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Forever

August 3, 2024 By

Cher Forever

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada  CD (Exclusive Turquoise Cover): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP (Exclusive Turquoise Cover): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Cher's first hits collection in nearly two decades, Forever features 21 newly remastered songs curated by the artist on 1 CD or 2 LPs (pressed on crystal-clear vinyl).  It's accompanied by the Forever: Fan Edition, a digital-only expanded album with

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, Rock

Release Round-Up: Week of August 2

August 2, 2024 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Howard Jones Live at the O2

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. Van Morrison, Live at Orangefield (Orangefield Records) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Christmas 1959 saw Van Morrison take the stage of Orangefield Secondary School in Belfast for his very first live performance.  Van, on guitar and vocals, joined his fellow students John McCullough on tea-chest bass, Cyril Downey on

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Drive-By Truckers, Howard Jones, Jeremy Jordan, Melanie, Sam Smith, Van Morrison, Warren Smith, Ween

Turn Back Time: Cher Collects Hits on "Forever," Adds Rarities to Digital Edition

August 1, 2024 By Joe Marchese 19 Comments

Cher Forever

On October 19, Cher will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  One month later, on November 19, Cher releases the first volume of her long-awaited autobiography.  The Memoir: Part One will be preceded on September 20 by the superstar's latest hits anthology - her first in nearly two decades.  Forever, featuring 21 newly remastered songs curated by the artist, arrives from Warner Records on 1 CD or 2 LPs (pressed on crystal-clear vinyl).  On the same date, the Forever: Fan Edition

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, Rock Tags: Cher, Sonny and Cher

Roxy and Elsewhere: Bryan Ferry, Phil Manzanera Plan Career-Spanning Box Sets

August 1, 2024 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Ferry Manzanera boxes

What are the odds? Two career-spanning box sets featuring solo material by members of Roxy Music - lead singer Bryan Ferry and guitarist Phil Manzanera - will be available this fall. Ferry's Retrospective: Selected Recordings 1973-2023 will be a 5CD overview divided into thematic collections of his work outside of Roxy Music. The first is a new 20-track collection of his best-loved singles, including the U.K. Top 10s "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall," "Let's Stick Together" and "Slave to Love."

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Bryan Ferry, Phil Manzanera, Roxy Music

Must Have Been the Roses: Newest Grateful Dead Box Set Covers April 1978, from "Drums" to "Space"

August 1, 2024 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

GD FOTD key art 07 03

1978: The Grateful Dead was between Terrapin Station and Shakedown Street, and re-setting the rules onstage. The group's 1978 spring tour introduced "Drums" and "Space" as regular live features, and found Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, and Keith and Donna Jean Godchaux in re-energized, post-hiatus form. Yesterday, Rhino and the band announced the release of Friend of the Devils: April 1978, a massive 19CD box containing eight previously unreleased concerts from

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

Love in Store: Fleetwood Mac Collect 'Mirage Tour' Recordings

July 30, 2024 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

Fleetwood Mac Mirage Tour 82

Though a key member of Fleetwood Mac's classic line-up has passed on and two others don't communicate, the group lives on in countless catalogue titles. All of their studio albums from 1975 to 1987 have been given the box set treatment, as has their 1980 live album - and last year, a collection of Rumours-era live recordings was released on its own. Now, the same is being done for their tour in support of 1982's Mirage. Recorded over two nights at The Forum just outside Los Angeles - the same

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Christine McVie, Fleetwood Mac, John McVie, Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks

Straight Ahead: New Box Set Chronicles Jimi Hendrix's Time At Electric Lady Studios

July 29, 2024 By Mike Duquette 12 Comments

Hendrix Electric Lady Studios box packshot

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 will tell that story of its creation, and an accompanying box set will highlight an unreleased trove of recordings from his few but pivotal sessions there. Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision, available September 13 as a 3CD or 5LP set, offers 39 demos and early takes from Hendrix's summer 1970

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Jimi Hendrix, The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Neil Young's Third 'Archives' Box is His Biggest Yet

July 26, 2024 By Mike Duquette 12 Comments

Neil Young Archives III packshot

Neil Young has announced a big fall release: the third - and biggest - box set in his long-running Archives series. Archives Vol. III (1976-1987), slated for release September 6, will span in its deluxe form a whopping 17 CDs and five Blu-rays boasting a broad array of songs and film footage: 15 unreleased songs, 121 unreleased tracks and 11 full-length films (four of them unreleased). Housed in a box identical to Archives Vol. I (1963-1972) (2009) and Archives Vol. II (1972-1976) (2020), the

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Rock Tags: Crazy Horse, Devo, Linda Ronstadt, Neil Young, Nicolette Larson

Live in Concert 1985-2001

July 26, 2024 By

Townshend Live box

Live in Concert 1985-2001 brings together more than 15 years' worth of shows from legendary songwriter/guitarist Pete Townshend. These sets, recorded in America and England and arranged chronologically, were all originally released in the early years of the millennium on Townshend's short-lived Eel Pie label. For this set, available as a 14CD set or a digital product, they've been remastered by Jon Astley.

