Box Sets 6 - The Second Disc

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Crazy Horse, Neil Young, Pearl Jam

Review: David Bowie, “I Can’t Give Everything Away (2002-2016)”

October 15, 2025 by Joe Marchese | 6 Comments

C’mon, Let’s Go Slip Away For in truth, it’s the beginning of nothing/And nothing has changed/Everything has changed… After a period of nearly four years, David Bowie’s series of “Eras” box sets has continued with its sixth and final volume. I Can’t Give Everything Away (2002-2016), from ISO Records and Parlophone, concludes the career-spanning chronicle of the shape-shifting superstar on 13 CDs or 18 LPs. Picking up where 2021’s Brilliant Adventure (1992-2001) left off, it vividly re-presents the final years of an artist for whom “iconoclastic” barely scratches the surface. In a sense, every one…

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Happy Halloween, Everybody: Frank Zappa’s “Halloween 78” Presents Epic NYC Concert, More

October 10, 2025 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

Frank Zappa’s annual Halloween concerts in New York City were far more treat than trick. Now, following similar releases for his shows in 1973, 1977, and 1981, Zappa Records and UMe are releasing Halloween 78 on October 24 in a variety of formats. The nearly four-hour long, marathon October 31, 1978 show at the late, lamented Palladium (now the home of a New York University dormitory) will be available as part of a 5CD set also including a bonus show from the beginning of the Palladium run, on October 27, 1978. The…

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Power to the People

October 6, 2025 by Joe Marchese

9CD/3BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Official Store 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD / Official Store 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Official Store 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Official Store 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Official Store One of the most incendiary periods of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s life together is being explored anew in a new 9CD/3Blu-ray box set. Power to the People features 123…

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Novanta

October 6, 2025 by Joe Marchese

4CD: 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 Decca celebrates what would have been Luciano Pavarotti’s 90th birthday on October 12, 2025 – he died in 2007 at the age of 71 – with a new collection. Novanta (that’s “ninety” in Italian!) is available in 4CD, 2CD, and 2LP iterations touching on his recordings of not only opera classics but sacred songs, Italian music, and even duets with pop and rock stars; the…

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Merry Something to You: Rhino Announces Record Store Day Black Friday Slate with Devo, Joni Mitchell, Alice Cooper, The Doors, Grateful Dead, Randy Newman, More

October 6, 2025 by Joe Marchese | 9 Comments

TSD is kicking off our look at this year’s Record Store Day Black Friday releases, due at participating independent record stores on November 28, with a typically packed slate coming from Rhino. With over 30 titles, the label has brought out the heavy hitters (many of which are RSD mainstays) including The Doors, Fleetwood Mac, Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell, Led Zeppelin, Todd Rundgren, Van Halen, and more. We’ve also included a handful of releases from Rhino sister labels such as Warner (with a Tom Petty live collection) and Elektra (an EP from…

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Blues, Classic Rock, Country, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks

Tonight, Tonight: Smashing Pumpkins Offer New Expansion of ‘Mellon Collie’ with Bonus Live Material

October 3, 2025 by Mike Duquette | 4 Comments

Despite all your rage, you are still just a reader on a post about a new expansion of one of The Smashing Pumpkins’ biggest albums. The iconoclastic band will reissue Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness this fall for its 30th anniversary, pairing the original, sprawling album with a new double album of unreleased live performances on the band’s ensuing tour in support of the record. It’ll be available as a 4CD or 6LP set from UMe on November 21. Conceived from the outset as a double album – frontman Billy Corgan described…

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Makes Me Feel Fine: Cherry Red, Lemon Collect Seals and Crofts’ “Warner Bros. Years” on New Box

October 3, 2025 by Joe Marchese | 7 Comments

Between 1972 and 1980, Jim Seals and Darrell George “Dash” Crofts charted a dozen singles on the Billboard Hot 100. Three of those made the top ten – “Summer Breeze” (1972), “Diamond Girl” (1973), and “Get Closer” (1976) – while a further trio notched spots in the top twenty: “Hummingbird” (1973), “I’ll Play for You” (1975), and “You’re the Love” (1978). The duo was met with similar success on the AC chart, with “We May Never Pass This Way (Again),” a No. 21 Pop hit, reaching No. 2 in 1973 – the…

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Hard to Believe: The Monkees’ “Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, Ltd.” Goes Super Deluxe

October 2, 2025 by Joe Marchese | 24 Comments

The Monkees’ fourth album is returning today in two different formats: an audiophile-quality vinyl pressing sourced from the original stereo tapes for the first time and a 4CD/1-7″ super deluxe box set loaded with over 100 tracks, many of which are previously unreleased. 1967’s Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, Ltd. found Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork taking advantage of the hard-won freedom they’d earned with Headquarters. Sessions began in April 1967, less than two weeks after Headquarters had been completed and the second season of the group’s sitcom…

