Release Round-Up: Week of November 24

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the titles in stores today.  While today is traditionally not a big day for general retail releases, check out our coverage of Record Store Day’s Black Friday event for more new releases! We are an Amazon affiliate, and we earn from qualifying purchases. Yes, The Yes Album: Super Deluxe Edition (Rhino/Atlantic) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rhino.com) Rhino lavishly expands Yes’ 1971 third LP, The Yes Album, as a 4CD/1BD/1LP collection with remastered audio, previously unreleased live and studio tracks, and a brand-new Dolby Atmos…

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The Weekend Stream: October 29, 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 a stuffed Halloween sack full of sweet rarities from INXS and Madonna, remixes of Frank Zappa and Bing Crosby, two completely unreleased 50-year-old albums and a brand-new spin on a Stephen Sondheim classic – and that’s only half of it! INXS, Shabooh Shoobah (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) (Atlantic/Rhino) (iTunes / Amazon) The INXS catalogue is…

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Cat’s In the Cradle: Real Gone’s Black Friday RSD Slate Features Harry Chapin, The Jesus Lizard, Smash Mouth, and Fountains of Wayne

As we continue our look at the titles coming out on this year’s Black Friday Record Store Day, we’re turning our attention to Real Gone Music.  The label has a quartet of titles coming to independent stores on November 25.  The lineup includes a compilation from an acclaimed 1970s storyteller, two favorites from the 1990s, and one from the 2000s.  The ’90s and ’00s releases are all vinyl debuts.  We’ve got the details below with the descriptions coming directly from the label.  For a list of stores participating in Record Store Day,…

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The Weekend Stream: May 14, 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 discover! Millennial nostalgia is all over this week’s releases – plus some live jazz and pop as well as a real rarity from a disco diva. Linkin Park, Minutes to Midnight (Deluxe Edition) (Warner/Rhino) (iTunes / Amazon) In 2007, nu-metal rockers Linkin Park broadened their sound with the help of producer Rick Rubin and got a few big hits for their trouble. Not…

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Release Round-Up: Week of June 29

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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