Wowie Zowie: Frank Zappa's "Cheaper Than Cheep" Premieres Lost Concert Film, Soundtrack

By Joe Marchese | April 25, 2025 | 0 Comments

All has been quiet on the Frank Zappa front since the release last fall of the 50th anniversary super deluxe edition of his album Apostrophe (').  That lull ended today, though, with the announcement of a multi-format release filled with audio and video goodies.  Cheaper Than Cheep arrives May 9 as an online exclusive release […]

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Didn't Miss a 'Step': New Kids on the Block Celebrate 35th Anniversary of Third Album

By Mike Duquette | April 25, 2025 | 3 Comments

New Kids on the Block will revisit their blockbuster Step by Step with a new expanded edition this summer. The 35th anniversary package will be available in a handful of physical and digital formats, with some exclusive variants and bonus tracks throughout. The 1990 release will be available on CD with two tracks from the vault […]

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Release Round-Up: Week of April 25

By The Second Disc | April 25, 2025 | 0 Comments

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today!  As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Neil Young, Oceanside/Countryside (Reprise/NYA) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Neil Young is unveiling another once-lost album with the release of Oceanside Countryside which arrives on CD today following its vinyl release.The LP was […]

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Everything Delightful: Rhino Celebrates 60 Years of the Dead with "Gratest Hits"

By Joe Marchese | April 24, 2025 | 6 Comments

Grateful Dead's 60th anniversary keeps on truckin'; we've already filled you in on the mammoth May 30 release Enjoying the Ride, with 450 tracks on 60 CDs, and its slimmed-down 3CD or 6LP highlights volume, The Music Never Stops, which arrives on the same date.  Now, Rhino has announced Gratest Hits (spelling intentional), a single-CD […]

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Roam Around the World: Rhino Readies Nearly-Complete Albums Box for The B-52's

By Mike Duquette | April 24, 2025 | 7 Comments

A new box set from Rhino will offer nearly all the studio material of Athens, Georgia alt-rock icons The B-52's. The Warner Reprise Years, available June 20, brings together the six albums and two EPs the quirky quintet put together between 1979 and 1992 - a period where they went from cult favorites to unlikely […]

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