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

Release Round-Up: Week of July 26

July 26, 2024 By The Second Disc 7 Comments

JD Souther You're Only Lonely

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. Loleatta Holloway, We're Getting Stronger: The Gold Mind/Salsoul Recordings (1976-1982) (SoulMusic/The Second Disc) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Cherry Red) We're Getting Stronger: The Gold Mind/Salsoul Recordings (1976-1982) presents, on 5 CDs, all of the late, great Loleatta Holloway's albums for Gold Mind and

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Cat Stevens, Deborah Cox, Fleetwood Mac, JD Souther, Jeff Harnar, Loleatta Holloway, Melanie, Nik Kershaw, Pete Townshend, Talking Heads, The Police

Smalltown Boy: Bronski Beat's Debut Goes Deluxe for 40th Anniversary

July 25, 2024 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

Bronski packshot

One of the most striking (and oft-reissued) albums in U.K. '80s pop gets its biggest look this fall, with a new box set edition of Bronski Beat's The Age of Consent. The new 4CD/1DVD edition, available October 18, packages the original 1984 album with 1985 remix album Hundreds and Thousands, plus 19 remixes, edits and B-sides as well as three unreleased remixes and a disc of 19 never-before-released studio outtakes and radio sessions. The DVD features both restored music videos and Top of the

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD Genre: Disco/Dance, Electronic, Pop Tags: Bronski Beat, Jimmy Somerville

The 1974 Tour Recordings

July 24, 2024 By

Bob Dylan and The Band 1974 Live Recordings

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 cities.  The tour became one of the largest and highest-profile of the era, in no small part due to the promotional efforts of David Geffen, who'd spurred on the talks and had recently lured Dylan away from Columbia Records to his own Asylum label.  While Dylan's Asylum

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock

My Love Is Free: The Salsoul Recordings (1976-1979)

July 24, 2024 By

Double Exposure My Love Is Free

My Love Is Free: The Salsoul Recordings (1976-1979) brings together expanded editions of all three of Philadelphia disco quartet Double Exposure's Salsoul albums plus the newly-curated collection I Got the Hots: Remixes and Rarities, for a total of 46 tracks on 4 CDs including the first-ever commercially-released 12-inch single, "Ten Percent." My Love Is Free: The Salsoul Recordings (1976-1979) has been compiled by Tim Dillinger for God's Music Is My Life, who has co-produced the set with

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

Love Having You Around: The Gold Mind Recordings (1977-1980)

July 24, 2024 By

First Choice Love Having You Around

SoulMusic Records and The Second Disc celebrate Philadelphia girl group First Choice with Love Having You Around: The Gold Mind Recordings (1977-1980).  This 4CD collection features expanded editions of the trio's three original albums for Salsoul's Gold Mind imprint, plus a specially-curated bonus disc featuring various remixes and reinventions of their timeless, floor-filling repertoire. This clamshell box set features a 28-page, full-color booklet with photos, memorabilia, and four new essays

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Faces At The BBC - Complete BBC Concert & Session Recordings 1970-1973

July 24, 2024 By

Faces at the BBC

Faces at The BBC - Complete BBC Concert & Session Recordings 1970-1973 compiles all of the storied group's concerts and surviving studio sessions for the BBC in one 8CD/1BD package approved by Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, and Kenney Jones. Though many of these recordings have long been considered lost, Rhino has tracked down nearly every song performed by Faces at the BBC from the band members' own archives and private collections.  Only one three-song session remains missing.  The

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

MTV Unplugged: Expanded Edition

July 24, 2024 By

10000 Maniacs MTV Unplugged packshot

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. (TBD) / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. (TBD) / Amazon U.K. (TBD) / Amazon Canada (TBD) More than 30 years after Natalie Merchant took her final bow with 10,000 Maniacs, the band's seminal set for MTV Unplugged is getting the reissued and expanded treatment.  Available on one CD or two LPs, this remastered presentation of the original multiplatinum disc adds three extra songs from the performance featuring another lead singer for a band who recently had gone

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These Are Days: 10,000 Maniacs' 'MTV Unplugged' Set Gets Expansion

July 23, 2024 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

10000 Maniacs MTV Unplugged packshot

More than 30 years after Natalie Merchant took her final bow with 10,000 Maniacs, the band's seminal set for MTV Unplugged will be reissued and expanded this fall. Available September 6 on CD or two LPs, this remastered presentation of the original multiplatinum disc adds three extra songs from the performance featuring another lead singer for a band who recently had gone solo: David Byrne of Talking Heads. They performed covers of Iris DeMent ("Let the Mystery Be"), a Jimmie Dale Gilmore

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: 10000 Maniacs, David Byrne

In Memoriam: Abdul "Duke" Fakir of the Four Tops (1935-2024)

