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Release Round-Up: Week of May 31

May 31, 2019 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Hootie & The Blowfish, Cracked Rear View: 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (Atlantic/Rhino) 3-CD/DVD Deluxe: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-CD Expanded: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Hootie and the Blowfish are revisiting their 21x platinum smash Cracked Rear View with a new 3-CD/DVD Deluxe Edition and 2-CD Expanded Edition. The Deluxe Edition includes a new remaster of the album, plus rare and unreleased studio recordings on CD 2, a live…

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Atlanta Rhythm Section, Buck Owens, Depeche Mode, Four Tops, Hootie and The Blowfish, King Crimson, Rory Gallagher, Susan Boyle

Does Your Mother Know: ABBA Celebrates 40 Years of “Voulez-Vous” with New Reissues

May 29, 2019 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

ABBA’s 1979 album Voulez-Vous, the pop masters’ sixth studio album, is beloved today for such classic songs as “I Have a Dream,” “Does Your Mother Know,” and “Chiquitita.” Now, for its 40th anniversary, UMG and Polar Music are marking the occasion with a new array of reissues. On June 14, Voulez-Vous will return to the marketplace in the following formats: Half-Speed Mastered 2LP set pressed on 180-gram vinyl, mastered at Abbey Road Studios, and cut at 45 RPM; Colored vinyl 7-inch vinyl box set, with seven singles including “Voulez-Vous,” “Summer Night City,”…

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Release Round-Up: Week of May 24

May 24, 2019 by The Second Disc | 7 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! America, Classic Album Collection: The Capitol Years (Capitol/Caroline) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) All six of America’s Capitol albums are collected in one newly remastered box set. Classic Album Collection: The Capitol Years presents newly remastered versions of 1979’s Silent Letter, 1980’s Alibi, 1982’s View from the Ground, 1983’s Your Move, 1984’s Perspective, and 1985’s In Concert in one deluxe, affordable package complete with a booklet. It’s been compiled by America archivist Jeff Larson and remastered by Andy Pearce. Read all about it…

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America, Elton John, Jr. Walker and the All-Stars, Kiki Dee, Lee Moses, Mavis Staples, Morrissey, Phil Seymour, Richard Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim, Steve Miller Band, Sting, The Trotter Trio, Todd Rundgren, Toto

Never Say Die! Varese Bringing ‘Goonies’ Score Back To CD

May 21, 2019 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Varese Sarabande is setting sail with a wide CD release of Dave Grusin’s score to The Goonies this summer! Recently a staple of Varese’s vinyl catalog, it’s the first time the music’s been put on CD since a limited release in 2010. A movie this offbeat – a gang of misfit kids in Oregon follow a pirate treasure map and face off against a family of crooks – had to have an interesting score, and The Goonies didn’t disappoint. Grusin, known equally for his lengthy scoring career (The Graduate, Tootsie, On Golden…

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One Bad Mother: ‘Shaft’ Soundtrack, Score Combined For New Deluxe Edition

May 16, 2019 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

Can the soundtrack to Shaft get any bigger? “You’re damn right!” Isaac Hayes’ masterful, chart-topping album comes back in June as a 2CD deluxe edition that features the original double album alongside Hayes’ original film score recordings. It’s been nearly 50 years since Richard Roundtree first lit up the screen as New York’s toughest private detective, John Shaft. In that time, he’s reprised the role on TV and in four sequels. (A fifth is due next month; 2019’s Shaft follows 2000’s Shaft, both of which star Samuel L. Jackson as the nephew…

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Right as Rain: Second Disc, Real Gone Reissue Four Johnny Mathis Classics in June

May 15, 2019 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Johnny Mathis Killing Me Softly with Her Song and When Will I See You

As Johnny Mathis plays to packed houses across the country on his acclaimed The Voice of Romance Tour and on the heels of the February CD release of his treasured CHIC collaboration I Love My Lady, Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records are excited to continue our series of deluxe reissues from the superstar artist. On June 14, a quartet of classic Mathis albums will be reissued on a pair of two-for-one releases. All four LPs are making their standalone CD debuts. 1973’s Killing Me Softly with Her Song and 1975’s…

