Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up - maybe the biggest and most diverse yet of 2015! David Bowie, Five Years (Parlophone) 12 CD Box Set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 13 LP Box Set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. New remasters of David Bowie (a.k.a. Space Oddity), The Man Who Sold the World, Hunky Dory and Pin Ups are collected in a new box set along with existing versions of Ziggy Stardust (in both the original and 2003 mixes), Aladdin Sane, Live Santa Monica '72, the Ziggy Stardust
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
Sing Christmas Music/The Little Drummer Boy
The Living Voices' Sing Christmas Music/The Little Drummer Boy adds up to a nostalgic holiday treat. The Living Voices, together with The Living Strings and several other groups with "Living" in their names, were studio musicians brought together by RCA producer Ethel Gabriel who recorded albums targeted at an older demographic. These LPs featured lushly arranged versions of popular hits, and these two Christmas albums - including 1965's never-on-CD The Little Drummer Boy featuring The Anita
Jimmy Dean's Christmas Card: The Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings
Celebrate a classic country Christmas with Jimmy Dean's Christmas Card - The Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings. Dean may be best known today for breakfast sausages, but he had a thriving recording career 50 years ago. His lone Columbia Christmas LP is joined by the few yuletide tunes he made for singles to complete this remastered CD. TSD's Joe Marchese has penned new liner notes!
A Very Merry Christmas: The Complete Epic Christmas Collection
Bobby Vinton's A Very Merry Christmas - The Compete Epic Christmas Collection is a first-of-a-kind collection for the beloved vocalist. During the peak of his career in 1963 and 1964, Vinton recorded a Christmas EP and album for Epic, both of which are on this remastered release. Several other Christmas cuts have been added, including a previously unreleased track from 1959: "Winter Love." TSD's Joe Marchese has written the liner notes!
The Complete Capitol Christmas Recordings
This first-ever collection of Glen Campbell's Complete Capitol Christmas Recordings is anchored by his classic 1968 album That Christmas Feeling and rounded out by several other rare holiday tracks from Capitol singles and compilations released through 1991. TSD's Joe Marchese has written the new liner notes!
The Complete Christmas Collection 1958-2010
The biggest holiday release of the season is the 3-disc set devoted to the yuletide recordings of Johnny Mathis. The Complete Christmas Collection 1958-2010 rounds up all of Mathis' Christmas albums for the Columbia and Mercury/Global labels released during that period. It also boasts numerous non-LP singles, guest appearances and other one-off tracks from over the years, all in newly-remastered sound. TSD's own Joe Marchese has written the liner notes based upon a new interview with Johnny!
The Track Singles 1967-1973
Volume Three arrives in this four-volume set collecting The Who's classic singles by label (Brunswick, Reaction, Track and Polydor). This box set, designed in "lid-and-tray" style, contains fifteen 7-inch singles from the band's Track Records era - each one pressed on heavyweight vinyl with paper sleeves reproducing the front and back period graphics with die-cut center holes. The Track Singles includes a 7-inch-sized 20-page color booklet with liner notes about each release and period
Release Round-Up: Week of September 18
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up including a couple of spectacular new box sets, one acclaimed soundtrack, numerous reissues and anthologies, and the return of a few beloved artists! a-ha, Hunting High and Low: 30th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition (Warner Bros./Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) The 1985 debut from a-ha gets super-sized with Rhino's upcoming 4-CD/1-DVD edition. Disc One has the original, remastered album, while Disc Two boasts 25 demos, Disc Three has 15
Beatles 1+ [Various Editions]
The Fab Four turns the best-selling Beatles 1 into an audiovisual extravaganza with new audio mixes and never-before-released video footage, available in a variety of editions and formats: Beatles 1: 1 CD/1 DVD (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Beatles 1: 1 CD/1 BD (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Beatles 1: 1 CD (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Beatles 1: 1 BD (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Beatles 1: 1 DVD (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Beatles 1+: 1 CD/2 BDs (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Beatles 1+:
The Christmas Album: Expanded Edition
With the phenomenal success of her 1970 single "Rose Garden," Lynn Anderson was launched into the ranks of country and pop superstardom. The Grammy Award-winning singer's string of No. 1 hits made her a chart fixture in the 1970s and indeed, one of the most successful artists of all time. Among her most beloved recordings is 1971's The Christmas Album which arrived on Columbia Records while Lynn was still riding high from the worldwide success of "Rose Garden." Christmas Album, produced in
The Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings
The Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings brings together 1967's The Jim Nabors Christmas Album with 1972's Merry Christmas, both of which are long unavailable on compact disc. Produced by Jack Gold and arranged by Alan Copeland, Christmas Album featured Nabors on both secular and sacred carols, including a rousing "Go Tell It on the Mountain" and an inventive "Jingle Bells." The Gold-selling album was so popular that it was the best-selling holiday album of 1969, and remained on the
The 4 Seasons Greetings
The 4 Seasons' legendary original Christmas album hit the charts three times: once in 1963 when it came out as The 4 Seasons Greetings and again in 1966 and 1967 when it was reissued as The 4 Seasons' Christmas Album. Now it's back on CD for the very first time in its original mono mix in Real Gone Music's mini-LP replica sleeve edition (with restored original artwork and Vee-Jay labels!), remastered from tape by Bill Inglot. This edition is limited to 2,000 units.
