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That's Hot! Paris Hilton's "Paris" Gets First-Ever Vinyl Reissue

February 13, 2020 By Sam Stone 16 Comments

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If you happen to fall into that uber-specific collector niche of hotel heiress-turned-reality-star-turned-pop-stars, Real Gone Music has the LP for you.  On March 27, Paris Hilton's 2006 debut Paris arrives on maroon-and-blonde-hued vinyl pressing guaranteed to have you saying, "That's hot!" Give the record a spin and you'll hear from all twelve of the album's producers, including Scott Storch, J. R. Rotem, Dr. Luke, and Rob Cavallo, who worked with the socialite to deliver a pop album that

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Paris Hilton

All For Freedom and For Pleasure: Deluxe Tears For Fears Albums Come Back Into Print

February 12, 2020 By The Second Disc 5 Comments

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To mark the 35th anniversary of Tears For Fears' most successful album, 1985's Songs From The Big Chair, UMC has announced that both deluxe box set editions of the British duo's first two albums will go back into print this year. One of the most potent one-two punches from an act in the '80s, Tears For Fears burst on the scene with 1983's The Hurting, a moody, icy album blending elements of rock and electronic music. Formed around singer/songwriters Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith (who also

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Tears for Fears

More and More: Demon's "Gold" Series Features Andy Williams, Gene Pitney, The Tremeloes

February 12, 2020 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

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Demon Music Group's Crimson Productions label is continuing its series of low-priced, music-packed releases under the Gold banner. Among January's releases in the series were titles from Andy Williams, Gene Pitney, and The Tremeloes. Andy Williams (1927-2012) remains one of the most beloved popular vocalists of all time. After brief affiliations with Columbia Records (with Kay Thompson and his siblings, The Williams Brothers) and RCA Victor's X imprint, Williams established himself at Archie

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Andy Williams, Gene Pitney, The Tremeloes

Dream Away: Mike Moran's "Time Bandits" Score Premieres on CD, George Harrison Song Included

February 11, 2020 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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BUY NOW FROM INTRADAGeorge Harrison founded Handmade Films in 1978 with partner Denis O'Brien to finance Monty Python's Life of Brian after the film's original financiers abruptly pulled out. What began as an act of generosity by Harrison to his friends in the Pythons led to one of Britain's most successful film studios during the 1980s. One of Handmade's most acclaimed films, 1981's Time Bandits, was directed by Monty Python member Terry Gilliam. Starring fellow Pythons John Cleese and Michael

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: George Harrison, Mike Moran

Love You More: Billy Ocean Announces New Album, "One World"

February 11, 2020 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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Last month, the multi-platinum-selling singer Billy Ocean - known for his streak of pop and R&B hits in the '70s and '80s - celebrated his 70th birthday.  To mark the occasion, he also announced the release of his first album of new material in 10 years, entitled One World. Due April 17 from Legacy Recordings, the record sees Ocean reunite with producer Barry Eastmond, whose credits include a number of Billy's best-loved hits, like "When The Going Gets Tough" and "Love Zone." As the press

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Billy Ocean

Ace Round-Up, Part Two: Spotlight on Merseybeat Girls, "Jon Savage's 1969-1971" and "Deep Soul Treasures"

February 11, 2020 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

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Today, we're looking at another trio of recent releases from the team at Ace Records!  If you missed Part One of our Ace Round-Up, click here! While The Beatles are no doubt Liverpool's most famous musical export, Merseyside - spanning 249 square miles (or 645 square kilometers) bordering Lancashire to the northeast, Greater Manchester to the east, Cheshire to the south and southeast, and The Irish Sea to the west - yielded an abundance of groups like The Cryin' Shames, Gerry and The

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Allen Toussaint, Beryl Marsden, Cilla Black, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Jackie DeShannon, The Emotions, Various Artists

Review: The Band, "The Band: 50th Anniversary Edition"

February 10, 2020 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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How to top Music from Big Pink? Wisely, The Band didn't even try. Ditching the Dylan co-writes and the covers, The Band returned with their self-titled sophomore LP in fall 1969. Late in 2019, Capitol Records and UMe remixed and expanded that now-classic effort for its 50th anniversary in the style of 2018's Big Pink campaign with releases in a variety of formats - most notably, a 2-CD/2-LP/1-BD/1 -7" single super deluxe edition. The so-called "Brown Album" was recorded about as far from New

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: The Band

Farther Along: Intervention Records Returns With Flying Burrito Bros. SACD, Other LP Titles

February 10, 2020 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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It's been a long road for Intervention Records, the audiophile label dedicated to all-analog vinyl and high-quality SACD reissues of classic titles.  After taking a break from new releases, the label has returned. The IR team is back with vinyl re-pressings of some of their flawless reissues.  These include Gene Clark's White Light, Everclear's Sparkle and Fade, and The Flying Burrito Bros.' Gilded Palace of Sin and Burrito Deluxe.   Each features all-analog mastering (except for the

