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Giant Potatoes: Esoteric, Cherry Red Expand Spirit's "Potatoland" to Four CDs, Revisit "Two Sides of a Rainbow"

December 16, 2019 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Spirit Two Sides of a Rainbow

Last year, Cherry Red's Esoteric Recordings imprint collected expanded editions of the Ode and Epic albums from the band Spirit as the box set It Shall Be: The Ode and Epic Recordings 1968-1972. Now, Esoteric has revisited Spirit but jumped into the future for a pair of releases: The Complete Potatoland and Two Sides of a Rainbow: Live at the Rainbow 1978. By the time of Spirit's final Epic album, 1972's Feedback, Randy California, Jay Ferguson, and Mark Andes had all departed the band,

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

Holiday Gift Guide Review: Pink Floyd's "The Later Years, 1987-2019" Will Leave You Lost For Words

December 13, 2019 By Sam Stone 3 Comments

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Fans were no doubt lost for words when Pink Floyd and Legacy Recordings announced the December 13 release of The Later Years 1987-2019, the massive new set celebrating the David Gilmour-led era of the legendary band. Well, the set has landed at Second Disc HQ - nearly crushing the front porch in the process - and we're thrilled to include it as part of our Holiday Gift Guide. The Later Years is the ultimate celebration of this sometimes-maligned era, bringing together remixed studio albums and

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Categories: Holiday Gift Guide, News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Pink Floyd

Release Round-Up: Week of December 13

December 13, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Blinky, Heart Full of Soul: The Motown Anthology (Second Disc/Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music are proud to mark Motown's 60th anniversary with a collection that has truly been decades in the making.  Heart Full of Soul: The Motown Anthology is the ultimate tribute to Sondra "Blinky" Williams, Motown's great lost superstar. Over two CDs and almost 50 songs, Blinky's Motown journey is

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: America, Blinky, Eminem, Fats Domino, Pink Floyd, Robert Plant

Showing Out: Cherry Red Collects Mel and Kim's Singles on New Box Set

December 12, 2019 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Mel and Kim Singles

Between 1986 and 1988, British pop duo Mel and Kim charted four top 5 entries on the U.K. Singles Chart, including one chart-topper there and two songs which reached No. 1 on the U.S. Dance survey. Sisters Melanie and Kim Appleby's career was cut short when Mel tragically died of cancer at just 23 years of age in 1990. But they left behind a vibrant body of work which has recently been celebrated by Cherry Red's Cherry Pop imprint on a new box set. Mel and Kim's The Singles Box Set collects all

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Disco/Dance, R&B/Soul Tags: Mel and Kim

Quartet Records Unveils Holiday Slate with Soundtracks from Henry Mancini, Jerry Goldsmith, Quincy Jones, More

December 11, 2019 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

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Following La-La Land Records' recently-announced mega-slate of Black Friday releases, Spain's Quartet Records label has revealed its own impressive line-up of end-of-the-year reissues. The label has brought out the heavy hitters - including Jerry Goldsmith, Henry Mancini, Ennio Morricone, and Quincy Jones - for an exciting group of limited edition soundtracks. Below, you'll find Quartet's own write-ups for each title, with pre-order links to the label as well as to Screen Archives

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Ennio Morricone, Enrique Iglesias, Henry Mancini, Jerry Goldsmith, Quincy Jones, Ron Goodwin

Raw Like Sushi: 30th Anniversary Edition [Various Formats]

December 11, 2019 By

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3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada One of the most unique and eclectic debut albums of the late '80s, Neneh Cherry's Raw Like Sushi, will be celebrated with a 30th anniversary deluxe edition coming from Virgin/UMC.  The deluxe Raw Like Sushi, packed in a 12″ x 12″ box set, will feature the original album alongside two discs of vintage

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop

One to One: Expanded Edition [Various Formats]

December 11, 2019 By

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2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3CD/1DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Translucent Blue LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Howard Jones' third album gets the deluxe treatment from Cherry Red.  For this reissue, One To One is expanded as a 2CD or 3CD/1DVD set. The former offers all 12″ mixes and B-sides, as well as seven previously unreleased tracks, including remixes, live tracks and early versions. The deluxe set offers another 14 instrumental,

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Pop

Goodbye Tour Live 1968

December 11, 2019 By

Cream Goodbye Cream Box

This new 4-CD box set expands on Cream's farewell album Goodbye Cream, but with a twist: it drops the three studio tracks and instead presents four complete concerts including the Los Angeles Forum show from which the original three live cuts on Goodbye were culled. Overall, the book-style package has 36 tracks, 29 of which are premiering on CD. 19 of the songs are previously unreleased in any format, and 10 more from the climactic Royal Albert Hall show have only been available on DVD.

