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Release Round-Up: Week of October 14

October 14, 2022 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today! Frank Zappa, Zappa ’75: Zagreb/Ljubljana (Zappa/UMe) (Zappa Official Store / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Zappa ’75: Zagreb/Ljubljana captures The Mothers’ first and only concerts in Yugoslavia. Zappa referred to the dates as “The Mothers of Invention Yugoslavian Extravaganza,” and the performances lived up to that mighty moniker. The shows were staged in Zagreb and Ljubljana, now the capital cities of Croatia and Slovenia, respectively. He was joined by the short-lived line-up of Andre…

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Release Round-Up

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CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Holiday, Latin, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock

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Brian Eno, Dean Torrence, Dexys Midnight Runners, Dolly Parton, Duran Duran, Frank Zappa, Josh Groban, Kevin Rowland, Leonard Cohen, Linda Ronstadt, Mike Love, Reba McEntire, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Roy Orbison, Todd Rundgren

Come On Eileen: Dexys Midnight Runners’ Breakthrough Gets Remixed for New Box Set

August 19, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

Kevin Rowland and his unstoppable Celtic rock/soul combo Dexys Midnight Runners were already turning heads since the early ’80s – but nobody could have predicted the bouncy “Come On Eileen” would have taken the hold it did around the world. The catchy track topped the charts in both the U.S. and the U.K., becoming a defining example of early ’80s pop music. Now, four decades later, Rowland is revisiting the album that featured “Eileen” in a new box set full of bonus material and, crucially, a new remix of the original album:…

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News

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Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Pop, Rock

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Dexys Midnight Runners, Kevin Rowland