amit1234 said:

Cherry Pop also released 2 CD deluxe editions of Taylor Dayne's Can't Fight Fate and Soul Dancing. Nice to see this label paying homage to these talented Arista diva's and their contribution to pop and dance music.

That's cool. I noticed the Arista connection. I wonder if Lisa Stansfield got a deluxe reissue?

Cinny said:

I wonder if Lisa Stansfield got a deluxe reissue?

You must not look at these reissue threads. Lisa's albums were mentioned in a previous one, maybe the last one.

Cinny said:

I wonder if Lisa Stansfield got a deluxe reissue?

I have the recently released Lisa Stansfield box set. Each CD comes chalk full of bonus tracks along with a DVD with music videos and live concerts. It is the creme de la creme of box sets! I ordered mine from amazonuk because it was $55 cheaper than amazonusa. Still quite expensive but well worth the money.

getxxxx said:

http://www.importcds.com/...collection Donna Box set is out

Donna had enough music videos from these albums for them to have included a DVD with the box set, along with the A Hot Summer's Night concert from 1983.

MickyDolenz said:

Cinny said:

I wonder if Lisa Stansfield got a deluxe reissue?

You must not look at these reissue threads. Lisa's albums were mentioned in a previous one, maybe the last one.

Yeah, I totally missed that one!

kitbradley said:

I have the recently released Lisa Stansfield box set. Each CD comes chalk full of bonus tracks along with a DVD with music videos and live concerts. It is the creme de la creme of box sets! I ordered mine from amazonuk because it was $55 cheaper than amazonusa. Still quite expensive but well worth the money.

Wow!!

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kitbradley said:

I have the recently released Lisa Stansfield box set. Each CD comes chalk full of bonus tracks along with a DVD with music videos and live concerts. It is the creme de la creme of box sets! I ordered mine from amazonuk because it was $55 cheaper than amazonusa. Still quite expensive but well worth the money.

Kit which box set do u prefer the previous one or the 2014 version sans the promo dvds?

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getxxxx said:

kitbradley said:

I have the recently released Lisa Stansfield box set. Each CD comes chalk full of bonus tracks along with a DVD with music videos and live concerts. It is the creme de la creme of box sets! I ordered mine from amazonuk because it was $55 cheaper than amazonusa. Still quite expensive but well worth the money.

Kit which box set do u prefer the previous one or the 2014 version sans the promo dvds?

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Definately the set that was released last month. I'm still making my way through all the CDs. I haven't even started the DVDs yet!

Numbered, Limited Edition! Very Limited Quantities!
Only 1,000 Numbered Copies Available!

24-Bit/100kHz Mastering! This K2 HD Mastering CD will play on ALL CD players!

This recording has been mastered by the K2 HD format of 24-bit 100kHz, which creates an unbelievable sound surpassing other formats!

Older is the third studio album from George Michael, released on May 14, 1996 in the United States through the then-new DreamWorks Records. Older was the very first album released by DreamWorks Records. It was Michael's first album since 1990's Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1 – the five-and-a-half-year gap was due to the controversial legal battle that Michael experienced with his record company. Michael dedicated three years straight in the recording of Older, and the album found him exploring new musical territories in a more serious fashion compared to his previous work.

At the time of release, the album was a huge commercial hit, particularly in Europe. In the UK, the album was particularly notable for producing six Top Three hit singles in a two-year span, creating a record still unsurpassed. To date, Older has sold around 15 million copies worldwide.

"Michael's skills as a pop craftsman still shine through -- several songs are well-constructed ballads that rank with his best material..." -Stephen Thomas Erlewine, allmusic.com

Features:
• Numbered, Limited Edition (Only 1000 Copies)
• K2 HD 100kHz / 24-bit Mastering
• Made in Japan
• Includes Clear Protective Outer Sleeve

Numbered, Limited Edition! Very Limited Quantities!
Only 1,000 Numbered Copies Available!

24-Bit/100kHz Mastering! This K2 HD Mastering CD will play on ALL CD players!

This recording has been mastered by the K2 HD format of 24-bit 100kHz, which creates an unbelievable sound surpassing other formats!