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock

Cream's Long 'Goodbye' Compiled For New Box Set

December 10, 2019 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Cream Goodbye Cream Box

The fourth and final core album by Cream, 1969's Goodbye (sometimes referred to as Goodbye Cream), followed the structure of the previous year's Wheels of Fire. Whereas that album featured one disc of live recordings and one disc of studio tracks, the taut Goodbye had one live side and one studio side. Despite its short running time of just six songs, Goodbye packed considerable power from the triumvirate of Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, and Ginger Baker. It reached the top of the Albums Chart in

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Cream, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce

Holiday Gift Guide Review: Bear Family Explores "The Bakersfield Sound" on New Box Set

December 9, 2019 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

The Bakersfield Sound

Get Along Down to Town Bakersfield, California is a long way from Nashville - a little under 2,020 miles west, actually. But the distance isn't quite as great when one considers how much significant country music came out of the city in Kern County. Recent years have seen numerous reissues from legendary Bakersfield artists like Buck Owens and Merle Haggard, as well as a fine exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame. But now Bear Family Records has delivered the ultimate tribute to the

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Categories: Holiday Gift Guide, News, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Country Tags: Arlo Guthrie, Barbara Mandrell, Bill Woods, Billy Mize, Bonnie Owens, Buck Owens, Ferlin Husky, Liz Anderson, Merle Haggard, Various Artists

Release Round-Up: Week of December 6

December 6, 2019 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Who, WHO [Various Formats] (Polydor) Standard CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / The Who Online Store Deluxe CD: Target U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / The Who Online Store Standard LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / The Who Online Store Indie record shop 2LP edition: Bull Moose / HMV Deluxe 45rpm 2LP/EP: The Who Online Store Cassette: The Who Online Store Format Bundles: The Who Online Store Japan

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Chet Baker, Cole Porter, Country Joe and The Fish, Dollar, Klaus Nomi, Mary J. Blige, Mary Martin, Miles Davis, Modern English, Randy Newman, Reba McEntire, Rodgers and Hammerstein, The Babys, The Mamas and The Papas, The Who, Tony Joe White

Holiday Gift Guide Review: The Replacements, "Dead Man's Pop"

December 4, 2019 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

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One of the year's most unexpected box sets - The Replacements' Dead Man's Pop, an alternative look at the band's 1989 album Don't Tell a Soul - has turned out to be one of its most exciting. The hell-raising Minneapolis rockers have proudly told the tale of stealing a clutch of tapes from their onetime home of Twin/Tone Records and chucking them into the Mississippi River back in 1987.  But happily, the 'Mats and their associates were more careful about subsequent masters, and the next year,

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Categories: Holiday Gift Guide, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: The Replacements

La-La Land's Annual Black Friday Blowout Offers 'Star Trek,' 'Karate Kid,' Disaster Scores and More

December 3, 2019 By The Second Disc 4 Comments

Disaster Soundtrack Collection

It wouldn't be Black Friday without an announcement of one last killer batch of archival soundtracks from La-La Land Records. The impressive slate of titles the label announced are on sale now, and we've got the scoop on all of them! First up, it's a second, long-promised collection of music from Star Trek Voyager, the third live-action spinoff based on Gene Roddenberry's iconic sci-fi series that aired between 1966 and 1969. Hot off the success of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994)

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Alfred Newman, Bill Conti, David Arnold, Dennis McCarthy, Franz Waxman, Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, Mel Tormé, Nelson Riddle, Victor Young, Walter Scharf

Say You Love Me: Rhino Collects Classic Fleetwood Mac Titles in New Color Vinyl Box Set

December 3, 2019 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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Fleetwood Mac were untouchable in the '70s and '80s, releasing five consecutive multi-platinum albums from 1975 to 1987.  Their self-titled "White Album," Rumours, Tusk, Mirage, and Tango in the Night dominated the airwaves and the album charts, and the band became one of the best-selling acts of the decade. This Friday, December 6, those five landmark albums will be released in a new color vinyl box set called Fleetwood Mac: 1975-1987.  It features the 1975 album Fleetwood Mac -- which

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Fleetwood Mac

Ultimate Dollar

December 2, 2019 By

Dollar Ultimate Dollar

Pop vocal duo Dollar, a.k.a. David Van Day and Thereza Bazar, are celebrated on a lavish, new 6-CD/1-DVD box set from Cherry Pop.  The box contains expanded versions of all three of their original studio albums with rare and new-to-CD bonus tracks including demos, single A- and B-sides, backing tracks, outtakes, and 12-inch mixes. A DVD (alas, in Region 2 PAL) has eighteen promo videos and television appearances. Bazar has personally overseen the project which includes a squarebound 84-page book

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop

THE SECOND DISC'S 2019 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE IS HERE!

December 2, 2019 By The Second Disc 6 Comments

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Another Cyber Monday is here, which means one thing at Second Disc HQ: it's time to launch our annual Holiday Gift Guide, featuring more than 50 essential selections for the music enthusiast in your life!  We've filled the guide with box sets (such as the Steve Miller Band title to your right!) as well as archival releases and Christmas music favorites that will make great stocking stuffers.  So just click here to access this year's top picks, reflecting the diversity of music released this year

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Categories: Holiday Gift Guide, News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

Legacy [Various Formats]

December 1, 2019 By

GarthBrooks Legacy Complete

Collector's Set Bundle - Numbered: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Limited Edition - Numbered: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada​ Original Analog Edition - Numbered: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Digitally Remixed/Remastered - Numbered: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada​​​ The country superstar's new, massive box set called Legacy finally hits shelves today.  Legacy collects five of Brooks' albums in one place, on vinyl for the first time ever.  Fans

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Country

The Japanese Singles 1978-1984

December 1, 2019 By

Van Halen Japanese Singles

This new 7″ singles box set collects replicas of the thirteen singles issued by Van Halen in Japan from the band's six smash albums originally released between 1978 and 1984.  The original album versions of each song are featured other than "Hot for Teacher," with a unique Japan-only single edit, and "(Oh) Pretty Woman" and "I'll Wait," both in single edits.  All told, there are 26 songs on 13 black vinyl singles. 

