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Release Round-Up: Week of January 27

January 27, 2017 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Release Round-Up: Week of January 27

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Chicago, Chicago II: Steven Wilson Remix (Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Chicago's second album gets a fully remixed edition from producer Steven Wilson, created from the original 16-track multitrack tapes and sure to highlight previously unheard or overlooked elements of this rock classic!  Available on CD, with an LP edition to follow later in the year.  Read more here! Cream, Fresh Cream: Super Deluxe Edition

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, SACD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Brewer and Shipley, Carly Simon, Chicago, Cream, Grand Funk Railroad, Joe Cocker, The Move

Looking Out For Love: Fleetwood Mac's "Tango in the Night" Due as Deluxe Set

January 25, 2017 By Mike Duquette 10 Comments

Looking Out For Love: Fleetwood Mac's "Tango in the Night" Due as Deluxe Set

Three decades after it was first released--and following similarly expansive editions for three of the group's earlier albums from this period--Warner Bros. Records and Rhino will expand and reissue Fleetwood Mac's 14th studio album, Tango in the Night. The last studio album from the band's modern classic line-up of Lindsey Buckingham (vocals/guitar), Stevie Nicks (vocals), Christine McVie (vocals/keyboards), John McVie (bass) and Mick Fleetwood (drums), Tango in the Night marked the group's

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Fleetwood Mac

Release Round-Up: Week of January 13

January 13, 2017 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Release Round-Up: Week of January 13

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up - our first of the New Year! Gerry Rafferty, The Very Best of Gerry Rafferty: United Artistry (Varese Vintage) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Varese Vintage goes right down the line with Gerry Rafferty's greatest hits, including "Stuck in the Middle with You" from Stealers Wheel, and the solo "Baker Street," "Get It Right Next Time," "Right Down the Line" and more!  This newly-remastered 16-track compilation has seven U.S. and U.K.

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Dennis Coffey, England Dan and John Ford Coley, Gerry Rafferty, Lee Hazlewood, The Delfonics

Mandatory Fun: More Details Emerge About "Weird Al" Yankovic's Career-Spanning "Squeeze Box"

January 12, 2017 By Randy Fairman 3 Comments

Mandatory Fun: More Details Emerge About "Weird Al" Yankovic's Career-Spanning "Squeeze Box"

Last June, word came out that this year would see the release of a box set containing all of "Weird Al" Yankovic's studio albums.  Over six months have gone by with not much more being revealed, but a few more details have just been announced today. The appropriately-titled Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of "Weird Al" Yankovic will be released on November 24.  Produced by Legacy Recordings, it will be available via PledgeMusic.  CD, vinyl and digital versions will be released.  Both physical

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, Pop Tags: "Weird Al" Yankovic

It's Too Late To Stop Now: Ted's Year in Review, And A Look Ahead

January 11, 2017 By Ted Frank 5 Comments

It's Too Late To Stop Now: Ted's Year in Review, And A Look Ahead

In the early days of the New Year, we've announced our annual Gold Bonus Disc Awards, and have also shared Mike's selections for the Reissues of the Year!  Today, Ted takes a turn with a look at his own, wide-ranging personal music diary, or Best of 2016 - plus a look at what he's most anticipating in the months to come!  We hope you'll discover a favorite of your own!  You'll find selected links below for further reading. 2016 was a richly diverse year for music.  But before taking a look at

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Everything Else, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

For The Good Times: Rhino Expands Kris Kristofferson's "Austin Sessions"

January 10, 2017 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

For The Good Times: Rhino Expands Kris Kristofferson's "Austin Sessions"

Next month, Rhino Records will revisit a latter-day classic from one of the leaders of the "new country" movement, Kris Kristofferson.  The 1999 release The Austin Sessions will be reissued on CD, vinyl LP and DD in a newly-remastered edition also featuring two previously unreleased bonus tracks. The Austin Sessions was recorded by the famed singer-songwriter with producer Fred Mollin at Arlyn Studios in 1997 as part of a songwriter-focused series also featuring retrospectives from Jimmy Webb

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Country Tags: Allison Krauss, Jackson Browne, Kris Kristofferson, Marc Cohn, Mark Knopfler, Steve Earle, Vince Gill

Ain't Too Proud To Beg: New Digital Releases Premiere Unreleased Beach Boys and Motown Featuring Marvin Gaye, Supremes, Temptations and Many More

January 3, 2017 By Randy Fairman 2 Comments

Ain't Too Proud To Beg: New Digital Releases Premiere Unreleased Beach Boys and Motown Featuring Marvin Gaye, Supremes, Temptations and Many More

As has become commonplace over the past several years due to the copyright laws in the U.K. and Europe, a couple of "copyright extension" releases came out at the end of 2016 to come in right at the deadline for 1966 recordings.  While sometimes these collections have taken physical form like the two large Bob Dylan box sets that have been released over the past couple of years, they are more often than not digital-only releases.  And in keeping with the traditions of the past several years,

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Brenda Holloway, Marvin Gaye, The Beach Boys, The Four Tops, The Supremes, The Temptations, Various Artists

Cooking with Gas: Sub Pop Reissues Tad Discography

December 19, 2016 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Cooking with Gas: Sub Pop Reissues Tad Discography

If you're looking for some reissues for the hardcore Seattle fan in your life, Sub Pop Records has recently released the early discography of the group Tad. Named for singer/guitarist Tad Doyle, Tad were one of Sub Pop's first artists, and while their music sounded less punk and more metal (think Alice in Chains without quite as many hooks), they were a crucial force for the label. They opened for Nirvana on a European tour, and shared many of their studio collaborators (Jack Endino produced

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Tad

Release Round-Up: Week of December 16

December 16, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Release Round-Up: Week of December 16

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up!  The Kinks, The Mono Collection (Sanctuary/BMG) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The Kinks' The Mono Collection brings together eight of the band's classic albums in their original U.K. Pye Records mono editions on ten LPs, all pressed on 180-gram vinyl.  The set includes 1967's Live at Kelvin Hall and 1970's original 2-LP collection The Kinks (otherwise known as The Black Album.  A hardcover 48-page book including never-before-seen

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock Tags: Rage Against the Machine, Randy Newman, Rush, Social Distortion, The Doors, The Kinks, Tony Bennett

Paul McCartney Sets Archive Release of "Flowers in the Dirt" For March, Includes Elvis Costello Demos

December 15, 2016 By Joe Marchese 25 Comments

Paul McCartney Sets Archive Release of "Flowers in the Dirt" For March, Includes Elvis Costello Demos

Last August, Paul McCartney announced his return to The Beatles' longtime home of Capitol Records, bringing all of his solo works beginning with 1970's McCartney into the fold of the Universal Music Group-owned label.  Today, the long-awaited multi-format Archive Collection release of 1989's Flowers in the Dirt has been announced for March 24, 2017 via MPL/Capitol/UMe. Highlighted by four collaborations with Declan MacManus, a.k.a. Elvis Costello, Flowers in the Dirt featured productions by

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Elvis Costello, Paul McCartney

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