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March 23, 2015 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Bee Gees 1974 1979

It's a Monday release date here in the U.S., so here's your early Release Round-Up! Bee Gees, 1974-1979 (Reprise/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) This box set brings together the band’s Mr. Natural, Main Course, Children of the World and Spirits Having Flown plus a disc of previously issued bonus material.  Full track listing and details here.  Watch on Record Store Day for a companion vinyl release to this set featuring the 12-inch mixes from Saturday Night Fever! Kansas,

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bee Gees, Dean Martin, Hawkwind, James Brown, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, Kansas, Kenny Rankin, Paul McCartney, Phyllis Hyman, Roger Taylor, The Brecker Brothers, Toto, Van Morrison, Willie Nile

January 9, 2013 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Soul music was alive and well in 2012, and some of the finest reissues arrived courtesy of Cherry Red's SoulMusic Records label.  With the label already looking forward to 2013 releases from artists including Ronnie Laws, Patti Austin, Stephanie Mills, George Duke, Gwen Guthrie and Freda Payne (more on those soon), the time is right to revisit some of the year-end titles that might have fallen under the radar! In addition to celebrating the post-Motown recordings of Mary Wells at 20th Century

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Nancy Wilson, Syreeta Wright, The Brecker Brothers, Thelma Houston

August 28, 2012 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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Frank Zappa, Official Reissues #15-26 (Zappa Records/UMe) FZ's 1972-1979 discography, almost entirely sourced from original analog masters. (Joe breaks it all down for you here!) Various Artists, A&M 50: The Anniversary Collection (A&M/UMe) Three discs of hits and favorites from a most eclectic of major labels. Elvis Presley, A Boy from Tupelo: The Complete 1953-1955 Recordings (Follow That Dream) The King's complete Sun tenure, with single masters, alternates, live takes and more -

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets Tags: Quincy Jones, Sheryl Crow, Simon and Garfunkel, Squeeze, The Brecker Brothers, The Grateful Dead, The Police

July 13, 2012 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

brecker brothers box

Though it may be summer vacation for many of us, the folks at Sony's PopMarket have been too busy to take much of a rest!  They'll be releasing three more Complete Albums boxes from a triumvirate of artists who blurred the lines between jazz, R&B, pop and rock.  Box sets for The Brecker Brothers, Etta James and Sarah Vaughan will arrive at general retail as well as at PopMarket.com on August 28. Though most genres have been benefitted from the comprehensive Complete Albums series, jazz fans

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets Tags: Sarah Vaughan, The Brecker Brothers

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