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July 21, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Ricci Martin Beached

What if key members of The Beach Boys, Chicago, America, and Wings had teamed up to create one of the greatest California rock albums you've never heard?  Well, they actually did!  And on September 11, Second Disc Records, in association with Real Gone Music, will be bringing it to CD in the U.S. for the very first time in a newly-remastered and expanded edition! Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, author and director Ricci Martin, the sixth child of legendary "King of Cool" Dean Martin

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: America, Billy Hinsche, Carl Wilson, Chicago, Dennis Wilson, Ricci Martin, The Beach Boys

May 22, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Here Today The Songs of Brian Wilson

2015 has been a banner year for Brian Wilson.  The Beach Boys legend has already released a new album, is currently preparing for a tour with Searching for Sugar Man cult hero Rodriguez, and will next month see the full release in theatres of his biopic Love and Mercy.  Ace Records is joining the celebration with the June 29 U.K. release (July 10 in the U.S.) of Here Today! The Songs of Brian Wilson. One of Ace's first releases in its Songwriters and Producers Series was 2003's Pet Projects:

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Bobby Vee, Brian Wilson, Bruce and Terry, Carmen McRae, Gary Usher, Hugo Montenegro, Jay and the Americans, Nick DeCaro, The Beach Boys, The Tokens

February 18, 2015 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

beach boys standard pet sounds

“I figure no one is educated musically ‘til they’ve heard [Pet Sounds],” Paul McCartney once said of The Beach Boys’ classic, released 45 years and one week ago on May 16, 1966. George Martin concurred: “Without Pet Sounds, Sgt. Pepper wouldn’t have happened.” Brian Wilson poured his musical heart into the album’s thirteen tracks; in less than thirty-five minutes, he delivered an entire spectrum of emotions in a song cycle of striking beauty and sensitivity. Pet Sounds may initially have been

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio Genre: Pop Tags: Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys

February 17, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

chicago live 75

When they took the stage at Largo, Maryland's Capital Centre in June, 1975, nostalgia was foremost on the minds of the members of Chicago.  Early in the set preserved by Rhino on Chicago XXXIV: Live in '75, comments are made from the stage with a great deal of surprise: "[Here's] another blast from the past!"  "Nostalgia is in nowadays."  "We would like to be nostalgic."  Would the Robert Lamm, Walter Parazaider, Lee Loughnane and James Pankow of 1975 been able to conceive that they'd be playing

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Chicago, The Beach Boys

December 3, 2014 By Joe Marchese 24 Comments

beach boys keep an eye

  With another year rapidly drawing to a close, many fans were wondering if 2014 would bring another round of “copyright extension collections,” i.e. releases designed to circumvent recent European Union copyright law.  The answer, of course, is “yes.”  To greatly simplify, E.U. law now holds that a recording is protected for 75 years under copyright in the E.U. (the period previously was 50 years) but only if that recording has been released.  As a result of this change in law, the past

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys

March 20, 2014 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OBogYK_40U] It's like NFL draft day for music geeks*! Today's the big announcement of the full Record Store Day 2014 exclusives list, to kick off with a press conference at Los Angeles' Amoeba Music later today. While we're positive there are some great surprises in store, a number of our favorite labels have already spilled the beans on their spreads for April 19. Sundazed Music, purveyors of great vintage rock on CD and vinyl, have five 45 RPM singles

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Categories: News Tags: Link Wray, Ray Lanham, The Beach Boys, The Standells, The Who, Vinyl

February 17, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

music for little hipsters1

If you’re looking for a little music to go with your grande toffee nut latte, Starbucks has recently unveiled a number of new audio offerings to kick off 2014.  In addition to its annual Sweetheart disc – an anthology of new(ish) artists playing old(ish) love songs including, this year, songs by John Lennon, Bob Dylan and Harry Nilsson – the coffee giant has curated a selection of Music for Little Hipsters, sets dedicated to Women of Jazz and When Jazz Meets Guitar, and an Opus Collection volume

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Categories: News Tags: Lena Horne, Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughan, The Beach Boys

December 17, 2013 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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1963 was a landmark year for the favorite sons of Hawthorne, California.  During those twelve months, The Beach Boys released three Top 10 studio albums (Surfin’ USA, Surfer Girl and Little Deuce Coupe) and launched three Top 10 singles (“Surfin’ USA,” “Surfer Girl,” and “Be True to Your School”).  Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, the outgoing David Marks and returning Al Jardine were perfecting their harmony-laden brand of surf rock and setting the stage for the next step in

