Release Round-Up: Week of August 7

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today.  As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Tom Tom Club, Let There Be Love (Warner/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Rhino assembles most of the Talking Heads offshoot group’s discography on a new 6CD or 7LP box set.  Let There Be Love contains Tom Tom Club (1981), Close to the Bone (1983), Boom Boom Chi Boom Boom (1988), Dark Sneak Love Action (1991), The Good, the Bad, and the Funky (2000), and Downtown Rockers (2012).  Get the detail on what’s included on what’s not by clicking here. Whitney…

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Don’t Let Go: Real Gone’s August Lineup Includes En Vogue, Obituary, Elephant’s Memory, and Absolute Grey

Real Gone’s August slate of releases hitting stores tomorrow, August 7, spans from the 1970s to the 1990s and includes genres from soul to rock death metal to punk (!) on vinyl and CD.  Read below for more details on each title! Absolute Grey formed in September 1983 in Rochester, New York, consisting of vocalist Beth Brown, guitarist Matt Kitchen, bassist Mitchell Rasor, and drummer Pat Thomas. Drawing inspiration from the melodic guitar work of bands such as R.E.M., Rain Parade, and the Paisley Underground movement, Absolute Grey developed a distinctive sound…

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The Weekend Stream: March 26, 2022

En Vogue, Funky Divas (Expanded Edition) (Elektra/Rhino) (iTunes / Amazon) The R&B quartet’s sophomore album, released in 1992, was their biggest, featuring the Top 10 pop hits “My Lovin’ (You’re Never Gonna Get It),” “Giving Him Something He Can Feel” (a cover of Aretha Franklin’s Curtis Mayfield-penned classic from the film Sparkle) and the rock-oriented “Free Your Mind.” This digital expansion offers an additional eight vintage remixes. Sting, Russians (Guitar/Cello Version) (A&M) (iTunes / Amazon) An affecting song from Sting’s solo debut The Dream of the Blue Turtles (1985) has, of course,…

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