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Bay City Rollers, Chris Stamey, Dave Grusin, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Jakob Dylan, Kylie Minogue, Miles Davis, The B-52's, The Doobie Brothers

Release Round-Up: Week of June 21

June 21, 2019 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Prince, Originals (Warner/NPG) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Originals brings together 15 demos of songs Prince gave away to other artists including The Time, Sheila E., Kenny Rogers, Martika, Vanity 6, and The Bangles. Tidal will exclusively offered the album for high-resolution streaming on June 7, with the CD and wide digital release out today, and vinyl configurations to follow in July. A Target exclusive CD edition adds one bonus track, “Nothing Compares 2 U (Cinematic Remix).” Read more here! Glen Campbell, The…

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Bill Evans, Def Leppard, Glen Campbell, James Brown, John Miller, LaToya Jackson, Philip Bailey, Prince, Sha Na Na, The Hollywood Vampires, The Rolling Stones, Travis, Wes Montgomery, Willie Nelson

Release Round-Up: Week of June 14

June 14, 2019 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Johnny Mathis, Killing Me Softly with Her Song/When Will I See You Again (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music continue celebrating Johnny Mathis’ discography with two albums on one CD. 1973’s Killing Me Softly with Her Song and 1975’s When Will I See You Again both spotlight Mathis’ silky interpretations of the day’s greatest hits. Killing Me Softly with Her Song was Johnny’s final full-length album collaboration with songwriter-producer Jerry Fuller and…

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock, Soundtracks

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ABBA, Bob Marley, Bruce Springsteen, Carole King, Grateful Dead, Hank Williams, Isaac Hayes, Johnny Mathis, R.E.M., Roger Daltrey, Stan Getz, Tangerine Dream, ZZ Top

Live from The Beacon Theatre

June 10, 2019 by Joe Marchese

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD In November 2018, the Doobie Brothers, led by Tom Johnston, Patrick Simmons, and John McFee, returned to New York City’s historic Beacon Theatre for the first time in 25 years to perform two of the band’s greatest albums, Toulouse Street and The Captain and Me. Both audio and video of that special performance are now set for release. The Doobie Brothers: Live from…

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Release Round-Up: Week of June 7

June 7, 2019 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up – a packed one, for sure! Bob Dylan, The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings (Columbia/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Just in advance of the June 12 debut of director Martin Scorsese’s documentary Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese, Columbia and Legacy unveil a new 14-CD box set that promises to be the ultimate chronicle of the initial leg of Dylan’s legendary Rolling Thunder Revue from the autumn of 1975. The box includes five professionally recorded sets…

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Listen to the Music: Doobie Brothers Bring “Live from The Beacon Theatre” to CD, DVD, BD

June 3, 2019 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

As The Doobie Brothers gear up for their North American summer tour with co-headliners Santana, Rhino is looking back to a recent concert for a new release. In November 2018, the Doobies, led by Tom Johnston, Patrick Simmons, and John McFee, returned to New York City’s historic Beacon Theatre for the first time in 25 years to perform two of the band’s greatest albums, Toulouse Street and The Captain and Me. Both audio and video of that special performance are now set for release from Rhino on June 28. The Doobie Brothers:…

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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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Blues, Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock

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

Heaven and Earth

May 20, 2019 by Joe Marchese

Heaven and Earth (24-disc box) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The ReconstruKction of Light (40th Anniversary Series) (CD/DVD-A) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) King Crimson, The Power To Believe (40th Anniversary Series) (CD/DVD-A) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) King Crimson has a truly staggering box set assembled: 24 discs – 18 CDs, 4 Blu-rays, and 2 DVD-As – celebrating the band’s work during the period of December 1997 to August 2008. Too much to handle? KC is also offering more digestible CD/DVD-A versions…

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Happy With What You Have: King Crimson Celebrates ’90s and ’00s Work With “Heaven and Earth” Mega-Set and Breakout Reissues, Due May 31

May 14, 2019 by Sam Stone | No Comments

When it comes to raiding the vaults for lavish box sets, few have embraced the task quite like King Crimson, who have released six such sets which typically include remixed studio albums, outtakes, and live recordings galore. Now, the band has announced its seventh mega-set, entitled Heaven & Earth. It’s due out on May 31 and can be pre-ordered directly from Inner Knot/DGMLive (U.S.) and Burning Shed (U.K.). On the same day, more digestible versions of The ReconstruKction of Light (in its newly remixed form) and The Power To Believe will also…

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DEVELOPING: Rhino Celebrates Woodstock 50th with Massive, Complete 38-CD Box Set (UPDATED WITH ORDER LINKS)