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys, The Beatles

December 4, 2013 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

superman returns ost2

La-La Land never fails to amaze when it comes to Black Friday. The soundtrack label often saves some of its biggest and highest-profile titles for announcements on the shopping weekend (see 2010, 2011 and 2012) - and this year is no different, with two premiere releases of acclaimed scores, an expanded edition of a superhero sequel and a box set devoted to one of the biggest action film franchises of all time. First up: call them slobs, call them jerks, call them gross - just don't call them

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Michael Kamen, Sting, The Beach Boys

August 27, 2013 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

beach boys made in california box

If everybody had an ocean... Rarely have five simple words in pop music held such promise.  The message at the time was an invitation squarely aimed at teens: “If everybody had an ocean, across the USA/Then everybody’d be surfin’ like Califor-ni-a...”  But ultimately, the promise and California dream embodied by Hawthorne, CA’s native sons came to mean so much more than mere surfin’.  The sound of The Beach Boys – Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Al Jardine, David Marks,

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys

August 27, 2013 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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The Beach Boys, Made in California (Capitol/UMe) Six discs of career-spanning tunes - hits and rarities aplenty - from the best band to come out of Hawthorne, California. (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Bob Dylan, Another Self Portrait (1969-1971): The Bootleg Series Vol. 10 (Columbia) Revisit one of the most polarizing periods of Dylan's career with the latest Bootleg Series entry, featuring outtakes from Nashville Skyline, Self Portrait and New Morning. A deluxe version includes Dylan and The

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Bob Dylan, Mario Lanza, Naked Eyes, Nina Simone, Robert Palmer, Sly & The Family Stone, The Band, The Beach Boys, Vinyl

June 11, 2013 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

beach boys made in california box

On my way to sunny California, on my way to spend another sunny day… The sounds of summer will be in perfect harmony on August 27 when Capitol Records releases the Beach Boys’ long-awaited, retrospective box set Made in California.  Word first came last summer of the 50th anniversary box, as the reunited group of Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and David Marks were winding down a phenomenally successful world tour.  Since then, the Love/Johnston faction of the band has

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets Tags: Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys

May 21, 2013 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

fm soundtrack culture factory

The Beach Boys, Live: The 50th Anniversary Tour (Capitol) Brian, Mike, Al, Bruce and David may not be touring again anytime soon, but at least we now have two discs of live memories to play. (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Townes Van Zandt, The Late Great Townes Van Zandt / High, Low and In Between (Omnivore) You heard the demos, now rediscover these great country albums, on CD or vinyl! Late Great CD (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.), LP (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) High, Low CD (Amazon U.S. / Amazon

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Categories: News Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Billy Joel, Bob Seger, Linda Ronstadt, Queen, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Steely Dan, The Beach Boys, Townes Van Zandt

May 21, 2013 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

beach boys live

Water has always played a key role in the California myth of The Beach Boys – whether via the inviting waves of “Surfin’ USA,” the blue seas of “Hawaii,” or the dark imagery of “Surf’s Up.”  But the water onstage for the group’s 50th anniversary tour was of a different sort: it was water under the bridge.  If perhaps only for three or so hours each night last summer, all of the oft-publicized tensions that have beset America’s Band over the years seemed to melt away in full view of the

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys

April 22, 2013 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

beach boys live1

If The Beach Boys are the all-time torchbearers for harmony, surely Crosby, Stills, Nash & (sometimes) Young aren’t far behind.  Both of these legendary groups have recently announced live recordings of landmark concert engagements. When The Beach Boys’ acclaimed 50th Anniversary reunion tour concluded last September in London, the band’s triumph was marked by a note of sadness.  Acrimony had once again arisen, and it appeared clear that the tour would likely be the last together for Brian

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Categories: News Tags: The Beach Boys

March 11, 2013 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

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Another few batches of Universal's eye-rolling ICON series are on the way - and while they offer a few genuine surprises, there's a lot, perhaps even more than usual, to shake one's head over. The big surprise right off the bat is that the mid-price compilation series will now chronicle not only Universal-controlled catalogue artists, but EMI-controlled ones as well. This is hardly a surprise, given the past year's big story of music business restructuring that's leaving the world with three

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Belinda Carlisle, Bon Jovi, Pat Benatar, Poison, The Beach Boys

November 21, 2012 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

beach boys isnt it time single

Here in the U. S. of A., Black Friday is almost upon us: that unusual date following the prior day of giving thanks, in which consumers make a mad dash to the local big-box store, mall or shopping center to procure bargains for the holiday season ahead.  Retailers are controversially beginning Black Friday “festivities” even earlier than usual this year, with many sales starting on Thanksgiving Day itself and not even at midnight but in the early part of the evening.  For a number of recent

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Bob Dylan, Buck Owens, Lee Hazlewood, Leonard Cohen, Love, Marshall Crenshaw, Merle Haggard, Miles Davis, Nirvana, The Beach Boys, The Grateful Dead, The Rolling Stones, The Velvet Underground, Vinyl, Wanda Jackson

