The Isley Brothers / The RCA Victor and T-Neck Album Masters 1959-83

In August this year, Sony’s Legacy Recordings will release a massive 23-disc box set: The Isley Brothers: The RCA Victor and T-Neck Album Masters (1959-1983).

This will feature newly remastered versions of The Isley Brothers’ 21 albums released for both labels, nearly all of which are expanded with rare mixes and tracks making their CD and digital debuts. In total this new collection includes 84 rare and previously unreleased bonus tracks.

One of the most significant inclusions is the ‘lost’ live-in-the-studio album Wild In Woodstock: The Isley Brothers Live At Bearsville Sound Studio 1980. This is newly restored and for the first time it is being released in its entirety.

As can be seen from the image above, the CDs come in card sleeves accompanied by a booklet with everything residing in what looks like a clamshell box. This Isley Brothers anthology was compiled and produced by Leo Sacks, with the help of Jeffrey James and Jeremy Holiday. The music has been newly remastered from the original analog tapes by Mark Wilder at Battery Studios.

The Isley Brothers: The RCA Victor and T-Neck Album Masters (1959-83) will be released on 24 August 2015.

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In the box…

The Isley Brothers: The RCA Victor and T-Neck Album Masters (1959-1983)

* denotes the inclusion of bonus tracks)

• • Shout! (RCA Victor, 1959)*
• • It’s Our Thing (T-Neck, 1969)*
• • The Brothers: Isley (T-Neck, 1969)*
• • The Isley Brothers Live At Yankee Stadium (T-Neck, 1969)
• • Get Into Something (T-Neck, 1970)*
• • In The Beginning…The Isley Brothers & Jimi Hendrix (T-Neck, recorded 1964-1965; remixed/released 1971)*
• • Givin’ It Back (T-Neck, 1971)*
• • Brother, Brother, Brother (T-Neck, 1972)*
• • The Isleys Live (T-Neck, 1973)
• • 3+3 (T-Neck, 1973)*
• • Live It Up (T-Neck, 1974)*
• • The Heat Is On (T-Neck, 1975)*
• • Harvest For The World (T-Neck, 1976)*
• • Go For Your Guns (T-Neck, 1977)*
• • Showdown (T-Neck, 1978)*
• • Winner Takes All (T-Neck, 1979—2 CDs)*
• • Go All The Way (T-Neck, 1980)*
• • Wild In Woodstock: The Isley Brothers Live At Bearsville Studios 1980 (previously unreleased)*
• • Grand Slam (T-Neck, 1981)*
• • Inside You (T-Neck, 1981)*
• • The Real Deal (T-Neck, 1982)*
• • Between The Sheets (T-Neck, 1983)*