson, Joe Tex, The Knickerbockers, The Sons of Champlin, Timi Yuro, Various Artists

A Surf and Monster Mash: "It's Monster Surfing Time" Returns!

April 1, 2016 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Its Monster Surfing Time

What happens when monsters meet rock-and-roll?  Vee-Jay Records answered that question in 1964 with the release of the fiendishly fun It's Monster Surfing Time.  The LP credited to The Deadly Ones (who else?) has, over the past decades, become a highly-collectable title in its original vinyl format.  On April 8, this slice of summery surf rock with a gleefully ghoulish slant will return to vinyl from Concord Records in a special translucent, slime-green pressing! It's Monster Surfing Time has

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Joe South, The Deadly Ones

Release Round-Up: Week of April 1

April 1, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Go Gos Vacation

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Go-Go's, Beauty and the Beat / Vacation / Talk Show: Deluxe Editions (Edsel) Beauty and the Beat: Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Vacation: Expanded Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Talk Show: Expanded Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Edsel has expanded editions of the three classic albums by The Go-Go's originally released between 1982 and 1984.  While none of the bonus material here is unreleased, these reissues do serve

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bill Wyman, Earth Wind and Fire, Martha and the Vandellas, Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, The Go-Go's, The Miracles, The Replacements, The Supremes, Todd Rundgren

But Never Ever On A Sunday: él Collects Greek Cinema Classics, Early Michel Legrand

March 28, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Michel Legrand Bonjour Paris

For the past seven decades, Michel Legrand has been composing rich melodies for film, stage, television and records.  The three-time Academy Award winner and co-writer of such songs as "The Windmills of Your Mind," "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life" and "Happy (Love Theme from Lady Sings the Blues)" has been a prolific recording artist since the 1950s, and now Cherry Red's él label has recently reissued some of his earliest work on Bonjour Paris/Le Joli Mai/Rendez-vous a Paris. The

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Manos Hadjidakis, Melina Mercouri, Michel Legrand, Mikis Theodorakis, Nana Mouskouri

This Path Tonight

March 28, 2016 By

Graham Nash This Path Tonight

This Path Tonight is Graham Nash's first solo record of new music in fourteen years. The album's ten songs produced by Shane Fontayne reflect the many well-publicized changes in the legendary singer-songwriter's life over recent months. Amazon U.S. has an exclusive edition with a live DVD containing recent performances of Nash's solo and band hits.  This Deluxe Edition is also available at Amazon U.K.!

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Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Pop, Rock

Pet Sounds 50: Various Editions

March 26, 2016 By

Pet Sounds 50

The Beach Boys' landmark 1966 album Pet Sounds is turning 50, and Capitol/UMe is celebrating with a variety of releases including a 4-CD/1-BD Deluxe Edition featuring the contents of the previous Pet Sounds Sessions box set (newly-remastered) as well as additional studio and live material plus the album and bonus content in high-resolution 5.1 surround and stereo on Blu-ray Audio! 4-CD/1-BD Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. TBD / Amazon Canada 2-CD Deluxe Edition (CD 1 + highlights

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Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Pop

For Lack of Honest Work: A Live History 1971-2006

March 26, 2016 By

Todd Rundgren For Lack of Honest Work

Edsel reissues the 3-CD, 43-track compilation of board mixes, demos and live in-studio recordings from the one and only Todd Rundgren, adding new liner notes from Paul Myers.

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Rock

Charlotte Sweet: Original Cast Recording

March 26, 2016 By

Charlotte Sweet

The Original Cast Recording of the beloved 1982 off-Broadway musical by Michael Colby and Gerald Jay Markoe receives a deluxe, expanded reissue - complete for the very first time on 2 CDs.  None other than Leonard Cohen presciently observed, "I loved the show. Some of those songs are classic theatre pieces--I think they'll be around for a long time."  Charlotte Sweet is available at Amazon.com, but those who order directly from JAY Records will receive a CD-R of Colby and Markoe's related

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Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings

Motortown Revue In Paris: Deluxe Edition

March 26, 2016 By

Motortown Revue in Paris

Universal U.K. expands Motortown Revue in Paris, originally released in 1965, to 2 CDs or 3 LPs - both of which add a previously unreleased twelve tracks of live Motown magic!  Martha and the Vandellas, Stevie Wonder, The Miracles, Earl Van Dyke and, of course, The Supremes are all here.  31 tracks total.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul

