British rockers Status Quo recently celebrated a trio of their '80s and '90s works. UMC has reissued Perfect Remedy (1989), Rock 'Til You Drop (1991), and Thirsty Work (1994) in deluxe expanded editions. Each features a selection of B-sides, alternate versions, single edits, hard-to-find rarities, and newly unearthed live material. The 3-CD Perfect Remedy boasts the premiere of 16 tracks recorded at The N.E.C. Arena, Birmingham in December 1989. The 3-CD edition of Rock 'Til You Drop marks
Dig It: "The Beatles: Get Back" To Arrive in Theaters This September
UPDATED 6/12/20 It's no doubt been a long and winding road for fans, but the wait for the much-anticipated Peter Jackson film on the making of The Beatles' Let It Be album is almost over. Jackson has combed through more than fifty hours of film and 140 hours of audio recordings to create his reworked documentary. The result will be called The Beatles: Get Back and is set to be released in theaters nationwide on August 27, 2021 September 4, 2020 through a distribution deal with Disney.
BREAKING! RECORD STORE DAY 2020 MOVED TO JUNE 20
As the music world continues to feel the ramifications of the global COVID-19 pandemic, it's been announced that Record Store Day 2020 will be postponed to June 20th. This follows meetings with store owners and distributors where it was decided that the delay would be in the best interests of customers and stores worldwide. "We think this gives stores around the world the best chance to have a profitable, successful Record Store Day," representatives said in a statement, "while taking into
Hot Coals: Classic Rory Gallagher Arrives on "Check Shirt Wizard: Live in '77"
The late Irish guitar hero Rory Gallagher (1948-1995) is well known for his live albums, and now UMC has added a new one to the Gallagher canon. Out now, Check Shirt Wizard: Live in '77 is available as a 2-CD or 3-LP set. Each configuration features 20 previously unreleased recordings from Gallagher's 1977 U.K. tour including performances from the Brighton Dome, Sheffield City Hall, the Hammersmith Odeon, and Newcastle City Hall. The set boasts incendiary versions of his then-most-recent
ELP, Keith Richards, Kinks, and Ravi Shankar Rarities Feature on BMG RSD Slate
And the Record Store Day news keeps coming! BMG has announced their list of releases to be found in shops April 18 and it's a great lineup. If you're looking for live Emerson, Lake and Palmer; a very cool Motorhead shaped picture disc; the beautiful sounds of Ravi Shankar in collaboration with George Harrison; or classics from The Kinks - BMG has you covered! Let's take a closer look at all their offerings... Ravi Shankar, Chants of India For the first time on vinyl, Ravi
Message to Love: Universal Prepares a Wealth of Rarities for RSD 2020
Here at Second Disc HQ, we've been thrilled by the news of amazing releases coming from all the labels this Record Store Day 2020, and UMe's slate of 20+ titles is no exception. With a new definitive vinyl edition of Paul McCartney's debut, a tenth-anniversary celebration of Ellie Goulding's Lights, a Cat Stevens rarity making its vinyl debut, an expanded Elton John, a reissue of an impossible-to-find CTI Jazz album, and many more, fans will want to line up bright and early to secure their
Real Gone Announces Spacehog, Gene Russell, Black Sabbath Tribute, and More for RSD 2020
The ever-eclectic label Real Gone Music has announced their lineup for Record Store Day and whether you like '90s glam, Australian alt-rock, jazz-funk, or a nod to metal pioneers, there's something for everyone arriving to your local record store on Saturday, April 18! We've got more details from the label below! Gene Russell, New Direction (Limited to 1,500 copies worldwide) 'The first album released from the most sought-after label, bar none, among jazz collectors! Black
Legacy's RSD Lineup Has Something For Everyone
Sony Music's Legacy Recordings division has announced the titles they'll be releasing for the annual Record Store Day festivities. Hitting shelves April 18 will be a slew of genre- and decade-spanning albums from Miles Davis, Cheap Trick, TLC, Judas Priest, Tyler the Creator, Pink Floyd and more! Here's the official word from Legacy! Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, today announces another sensational line-up of vinyl for release on Record Store Day (April
Rhino To Release A Whopping 29 Titles(!) for Record Store Day 2020
Rhino, the label that manages the catalogue of the Warner family of labels, has announced its upcoming Record Store Day releases. A mouth-watering 29 titles will hit shops on April 18, available exclusively at brick-and-mortar locations. These include the previously announced David Bowie titles; a rare live set from Alice Cooper; rarities from Jethro Tull; a box of John Prine's early albums; a set of core Notorious BIG records; BBC sessions from The Pogues, New Order, and Hawkwind; a
Cherry Red Announces Offerings for Record Store Day 2020
Well, it's the first week of March and that can only mean one thing for vinyl aficionados: Record Store Day news is here! Today and in the week ahead, we'll continue spotlighting the releases to look forward to, including what's coming from our friends from across the pond at Cherry Red. For the Record Store Day festivities, Cherry Red will be offering up live rarities from Humble Pie, Dinosaur Jr., and The Fall, a soundtrack from The Residents making its vinyl debut, a rare EP from Ben Watt
Omnivore's RSD Slate Includes Live New Riders, America Demos and Alternates, and Andrew Gold Rarities
Omnivore Recordings has announced their Record Store Day titles, available at your favorite record shops on April 18! Rarities from Andrew Gold, demos by America, and a live set from New Riders of the Purple Sage will be available on shelves! Here's more from Omnivore... https://youtu.be/gwtQFVy-xWg Omnivore Recordings has announced its titles for Record Store Day 2020, to be held April 18 at brick-and-mortar record retailers throughout the U.S. and around the world.
