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Step Back from That Ledge: Third Eye Blind Expand Debut for 20th Anniversary

April 20, 2017 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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Depending on how old you are, the mere mention of Third Eye Blind is enough to elicit wistful memories of their first three, relatively immortal hits, "Semi-Charmed Life," "How It's Going to Be" and "Jumper"--all Top 10s on the Billboard Hot 100. Or their inescapability, combined with stories of frontman Stephan Jenkins' offstage antics, are enough to make you reconsider all '90s nostalgia. In either case, we have news for you: their debut album is being reissued and expanded for its 20th

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Third Eye Blind, Vinyl

Reissue Theory: Miracle Legion

April 19, 2017 By Mike Duquette 6 Comments

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At the end of this month, alt-rock outfit Miracle Legion are playing their final dates together, including a date this Friday at New York's Bowery Ballroom and two closing dates on April 28-29 in California. It seemed right to shine a little light on a band that, without warning, has come to mean a great deal to me. Like most late twentysomethings, my exposure to Miracle Legion and its frontman Mark Mulcahy came in the form of another band: Polaris, three-fourths of Miracle Legion which came

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Categories: Features, Reissue Theory Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Everything Else, Rock Tags: Mark Mulcahy, Miracle Legion, Polaris

Release Round-Up: Week of April 14

April 14, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Michael Nesmith Infinite Tuesday

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Michael Nesmith, Infinite Tuesday: Autobiographical Riffs - The Music (Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Rhino Records offers a 14-track companion CD to Michael Nesmith's memoir Infinite Tuesday - An Autobiographical Riff (due on April 18).  This collection has tracks from Nesmith solo as well as The Monkees and The First National Band, charting his singular and often-trailblazing work over the decades.  Read more here!  The

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Billy Porter, John Mayer, Michael Nesmith, Richard Rodgers, The Monkees

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band: Anniversary Edition [Various Formats]

April 13, 2017 By

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1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 4CD/DVD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. The Beatles' seminal 1967 album gets the deluxe treatment in a variety of formats: 1CD: Even if you know the album forwards and backwards-whether from its original release, its 1987 CD debut or its place in The Fab Four's 2009 remastering campaign-this new disc presents Pepper in a whole

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Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

Ramblin' Gamblin' Man: Third Man Issues Rare Bob Seger Tracks for Record Store Day

April 12, 2017 By Mike Duquette 6 Comments

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A fantastic feature on NPR recently set classic rock fans' hearts aflutter with a serious deep dive on Bob Seger, whose catalogue is famously absent from much of the digital music space. His classic albums were belatedly issued on iTunes several years ago, don't exist on streaming services, and are even disappearing from record stores (other than, perhaps, 1994's Greatest Hits album, the best-selling catalogue title of the 2000s, or the more recent Ultimate Hits: Rock and Roll Never

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Bob Seger, Record Store Day, Vinyl

Time Fades Away: Neil Young's 'Official Release Series Discs 5-8' Finally Due on CD

April 11, 2017 By Mike Duquette 10 Comments

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Neil Young is heading back to his archive for a new box set--one that puts an in-demand album on CD for the first time after a near 45-year wait. Official Release Series Discs 5-8 continues the packaging of Young's classic Reprise albums as part of his own personal archival series. (These four albums were collected on vinyl in 2014; Official Release Series Discs 1-4, covering 1968's self-titled album through 1972's Harvest, bowed in 2009 while Official Release Series 8.5-12, spanning The

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Neil Young

Ring Out, Solstice Bells: Steven Wilson Remixes Jethro Tull's "Songs From the Wood" for New Reissue

April 11, 2017 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

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The very successful and long-running Jethro Tull reissue series--complete with new mixes from master mixer Steven Wilson--continues apace with the 40th anniversary of 1977's Songs From the Wood, celebrated in a new 3CD/2DVD edition due out this May. The group's ninth album was the first in a loose trilogy of progressive folk albums that found the group trading in its hard rock sound for a more lush and experimental arrangement, in turn celebrating its medieval roots and heritage ("a

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Jethro Tull, Steven Wilson

Hunters and Collectors: Can to Compile Singles

April 10, 2017 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Can Singles

German avant-garde pioneers Can will issue a new compilation this summer collecting every single side they released during their pivotal career. The Singles, to be distributed by Mute Records in partnership with the band's longtime label Spoon Records, features 23 tracks on CD or triple vinyl. It features their best-known tracks, like "Vitamin C," "I'm So Green," "Spoon," "Mushroom" and "Moonshake," as well as lesser-known songs and edits that never made it onto an album. (A prime example is

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, Rock Tags: Can

Release Round-Up: Week of April 7

April 7, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! B.J. Thomas, New Looks from an Old Lover-The Complete Columbia Singles (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) New Looks from an Old Lover - The Complete Columbia Singles from B.J. Thomas gathers up all of the A and B sides the singer recorded for that label during his tenure there in the 1980s including the No. 3 Country hit "Two Car Garage" and two No. 1s: "Whatever Happened To Old-Fashioned Love" and "New Looks from an

