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In Memoriam: P.F. Sloan (1945-2015)

November 17, 2015 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

P.F. Sloan Child of Our Times

Take a moment to consider a number of the songs written or co-written by Philip "P.F." Sloan: "Secret Agent Man," "Eve of Destruction," "Let Me Be," "Where Were You When I Needed You," "You Baby," "A Must to Avoid," "Another Day, Another Heartache."  Yet the songwriter, who died on November 15 at the age of 70, may be best known for the bittersweet, elegiac ode penned by his colleague and admirer, Jimmy Webb.  "I have been seeking P.F. Sloan," Webb's song begins.  "But no one knows where he has

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: P.F. Sloan

Heighty Hi: The Best of Lee Michaels

November 17, 2015 By

Heighty Hi The Best of Lee Michaels

This new 20-song compilation collects the best of Lee Michaels' A&M Records recordings originally released between 1968-1973, including his 1971 Top 10 hit single "Do You Know What I Mean" and the FM radio favorite "Heighty Hi." All of the tracks have been remastered from the original master tapes, and an 8-page booklet adds comprehensive liner notes and quotes from the artist.  This single-disc anthology also serves as a companion to Manifesto's 7-CD box set The Complete A&M Album

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock

The Complete A&M Album Collection

November 17, 2015 By

Lee Michaels The Complete AM Album Collection

The music of Lee Michaels ("Do You Know What I Mean," "Heighty Hi") returns on Manifesto's splendid new 7-CD box set reissuing his long-out-of-print, complete A&M albums!  Each title is housed in a digipak replicating the original vinyl presentation, and a 40-page booklet with vintage memorabilia reproductions and copious new liner notes for each album is also included within the slipcase!

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock

John Williams' Original "JAWS" Score Gets Deluxe, Expanded Edition From Intrada

November 17, 2015 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Jaws Expanded

Only shortly after their expansion of the score to JAWS 2, Intrada gives fans of the great white shark franchise a true reason to need a bigger boat, announcing a deluxe edition of John Williams' iconic, Academy Award-winning soundtrack to Steven Spielberg's JAWS. We've told the story behind the music before, in a Friday Feature from 2012. What's important now is what fans can expect from this new release, the third issue of JAWS score on CD. According to Intrada's product description, the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: John Williams

Sweetness and Light: Lush Prepare Career Box Set

November 16, 2015 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Lush Chorus

Part shoegaze, part Britpop, Lush were one of the most interesting bands to come out of England in the 1990s--and with a reunion imminent, they've readied the definitive box set of their discography. The five-disc Chorus, available December 4, gathers all of Lush's studio output in one set. The EP collection Gala (1990); studio albums Spooky (1992), Split (1994) and Lovelife (1996); and B-sides compilation Topolino (1996) will all be appended with additional material, including 16 unreleased

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Rock Tags: Lush

From the Vault: Roundhay Park - Live in Leeds 1982

November 16, 2015 By

Rolling Stones Live in Leeds

The Rolling Stones' latest From the Vault release comes from the band's performance at Roundhay Park in Leeds, England on July 25, 1982 - the final show to feature Ian Stewart on piano.  The footage has been restored and the sound has been newly mixed by Bob Clearmountain for this first official release. Available in various formats iincluding DVD/2CD, Standard Definition BD/2CD and DVD/3 LP. SD-BD/2-CD: Amazon U.S. DVD/2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. DVD/3-LP: Amazon U.K. DVD: Amazon

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Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

The Legendary Live Tapes: 1978-1981

November 16, 2015 By

Weather Report The Legendary Live Tapes

Weather Report's The Legendary Live Tapes features 4 CDs of previously unreleased performances recorded by the legendary jazz fusion group from 1978 to 1981 and sourced from soundboard tapes recorded by the group's engineer Brian Risner.  Produced by drummer Peter Erskine and executive-produced by Joe Zawinul's son Anthony, this box doesn't attempt to replicate a Weather Report set list but rather curates a listening experience to showcase the breadth of the group's musical variety and prowess.

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

A Night At The Odeon

November 16, 2015 By

Queen A Night at the Odeon

Queen's December 24, 1975 performance at London's Hammersmith Odeon is captured on a new release available in a variety of formats including CD, Standard Definition BD, DVD, CD/DVD, CD/SD-BD, vinyl LP, and Super Deluxe Edition. Super Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Vinyl LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Standard Definition BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. CD/SD-BD: Amazon U.K. CD/DVD: Amazon U.K. The Super Deluxe box set features: * 1 CD, 1 SD

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

The Complete Matrix Tapes

November 16, 2015 By

Velvet Underground Matrix Tapes Cover

UMe delivers the second major Velvet Underground release this fall with The Complete Matrix Tapes.  In 1969, The Velvet Underground played a residency at San Francisco club The Matrix, and performances from these shows were recorded on a tape deck by guitarist Robert Quine. Now, for the first time, the tapes are being released in full on 4 CDs.

