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Release Round-Up: Week of February 20

February 20, 2026 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. EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (RCA/Legacy) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP (black): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP (translucent orange/yellow): Amazon U.S. 2LP (marbled red): Graceland Baz Luhrmann, the director of 2022’s blockbuster biopic ELVIS, uncovered scores of film outtakes of The King during production, including footage filmed for the concert/documentary films That’s the Way It Is and Elvis on Tour and audio of Presley describing his life and career. EPiC: Elvis Presley in…

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Art Pepper, Dwight Twilley, Elvis Presley, George Michael, Tori Amos

Brown Box

February 18, 2026 by Mike Duquette

10CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada White Pepper Green LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Quebec Pink 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rhino celebrates all things Ween in April with Brown Box, a collection of all nine of their studio albums released between 1990 and 2009 (plus the outtakes compilation Shinola, Vol. 1). Two of the early ’00s releases, White Pepper (2000) and Quebec (2003), will also get new colored vinyl pressings from the label.

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Coloring Book

February 18, 2026 by Mike Duquette

Official Store / uDiscover Music All six of Weezer’s self-titled albums distinguished by the color scheme of their cover (1994’s blue debut, 2001’s green, 2008’s red, 2016’s white and 2019’s covers album teal and original black) will be pressed on vinyl in those colors. The draw here is the package: a 72-page, hardcover coloring book featuring illustrations by artist Alec Longstreth, which fans can fill in using an accompanying marker set matching the colors of each album.

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Breaking Out of Heaven 2007-2009

February 18, 2026 by Mike Duquette

4CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 7LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada A new box set offers the complete output of Heaven & Hell, the renamed reunion of Black Sabbath’s early ’80s line-up (vocalist Ronnie James Dio, founding guitarist and bassist Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler, and drummer Vinny Appice). An expanded edition of 2009’s The Devil You Know (featuring the group’s 2007 recordings for a Dio-era Sabbath compilation) joins two live shows from Radio City Music Hall in New York City and the Wacken Open Air Festival; among the last dates Dio took on before his passing in…

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Transdermal Celebration: Ween Get New CD Box Set, Vinyl Reissues, Live Albums from Rhino

February 18, 2026 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

Things are certainly looking brown at Rhino, who’ll be releasing five CD and vinyl titles related to Ween in the coming months. Following a deluxe edition of 1994’s Chocolate and Cheese and a Record Store Day vinyl pressing of rarities compilation Shinola, Vol. 1, the label will release Brown Box, a 10CD set of the band’s complete studio albums; color vinyl editions of late ’90s and early ’00s albums White Pepper and Quebec; and a new archival live album, Bring Out the Foos: Live 1996. All four titles will be available April 10. A week later, for Record…

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Hold These Threads: Weezer Revisit “Color” Albums on Vinyl Box, Plan Archival Set for Record Store Day

February 16, 2026 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

One of the most familiar visual tropes of Weezer’s discography – the self-titled albums known by the color of their covers – is being celebrated in an intriguing way with a new vinyl box the band is putting out this spring. The same month it reaches fans, an archival LP for Record Store Day will celebrate the history of the group’s origins leading up to that first of six “color” albums. Coloring Book gathers those albums as originally issued over 25 years, from their 1994 debut Weezer (The Blue Album) to 2019’s Weezer…

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Release Round-Up: Week of February 13

February 13, 2026 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

It may be Friday the 13th, but this week’s releases are hardly a scary lot! Here’s a selection of some of the new titles available today. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. The Beach Boys, We Gotta Groove: The Brother Studio Years (Capitol/UMe) 3CD/3LP: Official Store / uDiscoverMusic 3 SHM-CD: CDJapan Over three years after the release of Sail On Sailor: 1972, The Beach Boys’ long-running archival series is back in full force with a new box set available today (with new orders scheduled to ship on March 20). We Gotta Groove: The…

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Bat for Lashes, Jeff Buckley, Paul Anka, Seal, The Beach Boys

Jive Talkin’: Bee Gees’ Extended Dance Mixes Reissued on New Box Set

February 12, 2026 by The Second Disc | 17 Comments

This morning, Universal unveiled a limited edition 4LP box set rounding up fourteen extended dance versions of Bee Gees classics. You Should Be Dancing: The 12″ Collection is available for pre-order now exclusively through the Bee Gees’ and Universal Music’s online storefront and is limited to 1,000 units only. It will ship on or around February 27. Alas, much like the last time the group’s extended mixes were reissued (2015’s Extended EP, on Rhino), this collection will be unavailable on compact disc. You Should Be Dancing features the original Disco Mixes of…

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NOW WITH LINKS! TSD, Cherry Red Collect Leon Russell’s Paradise Recordings on New Box Set