October 16, 2012 By Joe Marchese 37 Comments

surfs up remaster

It’s about time now!  Don’t you know now?  It’s about time we get together to be out front and love one another… - Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson, Bob Burchman and Al Jardine (1970) Isn’t it time we danced the night away?  How about doing it just like yesterday? - Brian Wilson, Joe Thomas, Jim Peterik, Larry Millas and Mike Love (2012) No, Mike Love didn’t fire Brian Wilson from The Beach Boys.  But that didn’t stop the Beach Boys’ leader, producer and chief songwriter from telling The Los

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys

October 9, 2012 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

beach boys 50 big ones

We’re continuing our series of in-depth features dedicated to America’s band, The Beach Boys, and the various projects that have kept the group occupied throughout 2012!  Today, as the Boys launch a new series of album reissues and compilation titles, we explore Greatest Hits, 50 Big Ones and more! It was the headline heard the world (wide web) over: Mike Love Fires Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys.  Of course, it wasn’t true.  No matter, though: suddenly, good, good, good vibrations were

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys

October 9, 2012 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

beatles magical mystery tour2

  The Beach Boys, 2012 Remasters / Greatest Hits / Greatest Hits: Fifty Big Ones (Capitol/EMI) The summer gets a little more endless with a new compilation (in two formats) and remasters of nearly all of the band's '60s albums. (A full breakdown of those albums is here, and a full review is coming up from Joe today!) The Beatles, Magical Mystery Tour (Apple/EMI) The Fab Four's kooky film is making its Blu-Ray debut in standard and deluxe box formats. Deep Purple, Machine Head: 40th

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Barbra Streisand, Level 42, Old 97's, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Supremes, The Who, Vince Guaraldi

October 8, 2012 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

david cassidy home and gettin it

David Cassidy sure is getting a lot of love on both sides of the Atlantic. Almost simultaneously, reissue campaigns for the singer, actor and former teen idol were launched in the U.S. by Real Gone Music and in the U.K. by Cherry Red's 7Ts imprint.  The former label has already reissued 1974's Cassidy Live!, 1976's Gettin' It in the Street, and 1985's Romance.  7Ts began its own campaign with a two-fer of Cherish and Rock Me Baby (both from 1972) and is continuing chronologically with four

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Brian Wilson, David Cassidy, The Beach Boys

September 26, 2012 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

the ramones heard them here first

Ace Records is cheering “Gabba gabba hey!” with the recent release of The Ramones Heard Them Here First, an overview charting the influences behind New York’s seminal punk pioneers.  Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee and Tommy didn’t exactly try to hide their inspirations when they included a cover of Chris Montez’ 1962 hit “Let’s Dance” on their debut long-player Ramones in 1976 and over the years, they continued to tip the hat to rock and roll heroes from The Ronettes to The Beach Boys.  The new

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Categories: News Tags: Louis Armstrong, Love, Motörhead, Ramones, The Beach Boys, The Byrds, The Ronettes

September 10, 2012 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

beach boys 50 big ones

UPDATE 9/10: It appears that the mono/stereo catalogue remasters for The Beach Boys will now arrive from Capitol/EMI on October 9 in North America, alongside the two greatest hits sets, not the previously announced September 25.  As of today's date, we have not confirmed any change of date for the international releases.  Watch this space for any further updates! BREAKING NEWS 8/8: The Beach Boys have announced plans for the CD and digital release of two new commemorative hits collections by

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, DVD Tags: Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys

July 31, 2012 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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Frank Zappa, Official Reissues #1-13 (Zappa/UMe) The iconoclastic musician's catalogue is back in print thanks to a new agreement with Universal, and his first 13 albums (most of them newly remastered from the original analog masters) are available today. Joe gave us a great breakdown of what's what on these new masters, which also has convenient links to both these new titles and the forthcoming second wave of remasters next month. Blur, Blur 21 (Virgin/EMI) 21 refers not only to the

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets Tags: Neil Diamond, The Beach Boys, Thelonious Monk, Todd Rundgren, Weather Report

July 23, 2012 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

good vibrations beach boys songbook1

2012 has been a big year for The Beach Boys, and the fun, fun, fun shows little sign of abating any time soon. While we still wait for more details on the possible U.S. arrival of a series of reissued original albums, Sony Music Japan is celebrating with a unique tribute to America's band. Good Vibrations: The Beach Boys Songbook is a 25-track compilation drawn mostly, but not exclusively, from the Sony family of labels including Columbia, RCA Victor, Arista, Buddah and Bang, and offers a number

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Categories: News Tags: Brian Wilson, Petula Clark, The Beach Boys, The Cowsills, Todd Rundgren

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