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The Weekend Stream: May 13, 2023

May 13, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there’s plenty of great new/old music to usher you into the weekend. Two soul legends, a soundtrack from one of Hollywood’s greatest composers, and a never-before-heard single from the ZTT vaults are all ready for you to hear! Diana Ross, Last Time I Saw Him (Deluxe Edition) (Motown/UMe) (iTunes / Amazon) To commemorate 50 years of Diana Ross’ sixth solo album – an anything-goes affair that blended pop, soul and…

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The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Connie Smith, Diana Ross, Edgar Winter, Hubert Laws, J.D. Souther, James Brown, Jimmy Buffett, John Williams, Lyle Lovett

Review: Andrew Gold, “Lonely Boy: The Asylum Years Anthology”

September 3, 2020 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

The Asylum Records discography of pop polymath Andrew Gold has been well-addressed in the CD era – first via international CD reissues, then individual expanded editions on the U.S. Collectors’ Choice label, and an all-encompassing set in 2013 from the U.K.’s Edsel label. But one thing had eluded Gold: a bona fide box set. Cherry Red and Esoteric Recordings have delivered with Lonely Boy: The Asylum Years Anthology, a 6-CD/1-DVD compendium celebrating the late artist (1951-2011) with remastered versions of all four Asylum albums, a disc of outtakes, another of live performances,…

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Reviews

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Box Sets, CD

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Pop, Rock

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Andrew Gold, J.D. Souther, Linda Ronstadt

Mercy! Expanded Edition of Roy Orbison’s “Black and White Night” Arriving on Vinyl TODAY!

October 18, 2019 by Sam Stone | No Comments

RoyOrbisonandFriends BlackandWhiteNight30 LP

By the middle of the ’80s, Roy Orbison was primed for a comeback. In 1986, his epic ballad “In Dreams” was placed prominently in David Lynch’s film Blue Velvet, which sparked renewed interest in the velvet-voiced crooner and rocker. The following year, The “Big O” staged the ultimate comeback concert with a remarkable lineup of guests including Tom Waits, Jackson Browne, Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt, Elvis Costello, J.D. Souther, k.d. lang, and Jennifer Warnes. The star-studded group had convened at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub for the special performance, which would be broadcast…

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News

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Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Pop

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Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, J.D. Souther, Jackson Browne, Jennifer Warnes, Roy Orbison, Tom Waits, k.d. lang

Release Round-Up: Week of September 28

September 28, 2018 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Tom Petty, An American Treasure (Reprise) 4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 6LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada This career-spanning retrospective of rare and previously unreleased material from the late Tom Petty arrives on Reprise Records. The aptly-titled An American Treasure will be the first posthumous collection of Petty material, and it should prove a vital reminder of the power of Petty’s art. The box set, assembled by Petty’s wife Dana,…

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News, Release Round-Up

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

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Aretha Franklin, Cher, Glenn Frey, J.D. Souther, Joe Strummer, Linda Thompson, Loretta Lynn, Phil Collins, Rod Stewart, Skip Spence, The Louvin Brothers, Tom Petty

Caught Up In The Action: Universal Plans Career-Spanning Glenn Frey Box

March 19, 2018 by Joe Marchese | 6 Comments

Though he passed away at far too young an age in 2016, the late Glenn Frey remains a looming presence as the Eagles embark on a new North American tour that will take the reconstituted band – now featuring Frey’s son Deacon as well as country superstar Vince Gill – on the road through October. Now, even as his music is being sung nightly by his bandmates, Geffen Records is celebrating his career with a new box set. The 3-CD/1-DVD Above the Clouds: The Collection arrives on May 11, highlighting key tracks…

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News

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Box Sets, CD, DVD

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Classic Rock, Pop, Rock

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Eagles, Glenn Frey, J.D. Souther

Release Round-Up: Week of February 12

February 12, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 6 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up featuring the lost songs of a country-pop superstar, two more entries into an underrated SoCal songbook, new music from veteran artists, and much more! Barbara Mandrell, This Time I Almost Made It: The Lost Columbia Masters (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) We all know Barbara Mandrell did make it…as one of the most successful country crossover superstars of all time. Now, Real Gone has rescued the legendary performer’s early, never-on-CD third and final album for Columbia Records. Even better, the…

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Release Round-Up

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CD, Digital Download, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop

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Barbara Mandrell, Charles Bukowski, Dion, J.D. Souther, Marty Balin, Maynard Ferguson, Paul Carrack

Release Round-Up: Week of January 8

January 8, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

The Mamas and the Papas Complete Singles

Welcome to our first Release Round-Up of 2016! The Mamas and the Papas, The Complete Singles: The 50th Anniversary Collection (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Real Gone Music has 53 tracks on 2 CDs of pure pop pleasure from The Mamas and the Papas – as a group and solo – with this first-ever collection of their complete singles, just in time for their 50th anniversary! Full details here. J.D. Souther, John David Souther (Expanded Edition) (Omnivore) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) J.D….

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Release Round-Up

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Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl

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Pop, Rock, Soundtracks

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David Bowie, J.D. Souther, John Williams, The Mamas and The Papas

Release Round-Up: Week of May 12

May 12, 2015 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! We kick off with a quartet of releases drawing on never-before-released live material! Leonard Cohen, Can’t Forget: A Souvenir of The Grand Tour (Columbia/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Leonard Cohen offers ten selections – including two songs never previously recorded and a pair of covers – from his recent world tour. Andrew Gold, The Late Show – Live 1978 (Omnivore) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) You’ll say “thank you for being a friend” to Omnivore Recordings for this first-ever release of Andrew Gold’s 1978 concert at West…

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Release Round-Up

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Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl

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Country, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Andrew Gold, Buck Owens, David Shire, Dionne Warwick, Drivin' N' Cryin', Henry Mancini, J.D. Souther, Leonard Cohen, Michael Fennelly, Roxette, The Muscle Shoals Horns, Todd Rundgren, Wes Montgomery

Review: Linda Ronstadt, “Duets”

April 10, 2014 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Tonight, Linda Ronstadt receives her long-overdue recognition into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. But rock and roll, of course, played only a small – if key – role in Ronstadt’s career. The breadth of that career is revealed on Rhino’s new release of Linda Ronstadt – Duets (Rhino R2 542161), containing fourteen tracks originally released between 1974 and 2006 plus one previously unreleased performance. While there are no duets here from Ronstadt’s Tony-nominated turn in Gilbert and Sullivan’s operetta The Pirates of Penzance or her Mexican recordings , her immersions into…

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Pop

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Aaron Neville, Bette Midler, Dolly Parton, Don Henley, Emmylou Harris, Frank Sinatra, J.D. Souther, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt