Director William Friedkin (The Exorcist, The French Connection) was never one to shy away from controversy. And so was the case with his 1980 film Cruising. Al Pacino starred as NYPD Officer Steve Burns, tasked with tracking down a serial killer targeting gay men. Inspired by the novel of the same name by New York Times reporter Gerald Walker, Cruising earned largely negative reviews and protests upon its initial release, criticized both for its depiction of the gay community and for lackluster
WE HAVE OUR WINNERS! CHARLIE RICH "25 ALL-TIME GREATEST HITS" GIVEAWAY!
CONGRATULATIONS! The following 15 entrants have won a copy of Varese Vintage's brand-new Charlie Rich anthology, 25 All-Time Greatest Hits, on CD! If you entered our contest via Facebook and your name is on the list below, please drop us a line at theseconddisc-at-gmail-dot-com or a Private Message on Facebook with your name and mailing address! If you entered via email, you don't have to do anything - your CD will be in the mail soon! Watch this space soon for more exciting
Did You Happen To See: Varese Collects Charlie Rich's "25 Greatest Hits" - AND YOU CAN WIN!
Charles Allan Rich - better known as Charlie Rich - came to country stardom late. Though he scored his first hit single in 1960, the favorite son of Colt, Arkansas had trouble following it up with any consistency. But once the big hits started coming in 1972 with a pair of Kenny O'Dell songs - "I Take It On Home" and "Behind Closed Doors" - Rich established himself as one of C&W's most versatile and beloved entertainers. Varese Vintage has recently celebrated the legacy of Rich (1932-1995)
WE HAVE OUR WINNERS! "AT LONG LAST LOVE" SOUNDTRACK GIVEAWAY!
CONGRATULATIONS! The following 15 entrants have won a copy of Varese Vintage's brand-new reissue of the original soundtrack to At Long Last Love on CD! If you entered our contest via Facebook and your name is on the list below, please drop us a line at theseconddisc-at-gmail-dot-com or a Private Message on Facebook with your name and mailing address! If you entered via email, you don't have to do anything - your CD will be in the mail soon! Watch this space soon for more exciting
WE HAVE OUR WINNERS: THE BUCKINGHAMS' "COMPLETE HIT SINGLES" GIVEAWAY!
CONGRATULATIONS! The following 10 entrants have won a copy of The Buckinghams' brand-new The Complete Hit Singles from Varese Vintage! If you entered our contest via Facebook and your name is on the list below, please drop us a line at theseconddisc-at-gmail-dot-com or a Private Message on Facebook with your name and mailing address! If you entered via email, you don't have to do anything - your CD will be in the mail soon! And if you're not among the winners, we know it's kind of a drag
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Varese Collects The Buckinghams' "Complete Hit Singles" - AND YOU CAN WIN!
When The Buckinghams' "Kind of a Drag" unseated The Monkees' "I'm a Believer" from the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1967, becoming the first new No. 1 of the year, it was anything but a drag for the Chicago band. The crackling single, with its triumphant brass fanfare practically heralding a hit record, was the first of The Buckinghams' three Top 10s in '67. Now, in celebration of The Buckinghams' 50th anniversary, Varese Vintage has released the 15-track anthology The
WE HAVE OUR WINNERS: NICOLETTE LARSON "LOTTA LOVE" GIVEAWAY!
CONGRATULATIONS! The following 10 entrants have won a copy of Varese Vintage's brand-new Lotta Love: The Very Best of Nicolette Larson on CD! If you entered our contest via Facebook and your name is on the list below, please drop us a line at theseconddisc-at-gmail-dot-com or a Private Message on Facebook with your name and mailing address! If you entered via email, you don't have to do anything - your CD will be in the mail soon! Watch this space soon for more exciting
Lotta Love: Varese Collects "The Very Best of Nicolette Larson" - AND YOU CAN WIN!
Today, Varese Vintage releases Lotta Love: The Very Best of Nicolette Larson, celebrating the life and career of the silken-voiced pop singer who died at the tragically young age of 45 in 1997. This 16-track anthology, culled from her years with Warner Bros. Records and featuring duets with Emmylou Harris, Steve Goodman and Michael McDonald, is a welcome reminder of Larson's versatile gifts in the genres of pop, country and folk - and we would like to give you a chance to WIN ONE OF TEN COPIES
WE HAVE OUR WINNERS: "CHUCK" SOUNDTRACK CONTEST!
CONGRATULATIONS! The following 10 entrants have won an autographed edition of the CHUCK television soundtrack! If you entered our contest and your name is on the list below, please drop us a line at theseconddisc-at-gmail-dot-com or a Private Message on Facebook: Marshall Brownstein Scott Crawford Michael Duffy Jason Fiske Peter Gladue John Knight Ron Lavery Mitch Moskal Mike Perciaccante Jeffrey Rosen
WIN! WIN! WIN! "CHUCK: ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK" from Varese Sarabande!
TEN, count ‘em, TEN LUCKY READERS will have a chance to win the new CD soundtrack recording of Tim Jones’ score to the cult favorite TV show Chuck, available now from Varese Sarabande! Even better, ALL WINNERS' COPIES WILL BE AUTOGRAPHED BY THE COMPOSER, TIM JONES! And winning is just a couple of clicks away… To enter, simply LIKE our Facebook page, and head over to Varese Sarabande’s FB page and do the same! Just leave us a comment on the CHUCK Giveaway post on our FB page. Let us
WE HAVE OUR WINNERS! ROGER TAYLOR Limited Vinyl Bundle from Omnivore Recordings!
