UPDATE 10/9: "I only hope that we never lose sight of one thing: that it was all started by a mouse." Walt Disney was, of course, speaking of his enduring creation, Mickey Mouse. The character's debut in the 1928 animated short subject Steamboat Willie was indeed the watershed moment from which decades of entertainment in every conceivable medium followed. But the business that became The Walt Disney Company had been founded five years earlier, in 1923, by brothers Walt and Roy. That's the
The Weekend Stream: October 7, 2023
Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to float you into the weekend. Ahead of a three-day holiday weekend, it's all about re-imagining, from Paramore to Melissa Manchester to the disco mixes of John Luongo - plus some cool rock, jazz and soundtrack work making digital debuts. Paramore, Re: This is Why (Atlantic) (iTunes / Amazon) Pop-punk trio Paramore released their
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays: Chicago Collects "Greatest Christmas Hits"
Does anybody really know what time it is? On November 3, the answer from Chicago will be "Christmas time," as that's the day the band releases a new collection of its happiest holiday tracks. Greatest Christmas Hits arrives on CD, vinyl, and digital formats from Rhino Records. On the same date, the label will reissue 2011's O Christmas Three and bundle together all three of Chicago's Christmas albums in one slipcased edition. Chicago - then consisting of founding members Robert Lamm, Lee
Release Round-Up: Week of October 6
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today. Joni Mitchell, Joni Mitchell Archives Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975) (Asylum/Rhino) 5CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The third volume of Joni Mitchell's remarkable Archives series continues with an exploration of the period that yielded such groundbreaking albums as For the Roses (1972), Court and Spark (1974), the
Here Goes: Frank Sinatra's "Platinum" Offers Retrospective of His Capitol Recordings
70 years ago, in 1953, Frank Sinatra made the move from Columbia Records to the Capitol label. Having chafed under the direction of Columbia's pop guru Mitch Miller, the future Chairman of the Board sought - and received - creative freedom at the Tower on Hollywood and Vine. Co-founded by songwriter Johnny Mercer, Capitol provided an artist-friendly environment in which Sinatra could, and would, thrive. On October 27, the label will release Frank Sinatra: Platinum, a 2CD, 4LP, or digital
I've Seen All Good People: Rhino Expands "The Yes Album" For Super Deluxe Edition with Steven Wilson Atmos Remix
Say Yes! On November 24 - just in time for the holiday box set season - Rhino will lavishly expand Yes' 1971 third LP, The Yes Album, as a 4CD/1BD/1LP collection with remastered audio, previously unreleased live and studio tracks, and a brand-new Dolby Atmos mix. The Yes Album introduced guitarist Steve Howe to the Yes lineup - he had replaced Peter Banks in 1970 - and was the band's last album to feature keyboardist Tony Kaye until 1983's 90125. Howe, Kaye, Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, and
The Christmas Festival: Second Disc, Real Gone Celebrate the Season with Arthur Fiedler's "Ultimate Pops Christmas Party," New "Great Songs of Christmas" Volume
Sleigh bells ring, are you listening? We've already filled you in on the October 13 release of Johnny Mathis' all-new album Christmas Time Is Here, coming on vinyl from Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records. Now, we're excited to fill your stocking with two seasonal CDs due on November 10 celebrating some of the greatest Christmas music of all time. In his 50-year tenure as conductor of The Boston Pops, Arthur Fiedler transformed the Boston Symphony Orchestra offshoot into perhaps the
Catch a Fire: 50th Anniversary Edition
3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP/12": Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada One of reggae's most enduring international releases gets the deluxe treatment this fall, with a new reissue of Bob Marley & The Wailers' Catch a Fire. The 50th anniversary set (available on three CDs or three LPs with a single-sided bonus 12") brings together Marley's first album for Island Records along with an unreleased 1973 concert at London's Paris Theatre, unreleased session versions
Up: 25th Anniversary Edition
2CD/Blu-ray: 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 A quarter century ago, R.E.M. made some surprising steps in their storied career that will be re-examined in a new 25th anniversary reissue of 1998's Up. The remastered album will be reissued on CD, vinyl and digitally, including a deluxe set that includes a previously unreleased live performance undertaken for the TV drama Party of Five. A
The Block Revisited
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada NKOTB's 2008 reunion album returns in a 15th anniversary Revisited edition which feature the original album and nine bonus tracks on CD or two LPs, including the unreleased fan favorite "Coming Home" and a new remix of the track "Dirty Dancing" recorded with K-pop outfit SEVENTEEN. Digital editions will include a further eight bonus tracks, including four unheard songs from the album sessions.
