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Soul Spotlight: Linda Jones, Barbara Lynn Get Complete Treatment from Real Gone, SoulMusic

January 26, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Of all the great labels famous for soul and R&B, few could boast the pedigree of Atlantic Records. Atlantic’s commitment to quality soul music extended beyond just the famous names such as Aretha Franklin or Solomon Burke. An Atlantic label on an artist was a stamp of quality. SoulMusic Records and Real Gone Music have recently released collections from two underrated artists from the Atlantic family of labels. Linda Jones scored only one hit in her too-short 28 years: 1967’s

Fly by Night (Blu-ray Pure Audio)

January 25, 2015 By

This Blu-ray Pure Audio edition of Rush's 1975 sophomore LP features the original album in high-resolution stereo and surround mixes previously only available on DVD-A as part of the Sector 1 box set.

Live on Tour - 1966!

January 24, 2015 By

The "Dirty Water" boys are back with this 10-track set recorded in 1966 at the University of Michigan featuring "Sunny Afternoon," "Gloria," "Good Lovin'," "Please Please Please," and of course, Boston's favorite song!

Live 1966

January 24, 2015 By

Sundazed has 16 tracks of raw garage rock from The Shadows of Knight ("Gloria") recorded at Chicago-area venue The Cellar in 1966, including three previously unreleased tracks!

Invitation to Openness

January 23, 2015 By

Omnivore revisits a soul-jazz classic with this expanded reissue of pianist Les McCann's 1972 Atlantic album. Invitation features one continuous 26-minute improvisation featuring Yusuf Lateef, Cornell Dupree, Bernard Purdie, and Alphonse Mouzon. This reissue adds new liner notes by Peter Relic based on interviews with the album's key personnel including producer Joel Dorn before his death, and boasts one bonus track - a live version of McCann favorite "Compared to What?" with Buddy Guy on

RPM Round-Up: Label Collects Mick Fleetwood's Early Days with Bo Street Runners Plus Mark Wirtz, Pelican

January 23, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

As three recent titles prove, Cherry Red’s RPM label leaves no stone unturned in its pursuit of rare pop music to issue on CD, living up to its credo “By Collectors – For Collectors.” Much like The Artwoods (also recently the subject of a compilation from RPM), The Bo Street Runners were among the exciting mod R&B revivalist bands that London had to offer in the mid-sixties. However, The Runners – like The Artwoods, The Action and so many others – never attained the top tier of commercial

Unicorn

January 21, 2015 By

Tyrannosaurus Rex's third album Unicorn, from 1969, continued the duo's association with producer Tony Visconti, and introduced such favorites as "Iscariot," "Cat Black (The Wizard's Hat)" and "The Misty Coast Of Albany." This new 2-CD gatefold Deluxe Edition contains the mono 2014 remaster of the original album on CD 1, plus copious bonus material including non-album single A and B-sides; 5 songs recorded for John Peel's Top Gear; and 3 songs previously only available on the 20th Century

Unbroken Chain: Rhino Celebrates 50 Years of Grateful Dead with New 2-CD Anthology

January 21, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

“What a long, strange trip it’s been,” asserted the Grateful Dead on 1970’s American Beauty. It’s doubtful that the band members could have imagined that the long, strange trip would still be continuing in 2015 – 45 years after “Truckin’” and 50 years after Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Ron “Pigpen” McKernan and Bill Kreutzmann first came together. 50th anniversary plans have recently been revealed including a documentary from director Amir Bar-Lev and executive producer Martin Scorsese and

Midnight Special: Folkways Celebrates Lead Belly With New Box Set

January 20, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Happy Birthday to Huddie Ledbetter, a.k.a. "Lead Belly," born today in 1888! How many songwriters could say that their songs have been recorded by The Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra and Nirvana? Had he lived longer, Huddie William Ledbetter (1888-1949) could have. Ledbetter, known as Lead Belly, endured a difficult life – including various stays in jail – to introduce or adapt to the Great American Songbook tunes that are still well-known today such as “The Midnight Special,” “Goodnight, Irene,”

Review: Jellyfish, "Bellybutton" and "Spilt Milk" Deluxe Editions

January 20, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Omnivore Recordings has come out swinging in 2015! With the long-anticipated deluxe reissues of Jellyfish’s two studio albums finally here, the label has set a high bar for sheer pop ecstasy. While the band is often tagged as “power pop” – which is not altogether inaccurate – these two 2-CD sets make a strong case that Jellyfish was so much more. In his liner notes for this deluxe revival of 1990 debut Bellybutton (OVCD-5), author Ken Sharp points out that “everyone from Queen to Henry

Release Round-Up: Week of January 20

January 20, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Jellyfish, Bellybutton and Spilt Milk (Omnivore) Bellybutton: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Spilt Milk: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Here are the deluxe editions that fans of the cult '90s pop revivalists have been waiting for! A total of 51 bonus tracks are spread across these freshly-remastered reissues of Jellyfish's two studio albums. Look for Joe's review later today! Universal Togetherness Band, Universal Togetherness Band (Numero Group) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) The Numero

All This and World War II

January 19, 2015 By

Culture Factory presents a limited edition mini-LP replica edition on CD of the soundtrack to the 1976 documentary film featuring an all-star array of musicians performing Beatles songs. Previously available on CD from Hip-o Select, the double-disc album includes tracks by Elton John, Jeff Lynne, The Bee Gees, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Rod Stewart, Leo Sayer, Peter Gabriel and more!

