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Release Round-Up: Week of June 24

June 24, 2022 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the week’s new titles! Christine McVie, Songbird: A Solo Collection (Rhino) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada “Sea Foam” Green LP: Rhino.com Christine McVie releases her first-ever solo compendium. Songbird (A Solo Collection), available in CD, 180-gram vinyl, and digitally, is a lean 10-track anthology remastered by producer Glyn Johns who worked in tandem with McVie on the release. Songbird is mainly drawn from 2004’s In the Meantime with two selections from 1984’s Christine McVie: “The Challenge,” featuring background vocals by Lindsey Buckingham and lead guitar by Eric…

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

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Blues, Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal

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Christine McVie, Eleri Ward, Ella Fitzgerald, Eric Clapton, Linda Hoover, Madonna, Steely Dan, The Animals

Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood: The Animals’ Mono Albums Get Individual CD, Vinyl Reissues

May 9, 2022 by Joe Marchese | 9 Comments

Back in 2013, the ABKCO label issued a 5-CD box set from The Animals. Released via Real Gone Music, The Mickie Most Years and More brought together remastered versions of the British band’s first four U.S. albums plus a rare private-press EP recorded in 1963. Nearly a decade later, ABKCO is bringing The Mickie Most Years and More back into print as a vinyl set, while the four original mono albums will also be reissued as standalone CDs (with bonus tracks) and vinyl (original albums only) on June 3. Producer-impresario Most (Herman’s…

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Classic Rock, Rock

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Eric Burdon, Mickie Most, The Animals

Cherry Red’s “A Slight Disturbance in My Mind” Collects The Psych-Pop Sounds of 1966

June 4, 2020 by Joe Marchese | 5 Comments

By any estimation, 1966 was a pivotal year in rock. On one side of the Atlantic: Pet Sounds, Blonde on Blonde, Sounds of Silence. On the other: Revolver, Fresh Cream, Aftermath. Those albums merely represent the tip of the iceberg, however. 1966 was a year in which psychedelia emerged from the fringes and onto the charts via such artists as The Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, and yes, The Beatles with “Tomorrow Never Knows.” The underground scene continued to grow and increasingly attract the attention of major labels. Earlier this year, Cherry Red’s Grapefruit…

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Box Sets, CD

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Classic Rock, Pop

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David Bowie, The Action, The Animals, The Bee Gees, The Creation, The Hollies, The Kinks, The Yardbirds, The Zombies, Various Artists

Release Round-Up: Week of February 21

February 21, 2020 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Hank Williams, Pictures from Life’s Other Side – The Man and His Music in Rare Photos and Recordings (BMG) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) BMG salutes late singer-songwriter-legend Hank Williams with the release of Pictures from Life’s Other Side – The Man and His Music in Rare Photos and Recordings. This lavish 6-CD collection presents all 144 tracks recorded by Williams for his 1951 radio show sponsored by Mother’s Best Flour Company. The Mother’s Best radio shows have been chronicled on various sets…

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

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Classic Rock, Country, Everything Else, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Bob Crewe, Erasure, Eric Burdon, Fred Rogers, Hank Williams, Harry Nilsson, Miles Davis, Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels, Nancy Priddy, Neneh Cherry, Ozzy Osbourne, Peter Green, Ringo Starr, The Animals, The Staple Singers

Release Round-Up: Week of February 24

February 24, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti various editions (Atlantic/Swan Song) 2-CD Original Album: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 3-CD Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-LP Original Album: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 3-LP Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Super Deluxe Edition (3-CD/3-LP): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Digital Download: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Led Zeppelin’s classic album turns 40 and gets the remastered treatment with never-before-heard content available in a plethora of formats! Read the track listing and full details here. Lead Belly, The Smithsonian Folkways Collection (Folkways) (Amazon…

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Release Round-Up

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Box Sets, CD, Vinyl

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

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Camper Van Beethoven, Chicago, Lead Belly, Led Zeppelin, The Animals, The Manhattans

Release Round-Up: Week of November 26

November 26, 2013 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

The Animals, The Mickie Most Years and More / Tower of Power, Hipper Than Hip: Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow – Live on the Air & in the Studio 1974 / Lisa Fischer, So Intense / The Alabama State Troupers, Road Show / The Obsessed, The Church Within (Real Gone Music) An Animals box set and a compilation of unreleased Tower of Power greatness head off Real Gone’s slate for the end of the year! The Animals: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.Tower of Power: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.Lisa Fischer: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.The Alabama State Troupers: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.The Obsessed: CD (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) LP (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Badfinger, Timeless: The Musical Legacy (Apple)…

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Box Sets, DVD

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Soundtracks

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Barbra Streisand, Big Star, Lisa Fischer, Soundgarden, The Animals, Thelonious Monk, Tito Puente, Tower of Power, Vinyl

UPDATE: Real Gone Music Is “Obsessed” With Late November Slate, Featuring Animals Box Set and Live Tower of Power

October 16, 2013 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Real Gone Music’s November 25 release slate is so packed that the label has decided to roll it out a few titles at a time. The label is kicking things off for the pre-Thanksgiving rush with some soulful Southern rock, a hidden gem from one of the stars of 20 Feet from Stardom, a slab of metal, a previously unissued live concert from the soulful horn band Tower of Power, and a 5-CD box set from the pride of Newcastle upon Tyne, The Animals! Real Gone is going wild with perhaps its…

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Lisa Fischer, The Alabama State Troupers, The Animals, The Obsessed, Tower of Power