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Shout To The Top: Paul Weller Compiles The Style Council on 'Long Hot Summers'

September 11, 2020 By Mike Duquette 8 Comments

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Ahead of a forthcoming documentary on the second famed band of Paul Weller's career, the revered British rocker has co-compiled a new collection devoted to The Style Council. Long Hot Summers: The Story of The Style Council provides an extensive overview of Weller's work through the '80s after the dissolution of The Jam.The 37-track collection, available across 2 CDs or 3 LPs, includes a healthy mix of the group's biggest singles, album cuts, B-sides and two unreleased tracks: an extended

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Paul Weller, The Style Council

Pearl Jam's 'Unplugged' Set Gets Wide Release In October

September 11, 2020 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Pearl Jam Unplugged

One of the first major live sets by Pearl Jam - a stunning, stripped-down session for MTV Unplugged - will get a wide release in October. The band announced yesterday that the seven-song 1992 broadcast will bow on CD and digital formats on October 22, almost a year after its vinyl debut for Record Store Day Black Friday. Less than a year before, the quintet fired the first salvo in what would be considered rock's grunge explosion with the release of debut album Ten. Along with Alice In

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Pearl Jam

All That You Can't Leave Behind: 20th Anniversary Edition

September 11, 2020 By

1-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-CD Deluxe: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5-CD Super Deluxe: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 11-LP Super Deluxe: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada U2 is revisiting its seven-time-Grammy-winning album with a variety of remastered iterations.  The centerpiece is a 5-CD affair that includes nearly every contemporaneous release from the period, though comparatively

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock

Live in Maui

September 11, 2020 By

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2-CD/ Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop 3-LP/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop Experience Hendrix and Legacy Recordings have a brand-new collection that celebrates The Jimi Hendrix Experience's near-mythic performances on Maui, Hawaii in 1970. Live In Maui brings together audio and video with a new feature-length documentary called Music, Money, Madness: Jimi Hendrix In Maui. The collection will be available

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

Letter to You

September 11, 2020 By

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP black with white swirl: Bruce Springsteen Online Store 2-LP grey + print: Badlands 2-LP grey: Your Local Record Shop Bruce Springsteen returns with a new album featuring The E Street Band.  Produced by Springsteen and his frequent collaborator Ron Aniello, it features original songs as well as The Boss' first recordings of three compositions he wrote early in his career but never officially

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

The Anthology: A Musical Journey

September 11, 2020 By

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2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada BMG celebrates the late Greg Lake's legacy with a new, career-spanning compilation.  The two-disc set features 33 tracks, including many of Lake's best-known songs, beloved album cuts, and rarities. There's the hard-to-find "Love" that Lake recorded with The Shy Limbs, ELP favorites "Take a Pebble," "'C'est La Vie." and "Lucky Man." His time with King Crimson is represented with "Peace" from In

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Rarities

September 11, 2020 By

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Mariah Carey's continuing her #MC30 campaign with a new collection of rare and unreleased studio and live material, as well as vinyl reissues of her whole catalogue.  The Rarities presents the flipside of the pop idol's incredible blockbuster career (one that's produced an impressive 19 chart-topping singles in the U.S. - just one less than The Beatles) through B-sides and outtakes as well as the premiere audio release of a full live set from 1996.

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From The Beginning: Greg Lake's Career Celebrated on New Compilation, "The Anthology: A Musical Journey"

September 11, 2020 By Sam Stone 3 Comments

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Greg Lake left behind a rich musical legacy when he passed away in 2016. As a member of Emerson Lake & Palmer, King Crimson,  pre-Crim bands The Shy Limbs and The Shame - not to mention his talents as a solo artist, producer, and composer - he helped define the landscape of progressive rock. A new career-spanning compilation called The Anthology: A Musical Journey will pay tribute to his contributions through the decades. It will be released on October 23 through BMG. The two-disc set

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Pop Tags: Emerson Lake and Palmer, Emerson Lake and Powell, Greg Lake, King Crimson, The Shame, The Shy Limbs

Release Round-Up: Week of September 11

September 11, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Reba McEntire Rumor Has It

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Reba McEntire, Rumor Has It: 30th Anniversary Edition (MCA Nashville) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Exclusive Orange Vinyl: Wal-Mart Reba McEntire expands her 1990 album in a new anniversary edition with two bonus tracks on CD (an acoustic take of Bobbie Gentry's "Fancy" recorded at the Ryman Auditorium and a dance remix of the song by Dave Audé) and one on vinyl (the acoustic

