I. Wonderful, Wonderful "A new sound in popular music," heralded the back cover of Johnny Mathis' 1956 debut album. That self-titled release on Columbia Records introduced a voice that's now instantly familiar: expressive, rich, creamy, seductive, and tender, with a clarion, controlled vibrato that set it apart from any other tone in the golden age of American song. As Columbia's George Avakian realized, Mathis' natural instrument was perfect for jazz - capable of navigating the form's
Eat Like a Rock Star
Ever wanted to know what some of your favorite artists are serving at the dinner table? Music biographer Mark Bego has the answers for you with this fun and stylish new cookbook! Weighing in at a generous 258 pages and lavishly decked out with full-color photos to leave you salivating, Eat Like a Rock Star features recipes personally provided to the author for this book by The Supremes' Mary Wilson (who also penned the introduction), The Rolling Stones' Bill Wyman, The 5th Dimension's Marilyn
Maximum Volume: The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin - The Early Years 1926-1966
When Sir George Martin died last year, reverberations were felt throughout the music industry and beyond. But the famed producer's work with The Beatles was only part of the story. Now, author and Beatles historian Kenneth Womack has pulled back the curtain to reveal the man behind the music. Maximum Volume: The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin - The Early Years 1926-1966, as the title indicates, acknowledges the importance of the Fab Four on the producer's life and career. But this
A SECOND DISC INTERVIEW! Have No Fear, Bond Is Here: "Casino Royale: 50th Anniversary" Reissue Announced, Chris Malone Explains Restoration
Seven James Bonds at Casino Royale/They came to save the world and win the gal at Casino Royale! Six of them went to a heavenly spot, the seventh one is going to a place where it's terribly hot... Hal David's lyric captures just a small fraction of the insanity of Charles K. Feldman's 1967 Casino Royale, the big-budget comic extravaganza and cult favorite that was "too much...for one James Bond!" And so, David Niven as James Bond was joined by 007s of all shapes and sizes (and genders!),
Holiday Gift Guide Review: Ramones, "Rocket to Russia" [40th Anniversary Edition]
Johnny, Joey, Dee Dee, and Tommy Ramone introduced their fast and furious style of bubblegum punk on 1976's Ramones, then followed it up the next year with the even more potent Leave Home. Just months later, the band dropped its third major salvo. With Rocket to Russia, the sound and feel of the band's first two albums was taken to the next level - and now, forty years later, it's often recognized as the finest Ramones set. Happily, Rhino has continued its series of LP-sized, hardcover
Release Round-Up: Week of December 8
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Debby Boone, You Light Up My Life: 40th Anniversary Expanded Edition (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Finally, the platinum LP containing the biggest hit of the 1970s arrives on CD! Real Gone's new edition expands Debby Boone's original You Light Up My Life album by a whopping thirteen tracks, tracing Debby's career back to her earliest recordings with her sisters as The Boone Girls. You'll hear their effervescent
Release Round-Up: Week of December 1
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Alan Parsons Project, Eye in the Sky: 35th Anniversary Edition (Arista/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The eye in the sky is still looking at you...Legacy Recordings has a 35th anniversary box set celebrating The Alan Parsons Project's 1982 best-seller Eye in the Sky. The album, which yielded the APP's biggest hit single with its title track as well as the classic instrumental "Sirius," will be enhanced for this lavish
Holiday Gift Guide Review: Eagles, "Hotel California" [3CD/1BD Box Set]
Everything about Hotel California, the late-1976 album by Eagles, was larger than life - beginning with the epic title track. Upon its release, its stature grew as mighty as the music within its grooves. It yielded two U.S. No. 1 singles, was certified platinum within a week of release, and sold over 17 million copies in the U.S. alone as of 2013 - a number that grew to over 32 million worldwide, and counting. Over forty years after its initial release, the most famous Eagles album has
More of The Monkees: Super Deluxe Edition
Rhino delivers a 3-CD Super Deluxe Edition of The Monkees' 1967 sophomore album with mono and stereo versions of the album and a plethora of alternate takes, never-before-heard rarities, and a recently-discovered live recording! With 91 tracks (55 previously unreleased!), this set greatly expands upon the 2-CD iteration from 2006.
THE SECOND DISC'S 2017 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE IS HERE!
We wouldn't want you to be left out in the cold today for Cyber Monday, so we're proud to present our annual Holiday Gift Guide featuring more than 50 essential selections for the music enthusiast in your life! We've filled the guide with box sets (such as the Bob Dylan title to your right!) as well as archival releases and holiday music favorites that make great stocking stuffers. So just click here to access this year's top picks, reflecting the diversity of music released this year in
Among My Souvenirs: More Treasures from the Crosby Archive
Among My Souvenirs: More Treasures from the Crosby Archive follows the 2010 release of So Rare: Treasures from the Crosby Archive. Compiled by historian and archivist Robert S. Bader, this collection spans the period of 1932 to 1977 for a full portrait of the man and his art. Outtakes, live recordings, and radio and television performances all feature on this anthology, including many songs not previously released in any format by Crosby. The word "treasures" is most apt here, as this release
Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of "Weird Al" Yankovic
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The world's premier parodist celebrates his discography with a box set unlike any other: all 14 of his original albums, newly remastered; Medium Rarities, a bonus album of rare and unreleased material; and a 100+ page book of rare photos and memorabilia-all packaged in a replica of Al's signature accordion!