February 11, 2026 by The Second Disc | 5 Comments

By 1976, Leon Russell was already an industry veteran. The onetime Wrecking Crew pianist had already written and arranged hit singles for Gary Lewis and The Playboys, launched two record labels (Viva and Shelter), built his own recording studios, joined Delaney and Bonnie and Friends, served as the bandleader of Joe Cocker’s storied Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour, recorded his own hit albums, and written or co-written such instant American standards as “A Song for You,” “Superstar,” and “This Masquerade.” Tension with co-founder Denny Cordell led Russell to depart Shelter Records in…

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Release Round-Up: Week of February 6

February 6, 2026 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. Roberta Flack, With Her Songs: The Atlantic Albums 1969-1978 (Atlantic/Rhino, 2026) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Roberta Flack’s With Her Songs: The Atlantic Albums 1969-1978 brings together the late artist’s first eight studio albums in one compact 8CD package. Albums include First Take, Chapter Two, Quiet Fire, Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway, Killing Me Softly, Feel Like Makin’ Love, Blue Lights in the Basement, and Roberta Flack. No bonus material is featured, but Discs 4-8 are newly remastered for this collection. …

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Funk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Bayete, Clifton Chenier, Jimmy Lewis, Leon Ware, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, NRBQ, Olu Dara, Roberta Flack, Sananda Maitreya, The Blasters, The Emotions, The Temprees, Yes

Let Him Run Wild: Rhino’s Record Store Day Slate Includes Brian Wilson, David Bowie, The Doors, Talking Heads, Black Sabbath, Joni Mitchell, More

February 4, 2026 by Joe Marchese | 8 Comments

Today’s the day! The Record Store Day list is here, ramping up anticipation for the annual event which takes place at brick-and-mortar stores on Saturday, April 18. As expected, Rhino is leading the RSD pack with a whopping slate of over 50 titles scheduled to arrive in independent shops everywhere. The label has brought out many of its heaviest hitters, including David Bowie, The Doors, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Grateful Dead, Rod Stewart, Talking Heads, and Brian Wilson, among others. Head over to RecordStoreDay.com for the complete list of participating stores (and…

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The Devil Cried: Dio’s Heaven & Hell Era Revisited on New Box Set

February 4, 2026 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

A reunion of classic rock legends under a different name – and a final curtain for their second best-known lead singer – is the focus of Rhino’s latest box set, devoted to the late-period work of Black Sabbath under the name Heaven & Hell. Breaking Out of Heaven 2007-2009 includes the complete studio recordings from the reunion of singer Ronnie James Dio, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Vinny Appice (including the album The Devil You Know and a trio of tracks recorded for a Dio-era Sabbath compilation that kicked off the…

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5150 (Expanded Edition)

February 3, 2026 by Mike Duquette

3CD/BD/LP: 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 / Rhino.com (green vinyl) Van Halen’s seventh album was their first of four with a new vocalist: The Red Rocker himself, Sammy Hagar. The sound was slightly different – keyboards and mid-tempo ballads were profuse – but audiences kept the fever for VH carrying over from 1984, their last album with original singer David Lee Roth. For its 40th anniversary, 5150 comes back with a 3CD/Blu-ray/LP…

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It’s Got What It Takes: Rhino Expands ‘5150,’ Van Halen’s First Album with Sammy Hagar, for 40th Anniversary

February 3, 2026 by Mike Duquette | 5 Comments

Four decades ago, Van Halen entered a surprising new era of rock and roll – and they’re exploring it with a new deluxe edition from Rhino. 5150, the band’s first album with vocalist Sammy Hagar at the fore, will be released in several formats on March 27. The centerpiece is a 3CD/Blu-ray/LP version featuring the original remastered album (overseen by the band’s longtime engineer Donn Landee in 2023 for The Collection II box set), a disc of rare non-LP edits and mixes, and the premiere release of audio from the band’s bestselling…

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Bongo Fury (50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)

January 30, 2026 by Mike Duquette

5CD/1BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP (black): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP (galaxy): uDiscoverMusic.com / Zappa Online Store Frank Zappa’s final album with The Mothers of Invention was also a collaboration with frenemy and fellow iconoclast Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart) – a bit of a transitional live-plus-studio album in Zappa’s always fascinating and often-unusual discography. (Other contributors include George Duke, Tom and Bruce Fowler, and Napoleon Murphy Brock plus newer recruits Terry Bozzio and…

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Aerosmith (Legendary Edition)

January 30, 2026 by Mike Duquette

5LP: Official Store (Fan Pack with satin bomber jacket) 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3CD: 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 / Official Store (fan pack with T-shirt) The Bad Boys from Boston return to where it all began with a deluxe edition of their 1973 debut album, which featured “Mama Kin,” “Make It” and eventual Top 10 hit “Dream On.” This reissue is coming across a variety…

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Release Round-Up: Week of January 30