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Country, Everything Else, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Adam Wade, Fritz Reiner, Harry Nilsson, Johnny Maestro, Melissa Manchester, Reba McEntire, Stanley Turrentine, The Crests, The Dillards, The Duprees

Underneath The Stars: Mariah Carey Delivers 'The Rarities' For New Collection

September 10, 2020 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Mariah Rarities

Mariah Carey's continuing her #MC30 campaign in a big way with a new collection of rare and unreleased studio and live material, as well as vinyl reissues of her whole catalogue. The Rarities presents the flipside of the pop idol's incredible blockbuster career (one that's produced an impressive 19 chart-topping singles in the U.S. - just one less than The Beatles) through B-sides and outtakes as well as the premiere audio release of a full live set from 1996. Lead single "Saves The Day," a

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

Born To Take The Highway: Joni Mitchell's Early Years Celebrated With New Box Set of Unreleased Music, 'Joni Mitchell Archives, Volume 1'

September 10, 2020 By Sam Stone 5 Comments

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If you're as big a fan of Joni Mitchell as we are here at The Second Disc, you probably did a double-take at that headline. And with good reason. Joni Mitchell - the artist, songwriter, and singer who has created some of the most influential music of all time - has a reputation for not looking back. Despite her considerable legacy and personal archive full of treasures, it wasn't until recently that she began began really celebrating her past. Films, tribute concerts, and a recent book of art

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, Folk, Pop Tags: Joni Mitchell

Stand Next To Your Fire: Unreleased Jimi Hendrix Recordings Arrive on "Live In Maui" Album and Film

September 10, 2020 By Sam Stone 21 Comments

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Experience Hendrix and Legacy Recordings have announced a brand-new collection that celebrates The Jimi Hendrix Experience's near-mythic performances on Maui, Hawaii in 1970. Live In Maui brings together audio and video with a new feature-length documentary called Music, Money, Madness: Jimi Hendrix In Maui. The collection will be available in 2-CD/Blu-ray and 3-LP/Blu-ray configurations, all due on November 20. Hendrix's performances on Maui in 1970 caught him at another pivotal point in his

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

Elevate Your Soul: U2 Announces 20th Anniversary Editions of "All That You Can't Leave Behind"

September 10, 2020 By Sam Stone 5 Comments

It's a beautiful day, or at least it will be on October 30, when U2 will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their acclaimed album All That You Can't Leave Behind. It was the album that put the band back on the charts and heralded something of a return to form after some experimental excursions in the mid-to-late '90s. The Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno-produced album won seven Grammy Awards including Best Rock Album, Song of the Year ("Beautiful Day") and, for the only time in history, two

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House of a Thousand Guitars: Bruce Springsteen Announces New Album, "Letter To You"

September 10, 2020 By Sam Stone 3 Comments

Today, Bruce Springsteen announced his latest project, a new album called Letter to You due on October 23. His 20th album features all the members of the E Street Band and was produced by Springsteen and Ron Aniello. It sees Bruce Springsteen looking forward and back. He revisits a trio of songs that were written across the decades: "Janey Needs a Shooter," "If I Was the Priest" and "Song for Orphans." "I love the emotional nature of Letter to You," says Springsteen in a statement. "And I

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Truckin': Grateful Dead's "American Beauty" 50th Anniversary Release Set for October Release

September 9, 2020 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

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Fifty years ago, the Grateful Dead released two consecutive masterworks: Workingman's Dead in June, and American Beauty in November.  Rhino delivered a 50th anniversary edition of the former earlier this summer, and as promised, the latter will be released in its own golden anniversary set this fall.  On October 30 - almost 50 years to the day after its original release (November 1, 1970) - American Beauty will return as a both a 3-CD set and a 1-LP picture disc. American Beauty: 50th

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

Return to Fantasy: Uriah Heep Mark '50 Years In Rock' With New Box Set

September 8, 2020 By Mike Duquette 8 Comments

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British rockers Uriah Heep will compile a new box set to mark their five decades together. 50 Years In Rock celebrates the proto-metal group's extensive career with 23 CDs and one LP featuring the group's studio albums of original material plus their 1973 Live album. A handful of albums - none of which feature bonus tracks from various reissues over the years - will be combined onto one CD, with their individual artwork "intertwined" on the CD mini jackets. (Artist Roger Dean has also

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Uriah Heep

Review: The Rivieras and The Duprees, "The Coed Singles"

