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Release Round-Up: Week of September 30

September 30, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 7 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! The Rolling Stones, The Rolling Stones in Mono (ABKCO) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Rolling Stones in Mono captures, on 15 CDs or 16 LPs, the original mono albums released on both sides of the Atlantic between 1964 and 1969 including the exceptionally rare mono editions of Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967), Beggars Banquet (1968) and Let It Bleed (1969). Exclusive to the box is Stray Cats, a single-CD/double-LP collection of mono single-only material and odds and ends,…

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Box Sets, CD, DVD, Digital Download, SACD, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks

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Emerson Lake and Palmer, Eric Clapton, Erroll Garner, Graham Parker, Herb Alpert, Jimi Hendrix, John Prine, Lalo Schifrin, Sting, Syreeta, Temple of the Dog, The Rolling Stones, Van Morrison, Yes

Life Is A Carnival: The Band Celebrates 40 Years of “The Last Waltz” With New Reissues

September 28, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 10 Comments

Forty years ago on Thanksgiving Day 1976, The Band took the stage at San Francisco’s Winterland for their final performance. Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Neil Diamond, Van Morrison, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Muddy Waters and others joined Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Garth Hudson and Richard Manuel for the concert event known as The Last Waltz. Director Martin Scorsese’s film of the evening was released in April 1978, setting a high bar for concert movies. On November 11, Rhino will mark this landmark anniversary of The Last Waltz with four new…

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Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Vinyl

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Classic Rock

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Bob Dylan, Dr. John, Emmylou Harris, Eric Clapton, Joni Mitchell, Muddy Waters, Neil Diamond, Neil Young, The Band, Van Morrison

Release Round-Up: Week of July 1

July 1, 2016 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! We’ve got the latest release from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music as well as plenty more that we know you won’t want to miss! Eddy Arnold, Each Road I Take: The Lee Hazlewood and Chet Atkins Sessions 1970 (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Our newest release brings together two seminal, never-before-reissued albums by Eddy Arnold on one CD, both from 1970. Love and Guitars captured Arnold in a raw, acoustic setting with many of Nashville’s greatest pickers including…

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CD, Digital Download, Vinyl

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

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Betty Davis, Brook Benton, Burt Bacharach, Chet Atkins, Davy Jones, Eddy Arnold, Eric Clapton, Harry Nilsson, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, Lee Hazlewood, Micky Dolenz, Miles Davis, Quincy Jones, Sea Level, Survivor, The Delfonics

Release Round-Up: Week of May 20

May 20, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s packed Release Round-Up! David Bowie, ChangesOneBowie (Parlophone/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) ChangesOneBowie returns from Parlophone in a 40th anniversary edition available on vinyl, CD and digital formats. Originally issued on RCA in May 20, 1976, ChangesOneBowie was the first key compilation album from superstar David Bowie. Collecting songs dating back to 1969, the 11-track album introduced the single “John, I’m Only Dancing” on LP alongside highlights from his remarkable string of releases: David Bowie(“Space Oddity”), Hunky Dory (“Changes”), The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and…

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Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, SACD, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock, Soundtracks

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Adam & The Ants, Allen Ginsberg, Bob Dylan, Dave Grusin, David Bowie, Eric Clapton, Linda Ronstadt, Marvin Hamlisch, Mudcrutch, The Highwaymen, Willie Nelson

Release Round-Up: Week of November 13

November 13, 2015 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

It may be Friday the 13th, but today’s choice releases are hardly scary, with box sets, archival releases, new music from veteran artists, and much, much more! Aretha Franklin, The Atlantic Albums Collection (Atlantic/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) This 19-CD box set brings together 16 of the Queen of Soul’s Atlantic albums as previously released on CD including the deluxe 2-CD Live at Fillmore East, the 2-CD Rare & Unreleased Recordings From The Golden Reign Of The Queen Of Soul and Oh Me Oh My: Aretha Live in Philly 1972. There are no…

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Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, SACD, Vinyl

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Blues, Classic Rock, Country, Gospel, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul

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A Tribe Called Quest, Aretha Franklin, Buck Owens, Ellie Greenwich, Eric Clapton, Jeff Lynne's ELO, King Crimson, Kurt Cobain, Marvin Gaye, Nat King Cole, Neil Young, Paul Butterfield, Paul Davis, The Knickerbockers, The Staple Singers

Release Round-Up: Week of July 17

July 17, 2015 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up featuring classic rock, soul and jazz box sets and more! Sly and the Family Stone, Live at the Fillmore East: October 4th and 5th, 1968 (Epic/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Dance to the music! On October 4th and 5th, 1968, shortly after the release of the band’s third album Life, Sly & The Family Stone took the stage for a two-night, four-show engagement at Bill Graham’s Fillmore East in New York City. Epic Records recorded all four of the band’s concerts (two shows per night) with…

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CD, SACD

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Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

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America, B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Miles Davis, Sly and the Family Stone, The Continental Drifters

Release Round-Up: Week of April 28

April 28, 2015 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Dusty Springfield, Faithful (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Faithful assembles for the first time on one CD all of the masters produced by Jeff Barry (“Chapel of Love,” “Leader of the Pack,” “Sugar, Sugar”) for Dusty Springfield in 1971. From his home base at New York’s Century Sound, Barry produced thirteen songs for Dusty – twelve intended for album release and one for a non-LP single. Four songs were released on two 45s, but when Dusty departed Atlantic Records, the remaining tracks were left on the shelf, and thought…

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Release Round-Up

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Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul

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Brinsley Schwarz, Dusty Springfield, Ellie Greenwich, Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Jeff Barry, Julie Andrews, Pat DiNizio, Spooky Tooth, The Beatles, The Grateful Dead, The Kingbees, Various Artists

Wonderful Tonight: Eric Clapton Turns 70, Releases New Late-Period Anthology

March 25, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 5 Comments

On March 30, Eric Clapton turns 70, but the guitar hero isn’t about to rest on his considerable laurels. He’s marking the occasion with a series of concerts including two at New York’s Madison Square Garden and seven at London’s Royal Albert Hall. Reprise Records is also celebrating the artist’s landmark birthday with the April 28 release of Forever Man, a compilation concentrating on his longtime affiliation with the label and its sister Warner Bros. Records which began in 1983. Featuring 51 tracks from the 19-time Grammy winner over three CDs, Forever…

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CD, Digital Download, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Pop, Rock

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Eric Clapton, J.J. Cale

Call Him The Breeze: Clapton and Friends Celebrate Music of J.J. Cale On New Album, Exclusive Box Set

July 18, 2014 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

In 2006, Eric Clapton teamed with singer-songwriter J.J. Cale for the collaborative album The Road to Escondido. The guitar god had long been a fan and patron of Cale’s; he included “After Midnight” on his 1970 solo debut and took “Cocaine” to the Top 30 in 1977. Escondido earned both men a Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Album, and it would prove to be among Cale’s final recordings. He released the album Roll On in 2009, featuring Clapton on its title track. Then, in 2013, Cale passed away at the age of…

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Box Sets, CD

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Classic Rock, Rock

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Eric Clapton, J.J. Cale, John Mayer, Mark Knopfler, Tom Petty, Willie Nelson