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Out of Their Heads: Stones Plan Mono Box Set

August 10, 2016 By Mike Duquette 47 Comments

Rolling Stones in Mono

With an expansion of their acoustic live album Stripped, a gallery exhibition and a South American documentary all bowing this year, The Rolling Stones aren't letting up in 2016. Now, it looks like we can add one more to their busy year: a box set of the band's ABKCO-controlled discography, all released in mono. The Rolling Stones in Mono captures, on 15 CDs or 16 LPs, the original mono albums released on both sides of the Atlantic between 1964 and 1969. While The Beatles waited for some time

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: The Rolling Stones

Jimmy Webb's "Voices" Featuring Burton Cummings Premieres On CD

August 10, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Jimmy Webb Voices

Following its recent reissue of Sonny and Cher's Good Times! soundtrack, Varese Vintage has turned its attention to another neglected release uniting the worlds of cinema and pop.  The 1979 romantic drama Voices featured a score by Jimmy Webb and performances by The Guess Who's Burton Cummings and the teenage duo of Andy and David Williams (nephews to the elder Andy Williams) as well as, on its non-Webb tracks, Willie Nelson and Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers.  This Friday, the long

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Burton Cummings, Jimmy Webb, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Willie Nelson

Wild Music: Lost Erroll Garner Recordings Unearthed For September Release

August 10, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Erroll Garner Ready Take One

Following the success of last year's Complete Concert by the Sea, Legacy Recordings has another special release planned for fans of late jazz legend Erroll Garner.  On September 30, the label will release Garner's Ready Take One, presenting fourteen previously unreleased selections by Garner released between 1967 and 1971.  This is the first album of all-new Garner material to be released in almost 25 years. The performances on Ready Take One have been culled from seven sessions held in 1967,

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Jazz Tags: Erroll Garner

This Girl's in Love: A Bacharach and David Songbook

August 9, 2016 By

Rumer This Girls In Love

Rumer pays tribute to legendary songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David with this new 12-song collection featuring many of the duo's most beloved songs including "(They Long to Be) Close to You," "Walk On By," "A House is Not a Home" and the title track "This Girl's in Love with You."  Bacharach himself makes a special appearance accompanying Rumer on the latter.  Available on CD and vinyl LP, with autographed editions of both currently available from Amazon U.K. only. CD: Amazon U.S. /

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Pop

Power of Soul: Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys Revisited On "Machine Gun: The Fillmore East First Show"

August 9, 2016 By Joe Marchese 16 Comments

Jimi Hendrix Machine Gun Fillmore East

On December 31, 1969 and January 1, 1970, Jimi Hendrix, Billy Cox and Buddy Miles took New York's Fillmore East by storm with four exhilarating, adventurous performances fusing R&B, soul and hard rock with an improvisatory sensibility.  On September 30, Legacy Recordings and Experience Hendrix will release the first of the Band of Gypsys' four sets for the very first time as Machine Gun: The Fillmore East First Show 12/31/69.  Newly mixed from the original one-inch 8-track master tapes by

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Jimi Hendrix

When A Girl's In Love: Ace Goes "Where The Girls Are"

August 9, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Where the Girls Are 9

Nine volumes in, and Ace's Where the Girls Are series is still turning up hidden-gems from the girl group era!  As is often the case with this series, the names behind-the-scenes are often more familiar than those headlining the record.  Where the Girls Are Volume 9 , released earlier this year, features 25 more tracks from America in the 1960s - the golden age of girl groups and "girl pop" - in their original mono versions. Future Philly soul architect Leon Huff penned The Sweet Three's

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Brenda Holloway, Ellie Greenwich, Evie Sands, The Blossoms, Various Artists

I Would Die 4 Blu: Prince's Filmography Coming to High Definition Video

August 8, 2016 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

Prince Movie Collection

While fans may still have to wait some time for archival Prince material to emerge from that fabled vault, there will be at least one release ready for the holidays: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced The Prince Movie Collection, featuring all three of his feature films on Blu-ray with newly remastered picture, due out this fall. Of course, Purple Rain needs nearly no introduction: the stylized, vaguely autobiographical feature starred Prince as "The Kid" alongside his band, The

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Prince

Saviors of the Broken: My Chemical Romance Expand "The Black Parade," 10 Years On

August 5, 2016 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

My Chemical Romance Black Parade Deluxe

Ten years after My Chemical Romance released their magnum opus The Black Parade, the New Jersey emo-punk heroes will revisit it in a special double-disc set featuring a host of demos and outtakes. After the success of their major-label breakthrough, 2004's dark, hook-filled Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, My Chemical Romance went a little deeper for their follow-up. Inspired by Queen and Pink Floyd sonically and The Beatles and David Bowie in terms of visualization, the band effectively

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: My Chemical Romance

Release Round-Up: Week of August 5

August 5, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Wilson Pickett Complete Atlantic Singles Volume One

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Wilson Pickett, Land of 1000 Dances: The Complete Atlantic Singles Vol. 1 (Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Real Gone Music has the first release in a three-volume collection chronicling Wilson Pickett's tenure at Atlantic Records.  The Wicked Pickett released a total of 66 single sides at the label and The Complete Atlantic Singles Vol. 1 collects the first 22 of these in their original mono single mixes.  You'll find some