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

I've Been Around: The Complete Imperial and ABC-Paramount Recordings

December 1, 2019 By

Fats Domino Ive Been Around

Get ready to find your thrill, as Bear Family Records has the ultimate tribute to singer, pianist, and rock-and-roll pioneer Fats Domino. The new 12CD/1DVD box set I've Been Around is packed with 312 tracks including all of Domino's recordings for Imperial Records, the label on which he made his name and recorded his biggest hits from 1948-1962, and ABC-Paramount Records, where he continued turning out stellar work between 1963-1965. This being a Bear Family box, it also features a treasure

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

The Bakersfield Sound: Country Music Capital of the West 1940-1974

December 1, 2019 By

The Bakersfield Sound

Bear Family (who else?) has the ultimate, 10-CD celebration of The Bakersfield Sound - that back-to-basics, honky-tonk country style popularized by Buck Owens and Merle Haggard out of Bakersfield, CA.  The Bears' box also features luminaries like Don Rich, Ferlin Husky, Dallas Frazier, Wynn Stewart, Jean Shepard, David Frizzell, Clarence White, The Gosdin Brothers, and many others to comprehensive chronicle the city's towering legacy in music.  A 200-page book accompanies the 307 tracks,

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Country

The Elektra Albums: Volume Two (1970-1984)

December 1, 2019 By

Judy Collins Elektra Albums 2

Demon Music Group's Edsel label is following up its July release of Judy Collins' The Elektra Albums Volume One (1961-1968) with a second volume out today. The Elektra Albums Volume Two (1970-1984) finishes up the artist's Elektra Records tenure, comprising these nine releases on CD in their original sequences: Whales and Nightingales (1970), Living (1971), True Stories and Other Dreams (1973), Judith (1975), Bread and Roses (1976), Hard Times for Lovers (1979), Running for My Life (1980), Times

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal

The Second Disc's Picks for Record Store Day Black Friday 2019

November 29, 2019 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

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​From all of us here at Second Disc HQ to all of you, we hope you've enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving in the company of beloved family and friends. Record Store Day Black Friday is now almost upon us, so we thought we'd spotlight a few particularly exciting releases arriving to your local brick-and-mortar record shop! Here's our round up of RSD BF must-haves!  We're kicking off with Sam's list, and then we'll follow with Randy and Joe's! Aretha Franklin, The Atlantic Singles Collection 1968

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Alex Chilton, Aretha Franklin, Bill Conti, Bruce Springsteen, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Cannibal and The Headhunters, Chet Baker, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Herbie Hancock, Jimi Hendrix, John Williams, Joni Mitchell, Lou Reed, Patsy Cline, Squeeze, The Monkees, The Pretenders, Todd Rundgren, Tony Joe White, William Shatner

Release Round-Up: Week of November 29

November 29, 2019 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Prince 1999 Super Deluxe

Happy Thanksgiving!  Happy Black Friday!  Here are some non-Record Store Day items arriving in stores today! Prince, 1999: Remastered & Expanded Edition [Various Formats] (NPG/Warner) 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 10LP/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Prince's fifth studio album gets a major makeover with a variety of deluxe editions. The Super

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Holiday, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Judy Collins, Leroy Anderson, Mick Ronson, Motley Crue, Pink Floyd, Prince, Rick Wakeman, Thomas Dolby

Silver Dreams: Complete Albums 1975-1980

November 27, 2019 By

Babys Silver Dreams

Silver Dreams: Complete Albums 1975-1980 contains expansions of the British pop-rock group's five original albums - The Babys, Broken Heart, Head First, Union Jacks and On The Edge - plus a bonus disc featuring a promo-only live record recorded at The Tower Theatre outside Philadelphia in 1977 and a sanctioned released of The Unofficial Official Babys Album, taken from an early session in 1975 and released once the group had begun to climb the charts. The five studio albums all feature bonus

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

If You've Got The Time: 'Silver Dreams' Box Compiles The Babys' Discography

November 27, 2019 By The Second Disc 8 Comments

Babys Silver Dreams

Perhaps unfairly deemed a cult act despite two Top 40 hits and a stable of talented members, British pop/rockers The Babys will get their due in a new box set from Cherry Red's HNE imprint, collecting all their albums plus a host of bonus material. Silver Dreams: Complete Albums 1975-1980 contains expansions of the group's five original albums - The Babys, Broken Heart, Head First, Union Jacks and On The Edge - plus a bonus disc featuring a promo-only live record recorded at The Tower Theatre

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: John Waite, Journey, The Babys

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