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock Tags: Allan Holdsworth, Allen Ginsberg, Antonio Carlos Jobim, B.J. Thomas, Brinsley Schwarz, David Allan Coe, Frank Sinatra, Jack Kerouac, Steve Allen, Waylon Jennings

Burn Down The Mission! Elton John to Expand Classic Live Album for Record Store Day

April 6, 2017 By Mike Duquette 6 Comments

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Sir Elton John has just been named the first-ever Record Store Day Legend in honor of the vinyl collector's 10th annual event--and he's celebrating with an expansion of one of his beloved early live records. It's no secret that Elton is an enthusiastic vinyl listener, making appearances in local record stores all over the world and an interviewee in the 2015 documentary All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records. So the inaugural position of Record Store Day Legend couldn't fit

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Elton John, Record Store Day

Hot Blooded: Foreigner Celebrate Four Decades with New Compilation

April 6, 2017 By Randy Fairman 4 Comments

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Just a little over four decades ago, on March 8, 1977, Foreigner hit record shelves.  The album was the self-titled Atlantic Records debut of the band consisting of Mick Jones, Lou Gramm, Dennis Elliot, Al Greenwood, Ian McDonald and Ed Gagliardi.  The record would become a smash-hit, eventually going 5X platinum and launching Foreigner into superstardom right out of the gate.  To celebrate this anniversary, Rhino is releasing a new 2-CD and 2-LP compilation entitled 40 on May 19. Foreigner

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Foreigner

Getting Better All the Time: The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper" Reissued for Its 50th Anniversary

April 5, 2017 By Mike Duquette 30 Comments

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"It was twenty years ago today Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play They've been going in and out of style But they're guaranteed to raise a smile So may I introduce to you The act you've known for all these years Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band!" With that verse, The Beatles quite honestly changed popular music. Their eighth studio album, and the first since their final concert tour, ushered in a sea change of rock and roll--a focus on the long-playing album over singles as focal

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, The Beatles

You Should Be Dancing: Bee Gees Release First Compilation Under New Catalog Deal

April 4, 2017 By Mike Duquette 15 Comments

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The first Bee Gees catalog title under the group's new deal with Capitol is a new compilation due later this month, it was announced today. Timeless: The All-Time Greatest Hits collects 21 of the Australian trio's greatest hits from 1966 to 1987, all personally selected by Barry Gibb. In his introduction in the package, Barry Gibb (the group's sole surviving member) writes, "These songs, I feel, are the songs that Maurice, Robin, and I would be most proud of." While it's not terribly

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, Soundtracks Tags: Bee Gees

Here They "A' Go-Go"! Classic Supremes Album To Be Expanded in April

March 31, 2017 By Mike Duquette 11 Comments

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Get ready! A new, rarities-packed edition of The Supremes' chart-topping The Supremes A' Go-Go is headed to stores this spring! Released late in the summer of 1966, the ninth album by Motown's powerhouse vocal trio (Diana Ross, Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson) reads like a who's-who of pop and Detroit soul, with a slew of covers (mostly from the Holland-Dozier-Holland songwriting team) given that Supremes treatment. Here, you'll find versions of The Isley Brothers' "This Old Heart of Mine

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Diana Ross, The Supremes

The Art of Noise's "In Visible Silence" Gets More Headroom As Deluxe Edition

March 31, 2017 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

In Visible Silence

"Relax. You're quite safe here. Am I dreaming? No..." Indeed, you're not dreaming: In Visible Silence, the second LP by The Art of Noise, is being reissued and expanded this spring. This album found the original Art of Noise collective fragmented. Years after collaborating on megahits for ABC, Frankie Goes to Hollywood and Yes (as well as their own landmark efforts, the 1983 EP Into Battle with The Art of Noise and Who's Afraid of The Art of Noise? in 1984), there was an acrimonious split,

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Everything Else Tags: Max Headroom, The Art of Noise

Release Round-Up: Week of March 31

March 31, 2017 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring some of the most hotly-anticipated sets of the year! Fleetwood Mac, Tango in the Night [Various Editions] (Warner Bros./Rhino) 3CD/1DVD/1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Fleetwood Mac's 1987 album featuring "Little Lies" and "Everywhere" returns in a variety of formats including a 3-CD/1 DVD/1 LP version (with the original

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Big Country, Bob Dylan, Derrick Anderson, Fleetwood Mac, Johnny Cash, Leonard Bernstein, Neil Diamond, The Bangles, The Bee Gees, The Doors, Various Artists, Vera Lynn

It's All Over Now [CD]

March 28, 2017 By

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CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. More than 40 years after it was recorded, legendary pub rock outfit Brinsley Schwarz's final studio album It's All Over Now is finally hitting record stores!  Recorded in 1974, the album sat unreleased as the band's members went their separate ways.  But now, U.K. label Mega Dodo, which released a live collection from the band in 2015, will release an official version of It's All Over Now with ten

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock

California: Deluxe Edition

March 28, 2017 By

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CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Blink-182's 2016 album California gets a quick reissue - but it amounts to a bonus of a complete new album!  California will be expanded with a 12-track bonus disc, including the new single "Parking Lot," a Japanese bonus track ("Hey I'm Sorry") and an acoustic rendition of "Bored to Death."  It's available on CD and vinyl, and color LP variants are available through the band's official store.