Trouble No More: The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 - 1979-1981
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 8CD/1DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The latest volume of Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series brings his oft-misunderstood "gospel period" into sharp focus through live and studio performances, never-before-heard songs, and much, much more.
Release Round-Up: Week of November 24
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! "Weird Al" Yankovic, Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of "Weird Al" Yankovic (Legacy) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The world's premier parodist celebrates his discography with a box set unlike any other: all 14 of his original albums, newly remastered; Medium Rarities, a bonus album of rare and unreleased material; and a 100+ page book of rare photos and memorabilia--all packaged
The Second Disc's Essential RSD Black Friday 2017 Release Guide
From all of us here at Second Disc HQ to all of you, we hope you've enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving in the company of beloved family and friends. Of course, from this day which conjures nostalgic and warm feelings comes a celebration of a different kind with this year's annual Black Friday - and Record Store Day's miniature cousin to April's yearly event. In keeping with tradition, Mike, Randy and I have once again selected our top picks of the numerous titles being released tomorrow from
Star Wars: A New Hope [Vinyl Box Set]
Disney's first catalogue release from the Star Wars universe is here - a vinyl box set dedicated to John Williams' original soundtrack to the original 1977 classic. The 3-LP, 180-gram vinyl set features a 48-page hardcover book with essays by Jeff Bond and Jeff Eldridge, and holograms hand-etched by Tristan Duke of Infinity Light Science, including a 3D Death Star on Disc 1. Disc 2 features the Star Wars 40th Anniversary logo etched into the vinyl.
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [Vinyl Editions]
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - 2017 Remix LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada (TBD) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - 2017 Remix Picture Disc: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada (TBD) Fans fell in love with Sgt. Pepper all over again this year with a stunning new stereo remix overseen by Beatle producer George Martin's son Giles. It was, of course, part of a deluxe 50th anniversary box set packed with unreleased session outtakes and video footage that will
The Christmas Records
Happy Christmas, Beatle people! The Christmas Records, a seven-disc vinyl box set from the Fab Four, features colored 45 RPM recreations of the Beatles' original Christmas fan club flexi-discs (all single-sided except for the last two in 1968 and 1969). The original sleeve artwork has been recreated for each title, and an enclosed 16-page booklet offers recording notes plus reproductions of the newsletters sent with each disc!
Extra-Terrific: Inside The Art of La-La Land's 'E.T.' Soundtrack Reissue
Attendees of this past weekend's Mondo-Con were treated to a special new print from the master pop-culture provider: a striking new poster for E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. Eagle-eyed fans will recognize the graphic from its debut on La-La Land Records' 35th anniversary double-disc expansion of John Williams' Oscar-winning soundtrack. It's a wondrous image: of the film's protagonist Elliott, seen from behind astride his bicycle as he looks upward into the evening sky, reflecting on the incredible
Release Round-Up: Week of November 3
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Supremes, The Ultimate Merry Christmas (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music are joining Motown Records to unwrap a celebration of The Supremes' 1965 perennial Merry Christmas. The Ultimate Merry Christmas features the album in three distinctive versions: the original 1965 mono and stereo mixes, as well as a brand new, never-before-heard 2017 mix premiering
Rocket To Russia: 40th Anniversary Editions
Rhino continues its series of deluxe Ramones reissues following Ramones and Leave Home with this 40th anniversary look at Rocket to Russia. This set features 3 CDs, an LP and a photo-filled book within its 12″ x 12″ box packaging. A total of 63 bonus tracks (only two of which have been made available before) will be included in this set. Alongside the original album, original engineer Ed Stasium has created a back-to-basics "tracking mix" of the original album, featuring some alternate takes
A Farewell to Kings: 40th Anniversary Edition
3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3CD/Blu-ray/4LP super deluxe: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rush's fifth studio album, originally released in 1977, is reissued in a multitude of formats, all including a full concert from 1978, a sound effects track, and four covers by prog groups of classics from the album. All this audio material will be available as a 3CD or 4LP set; for the hardcore Rush fans, a super deluxe box
The Voice of Romance: The Columbia Original Album Collection
Johnny Mathis' lavish 68-CD box, reflects on the entirety of his 60+-year career at Columbia Records with: 62 original Columbia albums that have been remastered (13 of which are available on CD for the very first time - and many more of which have never appeared on CD in the United States) plus Mathis' newest album; Two previously unreleased albums: the hotly-anticipated I Love My Lady, produced by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards of CHIC in 1981; and The Island, helmed by Sergio Mendes
Release Round-Up: Week of October 20
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! George Michael, Listen Without Prejudice 25 (Columbia/Legacy) 2-CD (Disc 1 & 2 Only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3-CD/1-DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Legacy is delivering a deluxe edition of George Michael's classic 1990 album. Listen Without Prejudice 25 sees release in several formats. The biggest is a 3-CD/1 DVD box set. The first CD contains a
The Vinyl Collection
The Vinyl Collection contains, on 12 LPs, every non-holiday Carpenters studio album, from 1969's Ticket to Ride (originally titled Offering, but renamed after their commercial breakthrough for their very first single) to 1989's Lovelines, released six years after the tragic passing of Karen Carpenter. The set also includes The Singles 1969-1973, the hugely successful compilation album which became a 7x platinum smash and No. 1 seller in the United States alone upon its release in 1973. Every
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