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Back To The Love Shack: B-52’s Celebrate 30 Years of ‘Cosmic Thing’ With Expanded Reissue

May 14, 2019 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

The B-52’s are about to take a “roam around the world” with a summer tour of the U.S. and Europe, and they’ll also release a new 2CD expanded edition of Cosmic Thing, the group’s best-selling album, in June. Cosmic Thing: 30th Anniversary Expanded Edition remasters the original 1989 album alongside five bonus remixes of the album’s biggest singles, including the smash hits “Love Shack” and “Roam,” and adds a live disc drawn from two sets in Texas in 1990. The package also comes with new liner notes from writer T. Cole Rachel…

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Release Round-Up: Week of May 10

May 10, 2019 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Cilla Black, Cilla/In My Life (SFE/Cherry Red) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Cherry Red’s Strike Force Entertainment imprint has two more reissues in the ongoing series of definitively remastered and expanded Cilla Black albums. First up is the late vocalist’s debut album Cilla (1965) with In My Life (1974), the latter of which is making its premiere on CD in full. This 2-CD set adds 26 bonus tracks, three of which are new to CD. Cilla Black, Sher-oo!/Modern Priscilla (SFE/Cherry Red) (Amazon U.S. /…

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Allen Toussaint, Bonnie Raitt, Cher, Cilla Black, David Newman, Howard Jones, Professor Longhair, Rare Earth, The Neville Brothers, Thomas Newman

Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers: New ZZ Top Set Celebrates Half Century of Blues and Beards

May 3, 2019 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Rhino is celebrating a half century of ZZ Top with a new, multi-format compilation due this summer. Goin’ 50 collects 18 of the Texas trio’s biggest and baddest hits, from their breakthrough in the ’70s to their most recent studio release, 2012’s La Futura. That disc will be available to buy, stream or download on June 14 – and on August 16, as the group embarks on a 50th anniversary tour, a Lone Star State-sized 3CD or 5LP edition of Goin’ 50 will be released. That set offers tracks from every one…

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Release Round-Up: Week of May 3

May 3, 2019 by The Second Disc | No Comments

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Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Pete Seeger, The Smithsonian Folkways Collection (Smithsonian Folkways) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Smithsonian Folkways’ newly curated collection celebrates the late troubadour with 137 tracks over 6 CDs – classic songs, collaborations, and live recordings including 20 previously unreleased tracks, all of which were remastered by Pete Reiniger. From his first recording sessions with Folkways founder Moses Asch through his ’90s performances, the box offers a comprehensive look at Seeger’s career on Folkways, Asch, Disc, Young People’s Music, and Paredon. The set is…

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Alan Parsons, Jim Peterik, Joe Iconis, Johnny Shines, Lamb of God, Pete Seeger, Simon Bonney

Release Round-Up: Week of April 26

April 26, 2019 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Prince, Ultimate Rave (Legacy/NPG) Ultimate Rave (2-CD/1-DVD): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic (2-LP Purple Vinyl): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic (2-LP Purple Vinyl): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada This new 2-CD/1-DVD collection brings together two of Prince’s albums from the turn of the new millennium: Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic from 1999 and Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic, a hard-to-find 2001 remix album that was only available to…

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Alfred Drake, Baker Gurvitz Army, Bill Evans, Cheap Trick, Dorothy Ashby, Frank Wess, Iain Matthews, J.J. Johnson, Joe Simon, Kurt Weill, Marvin Gaye, Millie Jackson, Nils Lofgren, O.F.R., Prince, Steeleye Span, The Cranberries, Wes Montgomery

Gimme a Beat! ‘Control’ Comes Back To Vinyl – Are More Janet Jackson Classics Coming?

