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The Right Thing to Do: Rhino’s New Quadio Batch Features Carly Simon, Bread, Judy Collins, The New Seekers

July 18, 2025 by Joe Marchese | 9 Comments

We recently filled you in on Elektra’s 75th anniversary vinyl campaign which sees a variety of titles arriving this month. Now, the celebration is continuing with four new Quadio releases on Blu-ray Audio, all greatest-hits collections drawn from the Elektra catalogue. These four-channel surround titles from Carly Simon, Bread, Judy Collins, and The New Seekers are all available now, exclusively from Rhino.com. Every one of these titles boasts both the original quadraphonic mix with a high-resolution 192 kHz/24-bit stereo mix, both sourced from the original analog four-track quad master tapes. 1972’s Colors…

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Release Round-Up: Week of July 18

July 18, 2025 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

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Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Scissor Sisters, Scissor Sisters: 20th Anniversary Edition (Republic) 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Scissor Sisters’ 2004 debut gets a (slightly belated) 20th anniversary expansion offering the album in a digipak alongside two bonus discs of B-sides, remixes, and seven previously unheard tracks. A truncated offering of the B-sides and outtakes will be included on a double vinyl edition. “Take Your Mama” to get the…

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Beaver and Krause, Bush, Colin Hay, Rod Stewart, Scissor Sisters, Sly and the Family Stone, Styx, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Trisha Yearwood, ZZ Top

Say You Love Me: Fleetwood Mac’s 1975 Self-Titled Album Arrives in Dolby Atmos, High Fidelity Vinyl

July 11, 2025 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Fleetwood Mac’s self-titled 1975 album which introduced Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks to the band has been reissued over the years in various formats. Now, Rhino is bringing a new dimension to the classic, 9x Platinum-certified LP with its premiere on Blu-ray Audio in the immersive Dolby Atmos format. Additionally, a remastered edition will be available as part of the label’s High Fidelity series of audiophile-quality vinyl reissues. All formats are due on August 8. TSD went into detail about Fleetwood Mac for a previous reissue: Before the album that became Fleetwood…

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Make It Fast, Make It Urgent: Foreigner Add More to ‘4’

July 2, 2025 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

Foreigner is bringing 4 to the fore with a new deluxe box set devoted to their blockbuster fourth album. Available September 12, this new edition of 4 will include a new remix of the original 1981 album and three discs of unreleased material, including studio outtakes, unheard songs from the recording sessions, instrumental mixes and selections from the band’s world tour of 1981-1982. A Blu-ray Audio will include the album remix (plus the newly-released “Fool If You Love Him,” available as the new single from the set below) in high-resolution stereo, as well as…

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No Jacket Required (Fully Tailored)

July 2, 2025 by Joe Marchese

4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Following a similar recent deluxe set for Both Sides, the Genesis drummer/singer’s most commercially successful solo album, 1985’s No Jacket Required, is being revisited for its 40th anniversary in two new formats. There’s a new “Fully Tailored” 4LP set that offers a new half-speed master of the album, cut at Abbey Road Studios and pressed on 180-gram vinyl, along with three discs including all the live tracks and demos from a 2016 deluxe CD plus non-album sides and three previously unreleased live versions. Additionally, engineer Steven Wilson has…

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Inside Out: Phil Collins Plans 40th Anniversary Vinyl Box, Blu-ray Audio for ‘No Jacket Required’

July 2, 2025 by Mike Duquette | 4 Comments

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Phil Collins is taking his Jacket to the cleaners and coming back with a whole new cut. Following a similar recent deluxe set for Both Sides, the Genesis drummer/singer’s most commercially successful solo album, 1985’s No Jacket Required, is being revisited for its 40th anniversary in two new formats. There’s a new “Fully Tailored” 4LP set that offers a new half-speed master of the album, cut at Abbey Road Studios and pressed on 180-gram vinyl, along with three discs including all the live tracks and demos from a 2016 deluxe CD plus non-album sides and…

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Made In Japan: Super Deluxe Edition