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Categories: News Formats: SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country Tags: Everclear, Gene Clark, The Flying Burrito Brothers

Play Don't Worry: Mick Ronson's Post-Bowie Recordings Anthologized On New Box

February 10, 2020 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

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The late Mick Ronson (1946-1993) was inextricably linked with David Bowie, playing with the superstar during his pre-fame days in The Hype and then as a Spider from Mars supporting Ziggy Stardust. But while Ronno's powerful licks still reverberate from his time with Bowie - on albums including The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars, Hunky Dory, Aladdin Sane, The Man Who Sold the World, Pin Ups, and Lou Reed's Transformer - he left behind a rich legacy of music in other

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: David Bowie, Ian Hunter, Mick Ronson, Mott the Hoople

Mister Rogers CD Reissues [Four Titles]

February 8, 2020 By

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Bedtime (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) You're Growing  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) You Are Special  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Coming and Going  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Omnivore Recordings follows up two 2019 reissues of music from and inspired by the legendary television series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood with another four albums of gentle music for children this month. The label, in partnership with The Fred Rogers

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Everything Else, Soundtracks

The Early Years 1979-81

February 8, 2020 By

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Box Set (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) On Through the Night: CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada High N' Dry: CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Def Leppard revisits their first years with a new box set covering the group's first three years together.  The Early Years 79-81 covers the Sheffield group's first studio recordings and unheard live

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Live at the Roundhouse [Various Formats]

February 8, 2020 By

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2-CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP:  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Celebrating the music of early Pink Floyd, Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets: Live at The Roundhouse arrives on Blu-ray, DVD, and a 2CD/DVD bundle.  The band features Mason, Gary Kemp, Guy Pratt, Lee Harris, and Dom Beken expertly recreating the psychedelic sounds on which the Floyd made its name. Legacy Recordings has confirmed that the

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Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD Genre: Classic Rock

The First Cuts: Cat Stevens' Early Albums Remixed for Return to Vinyl

February 7, 2020 By Sam Stone 7 Comments

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In 1967, Cat Stevens released his first albums:  Matthew & Son and New Masters.  On March 13 in the U.K. (March 27 in the U.S.), Decca and UMC will press up new issues of these classics, on vinyl for the first time since 1982.  Each features restored artwoek and newly "de-mixed" re-enhanced mixes prepared at Abbey Road Studios.  Using the studio's proprietary technology, remix engineers were able to "enhance the original vocals and [help] amplify the bass," thus breathing new life into such

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Cat Stevens

Release Round-Up: Week of February 7

February 7, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Bryan Ferry, Live at the Royal Albert Hall 1974 (BMG) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Bryan Ferry's Live at the Royal Albert Hall 1974 presents 14 selections recorded at the storied London venue in 1974 drawn from his first two solo albums.  These range from classic standards ("These Foolish Things," "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes") to '60s pop ("Don't Worry Baby," "It's My Party"), rock

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Al Jolson, Bobby Patterson, Bryan Ferry, Gil Scott-Heron, Mario Lanza, Paul Carrack, Richard Marx, Stone Temple Pilots, Tommy Sands

Message To Love: Jimi Hendrix's "Band of Gypsys" Receives Deluxe LP Reissue

February 6, 2020 By Sam Stone 3 Comments

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Jimi Hendrix's 1970 live album Band of Gypsys remains one of his most influential and incendiary live recordings. The boundary-breaking material was originally recorded at New York City's Fillmore East across two shows on the first day of January, 1970. Fifty years on, the original album will be reissued on vinyl in a deluxe presentation. Due March 27 from Capitol/UMe, the anniversary edition of Band of Gypsys features an all-analog chain, remastered from the original tapes by Eddie Kramer

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Jimi Hendrix

A Really Good Time: Bryan Ferry's "Live at the Royal Albert Hall 1974" Arrives on Friday

February 6, 2020 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

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Bryan Ferry surely took some fans by surprise when, in 1973, he released his first solo studio album. These Foolish Things was named after the 1935 standard, quite a far cry from the original music he was recording as frontman of Roxy Music. The all-covers LP was a journey through Ferry's record collection, featuring his reimagined versions of songs by Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, Lesley Gore, Smokey Robinson, and others. He followed up These Foolish Things in 1974

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Bryan Ferry

More Good Feelings: Four Mister Rogers Albums Coming From Omnivore In February

February 4, 2020 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

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Omnivore Recordings follows up two 2019 reissues of music from and inspired by the legendary television series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood with another four albums of gentle music for children this month. The label, in partnership with The Fred Rogers Company, will issue new CD pressings of four albums of Mister Rogers music: 1992's Bedtime, You're Growing and You Are Special, and 1997's Coming and Going. All titles will be available February 21, with digital editions already available to stream