April 19, 2019 by The Second Disc | 4 Comments

Even viewed through the incredible prism of her talented family, Janet Jackson has had one of the most formidable careers in modern music history. This year, after an impassioned fan campaign, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame finally inducted the youngest Jackson sibling, who’s released 10 Top 5 albums in the U.S., placed more than two dozen singles in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 and has sold more than 100 million albums worldwide of funky, engaging, conscious R&B songs. With an already exciting summer of live performances planned…

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Return To West Grand Boulevard: ‘Motown: The Complete No. 1s’ Box Gets Expanded Reissue

April 19, 2019 by The Second Disc | 9 Comments

For its 60th anniversary year, Universal Music Enterprises has begun reminding fans that “Motown Did It First“; now, the label that launched The Sound Of Young America is revisiting a box set that was released in celebration of its 50th anniversary a decade ago. Motown: The Complete No. 1s is being reissued and expanded on June 28. Motown: The Complete No. 1s featured more than 200 international chart-toppers, plus a handful of bonus masters that went to No. 1 through cover versions or samples. And the packaging was a delight: the discs…

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Release Round-Up: The Second Disc’s 2019 Record Store Day Must-Haves

April 12, 2019 by The Second Disc | 7 Comments

Looking for our usual Release Round-Up? Alas, there’s not much new in the way of catalogue music this Friday (and we’ve already filled you in on Billy Paul and Leon Russell!), but for a very good reason: tomorrow sees releases a-plenty as part of Record Store Day! Without further ado, welcome to our annual rundown of Must-Haves for this year’s RSD event! Once you’re through reading, let us know what you’re most looking forward to picking up tomorrow at your favorite local independent retailer! Our list features just a sampling of our…

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Review: Nat “King” Cole, “Ultimate Nat King Cole” and “International Nat King Cole” [UPDATED]

April 10, 2019 by The Second Disc | 8 Comments

March 17, 2019 would have been Nat “King” Cole’s 100th birthday. While the man born Nathaniel Adams Coles only lived to the age of 45, he more than earned his royal moniker over his three decades of performing. He paved the way for African-American artists as the first black man to host a nationwide television variety show, and quietly but devotedly crusaded for civil rights. At the time of his death, at the height of Beatlemania, he was selling some seven million records a year. The Cole centennial has just been celebrated…

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Release Round-Up: Week of April 5

April 5, 2019 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! David Bowie, Spying Through a Keyhole: Demos and Unreleased Songs (Parlophone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Spying Through a Keyhole: Demos and Unreleased Songs is the new box set with four seven-inch vinyl singles of some of Bowie’s earliest material. It will feature nine rare, monaural recordings, including mostly solo vocal-and-guitar versions of familiar songs (“Space Oddity” in its earliest known version, “London Bye Ta Ta,” “In The Heat Of The Morning”) as well as the heretofore-unknown “Love All Around,” a lyric of which…

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Barry White, David Bowie, Don Felder, Ian Hunter, Love Unlimited Orchestra, Meat Loaf, Mike + the Mechanics, New Order, Reba McEntire, The Searchers, Todd Rundgren, Utopia

Motown Did It First: Japan’s Motown 60 Campaign Reissues Supremes, Temptations, Four Tops, Gladys, Martha, Brenda, and More

March 27, 2019 by The Second Disc | 16 Comments

Motown Did It First! That’s the campaign slogan for Universal Japan’s ongoing program celebrating the venerable label’s 60th anniversary. And indeed, the influence of Motown – still the most successful African-American-founded record label of all time – can’t be underestimated when considering the current music scene. A number of physical releases have already been released in Japan to mark the anniversary, most of which are available as affordable imports and include titles not commonly available on the CD format. This first wave of titles is anchored by the compilation Motown 60, featuring…

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Brenda Holloway, Four Tops, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Kiki Dee, Lionel Richie, Martha and the Vandellas, Marvin Gaye, Rick James, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, The Commodores, The Jackson 5, The Supremes, The Temptations

Review: Nat “King” Cole, “Ultimate Nat King Cole”

March 18, 2019 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Yesterday, March 17, 2019, would have been Nat “King” Cole’s 100th birthday. While the man born Nathaniel Adams Coles only lived to the age of 45, he more than earned his royal moniker over his three decades of performing. He paved the way for African-American artists as the first black man to host a nationwide television variety show, and quietly but devotedly crusaded for civil rights. At the time of his death, at the height of Beatlemania, he was selling some seven million records a year. The Cole centennial has just been…