Sarah Vaughan's "Live at Rosy's" Premieres 1978 Concert On CD

March 25, 2016 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Sarah Vaughan Rosys

"Live from Rosy's...The Divine One, Sarah Vaughan!"  So begins Resonance Records and NPR Music's new release, Live at Rosy's.  It would take an extraordinary talent to live up to that sobriquet, but throughout her career, Sarah Vaughan certainly did.  Live at Rosy's is the first commercial release of Vaughan's May 31, 1978 performances at the New Orleans nightspot, recorded for NPR's Jazz Alive program and presented here as remastered from the original eight multitrack reels.  Vaughan was backed

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Jazz, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Sarah Vaughan

Release Round-Up: Week of March 25

March 25, 2016 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Dylan Live 1964 Bootleg SACD

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Bob Dylan, The Bootleg Series Vol. 6 - Live 1964: Concert at Philharmonic Hall (Audio Fidelity)  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Bob Dylan's The Bootleg Series Vol. 6 - Live 1964: Concert at Philharmonic Hall comes to hybrid 5.0 multichannel SACD for the first time. Audio Fidelity's release will boast a full booklet (as on the original standard CD release) and is playable in stereo on all CD players.  Read more here! Various

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Funk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Bob Dylan, Ella Fitzgerald, Kleeer, Mark Murphy, Sarah Vaughan, Stargard, The Kinks, Various Artists, Winfield Parker

Miles Ahead: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

March 24, 2016 By

Miles Ahead Soundtrack

The soundtrack to Don Cheadle's Miles Davis biopic Miles Ahead features eleven original Davis performances culled from his recordings at both Prestige and Columbia spanning 1956-1981 as well as dialogue excerpts from the film and five original compositions by Robert Glasper.  His contributions include "What's Wrong with That?" (a jam that closes the movie imagining Cheadle as Davis playing in the present day with guest performers Glasper, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Gary Clark, Jr., Esperanza

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Soundtracks

Still Driving: America Releases "Lost and Found" On Vinyl

March 22, 2016 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

America Lost and Found

Last year, Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell, a.k.a. America, released two significant archival collections bookending their still-thriving career.  Archives Vol. 1 presented 15 previously unreleased alternate versions, early mixes, demos, rehearsals and outtakes spanning the halcyon period between America's 1971 debut album America and 1975's Hearts.  These, of course, featured Beckley and Bunnell in addition to original member Dan Peek.  Lost and Found pressed fast-forward on the band's history

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: America

Slip Away: Ace Reissues, Expands Two Albums From Soul Legend Clarence Carter

March 22, 2016 By Ted Frank 1 Comment

Clarence Carter This Is and Dynamic

As 2000 ushered in a new millennium, it also reintroduced the soulful voice of Clarence Carter on Cameron Crowe's Grammy-winning soundtrack to Almost Famous.   Being the sole (pun intended) R&B gem on this compilation, Crowe embedded Carter's hit song, "Slip Away" into what is otherwise his definitive 1970s classic rock retrospective.  This is not to say that Carter is the only R&B artist found in the film proper.  On the contrary, Stevie Wonder's "My Cherie Amour" was masterfully used

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Clarence Carter

Mr. Clean: Winfield Parker At Ru-Jac

March 21, 2016 By

Winfield Parker at Ru Jac

Winfield Parker began his singing career at Baltimore's Ru-Jac label, one of America's first African-American-owned record labels (active from the early 1960s through the early 1970s).  In 2015, Omnivore acquired the pioneering Ru-Jac label and its publishing assets, and on March 25, the first title from that acquisition will see release.  Mr. Clean: Winfield Parker at Ru-Jac features 23 tracks (including never-before-released material) of prime 1960s East Coast soul from Ru-Jac's premier

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Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: R&B/Soul

Chance of a Lifetime: 7a Releases Micky Dolenz's First Single In 33 Years

March 21, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Micky Dolenz Chance of a Lifetime

