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L.A. Woman: 50th Anniversary Edition

September 1, 2021 By

The Doors LA Woman Packshot

The sixth and final studio album from The Doors featuring Jim Morrison gets a 50th anniversary expansion from Rhino on 3 CDs and 1 LP.  The original stereo album (newly remastered by Bruce Botnick) is present on both CD and LP while the bonus discs have more than two hours of previously unreleased sessions.  The first CD also includes two bonus tracks, a previously unheard Sunset Sound recording of "Riders on the Storm" and the demo of "Hyacinth House."  David Fricke provides the new liner

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

Riders on the Storm: The Doors' 'L.A. Woman' Celebrates 50th Anniversary with New Box Set

September 1, 2021 By Joe Marchese 13 Comments

The Doors LA Woman Packshot

The Doors' L.A. Woman was hotly anticipated.  The band's sixth studio set and a return to the blues-rock on which the band made its name, it followed the concert album Absolutely Live and the compilation 13, both in 1970, as well as the hit single "Love Her Madly."  The March 1971 release of "Love Her Madly" teased the new album which finally arrived in April and shot to a top 10 berth on the Billboard 200.  Three months later, Jim Morrison was found dead in his Paris apartment and the original

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: The Doors

Arthur Baker Presents Dance Masters: The Shep Pettibone Master Mixes

August 30, 2021 By

Arthur Baker Dance Masters Shep Pettibone

LP Part One (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / PopMarket / Rough Trade U.K. - Exclusive Signed Edition) LP Part Two (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / PopMarket) 4CD Box Set (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. - Exclusive Signed Edition / PopMarket) Arthur Baker Presents Dance Masters: The Shep Pettibone Master Mixes is an expansive salute from one legendary remixer to another.  Available on 4 CDs (47 songs in one box set) or 2 LPs (32 tracks across

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul

Rory Gallagher: Super Deluxe Edition

August 30, 2021 By

Rory Gallagher

4CD/1DVD Super Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD Highlights: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP Highlights: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada John Peel Sunday Concert 28/08/1971 (uDiscoverMusic.com / The Sound of Vinyl) The celebration of all things Rory Gallagher continues with a 50th anniversary edition of his 1971 solo debut.  UMC (in the U.K.) and UMe (in the U.S.) will reissue the guitar great's eponymous Rory Gallagher as a 4CD/1DVD set

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock

Let It Be [Various Formats]

August 30, 2021 By

Let It Be deluxe

5CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Beatles' final album, Let It Be, arrives in deluxe editions to coincide with Peter Jackson's multi-part documentary Get Back.  The 5CD/BD edition includes: Giles Martin and Sam Okell's new remix of the album; Two discs of rehearsals,

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

The Vinyl Collection, Vol. 1

August 30, 2021 By

Billy Joel The Vinyl Collection Vol 1

This 9LP slipcased box set collects Billy Joel's first six solo studio albums plus his first live album and a box set-exclusive pressing of Live at The Great American Music Hall - 1975, a previously unreleased concert recording on 2 LPs from the famed San Francisco venue.  All of the albums have been sourced from the original master tapes and prepared by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound. Jensen previously mastered Joel's entire albums discography for 2011's limited edition CD release The Complete

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Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

Everybody's Cryin' Mercy: Cherry Red Collects Twelve Albums from Mose Allison on New Box Set

August 27, 2021 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Mose Allison Complete Atlantic Elektra Albums

Over a career spanning more than 50 years, Mississippi-born pianist-singer-songwriter Mose Allison (1927-2016) was one of the most influential figures in jazz and modern blues.  The self-described "Middle Class White Boy" inspired such artists as Pete Townshend, Jimi Hendrix, Georgie Fame, Elvis Costello, Ben Sidran, Van Morrison, and Al Kooper.  He recorded more than 30 albums as a leader, and now roughly a third of his entire discography has been collected on a splendid new box set from Cherry

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Blues, Jazz, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Mose Allison

In the Mood for a Melody: Legacy Collects Billy Joel's "The Vinyl Collection, Vol. 1" With Seven Albums, Previously Unreleased Concert

August 26, 2021 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Billy Joel The Vinyl Collection Vol 1

When The New York Philharmonic opened music mogul Clive Davis' NYC Homecoming Concert last Saturday evening, the esteemed orchestra energized the crowd with a medley of New York anthems.  Nestled among classic melodies by such legendary composers as George Gershwin and Leonard Bernstein was "New York State of Mind" by the pride of Long Island, Billy Joel.  His presence in such company was well-deserved: over a 50-year career, Joel has penned enough standards to warrant entry into the pantheon of

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Billy Joel

Get Back: The Beatles Remix, Expand 'Let It Be'

August 26, 2021 By Joe Marchese 36 Comments

Let It Be deluxe

More than 50 years after its May 1970 release, The Beatles' Let It Be - the Fab Four's final original studio album - remains anything but the last word on the band. While the LP topped the charts in multiple countries including the U.S. and U.K., and included such beloved now-standards as "The Long and Winding Road," "Across the Universe," "Get Back," and the title track, the road to its release was anything but a smooth one.  It was previously announced that the story would be chronicled this