June 30, 2025 by Joe Marchese

5CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 10LP: Deep Purple Store / Rhino.com 2LP: Amazon U.K. Coming from Rhino on August 15 – 52 years since the first of the concerts represented on the original LP were staged – a new super deluxe edition of Made in Japan, spanning 5CD/1 Blu-ray or 10 LPs, offers new mixes by Steven Wilson of the original album and the complete trio of concerts it came from, complete with bonus encores and a few original single edits. The band’s longtime bassist Roger Glover will pen new liner notes. (The 10LP box is an online exclusive,…

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Balance: Expanded Edition

June 30, 2025 by Joe Marchese

2CD/2LP/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Van Halen’s catalogue is attaining further Balance with an expanded edition of the band’s final album recorded with second lead singer Sammy Hagar. The band’s 10th studio album is reborn as a 2CD/2LP/Blu-ray set offering the remaster featured in 2023 box set The Collection II, three studio rarities, eight unreleased live tracks, and a half-dozen music videos (including another live performance from the vault). Standalone 2CD and 2LP editions will be available as well; all vinyl features the complete album spread…

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Hey! Ho! Let’s Go! Rhino Boxes Ramones Albums in Atmos on “1-2-3-4!”

June 27, 2025 by Joe Marchese | 6 Comments

Gabba gabba hey! Today, Rhino has unveiled a new box set bringing Ramones into a new frontier: that of immersive audio. 1!2!3!4! The Ramones Atmos Collection brings Queens’ favorite band into the realm of Dolby Atmos with new immersive mixes of their first four albums on Blu-ray Audio: 1976’s Ramones; 1977’s Leave Home and Rocket to Russia; and 1978’s Road to Ruin. Limited to just 2,000 copies, this set is available exclusively at Rhino.com and Warner Music’s international storefronts. The four-disc set features new Atmos remixes from original producer Craig Leon (Ramones)…

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Release Round-Up: Week of June 27

June 27, 2025 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Bruce Springsteen, Tracks II: The Lost Albums 1983-2018 (Columbia/Legacy) 7CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 9LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Lost and Found: Selections from the Lost Albums (Columbia/Legacy) 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada More than a quarter century after releasing his first major vault project, Bruce Springsteen is back with a sequel that’s even bigger. True to its name, Tracks II: The Lost Albums 1983-2018 promises not just a wealth of…

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Barbra Streisand, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Buck Owens, Clifton Chenier, Frank Zappa, Idina Menzel, James Taylor, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Melanie, Motörhead, Paul McCartney, Randy Newman, Robin Trower, Rod Stewart, The Bluebells, The Rolling Stones

Ultimate Hits

June 23, 2025 by Joe Marchese

Blu-ray Audio: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. (Standard / Exclusive Art) / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. (Standard / Exclusive Art) / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Official Store (Green/White) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rod Stewart’s Ultimate Hits offers the superstar’s most beloved solo hits from the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s, from “Maggie May” and “Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)” to “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?” and “Young Turks”; “Forever Young” and “Downtown Train” to “Have I Told You Lately” and “Rhythm of My Heart.” The set will be available on four different formats with some distinct variants among them….

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From Japan to ‘Rapture’: Deep Purple Remix, Expand Albums from Mk. II and VIII Line-Ups

June 23, 2025 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

Two very different albums from Deep Purple’s long history will be remixed and reissued this summer: 1975’s Made in Japan and 2005’s Rapture of the Deep. Coming from Rhino on August 15 – 52 years since the first of the concerts represented on the original LP were staged – a new super deluxe edition of Made in Japan, spanning 5CD/1 Blu-ray or 10 LPs, offers new mixes by Steven Wilson of the original album and the complete trio of concerts it came from, complete with bonus encores and a few original single edits. The band’s…

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Release Round-Up: Week of June 13