Thunder Sun: Lost Tapes From Fingerstyle Guitarist Robbie Basho Collected by Real Gone Music
A lost session from a revered acoustic guitarist, Robbie Basho, is set to arrive April 3 from Real Gone Music. Songs of the Great Mystery: The Lost Vanguard Sessions adds a new chapter to the man's work that's sure to stun fans and new initiates, too. On the Mount Rushmore of innovative acoustic guitar players, you'd likely find John Fahey, Leo Kottke, Michael Hedges...and one Robbie Basho. Though he never rose to the same prominence as Kottke or Fahey (who signed Basho to the Takoma
A New Sound: El Collects the Far-Out Music That Inspired Sixties Rock
For years, the El imprint of Cherry Red has been collecting all the strangest and most fascinating avant-garde classical pieces, electronic experiments, and oddball rarities for a fervent group of admirers. Though their releases can be a little esoteric, El's collections have always been able to welcome in new listeners. And now, they offer what might be the essential introduction to twentieth-century avant-garde and classical (at least for listeners tuned to popular music). It's called I'd
I Sing To Know I'm Alive: Lost Nina Simone Classic Reissued on CD, LP in April
Few singers could conjure as much emotion through words and tone as Nina Simone. While many of her best-known albums from the '60s and '70s have become widely available in recent years, music from her ex-U.S. years have been much harder to find. Among the most sought-after is Fodder On My Wings, a 1982 album originally released on the French label Carrere. Decades out-of-print on a major label, the album will be re-released by Verve and UMe - complete with new cover art - on April 3. Whether
Tell Mama: Real Gone Prepares Reissues from Grateful Dead, Martha Velez, and Sopwith Camel
If blues-rock, jams, and prog are your bag, you'll want to mark March 27 on your calendar. Real Gone Music is set to release a hard-to-find Bay Area pysch-rock LP from Sopwith Camel, a stellar blues-rock effort by Martha Velez featuring music royalty, and the latest entry in their Grateful Dead reissue series with Road Trips Vol. 3, No. 2: Austin 11/15/71. The Grateful Dead title arrives as a 2-CD set, presenting a smoldering show performed not long after Keith Godchaux joined the band.
