Ever since EMI – yes, before their assets were divided between Universal and Warner Music Groups – expanded the Duran Duran catalogue with deluxe reissues in 2009 and 2010, fans have hoped that the shepherd of their most prominent major label material (now Parlophone, through Warner) would complete the campaign with reissues of the band’s last three albums originally released through Parlophone/Capitol. That day has finally (sort of) come with long-requested vinyl editions of two of those mid-’90s albums. Parlophone will reissue 1993’s Duran Duran (The Wedding Album) and 1995 follow-up Thank You as…
Iconoclassic Watch: Label Preps Expanded CDs for Dwight Twilley Concert, The Snake Corps, Members of The Bongos
With typical aplomb, Iconoclassic kicks off a new release year this week with the first of three forthcoming titles: the official release of a live show by one of the label’s favorite acts, and expanded editions of an overlooked post-punk classic and a power-pop rarity making its debut on CD. Tomorrow, February 20, the label will release Live on Fire At The Agora 1978, another vintage slice of guitar greatness from the Dwight Twilley Band. Having expanded four of Twilley’s solo albums (Twilley (1978), Scuba Divers (1982), Jungle (1984) and Wild Dogs (1986)) and given a proper…
Too Rolling Stoned: Robin Trower’s Live Classic Gets Remixed and Expanded
A treat for British blues-rock fans, this spring will see the release of an expanded edition of Robin Trower Live!, the first concert release from the celebrated guitarist. Available April 3, the set will offer Trower’s renowned set from Stockholm, Sweden in 1975, not only uncut for the first time but remixed and put in its original sequence. The 2CD digibook reissue will pair the expanded, remixed edition alongside the original album, while the remix will also be available as a 2LP set. The accompanying liner notes by David Sinclair include new interview…
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Nuts and Bolts (Expanded Edition)
Recorded after Jersey post-punk heroes The Bongos’ debut Drums Along the Hudson, this more stripped-down duo selection from its frontman Richard Barone and lead guitarist James Mastro (with Mitch Easter producing) may be somewhat quieter than the band’s other material, but it’s no less accessible. For this debut CD release, it’s been expanded with four unreleased bonus tracks and new liner notes from artists and producer.
Flesh on Flesh (Expanded Edition)
A fantastic find in the post-punk canon (recalling early U2 or Echo and The Bunnymen), the 1985 debut from The Snake Corps has been remastered by Maria Triana and expanded with seven rare B-sides and single tracks (three of which are new to CD). Mick Mercer has written liner notes, drawing from new interviews with all four members of the band.
Live on Fire At The Agora 1976
The latest archival CD from Iconoclassic Records of beloved power-popsmith Dwight Twilley is also the earliest chronologically, nestling between the release of the Dwight Twilley Band’s breakthrough debut Sincerely and follow-up Twilley Don’t Mind with a killer set at the world-famous Agora Ballroom in Cleveland on October 18, 1976. Unofficially, partially released more than 15 years ago, it’s now got the Twilley estate seal of approval, mixed from original multi-tracks by longtime band engineer James Barth, remastered by Vic Anesini and featuring one unheard track along with liner notes by Greg Roberson and…
Robin Trower Live! (50th Anniversary Edition)
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The former Procol Harum guitarist’s acclaimed power trio live release gets a fresh look to celebrate its half-century mark! It’s been newly sequenced back into its original 12-song running order and remixed from the original multi-tracks by engineer Richard Whittaker. A 2CD set will include that expansion next to a new remaster of the original seven-track LP, while the vinyl includes the new mix across two LPs. Liner notes by David Sinclair include new…
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Keep on Doin’ the Hump: Digital Underground’s ‘Sex Packets’ Expanded for CD, LP
For old-school hip-hop heads, there’s a reissue better than getting busy in a Burger King bathroom coming this spring: an expansion of Digital Underground’s debut LP Sex Packets. Released (a bit late, c’est la vie) for its 35th anniversary on March 20, the remastered album has been sequenced on two CDs or LPs to mirror the original running order of the CD. It’ll also feature multiple bonus tracks depending on format: all versions have the cassette bonus tracks “A Tribute to the Early Days” and the unedited version of album cut “Gutfest ’89,”…
Faith
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada George Michael’s landmark 1987 solo debut influenced generations of pop stars with smash hits like “I Want Your Sex,” “Faith,” Father Figure,” “One More Try,” “Monkey” and “Kissing a Fool.” Legacy Recordings is bringing the album back into print on CD and black and red marbled vinyl; while the bonus offerings are much thinner than the 2011 box set edition of the album, there is an out-of-print bonus track ending both physical pressings: the…
Brown Box
10CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada White Pepper Green LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Quebec Pink 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rhino celebrates all things Ween in April with Brown Box, a collection of all nine of their studio albums released between 1990 and 2009 (plus the outtakes compilation Shinola, Vol. 1). Two of the early ’00s releases, White Pepper (2000) and Quebec (2003), will also get new colored vinyl pressings from the label.
