Costello’s Wheel Good Tour Captured on New Live Box Set
In 1986, Elvis Costello and The Attractions did something bizarre for rock musicians: they reinvented the wheel. Okay, maybe that’s pushing it, but the introduction of “The Spectacular Spinning...
View ArticleThe Second Disc Buyers Guide: The 100 Greatest Reissues of All Time (Part 1:...
Welcome to our brand-new, exhaustive feature to take us to the end of another great year for reissues and box sets: our first-ever official Second Disc Buyers Guide! From now until Christmas, we’re...
View ArticleRelease Round-Up: Week of December 6
Neil Diamond, The Very Best of Neil Diamond (Columbia/Legacy) A new single-disc greatest hits compilation that unites classic Columbia stuff with early works for Bang and Universal and the excellent,...
View Article“Chimes of Freedom” Flashing for Bob Dylan and Amnesty International
Let’s face it, Bob Dylan tributes aren’t exactly uncommon. That said, one of the most ambitious albums of its kind is coming down the pike, set for January 24 release. Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of...
View ArticleA Grande Cup of Burt: Starbucks Brews “Music By Bacharach”
If you see me walking down the street, and I start to cry…or smile…or laugh…there’s a good chance I might be listening to a song by Burt Bacharach. Since beginning his songwriting career with 1952’s...
View ArticleElvis Costello is Stealing Our Job (UPDATED 2/17)
UPDATE 2/17: Hey, remember this whole uproar? The CD, DVD and CD/DVD editions of this pseudo-nightmarish box can now be pre-ordered on their own, with a release date of April 3. Original post...
View ArticleRelease Round-Up: Week of April 3
Johnny Cash, Bootleg IV: The Soul of Truth (Columbia/Legacy) Three complete gospel albums – one of which was never released – and a heap of unreleased material make this one to look out for if you...
View ArticleAccidents Will Happen: Elvis Costello Collects His Songs “In Motion Pictures”...
The lure of the screen has long been impossible for Elvis Costello to resist, beginning with his appearance in 1979’s Americathon and continuing right through the present day. The artist born Declan...
View ArticleRelease Round-Up: Week of November 19
Led Zeppelin,Celebration Day (Swan Song/Atlantic) The one-off reunion nobody expected and everyone loved – a 2007 gig at the O2 in London – is now available in a variety of formats for your listening...
View ArticleReview: Burt Bacharach, “Anyone Who Had a Heart: The Art of the Songwriter”...
Time stands still for Burt Bacharach. Rumer’s 2010 single “Some Lovers,” from Bacharach and Steven Sater’s musical of the same name, is the most recent track on Universal U.K.’s new box set Anyone Who...
View ArticleBest Laid “Van”s: Do Artists’ Opinions on Their Catalogue Titles Influence...
Not long after Joe had posted about Rhino’s upcoming expansion of Van Morrison’s Moondance, I vocalized my pleasant surprise at the news. Morrison’s history with reissues has been spotty at best; a...
View ArticleBaby, It’s Burt: “The Warner Sound” and “The Atlantic Sound” Compile Rare...
In his 85th year, Burt Bacharach has kept a pace that would wear out many a younger man. In addition to performing a number of concert engagements, the Oscar, Grammy and Gershwin Prize-winning...
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