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November 26, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

David Bowie Brilliant Adventure

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up!  It's a smaller week than usual owing to the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday as well as to Record Store Day's slate of Black Friday releases!  To all those who celebrated Thanksgiving, we hope it was a wonderful one! David Bowie, Brilliant Adventure (1992-2001) (Parlophone) 11CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 17LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Parlophone continues its career-spanning series of box sets for the late David

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Holiday, Pop, Rock Tags: Alison Krauss, Carla Olson, David Bowie, Deep Purple, Gordon Lightfoot, Howard Jones, Michael Bublé, Robert Plant

June 16, 2021 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Ray Fenwick Playing Through the Changes

In a career spanning eight decades, guitarist Ray Fenwick has played pop, prog, hard rock, rhythm and blues, rock-and-roll, and just about every genre conceivable.  He's curated a new 3-CD compendium for Cherry Red's Lemon imprint appropriately entitled Playing Through the Changes: Anthology 1964-2020, bringing together 61 tracks (some previously unreleased and new to CD) on which his guitar is heard alongside The Spencer Davis Group, Roger Glover, Ronnie James Dio, David Coverdale, Bo Diddley,

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Deep Purple, Fancy, Geno Washington, Graham Bonnet, Hardin and York, Ray Fenwick, The Spencer Davis Group

September 29, 2020 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Looking Through a Glass Onion

Let me take you down... The Beatles' songs were so sturdy and well-crafted that artists such as Matt Monro and Ella Fitzgerald became early adopters.  But from the start, John, Paul, George, and Ringo's contemporaries had been just as likely as the older generation to mine their songbook.  As the sixties continued and the Beatles ushered in the shift from pop to rock (minus the "and roll"), similarly youthful artists brought their own increasingly adventurous spins to the lads' material. 

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Big Jim Sullivan, Camel, Deep Purple, Duffy Power, Kippington Lodge, Orange Bicycle, Plastic Penny, Spooky Tooth, The Beatles, The Hollies, The Spectrum, Various Artists, Vera Lynn, Yes

August 7, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Neil Diamond Hot August Night 2

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Neil Diamond, Live Reissues 1972-2018 (Capitol/UMe) Hot August Night (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD / uDiscoverMusic.com) Love at the Greek (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / uDiscoverMusic.com) Hot August Night II (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / uDiscoverMusic.com) Hot August Night/NYC (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / uDiscovermusic.com) Hot August Night III (Amazon U.S. / Amazon

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Collective Soul, Deep Purple, Grateful Dead, Joe Bonamassa, Joel McNeely, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Neil Diamond, Split Enz, The Stooges

January 14, 2020 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

syeor2020

As has become an annual tradition, Rhino has kicked off the new year with another exciting slate of Start Your Ear Off Right releases.  The first few titles have already hit shelves, and more are on the way over the course of the month. Punk, new wave, counterculture rock, singer-songwriter classics, and sleek '80s pop hits...it's all part of this year's campaign.  Each week, a batch of these limited edition color vinyl pressings will be released to brick and mortar shops and a select few

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Angelo Badalamenti, Bad Company, Deep Purple, Devo, Ramones, Sex Pistols, Stevie Nicks, The Replacements, Uncle Tupelo, Van Morrison, Warren Zevon

December 20, 2019 By The Second Disc 8 Comments

Hot Rats Sessions

Welcome to our final Release Round-Up of 2019!  This edition covers today's releases as well as those of the next two weeks, the quietest time of the year for new releases.  The weekly Release Round-Up will be back on January 10.  In the meantime, Happy Holidays to all! Frank Zappa, The Hot Rats Sessions (Zappa/UMe) 6CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada This 6-CD box set explores Frank Zappa's 1969 primarily instrumental solo

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Arthur Schwartz, Cleo Laine, Deep Purple, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Four Tops, Frank Zappa, Franz Reizenstein, Jerry Garcia, John Williams, Merl Saunders, Sandy Wilson, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, The Marvelettes, The Temptations

May 22, 2019 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Baker Gurvitz Army Since Beginning

Today we're looking at a pair of recent releases from Cherry Red's Esoteric Recordings imprint featuring some heavy sounds! With a résumé including Cream, Blind Faith, Blues Incorporated, The Graham Bond Organisation, and Fela Kuti's group, Peter Edward "Ginger" Baker has long been recognized as one of rock's greatest - and most volatile - drummers.  With a personality as outsize as his talent, Baker brought a powerful touch to all of his projects and various bands.  Between 1974 and 1976,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Baker Gurvitz Army, Barclay James Harvest, Deep Purple, Jethro Tull, Procol Harum, The Gun, The Move, Traffic, Various Artists

