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Time Can Do So Much: Kritzerland Reissues, Expands Alex North's "Unchained Melodies"

June 25, 2019 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Alex North Unchained Melodies

Alex North would have achieved immortality had he only composed "Unchained Melody," one of the most enduring pop songs of all time.  Yet North accomplished much more than that, scoring over 40 feature films, earning 15 Academy Award nominations (and one honorary Oscar), three Grammy nominations, and a Golden Globe Award.  In 1990, the Bay Cities label released Unchained Melody: The Film Themes of Alex North, featuring the composer conducting his own classic works.  Now, Kritzerland has a

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Alex North

Hot 'Lanta: Unreleased Allman Brothers Concerts Collected on "Fillmore West '71"

June 25, 2019 By Sam Stone 9 Comments

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Few bands shaped the sound of what came to be known as southern rock quite like The Allman Brothers Band.  As part of the celebrations surrounding their 50th anniversary, Allman Brothers Recording Company and The Orchard have announced a new four-CD collection of unreleased live material called Fillmore West '71, due for release on September 6. Recorded just two months before their legendary New York City live album At Fillmore East, the Fillmore West '71 set collects all the recordings from

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Blues, Classic Rock Tags: The Allman Brothers Band

I Put A Spell On You: Real Gone Serves Up Jazz-Fusion from Lonnie Liston Smith, Bizarre-Era Screamin' Jay Hawkins

June 24, 2019 By Sam Stone 2 Comments

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Real Gone Music's vinyl reissue series continues August 2 with three titles: two from the astral travelers themselves, fusion heavyweights Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes; and a compilation of late-era recordings by rock's original madman, Screamin' Jay Hawkins.  All three will be presented in limited-edition color vinyl editions. As an alum of Miles Davis' fusion era and Roland Kirk's ensemble, pianist Lonnie Liston Smith had already made a name for himself prior to releasing his

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, Jazz Tags: Lonnie Liston Smith, Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Pull the String: Cherry Red, SoulMusic Collect James and Bobby Purify's "Complete Bell Recordings"

June 21, 2019 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

James and Bobby Purify Complete

With "I'm Your Puppet," the duo of James and Bobby Purify gained soul immortality.  The 1966 single written by Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham went top ten Pop and top five R&B on the Billboard charts (and No. 1 R&B on Cash Box!), sold an estimated million copies, and still gets airplay today.  Now, Cherry Red's SoulMusic Records imprint has brought together all of the Purifys' recordings for the Bell Records label on the 2-CD collection entitled (naturally) I'm Your Puppet: The Complete

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Dan Penn, James and Bobby Purify, Spooner Oldham

Release Round-Up: Week of June 21

June 21, 2019 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Prince Originals

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Prince, Originals (Warner/NPG) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Originals brings together 15 demos of songs Prince gave away to other artists including The Time, Sheila E., Kenny Rogers, Martika, Vanity 6, and The Bangles. Tidal will exclusively offered the album for high-resolution streaming on June 7, with the CD and wide digital release out today, and vinyl configurations to follow in July.  A Target exclusive CD edition adds one

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bill Evans, Def Leppard, Glen Campbell, James Brown, John Miller, LaToya Jackson, Philip Bailey, Prince, Sha Na Na, The Hollywood Vampires, The Rolling Stones, Travis, Wes Montgomery, Willie Nelson

Been Through the Desert: America Releases "Live at the London Palladium," "Live in Central Park 1979" and More on CD, DVD

June 20, 2019 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

America Live in Central Park

The celebration of 50 years of America continues.  We've already filled you about the Capitol-era Classic Album Collection, the reissue of Archives Vol. 1, and the upcoming 50th Anniversary: The Collection, but there's more on the way courtesy of the band's own America Records and available through the band's webstore. The label has recently released Live at the London Palladium, a chronicle of the band's 2018 stand at the famed venue, on 2CD, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, viewable in all DVD players),

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: America

Girl of My Dreams: Cherry Red, RPM Celebrate Twinkle with "The Complete Recordings"

June 20, 2019 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Twinkle Girl in a Million

Twinkle, a.k.a. Lynn Ripley, may be best-remembered today for "Golden Lights," covered by The Smiths.  But Morrissey (who also included her self-written "death disc" entitled "Terry" among his list of "Singles to be Cremated With") was just one of her famous fans - a rank also including Elton John and Sir Tim Rice.  The Surrey-born singer went to school with Camilla Parker-Bowles, shared bills with The Beatles, Cilla Black, and Dusty Springfield, and hung out with Keith Moon and Jimi Hendrix. 

