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In Memoriam: Ozzy Osbourne (1948-2025)

July 22, 2025 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Ozzy

What went into your mind when you heard the news that Ozzy Osbourne passed away? Was it the bat? The dove? The tousled visage cooking breakfast in his kitchen? The bewildered man in a mansion, navigating contrived-for-camera family dramas to audiences in the millions? Or the wounded soul defiantly bringing the crowd one last bellow from hell, less than two weeks ago, with his Black Sabbath brethren (complete once more) from the stage at Villa Park in Birmingham, where the group once

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Categories: Features, News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne

Release Round-Up: Week of July 11

July 11, 2025 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Version 1.0.0

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. Jethro Tull, Still Living in the Past (Parlophone/Rhino) 5CD/1BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Still Living in the Past reinterpret Jethro Tull's original odds-and-ends compilation from 1972 as a 5CD/1 Blu-ray set boasting some 35 unissued mixes and versions alongside

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Soundtracks Tags: America, Backstreet Boys, Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, Brian Wilson, Bronski Beat, Cyndi Lauper, Gerry Beckley, Jeffrey Foskett, Jethro Tull, Maria Muldaur, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Melanie, Mike Love, Steve Hackett, The Kinks, Vince Guaraldi, Vivabeat

I Can't Give Everything Away (2002-2016)

July 10, 2025 By

David Bowie I Can't Give Everything Away

18LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 13CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada After a period of nearly four years, David Bowie's series of "Eras" box sets is returning with a new, final volume.  I Can't Give Everything Away (2002-2016) concludes the career-spanning chronicle of the shape-shifting superstar.  The new 13-CD or 18-LP box picks up where 2021's Brilliant Adventure (1992-2001) left off, capturing the final years of an artist who never stopped innovating. The

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock

More Songs About Buildings and Food: Deluxe Edition

July 10, 2025 By

More Songs About Buildings and Food deluxe

3CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rough Trade (Red) / D2C Exclusive (2LP/4x7") 4LP: D2C Exclusive (and 4LP/2x7") Rhino is taking Talking Heads fans to the river with a new deluxe edition: a 3CD/Blu-ray edition of the group's 1978 sophomore album More Songs About Buildings and Food.  The box includes the remastered original album alongside a bonus disc of rare studio material (including four unreleased alternate takes and

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock

Never Get Old: David Bowie's Final Albums Boxed on "I Can't Give Everything Away"

July 9, 2025 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

David Bowie I Can't Give Everything Away

After a period of nearly four years, David Bowie's series of "Eras" box sets is returning with a new, final volume.  I Can't Give Everything Away (2002-2016) arrives on September 12 from ISO Records and Parlophone, concluding the career-spanning chronicle of the shape-shifting superstar.  The new 13-CD or 18-LP box picks up where 2021's Brilliant Adventure (1992-2001) left off, capturing the final years of an artist who never stopped innovating. The set contains new pressings of: Heathen

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: David Bowie

Live Forever: Reunited Oasis Plan Albums Box Set

July 9, 2025 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Oasis Complete Studio Albums Collection CD box

Less than a week after announcing a new, slightly expanded edition of sophomore album (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, Oasis are also announcing a box set collecting new pressings of all their studio albums. Ostensibly tied to the ongoing reunion tour (which kicked off in England to audience approval last week), Complete Studio Album Collection is exactly what it says: the band's seven studio albums issued between 1994 and 2008, plus 1998 B-sides collection The Masterplan. With the

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Oasis

The Living Return: Cherry Pop Continues Swing Out Sister Box Set Series

July 8, 2025 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

Swing Out Sister box 2

U.K. sophisti-pop act Swing Out Sister is getting a new box set from Cherry Red in July - and it's a good excuse for us to shine a light on both collections the label has recently planned for the group. Known for their international 1987 hit "Breakout," the group - primarily consisting of singer Corinne Drewery and keyboardist Andy Connell, along with the talents of producer Paul Staveley O'Duffy, who's produced nearly all the group's albums - have released decades' worth of jazzy originals

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Glitter Years: Cherry Red Collects The Bangles' '80s Recordings for New Box

July 7, 2025 By Mike Duquette 10 Comments

Bangles Watching the Sky

A box set from Cherry Red this fall will offer nearly everything from the first decade of The Bangles' discography. Watching the Sky: The Bangles Box Set will join together on four CDs the band's three studio albums (All Over the Place (1984), Different Light (1986) and Everything (1988)) - most with non-LP single, B-side and remix material - plus a further bonus disc of rare material, including the group's pre-major label studio material. It's 27 bonus tracks in all, plus a liner notes essay

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Review: Robin Trower, "For Earth Below: 50th Anniversary Edition"

July 3, 2025 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Robin Trower For Earth Below

1975's For Earth Below proved a turning point for Robin Trower.  The ex-Procol Harum guitarist's third solo set, it introduced drummer Bill Lordan to Trower's power trio which also included singer-bassist James Dewar.  Building on the success of its predecessor, Bridge of Sighs, the album became Trower's most successful in the United States and solidified his place in the guitar-hero pantheon.  Now, Chrysalis Records has revisited the blues-rock classic in a new 4CD mediabook edition, mirroring

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Make It Fast, Make It Urgent: Foreigner Add More to '4'

July 2, 2025 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Foreigner 4 box set

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

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No Jacket Required (Fully Tailored)

July 2, 2025 By

no jacket required

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

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Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock

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

July 2, 2025 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

Phil Collins No Jacket Required Fully Tailored 3D Packshot

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

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Phil Collins

Party on the Patio: ZZ Top Doubleback on New Limited Vinyl Box from Rhino High Fidelity