January 30, 2026 by The Second Disc | 4 Comments

Welcome to our final Release Round-Up of January, with a selection of the new titles available today. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. The Monkees, The A’s, The B’s, and The Monkees (Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The A’s, The B’s and The Monkees, at long last, brings together on 2 CDs all of the band’s commercial singles originally released between 1966 and 1970, from “Last Train to Clarksville” b/w “Take a Giant Step” through “Oh My My” b/w “I Love You Better.” It’s arranged with its 15 A-sides on…

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Beastie Boys, Blondie, Bob Dylan, Cream, Donna Summer, Freddie and The Dreamers, Howard Jones, Linda Ronstadt, Miles Davis, Patti Smith, Ramones, Sonic Youth, Talking Heads, Television, The Monkees

Do You Believe in Magic? Cherry Red Collects The Lovin’ Spoonful’s Complete 1960s Recordings on “What a Day for a Daydream”

January 26, 2026 by Joe Marchese | 7 Comments

Lovin' Spoonful What a Day for a Daydream

New York native John Sebastian fused pop and folk when he joined with Zal Yanovsky, Steve Boone and Joe Butler as The Lovin’ Spoonful. Over an eighteen-month period beginning in the summer of 1965, the band notched seven consecutive top ten hits on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 including two which reached No. 2 (“Daydream” and “Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind” and one which hit the top spot (“Summer in the City”). Though the original group’s time together was short-lived, the music has lived on, and a lineup…

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John Sebastian, The Lovin' Spoonful, Zal Yanovsky

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The Body Electric: Rush Set Remixed, Expanded ‘Grace Under Pressure’ for March

January 23, 2026 by Mike Duquette | 6 Comments

Another of Rush’s mid-’80s works is getting expanded in 2026: 1984’s Grace Under Pressure. A 4CD or 5LP deluxe box set – each available with a Blu-ray Disc – is coming March 11, set to feature the original album remastered by Sean Magee at Abbey Road Studios, a new mix by the band’s longtime collaborator Terry Brown, a remixed and expanded edition of the live album and video Grace Under Pressure Tour, plus new surround mixes of the record and restored music videos. The deluxe packaging includes a re-imagining of the cover by…

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Miles Davis’ ‘Plugged Nickel’ Box Gets Reissued for Jazz Icon’s Centennial

January 22, 2026 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

Miles Davis’ upcoming centennial will be honored in part with a reissue of a box set collecting some of his greatest live recordings: seven sets at Chicago’s Plugged Nickel nightclub with his second great quintet line-up, recorded just before Christmas 1965. The near-mythic The Complete Live At The Plugged Nickel 1965 was originally released in full by Sony Music in Japan in 1992, after two 1976 Japan-only LPs offering a small sample of the performances. (Those LPs were released as one set in America in 1982, with a disc of alternates, Cookin’ At the…

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Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Ron Carter, Tony Williams, Wayne Shorter

Still I Dream of It: The Beach Boys’ ‘We Gotta Groove’ Highlights ‘Love You,’ ’15 Big Ones,’ ‘Adult/Child’ Eras

January 21, 2026 by Joe Marchese | 33 Comments

Over three years after the release of Sail On Sailor: 1972, The Beach Boys’ long-running archival series is back in full force with a new box set due on February 13. We Gotta Groove: The Brother Studio Years brings together highlights from the band’s 1974-1977 period, with the title referring to the band’s own Santa Monica studio. The set will look a bit different than the past releases in this series, eschewing separate CD and LP formats for a combined 3LP/3CD box with a number of tracks only in the CD format. (UPDATE…

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Al Jardine, Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Mike Love, The Beach Boys

Artists Only: Talking Heads’ ‘Tentative Decisions’ Collection Gets CD Expansion

January 21, 2026 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

One of the highlights of Rhino’s Record Store Day Black Friday bounty was Tentative Decisions: Demos and Live, a selection of early material from art-rock icons Talking Heads that predated (and had been left off) the 2024 deluxe edition of the group’s debut album Talking Heads: 77. Those hoping for a wider reissue will have their prayers answered in a big way: an expanded box set version will be released this spring. Tentative Decisions includes the baker’s dozen of 1975-1976 demos (plus one live recording and two tracks from The Artistics, an embryonic…

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The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965

January 17, 2026 by Joe Marchese

The classic Miles Davis box set – first released in the U.S. in 1995 – is getting spruced up for the Davis centennial. This prime document of The Second Great Quintet – featuring Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Wayne Shorter, and Tony Williams – was recorded across seven sets on December 22 and 23, 1965 at the Chicago venue. This new 8CD edition mirrors the original release. Each CD comes in its own newly-designed mini-gatefold jacket, with all discs housed in a gold foil-embossed slipcase. The 44-page booklet includes Bob Blumenthal’s original essay…

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