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Come Dancing: The Kinks Close 60th Anniversary Celebration with Third and Final Compilation ‘The Journey – Part 3’

May 21, 2025 by Mike Duquette | 5 Comments

Following a pair of compilations in 2023 chronicling earlier parts of their storied career, British rockers The Kinks have one more in the chamber to commemorate their 60th anniversary as a group, focusing on a period of transition and finality in the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s. The Journey – Part 3 will offer, on two CDs or two 180-gram LPs, a dozen favorites originally released on Arista Records between 1977 and 1984, including the band’s last worldwide smash, “Come Dancing.” The newly remastered selections – which, in a first for The Journey series,…

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Dave Davies, Ray Davies, The Kinks

Release Round-Up: Week of August 11

August 11, 2023 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today! Elvis Presley, Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite: 50th Anniversary Edition (RCA/Legacy) 3CD/1BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Elvis Presley’s seminal 1973 returns for its 50th anniversary in a new box set. This edition takes its cues from the audio contents of last year’s 3-CD release from the mail-order Follow That Dream label but with some crucial changes. Here, you have the original album on CD 1 as remixed by Matt-Ross Spang for that ’22 release, the…

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Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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

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David Bowie, Elvis Presley, KT Tunstall, Neil Young, Ray Davies, Rose Marie, Suzi Quatro, The Connells, The Donnas

Just Like Cherry Cola: The Kinks Expand “Lola Vs. Powerman” to Box Set Proportions

October 14, 2020 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

The Kinks last revisited their 1970 album Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One back in 2014 as a 2-CD set incorporating the soundtrack to Percy. The band’s eighth album, Lola yielded the now-famous U.S. top 10 title track and the U.K. top 5 hit “Apeman” as well as earning to 40 status in America. Now, on December 18, it’s returning in a variety of formats from BMG: Limited Edition, Deluxe 10″ Slipcased book pack (containing 60 page book, 3 CDs, 2 x 7″ singles, 4 color prints) 1LP Gatefold 2CD…

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Classic Rock, Pop

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Dave Davies, Ray Davies, The Kinks

Release Round-Up: Week of June 29

June 29, 2018 by The Second Disc | 4 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! The Supremes, Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland: Expanded Edition (Motown/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The Supremes’ smash 1967 album featuring “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” and “Love Is Here and Now You’re Gone” gets a must-have 2-CD deluxe treatment, including the original mono and stereo albums, rarities, outtakes, remixes, and a live set from The Copacabana in 1967 featuring one of the last joint performances of Diana Ross, Mary Wilson, and Florence Ballard! Read more here! Guns N’ Roses, Appetite for Destruction [Various Formats] (Geffen/UMe) 1CD:…

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

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Big Country, Buffalo Springfield, Chicago, David Bowie, Graham Nash, Guns N' Roses, John Coltrane, Procol Harum, Ray Davies, Smash Mouth, , The Feeling, The Flaming Lips, The Posies, The Supremes, Yes

Release Round-Up: Week of April 21

April 21, 2017 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Various Artists, Honeybeat: ’60s Groovy Girl-Pop (Real Gone Music) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Honeybeat: Groovy 60s Girl Pop, curated by Sheila Burgel from the Sony archives and released on Real Gone Music, features 19 songs from nine different labels, nearly a third of which have never been released on CD. While some tracks come from known artists such as Little Eva, Skeeter Davis and even Nichelle Nichols (who had a brief music career during her…

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Blu-Ray, CD, DVD, Vinyl

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Barry Manilow, Bee Gees, Big Star, Cait Brennan, Ella Fitzgerald, Major Lance, Marc Jonson, Ray Davies, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim, Various Artists