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Heartbeat City: Deluxe Edition

October 1, 2025 by Joe Marchese

The Cars’ penultimate album and biggest commercial success is coming back in a box set. Rhino reissues the group’s Heartbeat City as a 4CD/1LP set, a year-delayed 40th anniversary celebration that’ll include the original album on CD and vinyl alongside a wealth of bonus material (including tracks featured on previous expanded editions of not only this album but 1980’s Panorama). Highlights include the non-album B-side “Breakaway,” remixes of the single “Hello Again,” a number of early versions and demos (including one of standout track “Drive” as well as “Shooting for You,” a Panorama outtake revisited during…

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Black and Blue [Various Formats]

October 1, 2025 by Joe Marchese

1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: 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 4CD/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Rolling Stones’ thirteenth studio album, 1976’s Black and Blue, reached No. 1 in the United States and No. 2 in the band’s native United Kingdom, and yielded a top ten hit single on both sides of the Atlantic with the ballad “Fool to Cry.” Now, it’s set for the super deluxe treatment, just shy of its 50th anniversary. Built around a brand-new remix by the ubiquitous Steven…

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FYC40 [Multiple Formats]

October 1, 2025 by Joe Marchese

4CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Official Store (with CD single) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Official Store (with CD single) 2LP: Amazon U.S. (TBD) / Amazon U.K. (TBD) / Amazon Canada (TBD) / Official Store (with CD single) 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Official Store (with CD single) FYC40 will reintroduce audiences to the Birmingham trio behind “Johnny Come Home,” “She Drives Me Crazy” and “Good Thing” on a multi-disc set that’s available on CD or vinyl. The most comprehensive version spans four CDs and a DVD, offering expanded editions of 1985’s Fine Young Cannibals and 1989’s The Raw & The Cooked,…

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Amorica: Super Deluxe Edition

October 1, 2025 by Joe Marchese

3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Official Store (signed) 5LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Official Store (signed) 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Official Store (clear) 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Following recent reissues of The Black Crowes’ first two albums, 1990’s Shake Your Money Maker and 1992’s The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion – along with an expanded edition of a live team-up with Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin – the Southern rockers’ third album is getting similar treatment. The group (formed around brothers and sole consistent members Chris and Rich Robinson) will revisit 1994’s Amorica as a 3CD or 180-gram 5LP set. The box will…

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Wiser for the Time: The Black Crowes Detail ‘Amorica’ Box Set

September 30, 2025 by Mike Duquette | 6 Comments

Following recent reissues of The Black Crowes’ first two albums, 1990’s Shake Your Money Maker and 1992’s The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion – along with an expanded edition of a live team-up with Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin – the Southern rockers’ third album will get the similar treatment this fall. On November 14, the group (formed around brothers and sole consistent members Chris and Rich Robinson) will revisit 1994’s Amorica as a 3CD or 180-gram 5LP set. The box will include an expanded version of the album (remastered from 1/4″ production…

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Haunted Heart: The Legendary Riverside Studio Recordings

September 30, 2025 by Joe Marchese

3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Craft Recordings is revisiting a halcyon period of The Bill Evans Trio. Haunted Heart: The Legendary Riverside Recordings collects the complete studio recordings by the Bill Evans Trio lineup of Evans, bassist Scott LaFaro, and drummer Paul Motian. The 3CD or 5LP set presents the complete albums Portrait in Jazz (1960) and Explorations (1961) plus 26 alternate takes – 17 of which are previously unreleased. The set includes rare photos, an introduction by The…

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Couldn’t Care More: Fine Young Cannibals to Drive You Crazy with Multi-Format Compilation

September 30, 2025 by Mike Duquette | 5 Comments

Four decades after their brief but pivotal run of success on each side of the Atlantic in the mid-to-late ’80s, Fine Young Cannibals come back for a few more bites in the form of a sprawling compilation/box set. Arriving from London Records on November 21, FYC40 will reintroduce audiences to the Birmingham trio behind “Johnny Come Home,” “She Drives Me Crazy” and “Good Thing” on a multi-disc set that’s available on CD or vinyl. The most comprehensive version spans four CDs and a DVD, offering expanded editions of 1985’s Fine Young Cannibals and 1989’s The Raw…

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It’s Magic: The Cars’ ‘Heartbeat City’ Beats Strong in New Deluxe Edition

September 29, 2025 by Mike Duquette | 9 Comments

Hello again! The Cars’ penultimate album and biggest commercial success is coming back in a box set this year. Rhino will reissue the group’s Heartbeat City as a 4CD/1LP set on October 31, a year-delayed 40th anniversary celebration that’ll include the original album on CD and vinyl alongside a wealth of bonus material (including tracks featured on previous expanded editions of not only this album but 1980’s Panorama). Highlights include the non-album B-side “Breakaway,” remixes of the single “Hello Again,” a number of early versions and demos (including one of standout track “Drive” as…