Damn Right, I've Got The Blues is a studio album by Blues guitarist Buddy Guy. The album has been described by Allmusic and Rolling Stone as a commercial comeback album for Guy after limited recording for the previous 10 years.

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1. Damn Right, I've Got The Blues

2. Where Is The Next One Coming From

3. Five Long Years

4. Mustang Sally

5. There Is Something On Your Mind

6. Early In The Morning

7. Too Broke To Spend the Night

8. Black Night

9. Let Me Love You Baby

10. Rememberin' Stevie

Dusty Springfield Heart And Soul on CD

Being a part time dj whose fave musical period is the decade between 1953 and 1963 one can dig forever in a bottomless pit of great danceable uptempo tunes. Even after years and years of bringing new and exciting tunes to light there still are new finds every day who fill the dancefloors around the world for fans young and old.

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We're talking Rhythm`n´Blues and the phase in the early 60s when it morphed into Soul (now called New Breed), as well as the genre that nowadays is labeled Popcorn – a midtempo style with a high groove-factor that was created in Belgium (of all places).

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Of course, when filling the box for a dj night one selects the fast and highly danceable stuff and maybe a few slower tunes to send people home in the morning.

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The Slow Grind Fever series was created after stumbling over a clubnight in Australia via the internet: "Melbourne's only slow dance party, where they play the slowest, spookiest, sweetest records they can find, and folks dance real slow in a haze of smoke and dim red light.“

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Well, what a concept! The Soundcloud-mixes the three dj's (Richie1250, Mohair Slim & Pierre Baroni) posted pretty quickly convinced the Stag-O-Lee chief that this is very exciting and after a few mails with the guys who run the Melbourne night the Slow Grind Fever series was born.

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Side One:
1. The Notes - Cha Jezebel 2:54
2. The El Torros - Yellow Hand 2:18
3. Eddie Cooley & The Dimples - Driftwood 2:49
4. Isley Brothers with Ray Ellis & Orchestra - Teach Me How To Shimmy 2:29
5. Donna Dee - Nobody's Gonna Hurt You 2:27
6. Charlie Williams - Playin Guitar And Missin You 2:23
7. Henry Thome - Wolf Bait 2:38
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Side Two:
1. Bob Lee - Wanted For Questioning 2:22
2. Little Willie John - Young Girl 2:53
3. Elizabeth Waldo - Balsa Boat 3:05
4. Bobby Rebel - Valley Of Tears 2:28
5. Jessie Hill - My Love 2:42
6. The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You 3:21
7. Jimmy Scott - Home 2:56

Got a hold of a couple of the Donna Summer reissues and I'm happy to report that the bonus tracks are NOT vinyl rips! Yaaaay!!!

CD release date: January, 6 2015

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Ne’er a truer word was spoken! And, lest someone be offended by the title of this album, let’s just remember that this is REDD FOXX, the guy who practically invented off-color humor! And this album, released by Atlantic in 1976 and the comic legend’s first album release in 12 years, was actually pretty tame compared to the “party records” that Redd recorded for the Dootone label that were so, um, salty that record stores had to hide them under the counter. That’s not to say, though, that this record isn’t downright raunchy at times; as befitting the man who paved the way for Richard Pryor, Chris Rock and even Andrew Dice Clay, there are plenty of unbleeped three-, four- and even twelve-letter words! Those familiar with Redd’s work only via Sanford and Son definitely need to check this out. You Gotta Wash Your Ass got nominated for a Grammy, but we doubt Redd gave a $#@!

Soul music pioneer Sam Cooke owned and operated SAR Records, his own independent label, from 1959 until his death in December 1964. ABKCO Records has gone to great lengths to uncover many treasures in the SAR catalog and will release two important compilation albums, including a number of previously unreleased tracks on January 27: Joy In My Soul: The Complete SAR Recordings by The Soul Stirrers, the gospel group that helped launch the careers of both Cooke and Johnnie Taylor, and Lookin’ For A Love: The Complete SAR Recordings by The Valentinos, who are notable for being Bobby Womack’s first secular group.