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Black Sabbath, Diamond Rio, Dusty Springfield, Elvis Presley, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Fanny, Mitch Miller, The B-52's, The New Christy Minstrels, Wilson Pickett

On The "Highway to Hell": RPM Collects Bon Scott's Early Music with The Valentines

August 4, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

The Valentines Sound Of

The late Bon Scott once topped a list of The 100 Greatest Frontmen of All Time; on another occasion, he was voted fifth on a list of 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Vocalists of All Time.  Such accolades stemmed from Scott's 1974-1980 tenure with AC/DC, the band he was leading at the time of his death in 1980.  But before taking hard rock to the next level with AC/DC and even before going prog with Fraternity, Scott fronted pop groups in his native Australia such as The Valentines.  Their complete

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Bon Scott, The Valentines

Kritzerland Takes Flight With "The Red Balloon" World Premiere Release

August 4, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

The Red Balloon

For its latest release, the Kritzerland label has turned to a classic film in which music is very nearly a central character.  Though it won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, writer-director Albert Lamorisse's 1956 The Red Balloon (Le Ballon Rouge) has very little dialogue.  Many scenes of its whimsical story play only with music, and others just with natural sound.  Now, the movie's bewitching score by Maurice Le Roux is coming to disc for the very first time in a two-for-one

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Jean Prodromidès, Maurice Le Roux

All This Time: Sting to Issue Vinyl Box Set

August 2, 2016 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

Sting The Studio Collection

Can't get enough of the vinyl resurgence? Looking to bone up on the solo works of Sting ahead of his first rock album in nearly 15 years? A new box set has got you covered. A&M/Interscope will release The Studio Collection, an 11-LP set covering all of Sting's eight solo albums between 1985 and 2013, on September 30. The set, which features meticulously recreated packaging, new vinyl masters cut at Abbey Road Studios and the debuts of both Brand New Day (2000) and Sacred Love (2003) on

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Sting

(Don't) Walk On By: Rumer's "This Girl's in Love" Celebrates Bacharach and David

August 1, 2016 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Rumer This Girls In Love

I hear the music coming out of your radio... Who's today's foremost young interpreter of the timeless music of Burt Bacharach and Hal David?  Chances are many would answer with one name: Rumer.  On October 21, the singer-songwriter will release her first full-length tribute to the songwriting legends with the debut on Rhino/EastWest of her fourth album, the eagerly-anticipated This Girl's in Love: A Bacharach and David Songbook. In 2010, Rumer released the single Sings Bacharach at

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Burt Bacharach, Hal David, Rumer

Now, Voyager: Big Break Collects Dexter Wansel's "Philadelphia International Records Anthology"

August 1, 2016 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Dexter Wansel Anthology

Are you ready to blast off?  With the August 5 release of Dexter Wansel's Stargazer: The Philadelphia International Records Anthology 1976-1980, Big Break Records is headed for the stars.  Wansel was one of the brightest lights of PIR's "Mk. II" period, releasing four criminally underrated LPs on the label.  His work as an artist, songwriter, arranger and producer pushed the envelope of Philly soul, bringing in elements of jazz fusion and even progressive rock.  Stargazer brings together all of

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Dexter Wansel

Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976)

July 29, 2016 By

David Bowie Who Can I Be Now

David Bowie - Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976), the second in the late artist's series of deluxe albums box sets, will contain the following albums plus a 128-page booklet in the CD edition (or 84 pages in the vinyl edition. Diamond Dogs (Remastered) 1-CD David Live (Original Mix) (Remastered) 2-CD David Live (2005 Mix) (Remastered) 2-CD The Gouster (Previously Unreleased as an album) 1-CD Young Americans (Remastered) 1-CD Station to Station (Remastered) 1-CD Station to

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul

Back On The Street Again: Vibe On Records Reissues, Expands Cher's "I Paralyze"

July 29, 2016 By Joe Marchese 24 Comments

Cher I Paralyze

I Paralyze, the seventeenth studio album from the one and only Cher, had all of the earmarks of a hit album.  Her first and only LP for Columbia Records, it boasted a line-up of heavy hitters including producer-songwriters John Farrar (a string of Olivia Newton-John's most beloved hits including "Magic," "Have You Never Been Mellow," and "Hopelessly Devoted to You") and David Wolfert (whose credits include Melissa Manchester, Dolly Parton, Barbra Streisand and Dusty Springfield), songwriter

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Release Round-Up: Week of July 29

July 29, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Archies Sugar Sugar Complete

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Archies, Sugar, Sugar: The Complete Albums Collection (Cleopatra) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) At long last!  The complete albums of The Archies are being assembled in one 5-CD box set by Cleopatra Records.  You'll find The Archies, Everything's Archie, Jingle Jangle, Sunshine and This Is Love each in a mini-LP replica sleeve, along with a booklet containing new liner notes. Bubblegum never tasted so good as in these top-notch

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, SACD Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Blood Sweat and Tears, David Bowie, Gary Wright, Loggins and Messina, The Archies, The Isley Brothers

