WIWS Banner

The Second Disc

Expanded and Remastered Music News

  • Home
  • News
    • Classic Rock
    • Rock
    • Pop
    • Jazz
    • Popular Standards/Vocal
    • R&B/Soul
    • Country
    • Folk
    • Cast Recordings
    • Soundtracks
    • Everything Else
      • Classical/Opera
      • Disco/Dance
      • Funk
      • Gospel
      • Rap/Hip-Hop
  • Features
    • Release Round-Up
    • Giveaways!
    • Interviews
  • Reviews
    • Classic Rock
    • Rock
    • Pop
    • Jazz
    • Popular Standards/Vocal
    • R&B/Soul
    • Country
    • Folk
    • Cast Recordings
    • Soundtracks
    • Everything Else
      • Classical/Opera
      • Disco/Dance
      • Funk
      • Gospel
      • Rap/Hip-Hop
  • Release Calendar
    • Coming Soon
    • Now Available
  • About
  • Second Disc Records
    • Full Catalog
  • Contact

/ Features / Release Round-Up

Release Round-Up: Week of January 29

January 29, 2016 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up featuring a host of deluxe reissues, box sets, and more!

Phil Collins - Face Value 2015

Phil Collins, Face Value: Deluxe Edition (Atlantic/Rhino)

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

Phil Collins' 1981 classic featuring "In the Air Tonight" gets expanded to two CDs or DD with the addition of eight live tracks and four demos (plus a new, modern cover photograph echoing the original).  Ten of the twelve bonuses are new to CD.  The original album will also be available on 180-gram vinyl.

Phil Collins - Both Sides 2015

Phil Collins, Both Sides: Deluxe Edition (Atlantic/Rhino)

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada TBD

Phil Collins' 1993 album Both Sides is expanded to two CDs or DD as part of his Take a Look at Me Now reissue campaign!  Bonus tracks include B-sides, demos and live tracks, with six of the ten bonus cuts previously unreleased on CD.  The original album will also be available on 180-gram vinyl.

Harpers Bizarre - Complete Singles Collection

Harpers Bizarre, The Complete Singles Collection 1965-1970 (Now Sounds) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Now Sounds collects the complete 1965-1970 singles from the delightfully quirky sunshine pop heroes Harpers Bizarre and the band's pre-fame incarnation as The Tikis on one splendid, 26-track CD featuring numerous rare mono mixes making their debut on CD.  Includes such classics as "The 59th Street Bridge Song," "Come to the Sunshine," "Small Talk" and much more!  Watch this space for a full review soon!

The Miamis - We Deliver

The Miamis, We Deliver: The Lost Band of the CBGB Era (1974-1979) (Omnivore) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Omnivore spotlights the seventies-New York underground band led by brothers James and Thomas Wynbrandt on this new anthology featuring 23 tracks including studio material, live recordings and demos.  All of the music has been restored by engineer Michael Graves, and and the booklet features photos, memorabilia and new liner notes by producer Jesse Lauter.

Cilla - Original Album Series

Cilla Black, Original Album Series (Rhino U.K./Parlophone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Parlophone collects five vintage Cilla Black albums in this mini-box set: Cilla, Cilla Sings a Rainbow, Sher-oo!, Surround Yourself with Cilla, and Sweet Inspiration.  The latter three titles make their proper standalone CD debuts here, although none of the albums retain the bonus tracks previously issued in digital format.

Hollies - Original Album 2

The Hollies, Original Album Series: Volume 2 (Rhino U.K./Parlophone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

The Hollies' Original Album Series collections continue with this second box containing albums from both the group's Graham Nash and Terry Sylvester eras, spanning 1967-1970: Evolution,Butterfly, Hollies Sing Dylan, Hollies Sing Hollies, and Confessions of the Mind.  The 1999 remasters are apparently those included in the box set.

