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Release Round-Up: Week of October 11

October 11, 2024 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Rory Gallagher BBC

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. Duran Duran, Danse Macabre: De Luxe (Tapemodern/BMG) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP Box Set: Official Store Duran Duran has reissued their 2023 album on CD and digitally with three new recordings: an original instrumental, "Masque of the Pink Death," that now opens the album; a cover of Electric Light

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Duran Duran, James Blunt, Lady Gaga, Melanie, Rory Gallagher

Set the Night on Fire: The Doors Announce 60th Anniversary Campaign

October 8, 2024 By The Second Disc 6 Comments

The Doors Night Divides the Day

2025 marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of The Doors. Though the eponymous debut album from Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, and John Densmore didn't hit stores until January 1967, the foursome was already a seasoned one, having served as house band at the famed Whisky a Go Go since mid-1966. To celebrate 60 years since that fateful day when Manzarek met his old UCLA classmate Morrison on a California beach and the two decided to form a band, Rhino has announced a number of

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Categories: News Formats: Books, Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: The Doors

Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision

October 1, 2024 By

Hendrix Electric Lady Studios box packshot

3CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Among his final and most enduring acts as a musician, Jimi Hendrix purchased a Greenwich Village nightclub with the intention of transforming it into a recording studio. A new documentary tells that story of its creation, and the accompanying box set highlights an unreleased trove of recordings from his few but pivotal sessions there.  Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision,

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Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock

Wild and Crazy: Rhino Collects Steve Martin's Comedy Albums

September 30, 2024 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

Steve in a Box

There aren't many comedians funnier than Steve Martin. Though the gray-haired funnyman only spent the better part of a decade performing as a stand-up before pursuing acting, writing, and even bluegrass originals, Martin's brilliant blend of highbrow, lowbrow and absurdist humor made him one of the most head-turning entertainers of his generation. Rhino Records will celebrate his funniest sides with a new box set in November. Steve in a Box: The Warner Years (1977-1981) brings together all

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Comedy Tags: Steve Martin

All Around Man: Rory Gallagher's BBC Recordings Set for Heavy Duty Box

September 27, 2024 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

Rory Gallagher BBC

The influential guitar work of Rory Gallagher will be celebrated next month in an exhaustive box that collects hours of his live recordings for the BBC. The BBC Collection, available October 11, is an 18CD/2 Blu-ray set that mines both the radio service and the late musician's personal archives to bring together his in-studio appearances, live concerts, television specials and even a radio documentary. This box, of course, supersedes a 1999 double-disc collection of BBC highlights, offering

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

The Jungle is Your Head: U2 Prep 'Atomic Bomb' Box

September 27, 2024 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

U2 Atomic Bomb box

Hello, hello: U2 will revisit their 11th album - and, depending on where you stand, the end of one era and the start of another - with a deluxe box set edition of How to Dismantle An Atomic Bomb. The set, available November 22 - exactly 20 years to the day of its original release - will feature five CDs or eight LPs of music: the original album, new collections of unreleased demos and vintage remixes, and the debut audio release of Vertigo 2005 - Live from Chicago, released on DVD in 2005 in

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: U2

Release Round-Up: Week of September 27

September 27, 2024 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Chicago Kennedy Center 1971

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today.  As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Chicago, Chicago at the John. F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington D.C. (9/16/1971) (Rhino) 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Chicago at the John. F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington D.C. (9/16/1971) arrives on 3 CDs, 4 LPs, and

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Bob Neuwirth, Chicago, Gavin DeGraw, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Lady Gaga, Melanie, Michael Bublé, Ray Charles, Thin Lizzy, Van Morrison

Pictures Came and Broke Your Heart: Cherry Red to Release Bruce Woolley and The Camera Club Collection

September 25, 2024 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Camera Club Definitive Anthology

Everyone knows the story: at the stroke of midnight on August 1, 1981, the new cable station Music Television (MTV) first aired, playing a steady stream of heretofore little-seen "music videos" that redefined pop music for the rest of the decade. Their first, of course, was The Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star": a prescient choice, though not even a single from the '80s (it topped the U.K. charts and dented the U.S. Top 40 in 1979!) - and, as a new collection from Cherry Red underlines, The

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Bruce Woolley, Geoff Downes, The Buggles, The Camera Club, Thomas Dolby, Trevor Horn

Needless to Say: Al Stewart's "Past, Present and Future" Goes Deluxe From Esoteric

September 24, 2024 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Al Stewart Past Present and Future

