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The Beatles 1962-1966

October 31, 2023 By

The Beatles 1962 1966

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada As an Amazon associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. The famous "red" compilation chronicling The Beatles' early years returns in a new, expanded edition featuring extra songs and brand-new stereo mixes by Giles Martin and Sam Okell.  "I Saw Her Standing There," "Twist and Shout," This Boy," "Got to Get You Into My Life," and "Here, There, and Everywhere" are among the added tracks while

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

So in Love, Girl: Milli Vanilli Compilation Accompanies New Documentary

October 31, 2023 By Mike Duquette 7 Comments

The Best of Milli Vanilli

One of pop music's most notorious strange-but-true tales has been memorialized in a gripping new documentary - and there's a new compilation to go with it, too. The Best of Milli Vanilli (35th Anniversary) is released November 17 through Legacy Recordings, offering 14 tracks (and three remixes) from the infamous European duo, who shot to international acclaim with a slate of classic pop tunes and crashed back to earth when it turned out that neither member sang a note on the records. It's not

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Milli Vanilli

I'm Gonna Be Strong: Blue Angel's Album, Featuring Cyndi Lauper, Gets Reissued

October 30, 2023 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

Blue Angel

Four decades ago this October, Cyndi Lauper exploded into the mainstream with her solo debut album She's So Unusual. Her quirky personal style, distinctive vocals and a batch of indisputable hits - including Top 10 smashes "Girls Just Want to Have Fun," "Time After Time," "She Bop" and "All Through the Night" - guaranteed her stardom through the '80s and an icon status that endures to this day. But Lauper's story didn't start there. Three years prior, her voice was first caught on record as

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Blue Angel, Cyndi Lauper

Release Round-Up: Week of October 27

October 27, 2023 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

Diamonds and Pearls deluxe cover

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the (many, many!) new titles available today! As an Amazon associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. The Salsoul Orchestra, Christmas Jollies I + II: The Extra Jolly Edition (SoulMusic/Cherry Red/Second Disc) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Cherry Red) The Second Disc has teamed with SoulMusic Records for the definitive celebration of the Christmas disco/Philly soul classic.  The Salsoul

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Holiday, Jazz, Latin, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Astrud Gilberto, Barbra Streisand, Bing Crosby, Bruce Hornsby, Dinah Washington, Duran Duran, Frank Sinatra, Graham Parker, Kirsty MacColl, Linda Ronstadt, Motley Crue, Nirvana, Prince, Taylor Swift, The Judds, The Nolans, The Salsoul Orchestra

Now and Then: Unheard Outtake, New Mixes Added to Classic Beatles Compilations

October 26, 2023 By Mike Duquette 44 Comments

The Beatles Red Blue 2023

On April 2, 1973, the first career-spanning compilations by The Beatles - broken up for three years - were released. Nicknamed for the colored borders around Angus McBean's iconic photos of The Fab Four (taken six years apart) leaning over a stairwell at EMI's offices in London, the "Red" (The Beatles 1962-1966) and "Blue" (The Beatles 1967-1970) albums offered on eight sides of vinyl a holistic view of the group's unbelievable discography: 54 hit singles, B-sides and treasured album cuts that

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: George Harrison, George Martin, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, The Beatles

OUT TOMORROW! The Salsoul Orchestra's "Christmas Jollies I + II: The Extra Jolly Edition" Arrives from SoulMusic Records, The Second Disc

October 26, 2023 By The Second Disc 8 Comments

Salsoul Orchestra Christmas Jollies I and II Extra Jolly Edition

As a founding member of Philadelphia's MFSB, vibraphonist Vincent Montana, Jr. played on countless hits by The O'Jays, Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, The Three Degrees, Billy Paul, and others.  But Montana had a bigger vision: a full-fledged disco orchestra combining the soulful Philly sound with the infectious dance rhythms of Latin America.  The result was The Salsoul Orchestra, formed for the groundbreaking disco/dance label Salsoul Records by Montana and his MFSB bandmates.  Between 1975

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Holiday, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Denise Montana, Jocelyn Brown, Patrick Adams, The Salsoul Orchestra, Vince Montana

Beg, Steal, or Borrow: Stage Door Pop Launches with CD Premiere of "The Singing Nolans"

October 25, 2023 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

The Singing Nolans

Stage Door Records is well-known for celebrating the music of Broadway and the West End on CD.  Now, the label is launching a new imprint that will bring the same dedication and quality to pop repertoire.  Stage Door Pop launches this Friday, October 27, with the CD premiere of The Singing Nolans, the 1972 debut album from The Nolans. Between 1978 and 2009, the girl group from Blackpool - the family had its roots in Dublin before moving in 1962 - notched four Gold albums in the U.K. as well

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: The Nolans

Christmas Gems

October 23, 2023 By

Bing Crosby Christmas Gems

Primary Wave delivers a new Christmas compilation from the legendary Bing Crosby.  Its 14 tracks encompass a dozen previously unreleased tracks from the Crosby archive plus the David Bowie duet "Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth" and more.  The set curated and annotated by Robert S. Bader additionally includes duets with Kathryn Crosby and Ella Fitzgerald.  Available on CD, LP, and digital formats. As an Amazon associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Holiday, Popular Standards/Vocal