Bill Evans - Original Album Series

Bill Evans, Original Album Series (Rhino U.K.) (Amazon U.S. TBD / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada TBD)

Bill Evans joins the line-up for Rhino/Warner U.K.'s Original Album Series with this mini-box collecting five albums from the jazz piano titan: New Conversations, Affinity, You Must Believe in Spring, The Paris Concert: Edition One and The Paris Concert: Edition Two.

Esther Phillips - Original Album Series

Esther Phillips, Original Album Series (Rhino U.K./Atlantic) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada TBD)

Esther Phillips' five early Atlantic LPs are collected in one mini box-set from Warner U.K.: And I Love Him, The Country Side of Esther Phillips, Esther Phillips Sings, Burnin' - Live at Freddie Jett's Pied Piper Club L.A. and Confessin' the Blues.

Paris Sisters - Always Heavenly

The Paris Sisters, Always Heavenly: The Paris Sisters Anthology (Ace) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Ace offers the first-ever career-spanning anthology for The Paris Sisters ("I Love How You Love Me") including their work with Phil Spector, Jack Nitzsche, Terry Melcher and Nik Venet for labels including Gregmark, Capitol, Crescendo, MGM, Mercury and Reprise.  Several perviously unreleased tracks also grace this set including the Sisters' legendary unissued single for Columbia from 1963!

Lee Hazlewood - Shazam

Various Artists, Shazam! and Other Instrumentals Written by Lee Hazlewood (Ace) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Ace celebrates the instrumental side of the iconoclastic composer-producer Lee Hazlewood with this 24-track anthology.  Duane Eddy headlines three tracks, while other cuts come from Al Casey, Hal Blaine, Jack Nitzsche, Billy Strange, Dino, Desi and Billy, and surf combo The Astronauts, plus many more!

Julia Fordham

Julia Fordham, Julia Fordham: Deluxe Edition (Cherry Pop) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Julia Fordham's self-titled debut album gets the deluxe, expanded treatment from Cherry Pop.  This 1988 U.K. Top 20 success features the hit singles "The Comfort Of Strangers" (U.K. #89, U.S. #40 (AC)), "Woman Of The 80s" (U.K. #83), "Where Does The Time Go?" (U.K. #41), and "Happy Ever After" (U.K. #27, U.S. #24 (AC). This 2-CD, remastered edition features 25 tracks including the original 11-song album alongside 14 bonus tracks: all of the single versions, B-sides, remixes, and alternate versions that were released during the promotion of the original album, as well as the live recordings that appeared on the EP which was included as part of the limited edition release of Julia Fordham. Watch for full coverage of this title soon!

Sister Sledge - Circle of Love

Sister Sledge, Circle of Love: 40th Anniversary Edition (Big Break) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

BBR has an expanded and remastered edition of the 1975 Atco Records debut album from Sister Sledge featuring a whopping ten bonus tracks!  This release features productions by Tony Silvester and Bert De Coteaux along with Philly soul maestro Bobby Eli!  We'll have a full report soon!

Ashford and Simpson - Gimme Something Real

Ashford and Simpson, Gimme Something Real / I Wanna Be Selfish (Big Break)

Gimme Something Real: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
I Wanna Be Selfish: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

BBR returns to the early days of Ashford and Simpson's Warner Bros. years with two more deluxe, remastered and expanded reissues from these titans of R&B.  Watch this space for full details soon!

Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Ashford and Simpson, Bill Evans, Cilla Black, Esther Phillips, Harpers Bizarre, Julia Fordham, Lee Hazlewood, Phil Collins, Sister Sledge, The Hollies, The Miamis, The Paris Sisters

Avatar photo

Joe Marchese

JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with Real Gone Music, has released newly-curated collections produced by Joe from iconic artists such as Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Chet Atkins, and many others. He has contributed liner notes to reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, B.J. Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, and Andy Williams, and has compiled releases for talents including Robert Goulet and Keith Allison of Paul Revere and the Raiders. Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and in 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray. Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.

