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February 1, 2024 By Randy Fairman 1 Comment

Black Jazz Singles Collection

Real Gone is starting off 2024 with another set of eclectic titles.  We've already told you about the new Andy Williams rarities collection When You Fall in Love: Lost Columbia Masters 1977-1982 featuring liner notes by our own Joe Marchese, but here is the rest of Real Gone's slate featuring a wide range of material from the 1950s through the 2000s.  All of these titles hit store shelves tomorrow, February 2. Black Jazz Records was founded in 1969 by pianist Gene Russell and percussionist

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Poetry, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Allen Ginsberg, Doug Carn, Gene Russell, Jean Carn, Maryann Farra and Satin Soul, Medeski Martin and Wood, Mushroom, Orgy

December 17, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Frank Zappa 200 Motels

Welcome to our final Release Round-Up of 2021!  There are very few new releases scheduled for the next two weeks, but we'll be back in 2022! Frank Zappa, 200 Motels: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - 50th Anniversary Edition (Zappa Records/UMe) 6CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD (Original Soundtrack Only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP Black Vinyl (Original Soundtrack Only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada  2LP Red Vinyl (Original

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Funk, Jazz, Pop, Soundtracks Tags: Brian Wilson, Calvin Keys, Doug Carn, Eddie Hazel, Frank Zappa, Grateful Dead, The Dave Clark Five

December 3, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

The Doors LA Woman Cover

Welcome to the first Release Round-Up of the last month of 2021! The Doors, L.A. Woman: 50th Anniversary Edition (Elektra/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rhino.com) The sixth and final studio album from The Doors featuring Jim Morrison gets a 50th anniversary expansion from Rhino on 3 CDs and 1 LP.  The original stereo album (newly remastered by Bruce Botnick) is present on both CD and LP while the bonus discs have more than two hours of previously unreleased

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Country, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock Tags: Calvin Keys, Carmen McRae, Chris Connor, Depeche Mode, Doc Watson, Doug Carn, Garbage, Nina Simone, The Black Keys, The Doors, Tom Jones, Travis, Trini Lopez

November 30, 2021 By Randy Fairman 1 Comment

Doug Carn Adams Apple

Our friends at Real Gone Music have a few jazz and funk reissues on the way, beginning this Friday, December 3.  The label is concluding its series of Black Jazz album reissues with sets from Calvin Keys and Doug Carn and also bringing back into print the only solo album from Funkadelic's guitarist Eddie Hazel. First up is guitarist Calvin Keys' Proceed with Caution! from 1974.  It was Keys' second album for Black Jazz after 1971's Shawn-Neeq, his debut as a leader.  In the 1960s, Keys backed

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Funk, Jazz Tags: Calvin Keys, Doug Carn, Eddie Hazel

June 11, 2021 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Def Leppard Volume 3

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Black Sabbath, Sabotage: Super Deluxe Edition (Warner/Rhino) 4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rhino.com 4LP/7″: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rhino.com Rhino is expanding Black Sabbath's 1975 album Sabotage to 4CD and 4LP/7″ proportions.  The upcoming Super Deluxe Edition boasts a remastered version of the original album plus a complete live show from Sabbath's 1975 tour.  The vinyl version only includes a bonus

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Gospel, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Black Sabbath, Bob Seger, Brandi Carlile, Charles Mingus, Danny Elfman, Def Leppard, Dennis DeYoung, Dolly Parton, Doug Carn, Dr. Feelgood, Jean Carne, Jim Peterik, KISS, Leslie Jordan, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real, Tanya Tucker, The Oak Ridge Boys, Van Dyke Parks, Verónica Valerio

May 27, 2021 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Doug Carn Infant Eyes

Real Gone is continuing its exploration of the Black Jazz Records label with two reissues from Doug Carn.  The multi-instrumentalist/composer was the label's most prolific artist, recording four albums from 1971-1974.  The two most recently addressed by Real Gone are 1973's Revelation, which was released last Friday (May 21), and 1971's Infant Eyes, due on June 11.  He was joined on both albums by his then-wife Jean Carn (later Carne) who provided vocals. Doug Carn, born in Florida in 1948,

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, R&B/Soul Tags: Doug Carn, Jean Carn, Jean Carne

May 21, 2021 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Micky Dolenz Dolenz Sings Nesmith

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Micky Dolenz, Dolenz Sings Nesmith (7a Records) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Deep Discount) Micky Dolenz tackles more than a dozen compositions by his friend and longtime bandmate Michael Nesmith on this exciting new album available on CD and LP.  Micky is in top vocal form bringing his own energetic stamp to Nesmith's beguiling tunes.  Tracks include "Different Drum," "Circle Sky," "Propinquity (I've Just Begun to Care),"

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Bob Dylan, Chrissie Hynde, Doug Carn, Emmit Rhodes, Jean Carne, John Hiatt, Jon Allen, Lefty Frizzell, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, Sara Bareilles, The Palace Guard, Violent Femmes

August 28, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! America, Half Century (America Records/Gonzo) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The 50th anniversary celebration of America rolls on with a massive new box set. Half Century is an expansive 7-CD/1-DVD box packed with rare and previously unreleased material from the beloved band featuring Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell, and the late Dan Peek. There's a slew of unreleased demos circa 1970; a remastered full-length radio session in Bremen

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: America, Bettye LaVette, Bobby Rush, Dan Penn, Doug Carn, Elliott Smith, Jean Carn, Jean Carne, Joao Gilberto, Louis Armstrong, Metallica, Oscar Peterson, Stan Getz, The Allman Betts Band, The Awakening, Unicorn, Walter Bishop Jr.

July 9, 2020 By Sam Stone 4 Comments

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Today, Real Gone Music announced the reissue of a batch of extremely hard-to-find albums from the legendary Black Jazz Records catalogue, due for release on August 28 on CD and LP.  The legendary Black Jazz Records was founded in 1969 in Oakland, California by pianist Gene Russell and percussionist Dick Schory and released its first records in summer of 1971.  From then on, it became a home for many emerging African-American jazz performers across a range of styles, including free jazz,

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Funk, Jazz Tags: Doug Carn, Gene Russell, Jean Carn, The Awakening, Walter Bishop Jr.

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