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Twinkle

The Man Who: 20th Anniversary Edition [Various Formats]

June 19, 2019 By

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2CD/2LP Box: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Scottish rock band Travis' sophomore album, 1999's The Man Who, gets a 20th anniversary deluxe edition from Craft Recordings.  Produced by Nigel Godrich, it spent eleven weeks atop the U.K. Albums Chart, and has sold over 3.5 million copies worldwide.  The box set features the expanded original album and bonus tracks (including B-sides and live

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

Review: Morphine, "Yes" (Run Out Groove Vinyl Reissue)

June 19, 2019 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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In recent years, Run Out Groove has garnered a stellar reputation for its vinyl reissues of rarities from the Warner Music Archive. The label has pressed up everything from lost soul music and jazz, to experimental rock, pop, and folk. Most of their reissues boast previously unreleased rarities or hard-to-find tracks. In the last few months, the label has delivered expanded versions of more recent albums that have long been out of print on vinyl. Morphine's Yes is one of those lost vinyl titles

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: Blues, Jazz, Rock Tags: Morphine

Purple: 25th Anniversary Edition [Various Formats]

June 19, 2019 By

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3-CD/LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rhino celebrates 25 years of Stone Temple Pilots' Purple with a new box set.  The 3-CD/1-LP super deluxe box brings together a newly remastered edition of the classic album on CD and LP,  plus unreleased rarities, alternate versions, and live tracks from the era.  There are a number of early versions, demos, and acoustic takes of the beloved

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

Live at Woodstock

June 19, 2019 By

Creedence Live at Woodstock

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Woodstock's 50th anniversary is right around the corner, and Craft Recordings is marking the occasion with the release of Creedence Clearwater Revival's complete performance at the historic festival.  Live at Woodstock is available in CD, 2-LP, and digital formats (including high-resolution 96/24) featuring the band's complete performance at Yasgur's farm.  The set will also be included in full on

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

Country Music - A Film by Ken Burns: The Soundtrack

June 19, 2019 By

Ken Burns Country Music

5CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Walmart.com Filmmaker Ken Burns has tackled many subjects over the years, from the Civil War to baseball.  His documentaries have garnered numerous awards over the years.  In 2001, he took an in-depth look at the genre of jazz.  Now, he's exploring a different genre with Country Music, an eight-part, 16-1/2-hour documentary premiering September

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country

Live in Japan [Various Formats]

June 18, 2019 By

Davy Jones Live in Japan

2CD/DVD Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Keymail Records (U.K.) / Deep Discount (U.S.) 3LP Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Keymail Records (U.K.) / Deep Discount (U.S.) 7a Records releases a Davy Jones treasure trove on Live in Japan, available in both 2CD/DVD and 3LP formats. The 2CD/DVD set presents both of Jones' officially released (and long-unavailable) Japanese concert albums in their best sound yet, plus numerous singles and rarities from the

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Pop

Trying To Make A Living: Classics From Chicago's Independent Blues Scene Collected on "Cadillac Baby's Bea and Baby Records"

June 18, 2019 By Sam Stone 4 Comments

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Blues fanatics rejoice!  Earwig Music Company invites listeners to take a spin with a new 101-track, 4-CD collection of classic Chicago blues, R&B, and gospel recordings.  Cadillac Baby's Bea & Baby Records: The Definitive Collection, due to arrive on July 19, chronicles one of Chicago's finest indie blues labels.  Bea & Baby Records was founded by entrepreneur and music fanatic Narvel "Cadillac Baby" Eatmon.  From 1959-1989, the label and its subsidiaries (among them Key, Keyhole,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Blues, Funk, Gospel, Rap/Hip-Hop Tags: Andre Williams, Hound Dog Taylor, James Cotton, Sleepy John Estes & Hammie Nixon

Make Your Own Sweet Sunshine: Davy Jones' "Live in Japan" Arrives on CD/DVD and LP from 7a Records

June 17, 2019 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Davy Jones Live in Japan

7a Records is heading to Davy Jones' locker...or more accurately, his vault, as the label has announced its most extensive project yet.  The late Monkee's Live in Japan is a remarkable and comprehensive collection of both of Jones' officially released (and long-unavailable) Japanese concert albums in their best sound yet, plus numerous singles and rarities from the early 1980s.  The set, due on August 2 in two formats, paints a vivid portrait of Jones' solo work during the period prior to The

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Davy Jones

The Circle is Unbroken: Legacy To Release The Soundtrack to Ken Burns' "Country Music" in Box Set, Other Editions

June 14, 2019 By Randy Fairman 1 Comment

Ken Burns Country Music

Filmmaker Ken Burns has tackled many subjects over the years, from the Civil War to baseball.  His documentaries have garnered numerous awards over the years.  In 2001, he took an in-depth look at the genre of jazz.  Now, he is aiming to explore a different genre with Country Music, an eight-part, 16-1/2-hour documentary premiering September 15 on PBS.  And as with Jazz, there will be an accompanying soundtrack.  The most expansive of these is a 5-disc box set debuting on August 30 from Legacy

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country Tags: Charley Pride, Dolly Parton, George Jones, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, Patsy Cline, Rosanne Cash, Various Artists, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson

Love What We Make Together: Miles Davis' Lost "Rubberband" Gets September Release

June 14, 2019 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Miles Davis Rubberband