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, Soundtracks Tags: Fred Rogers, Mister Rogers

A New Format: Pre-fun. Indie-Pop Band Announces Vinyl Reissues

February 4, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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It was the most-talked about story for a very specific subset of indie-pop fans a month ago: an Instagram account for The Format was spotted. From 2002 to 2008, The Format were the band for lovers of ornately-crafted pop/rock that borrowed from turn of the century alternative stylings and baroque pop of the '60s and '70s in equal measure. Was a reunion imminent? That question has yet to be answered definitively - though it sure looks like they did yesterday at an event we'll discuss in a

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: fun., Nate Ruess, The Format

The Giants Awakened: Real Gone Preps Art Blakey Anthology and Horace Tapscott Quintet LP Reissue

February 3, 2020 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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Real Gone Music has announced two exciting jazz titles due the last week of February and the first week of March. Arriving first on February 28 is the first-ever vinyl reissue of The Horace Tapscott Quintet's 1969 album The Giant Is Awakened.  Originally released on the Flying Dutchman label,  the recording is a masterful mix of free jazz and pan-African influences.  Pianist Tapscott leads the band, which also features alto saxophonist Arthur Blythe, bassists David Bryant and Walter Savage,

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Jazz Tags: Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Horace Tapscott Quintet

Kids In America: Kim Wilde's First Three Albums Get Deluxe Treatment From Cherry Red

February 3, 2020 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

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We're all young heroes/We only wanna be free... Kim Wilde's first three albums, originally released on RAK Records between 1981 and 1983, have returned to CD and vinyl from Cherry Red's Cherry Pop imprint. Daughter of rock-and-roller Marty Wilde (also the subject of a recent retrospective from Cherry Red), Kim rose to fame on the international success of her debut single "Kids in America" which inaugurated a run of five consecutive top 20 hit singles in the United Kingdom. ("Kids" went top 40

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Release Round-Up: Week of January 31

January 31, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Rod McKuen, New Ballads (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Real Gone celebrates the late Rod McKuen with a slate of releases this week.  For the 1970 album New Ballads, the singer-songwriter teamed with renowned arranger-conductor Don Costa for this remarkable collection of songs including "As I Love My Own," the dramatic Jacques Brel collaboration "I'm Not Afraid," "Thank You for Christmas," and a composition which

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Funk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Burt Bacharach, Charles Wright and the 103rd Street Rhythm Band, Howard Jones, Jacques Brel, Jefferson Airplane, Kim Wilde, Melody Federer, Neneh Cherry, Richard Adler, Rod McKuen, Scott Walker

Let There Be More Light: Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets Celebrate Early Pink Floyd With "Live at The Roundhouse"

January 30, 2020 By Sam Stone 7 Comments

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In 2018, Pink Floyd's ever-dependable drummer, Nick Mason - the only member to appear on every Pink Floyd album - launched a world tour with the Saucerful of Secrets band in celebration of Pink Floyd's early years. In a move that stunned the super-fans, he focused on pre-Dark Side of the Moon material, including obscurities like "Point Me at the Sky," "Lucifer Sam," "Let There Be More Light," and many more. Now, fans who weren't able to catch the first legs of the tour can enjoy the show from

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Nick Mason, Pink Floyd

Watch Out For The Rock Brigade: Def Leppard Collect Classic Albums, Rarities For 'Early Years' Box

January 29, 2020 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

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Def Leppard are digging deep for their latest release: a comprehensive box set covering the group's first three years together. The Early Years 79-81 covers the Sheffield group's first studio recordings and unheard live performances. The band's debut and sophomore studio albums, 1980's On Through The Night and 1981's High N' Dry, have been newly remastered for this collection by the band's longtime engineer Ronan McHugh, and will be paired with three bonus discs: a previously unreleased,

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I'm New Here: 10th Anniversary Edition

January 29, 2020 By

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2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada XL Recordings marks 10 years of the late Gil Scott-Heron's I'm New Here.  The 2-CD or 2-LP color vinyl set features the original album alongside two unreleased recordings - a newly unearthed original called "King Henry IV" and a take on Richie Havens' arrangement of "Handsome Johnny" - plus a clutch of rare session recordings originally issued on the first edition of the album.  Now all these

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

Lovin' on Borrowed Time: Cherry Red Collects Fast Buck's "Complete Recordings"

January 29, 2020 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

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BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COMThe 1976 release of the self-titled album Fast Buck on notorious music manager Don Arden's Jet Records label heralded the release of a powerful new hard rock band. Ed Hamilton (lead vocals/guitar), Andy Locke (lead guitar/vocals), Mike Baron (drums/vocals), and Dave Kerr-Clemenson (bass/vocals) all had experience in other groups - Hamilton in The Outlaws and The Nightshift, Locke and Kerr-Clemenson with Edison Lighthouse and Merlin Q, and Baron with Worth. Fast Buck

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Fast Buck

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