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, The Beatles

Just the Smile: Rory Gallagher's 1971 Solo Debut Expanded as 50th Anniversary Box Set

August 23, 2021 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Rory Gallagher

2020 saw a number of releases from late Irish guitar god Rory Gallagher including a blazing 1977 live set and a career-spanning anthology.  Now, the celebration of all things Gallagher continues with a 50th anniversary edition of his 1971 solo debut.  On September 3, UMC (in the U.K.) and UMe (in the U.S.) will reissue the eponymous Rory Gallagher as a 4CD/1DVD set containing a new mix of the original album, 30 previously unreleased outtakes and alternates, a six-song BBC Radio John Peel Sunday

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock Tags: Rory Gallagher

Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash (Deluxe Edition)

August 22, 2021 By

Replacements Sorry Ma Forgot to Take Out the Trash

Following two recent boxes dedicated to The Replacements' Sire era, Rhino is turning its attention to the band's 1981 debut album Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash with a new 40th anniversary set.  The 4-CD/1-LP collection, presented in Rhino's by-now-familiar 12 x 12 hardcover book format, contains a generous 100 tracks, a full 67 of which are previously unreleased including the 'Mats' first demo recordings from 1980 and a professionally recorded concert from 1981.  In addition to the

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

Back in Nashville

August 22, 2021 By

Elvis Back in Nashville

4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Elvis: Back in Nashville boasts 82 recordings on 4 CDs (or digitally) from The King's final Nashville sessions in 1971.  With country, folk, holiday and gospel songs, pop, and rock and roll, these seminal tracks represent some of the most richly diverse in Elvis' storied catalogue.  Like its predecessor From Elvis in Nashville, this collection features all new, stripped-down remixes by Matt

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

Revived, Remixed, Revisited

August 22, 2021 By

Reba Revived Remixed Revisited

Reba McEntire is looking back on her career with a three-disc, three-album retrospective - but with a twist.  Revived Remixed Revisited consists entirely of new and previously unheard versions of her greatest hits for a total of 30 tracks.  The first disc, Revived, presents McEntire's songs (including "Can't Even Get the Blues" and "Is There Life Out There") performed with her touring band as they would be heard in concert today.  The second disc, Remixed, finds the singer's original recordings

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country

Tattoo You: 40th Anniversary Edition [Various Formats]

August 22, 2021 By

Rolling Stones Tattoo You Deluxe

4CD + Tattoo You Picture Disc Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD (Album Remaster): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD (Album Remaster and Lost & Found): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP (Album Remaster): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP (Album Remaster and Lost & Found - Black Vinyl): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP (Album Remaster and Lost & Found - Clear

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

Gimme Danger: Cherry Red Collects Iggy and The Stooges' "Raw Power"-Era Rehearsals on New Box Set

August 20, 2021 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Iggy and the Stooges Born in a Trailer

Cherry Red has recently released its second volume of archival material from Iggy Pop and The Stooges following 2020's You Think You're Bad, Man? The Road Tapes '73-'74.  The new title is Born in a Trailer: The Session and Rehearsal Tapes '72-'73, and it's a 4-CD collection chronicling the band's rehearsal recordings made in London, Michigan, Los Angeles, Detroit, and New York. Author Kris Needs doesn't pull any punches in his liner notes to this box when he describes this period in Stooges

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Iggy Pop, The Stooges

Release Round-Up: Week of August 20

August 20, 2021 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Eric Clapton Box Set

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Eric Clapton, Eric Clapton: Anniversary Deluxe Edition (Polydor/UMe) 4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP (Original Album Only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Eric Clapton's eponymous 1970 solo debut is reissued today in 4CD and 1LP iterations.  The 4CD Deluxe Edition presents Eric Clapton in three separate mixes, with one mix on each of the first three CDs in the box: The Tom Dowd Mix, The Eric Clapton Mix, and The

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Soundtracks Tags: Aaliyah, Bob Dylan, Chrissie Hynde, Connie Smith, Eric Clapton, James McMurtry, Joan Jett, John Coltrane, Julie Andrews, Kool and the Gang, Lee Morgan, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Vince Guaraldi, Wanda Jackson

You Make a Grown Man Cry: Rolling Stones Celebrate 40th Anniversary of "Tattoo You" with New Multi-Format Release

August 19, 2021 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

Rolling Stones Tattoo You Deluxe

The old saying goes that necessity is the mother of invention.  And when The Rolling Stones needed a new LP to tour behind but didn't have time to write and record, they invented Tattoo You.  The 1981 album was primarily assembled from a decade's worth of outtakes, some essentially finished and some nowhere near so; band members eventually made their way into the studio to complete the latter tracks.  The gamble paid off and Tattoo You topped the U.S. Billboard 200 and went to No. 2 on the U.K.