A new chapter is about to be written for Miles Davis' Warner Bros. years.  On September 6, Rhino will unveil Rubberband, the lost album recorded by the late trumpeter in 1985-1986, on CD, 2-LP vinyl, and digital formats. Davis began recording Rubberband shortly after joining Warner Bros. in 1985.  In October, he entered Los Angeles' Ameraycan Studios with producers Randy Hall and Zane Giles.  Davis - playing both trumpet and keyboards - was joined at Ameraycan by keyboardists Adam Holzman,

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, R&B/Soul Tags: Miles Davis

Amazing Journey: Roger Daltrey Releases "The Who's Tommy Orchestral" Live Album

June 14, 2019 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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Fifty years ago, The Who debuted Tommy at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London. The ambitious rock opera about a deaf, dumb, and blind pinball wizard turned messiah catapulted The Who into the upper echelons of arena rock and marked a new transition in their storied career. Last year, Who frontman Roger Daltrey embarked on a world tour performing The Who's Tommy with an orchestra. With David Campbell providing the arrangements and Keith Levenson conducting, the piece took on a new life in a new

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Roger Daltrey

Release Round-Up: Week of June 14

June 14, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

CaroleKing LiveAtMontreux1973 CD DVD

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Johnny Mathis, Killing Me Softly with Her Song/When Will I See You Again (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music continue celebrating Johnny Mathis' discography with two albums on one CD. 1973's Killing Me Softly with Her Song and 1975's When Will I See You Again both spotlight Mathis' silky interpretations of the day's greatest hits. Killing Me Softly with Her

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: ABBA, Bob Marley, Bruce Springsteen, Carole King, Grateful Dead, Hank Williams, Isaac Hayes, Johnny Mathis, R.E.M., Roger Daltrey, Stan Getz, Tangerine Dream, ZZ Top

Keep On Rock'n Me: Steve Miller Band Unleashes Unreleased Goodies on "Welcome To The Vault" Box Set

June 13, 2019 By Sam Stone 6 Comments

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The story of The Steve Miller Band presents a group that was always willing to move forward - from their blues roots in the late-'60s, to their slew of smash rock hits in the '70s, to their explorations into pop and other forms in the decades since.  Now, more than 50 years since the band's inception, The Steve Miller Band have announced an expansive 3-CD/DVD box set of rarities due October 11 entitled Welcome To The Vault. Welcome To The Vault is the first-ever Steve Miller Band rarities

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Blues, Classic Rock Tags: James Cotton, Les Paul, Steve Miller Band

Born on the Bayou: Creedence Clearwater Revival's Complete Woodstock Set Coming in August

June 12, 2019 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Creedence Live at Woodstock

Woodstock's 50th anniversary is right around the corner, and Craft Recordings is marking the occasion with the release of Creedence Clearwater Revival's complete performance at the historic festival.  Live at Woodstock will arrive on August 2 on CD, 2-LP, and digital formats (including high-resolution 96/24).  The first digital single, "Born on the Bayou," is available today and can be previewed below.  As CCR declined to appear in Warner Bros.' big-screen documentary Woodstock or on the

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Creedence Clearwater Revival

Back In The Old School: Rhino Releases New Digital CHIC Rarities Compilation

June 11, 2019 By The Second Disc 5 Comments

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Looking for something to make you dance this summer? Rhino's rolling out individual vinyl editions of three classic CHIC albums, and has also brought more than a dozen mixes and bonus tracks from the legendary disco band to digital channels for the first time. CHIC co-founder, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and legendary producer Nile Rodgers oversaw remasters of CHIC's early classic work on CD and vinyl last year for a handsome box set. On June 21, the three main albums in that box - 1977's

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: CHIC, Nile Rodgers

Still Remains: Stone Temple Pilots Celebrates 25 Years of "Purple" With Box Set and Expanded Remaster

June 11, 2019 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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Rhino has announced plans for a new, 25th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition of Stone Temple Pilots' multi-platinum album Purple.  The album was the group's second long-player, the follow-up to their Grammy-winning Core.  While some bands struggle to capture any magic with their sophomore effort, Stone Temple Pilots delivered the goods with Purple. Scott Weiland, Dean DeLeo, Robert DeLeo and Eric Kretz recorded the majority of Purple in Atlanta with Brendan O'Brien handling production duties.

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50th Anniversary: The Collection

June 10, 2019 By

America 50th Anniversary Collection

50th Anniversary: The Collection (3-CD) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) 50th Anniversary: The Collection [2-LP] (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD) 50th Anniversary: Golden Hits (Single CD) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Almost fifty years ago in London, Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell, and the late Dan Peek first joined their voices together in song - beginning a musical journey as the band America that continues to this day.  In anticipation of

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Voulez-Vous [Various Formats]

June 10, 2019 By

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Half Speed Master (2LP) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Voulez-Vous - The Singles (Polar/UMG, 2019) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) ABBA's 1979 album Voulez-Vous, the pop masters' sixth studio album, is beloved today for such classic songs as "I Have a Dream," "Does Your Mother Know," and "Chiquitita."  Now, for its 40th anniversary, UMG and Polar Music are marking the occasion with a new array of reissues: Half-Speed Mastered 2-LP set pressed on 180-gram vinyl,

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