July 23, 2024 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Four Tops

Is it possible for a group like the Four Tops to be underrated? On its face, that question seems ridiculous. The Detroit vocal quartet had two dozen Top 40 hits in America between 1964 and 1988; they're in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Vocal Group Hall of Fame and the R&B Group Hall of Fame, they have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award; Rolling Stone and Billboard both named them one of the 100 greatest artists of all time. Those are laurels

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Categories: Features Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Four Tops

Release Round-Up: Week of July 19

July 19, 2024 By The Second Disc 5 Comments

War The World Is a Ghetto

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. Mungo Jerry, Electronically Tested: Expanded Edition (7a Records) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Mungo Jerry's eclectic 1971 album Electronically Tested, featuring the global hit "In the Summertime," returns in a newly remastered and expanded edition from our friends

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock Tags: Deep Purple, Duran Duran, Emmylou Harris, George Benson, Gram Parsons, Melanie, Mungo Jerry, War

Don't Eat the Yellow Snow: Zappa's "Apostrophe (')" Gets 50th Anniversary Expansion

July 18, 2024 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Frank Zappa Apostrophe

Hot on the heels of the recent box set celebrating Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention's 1968 concert at the Whisky a Go Go, Zappa Records and UMe are turning the clocks forward to revisit the composer-guitarist-bandleader's most commercially successful LP.  On September 13, the labels will mark the 50th anniversary of Apostrophe ('), originally released in March 1974, with a 5CD/1Blu-ray Super Deluxe Edition as well as vinyl and digital editions. 1973's Over-Nite Sensation gave Zappa

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

Give It a Whirl: Rubellan Plans CD Debut of Rare U.S. Pressing of Split Enz's 'Frenzy'

July 17, 2024 By Mike Duquette 7 Comments

Split Enz Frenzy

Not long after Neil Finn suggested that Split Enz's catalogue affairs could be shaping up in the year to come, a very welcome CD premiere has been announced by Rubellan Remasters. They'll release the U.S. version of the New Zealand group's fourth album, Frenzy. The Enz recorded Frenzy with the core line-up that appeared on 1977's Dizrythmia: founding members Tim Finn on vocals, keyboardist Eddie Rayner and Noel Crombie on percussion, along with bassist Nigel Griggs, drummer Malcolm Green and

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Neil Finn, Split Enz, Tim Finn

Had Me a Real Good Time: Rhino Announces Box of BBC Sessions from Faces

July 17, 2024 By The Second Disc 5 Comments

Faces at the BBC

Ooh-la-la!  Following a pair of well-received releases for Record Store Day, Rhino is doing a deep-dive into Faces' BBC sessions on an 8-CD/1-Blu-ray box set due September 6.  Faces at The BBC - Complete BBC Concert & Session Recordings 1970-1973 compiles all of the storied group's concerts and surviving studio sessions for the BBC in one package approved by Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, and Kenney Jones.  The set will be available only via Rhino.com and select retailers including

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Faces, Rod Stewart

When The Weather Is High: Mungo Jerry's "Electronically Tested" Returns from 7a Records on CD, LP

July 16, 2024 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Mungo Jerry Electronically Tested

The summer of 1970 was the summer of Mungo Jerry.  The British band's catchy "In the Summertime" began a seven-week stay atop the U.K. Singles Chart, while in the U.S., Mungomania propelled the tune to No. 1 on Record World and No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100.  Now, 7a Records is preparing for another wave of Mungomania with the well-timed release on July 19 of the band's 1971 album Electronically Tested in newly remastered and expanded editions on both CD and LP. With its mélange of varied

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Mungo Jerry

In Memoriam: Intrada Founder Douglass Fake (1952-2024)

July 16, 2024 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Douglass Fake

Douglass Fake, a film score champion who produced hundreds of archival soundtrack releases and reissues as the founder of Intrada Records, has died at 72 after an extended illness. There is no better primer on his life and work than can be read at the label's official site, courtesy of Joe Sikoryak, one of the label's longtime designers. When anyone of note passes away, and that outpouring of condolences and memories flows like a river, it can be easy to take a step back and investigate the

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Categories: Features, News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Alan Silvestri, Danny Elfman, Elmer Bernstein, James Horner, Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, Randy Newman

Soundtrack Watch: Intrada Heats Up 'Backdraft,' Kickstarts 'Abbott and Costello' Recording; La-La Land Expands 'Last Action Hero' and 'Heavy Metal'

July 12, 2024 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Last Action Hero

Leave it to Intrada and La-La Land to cook up some appropriately blazing soundtrack reissues in recent weeks! Intrada has expanded an early classic by Hans Zimmer, bowed a selection of re-recordings of TV work by Jerry Goldsmith, and is prepping another re-recording project to crowdfund; meanwhile, La-La Land (in addition to releasing the only John Williams score to a Steven Spielberg film without a soundtrack) has expansions of works by Elmer Bernstein and Michael Kamen. Quite the selection of

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Elmer Bernstein, Hans Zimmer, Jerry Goldsmith, Michael Kamen

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