January 15, 2019 By Sam Stone 2 Comments

Eso Renaissance AshesAreBurning

February promises to be a packed month for music fans, as Esoteric brings listeners a new, expanded reissue of Renaissance's 1973 classic, Ashes Are Burning, as well as a reissue of The Byrds, the reunion album by the legendary folk-rock group.  Also on the way are reissues of Tear Gas's self-titled album, an expanded edition of Greenslade's Time and Tide, and a new 3-CD set called Revolution: Underground Sounds of 1968.  Meanwhile, Esoteric's Reactive imprint will issue a 4-CD set

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Brian Auger, Caravan, Dave Mason, Deep Purple, Genesis, Greenslade, Jeff Beck, Jethro Tull, John Martyn, Julie Driscoll, Pentangle, Procol Harum, Renaissance, Spooky Tooth, Status Quo, Tangerine Dream, Tear Gas, The Byrds, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, The Incredible String Band, The Move, The Pretty Things, Traffic, Van Der Graaf Generator

January 6, 2019 By

Eso REvolution 1968 UndergroundSounds

Featuring both classics and unearthed rarities, the set explores the wild year in which psychedelia, jazz, blues, folk, world music, and hard rock all collided to form groundbreaking and genre-pushing new music.  The new compilation includes a number of legendary UK groups, including Deep Purple, Jethro Tull, Genesis, and Pentangle.  Also present are Procol Harum, Caravan, Jeff Beck, Spooky Tooth, Traffic, The Move, Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger and The Trinity, The Crazy World of Arthur

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Categories: Uncategorized Formats: CD Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Folk, Pop, Rock Tags: Brian Auger, Caravan, Dave Mason, Deep Purple, Genesis, Jeff Beck, Jethro Tull, John Martyn, Julie Driscoll, Pentangle, Procol Harum, Spooky Tooth, Staus Quo, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, The Incredible String Band, The Move, The Pretty Things, Traffic, Van Der Graaf Generator

June 15, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Roger Glover Butterfly Ball

A poem written for children in 1802 would not have been the most obvious subject for Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover for tackle, but that's precisely what he did in 1974 with The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast.  Glover wrote, produced, and played on the pop/rock opera concept album which yielded the hit "Love Is All," sung by Ronnie James Dio.  Now, that original album has been expanded to 3 CDs for a new box set from Cherry Red's newly-reactivated Purple Records imprint. In

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Deep Purple, Roger Glover, Ronnie James Dio

January 26, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Andrew Lloyd Webber Platinum Collection

Since September 25, 1979, there hasn't been a day when an Andrew Lloyd Webber melody hasn't been heard on Broadway.  That was the opening night of Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Evita.  Before it ended its run in June 1983, Lloyd Webber's musical Cats had opened, launching a record-breaking run through September 2000.  But on January 26, 1988, the show opened which would eclipse them all: Phantom of the Opera.  It today celebrates 30 years (marked with a special gala earlier this week) and is

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Cast Recordings, Everything Else, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Barbra Streisand, Beyoncé, Cliff Richard, Deep Purple, Donny Osmond, Elvis Presley, Lana Del Ray, Madonna, Michael Crawford, Sarah Brightman, The Everly Brothers, Tim Rice, Yvonne Elliman

September 15, 2017 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

The Doors Singles Collection 2CD1BRD Cover 1024x1024

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Doors, The Singles (Elektra/Rhino) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 2CD/1BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada  / Amazon U.K.  Vinyl box set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. Singles compiles all 20 of the singles from The Doors' official discography. This not only includes every A and B-side from their core studio albums, but several albums recorded and released after the passing of frontman Jim Morrison, including

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Pop, Rock Tags: Big Star, Carole King, Cat Stevens, Chris Bell, Deep Purple, Kris Kristofferson, Linda Ronstadt, Lou Reed, Michael McDonald, Michael Nesmith, Ringo Starr, Rusty Young, Shawn Colvin, Steve Miller Band, The Doors, Yusuf