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: The Rolling Stones

Like a Prayer (Answered): Madonna Signs Career-Spanning Deal with Warner, Announces Deluxe Reissue Series

August 16, 2021 By The Second Disc 15 Comments

Madonna WMG

For years - decades, even - fans have wondered when Madonna's catalogue would get the kind of deluxe treatment befitting her stature as a trailblazer.  It now looks like that day is coming soon, as early this morning, the artist and Warner Music Group announced a career-spanning partnership.  The new deal between Madonna and WMG (already her home for the first 24 years of her career on the Sire, Maverick, and Warner labels) sees that WMG will represent her entire body of work in both recordings

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Madonna

Review: Aretha Franklin, "Aretha"

August 13, 2021 By Joe Marchese 8 Comments

Aretha 4CD Cover

R-E-S-P-E-C-T.  Otis Redding may have written the song, but Aretha Franklin owned it.  The singer was only in her mid-20s when she left Columbia Records after five years and seven albums but she wasted no time in making music history when she signed with Atlantic Records in December 1966.  By the middle of 1967, she'd had long-sought-after hits with "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" and "Respect" and was proclaimed The Queen of Soul by a Chicago disk jockey.  Some reports indicate the

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick, Eurythmics, George Michael, Lou Rawls, Ray Charles, Ronald Isley, Smokey Robinson, Tom Jones

I'm Leavin': Legacy Collects Elvis' Final Nashville Sessions in Remixed Form on "Back in Nashville"

August 13, 2021 By The Second Disc 5 Comments

Elvis Back in Nashville

The annual Elvis Week kicked off at Graceland on Wednesday, August 11 with numerous events, activities, and presentations honoring the King of Rock and Roll.  Yesterday, Legacy Recordings announced its major Elvis release for 2021, and it's one that picks up directly from last year's release.  Elvis: Back in Nashville, due on November 12, is a sequel project to 2020's From Elvis in Nashville.  Like that set, it features a host of new remixes by Matt Ross-Spang to place the focus squarely on

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Country, Pop Tags: Elvis Presley

Kick Your Door Down: The Replacements Go Back to the Beginning for Deluxe Box of Debut Album

August 12, 2021 By The Second Disc 5 Comments

Replacements Sorry Ma Forgot to Take Out the Trash

The Replacements burst onto the scene with 1981's Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash.  The Minneapolis band's debut arrived on the city's independent Twin/Tone label, its eighteen punk nuggets (more than half of which were under two minutes in length) imbued with a pop accessibility and reckless, rebellious spirit.  Lead singer/songwriter/guitarist Paul Westerberg, drummer Chris Mars, and brothers Bob and Tommy Stinson (on lead guitar and bass, respectively) came close to implosion more than

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: The Replacements

You Know How to Love Me: A Closer Look at Phyllis Hyman's "Old Friend: The Deluxe Collection 1976-1998"

August 10, 2021 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

Phyllis Hyman Old Friend

UPDATED AUGUST 2021: "Phyllis sat right in my class.  I can still see the pigtails."  In a 2016 interview with The Second Disc, Thom Bell shared his earliest memories of the late Phyllis Hyman (1949-1995).  The songwriter-arranger-conductor-producer would cross paths numerous times over the years with his childhood friend: first via Phyllis' hit recordings of his "Betcha By Golly Wow" and "Loving You - Losing You," and later, his own productions and songs for her.  "She was a lonely individual,"

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Barry Manilow, Norman Connors, Phyllis Hyman, Thom Bell

The Complete Live at the Lighthouse

August 9, 2021 By

Lee Morgan Live at the Lighthouse

8CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 12LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The discography of trumpeter Lee Morgan is a relatively short one, his life having been cut short at age 33 when he was murdered at the hands of his companion/common-law wife.  But in his 33 years, Morgan played with John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakey, Wayne Shorter, and Quincy Jones; scored a pop crossover hit with "The Sidewinder;" and released over 20 albums as a leader.  Now, an

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Jazz

Love for Sale

August 9, 2021 By

Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga Love for Sale

Tony Bennett recently celebrated his 95th birthday by taking the stage at Radio City Music Hall with his friend Lady Gaga for a triumphant evening of song.  Now, the crooner - currently battling Alzheimer's - and the pop diva have reunited for their second studio album which is also being billed as Bennett's last.  Love for Sale is a tribute to the music and lyrics of Cole Porter and features both solos and duets from the two superstars.  Available on CD, cassette (!), digitally, a

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Formats: Box Sets, Cassette, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal

Jesus Christ Superstar: 50th Anniversary [Various Formats]

August 9, 2021 By

Jesus Christ Superstar 3CD Cover

3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD 2LP Standard: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD 2LP Exclusive: uDiscoverMusic.com UMe revisits Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's original 1970 concept album to Jesus Christ Superstar starring Ian Gillan, Murray Head, and Yvonne Elliman as a 3CD expanded box set with a disc of (largely unheard) bonus material; 2LP standard and deluxe editions; and a 2CD edition. 

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock

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