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock

Dreams Will Not Be Thwarted: New Springsteen Live Archive Release Arrives From 2013 Wrecking Ball Tour

November 16, 2015 By Randy Fairman 1 Comment

Springsteen Ippodromo

A little over a month since the last release, a new installment in Bruce Springsteen's live archive series has been released: Ippodromo Delle Capannelle, Rome, Italy, 2013. This concert from July 13, 2013 comes at the tail end of the Wrecking Ball Tour which had begun over a year earlier in March of 2012.  A concert from right before this tour began, from March 9, 2012 at the Apollo Theater in New York, has been previously released by the Springsteen archive.  Also previously released are

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Rock Tags: Bruce Springsteen

Whipped Cream and Other Delights

November 13, 2015 By

Herb Alpert Whipped Cream

Following on the heels of the recent Christmas Album reissue, the new Herb Alpert Presents label has a freshly-remastered edition of Alpert and the Tijuana Brass' landmark Whipped Cream and Other Delights (featuring "Whipped Cream," "Love Potion No. 9" and "A Taste of Honey") on CD, DD and 180-gram vinyl LP.  More titles are promised for 2016 - hopefully including some of the long out-of-print treasures from the TJB catalogue!

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Pop

Review: Alanis Morissette, "Jagged Little Pill: Collector's Edition"

November 13, 2015 By Randy Fairman 2 Comments

Alanis Jagged 4 CD Box

As time marches on, nostalgia of course goes along with it.  So, with the passage of time, we've arrived at an era of nostalgia for the 1990s.  Hard as it may be for some to believe, 20th and 25th anniversaries for major releases in the '90s keep occurring - and items are released in commemoration.  Thus, Rhino has recently reissued Alanis Morissette's 1995 smash album Jagged Little Pill in a variety of iterations including a 2-CD version and a 4-CD Collector's Edition. When Morissette traveled

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Alanis Morissette

Release Round-Up: Week of November 13

November 13, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Aretha Atlantic Albums Collection Cover

It may be Friday the 13th, but today's choice releases are hardly scary, with box sets, archival releases, new music from veteran artists, and much, much more! Aretha Franklin, The Atlantic Albums Collection (Atlantic/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) This 19-CD box set brings together 16 of the Queen of Soul's Atlantic albums as previously released on CD including the deluxe 2-CD Live at Fillmore East, the 2-CD Rare & Unreleased Recordings From The Golden Reign Of The Queen Of

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Country, Gospel, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: A Tribe Called Quest, Aretha Franklin, Buck Owens, Ellie Greenwich, Eric Clapton, Jeff Lynne's ELO, King Crimson, Kurt Cobain, Marvin Gaye, Nat King Cole, Neil Young, Paul Butterfield, Paul Davis, The Knickerbockers, The Staple Singers

Graceful: Legacy Premieres Lost Recordings By Jeff Buckley On "You and I"

November 12, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Jeff Buckley You and I

The countdown to 2016 has already begun!  Legacy Recordings is one of the first out of the gate with big news for the New Year!  On March 11, 2016, the label will release You and I, the very first studio recordings made by the late Jeff Buckley (1966-1997) for Columbia Records.  This new compilation will be available on CD, DD, and LP. The recordings on this new 10-track collection (primarily recorded in Steve Addabbo's Shelter Island Sound studio in February 1993) were discovered during the

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Jeff Buckley

Hurt So Bad: 7a Records Rescues "The First Bobby Hart Solo Album" With Expanded CD Reissue

November 12, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Bobby Hart First Solo Album

The 7a Records label made a big splash earlier this year with its first-ever release.  The MGM Singles Collection brought together Micky Dolenz's rare MGM Records sides in a lavishly designed and annotated presentation that was a fan and collector's dream.  Now, we're thrilled to report that the Monkees specialists at 7a are turning their attention to another key figure in Monkees lore with the first-ever CD release on December 7 of 1980's aptly-titled The First Bobby Hart Solo Album. There

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Bobby Hart, Boyce and Hart, Teddy Randazzo, The Monkees

Archives Vol. 1

November 11, 2015 By

America Archives

America opens up its vaults for the first volume of an Archive series featuring demos, rehearsals and alternate versions of familiar hits like "Ventura Highway," "I Need You," "Sister Golden Hair" and "A Horse with No Name" among other rarities from the period of 1971-1975. 1. Ventura Highway (Alternate Mix - The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA, 1972) 2. Daisy Jane (Rehearsal The Record Plant, Sausalito, CA 1975) 3. It's Life (Alternate Mix - The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA, 1973) 4.