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Founded in 1926 by Roy Crain, The Soul Stirrers were one of the preeminent gospel vocal acts in the U.S. over the next several decades. After many line up changes, a then-unknown Sam Cooke joined the group in 1951, a stint that lasted until his entry into the secular pop world as a solo artist in 1957. Cooke was replaced by Johnnie Taylor (later of “Who’s Making Love” fame), and by 1959 the Soul Stirrers found themselves without a label. Cooke and Crain, along with manager/songwriting partner J.W. Alexander reacted by founding SAR Records, whose first order of business was releasing Taylor-fronted Soul Stirrers recordings as well as selections on which Jimmie Outler took the lead.

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ABKCO’s Joy In My Soul: The Complete SAR Recordings double CD package contains the group’s entire recorded output from September 1959 to July 1964, including the LPs Jesus Be A Fence Around Me and Encore!! With The Soul Stirrers as well as non-LP singles and unreleased tracks.

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CD 1

1) I’m a Pilgrim

2) Listen To The Angels Sing

3) Jesus Be A Fence Around Me

4) Toiling On

5) He’s Been A Shelter For Me

6) Stand By Me Father

7) Must Jesus Bear The Cross Alone

8) Don’t Leave Me Alone

9) I’m Thankful

10) I Love The Lord

11) He Cares

12) Wade In The Water

13) Lead Me Jesus

14) Heaven Is My Home

15) God Is Standing By

16) Oh How I Love Him*

17) Since Jesus Came Into My Heart*

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CD 2

1) His Love

2) No Need To Worry

3) Since I Met The Savior

4) Praying Ground

5) Amazing Grace

6) Free At Last

7) Something Here Inside

8) Time Brings About A Change

9) Joy In My Soul

10) Where Jesus Is

11) Looking Back

12) Oh Mary, Don’t You Weep

13) Mother Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me

14) Lead Me To Calvary

15) All Over This World*

16) When The Gates Swing Open*

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*Previously unreleased. CD 1: Tracks 1-17 produced by Sam Cooke. CD 2: Tracks 1-10 produced by J.W. Alexander. Tracks 11-12 produced by Sam Cooke. Tracks 13-16 produced by Sam Cooke and J.W. Alexander

Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection

Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release Freedom Highway Complete - Recorded Live at Chicago's New Nazareth Church, a newly remixed, remastered and expanded edition of the live concert masterpiece recorded by the Staple Singers in April 1965 in support and celebration of that year's historic civil rights marches from Montgomery to Selma, Alabama.

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Freedom Highway Complete will be available as a single CD, as a digital release online, and in a special 2LP configuration on Tuesday, March 3, 2015.

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Legacy's Freedom Highway Complete is a state-of-the-art sonic verite capturing that transcendent Chicago gospel service from 50 years ago. Featuring previously unreleased performances, the spiritually uplifting service, "Pops" Staples' Intro and Outro and more, Freedom Highway Complete puts the listener right in the church, with the Staple Singers, the choir, the band, and the congregation for a once-in-a-lifetime event.

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An essential musical, cultural and historic document, Freedom Highway Complete presents the full concert and service in natural ambient sound, remixed and remastered from the original analog multi-track tapes.

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First released on Epic Records as an LP in 1965, the original Freedom Highway album, constrained by the time limits of 12" vinyl, edited the New Nazareth Church concert and service down to key performance tracks. Newly expanded to include 30+ additional minutes of the original church service, Freedom Highway Complete edition marks the first-ever release of the full concert and service.

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1. Intro by Pops Staples
2. When The Saints Go Marching In
3. The Funeral
4. Build On That Shore
5. We Shall Overcome
6. Freedom Highway
7. What You Gonna Do?
8. Precious Lord, Take My Hand (unreleased)
9. When I'm Gone
10. Help Me Jesus
11. Rev. Hopkins/Offering
12. Jesus Is All (unreleased)
13. Samson and Delilah
14. View The Holy City
15. Tell Heaven
16. He's All Right
17. Pops Outro/Benediction

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Live Concert at New Nazareth Church, Chicago, IL
Recorded April 9, 1965

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Musicians: Roebuck "Pops" Staples, guitar, vocals
Al Duncan, drums
Phil Upchurch, bass
The Staple Singers: Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Mavis Staples, Yvonne Staples, Pervis Staples