Release Round-Up: Week of January 17

January 17, 2012 By Mike Duquette — No Comments

Frank Sinatra, The Concert Sinatra (Concord)

A remixed, remastered and expanded edition of Frank’s 1963 studio album (the title referred to the size of Nelson Riddle’s excellent orchestra).

Modern English, Mesh and Lace / After the Snow / Ricochet Days (4AD)

Newly-pressed reissues of the first three Modern English LPs, with bonus tracks. They’ve been out before, so you might already have them. But if you don’t, they’re here again.

Heaven 17, Play to Win: The Very Best of Heaven 17 / Hot Chocolate, You Sexy Thing: The Best of Hot Chocolate / UFO, Too Hot to Handle: The Very Best of UFO (Music Club Deluxe)

Some new double-disc budget compilations from Demon’s U.K. imprint.

Martina McBride, Hits and More (Sony Nashville/RCA)

The contemporary country star closes out her RCA contract with this hits collection featuring a handful of rare and new tracks.

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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.