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Release Round-Up: Week of March 15

March 15, 2019 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Nat King Cole, Ultimate Nat King Cole (Capitol/UMe) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada To celebrate Nat King Cole’s centennial and his legacy of enduring music, Capitol/UMe has partnered with the Nat King Cole Estate for a number of exciting projects. Among them are two new collections that showcase Cole’s remarkable talents — both available today Ultimate Nat King Cole arrives on CD and digital, with a 2-LP configuration to follow on June 14. It features 21 tracks, including all those aforementioned classics, and…

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Cassandra Wilson, Foreigner, James Brown, Jerry Garcia Band, Nat King Cole, New Order, Sam Rivers

Release Round-Up: Week of March 8

March 8, 2019 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

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Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Pamela Polland, Pamela Polland/Have You Heard the One About the Gas Station Attendant? (BGO) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) BGO collects the two Columbia albums of singer-songwriter Pamela Polland in one deluxe, slipcased package – her 1972 self-titled LP and 1973 follow-up which was shelved and never released…until now! Pamela Polland and Have You Heard the One About the Gas Station Attendant? are filled with enchanting pop melodies and beguiling lyrics; guest stars include Taj Mahal, Nicky Hopkins, David Briggs, Eddie Hinton, Bruce…

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Buddy Holly, Eagles, Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush, New Kids on the Block, New Order, Pamela Polland, Townes Van Zandt, Whitesnake

The Story of His Life: Hal David Celebrated on Public Television, Upcoming CD and DVD

March 1, 2019 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

What the World Needs Now Words by Hal David

“Words by Hal David.” That credit graces many of the most cherished popular songs of the second half of the twentieth century, including “(They Long To Be) Close To You,” “I Say a Little Prayer,” “The Look of Love,” and of course, “What the World Needs Now Is Love.” Beginning this weekend, Public Television stations nationwide will be celebrating the life and legacy of Hal David with a new special. What the World Needs Now: Words by Hal David from John Paulson Productions is hosted by The Divine Miss M, Bette Midler,…

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Aretha Franklin, B.J. Thomas, Barbra Streisand, Burt Bacharach, Carpenters, Cher, Dionne Warwick, Dusty Springfield, Frank Sinatra, Hal David, Jackie DeShannon, Tom Jones

Love Is The Thing: Nat “King” Cole Comes to Public Television, New CD Collection and DVD

March 1, 2019 by The Second Disc | 10 Comments

All hail the King! The velvet voice of Nat “King” Cole is coming this weekend to Public Television as TJ Lubinsky’s My Music series premieres a centennial celebration of the late singer-pianist born March 17, 1919. My Music: Nat King Cole’s Greatest Songs includes full performances of his greatest hits, most beloved classics, and favorite standards including the timeless “Mona Lisa,” “Unforgettable” and “When I Fall in Love,” the cool “Route 66,” and jubilant “Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer.” In the My Music tradition, Nat King Cole’s Greatest Songs will present rarely-seen…

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Release Round-Up: Week of March 1

March 1, 2019 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, The Best of Everything (Geffen/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) On the heels of the release of the acclaimed rarities box set An American Treasure, a new career-spanning anthology arrives from the late Tom Petty. The Best of Everything is subtitled The Definitive Career-Spanning Hits Collection 1976-2016 and features 38 tracks from the soulful rock-and-roller, including two previously unreleased cuts (an alternate of “The Best of Everything” and the outtake “For Real.”) Petty’s solo work is heard alongside…

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Chaka Khan, Dennis Coffey, Gordon Lightfoot, John Hartford, The Gun, The Undisputed Truth, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Tommy Hunt

Release Round-Up: Week of February 22

February 22, 2019 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! We kick off with not one, but two, releases from The Zombies! The Zombies, The Complete Studio Recordings (Varese Vintage) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The 2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees are being celebrated this week with two comprehensive vinyl box sets – one for the U.S., and one for the U.K. market. The 5-LP, 61-track U.S. version, from Varese Vintage, includes the band’s two American albums in mono – She’s Not There/Tell Her No and I Love You, plus…

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