Lost in The Future: The Stooges' "Fun House" Receives 50th Anniversary, 15-LP Reissue
In 1999, Rhino Handmade released The Complete Fun House Sessions, a 7-CD box set that included almost every take from The Stooges' sophomore effort, Fun House. Now, the label will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Fun House with a luxurious vinyl box set, due July 17. Fun House - 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition includes a newly remastered 2-LP, 45rpm presentation of the landmark album alongside the vinyl debut of the Complete Fun House Sessions. Available exclusively through Rhino.com, the
Take A Step Back: Simple Minds Revisit Their 'Street Fighting Years' On New Box
On March 6, UMC will revisit Simple Minds' 1989 album with Street Fighting Years to the tune of a 4-CD box set. The cinematic Trevor Horn and Stephen Lipson-produced LP featured the band's first U.K. No. 1, "Belfast Child," even as the group underwent personnel changes. This expanded edition is the latest in UMC's ongoing Simple Minds reissue series and features a newly remastered version of the album (undertaken by Andrew Walters at Abbey Road Studios) alongside a disc of B-sides, edits and
I'm Only Dancing: Unreleased David Bowie Concert Announced for Record Store Day 2020
Unreleased David Bowie concert tapes will be dusted off after 45 years in the vault and released for Record Store Day 2020, Parlophone has announced. I'm Only Dancing (The Soul Tour 74) puts the spotlight on the period between Diamond Dogs and Young Americans as Bowie began embracing the sounds of Philadelphia and emerged with a new reconfigured group, new stage design, and new songs to perform. The 2-LP or 2-CD set draws from recently discovered tapes of performances at the Michigan Palace
Hard Luck Stories: Richard and Linda Thompson Albums Get Vinyl Reissue
Guitarist, songwriter, and singer Richard Thompson and his then-wife, the rich-toned singer Linda Thompson, released an incredible trio of albums for Island Records in the '70s: I Want To See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974), Hokey Pokey, and Pour Down Like Silver (both 1975). On March 27, these three much-loved folk-rock records will arrive on vinyl once more, this time on new 180-gram pressings. For those who have heard these albums before, they need no introduction. If somehow
UPDATE: I'm Open to Persuasion: Intervention Celebrates Joan Armatrading's Self-Titled Album With LP Reissue
Intervention Records - the label well-known for its audiophile-quality releases - has announced its latest title: Joan Armatrading's 1976 self-titled classic. It's been highly anticipated since we first reported about it, and we're thrilled that the time is finally right for its reappraisal. Armatrading's breakthrough album will be reissued on 180-gram vinyl on April 5. With classic tracks like "Love and Affection" and "Down to Zero," the Glyn Johns-produced Joan Armatrading was the
Too Cool To Fool: Bowie's Archival 'Is It Any Wonder' EP Completes This Friday, Available Physically In March
On January 8 -- what would have been David Bowie's 73rd birthday -- Parlophone announced the latest releases in their ongoing series celebrating the rare and unreleased performances from the vault. The streaming EP Is It Any Wonder? was unveiled over the course of the last six weeks, with a new song hitting streaming services every Friday. Parlophone also previewed an upcoming Record Store Day release, ChangesNowBowie with the first selection on the EP, an intimate 1996 recording of "The Man Who
I Say a Prayer With Every Heartbeat: Vinyl Me, Please Expands Whitney Houston's Debut for 35th Anniversary
Thirty-five years ago today -- on Valentine's Day, 1985 -- Whitney Houston's self-titled debut was released. With three consecutive No. 1 singles, "You Give Good Love," "How Will I Know" and "Greatest Love Of All," the album was a smash hit that introduced listeners to one of the most talented vocalists of all time. Now, to celebrate that anniversary, Vinyl Me, Please will partner with Legacy Recordings to press a special 2LP, peaches-and-cream-colored 180-gram vinyl pressing. The first disc
Beauty and the Beat: Go-Go's Guitarist Kathy Valentine Announces New Memoir
We couldn't keep our lips sealed when we got the news about the upcoming autobiography from The Go-Go's Kathy Valentine, entitled All I Ever Wanted: A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir. Due from University of Texas Press on April 9, it's a "roller coaster of sex, drugs, and of course music" beginning in 1980, when Valentine met her future bandmates at The Whisky in LA. She and the group would go on to become the first multi-platinum-selling all-female band that not only wrote their own songs and played
The Music Never Stops: Grateful Dead Live Rarities Abound on "June 1976" Box
Rhino has teamed up with the Grateful Dead online shop, Dead.net, to offer another box set that promises to be an illuminating and exciting look into another chapter of their live career. June 1976 is a 15-CD box set documenting 5 complete live shows from that month. The limited edition collection will be pressed up in 12,000 numbered copies, due out March 20. After two years away from the stage, Grateful Dead returned to touring. Mickey Hart was back, the pricey and cumbersome Wall of
That's Hot! Paris Hilton's "Paris" Gets First-Ever Vinyl Reissue
If you happen to fall into that uber-specific collector niche of hotel heiress-turned-reality-star-turned-pop-stars, Real Gone Music has the LP for you. On March 27, Paris Hilton's 2006 debut Paris arrives on maroon-and-blonde-hued vinyl pressing guaranteed to have you saying, "That's hot!" Give the record a spin and you'll hear from all twelve of the album's producers, including Scott Storch, J. R. Rotem, Dr. Luke, and Rob Cavallo, who worked with the socialite to deliver a pop album that
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