July 1, 2025 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

ZZ Top RHF box 2

ZZ Top are revisiting their biggest hitmaking days on vinyl. From the Top (1979-1990) is a new limited 5LP box set as part of Rhino's High-Fidelity initiative, featuring new pressings of the Texas trio's most pop-friendly material: Degüello (1979), El Loco (1981), Eliminator (1983), Afterburner (1985) and Recycler (1990). (it follows a similar set issued last year.) All vinyl masters have been cut from the original stereo tapes by Kevin Gray and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Optimal. The luxe

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: ZZ Top

Made In Japan: Super Deluxe Edition

June 30, 2025 By

Deep Purple Made in Japan deluxe Rhino

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

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Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Joni's Jazz

June 30, 2025 By

Joni Mitchell Joni's Jazz

4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 8LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada What is jazz?  The question has been debated often, but now we know how Joni Mitchell might answer.  The legendary singer-songwriter's Archives series is continuing with its first themed compilation, appropriately entitled Joni's Jazz.  These 61 selections - available on 4 CDs or 8 LPs - draw from nearly every core album in the Mitchell discography with just a couple of exceptions (Clouds, Ladies of

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal

Stand Inside Your Love: Smashing Pumpkins Revisit 'Machina' Duo in New Vinyl Box

June 30, 2025 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Machina box

The Smashing Pumpkins are revisiting the material that initially marked their final bow with a sprawling, unusual box set. 2000's Machina/The Machines of God will be remastered and reissued on CD and double vinyl from UMe on August 22. Additionally, a new box set, Machina (Aranea Alba Editio), will offer a remixed and resequenced, 48-track quintuple-album drawing from Machina, its sequel Machina II/The Friends and Enemies of Modern Music and assorted B-sides, plus a further three LPs of 32

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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

Ramones 1 2 3 4

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

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Release Round-Up: Week of June 27

June 27, 2025 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

Tracks II

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

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: 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

That's What Makes Us Humans Being: Van Halen's 'Balance' Set for Deluxe Edition

June 25, 2025 By Mike Duquette 6 Comments

Van Halen Balance expanded

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, released in 1995, will be reissued August 15 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

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Eddie Van Halen, Sammy Hagar, Van Halen

Impossible Dreamer: Joni Mitchell Collects "Joni's Jazz" on New Box Set

June 25, 2025 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Joni Mitchell Joni's Jazz

What is jazz?  The question has been debated often, but now we know how Joni Mitchell might answer.  On September 5, the legendary singer-songwriter's Archives series continues with its first themed compilation, appropriately entitled Joni's Jazz.  These 61 selections - available on 4 CDs or 8 LPs - draw from nearly every core album in the Mitchell discography with just a couple of exceptions (Clouds, Ladies of the Canyon) and reflect the breadth of the artist's immersion into the jazz idiom in

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Charles Mingus, Herbie Hancock, Jaco Pastorius, Joni Mitchell, Kyle Eastwood, Wayne Shorter

Alive and Kicking: Simple Minds Reissues Reconfigured 'Once Upon a Time' Box

June 25, 2025 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Simple Minds OUAT 40

A reconfigured version of a Simple Minds box set released a decade ago will be released this fall to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the band's biggest international success, Once Upon a Time. Available October 17, this 5CD edition offers the original 1985 album (featuring the singles "Alive and Kicking," "Sanctify Yourself," "All the Things She Said" and "Ghost Dancing") alongside two discs of single edits, remixes and B-sides and the 1987 concert album Live in the City of Light. The discs

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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 Leave a Comment

Deep Purple Made in Japan deluxe Rhino

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

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Release Round-Up: Week of June 20

June 20, 2025 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

Christopher Cross

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. Christopher Cross, Christopher Cross: Expanded Edition (Omnivore) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Omnivore will offer an expanded reissue of the self-titled debut album from Christopher Cross, the unforgettable 1979 release that became a commercial juggernaut and

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Christopher Cross, Cockney Rebel, Gregg Allman, Jeff Bridges, Joey Molland, John Mellencamp, Melanie, Natural Gas, Steve Harley, The B-52's

To Cut a Long Story Short: Spandau Ballet's Early Years Compiled for New Box

June 19, 2025 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

everything is now product shot 2

A new box set will trace the early years of U.K. New Wave icons Spandau Ballet - offering three formats in one package. Everything is Now - Vol. 1: 1978-1982 will collect albums, singles, live material, demos and videos from the group's earliest period as a 6CD/Blu-ray/2LP set. The box will offer new vinyl pressings of the band's first two LPs, Journeys to Glory (1981) and Diamond (1982); collections of 7" and 12" material from each album on CD; a rare full remix of Diamond issued on a 12"

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, Rock Tags: Spandau Ballet

Love Will Keep Us Alive: Cherry Red, Esoteric Reissue Jim Capaldi Tribute with Steve Winwood, Pete Townshend, Cat Stevens, Joe Walsh, More

June 17, 2025 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Jim Capaldi Dear Mr Fantasy Tribute

Cherry Red's Esoteric Recordings has revisited the 2007 concert release Dear Mr. Fantasy: A Celebration for Jim Capaldi in a new 2CD/1Blu-ray edition.  Following the singer-songwriter-drummer's death on January 28, 2005 at the age of 60 from stomach cancer, many of his friends came together on January 21, 2007 at the Roundhouse in London's Camden Town to pay tribute and support one of his favorite charities, The Jubilee Action Street Children Appeal.  This release preserves that extraordinary

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Bill Wyman, Cat Stevens, Jim Capaldi, Joe Walsh, Jon Lord, Paul Weller, Pete Townshend, Steve Winwood

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