June 13, 2025 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Grateful Dead, Gratest Hits (Grateful Dead/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Rhino assembles a single-CD or single-LP, nine-song Gratest Hits [sic] from Grateful Dead, marking the band’s 60th anniversary with the original studio versions of such classics as “Truckin’,” “Sugar Magnolia,” and “Touch of Grey.” Read more here. Neil Sedaka, Sedaka’s Back [Expanded Edition] (Neil Sedaka Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Neil Sedaka remasters and reissues the 1974 Rocket Records…

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Alice Ripley, Grateful Dead, Metallica, Neil Sedaka, Neil Young, New Kids on the Block, Oasis, Queen, Tom Kitt, Ultravox, Van Morrison

Jethro Tull’s ‘Living in the Past’ Arrives in the Present with New Steven Wilson Remix

May 22, 2025 by Mike Duquette | 5 Comments

An early, classic compilation by Jethro Tull will be remixed, expanded and wildly reconstructed by engineer Steven Wilson. Still Living in the Past, available July 11 from Rhino, will reinterpret the group’s odds-and-ends compilation from 1972 as a 5CD/1 Blu-ray set boasting some 35 unissued mixes and versions alongside just about every one of the 21 original tracks that appeared on the original double album. Alongside the original mixes of the non-album material that comprised Living in the Past, Wilson has compiled his mixes of those tracks – both versions done for box…

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Release Round-Up: Week of May 2

May 2, 2025 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Pink Floyd, At Pompeii (Pink Floyd/Legacy) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada More than half a century after its release, Pink Floyd’s arresting 1972 concert film – recorded in the ancient amphitheater of Pompeii – has been revisited as an audio and video product from Legacy Recordings. Pink Floyd At Pompeii – MCMLXXII restores Adrian Maben’s original film in…

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Cat Stevens, Gentle Giant, Josh Groban, Mary Rodgers, Pink Floyd, Sutton Foster, Todd Rundgren, Wilco

Release Round-Up: Week of April 25

April 25, 2025 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Neil Young, Oceanside/Countryside (Reprise/NYA) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Neil Young is unveiling another once-lost album with the release of Oceanside Countryside which arrives on CD today following its vinyl release.The LP was recorded from May to December 1977; the first side comprised solo Young performances, while most of the second featured a full band. It never saw release, though. Instead, Comes a Time hit store shelves in October 1978. Both albums…

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Art Blakey, Billy Idol, Eugene Ormandy, Henry Mancini, Ian North, Jeff Goldblum, Kenny Burrell, Luciano Pavarotti, Melanie, Neil Young, Prince, Rilo Kiley, Sex Pistols, Sting, Willie Nelson

He Wears It Well: Rod Stewart’s ‘Ultimate Hits’ Due in June

April 14, 2025 by Mike Duquette | 19 Comments

Ahead of a prolific year of touring – and in the same year the British rocker turns 80 – a new career-spanning collection from Rod Stewart will be released this summer in multiple formats. Ultimate Hits, available June 27, offers Rod the Mod’s most beloved solo hits from the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s, from “Maggie May” and “Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)” to “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?” and “Young Turks”; “Forever Young” and “Downtown Train” to “Have I Told You Lately” and “Rhythm of My Heart.” The set will be…

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Have You Heard? Rhino’s Newest Quadio Batch Includes Rod Stewart, ZZ Top, Beaver and Krause, Modern Jazz Quartet

April 11, 2025 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

Rhino’s Quadio series is back! The ongoing series of four-channel surround Blu-ray Audio Discs has announced its latest four titles, available now directly from Rhino.com. This eclectic group encompasses releases from Rod Stewart, ZZ Top, The Modern Jazz Quartet, and Beaver and Krause. Rod Stewart’s sixth album, 1975’s Atlantic Crossing marked a new chapter for the Faces singer. Produced by Tom Dowd and recorded across various studios in North America, the album was sequenced with one “fast side” and one “slow side,” allowing for the full range of the vocalist’s talents to…

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Release Round-Up: Week of April 11