Al Stewart fans have been rather well-served in recent years.  The historically-minded troubadour recently released a new live album with the band The Empty Pockets, preserving a concert set on 2 CDs.  Earlier this summer, Al received a volume of Rhino's Now Playing series of vinyl compilations.  Last year, TSD teamed up with Real Gone Music for Songs on the Radio: The Complete U.S. Singles 1974-1981, and in 2022, Madfish issued The Admiralty Lights, a massive 50-CD box set featuring (almost)

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Folk Tags: Al Stewart

Brotherhood: Definitive Edition

September 23, 2024 By

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Brotherhood (Definitive Edition) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) State of the Nation b/w Shame of the Nation 12" (2024 Remaster) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Bizarre Love Triangle b/w Bizarre Dub Triangle 12" (2024 Remaster) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Touched by the Hand of God b/w Touched by the Hand of Dub 12" (2024 Remaster) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) New Order adds their fourth album, 1986's Brotherhood, to their Definitive

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

Stop to Start: The Atco and WMOT Recordings

September 23, 2024 By

Blue Magic Stop to Start

Let the sideshow begin!  SoulMusic Records and TSD are proud to unveil a new 6-CD box set dedicated to the sweet 'n funky soul stylings of Philly quintet Blue Magic ("Sideshow," "Three Ring Circus," "Welcome to the Club," "What's Come Over Me").  Stop to Start: The Atco and WMOT Recordings brings together expanded editions of the group's five albums for the labels plus all of their released live performances at the Latin Casino with Margie Joseph and Major Harris: Blue Magic (1974) plus

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

Blue Album: 30th Anniversary Edition

September 23, 2024 By

Version 1.0.0

3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP/10"/7": Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Three decades after one of the quirkiest, catchiest rock albums of the '90s, Weezer will celebrate their self-titled debut with a box set packed with unreleased demos, studio and live material.  Known the world over as "The Blue Album" - one of six self-titled albums the band has issued with color-coded covers - the debut will be reissued as a 3CD set or vinyl equivalent spanning four LPs, a

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

Queen I: Collectors Edition

September 23, 2024 By

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6CD/LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD (CDs 1 and 3 of box set): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP (Album Remix Only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Queen are going back to the beginning of their recording career on a new box set edition of their debut.  The Collectors Edition of their 1973 self-titled effort - now retitled Queen I - will be a 6CD/LP set featuring a brand-new remix of the album by engineers Justin Shirley-Smith, Joshua J Macrae and Kris

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

1964 U.S. Albums in Mono

September 23, 2024 By

Beatles 1964 US Albums in Mono box

1964 U.S. Albums in Mono (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Meet The Beatles! (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The Beatles' Second Album (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) A Hard Day's Night (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Something New (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Beatles '65 (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The Early Beatles (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) 1964 U.S. Albums in Mono includes new vinyl

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

Miles in France 1963 & 1964: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 `

September 23, 2024 By

Miles Paris Jazz Festival

6CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 8LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP (Discs 7-8 from box): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Two years after its last entry, Legacy Recordings revives the Miles Davis Bootleg Series with a deep dive into some early '60s live recordings that showcase the birth of his second great quintet. Miles in France 1963 & 1964: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 brings together five sets on six CDs or eight LPs: three performances from the

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

Danse Macabre: De Luxe

September 23, 2024 By

Danse Macabre De Luxe

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP Box Set: Official Store Duran Duran's 2023 album Danse Macabre came just two years after the release of Future Past in 2021 - the shortest gap between new LPs from the band since the mid-'90s. The band were certainly riding high: Future Past was a celebration of what made the Birmingham group so beloved 40 years on from their debut, featuring collaborations with Mark Ronson, Blur guitarist Graham Coxon, David Bowie keyboardist Mike Garson,

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

King of America and Other Realms

September 23, 2024 By

King of America and Other Realms

6CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 140-gram Black LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 140-gram Gold Nugget LP: Official Store / uDiscover Music / The Sound of Vinyl Elvis Costello is looking back on his tenth studio album King of America - and its effect on his future live and studio work - on a lavish new box set. The remastered 1986 album is paired with a disc of demos and outtakes (six of them previously unreleased), a

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

Living in the Material World: 50th Anniversary

September 23, 2024 By

George Harrison Living in the Material World 50th SDE Cover

2CD/2LP/1BD/1-7": 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 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada As the studio follow-up to his landmark triple album All Things Must Pass, George Harrison further explored his spiritual and physical selves on 1973's leaner Living in the Material World.  It's now returning from Dark Horse and BMG in a belated

