NEW MUSIC FRIDAY | New releases from The Residents, Tanita Tikaram, Spinners, Shampoo, Al Stewart, Cranes and more!
Happy New Music Friday! Here's everything we've released today...
THE SPINNERS: KEEP ON KEEPIN’ ON: THE ATLANTIC YEARS, 7CD BOX SET
• Eagerly-awaited companion volume to The Spinners’ acclaimed best-selling 2023 box set ‘Ain’t No Price on Happiness: The Thom Bell Studio Recordings (1972-1979)’.
• 7CD box set consisting of expanded editions of all six of The Spinners’ Atlantic albums released after the Thom Bell years, including collaborations with red-hot producers Michael Zager, James Mtume and Reggie Lucas, Freddie Perren, and Leon Sylvers III.
THE BYRON BAND: ON THE ROCKS… AGAIN, 3CD BOX SET
• Featuring David Byron and Robin George.
• 3CD set including The Byron Band’s debut album, demos, rehearsals and live recordings.
• For Fans Of: Uriah Heep, David Byron, Robin George.
TANITA TIKARAM: THE WEA/EASTWEST ALBUMS 1988 - 1995, 5CD BOX SET
• 5CD 81-track clamshell box set.
• Featuring singer-songwriter Tanita Tikaram’s first five albums, all of her studio recordings made for WEA and EastWest, recorded between 1988 and 1995.
• Remastered and including many bonus tracks including B-sides, radio edits and original material.
CRANES: COLLECTED WORKS VOL 1 - 1989-1997, 6CD BOX SET
• EXTENSIVE BOX SET EXPLORING CRANES’ OUTPUT ON THE DEDICATED LABEL, 1989-1997.
• INCLUDES ALBUMS, B-SIDES, REMIXES, RARITIES AND LIVE RECORDINGS.
• CURATED IN ASSOCIATION WITH CRANES FOUNDER AND VOCALIST ALISON SHAW.
THE RESIDENTS: DEMONS DANCE ALONE, 3CD & 2LP PRESERVED EDITIONS
3CD EDITION
• THE SEMINAL 2002 ALBUM, PLUS DEMOS, LIVE RECORDINGS, NON-ALBUM TRACKS AND LATER EVOLUTIONS.
WITH 27 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACKS!
• COMPILED BY THE RESIDENTS, ASSISTED BY CARLA FABRIZIO.
• ESSAY BY JIM KNIPFEL AND SLEEVENOTES BY THE RESIDENTS’ MYSTERIOUS ARCHIVIST.
2LP EDITION
• THE CLASSIC 2002 ALBUM – NEVER BEFORE RELEASED ON VINYL!
• 2LP SET RESPLENDENT IN PORNO GRAPHICS ARTWORK.
• INCLUDES FOURTH SIDE OF NON-ALBUM BONUS TRACKS.
SHAMPOO: COMPLETE SHAMPOO, 3CD/1DVD BOX SET
• The entire Shampoo back catalogue presented in one attractive girl powered package!
• Three CDs containing a total of 57 audio tracks, including three full-length studio albums - 'We Are Shampoo' (1994), 'Girl Power' (1996) and 'Absolute Shampoo' (2000), plus all the duo's A-sides, B-sides, 12" mixes and rarities!
• Includes five UK top 40 entries, including the hit singles 'Trouble', 'Viva La Megababes', 'Delicious', 'Girl Power' and 'I Know What Boys Like'.
AL STEWART: PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE, 50TH ANNIVERSARY 3CD/BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION BOX SET
• DELUXE 3CD / MULTI-REGION BLU-RAY DISC 50th ANNIVERSARY LIMITED EDITION BOXED SET OF THE CLASSIC 1973 ALBUM BY AL STEWART.
• NEWLY REMASTERED AND MIXED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES.
• FEATURING AN ADDITIONAL 30 BONUS TRACKS DRAWN FROM STEPHEN W TAYLER’S NEW 5.1 SURROUND SOUND AND STEREO MIXES OF THE ALBUM & A NEW MIX OF A CONCERT RECORDED AT THE HOWFF IN LONDON IN 1974.
CHAPMAN - WHITNEY: STREETWALKERS, 50TH ANNIVERSARY REMASTERED AND EXPANDED EDITION
• NEW REMASTERED AND EXPANDED 50th ANNIVERSARY RELEASE OF THE CLASSIC ALBUM BY ROGER CHAPMAN & CHARLIE WHITNEY.
• REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES WITH SEVEN BONUS TRACKS.
• FULLY RESTORED ARTWORK AND NEW ESSAY.
PALLAS: EYES IN THE NIGHT – THE RECORDINGS 1981 - 1986, 6CD/BLU-RAY REMASTERED BOX SET
• A NEW 7 DISC BOXED SET ANTHOLOGY WITH 6 CDs AND 1 BLU-RAY VIDEO CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF NEO PROG BAND PALLAS 1981 – 1986.
• FEATURING THE ALBUMS ARRIVE ALIVE, THE SENTINEL, THE WEDGE, SINGLES AND THE ‘KNIGHTMOVES’ EP ALONG WITH BBC RECORDINGS OF THE BAND’S READING FESTIVAL APPEARANCE IN 1983 AND A SESSION FOR THE FRIDAY ROCK SHOW IN MARCH 1984 AND A CD OF A PREVIOUSLY UNISSUED CONCERT RECORDED AT RITZY'S, ABERDEEN IN OCTOBER 1985.
RICHARD 'DIMPLES' FIELDS: THE ALBUMS 1980-1985, 3CD
• Triple CD release including five early 80s Richard “Dimples” Fields’ albums.
• Featuring ‘Dimples’, ‘Mr Look So Good’, ‘Give Everybody Some’, ‘MMM…’ and ‘Dark Gable’.
• With in-depth sleeve notes by journalist Joe Marchese who has been writing about music daily at TheSecondDisc.com since 2010 (in 2015, he launched Second Disc Records which has released over 50 titles to date).