September 8, 2020 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

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New York has been the epicenter of many a musical genre, from salsa to Broadway. One that's still synonymous with the city - and indeed, with America's east coast - is doo-wop.  Its golden age was a relatively short one; some might say 1955-1963, or maybe even 1957-1959, or that it started earlier in the fifties.  The sweet vocal group sound of doo-wop's street-corner symphonies was simultaneously innocent and sophisticated, with nonsense syllables married to pretty, tight harmonies and

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: The Duprees, The Rivieras

Oh No, Not Me: Tony Visconti Remixes David Bowie's 'The Man Who Sold The World' For 50th Anniversary (UPDATED WITH ORDER LINKS)

September 8, 2020 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

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David Bowie's third album The Man Who Sold The World will be remixed and reissued for its 50th anniversary this fall. The album will be re-released November 6 - two days after its exact anniversary - with a new mix of nearly the entire album by original producer Tony Visconti, available on CD, LP and high-resolution digital formats. (The sole exception: Side 1 closer "After All," which Visconti felt he could not improve on.) This release will feature a new version of the album's original

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Crooked Piece of Time: The Atlantic and Asylum Albums

September 5, 2020 By

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Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Crooked Piece of Time: The Atlantic & Asylum Albums collates the late John Prine's first seven releases from 1971 to 1980, newly remastered and packaged in mini replicas of the original LP jackets. The box, featuring a new painting of Prine by Joshua Petker (inspired by a photo of him taken by Jim Shea), will also include a 20-page booklet featuring new liner notes by David Fricke and poster inserts.  Additionally, links are live for new vinyl

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Folk, Rock

Beastie Boys Music

September 5, 2020 By

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CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Beastie Boys Music serves as a belated 20-track accompaniment to the group's lengthy Beastie Boys Book (2018) and this year's Spike Jonze-helmed documentary Beastie Boys Story. True to its name, it collects 20 singles and beloved tracks from the New York trio's seven major records for Def Jam and Capitol, including "Fight For Your Right," "Hey Ladies," "So What'cha Want," "Sabotage," "Intergalactic"

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The Times

September 5, 2020 By

Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Amazon Music HD / Neil Young Archives / Your Local Record Shop Neil Young is taking stock of "The Times" on a new 7-track EP which will arrive as an Amazon Original release that can be streamed exclusively on Amazon Music HD in high resolution.  The album can also be enjoyed on NeilYoungArchives.com or on CD.  The Times features performances originally shared on the "Porch Sessions" episode of Young's livestreamed Fireside Sessions series.  The

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Summerteeth: Deluxe Edition

September 5, 2020 By

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4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Wilco Store (color version) A 4CD and 5LP edition of Wilco's 1999 release, packed with unreleased material, arrives from Rhino.  Both formats feature a brand-new remaster of the original album by Bob Ludwig, plus two dozen previously unreleased demos, outtakes and alternate versions. Each set features a different unreleased live show as well: the CD featuring an extended, soundboard-sourced set at

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The Fontana and Motown Years

September 5, 2020 By

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Edsel collects Kiki Dee's pre-Rocket Records years on this new 3-CD set, featuring 2 discs of her Fontana recordings (including rare international singles) and one of her Motown output including one previously unreleased track and two more making their CD debuts.  The set, packaged as a hardcover mediabook, is accompanied by a 28-page book featuring new liner notes by Alan Robinson (drawing on a 2020 interview with Kiki) as well as rare photos from the artist's own archives.

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UPDATE: Unreleased Thelonious Monk "Palo Alto" Concert Back On Track For September Release

September 4, 2020 By Sam Stone 2 Comments

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UPDATED 9/4:  "[It's] one of the best live recordings I've ever heard by Thelonious...I wasn't even aware of my dad playing a high school gig, but he and the band were on it." So says T.S. Monk, son of groundbreaking jazz pianist Thelonious Monk. "When I first heard the tape, from the first measure, I knew my father was feeling really good." The younger Monk is talking about Palo Alto, a newly unearthed concert recorded October 27, 1968 which will -- after much anticipation -- finally see

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Funny and You Don't Know Why: The Second Disc's Bandcamp Friday Picks for September

September 4, 2020 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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On March 20, as the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic was just starting to be understood, indie music retailer Bandcamp made the bold choice of waiving their share of revenue for artists and labels who were cancelling shows and delaying album releases left and right. The result was more music bought by more fans than any day on the site, a record broken on the first Friday of May. Bandcamp Fridays have since taken place in June, July and August - plus the first of an annual occurrence when the

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Categories: Features, News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Electronic, Everything Else, Folk, Pop, Rock Tags: Death Cab For Cutie, Joni Mitchell, Mort Garson, Paramore, Pylon, R.E.M., The Modulators, Wilco, Woody Guthrie

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