Release Round-Up: Week of August 18

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up!

Neil Young, Official Release Series Discs 5-8 / Official Release Series Discs 8.5-12 (Reprise)

Official Release Series Discs 5-8: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K.
Official Release Series Discs 8.5-12: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K.

Finally, CD editions of Young’s second and third Official Release Series boxes are available, spanning 1973 to 1979 (Time Fades Away (1973), On The Beach (1974), Tonight’s The Night (1975), Zuma (1975), The Stills-Young Band’s Long May You Run (1976), American Stars ‘N Bars (1977), Comes a Time (1978), Rust Never Sleeps (1979) and Live Rust (1979)) and including the first ever release of Time Fades Away on the format.

Raspberries, Pop Art Live (Omnivore) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K.)

For the first time anywhere, 2CD set chronicles the reunion of Cleveland’s beloved power-pop group in 2004, which opened the door for a 2005 tour from Eric Carmen and company.

The Tubes, The A&M Years (Caroline) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K.)

The avant-punk group’s first five albums in one box, with bonus tracks from the compilation T.R.A.S.H. (Tubes Rarities and Smash Hits).

Interpol, Our Love To Admire: 10th Anniversary Edition (Capitol/UMe)

CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K.
2LP/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K.
2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K.

The New York indie band jumped to a major label 10 years ago, and that resultant album is now expanded with a DVD of a full performance at The Astoria in London just over a week before the album hit shops.

Judy Garland, Classic Duets (JSP) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Classic Duets features 109 tracks over 4 CDs, including 15 tracks never before issued on CD, from the legendary star and some of her most famous singing partners including Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire and more. Read all about it here.

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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.