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Cry Baby: Ace Collects Complete UA, Veep Singles for Soul Man Garnet Mimms

June 29, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Garnet

We've already filled you in on Ace's recent collection from the great Jackie Wilson; today, we turn the spotlight to another classic R&B vocalist, Garnet Mimms! West Virginia-born, Philadelphia-raised Garnet Mimms is best remembered today for his 1963 hit "Cry Baby," which reached No. 1 R&B/No. 4 Pop and inspired Janis Joplin's scorching revival years later.  "Cry Baby" was the work of songwriters Jerry Ragovoy and Bert Berns, both of whom played key roles in the vocalist's career. 

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Bert Berns, Garnet Mimms, Jerry Ragovoy

A Friend In Me: Randy Newman's "Toy Story" Up Next in Disney's Legacy Collection

June 26, 2015 By Randy Fairman 2 Comments

Legacy Collection Toy Story

Walt Disney Records' Legacy Collection marches on.  The next project in the series spotlights a movie of relatively more recent vintage than some of the other releases this year.  Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Toy Story will be the recipient of the 2-CD soundtrack treatment which is due out on July 10. Who would have thought in 1995, just one year after Disney's blockbuster The Lion King that the direction of the animated studio would be forever altered by a computer-animated film

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Randy Newman

Check It Out

June 26, 2015 By

Tavares Check It Out

SoulMusic Records, now in conjunction with the Caroline label, continues its series drawn from the Tavares catalogue with this 1973 Capitol Records release!  Check It Out has been expanded with one bonus track, the non-LP single "The Judgment Day."

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Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul

Five Years: 1969-1973

June 26, 2015 By

David Bowie Five Years Cover

David Bowie's David Bowie (a.k.a. Space Oddity), The Man Who Sold the World, Hunky Dory and Pin Ups are collected in a new box set along with Live Santa Monica '72, the Ziggy Stardust motion picture soundtrack and a 2-CD bonus set entitled Re:Call 1.  Available on 12 CDs or 13 LPs.

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

New Eydie Gorme Collection Celebrates Her Career, Premieres Unreleased Songs

June 25, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Eydie Gorme American Treasure

In a career spanning six decades, the late Eydie Gorme was a leading light of the Great American Songbook, employing versatile voice and powerful belt on record and on stage both solo and with her husband of over 55 years, Steve Lawrence.  Now, Lawrence is paying tribute to her immense legacy in song with a new collection.  An American Treasure presents 34 solo recordings by Gorme on three discs - 12 tracks per disc of The Hits and Steve's Favorites, and 10 previously unreleased tracks on the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Eydie Gorme, Steve Lawrence

Hang On To Yourself: David Bowie's "Five Years 1969-1973" Box Collects Albums, Bonus Discs

June 23, 2015 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

David Bowie Five Years Cover

Forty-four years to the day after David Bowie first performed at Glastonbury (then known as the Glastonbury Fair rather than today's Festival), Parlophone Records has announced the first in a new series of box sets which will eventually span his entire career.  Five Years: 1969-1973, named of course after the opening track of The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, will be available on September 25 in 12-CD or 13-LP configurations, containing all of the core material (ten

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

In Memoriam: Back Tracks - James Horner (1953-2015)

June 23, 2015 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

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We're deeply saddened to share the news of the tragic and unexpected death of film composer James Horner whose stirring melodies have thrilled, excited and inspired generations of moviegoers on films like Aliens, Avatar, An American Tail, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, and of course, Titanic.  Back on March 8, 2010, our own Mike Duquette paid tribute to the Horner legacy with a special installment of Back Tracks.  In memory of Mr. Horner and his immense contributions to cinema and music, we're

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: James Horner

Release Round-Up: Week of June 23

June 23, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Rolling Stones Marquee Club

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a vintage live concert from The Rolling Stones in a variety of formats, an all-star salute to the great Carole King, a rare soundtrack from a beloved performer to a classic children's film, and much, much more! The Rolling Stones, From the Vault: The Marquee Club Live in 1971 (Eagle Rock) DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. SD Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. SD Blu-ray + CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. TBD DVD + CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Carl Hall, Carole King, Jerry Garcia, Rickie Lee Jones, Rod McKuen, The Lover Speaks, The Rolling Stones, The Royal Jesters

Ben

June 22, 2015 By

Jorge Ben Ben

Brazilian superstar Jorge Ben's 1972 self-titled album arrives on CD in the U.S. for the first time in a deluxe mini-sleeve edition.

