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A New Sound: El Collects the Far-Out Music That Inspired Sixties Rock

March 2, 2020 by Sam Stone | No Comments

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For years, the El imprint of Cherry Red has been collecting all the strangest and most fascinating avant-garde classical pieces, electronic experiments, and oddball rarities for a fervent group of admirers. Though their releases can be a little esoteric, El’s collections have always been able to welcome in new listeners. And now, they offer what might be the essential introduction to twentieth-century avant-garde and classical (at least for listeners tuned to popular music). It’s called I’d Love To Turn You On: Classical and Avant-Garde Music That Inspired The Counter-Culture, and it’s in…

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Bernard Herrmann, Bill Evans, Charlie Parker, Davy Graham, John Cage, John Coltrane, Ravi Shankar, Sun Ra, Thelonious Monk, Yusef Lateef

Release Round-Up: Week of June 21

June 21, 2019 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

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 bonus track, “Nothing Compares 2 U (Cinematic Remix).” Read more here! Glen Campbell, The…

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Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock

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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

Review: Resonance Delivers Unreleased Jazz from Bill Evans, Wes Montgomery

May 9, 2019 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Resonance Records marked this year’s Record Store Day with two world premieres celebrating the artistry of two late jazz titans, Bill Evans and Wes Montgomery. Now, those titles have arrived on CD, and they’re both worthy successors to the label’s past releases from both artists. Evans in England, featuring bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Marty Morell, captures the pianist’s longest-running trio a little over a year into their lifespan and already showcasing their exquisite interplay. Recorded at Ronnie Scott’s, London, in December 1969, at a time when rock was seeping into jazz,…

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Release Round-Up: Week of April 26

April 26, 2019 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Prince, Ultimate Rave (Legacy/NPG) Ultimate Rave (2-CD/1-DVD): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic (2-LP Purple Vinyl): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic (2-LP Purple Vinyl): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada This new 2-CD/1-DVD collection brings together two of Prince’s albums from the turn of the new millennium: Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic from 1999 and Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic, a hard-to-find 2001 remix album that was only available to…

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Alfred Drake, Baker Gurvitz Army, Bill Evans, Cheap Trick, Dorothy Ashby, Frank Wess, Iain Matthews, J.J. Johnson, Joe Simon, Kurt Weill, Marvin Gaye, Millie Jackson, Nils Lofgren, O.F.R., Prince, Steeleye Span, The Cranberries, Wes Montgomery

Release Round-Up: Week of March 22

March 22, 2019 by Sam Stone | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up. Here’s what’s on the way today, March 22! Aretha Franklin, Amazing Grace: The Complete Recordings (Rhino/Atlantic Catalog Group) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Amazing Grace: The Complete Recordings presents Aretha Franklin’s iconic concerts at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles during January 1972 in full. Both the Thursday night and Friday night sets are accounted for, spread across four 180-gram LPs. For more about the Amazing Grace vinyl reissue, check out our post here! Aretha Franklin, Songs of Faith: Aretha Gospel (Geffen/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Songs…

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Aretha Franklin, Bernard Herrmann, Bill Evans, John Lennon, Kate Bush, Megadeth, Motley Crue, New Order, Randy Bachman, Robin Trower, Van Morrison, Whitesnake, Yoko Ono

Love Is Here to Stay: Resonance Premieres Unheard Bill Evans, Wes Montgomery on CD and Vinyl

March 12, 2019 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

This April, Resonance Records returns to the vault for new archival releases on vinyl and CD from two titans of jazz: pianist Bill Evans and guitarist Wes Montgomery. Evans in England is due on limited edition 2-LP vinyl on Record Store Day, Saturday, April 13, with 2-CD and digital versions arriving one week later on April 19. The album transports listeners back to 1969, when the introspective Evans (1929-1980) was joined in his familiar trio setting by bassist Eddie Gomez and guitarist Marty Morell for a stand at Ronnie Scott’s in December…

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Cherry Red’s El Label Celebrates Miles Davis, Bill Evans On Two Collections

September 19, 2017 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

Cherry Red’s El label has recently turned its attention to two late titans of jazz for a pair of releases. The Cinema of Miles Davis and The Quiet Passion of Bill Evans: Collaborations, Trios and Guest Sessions both focus on the artists’ early periods in which they were pushing the envelope and shattering preconceived notions of bop. The Cinema of Miles Davis captures the trumpeter between 1954 and 1961 on a variety of performances either written for films or used in films. Representing the former is Davis’ 1958 score to Ascenseur pour…

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Release Round-Up: Week of September 1

September 1, 2017 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Carole King, Tapestry: Live at Hyde Park (CD/DVD) (Legacy/Rockingale) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) This new CD/DVD release features Carole King’s 45th anniversary performance of her seminal 1971 classic Tapestry, performed live in front of 65,000 fans in London’s Hyde Park on July 3, 2016. The setlist, preserved on both CD and DVD, includes the entire original album plus numerous highlights from King’s illustrious songbook both solo and with Gerry Goffin. Throughout this vibrant concert, appearances are made by King’s daughter, singer-songwriter Louise…

