We continue our look at the releases for the upcoming Record Store Day events on June 12 and July 17. This time we’re focusing on our friends at Real Gone Music. The RGM label will offer an eclectic array of releases, focused on music from the 1990s and 2000s, over both RSD Drops. Visit RecordStoreDay.com for a list of participating retailers and more information on these two Drops. First up are the releases for June 12: Devo’s Gerald V. Casale AKA Jihad Jerry and The Evildoers, Mine Is Not a Holy War…
Release Round-Up: Week of October 23
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Bruce Springsteen, Letter to You (Columbia) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP black with white swirl: Bruce Springsteen Online Store 2-LP grey: Your Local Record Shop The Boss returns with a new, long-awaited album featuring The E Street Band. Produced by Springsteen and his frequent collaborator Ron Aniello, it features original songs as well as his first recordings of three compositions he wrote early in his career but never officially released: “Janey Needs a Shooter,” “If I Was the Priest,” and “Song for Orphans.” Letter…
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Make It Up To You: Steve Wynn Albums and Rarities Collected On New Box Set “Decade,” Due in October
Steve Wynn (not the casino magnate!) is well known as a vocalist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, beginning as part of the renowned Paisley Underground outfit The Dream Syndicate. After the group folded, Wynn began a solo career that garnered critical acclaim and accolades from his legion of fans. Now, his solo career will be celebrated in a new, 11-CD box set from Real Gone Music called Decade. The box will hit shops on October 23. The expansive 166-track set chronicles Wynn’s career with deluxe versions of the albums he released from 1995 to…
Release Round-Up: Week of April 27
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Neil Young, Roxy: Tonight’s the Night Live (Reprise) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) As everybody knows, Neil Young beats to his own drummer…so this release actually arrived this past Tuesday! Roxy: Tonight’s the Night Live captures Young’s September 1973 performance opening Lou Adler’s Roxy club, with The Santa Monica Flyers (Nils Lofgren, Ben Keith, and the Crazy Horse rhythm section) supporting him. Nine of the songs which would appear on 1975’s Tonight the Night were featured on this intimate gig, now being released…
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