Christmas Joy
Conductor George Melachrino's 1959 Christmas Joy, a release in RCA's Living Stereo series, makes its worldwide CD debut from Real Gone Music. This symphonic seasonal classic from one of the greatest maestros of all time includes such tracks as "Christmas Alphabet," "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus," "Jingle Bells" and "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town." It's been newly remastered by Maria Triana at Battery Studios in New York, and TSD's Joe Marchese tells the Melachrino story in his new liner
A Ding Dong Dandy Christmas
Real Gone serves up one of the zaniest Christmas albums of all time with The Three Suns' 1959 A Ding Dong Dandy Christmas! Inspired by the new-fangled recording technology in RCA's Studio A, the instrumental trio turned in one of the most wacky and entertaining Christmas albums of the era, adding rock and roll guitar and instrumentation as varied as chimes, bells, oboes and two (!) tubas to create a Space Age stereophonic spectacular suitable for the Jetsons' next holiday party. Real Gone's
The John Gary Christmas Album
1964's The John Gary Christmas Album, arranged and conducted by the great Peter Matz, went to No. 3 for the smooth vocalist the year it came out. An instant classic, it remained on the Christmas charts for four straight years after that. Real Gone Music brings this Christmas gem to CD with its original artwork in a new presentation featuring liner notes by John's widow Lee Gary and remastering by Maria Triana at Battery Studios!
The Magic of Christmas
The Soulful Strings (members of the Chess/Cadet label house band, including flautist Lennie Druss, guitarist Phil Upchurch, bassist/cellist Cleveland Eaton and harpist Dorothy Ashby) made seven albums, but the most beloved may well be 1968's The Magic of Christmas. The group's highest-charting record (#35), it has never appeared on CD until now! Gene Sculatti provides the liner notes for this R&B-infused holiday classic.
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
Release Round-Up: Week of September 11
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Second Disc Records is going back to the beach with Ricci Martin, but that's far from all this week! We're also taking off with ELO, singing street-corner symphonies with The Four Seasons, and much more! Plus: new titles from classic artists! Ricci Martin, Beached: Expanded Edition (Second Disc/Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) What if key members of The Beach Boys, Chicago, America, and Wings had teamed up to create one of the greatest
Release Round-Up: Week of September 4
The fall is almost upon us - which means some of the most exciting release weeks of the year are just around the corner! We hope you've checked out Ted's farewell to the sounds of summer, because we're kicking off September right here with a new release from Second Disc Records - as well as goodies from The Doors, Eydie Gorme, Micky Dolenz, Peter Frampton, Pugwash, and many more! To our U.S. readers, we wish you a safe and happy Labor Day weekend filled with great new (and old)
Archive Collection: Pipes of Peace
Paul McCartney's 1983 Pipes of Peace, featuring the smash hit duet "Say Say Say" with Michael Jackson, joins his Archive Collection in a variety of formats: 2-CD/1-DVD Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-CD Special Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-LP Vinyl Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Read more about all versions in our full feature!
Archive Collection: Tug of War
The Paul McCartney Archive Collection continues with 1982's Tug of War, featuring "Ebony and Ivory" and "Here Today." The release is available in various formats: 3-CD/1-DVD Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-CD Special Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-LP Vinyl Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Check out our full feature for information on what you'll find in each version!
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
Release Round-Up: Week of August 28
Welcome to New Release Friday and this week's Release Round-Up! Faces, You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything (1970-1975) (Rhino) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. This long-awaited 5-CD box set includes Faces' First Step (1970), Long Player (1971), A Nod Is as Good as a Wink...to a Blind Horse (1971), and Ooh La La (1973), and adds never-before-released bonus tracks to each album. The set is topped off with a bonus disc containing non-LP selections.
Soul Manifesto: 1964-1970
This 12-CD box set includes the eight live and studio albums recorded by Stax superstar Otis Redding between 1964 and 1967 as well as four posthumously-released albums. The box contains the following albums in their original track listings: Otis Redding, Soul Manifesto 1964-1970 (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Pain In My Heart (1964) The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads (1965) Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul (1965) The Soul Album (1966) Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis
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