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Bill Evans, Carole King, Cy Coleman, Grateful Dead, Huey Lewis and The News, Jan and Dean, John Sebastian, Motörhead, Pete Townshend, Sheila E, Steve Winwood, The Verve, Tori Amos

Got Love If You Want It: More Record Store Day 2017 Essentials

March 28, 2017 by Joe Marchese | 6 Comments

Record Store Day’s 10th anniversary couldn’t be anything less than big. And with articles devoted to April 22’s RSD releases from David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, Omnivore Recordings, Legacy Recordings, Prince, Warner Music Group and Real Gone Music, you might wonder what there’s left to say before the big day. But you’d be wrong! We’ve scoured the list to find another 23 must-have titles hitting the vinyl racks at fine independent music stores next month. Which of these favorites are on your list? The Art of Noise, Moments in Love/Beat Box…

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Bill Evans, Def Leppard, Dolly Parton, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Frank Zappa, George Carlin, Gilbert O'Sullivan, John Williams, Randy Newman, Record Store Day, Rush, Sting, The Art of Noise, The Kinks, The Zombies, U2, Vinyl, Wes Montgomery

Release Round-Up: Week of March 24

March 24, 2017 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

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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 Flowers in the Dirt in a variety of formats. All boast a remastered version of the original 13-track album (including…

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A Flock of Seagulls, Bill Evans, Bobby Darin, Chris Difford, Elvis Costello, Erasure, Frank Zappa, Glen Campbell, Johnny Mercer, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd

You Go To My Head: Resonance Uncovers Bill Evans’ Lost Album

April 27, 2016 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

The title of Resonance Records’ new archival release from Bill Evans, Some Other Time: The Lost Session from The Black Forest, has proven to be incredibly apt. The source of this new album is a never-before-released studio session held in 1968 for Germany’s MPS Records – the only studio session recorded by the then-Bill Evans Trio featuring bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Jack DeJohnette. The discovery of a “new” Evans studio album would be cause for celebration enough; when one takes into account the historical significance of the personnel, it doubly makes…

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Release Round-Up: Week of April 22

April 22, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! The Impressions, The Best of The Impressions: The Curtom Years (Varese Vintage) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Varese Vintage has an impressive line-up of releases this week! First up, the label has brought together 18 prime cuts from the premier purveyors of Chicago soul, Curtis Mayfield and the legendary Impressions. This set features singles released on the Curtom label between 1968 and 1976 including the R&B hits “Fool for You,” “Choice of Colors,” “Say You Love Me,” “Finally Got Myself Together (I’m a Changed…

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Bernard Herrmann, Bill Evans, Doris Day, Earth Wind and Fire, Eric Carmen, Jethro Tull, Marvin Hamlisch, Sandy Denny, The Impressions

Release Round-Up: Week of January 29

January 29, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up featuring a host of deluxe reissues, box sets, and more! Phil Collins, Face Value: Deluxe Edition (Atlantic/Rhino) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Phil Collins’ 1981 classic featuring “In the Air Tonight” gets expanded to two CDs or DD with the addition of eight live tracks and four demos (plus a new, modern cover photograph echoing the original). Ten of the twelve bonuses are new to CD. The original album will also be available on…

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Ashford and Simpson, Bill Evans, Cilla Black, Esther Phillips, Harpers Bizarre, Julia Fordham, Lee Hazlewood, Phil Collins, Sister Sledge, The Hollies, The Miamis, The Paris Sisters

Seven Steps to Heaven: Miles Davis’ Bootleg Series Continues With “Newport 1955-1975”

May 6, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings are headed to Newport with Miles Davis. The Friday, July 17 release of Miles Davis at Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 chronicles the evolution of Davis’ style as it treks from 1955 to 1975 with live performances from the Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island as well as New York City, Berlin, and Switzerland. The set arrives sixty years to the day of the first performance it includes (July 17, 1955) and just before this summer’s annual Fest, to be held on July 31-August 2….

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Bill Evans, Cannonball Adderley, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Ron Carter

Cast Your Fate to the Wind with New “Very Best of Jazz” Collections From Brubeck, Evans, Guaraldi, More

September 11, 2012 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

What makes a legend most? When it comes to the legends of jazz, Concord Music Group has that answer for you. Earlier this year, Concord launched The Very Best Of, a new series of “Jazz 101” collections designed at an affordable price point. These compact sets might introduce new fans to daunting catalogues, or offer longtime fans a compact sampler of a favorite artist. The first wave of titles arrived for Miles Davis (trumpet), John Coltrane (tenor saxophone), Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone), Chet Baker (trumpet) and Wes Montgomery (guitar), but the second…

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