April 11, 2025 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. The Vince Guaraldi Trio, Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown: Expanded Edition (Fantasy/Craft) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Craft Recordings delivers a newly expanded edition of 1964’s Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown, the first in a series of fateful collaborations between jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi and Charles M. Schulz’s lovable Peanuts characters. The 2CD set offers a fresh remaster of Guaraldi’s initial nine compositions devoted to Charlie Brown…

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Andy Summers, Art Blakey, Kenny Burrell, Marian McPartland, Nellie McKay, Robert Fripp, Talking Heads, The Replacements, Vince Guaraldi

Review: Yes, “Close to the Edge: Super Deluxe Edition”

March 10, 2025 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

The cover of Yes’ Close to the Edge was a relatively simple one, with Roger Dean’s freshly-minted “bubble type” logo atop a color gradient from black to green. But the contents within the jacket – Yes’ fifth album overall, and final LP of the decade to feature drummer Bill Bruford – were anything but simple. Building on the sound and style of 1971’s Fragile, Close to the Edge was an even more ambitious suite crafted by lead vocalist Jon Anderson, bassist Chris Squire, drummer Bruford, guitarist Steve Howe, and keyboardist Rick Wakeman…

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Release Round-Up: Week of March 7

March 7, 2025 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Yes, Close to the Edge: Super Deluxe Edition (Rhino/Atlantic) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rhino.com (with signed lithograph) Yes’ fifth album, Close to the Edge, returns as a 5CD/LP/Blu-ray set anchored by new surround (Dolby Atmos and 5.1) and stereo remixes by Steven Wilson. This Super Deluxe box follows in the footsteps of similarly lavish reissues of The Yes Album and Fragile. The original 1972 mix has been remastered by Bernie Grundman on…

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A.J. Croce, Benmont Tench, Eric Burdon, Fernando Perdomo, Jethro Tull, Kraftwerk, Lady Gaga, Neil Young, The Move, Van Halen, War, Yes

Moments of a Visionary: Tangerine Dream Plan ‘Phaedra’ 50th Anniversary Box

March 6, 2025 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

Tangerine Dream’s breakthrough album will be celebrated in a box set that features a host of audiovisual material taken from a bigger box set. Virgin/UMR will reissue the German group’s 1974 hit Phaedra as a 5CD/Blu-ray box set featuring all the relevant album-related material featured in 2019’s 16 CD/2BD In Search of Hades (The Virgin Recordings 1973-1979). Beyond the remastered album, extras include two discs of outtakes, the band’s first U.K. concert and some 5.1 surround and stereo remixes of the album material by celebrated engineer Steven Wilson. The set also comes with…

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Not Just a Mirage: Esoteric Offers Expanded, Remixed Albums by Prog Rockers Camel

February 17, 2025 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

Some years after a massive box set took a look at the work of British prog rockers Camel, Cherry Red’s Esoteric imprint will break out some of that material in five expanded 2CD/Blu-ray presentations. Reissues of Mirage (1974), Music Inspired by The Snow Goose (1975), Moonmadness (1976), Nude (1981) and Pressure Points: Live in Concert (1984) will roll out over the next few months from Esoteric, boasting expanded versions of the original albums remastered by engineer Ben Wiseman, as well as remixes of the four studio albums on CD (in stereo) and Blu-ray (in stereo and 5.1 surround) by…

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Just As Long As We Have Love: Rhino’s Quadio Series Continues with Aretha, Spinners, Curtis Mayfield, Billy Cobham

February 7, 2025 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

This morning, Rhino unveiled its first batch of Quadio titles for 2025 – and this time, the emphasis is on classic soul and R&B with a twist of jazz! The series, reissuing vintage quadraphonic (four-channel) surround mixes on Blu-ray Audio Discs, welcomes Aretha Franklin’s Live at Fillmore West (1971), Curtis Mayfield’s Roots (1971), The Spinners’ Pick of the Litter (1975), and Billy Cobham’s Spectrum (1973). The Queen of Soul’s Live at Fillmore West followed 1970’s Spirit in the Dark in her storied Atlantic discography. Recorded over three nights at the San Francisco…

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