Connect With Joe: FacebookTwitter

You Might Also Like

  • Elton John Honky Chateau CoverRelease Round-Up: Week of March 24
  • Philip Bailey State of the HeartWalking on the Chinese Wall: SoulMusic Records Collects Philip Bailey's First Three Solo Pop Albums
  • Nancy and Lee AgainGot It Together: "Nancy and Lee Again" Debuts on CD in March
  • Genesis BBCDeep in the Motherlode: Genesis Detail 'BBC Broadcasts' Box

Comments

  1. Mark I. says

    January 29, 2016 at 2:45 pm

    Joe, I subscribe to Apple Music in US and do a lot of listening this way. Is it possible for you to indicate for upcoming releases whether Apple Music (US and UK) is expected to provide the stream?

    Reply
    • Avatar photoJoe Marchese says

      February 9, 2016 at 9:08 pm

      Hi Mark, thanks for reading! We have no current plans to reflect streaming services in our weekly Release Round-Ups, but we will certainly take the suggestion under consideration!

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Upcoming Releases

  • Crazy Horse All Roads Lead Home
    All Roads Lead Home
    Crazy Horse
    March 31, 2023
  • The Who With Orchestra Live at Wembley
    The Who with Orchestra Live at Wembley
    The Who
    March 31, 2023
  • The Birth of Bop
    The Birth of Bop: The Savoy 10-Inch LP Collection
    Various Artists
    March 31, 2023
See Full Calendar

Connect

  • Facebook
  • RSS
  • Twitter

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 4,572 other subscribers

Popular

  • Rush Signals 40th
    Chemistry: Rush Revisits "Signals" For 40th Anniversary posted on March 22, 2023 | under News
  • Elton John Honky Chateau Cover
    Release Round-Up: Week of March 24 posted on March 24, 2023 | under Release Round-Up
  • Stream Solar
    The Weekend Stream: March 25, 2023 posted on March 25, 2023 | under The Weekend Stream

Comments

  • small faces here come the nice2
    Return To Itchycoo Park: Small Faces' "Here Come The Nice" Deluxe Box Set Arrives In January [UPDATED 12/3] 84 comments | by Joe Marchese | posted on December 3, 2013 | under News
  • the beatles u s albums box2
    British Invasion! The Beatles Unveil "The U.S. Albums" Box Set in January 69 comments | by Joe Marchese | posted on December 12, 2013 | under News
  • Rolling Stones in Mono
    Out of Their Heads: Stones Plan Mono Box Set 47 comments | by Mike Duquette | posted on August 10, 2016 | under News

Music Resources

  • Addicted to Vinyl
  • Crap from the Past
  • Discogs
  • Film Score Monthly
  • IMWAN Forum – From the Vaults
  • MusicTAP
  • Musoscribe
  • Pause & Play
  • Popblerd
  • Popdose
  • Record Racks
  • Slicing Up Eyeballs
  • Steve Hoffman Music Forums
  • Ultimate Classic Rock
  • Vintage Vinyl News
  • Viva La Mainstream
  • Wolfgang's Vault

Labels of Note

  • Ace Records
  • Analog Spark
  • Bear Family
  • BGO Records
  • Big Break Records
  • Blixa Sounds
  • Cherry Red Label Group
  • Craft Recordings
  • Demon Music Group
  • Friday Music
  • Funky Town Grooves
  • Iconoclassic Records
  • Intervention Records
  • Intrada
  • Kritzerland
  • La La Land Records
  • Legacy Recordings
  • Light in the Attic
  • Masterworks Broadway
  • Now Sounds
  • Omnivore Recordings
  • Real Gone Music
  • Resonance Records
  • Rhino Entertainment
  • Rock Candy Records
  • SoulMusic Records
  • Sunset Blvd. Records
  • Supermegabot
  • Varese Sarabande
  • Vinyl Me, Please
  • Wounded Bird
Copyright © 2023 The Second Disc. All rights reserved. · Site by Metaglyphics

The Second Disc is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com, amazon.ca and amazon.co.uk.

Terms and Conditions - Privacy Policy