Out On The Run Tonight: Bruce Springsteen to Release Companion Album to Autobiography With 5 Unreleased Tracks

July 28, 2016 By Randy Fairman 6 Comments

Bruce Springsteen Chapter and Verse

Being in the public eye for over 40 years and being one of the biggest rock stars on the planet for much of that time, there has been much written and documented about Bruce Springsteen - from articles to interviews to documentaries to books.  But despite some of his songs having some personal content, The Boss had never sat down to tell his own story.  Happily, this fall, Springsteen's autobiography Born To Run is released by Simon and Schuster on September 27. Four days before that, on

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Bruce Springsteen

Let There Be More Light: Pink Floyd Announces Massive Box Set Tracing Band's Early Years

July 28, 2016 By Randy Fairman 10 Comments

Pink Floyd Creation

Back in May we told you about Pink Floyd's vinyl reissue campaign for this year.  At the time, there was no word on any further CD reissues.  But all that changed this morning when word came out about what may be the most expansive Pink Floyd project yet:  the 27-disc The Early Years 1965-1972.  Due to be released on November 11 from Pink Floyd Records/Sony, the set contains 6 CD/DVD or Blu-ray book-style packages (which will be released separately) and a 7th "Extra" CD/DVD or Blu-ray package

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

Towering Twosome: Robinsongs Reissues Jazz-Disco Classics From Lalo Schifrin, Brick

July 28, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Lalo Schifrin Black Widow and Towering

In a career now in its seventh decade, there's little that Lalo Schifrin hasn't accomplished.   The four-time Grammy-winning Argentinean composer-arranger-conductor created one of the most memorable television themes of all time with his "Mission: Impossible," worked with Count Basie, Cannonball Adderley and Sarah Vaughan, scored innumerable films (racking up six Oscar nominations in the process) and released a variety of solo albums for labels including Verve, Tabu and CTI.  Two of his LPs for

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Funk, Jazz, R&B/Soul Tags: Brick, Lalo Schifrin

Review: Rhonda Ross, "In Case You Didn't Know"

July 27, 2016 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Rhonda Ross In Case You Didnt Know

In Case You Didn't Know: Rhonda Ross has dropped a new release.  The album of that title showcases the singer-songwriter on a set of fourteen potent, original tracks.  Ross, a gifted vocalist with an expressive instrument, has written or co-written every song on the album, and though the CD's exclusive retailer CD Baby categorizes the record as "Jazz Fusion" - calling to mind the liquid soundscapes of Return to Forever or Weather Report - that term only tells part of the artist's story.  The

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Rhonda Ross

Above and Beyond: Varese Brings Papa John Phillips, Wynn Stewart to Vinyl

July 27, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

John Phillips John the Wolfking of LA

For his first solo album - and lone solo LP released during his lifetime - John Phillips was careful not to repeat himself.  With The Mamas and the Papas in the rearview mirror at that moment in time, Papa John reinvented himself as John, The Wolfking of L.A. and surrounded himself with the day's top musicians to craft a beguiling, mellow portrait of Los Angeles circa 1970.  Varese Vintage expanded this one-of-a-kind record on CD in 2006, and has recently issued it on a new 180-gram vinyl

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: Country, Pop Tags: John Phillips, The Mamas and The Papas, Wynn Stewart

Dream Weaving: Gary Wright's Lost "Ring of Changes" Premieres, Features George Harrison and Mick Jones

July 26, 2016 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Gary Wright and Wonderwheel Ring of Changes

In a career spanning seven decades, there's little Gary Wright hasn't accomplished.  Having earned a role on Broadway before hitting his teenage years, the musically-talented New Jersey native moved to London, formed Spooky Tooth, befriended George Harrison, played on hit records from Harrison, Ringo Starr and Harry Nilsson, and launched his own successful career with smashes like "Dreamweaver" and "Love is Alive."  But one chapter of the Gary Wright story has been long lost: his 1972 album Ring

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Let's Go Out Tonight: David Bowie's "Who Can I Be Now" Box Set Arrives In September

July 25, 2016 By Randy Fairman 4 Comments

David Bowie Who Can I Be Now

Hot on the heels of last Friday's announcement that the next David Bowie box would include the unreleased album The Gouster, the details of what will be in the box have been released from Parolphone.  Coming on September 23 in CD, vinyl and digital download editions, David Bowie - Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976) will contain the following albums: Diamond Dogs (Remastered) 1-CD David Live (Original Mix) (Remastered) 2-CD David Live (2005 Mix) (Remastered) 2-CD The Gouster (Previously

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Can You Hear Me: Upcoming David Bowie Box To Premiere Unreleased Album "The Gouster"

July 22, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

David Bowie The Gouster

What is The Gouster? Parlophone Records has the answer with the upcoming release of the second in the series of David Bowie's complete albums box sets, Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976). The label promises a full announcement next week of the set which will follow last year's Five Years (1969-1973), but in the meantime, a special addition to the box has been confirmed: the unreleased album The Gouster, an embryonic version of 1975's "plastic soul" classic Young Americans which found Bowie

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