Totally Hot

October 23, 2023 By

Olivia Newton John Totally Hot

MCA/UMe marks the 45th anniversary of Olivia Newton-John's Totally Hot by returning the Platinum-certified LP to CD, vinyl (black and exclusive red), and digital formats.  Produced by John Farrar, the album features the hits "A Little More Love" and "Deeper Than the Night" as well as covers of The Spencer Davis Group's "Gimme Some Lovin'" and Eric Carmen's "Boats Against the Current." As an Amazon associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop

Something Big: Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme Celebrated on Upcoming Public Television Special

October 23, 2023 By The Second Disc 18 Comments

Steve and Eydie 1970s

"Steve and Eydie represent all that is good about performers and the interpretation of a song," Frank Sinatra once observed.  "They're the best."  Without a doubt, anyone who'd had the opportunity to see Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme onstage - or any of their hundreds of television appearances over five decades - would agree with the Chairman of the Board's assessment. Now, the couple's extraordinary career is being celebrated on a remarkable new Public Television special which debuts on

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Categories: News Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Carol Burnett, Eydie Gorme, Michael Feinstein, Sammy Davis Jr., Steve Lawrence, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme

Joe Jackson Presents Max Champion in "What a Racket!"

October 20, 2023 By

Joe Jackson What a Racket

Joe Jackson has channeled a new persona for What a Racket!  The album celebrates the songs of one Max Champion, a mysterious English music hall star of the early 20th century. "These were wonderful songs in their time, but they're surprisingly modern, too," Jackson comments in the press release. "Sometimes it's almost as if Max is speaking, from his London of the early 20th century, directly to us in the early 21st."  Hmm...What a Racket!, featuring the vocalist accompanied by a 12-piece band,

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop

Do Zevon

October 20, 2023 By

Shooter Jennings and the Werewolves Do Zevon

Shooter Jennings and The Werewolves of L.A. are celebrating the late, great Warren Zevon on a new set which includes their reinterpretations of such Zevon favorites as "Excitable Boy," "Carmelita," "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me," "Lawyers, Guns, and Money," and, of course, "Werewolves of London."  Available on CD, LP, and digitally. As an Amazon associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.

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

Klark Kent: Deluxe Edition

October 20, 2023 By

Klark Kent

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada As an Amazon associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. From the twisted minds of one of rock's most celebrated drummers came a burst of tongue-in-cheek post-punk by Klark Kent, a mysterious presence who made a brief cameo on the U.K. pop charts. Now, Stewart Copeland's Klark Kent album - out of print for over 25 years - gets a generously expanded double-CD reissue next month with 14

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

The Sound of Music: Super Deluxe Edition

October 20, 2023 By

The Sound of Music Super Deluxe

4CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Craft Store (picnic meadow green) As an Amazon associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. This remarkable new 4CD/1BD box set invites listeners to hear The Sound of Music anew.  The first two discs represent the complete musical score as heard in the film, from the orchestral prelude and Julie Andrews' iconic "The Sound of Music" - yes,

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Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks

The Wheel: 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

October 20, 2023 By

Rosanne Cash The Wheel

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP (Vinyl Me, Please Exclusive: Clear with Black Swirl): Vinyl Me, Please 2LP Marble Swirl and Other Exclusive/Signed Editions: Rosanne Cash Shop As an Amazon associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. The deluxe anniversary edition of Rosanne Cash's 1993 The Wheel has the remastered original album on the first CD, while the second disc contains Rosanne's performance from Austin City Limits

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country, Pop

Roses in the Fire: Rosanne Cash's "The Wheel" Turns 30, Gets Expanded and Remastered

October 20, 2023 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Rosanne Cash The Wheel

The daughter of Johnny Cash and his first wife Vivian Liberto, Rosanne Cash carved out a musical path all her own.  She charted twenty-two country singles under her own name while at Columbia Records between 1979 and 1995, embracing contemporary textures while never forgetting her roots and her role in the distinguished lineage of country music.  On December 15, one of her most acclaimed and personal albums, 1993's The Wheel, will return in a remastered deluxe edition from RumbleStrip

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country, Pop Tags: Rosanne Cash

Release Round-Up: Week of October 20

October 20, 2023 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Nancy Sinatra Keep Walkin'

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the many titles being released today as we inch closer to the holiday shopping season!  As an Amazon associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Nancy Sinatra, Keep Walkin': Singles, Demos, and Rarities (1965-1978) (Light in the Attic) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Standard Black 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Zodiac Blue 2LP: Nancy's Bootique Highway Song Yellow 2LP: Nancy's

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Books, Box Sets, Cassette, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Gospel, Latin, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Alan Silvestri, Amy Grant, B.J. Thomas, Bob Dylan, Carla Olson, Cher, CHVRCHES, David Bowie, Devo, Goo Goo Dolls, Nancy Sinatra, Richard Hawley, Salt-N-Pepa, The Mojo Men, The Rolling Stones, Tim Easton, Tony Visconti, Vince Guaraldi