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

Release Round-Up: Week of September 20

September 20, 2024 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Bob Dylan and The Band 1974 Live Recordings

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. Bob Dylan, The 1974 Tour Recordings (Columbia/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) In 1974, Bob Dylan embarked on an extensive tour with his old backing band.  Now, they, too, were universally known - as The Band - and the double bill hit indoor arenas across North America for 40 concerts over 30 dates and 21

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bob Dylan, Cher, Double Exposure, Fleetwood Mac, Grateful Dead, Herb Alpert, Jackson Browne, Peggy Lee, Phil Collins, Sam Phillips, Shirley Horn, The Band

Try Some, Buy Some: George Harrison's "Living in the Material World" Gets Expanded For Its 50th

September 19, 2024 By The Second Disc 15 Comments

George Harrison Living in the Material World 50th SDE Cover

As the studio follow-up to his landmark triple album All Things Must Pass, George Harrison further explored his spiritual and physical selves on 1973's leaner Living in the Material World.  On November 15, the album will return from Dark Horse and BMG in a belated 50th anniversary edition comprising 2 CDs, 2 LPs, and a Blu-ray.  It's limited to 5,000 units worldwide.  The original album, newly remixed by Paul Hicks, will also be available in 2LP & 2CD Deluxe Editions, Limited Edition color

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: George Harrison

Qu'est-ce que c'est? Talking Heads' Debut Gets Box Set Treatment

September 17, 2024 By Mike Duquette 10 Comments

Talking Heads 77 box

Rhino's Talking Heads revisitation won't end with Stop Making Sense - they'll release a new deluxe box set of the group's 1977 debut album, featuring rare outtakes and B-sides, a live show and the album remixed in Dolby Atmos and surround, as overseen by the band's keyboardist/guitarist Jerry Harrison. Available November 8, the super deluxe edition of Talking Heads: 77 will come in hardcover book packaging that'll feature 80 pages of rare archival photos and liner notes written by all four

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I'll Wear It Proudly: Elvis Costello Coronates 'King of America' for New Box Set

September 16, 2024 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

King of America and Other Realms packshot

When King of America became Rhino's penultimate Elvis Costello reissue in 2005, a hype sticker cheekily hailed it as "the album that fans, critics and Elvis Costello all agree on." Perhaps that's why it'll be the next of his classic albums to receive a deluxe box set this fall. King of America and Other Realms, available November 1, follows the super deluxe, vinyl-and-digital-only The Complete Armed Forces box; however, this one's primarily available on CD - six of 'em, in total. The

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Rock Tags: Allen Toussaint, Elvis Costello, Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Emmylou Harris, Kris Kristofferson, Lucinda Williams, Rosanne Cash

This Time La Luna: Duran Duran Expand 'Danse Macabre' One Year from Its Original Release

September 16, 2024 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Danse Macabre De Luxe vinyl box

As we get closer to the time when there's a chill in the air and a penchant for "spooky season," Duran Duran are getting back into the spirit with an expanded version of their last album, meant to celebrate all things strange and unusual. 2023's Danse Macabre came just two years after the release of Future Past in 2021 - the shortest gap between new LPs from the band since the mid-'90s. The band were certainly riding high: Future Past was a celebration of what made the Birmingham group so

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Vive Le Miles! Eighth Volume of 'Bootleg Series' Spotlights Davis' Second Quintet in France

September 13, 2024 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Miles Bootleg 8 packshot

Two years after its last entry, Legacy Recordings revives the Miles Davis Bootleg Series with a deep dive into some early '60s live recordings that showcase the birth of his second great quintet. Miles in France 1963 & 1964: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 brings together five sets on six CDs or eight LPs: three performances from the Festival Mondial du Jazz in the summer of 1963 and two performances over a day at the Paris Jazz Festival in October 1964. (The 1964 material - which features the

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Jazz Tags: Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Ron Carter, Tony Williams, Wayne Shorter

All Their Loving: New Mono Vinyl Box Set Celebrates The Beatles' First American Albums

September 12, 2024 By Mike Duquette 18 Comments

Beatles 1964 US Albums in Mono box

This year's Beatles catalogue title will showcase the albums that introduced American audiences to the sound of the Fab Four. 1964 U.S. Albums in Mono will include new vinyl remasters of six albums distributed by Capitol Records within the first year of the British band's arrival in New York City. Uniquely drawn from the first four Beatles albums in the U.K. and other single and EP material, these albums will be pressed on 180-gram vinyl and housed in faithful reproductions of their original

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: George Harrison, George Martin, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, The Beatles

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