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One Size Fits All: 50th Anniversary Edition

September 25, 2025 by Joe Marchese

4CD/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Zappa Online Store 2LP “Black Glitter” Vinyl Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Zappa Online Store 1LP “Blue Galaxy” Vinyl Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Zappa Online Store Following last year’s deluxe expansion of 1974’s Apostrophe (‘) and the recent restoration of the same year’s concert film Cheaper Than Cheep, Frank Zappa’s archival team is turning the page to 1975 and expansively revisiting One Size Fits All in time for its 50th anniversary. The guitarist-songwriter-bandleader-producer’s twentieth album (and fourteenth with…

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Hand of Fate: The Rolling Stones’ “Black and Blue” Goes Super Deluxe with New Steven Wilson Remix, Outtakes, More

September 24, 2025 by Joe Marchese | 11 Comments

For The Rolling Stones, it was lucky thirteen. The band’s thirteenth studio album, 1976’s Black and Blue, reached No. 1 in the United States and No. 2 in the band’s native United Kingdom, and yielded a top ten hit single on both sides of the Atlantic with the ballad “Fool to Cry.” Now, it’s set for the super deluxe treatment on November 14, just shy of its 50th anniversary. Built around a brand-new remix by the ubiquitous Steven Wilson, the set will be released by Interscope and UMe in a variety of…

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Jeff Beck, The Rolling Stones

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Climb Aboard The Tardis: Edsel Collects Classic Jon Pertwee “Doctor Who” Audio Adventures on 4-CD Boxset

September 19, 2025 by Randy Fairman | 1 Comment

Edsel has recently released a box set which should be of interest to classic Doctor Who fans. Doctor Who: The Jon Pertwee Collection is a 4-CD set which collects two audiobook versions of novelizations of some of Pertwee’s episodes. The audiobooks are read by Pertwee himself, and the set also includes some other bonus rarities from the BBC archives. Jon Pertwee took over playing the Doctor in January, 1970 in the first episode of Season 7. The third person to play the role (after William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton), his tenure would…

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How’s About Some Hot Stuff: Massive Donna Summer Singles CD Box Set Coming This Fall

September 18, 2025 by Mike Duquette | 24 Comments

It’s a box set fit for a queen (of disco): Donna Summer’s singles are being chronicled in a major way in November. Summer Time: The Singles Collection 1974-2010, coming November 28 from the late singer’s Driven by the Music catalogue imprint, is set to be a staggering tribute to Summer’s decades-long presence as a dancefloor filler. Timed to celebrate the 50th anniversary of her breakthrough hit “Love to Love You, Baby,” this 40CD set will highlight five decades’ worth of single sides she issued all over the world, from early Dutch single-only…

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The Bootleg Series Vol. 18: Through the Open Window, 1956-1963

September 17, 2025 by Joe Marchese

8CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The beginnings of Bob Dylan’s long and extraordinary career have been revisited by Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings on the eighteenth installment of the artist’s long-running Bootleg Series. Through the Open Window: The Bootleg Series Vol. 18 (1956-1963), available on 8 CDs as well as 2CD and 4LP “highlights” editions, comprehensively chronicles Dylan’s earliest days from Minnesota to Greenwich Village. The full 139-track box set opens with a December 24, 1956 recording at a music store in St. Paul, MN…

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Look in My Direction: The Warner Bros. Recordings

September 17, 2025 by Joe Marchese

Look in My Direction: The Warner Bros. Recordings from Cherry Red’s Lemon imprint and TSD presents all of the late Nicolette Larson’s original studio and live albums for Warner Bros. Records on 4 CDs, produced by Ted Templeman (The Doobie Brothers, Van Halen) and singer-songwriter Andrew Gold (“Thank You for Being a Friend,” “Lonely Boy”), plus bonus tracks. The box contains newly remastered editions of Nicolette (1978), Live at the Roxy (1979), In the Nick of Time (1979), Radioland (1981), and All Dressed Up and No Place to Go (1982) which collectively include such guests as Linda Ronstadt; The Doobie…

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I Was Young When I Left Home: Bob Dylan’s New Bootleg Series Entry Covers His Earliest Beginnings

September 17, 2025 by Joe Marchese | 8 Comments

Bob Dylan met Columbia Records’ John Hammond on September 14, 1961 at the apartment of folksinger Richard Farina and his then-wife Carolyn Hester. Dylan had been invited to Carolyn’s rehearsal session as a harmonica player. Hammond later told the story of being so impressed with the young man from Hibbing, Minnesota that he decided to sign him on the spot. A subsequent audition took place, and when Dylan – then dazzling audiences at Gerde’s Folk City on a bill shared with The Greenbriar Boys – showed up for Hester’s Columbia session on…

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