August 17, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Hard Stuff

Cherry Red is bringing out the Hard Stuff.  The label has just issued Hard Stuff: The Complete Purple Records Anthology for the British hard rockers, bringing together their only two albums and assorted bonus tracks to tell the story of the band's time on Deep Purple's own record label. The seeds of Hard Stuff were planted by guitarist John DuCann and drummer Paul Hammond when both departed Atomic Rooster over the ever-popular "creative differences."  The duo attempted to keep the Atomic

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Deep Purple, Hard Stuff

August 15, 2017 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Deep Purple A Fire in the Sky

Deep Purple have just kicked off their latest tour in Las Vegas, co-headlining with Alice Cooper.  The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees and part of the "Holy Trinity of British Hard-Rock" (with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath) are nearing their 50th anniversary and Rhino Records has announced a new anthology, available in several configurations to celebrate the band's legacy.  A Fire in the Sky will be available in single and 3-CD editions on September 8, with a 3-LP edition following on

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Deep Purple

March 15, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Jon Lord Before I Forget

"Jon Lord and Whitesnake fans must occasionally want to be introspective," reckoned Deep Purple and Whitesnake founding member Jon Lord, "and I'd rather they did so with my music than Barry Manilow's."  Lord was explaining the impetus for his third solo album, 1982's Before I Forget.  Cherry Red and Purple Records have recently reissued the composer-producer-keyboardist's Before I Forget on CD in an expanded edition bringing together bonus tracks included on the 1999 and 2012 editions. For

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Deep Purple, Jon Lord, Whitesnake

November 21, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Elf Trying to Burn the Sun

"We played it hot, hard and heavy at the Carolina County ball/And we sang 'Ooooo'/On a boogie-woogie Friday night..." Ronnie James Dio's early band Elf played it hot, hard and (pretty) heavy throughout its relatively short lifespan.  Elf released three studio albums between 1972 and 1975 before going to superstardom with Rainbow (the core of which was actually built from Elf), Black Sabbath, and Dio.  Last year, Cherry Red released a reissue of 1972's debut Elf; now, the label has turned its

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Deep Purple, Elf, Ronnie James Dio

September 7, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Im a Freak Baby

What do Deep Purple, The Move, Hawkwind, Fleetwood Mac and The Yardbirds all have in common?  Though each of those five bands carved out distinct musical identities, all incorporated elements of psychedelia in their early hard-rock explorations.  A new 3-CD box set from Cherry Red's Grapefruit imprint offers an in-depth chronicle of the music that planted the seeds of progressive rock and metal.  I'm a Freak, Baby is, as per its subtitle, A Journey Through the British Heavy Psych and Hard Rock

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Deep Purple, Fleetwood Mac, The Mickey Finn, The Yardbirds, Third World War, Uriah Heep, Various Artists

April 8, 2016 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Ronnie Spector English Heart

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Ronnie Spector, English Heart (Savoy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The one and only Ronnie Spector returns with an all-new studio album saluting her British Invasion friends. Expect Ronnie-ized renditions of the Jagger/Richards-written "I'd Much Rather Be with the Boys" (as "I'd Much Rather Be with the Girls") as well as "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying," "Tell Her No," "Girl Don't Come" and more!  Amazon has an exclusive

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Deep Purple, Johnny Mandel, Nicolette Larson, Ronnie Spector, The Spinners, Tiny TIm

February 13, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Shapes and Shadows

Musical renaissance man Les Reed is responsible for some of the most beloved pop tunes of all time – “It’s Not Unusual,” “There’s a Kind of Hush,” and “The Last Waltz” among them.  His songs have been recorded by Tom Jones, Elvis Presley, Shirley Bassey, Petula Clark and Bing Crosby.  Less well known is that Reed also founded a record label.  His Chapter One Records was formed in 1968 and lasted until 1973, releasing music by a diverse collection of artists including Episode Six (a proving

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Deep Purple, Les Reed, Mark Wirtz, Various Artists

July 22, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

purpendicular

There’s rarely a lull in activity for the catalogue of Deep Purple, one of the most enduring bands to emerge from the British hard and progressive rock scenes of the late 1960s.  Cherry Red’s Hear No Evil Records imprint has recently continued its reissue series for Deep Purple’s 1990s catalogue with an expanded edition of 1996’s Purpendicular [sic], chronologically following Slaves and Masters (1990) and The Battle Rages On… (1993). Hear No Evil’s raison d'être for this reissue is simple. 

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Rock Tags: Deep Purple

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