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More Than "Lies": Sundazed Collects The Knickerbockers' "Challenge Recordings" On New Box Set

November 11, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Knickerbockers Challenge

"Eighty tracks from a band with exactly one hit single?"  That's the question Sundazed Records is posing of its soon-to-be-released box set from The Knickerbockers.  The hitmakers behind the British Invasion-esque "Lies" will be celebrated by Sundazed with the 4-CD, 80-track box The Challenge Recordings.  It's due in stores this Friday, November 13. The Top 20 hit "Lies" - and seminal inclusion in the original Nuggets - is just one of the tracks on this collection.  Brothers Beau and John

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: The Knickerbockers

Jump To The Beat! BBR Reissues Dancefloor Classics By Stacy Lattisaw, Karen Young

November 11, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Stacy Lattisaw Let Me Be Your Angel

With a quartet of recent releases, Big Break Records continues to deliver to the highest standard in deluxe, remastered and generously expanded editions of R&B classics.  Today, we turn the spotlight on two of those titles, from Stacy Lattisaw and Karen Young! Stacy Lattisaw was just 12 - yes, 12! - years old when she made her major label debut on Atlantic Records' Cotillion imprint with Young and in Love.  One of the final projects produced by Van McCoy before his untimely death, the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, R&B/Soul Tags: Karen Young, Stacy Lattisaw

Faith and Grace: A Family Journey 1953-1976

November 10, 2015 By

Staple Singers Faith and Grace

This limited edition 4-CD box set features The Staple Singers' hits alongside favorite studio and live recordings, plus a handful of never-before-released rarities, including a special bonus: the earliest known recordings of the group on a 7-inch vinyl record, marking the first time that these two tracks have been available in any format since the Staples' self-released edition of 500 in 1953.  The box is packaged in a deluxe, old-school '45 folio' package, and also contains a book with new

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Blues, Folk, Gospel

Complete Albums 1965-1980

November 10, 2015 By

Paul Butterfield Complete Albums 1965 1980

Rhino brings together 13 albums (both studio and live) by Paul Butterfield on 14 CDs including seminal Elektra and Bearsville releases by The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Paul Butterfield's Better Days, and solo.

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Blues

The Atlantic Albums Collection

November 10, 2015 By

Aretha The Atlantic Albums Collection

This 19-CD box set brings together 16 of the Queen of Soul's Atlantic albums as previously released on CD including the deluxe 2-CD Live at Fillmore East, the 2-CD Rare & Unreleased Recordings From The Golden Reign Of The Queen Of Soul and Oh Me Oh My: Aretha Live in Philly 1972.  There are no new-to-CD albums here or new material/remastering although this set is perfect one-stop shopping for Franklin's most truly essential recordings.

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

WE HAVE OUR WINNERS! CHARLIE RICH "25 ALL-TIME GREATEST HITS" GIVEAWAY!

November 10, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Charlie Rich 25 All Time Greatest Hits

CONGRATULATIONS! The following 15 entrants have won a copy of Varese Vintage's brand-new Charlie Rich anthology, 25 All-Time Greatest Hits, on CD!  If you entered our contest via Facebook and your name is on the list below, please drop us a line at theseconddisc-at-gmail-dot-com or a Private Message on Facebook with your name and mailing address!  If you entered via email, you don't have to do anything - your CD will be in the mail soon! Watch this space soon for more exciting

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Categories: Giveaways! Formats: CD Genre: Country Tags: Charlie Rich

In Memoriam: Allen Toussaint (1938-2015)

November 10, 2015 By Joe Marchese 8 Comments

Allen Toussaint

Allen Toussaint once asked in song, "What is success?  Is it doin' your own thing, or to join the rest?"  The New Orleans native, of course, was well-acquainted with success, if ever mindful of its cost.  In a career spanning seven decades, Toussaint happily was able to do his own thing - as a pianist, composer, lyricist, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, producer, and recording artist.  Toussaint, who passed away suddenly last evening at the age of 77 while on tour in Europe, brought the music

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RPM Reissues Lost Album By David Bowie Favorite Tucker Zimmerman, Collects Australian "Dream Babes"

November 10, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Come and See Me

Today, we're turning the spotlight on two recent releases from Cherry Red's RPM Records imprint! When David Bowie placed Tucker Zimmerman's 1969 album Ten Songs by Tucker Zimmerman on a list of his 25 favorite albums - alongside acknowledged classics by The Velvet Underground, James Brown, Little Richard and even Steve Reich - readers of the 2003 list could have been forgiven for wondering, "Who is Tucker Zimmerman?"  It's taken some time, but the RPM label has finally unearthed Ten Songs by

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Tucker Zimmerman, Various Artists

Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck [Various Editions]

November 9, 2015 By

Kurt Cobain Montage of Heck

Brett Morgen's documentary film about the late Kurt Cobain arrives in a plethora of audio and video formats. The Super Deluxe Edition includes the full-length feature film and 48 minutes of bonus interviews on Blu-ray and DVD, a 31 track deluxe soundtrack on CD and cassette, a 160-page hardbound book with extended interviews and images from the Cobain archive, a puzzle with a collectible storage container, a movie poster, postcards and bookmark. The 31-track deluxe version of the soundtrack CD

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Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Rock

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