Souvenirs: Raven Compiles Best of Foghat, Four Albums from John Prine

January 19, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

The Raven Records label closed out its 2014 with a pair of double-CD sets reliving the seventies – one, a retrospective of Foghat’s first decade, and another, a complete collection of John Prine’s first four albums. Foghat’s Drivin’ Wheels: Best of 1972-1982 brings together 32 tracks from the FM radio titans, spanning the period of 1972-1982 and culled from ten studio and live albums. The blues-rock band was founded in Manchester, England in 1971 by three Savoy Brown expatriates –

Exposure: Deluxe Edition

January 17, 2015 By

1987's Exposure from the Freestyle dance-pop trio Exposé lived up to its title, with a total of seven singles lifted from the album including hits "Point of No Return," (US #5, 1987), "Come Go with Me" (US #5, 1987), "Let Me Be the One" (US # 7, 1987), and "Seasons Change" (US #1, 1987). With these hits, Exposé became the first female group ever to have four Top 10 singles from a debut album make the Billboard Hot 100. This 2-CD edition adds 19 bonus tracks to the original 10-song sequence -

Cheek to Cheek Live!

January 16, 2015 By

Hot on the heels of their smash 2014 collaborative album, Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga are taking their act on the road - and onto home screens with this 72-minute, 19-song concert filmed at New York City's Jazz at Lincoln Center last summer. The 72-minute special features such standards as "Anything Goes," "I Won't Dance," "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" and Irving Berlin's title track as performed by Bennett, Gaga and a 39-piece orchestra.

Neon Art: Volume One

January 16, 2015 By

Omnivore presents rare music from the late, great alto saxophonist Art Pepper (1925-1982) - first issued on vinyl in 2012 - on CD and digital for the very first time!

Varese Vintage Round-Up: Label Reissues Seals and Crofts, Danny Elfman, Bill Medley, More

January 15, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Today, we’re spotlighting a number of reissues you might have missed from the Varese Sarabande label which arrived in the final weeks of 2014! The 1977 coming-of-age drama One on One starred young Robby Benson as high school basketball star Henry, who must overcome obstacles – both romantic and academic – to get through his freshman year of college. The score was provided by Charles Fox (“Happy Days,” “Ready to Take a Chance Again”) who also collaborated on a number of songs for the movie

Real Gone's March Slate Boasts Peggy Lee, Perry Como, Foghat, J. Geils Band - and Second Disc Records, Too!

January 15, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

We hope that nobody missed yesterday’s big news of The Second Disc’s partnership with Real Gone Music to create Second Disc Records, launching March 10 with a pair of releases from Johnny Mathis and Bob Crewe! But that’s not all that Real Gone has on tap for March release. With a total of eight titles ranging from psychedelia to standards, this may be one of the label’s most eclectic release batches yet! Real Gone is kicking off the month on March 3 with two iconic classic rock albums on

Second Disc Records Label Kicks Off in March with Johnny Mathis' "Complete Thom Bell Sessions," Bob Crewe's "Complete Elektra Recordings"

January 14, 2015 By Joe Marchese 15 Comments

As The Second Disc enters its fifth year as your go-to destination for classic music news and reviews, we’re excited to share our biggest news yet: a partnership with one of our favorite labels, Real Gone Music, to create Second Disc Records! Since its founding in 2011, Real Gone has rescued music that might otherwise have languished in a dusty vault or relegated to digital download – music that lives up to the label’s name – in splendidly remastered and generously expanded editions. Real

Dreams and Images

January 14, 2015 By

Originally issued on musical iconoclast Lee Hazlewood's LHI label in 1968, Dreams and Images is the first of two albums from the Melbourne, Florida-born singer/songwriter. A friend and contemporary of Lindsey Buckingham and Beach Boys collaborator Stephen John Kalinich, Arthur (Lee Harper) entered the studio with Hazlewood, Donnie Owens, Tom Thacker, and arranger/Wrecking Crew vet Don Randi to create this delicate, baroque-pop LP.

Winelight (5.1 Surround)

January 14, 2015 By

The 5.1 surround mix of Grover Washington Jr.'s Grammy-winning "Winelight" - featuring "Just the Two of Us," sung by Bill Withers - comes to hybrid SACD. Audio Fidelity's new edition features the original stereo mixes on the standard CD layer and in SACD Stereo.

Best of Bread (Quadraphonic)

January 14, 2015 By

Audio Fidelity continues its quadraphonic series with a 4.0 reissue of Bread's greatest-hits collection Best of Bread, featuring surround-sound versions of "Make It with You," "Everything I Own," "If," "It Don't Matter to Me" and more on hybrid SACD! Original two-channel stereo mixes are present on the standard CD layer and in SACD stereo!

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