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The Second Disc's Week In Review

September 24, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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For today's special feature, we're taking a look back at the big stories we shared with you over the past week at The Second Disc, just in case you missed 'em the first time around!

Review: Fleetwood Mac, Mirage: Deluxe Edition

Joe takes a look at Rhino's 4-CD/1-LP/1-DVD Deluxe Edition of the Mac's 1982 pop gem!

This Could Be the Night: Shout! Factory to Release T.A.M.I. Show and The Big T.N.T. Show on Blu-ray

Two classic concert films - featuring a galaxy of stars including The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, The Supremes, Petula Clark, The Byrds, Marvin Gaye, Lesley Gore, Donovan and more - are finally coming to Blu-ray from Shout! Factory!

Behind the Wall of Sleep: Rhino Expands Black Sabbath's Paranoid to Four Discs

Black Sabbath's 1970 sophomore album gets the expanded treatment from Rhino!

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A Summer Song: RPM Collects Chad and Jeremy's Complete Early Years on Yesterday's Gone

The most comprehensive collection ever of the British Invasion hitmakers' Ember and World Artists recordings is here!

Here We Come A-Caroling: Real Gone's November Christmas Slate Features Ray Conniff, The Ventures, Robert Shaw and Norman Luboff

Randy fills you in on the Christmas feast coming on November 4 from Real Gone Music!

Oh By Gosh, By Golly: Second Disc Records Celebrates Christmas with Jack Jones, Eddy Arnold and Mitch Miller

We're excited to announce our very own Christmas line-up, coming from Real Gone Music on November 4. including a much-demanded classic from Jack Jones, a complete holiday collection from Eddy Arnold, and a generously expanded set with new-to-CD tracks from Mitch Miller and the Gang!

Daybreak for Dolenz: Micky's MGM Singles Expanded for CD Premiere

7a Records is bringing its acclaimed collection of Micky Dolenz's MGM singles to CD - with a host of rare and new-to-CD bonus singles!

Good to Me: Otis Redding's Dictionary, Complete Whisky A Go Go Recordings Due Next Month

It's an Otis Redding bonanza in October, and Mike has all of the details on the late soul man's two major upcoming releases!

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Blue Part of Town: Steve Hackett Revisits, Expands Blues with a Feeling

Genesis' onetime lead guitarist has expanded his tribute to American blues!

Hey Now: Crowded House's Catalogue Expanded for 30th Anniversary

Mike has the scoop on a truly lavish series of reissues coming soon from Crowded House!

Still up for more?  Here are a few more recent highlights you might have missed:

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Review: Gerry Beckley, Carousel

Joe gives a spin to the new studio album from America co-founder Gerry Beckley!

Have Some Faith in the Sound: George Michael's Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 To Be Expanded to a Box Set to Mark Anniversary

George Michael's powerful pop statement from 1990 is getting the deluxe, expanded treatment in November from Legacy Recordings!

Don't Walk On By: Legacy to Release Single-Disc Roy Orbison Career Retrospective

The Big O's recordings at Monument, MGM and beyond (including "You Got It" and his collaborations with The Traveling Wilburys) are represented on a single-disc, career-spanning anthology coming soon from Legacy!

New 200-CD Box Set is the Last Word on Mozart

Is this the biggest box set ever covered by The Second Disc?  Mike's filling you in on a massive classical collection!

Going On Together: Elvis Joined by Philharmonic for Orchestral Sequel

Randy breaks down the upcoming sequel to last year's smash If I Can Dream, featuring new orchestrations melded to classic Elvis Presley vocals!

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Sound and Vision: Lazarus Cast Recording Premieres David Bowie's Final Recordings

It's been revealed that David Bowie's final recordings - four original songs, including "Lazarus" which was the haunting standout on Blackstar - will appear on the original cast album to his 2015 musical Lazarus!

WIN! WIN! WIN! Ready to Take a Chance: Varese Reissues Charles Fox Soundtrack, Solo LP

Varese has recently saluted composer Charles Fox with a pair of new releases, and we gave you a chance to win one of them!  Watch this space for an announcement of winners soon!

Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Black Sabbath, Chad and Jeremy, Crowded House, Eddy Arnold, Elvis Presley, George Michael, Gerry Beckley, Jack Jones, Micky Dolenz, Mitch Miller, Roy Orbison

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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.

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