Sex Packets (35th Anniversary Edition)
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The 1990 debut album by Bay Area collective Digital Underground was a lighthearted affair featuring the club classic “Doowutchyalike” and the immortal crossover hit “The Humpty Dance.” These new pressings feature the original album as it appeared on CD, plus a host of bonus tracks including a cassette-only bonus track, an instrumental of “The Humpty Dance” and the unreleased “Blue View.” (A fourth bonus cut, the extended cassette version of album track “Gutfest ’89,” appears exclusively on the 2CD, with a radio mix of…
Man on the Run (Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack)
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Morgan Neville’s newest documentary, which receives a limited theatrical engagement before landing on Prime Video, details how Paul McCartney found new life after the break-up of The Beatles with his new group Wings. On the documentary’s streaming release date, a companion album will include favorites (and a rarity or two) taken from the Wings albums that have been reissued as part of Paul’s Archive Collection series – plus three previously unreleased tracks, including “Gotta Sing Gotta Dance,” the live Rockshow version of “Live…
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Breaking Out of Heaven 2007-2009
4CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 7LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada A new box set offers the complete output of Heaven & Hell, the renamed reunion of Black Sabbath’s early ’80s line-up (vocalist Ronnie James Dio, founding guitarist and bassist Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler, and drummer Vinny Appice). An expanded edition of 2009’s The Devil You Know (featuring the group’s 2007 recordings for a Dio-era Sabbath compilation) joins two live shows from Radio City Music Hall in New York City and the Wacken Open Air Festival; among the last dates Dio took on before his passing in…
Transdermal Celebration: Ween Get New CD Box Set, Vinyl Reissues, Live Albums from Rhino
Things are certainly looking brown at Rhino, who’ll be releasing five CD and vinyl titles related to Ween in the coming months. Following a deluxe edition of 1994’s Chocolate and Cheese and a Record Store Day vinyl pressing of rarities compilation Shinola, Vol. 1, the label will release Brown Box, a 10CD set of the band’s complete studio albums; color vinyl editions of late ’90s and early ’00s albums White Pepper and Quebec; and a new archival live album, Bring Out the Foos: Live 1996. All four titles will be available April 10. A week later, for Record…
Release Round-Up: Week of February 13
It may be Friday the 13th, but this week’s releases are hardly a scary lot! Here’s a selection of some of the new titles available today. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. The Beach Boys, We Gotta Groove: The Brother Studio Years (Capitol/UMe) 3CD/3LP: Official Store / uDiscoverMusic 3 SHM-CD: CDJapan Over three years after the release of Sail On Sailor: 1972, The Beach Boys’ long-running archival series is back in full force with a new box set available today (with new orders scheduled to ship on March 20). We Gotta Groove: The…
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NOW WITH LINKS! TSD, Cherry Red Collect Leon Russell’s Paradise Recordings on New Box Set
By 1976, Leon Russell was already an industry veteran. The onetime Wrecking Crew pianist had already written and arranged hit singles for Gary Lewis and The Playboys, launched two record labels (Viva and Shelter), built his own recording studios, joined Delaney and Bonnie and Friends, served as the bandleader of Joe Cocker’s storied Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour, recorded his own hit albums, and written or co-written such instant American standards as “A Song for You,” “Superstar,” and “This Masquerade.” Tension with co-founder Denny Cordell led Russell to depart Shelter Records in…
Coming Up: Paul McCartney’s “Man on the Run” Soundtrack Due Later This Month
Later this month, on February 19 only, director Morgan Neville’s documentary Paul McCartney: Man on the Run will enjoy a limited theatrical release. Then, on February 27, the film arrives on Prime Video for home streaming. At a running time of almost two hours, it chronicles McCartney’s artistic rebirth in the 1970s in the aftermath of The Beatles’ breakup, including the rise of Wings, via archival footage, Linda McCartney’s photographs, and new interviews with Paul and the McCartney family as well as Sean Ono Lennon, Mick Jagger, Chrissie Hynde, and others. Coinciding…
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Release Round-Up: Week of February 6
