Just a quick note to our dear readers out there: from Sunday, August 15 to Thursday, August 26 I shall be taking a leave from my post at The Second Disc to go on vacation. However, I realize that reissues never sleep - so with that in mind you'll be in the capable hands of Joe Marchese for the next two weeks or so. He'll be providing you with daily news as well as his usual top-notch features (and there's at least one big, previously-announced title that's going to have some more information released in the next week, so you're definitely going to want to stay tuned).

Before my vacation takes effect, I just want to take a moment to thank each and every one of our readers for their continued patronage. Since The Second Disc has started in January, our weekly traffic has expanded to about 6,000-7,000, with a grand total of more than 100,000 hits in that time. The continued readership - and respect for catalogue music - has been intensely encouraging. And rest assured - as the year goes on, we've got a lot of great stuff in store for you guys. You won't regret it.

Enjoy Joe's coverage for the next couple weeks, and I will be back shortly.