May 8, 2019 by Joe Marchese | 19 Comments

Rolling Stone has broken the news this morning that Rhino Records is getting back to the garden in a big (make that BIG) way. Woodstock 50 – Back to the Garden: The Definitive 50th Anniversary Archive, due August 2, will live up to its name as the last word on the legendary festival. This 38CD/1BD set, limited to 1,969 copies, will include every note performed onstage by every act at Yasgur’s Farm over those three days of peace and music, save two tracks by Jimi Hendrix (omitted at the request of his…

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Creedence Clearwater Revival, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, Richie Havens, Sly and the Family Stone, The Band, The Who

The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus [Various Formats]

May 3, 2019 by Joe Marchese

2-CD/DVD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Blu-ray: Amazon Links TBD DVD: Amazon Links TBD The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus is coming back to town. The new editions will be available in multiple physical configurations. The 2-CD Expanded Edition boasts newly remixed and remastered audio and newly discovered, unreleased performances from Taj Mahal, Julius Katchen, and supergroup The Dirty Mac (John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Mitch Mitchell, and Keith Richards). The…

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Salt of the Earth: ABKCO Revisits “The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus” With Expanded Deluxe Sets

May 1, 2019 by Sam Stone | 4 Comments

The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus is one of those great time capsules of the rock and roll era. Filmed at the Intertel TV Studio in Wembley on December 11, 1968 and directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, the movie was part rock show and part sideshow. The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus featured the original lineup of The Rolling Stones – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Charlie Watts, and Bill Wyman – who served as the main music draw and the night’s hosts. They were joined by a diverse lineup…

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Eric Clapton, Jethro Tull, John Lennon, Marianne Faithfull, Taj Mahal, The Dirty Mac, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Yoko Ono

In Search of Hades: The Virgin Recordings 1973-1979

April 21, 2019 by Joe Marchese

In Search of Hades celebrates Tangerine Dream’s boundary-pushing albums Phaedra (1974), Rubycon (1975), the live Ricochet (1975), Stratosfear (1976), the live Encore (1977), Cyclone (1978), and Force Majeure (1979). The gargantuan set features 16 CDs with bonus tracks for every title, plus two Blu-rays (featuring high-res stereo and surround mixes of three titles) and a hardcover book with new essays, historic photos, and memorabilia galore. Additionally, Steven Wilson completed new stereo and 5.1 surround sound mixes for Ricochet and two tracks from Phaedra. A bounty of unreleased material was also unearthed – 8 CDs’…

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Force Majeure: Tangerine Dream Classics, Outtakes, and Surround Mixes Abound on “In Search of Hades” Box

April 19, 2019 by Sam Stone | 1 Comment

Tangerine Dream was among the “true pioneers of electronic and ambient music, and the albums they recorded for Virgin Records between 1973 and 1979 remain classics of the genre” – so says progressive rocker and remixer extraordinaire, Steven Wilson. And he should know, as Wilson has been heavily involved in a Tangerine Dream box set that spotlights the era, entitled In Search of Hades: The Virgin Recordings 1973-1979. Due from UMC/Virgin on June 14, In Search of Hades celebrates Tangerine Dream’s boundary-pushing albums Phaedra (1974), Rubycon (1975), the live Ricochet (1975), Stratosfear (1976),…

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Bridges to Bremen [Various Formats]

April 9, 2019 by Joe Marchese

2-CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada DVD: Links TBD Blu-ray: Links TBD Twenty years since it was originally aired, The Rolling Stones’ 1998 concert film Bridges To Bremen is finally released as part of the band’s ongoing archive series from Eagle Vision . It captures the complete September 2, 1998 show from Germany’s Weserstadion show, recorded on the final leg of their tour supporting the Bridges To Babylon album. It’s available on Blu-ray,…

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Flip The Switch: Complete Rolling Stones Show From 1998, “Bridges To Bremen,” Due June 21

April 9, 2019 by Sam Stone | 4 Comments

Twenty years since it was originally aired, The Rolling Stones’ 1998 concert film Bridges To Bremen will finally be released as part of the band’s ongoing archive series from Eagle Vision on June 21 . It captures the complete September 2, 1998 show from Germany’s Weserstadion show, recorded on The Rolling Stones’ final leg of their tour supporting the Bridges To Babylon album. The Bridges To Babylon tour was a landmark in live Rolling Stones history. For one, it was the first tour to include a permanent B-stage, allowing fans to see the action…

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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

Live At The Chicago Theatre [Various Formats]

February 28, 2019 by Sam Stone

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2-CD/DVD/Blu-Ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Limited-Edition Green Vinyl: Cleopatra Records Last year, rock’s wizard/true star Todd Rundgren reunited prog rockers turned power-pop legends Utopia, joining up with Kasim Sulton, Willie Wilcox, along with featured performer Gil Assayas. It had been 32 years since the band’s last performance, save a brief reunion in 1992. Utopia trekked across the U.S. in the spring and summer and now one stop on the tour will be released as a 2-CD/DVD/Blu-ray set, as well as a limited-edition, two-disc green vinyl set. Arriving from Cleopatra Records…

