Release Round-Up: Week of November 15

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today…and, with the holidays approaching, it just might be the biggest release week of the year!  As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. George Harrison, Living in the Material World: 50th Anniversary (Dark Horse) 2CD/2LP/1BD/1-7″: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada As the studio follow-up to his landmark triple album All Things Must Pass, George Harrison further explored his spiritual and physical selves on…

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I Just Found Out: Robert Gordon’s Expanded, Remastered “Rock Billy Boogie” Arrives on Friday from 7a Records

This Friday, 7a Records celebrates a late, great rockabilly revivalist with the expanded reissue of Rock Billy Boogie from Robert Gordon on both 180-gram vinyl and CD.  The 1979 album, featuring the lead guitar of Chris Spedding, marked Gordon’s major label breakthrough and remains perhaps his finest (half) hour on record. Far more so than many of the so-called “new Elvises” that cropped up, the Maryland native captured the young Presley’s rebel spirit and joyful swagger.  He had musically come up in the New York punk scene with Tuff Darts, and came…

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The Weekend Stream: November 26, 2022

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. This week, it’s hardly Thanksgiving leftovers thanks to some British Christmas favorites, a legendary dance duo and a killer rockabilly discovery. Elton John, Step Into Christmas (Rocket/Mercury/UMe) (iTunes / Amazon) He may have retired from performing, but Elton John is still in the release game. He just reissued his joyous 1973 holiday single “Step Into Christmas,” digitally backed…

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