Very Necessary (30th Anniversary Edition)

October 19, 2023 By

Salt N Pepa Very Necessary 30

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Urban Legends (blue vinyl) As an Amazon associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Salt 'N' Pepa's fourth studio album returns for a 30th anniversary edition.  It yielded hit singles including top five hits "Shoop" and "Whatta Man" (featuring En Vogue) and the Grammy-winning "None of Your Business."  A top five album, Very Necessary has been certified 5x Platinum.  This expanded edition adds

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop

You Don't Need a Weatherman: New Bob Dylan Compilation Accompanies New Archival Book

October 19, 2023 By The Second Disc 9 Comments

Bob Dylan Mixing Up the Medicine

Next Tuesday, October 24, publishing house Callaway will release Mixing Up the Medicine, a 600+-page tome promised to be "the most comprehensive book yet published on the work of Nobel Prize-winning singer-songwriter-poet and cultural icon, Bob Dylan."  As entire libraries could be filled with the books written on Dylan, that's no small boast - but this hefty coffee table volume looks like it might live up to the hype.  Written and edited by Mark Davidson and Parker Fishel, the book celebrates

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Bob Dylan

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

October 18, 2023 By

Vince Guaraldi A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

A Vince Guaraldi classic premieres on CD and vinyl.  This 50th anniversary of the soundtrack to A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving features the pianist-composer's complete score for teh television special plus bonus material as remixed and remastered from the original, recently-discovered multitrack tapes. Featuring Guaraldi joined by Mike Clark on drums; Seward McCain on electric bass; Tom Harrell on trumpet; and Chuck Bennett on trombone, the soundtrack has been remixed by Terry Carleton, restored

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Holiday, Jazz, Soundtracks

Return of the Kinetic Kid: Stewart Copeland's 'Klark Kent' Gets a Bonus-Packed Reissue

October 18, 2023 By Mike Duquette 6 Comments

Klark Kent

From the twisted minds of one of rock's most celebrated drummers came a burst of tongue-in-cheek post-punk by Klark Kent, a mysterious presence who made a brief cameo on the U.K. pop charts. Now, the Klark Kent album - out of print for over 25 years - gets a generously expanded double-CD reissue next month with 14 previously unreleased bonus tracks! Dig past the lofty liner-notes of the original Klark Kent EP - pressed on green 10" vinyl with a K-shaped die-cut sleeve - and you'll find the

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Klark Kent, Stewart Copeland, The Police

Back to the Future - Original Cast Recording: Deluxe Edition

October 17, 2023 By

BTTF Cast Album Deluxe

Back to the Future, currently filling seats at Broadway's Winter Garden Theatre, is expanding its original London cast recording starring Olly Dobson and Roger Bart (currently reprising his role as Doc Brown in New York) with an entire bonus disc of demos and early versions of the score's songs by Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Cast Recordings

Hackney Diamonds

October 17, 2023 By

Rolling Stones Hackney Diamonds

Standard CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Standard Black Vinyl LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Amazon-Exclusive Green Vinyl LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Various Vinyl Exclusives (Including MLB): The Rolling Stones Shop CD/Blu-ray Box (contains Atmos and hi-res stereo mixes on Blu-ray): The Rolling Stones Shop B&N Exclusive Variant CD: Barnes & Noble Target-Exclusive Purple Vinyl: Target.com Hackney Diamonds, The Rolling Stones' first

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

There When I Needed You: Sheena Easton's "Madness, Money, and Music" Returns from Cherry Pop

October 16, 2023 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Sheena Easton Madness Money and Music

Sheena Easton's formidable catalogue has been enjoying an overhaul from Cherry Red's Cherry Pop imprint which has so far encompassed lavish expanded editions of Take My Time and A Private Heaven, the debut of Live at the Palace, Hollywood; an EMI singles collection; and more.  Now, Easton's third album - 1982's Madness, Money, and Music - has received the deluxe CD/DVD treatment, shedding some much-needed light on this often-overlooked LP. Madness, Money, and Music, titled for the edgy lament

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Categories: News Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Pop Tags: Al Jarreau, Kenny Rogers, Sheena Easton

Release Round-Up: Week of October 13

October 13, 2023 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Music to Freak Your Friends and Break Your Lease

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today! Johnny Mathis, Christmas Time Is Here (Legacy/Real Gone/Second Disc) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada "Christmas Tree Green" Vinyl LP: RealGoneMusic.com / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada  "Holly Red" Vinyl LP: BarnesandNoble.com Johnny Mathis is back with his first album since 2017 and his first yuletide set in a decade.  Christmas Time Is Here boasts ten

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock Tags: Agnetha Faltskog, Jim Croce, Johnny Mathis, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Marc Almond, Pink Floyd, Ringo Starr, Rod McKuen, The Cranberries, Whitesnake

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