CONGRATULATIONS! The following five entrants have won two amazing limited edition vinyl releases from Queen legend ROGER TAYLOR and OMNIVORE RECORDINGS! If you entered our contest and your name is on the list below, please drop us a line at theseconddisc-at-gmail-dot-com or a Private Message on Facebook: Adam Robinson David E. Reichel, Jr. Andy Swanson Tom Saltarelli Beth Fordice
WIN! WIN! WIN! New Vinyl From ROGER TAYLOR of Queen and OMNIVORE RECORDINGS!
Omnivore Recordings has recently continued its series dedicated to the solo catalogue of legendary Queen drummer Roger Taylor with definitive new reissues of Taylor’s first two solo records – Fun in Space and Strange Frontier! We’d like you to have share in some of that fun with this very special giveaway! FIVE LUCKY WINNERS will receive a bundle of the new clear vinyl pressing of Fun in Space and the translucent red vinyl edition of Strange Frontier – and once these limited editions are
WE HAVE OUR WINNERS! GAME THEORY “Real Nighttime” Bundle From Omnivore Recordings!
CONGRATULATIONS! The following five entrants have won the brand-new red vinyl LP Real Nighttime, and also an original vintage 1980s flexidisc from GAME THEORY and OMNIVORE RECORDINGS! If you entered our contest and your name is on the list below, please drop us a line at theseconddisc-at-gmail-dot-com or a Private Message on Facebook: Jeffrey Rosen Mark Nielsen Cole Smith Tim Vogt Randall Paske If you didn't win, this amazing, extremely limited bundle is still available to purchase
WIN! WIN! WIN! GAME THEORY "Real Nighttime" Bundle From Omnivore Recordings!
Here at Second Disc HQ, spring can’t come fast enough – but leave it to our friends at Omnivore Recordings to help us beat the winter blues with a giveaway you won’t want to miss! Today, Omnivore continues its celebration of the late Scott Miller’s band Game Theory with a 30th anniversary reissue of Real Nighttime, produced by Mitch Easter (R.E.M.) on expanded CD and a limited edition red vinyl LP of the original album with a download card of the entire expanded CD program! To make it even
Variety Is The Spice: Varese Serves Up Ian Hunter, Ray Price
Upon his departure from Mott the Hoople, frontman Ian Hunter wasted little time in establishing a solo career. His first, eponymous solo album in 1975 yielded the single that made Hunter’s name as a solo artist, the original version of “Once Bitten, Twice Shy.” Recorded at George Martin’s AIR Studios, “Once Bitten” boasted Hunter’s old cohort Mick Ronson as arranger, guitarist and co-producer, and the track made it all the way to No. 14 on the U.K. chart. (Great White’s 1989 cover version
WE HAVE OUR WINNERS! The New Reissue of Ian Hunter's "All American Alien Boy" From Varese Sarabande!
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WE HAVE A WINNER! Billy Joel's "A Matter of Trust: The Bridge to Russia" Goes to One Lucky Winner!
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CONTEST WINNER, FABIO TURSI! He's won a copy of Billy Joel's A Matter of Trust: The Bridge to Russia 2CD/1DVD set from Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings!
WE HAVE A WINNER of a Complete Set of Omnivore Recordings' Record Store Day Exclusives!
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNER, ***SCOTT LESLIE***!
WE HAVE OUR WINNERS! Will The New, Remastered "Porky's Revenge" Soundtrack Be YOURS?
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WE HAVE OUR WINNERS Of An Expanded "Songs Our Daddy Taught Us" From Varese Sarabande!
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WIN! WIN! WIN! New Box Sets from OTIS REDDING and ARETHA FRANKLIN!
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WINNERS, WE HAVE WINNERS! Week 2 of Second Discmas!
CLICK ON THE CHRISTMAS TREE TO FIND OUT IF YOU'RE A WINNER OF OUR SECOND WEEK OF GIVEAWAYS! THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO ENTERED AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM THE SECOND DISC!
SECOND DISCMAS 2013: Holiday Giveaways Just for You!
WINNERS! WE HAVE WINNERS! CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WEEK TWO WINNERS! RAY SCHOO, Winner of a Belinda Carlisle Gift Set! RYAN BRUSH, Winner of a Status Quo Gift Set! HANK NIEMCZYK, Winner of a Saxon Gift Set! ANTHONY CUSUMANO and ROBERT LETT, Winners of Buck Owens Bundles! WILL ETKIN, DAVID CURVIN and ANGELA M. CAMPBELL, Winners of Knack Bundles! MARK ATHERLAY and DAMIEN McPHERSON, Winners of Rhino Box Set Bundles! DARRYL NORSEN and RON LAVERY, Winners of Townes Van Zandt
WE HAVE OUR WINNERS! Humble Pie's "Performance: Rockin' the Fillmore - The Complete Recordings" is Served!
STEVE HARRIS, WARD WHIPPLE and RICH KAMERMAN - you've won a copy of this great box set! Message us on Facebook and tell us where to send them!
WE HAVE A WINNER! Chrysalis Live Classics from Ten Years After, Robin Trower and UFO!
KEITH PETTIPAS, THESE THREE SETS ARE YOURS! E-mail or Facebook message us and they'll be on their way!