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Formats: CD Genre: Everything Else, Pop

Someplace Else Now

June 22, 2015 By

Lesley Gore Someplace Else Now

Someplace Else Now marked Lesley Gore's first full immersion into the world of the singer-songwriter.  She penned every one of the twelve tracks on this 1972 album, writing solo and with lyricists Ellen Weston and her brother Michael Gore.  Joe Porter (Gladys Knight and the Pips, Thelma Houston) supplied the passionate production.  Lesley's lost Motown gem, a stylistic mélange of pop, soul, folk, rock, and gospel, makes its long-awaited first ever CD appearance.  Though Lesley passed away at far

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

English Oldies

June 19, 2015 By

Royal Jester English Oldies

Numero Group has rescued a whopping 28 tracks from The Royal Jesters, teen kings of the San Antonio music scene throughout the 1960s.  Doo wop, R&B, rock and soul - they're all here on this Tex-Mex time capsule packaged with Numero's typical attention to detail.

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

School's Out for Summer: Rhino Announces Alice Cooper's New 15-CD "Studio Albums 1969-1983" Box Set

June 19, 2015 By Randy Fairman 4 Comments

Alice Cooper Studio Albums

Yesterday, we told you about a new box set focusing on America's complete Warner Bros. studio albums.  Well, today, Rhino has announced a similar set focusing on shock-rocker Alice Cooper to be released July 31.  The Studio Albums: 1969-1983 is a fifteen-disc set containing the fifteen Alice Cooper Band and Alice Cooper solo studio recordings in that 14-year period. The band Alice Cooper began performing in the late 1960s with their first LP being 1969's Pretties for You on Frank Zappa's

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Alice Cooper

Release Round-Up: Week of June 16

June 16, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

James Taylor Before This World

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring the return of a veteran artist, celebrations of the renowned musicians of Nashville and Los Angeles, a classic Disney soundtrack, and much more! Various Artists, Dylan, Cash and the Nashville Cats: A New Music City (Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Legacy teams with the Country Music Hall of Fame for this 2-CD, 36-song companion soundtrack to the Nashville museum's current exhibit chronicling Music City's fusion of country of rock.

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Christopher Cross, Donovan, Eddi Reader, James Taylor, John Barry, Johnny Cash, Miklos Rosza, The Dream Syndicate, Various Artists

Snuff's Guitars: Varese Vintage Rediscovers Garrett's "50 Guitars"

June 15, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

50 Guitars of Tommy Garrett Best 1

Thomas Lesslie "Snuff" Garrett is remembered today for his myriad of hit productions for artists like Gary Lewis and the Playboys ("This Diamond Ring"), Cher ("Gypsys, Tramps and Thieves," "Half Breed"), and Vicki Lawrence ("The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia").  But producing was just one facet of Garrett's expansive career that saw him work as a DJ, an arranger, a record label promotion man and chief.  Varese Sarabande's Vintage division, which has recently reissued numerous albums from

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Laurindo Almeida, Snuff Garrett, Tommy Tedesco

RPM Says "Vive Le Rock and Roll" With New Collection from Early French Rockers

June 12, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Vive Le Rock and Roll

RPM, an imprint of Cherry Red Group, has recently issued a number of sets exploring the world of sixties French pop.  Now the label has recently turned to the heavier side, with Vive Le Rock and Roll, a 22-track anthology dedicated to the country's rock-and-roll scene. As detailed in Kieron Tyler's extensive liner notes to this collection subtitled The Unruly World of French Rock and Roll 1956-1962, France didn't cotton to the rough-and-tumble genre immediately.  Bill Haley and the Comets

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else Tags: Johnny Hallyday, Various Artists, Vince Taylor

Review: Little Richard, "Directly From My Heart"

June 10, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Little Richard Directly

The annals of rock have been filled with colorful characters, but few can compare to Richard Penniman, a.k.a. Little Richard.  Over the course of just eighteen months beginning in 1955, the man who has called himself The King and Queen of Rock and Roll recorded the songs that laid the foundation of the genre, notching seventeen R&B Top 10s - four of which also made the Pop Top 10.  After that initial burst of fame, however, Richard retreated from the spotlight.  The new box set Directly from