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. Roberta Flack, With Her Songs: The Atlantic Albums 1969-1978 (Atlantic/Rhino, 2026) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Roberta Flack’s With Her Songs: The Atlantic Albums 1969-1978 brings together the late artist’s first eight studio albums in one compact 8CD package. Albums include First Take, Chapter Two, Quiet Fire, Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway, Killing Me Softly, Feel Like Makin’ Love, Blue Lights in the Basement, and Roberta Flack. No bonus material is featured, but Discs 4-8 are newly remastered for this collection. …
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“Sea.Hear.Now” What Legacy’s Planning for Record Store Day 2026
Legacy Recordings is only spotlighting eight artists for Record Store Day 2026, but they’re making it count. Sony Music’s catalogue arm will showcase mostly live recordings – classics, out-of-print favorites and even some recent ones – on their vinyl selections for the annual retail holiday. And best of all, three of them will also be available on CD! Incredibly, only one of these titles has been on vinyl before: 1978’s Nite Flights, the striking final album by The Walker Brothers. Indeed, from pop (Tony Bennett and Jeff Buckley) to classic rock (Judas Priest,…
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The Devil Cried: Dio’s Heaven & Hell Era Revisited on New Box Set
A reunion of classic rock legends under a different name – and a final curtain for their second best-known lead singer – is the focus of Rhino’s latest box set, devoted to the late-period work of Black Sabbath under the name Heaven & Hell. Breaking Out of Heaven 2007-2009 includes the complete studio recordings from the reunion of singer Ronnie James Dio, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Vinny Appice (including the album The Devil You Know and a trio of tracks recorded for a Dio-era Sabbath compilation that kicked off the…
5150 (Expanded Edition)
3CD/BD/LP: 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 / Rhino.com (green vinyl) Van Halen’s seventh album was their first of four with a new vocalist: The Red Rocker himself, Sammy Hagar. The sound was slightly different – keyboards and mid-tempo ballads were profuse – but audiences kept the fever for VH carrying over from 1984, their last album with original singer David Lee Roth. For its 40th anniversary, 5150 comes back with a 3CD/Blu-ray/LP…
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It’s Got What It Takes: Rhino Expands ‘5150,’ Van Halen’s First Album with Sammy Hagar, for 40th Anniversary
Four decades ago, Van Halen entered a surprising new era of rock and roll – and they’re exploring it with a new deluxe edition from Rhino. 5150, the band’s first album with vocalist Sammy Hagar at the fore, will be released in several formats on March 27. The centerpiece is a 3CD/Blu-ray/LP version featuring the original remastered album (overseen by the band’s longtime engineer Donn Landee in 2023 for The Collection II box set), a disc of rare non-LP edits and mixes, and the premiere release of audio from the band’s bestselling…
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Woo-oo! Intrada Debuts Music from Disney Animated Favorite ‘DuckTales’
Life is like a hurricane, here in Duckburg… For animation fans of a certain age, those lyrics immediately conjure the globetrotting adventures of a certain Scottish duck who’s tougher than the toughies and smarter than the smarties…who made his money square. Over the course of 100 episodes originally aired between 1987 and 1990, Walt Disney Television Animation’s DuckTales vividly brought to life the adventures of Uncle Scrooge McDuck. Introduced by writer-artist Carl Barks in the 1947 comic book story “Christmas on Bear Mountain,” Uncle Scrooge quickly became one of pop culture’s most…
The Weekend Stream: January 31, 2026
Welcome back to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles (and some new ones, too!) making digital debuts. Looks like some well-known songwriters on each side of the Atlantic have something to say about current events; plus, unearthed tracks and reissues from The Cure, Sia and more. Bruce Springsteen, “Streets of Minneapolis” (Columbia) (Apple / Amazon) If you weren’t happy about TSD saying anything about ICE’s presence in Minneapolis in last Saturday’s column, you’re probably not going to like this. Hopefully one little angry protest song…
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Bongo Fury (50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)
5CD/1BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP (black): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP (galaxy): uDiscoverMusic.com / Zappa Online Store Frank Zappa’s final album with The Mothers of Invention was also a collaboration with frenemy and fellow iconoclast Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart) – a bit of a transitional live-plus-studio album in Zappa’s always fascinating and often-unusual discography. (Other contributors include George Duke, Tom and Bruce Fowler, and Napoleon Murphy Brock plus newer recruits Terry Bozzio and…
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Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention
September 25, 2026