Hollywood Bowl: August 18, 1967
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Experience Hendrix and Legacy travel back to the Summer of Love to premiere a never-before-bootlegged concert from the Hollywood Bowl when The Jimi Hendrix Experience was opening for The Mamas and The Papas. Jeff Slate provides the liner notes for the new release which has been overseen by Janie Hendrix, John McDermott, and Eddie Kramer. The latter restored the audio which has been mastered by Bernie
Spirit Trail: 25th Anniversary Edition
3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Bruce Hornsby's lengthy double album Spirit Trail is remastered and expanded in a new 25th anniversary edition which will feature four outtakes from a "lost" full-band follow-up that was abandoned in favor of 2002's Big Swing Face, a more electronic effort backed by his then-new band The Noisemakers. The CD version of the reissue will feature a third disc of Spirit Trail tracks played live at shows
Live 1978-1992
8CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 12LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada When Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits reissued their classic catalogue in a box set in 2020, it only covered studio recordings. Now, a companion box will feature their live material, including 29 unreleased tracks. Live 1978-1992 will offer expansions of two classic Dire Straits concert albums (1984's Alchemy: Dire Straits Live and 1993's On the Night, one of the last releases before their
Substance 1987: Expanded Edition
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2MC: New Order Store (U.S.) / New Order Store (U.K.) New Order's landmark 1987 compilation is getting expanded as a 4CD set. The newly-remastered Substance 1987 collected a dozen classic sides from the British electronic band, from 1981's "Ceremony" to the then-new "True Faith" as well as exclusive updates of "Temptation" and "Confusion." The double
Live at The Academy, New York City, 1995
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Goo Goo Dolls' Live At The Academy, New York, City, 1995 features two breakthrough sets from the band: a memorable performance for the CMJ Music Conference, recorded just as they were starting to enjoy their first success on the radio; and an invite-only soundcheck that became treasured by fans when it was taped off radio performances. A mobile recording truck captured the entire thing, and the
The Weekend Stream: September 30, 2023
Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to float you into the weekend. From classic rocker comebacks to '90s nostalgia and more - we've got the goods to set you up for these days off. Bruce Springsteen, Addicted to Romance (Columbia) (iTunes / Amazon) While he's postponed the rest of this year's tour due to a battle with peptic ulcers, Bruce Springsteen had time this
Say Yes: Prog Band's Rare Single Edits Collected on Rhino's "Yessingles"
Think of Yes, and chances are you're not thinking of three-minute compact pop nuggets. The progressive heroes and FM rock mainstays did court the AM (and later, FM pop) radio market, though, from their early days through the crossover hit "Owner of a Lonely Heart" and beyond. On October 6, Rhino will round up a dozen of Yes' rare single versions for the compilation YESSINGLES. The compilation, which features various personnel and line-ups of the group from 1971-1983, will be available on
Release Round-Up: Week of September 29
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today! The Spinners, Ain't No Price on Happiness: The Thom Bell Studio Recordings (1972-1979) (SoulMusic/Cherry Red) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Earlier this year, Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music celebrated the extraordinary legacy of The Spinners with the release of The Complete Atlantic Singles: The Thom Bell Productions 1972-1979, collecting a whopping 43 single sides
What's Simple is True: Jewel's 'Spirit' Set for 25th Anniversary Expansion
Following a generous expansion of debut album Pieces of You, Craft Recordings will offer an expansion of folk-pop singer Jewel's sophomore album Spirit. The 25th anniversary edition, available November 17, features the original album - including the Top 10 hit "Hands" - plus a raft of bonus material appended to the first disc and spilling over into the second. Extras include original single mixes, rare live B-sides and eight unreleased demos and outtakes. The original album will also be
Fit for a Queen: Tina Turner's Singles Feature on New Deluxe Compilation
Even before but especially after her explosive pop comeback in the 1980s, Tina Turner more than earned the mantle of Queen of Rock 'n' Roll. This fall, a new career-spanning compilation from Rhino will reaffirm that title, with 55 of her singles (and a few rarities) on one album. Queen of Rock 'n' Roll, due November 24, spans Tina's 1975 cover of Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" - issued on Acid Queen, her second solo album (and last before escaping her physically and emotionally abusive
Life After Love: Cher's "Believe" Returns for 25th Anniversary with Bonus Remixes
Following the recent reissue of Cher's It's a Man's World, the superstar is once again revisiting her back catalogue - this time, with a deluxe edition of 1998's Believe. A 25th anniversary of the quadruple platinum seller arrives November 3 from Warner Records on 2 CDs, 3 LPs, or digitally. That's just a couple of weeks after her very first yuletide album, Christmas, hits stores on October 20. Cher professed to have no interest in a dance-oriented album when the Warner brass approached her
The Hills Are Alive! 'The Sound of Music' Goes Super Deluxe for the Holidays
By any standard, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Howard Lindsay, and Russel Crouse's The Sound of Music was a bona fide success from the moment the curtain rose at Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 16, 1959. The production starring Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel was described by The New York Times' Brooks Atkinson as a "bountiful musical drama" with an "endless fund of cheerful melodies." It won five Tony Awards (besting stiff competition from Arthur Laurents, Jule Styne, and
Mighty Love: The Spinners' "Ain't No Price on Happiness: The Thom Bell Studio Recordings" Box Arrives Friday
2023 has shaped up to be a banner year for The Spinners. The famed vocal quintet, now in their eighth decade, will be inducted on November 3 into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame alongside the illustrious likes of Willie Nelson, Kate Bush, and George Michael. Earlier this year, Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music celebrated the group's extraordinary legacy with the release of The Complete Atlantic Singles: The Thom Bell Productions 1972-1979, collecting a whopping 43 single sides on two
I'm Dreaming of a "Stax Christmas": New Collection Brings Together Holiday Favorites from Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, Staple Singers, More
'Tis the season to be soulful: This Friday, September 29, Craft Recordings and Stax Records will celebrate the holidays with the CD, LP, and digital release of A Stax Christmas. This festive 12-track compilation features songs by the label's most beloved artists including two previously unreleased tracks from Carla Thomas and Otis Redding. The venerable Memphis label has had a long association with the music of Christmas. House band Booker T. and The MG's 1966 album In the Christmas Spirit
Music Box: 30th Anniversary Expanded Edition
3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Coming as a 3CD or 4LP set on February 24, 2024 but available digitally now, the new expansion of Mariah Carey's 1993 Music Box features the original 10-track album expanded with international bonus track "Everything Fades Away"; a disc of studio material, including the unheard teaser "Workin' Hard," rare and new remixes, her hit cover of the Lionel Richie-penned "Endless Love," a duet with Luther
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