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Little Richard

Jim Peterik, Don Dixon, Jules Shear, Justin Currie, Julian Velard Fight Cancer on "You Can't Live on Love Alone"

June 9, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

You Cant Live on Love Alone

Many of you reading this might know Popdose as one of your favorite pop-culture hangouts on the Internet.  Recently, our good friends at Popdose have curated a special digital-only release that not only features an array of remarkable artists, but helps a great cause, too. You Can't Live on Love Alone: Songs for the Fight Against Multiple Myeloma arrived on Amazon last week, on June 2.  This 19-track compendium is headlined by artists ranging from veterans (Jim Peterik of The Ides of March

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Don Dixon, Jim Peterik, Jules Shear, Julian Velard, Justin Currie, Kenny Loggins

Days of Wine and Roses

June 9, 2015 By

Dream Syndicate Days of Wine and Roses

1982's album debut from Paisley Underground rockers The Dream Syndicate arrives in remastered and expanded form via Omnivore, with six previously unreleased rehearsal recordings!

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Formats: CD Genre: Rock

Retrospective

June 9, 2015 By

Donovan Retrospective

Donovan has hand-picked and written the liner notes for the 29 tracks on Salvo's new 2-CD anthology.  Alongside his familiar hits, the collection also premieres one new track, "One English Summer."

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Pop

Release Round-Up: Week of June 9

June 9, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

rolling stones sticky fingers

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, headlined by the long-awaited return of The Rolling Stones' Sticky Fingers in a variety of formats and editions! The Rolling Stones, Sticky Fingers (UMe) 3-CD/1-DVD Super Deluxe Edition Box Set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-CD/1-DVD Deluxe Edition Box Set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-CD Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 1-CD Standard Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-LP Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Digital Download:

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Dave Edmunds, Eydie Gorme, Faith No More, Jackie Lomax, John Lennon, Pete Townshend, Stephanie Mills, Tennessee Ernie Ford, The Knack, The Rolling Stones, Valerie Simpson

A Boy Named Charlie Brown

June 4, 2015 By

Rod McKuen Charlie Brown

Varese has the first-ever CD reissue of the late Rod McKuen's album of selections from his song score to 1969's A Boy Named Charlie Brown. The album also contains performances of other McKuen classics from The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Me, Natalie (co-written with Henry Mancini) and Joanna.

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Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks

Coda [Various Editions]

June 4, 2015 By

Led Zeppelin Coda SDE

The Led Zeppelin remastered reissue campaign has reached the band's final studio album, 1982's Coda, available in various formats: Super Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Deluxe Edition CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Original Album CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Original Album Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Deluxe Edition Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.

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

Presence [Various Editions]

June 4, 2015 By

Led Zeppelin Presence SDE

Led Zeppelin's 1976 Presence arrives in a variety of remastered and expanded formats: Super Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Deluxe Edition CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Original Album CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Original Album Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Deluxe Edition Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.

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

Review: Nils Lofgren, "Nils Lofgren"

June 4, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Nils Lofgren

Nils Lofgren was only in his teenage years when Neil Young called upon him to add piano and guitar to his now-classic 1970 album After the Gold Rush. The Chicago-born musician's association with Young announced him in a big way, launching a career that flourishes to this very day.  Lofgren served a brief stint in Crazy Horse, playing on that band's 1971 album, and with his own band Grin recorded four well-received albums between 1971 and 1973 on the Epic and A&M labels.  It was in 1975 for

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Nils Lofgren

Not Fade Away: Rhino Celebrates Live Grateful Dead With 4-CD and 80-CD Box Sets

June 2, 2015 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

Grateful Dead Definitive Live

With the ongoing celebration of the band's 50th anniversary and the upcoming reunion shows at Chicago's Soldier Field, the Grateful Dead have arguably been more visible in 2015 than in any point since the passing of Jerry Garcia in 1995.  The long strange trip continues this fall with Rhino Records' release of the band's most lavish release to date.  30 Trips Around the Sun, due on September 18, is a whopping collection of never-before-released live Dead.  It will be available both as an 80-CD

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

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