Release Round-Up: Week of November 30

November 30, 2010 By Mike Duquette — No Comments

Dinah Washington, The Fabulous Miss D! The Keynote, Decca and Mercury Singles 1943-1953 (Verve/Hip-o Select)

The early, pre-LP singles of Dinah’s pre-Mercury career, on four discs in Verve Select style. (Hip-o Select)

The White Stripes, The White Stripes / De Stijl / White Blood Cells (Third Man/Warner Bros.)

Everyone’s favorite garage-blues band puts their first three albums back in print on 180-gram vinyl. (Amazon)

Tim McGraw, Number One Hits (Curb)

A straightforward package of McGraw’s thirty-something country chart-toppers, including a new remix of early hit “Indian Outlaw” and new single “Felt Good on My Lips.” (Amazon)

Sandy Denny, Sandy Denny (Island U.K.)

Nineteen(!) discs chronicling all avenues of the folk songstress’ short but influential career. (Amazon U.K.)

Graham Parker, Box of Bootlegs (Floating World U.K.)

It’s not just a Rumour – the noted British singer gets a six-disc set of live material. (Amazon)

Brass Construction, Brass Construction I, II, III, IV, V (Zoom U.K. (I, II, V) / Funky Town Grooves (III and IV))

The first five LPs from the seminal Brooklyn funk band are now on CD. Zoom has released three of them on three discs, while Funky Town Grooves has combined the middle two on one disc. (Amazon / FTG)

First Circle, Boy’s Night Out: Expanded Edition (Funky Town Grooves)

A short-lived funk-dance ensemble from the late ’80s gets its sole LP released on CD with bonus remixes. (FTG)

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Mike Duquette (Founder) was fascinated with catalog music ever since he was a teenager. A 2009 graduate of Seton Hall University with a B.A. in journalism, Mike paired his profession with his passion through The Second Disc, one of the first sites to focus on all reissue labels great and small. His passion for reissues turned into a career, having written at and worked for all three major catalogue music labels and contributing to Allmusic, Billboard, Discogs, City Pages and Ultimate Classic Rock. He's penned liner notes for Verve, Chess, Mondo and Soul Music Records.

Born and raised in New Jersey, Mike lives in Astoria, Queens with his wife, a cat named Ravioli, twin daughters and a large yet tasteful collection of music.