Come April, Micky Dolenz will be returning to a place where he hasn't appeared in 33 years.  No, the performing mainstay won't be discovering some new, far-flung venue.  But he will be returning to the single shelves of record store racks with his first 45 RPM release since 1983.  7a Records, the label responsible for Dolenz's The MGM Singles Collection and the recent An Evening with Peter Noone and Micky Dolenz, will release "Chance of a Lifetime" b/w "Living on Lies" in

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Micky Dolenz, Record Store Day, The Monkees

English Heart

March 20, 2016 By

Ronnie Spector English Heart

The one and only Ronnie Spector returns with an all-new studio album saluting her British Invasion friends. Expect Ronnie-ized renditions of the Jagger/Richards-written "I'd Much Rather Be with the Boys" (as "I'd Much Rather Be with the Girls") as well as "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying," "Tell Her No," "Girl Don't Come" and more!  Amazon has an exclusive CD/DVD edition as well as an exclusive autographed vinyl LP!  You can access all formats from the links below!

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Pop

Live at Rosy's

March 20, 2016 By

Sarah Vaughan Rosys

Resonance Records and NPR Music premiere a never-before-released 1978 concert from Sarah Vaughan, recorded for NPR at Rosy's Jazz Club in New Orleans.  Sarah is supported by Jimmy Cobb, Walter Booker, and Carl Schroeder on a set including "Time After Time," "Somebody Loves Me," "Send in the Clowns," "The Man I Love," "Everything Must Change" and more.  The deluxe 2-CD set includes a 36-page booklet with essays by James Gavin and Will Friedwald, plus new interviews!

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

Wouldn't It Be Nice: "Pet Sounds" 50th Anniversary Celebrated in June With Multiple Editions Including 4 CD/Blu-ray Box Set

March 18, 2016 By Joe Marchese 18 Comments

beach boys standard pet sounds

On May 16, 1966, one of the most acclaimed albums in pop/rock history was released: The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds. 2016 marks the 50th anniversary of this landmark album and it is being commemorated in several ways. Brian Wilson is embarking on a concert tour in a little under a week in which he and his band will play the album in its entirety for what's being billed as the last time. And it has just been revealed that a new box set is due to be released on June 10 by Capitol/UMe to join the

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys

Release Round-Up: Week of March 18

March 18, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Elvis Album Collection 2

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up featuring a host of titles on CD and vinyl! Elvis Presley, The Album Collection (RCA/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) To coincide with the 60th anniversary of his signing to RCA, Elvis Presley's The Album Collection is a whopping 60-disc box set containing 57 RCA albums released during Presley's lifetime (many with bonus tracks added) and 3 bonus discs of rarities, one disc each for the '50s, '60s and '70s.  A 300-page

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: a-ha, Elvis Presley, Garry Tallent, Julian Slade, The O'Jays, Todd Rundgren

Love Hit Me! Decca Beat Girls 1962-1970

March 17, 2016 By

Love Hit Me Decca Beat Girls

Ace taps the Decca vaults for this new anthology celebrating the label's best '60s pop-rock girls!  Lulu, Marianne Faithfull, Dana Gillespie, Elkie Brooks, Beryl Marsden, Billie Davis and others appear on this collection featuring the work of producers, arrangers and writers such as Mike Leander, Andrew Loog Oldham, Shel Talmy, Charles Blackwell and Tony Meehan.  Available as a 24-song CD or a 12-song LP (retitled 1963-1970, for accuracy's sake)!

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop

One Track Mind! More Motown Guys

March 17, 2016 By

One Track Mind More Motown Guys

Ace brings on another 24 tracks of the cream of the male Motown crop - including 16 previously unreleased tracks!  One Track Mind! More Motown Guys has The Spinners, The Temptations, The Four Tops, The Fantastic Four, Edwin Starr and more on a group of uptempo songs designed to have listeners hit the dancefloor, Detroit-style!

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Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul

Jack Ashford: Just Productions

March 17, 2016 By

Jack Ashford Just Productions

When not playing on many of Motown's most renowned records, Funk Brother Jack Ashford carved out a career as one of the Motor City's most prolific producers.  Ace's Kent label brings together 24 tracks on Just Productions, part of the label's Producer Series.  Just Productions, of course, was also the name of Ashford's label which he founded after Pied Piper folded.  Some of the company's productions appeared on their own Sepia, Triple B, Ashford and Awake labels, while others were licensed to

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Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul

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