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Gotta Be Cruel to Be Kind: Brinsley Schwarz's Final Album Released This Spring

March 28, 2017 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Its All Over Now

More than 40 years after it was recorded, legendary pub rock outfit Brinsley Schwarz's final studio album It's All Over Now is finally hitting record stores in the spring. The venerable London quintet, comprised of Nick Lowe (vocals/bass), Ian Gomm (vocals/guitar), Brinsley Schwarz (guitar), Bob Andrews (keyboards) and Billy Rankin (drums), had endured their share of trials and tribulations throughout the 1970s. A disastrous pre-release publicity campaign in America, ending with a disastrous

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Brinsley Schwarz, Nick Lowe

Review: Pink Floyd, "1970 DEVI/ATION"

March 27, 2017 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Pink Floyd DEVIATION

For some fans, Pink Floyd begins with Dark Side of the Moon, the band's 1973 opus.  But in reality, that classic was the culmination of roughly eight years of musical experimentation.  Last year's massive box set The Early Years traced the evolution of the Floyd up through DSOTM through CDs, DVDs, Blu-rays, vinyl singles, and printed memorabilia reproductions.  Now, Pink Floyd Records and Sony have released six of that giant collection's seven components into individual book-style releases (one

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Pink Floyd

Helium Discography Rising with New Vinyl Reissues

March 24, 2017 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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More than two decades after '90s noise-pop outfit Helium disbanded, Matador Records is celebrating their influence with a pair of vinyl reissues and a new rarities compilation due this spring. Formed in Boston, Helium underwent a variety of lineup shifts before signing to Matador, where the group was comprised of vocalist/guitarist Mary Timony, a singer in the fantastic tradition of Deborah Harry and Kim Gordon; bassist Ash Bowie, and former Dumptruck drummer Shawn King Devlin. Catchy singles

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Helium, Vinyl

Review: Bobby Darin and Johnny Mercer, "Two of a Kind: Expanded Edition"

March 24, 2017 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Bobby Darin and Johnny Mercer Two of a Kind

Bobby Darin and Johnny Mercer were, indeed, two of a kind.  Though Darin is known first and foremost as one of the most dynamic performers of all time, and Mercer as one of the most prodigiously talented songwriters of all time, Bobby was no slouch in the songwriting department, and Mercer was a remarkably engaging vocalist.  Both men were entrepreneurs and keen talent spotters who added immeasurably to the fabric of American music and culture.  They came together on record but once, for a 1961

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Bobby Darin, Johnny Mercer

Release Round-Up: Week of March 24

March 24, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Welcome to this week's packed Release Round-Up, featuring hotly-anticipated box sets, an extensive campaign from an iconoclastic artist, and much, much more! Paul McCartney, The Paul McCartney Archive Collection: Flowers in the Dirt (Capitol/MPL) DELUXE EDITION (3CD/1DVD) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) SPECIAL EDITION (2CD) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) VINYL (2LP) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Paul McCartney reassesses his 1989 album

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: A Flock of Seagulls, Bill Evans, Bobby Darin, Chris Difford, Elvis Costello, Erasure, Frank Zappa, Glen Campbell, Johnny Mercer, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd

A Lot of Respect: Erasure to Issue PledgeMusic Box Set As Wide Release

March 23, 2017 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

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If you missed out on Erasure's enormous box set released through PledgeMusic last holiday, it doesn't have to be--it's being made available to the general public this week. From Moscow to Mars: An Erasure Anthology is a treasury of riches from the seminal British synthpop duo, covering their first three decades together. This 12CD/1DVD set includes a variety of hits and rarities, including: Three discs of the band's complete single A-sides Two discs of the group's personal favorites,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Pop, Rock Tags: Erasure

Warner Music Plans Record Store Day Bonanza

March 22, 2017 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

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Record Store Day has been an institution for a decade now, so leave it to this year's 10th anniversary event to be one of the biggest! We've already shone the spotlight on releases by David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Prince, Omnivore Recordings and Legacy Recordings; now, it's time to take a look at Warner Music's incredibly generous lineup. Over 30 titles will be featured from the label group at independent record stores on Saturday, April 22. There's really something for everyone: vintage 12"

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Folk, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: ABBA, Deee-Lite, Fleetwood Mac, Jane's Addiction, Lou Reed, Madonna, Neil Young, Patti Smith, Prince, Ramones, Record Store Day, Stevie Nicks, Talking Heads, The Cars, The Cure, The Doors, The Goo Goo Dolls, The Grateful Dead, The Notorious B.I.G., The Sex Pistols, The Smiths, The Time, Vangelis, Vinyl, Yes

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