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Live at the Rainbow ’78 [Blu-ray or DVD]

February 19, 2019 by Sam Stone

Blu-Ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Featuring the classic Foreigner line-up this 1978 concert recorded live at the Rainbow Theatre in London captures the band on film on April 27 1978, after their self-titled debut album had spent a year in the US Top 20. From the opening notes of “Long, Long Way From Home” to the hit singles, “Feels Like The First Time” and “Cold As Ice,” Foreigner served up plenty of classic tracks. Also part of the set were two…

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Back On The Street: Todd Rundgren and Utopia’s Reunion Show Documented on “Live at the Chicago Theatre” Box Set

February 14, 2019 by Sam Stone | 4 Comments

Last year, rock’s wizard/true star Todd Rundgren reunited prog rockers turned power-pop legends Utopia, joining up with Kasim Sulton, Willie Wilcox, along with featured performer Gil Assayas. It had been 32 years since the band’s last performance, save a brief reunion in 1992. Utopia trekked across the U.S. in the spring and summer and now one stop on the tour will be released as a 2-CD/DVD/Blu-ray set, as well as a limited-edition, two-disc green vinyl set. Arriving from Cleopatra Records on April 5, the Live at the Chicago Theatre documents Todd Rundgren and…

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The Year In Review – The 2018 Gold Bonus Disc Awards, From A to Z

January 2, 2019 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Happy 2019 and welcome to The Second Disc’s 9th Annual Gold Bonus Disc Awards! It’s time once again to recognize this year’s cream of the crop – those exemplary reissues and box sets big and small that proved to be truly outstanding products for physical media lovers worldwide. There was no shortage of great reissue titles in 2018; in fact, we covered over 700 releases in all! And after much deliberation, we’re excited to unveil our favorites. This isn’t your run-of-the-mill Top 10, however. To cover as much ground and spotlight as…

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Things That Come Back Again: Cat Stevens “Back To Earth” Box Set and Vinyl Reissues Announced

December 20, 2018 by Sam Stone | 3 Comments

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“Cat Stevens super deluxe edition box set” — those are words that for years have been relegated to the “in my wildest dreams” wish list of super fans worldwide. But now, to the surprise of Cat enthusiasts everywhere, those words can soon be placed on your shopping list, as Yusuf (formerly Cat Stevens), Cat-O-Log/BMG, and Pledge Music have announced an extensive reissue of his 1978 album Back To Earth. The title will be re-issued in an array of formats and bundles. Standard 1-CD and black vinyl editions are set to arrive on January…

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Release Round-Up: Week of December 7

December 7, 2018 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

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Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Wings, The Paul McCartney Archive Collection: Wild Life [Various Formats] (MPL/Capitol) 3CD/DVD Box: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP [Remastered Album + Bonus Audio]: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD [Remastered Album + Bonus Audio]: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Wild Life was the first Wings album but third overall by McCartney outside the shadow of his famous band. Paul and his wife Linda teamed up with drummer Denny Seiwell and guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Denny Laine to create a relaxed, pastoral album that was intentionally as light as a feather. …

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Allan Holdsworth, Angela Lansbury, Aretha Franklin, Carpenters, Cher, Dave Grusin, Dick Van Dyke, John Mellencamp, Marc Shaiman, Morrissey, Paul McCartney, Scott Wittman, Sylvester, Van Morrison, Vanessa Daou, Wings

Holiday Gift Guide Review: Elvis Presley, “’68 Comeback Special: 50th Anniversary Edition”

November 30, 2018 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

Elvis had a lot riding on his December 1968 NBC-TV special. Once the brightest star in the galaxy – and one whose every freeing move caused ripples in American society – he was no longer at the top of the charts. A string of lightweight movie musicals had rendered the once-“dangerous” entertainer as wholesome as apple pie. At the time of the broadcast, Elvis’ most recent single (“Guitar Man”) had failed to crack the top 40 and he hadn’t had a chart-topper since “Good Luck Charm” in 1962. He hadn’t appeared live…

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Release Round-Up: Week of November 30

November 30, 2018 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Neil Diamond, 50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition (Capitol/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Neil Diamond revisits a 50+-year career with a new 6-CD, 115-song retrospective box set featuring hits, rarities, and 15 previously unreleased tracks including the original demos of “America” and “I Am…I Said.” Everything is packaged within a deluxe hardcover book-style format. 50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition expands upon 2017’s 3-CD 50th Anniversary set and is the first comprehensive Diamond career overview in more than 20 years. Read the track listing here, and…

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