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The Musical Mojo of Dr. John: Celebrating Mac and His Music

October 14, 2016 By

Dr. John Musical Mojo

Bruce Springsteen, Mavis Staples, Aaron Neville, John Fogerty, and the late Allen Toussaint are among those artists celebrating Dr. John on this new release preserving a 2014 concert held at New Orleans' Saenger Hall.  Dr. John himself also joins in the performances!  Available on 2 CDs or DD or 1 DVD.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, DVD Genre: Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul

Acoustic Christmas

October 14, 2016 By

Neil Diamond Acoustic Christmas

Neil Diamond reunites with producers Don Was and Jacknife Lee (from his 2014 Capitol album Melody Road) for this all-new Christmas collection featuring intimate, stripped-down versions of classic carols including "O Holy Night," "Do You Hear What I Hear," "Go Tell It on the Mountain," and "Silent Night."  A vinyl release follows on November 18.  Target has an exclusive edition with two extra songs: "We Three Kings" and Diamond's original "# 1 Christmas Record."

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Holiday

Lighthouse

October 14, 2016 By

David Crosby Lighthouse

David Crosby returns for a new, intimate 9-song solo set highlighted by "Things We Do for Love," "Somebody Other Than You," and "Paint You a Picture," the latter co-written with Marc Cohn.  Available on CD and vinyl.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Rock

Release Round-Up: Week of October 14

October 14, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Big Star Complete Third

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Big Star, Complete Third (Omnivore Recordings) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Omnivore does an in-depth vault dive into the creation of Big Star's Third for a new 3-CD box set.  Complete Third includes every demo, rough mix, outtake, alternate take and final master from the Third sessions known to exist. The 69 tracks on this set represent the culmination of a decade-long search to assemble all extant recordings for the album

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Big Star, Bobby Darin, Keely Smith, Phil Collins

It's Gotta Be Big: Tori Amos to Expand "Boys for Pele," 20 Years Later

October 10, 2016 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Tori Amos Boys for Pele

In honor of its 20th anniversary, Rhino Records is expanding and reissuing Tori Amos' third album, Boys for Pele, with a host of rare and unreleased bonus tracks. Her first self-produced album after splitting with producer and partner Eric Rosse, Boys for Pele (named for the Hawaiian fire goddess) found Amos taking the power back from the male figures in her life. "I was at the point I could not answer to anybody," she said of her bid for independence. "I'd been answering my whole life to

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Tori Amos

Release Round-Up: Week of October 7

October 7, 2016 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Lou Reed RCA and Arista Album Collection 1

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up which just might be the biggest slate of the year to date! Lou Reed, The RCA and Arista Album Collection (RCA/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Legacy brings together 16 Lou Reed albums from his RCA and Arista years on 17 CDs, all remastered directly under Reed's supervision before his untimely passing in 2013.  An 80-page hardbound booklet with detailed liner notes, five art prints and a poster round out this limited edition package.  Read

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Folk, Gospel, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: ABBA, B.J. Thomas, Barry Gibb, Cher, Eddie Money, Eden Atwood, Evelyn "Champagne" King, John Hammond, Loretta Lynn, Lou Reed, Mahalia Jackson, Micky Dolenz, Otis Redding, Percy Faith, Perry Como, Prince, Sandy Bull, Yes

Leather and Lace: Rhino Expands Stevie Nicks' "Bella Donna" and "The Wild Heart" In November

October 4, 2016 By Joe Marchese 9 Comments

Stevie Nicks Bella Donna

Stevie Nicks is launching her 24 Karat Gold tour later month, named for her acclaimed 2014 studio album consisting of new recordings of previously unheard compositions. Now, Nicks is looking back once more with two more 24-karat gold Deluxe Editions of her first two solo albums, Bella Donna and The Wild Heart. Both releases arrive from Rhino on November 4, along with remastered, stand-alone editions of the original albums on LP, CD and DD. 1981's solo debut Bella Donna will be released as a

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Don Henley, Stevie Nicks, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

Let's Dance: "Legacy" Collects David Bowie's Best Singles and More

October 3, 2016 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

David Bowie Legacy

Roughly two years ago, David Bowie announced the release of Nothing Has Changed, a career-spanning retrospective available in 2-CD, 3-CD and 2-LP configurations from Columbia/Legacy in the United States and Parlophone in the United Kingdom.  Since then, much has changed.  Most tragically, Bowie passed away earlier this year at the age of 69, just two days after the release of his final album, Blackstar.  Now, a new compilation follows in the footsteps of Nothing Has Changed, bringing the

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: David Bowie

'Tis the Seasons

October 2, 2016 By

Frankie Valli Tis the Seasons

Frankie Valli has reunited with producer and fellow Four Season Bob Gaudio for an all-new Christmas album.  'Tis the Seasons, says Gaudio, "is definitely eclectic by most standards - conventional in choice of material but not treatment...So if you guess this effort is a little of what you haven't heard from Frankie, your guess would be a lot right."  Tracks include favorites such as "Winter Wonderland," "The Christmas Song," "Jingle Bell Rock," "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve" and "Frosty the

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Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Holiday, Pop

Complete and Unbelievable...The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul: 50th Anniversary Edition

October 2, 2016 By

Otis Redding Dictionary

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. The late Otis Redding's fifth and final album before his tragic passing, Dictionary of Soul boasted the hits "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)" and "Try a Little Tenderness."  It's being reissued as a 2-CD 50th Anniversary Edition featuring the mono and stereo versions of the album plus five B-sides and outtakes and three live tracks.  Available on CD, DD and vinyl.  The vinyl pressing adds a bonus 7-inch single of "Try a Little

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul

In The Now

October 2, 2016 By

Barry Gibb In the Now

The Bee Gees' legendary Barry Gibb returns with his first solo album in decades and his first album of new material in over 15 years.  Released on Columbia Records, In the Now is a family affair, with Barry co-writing songs with his sons and keeping the flame of the Bee Gees burning bright.  In the Now is available in a 12-track standard edition and a 15-track deluxe edition (link to deluxe edition below).  On CD, DD and LP.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Pop

Review: David Bowie, "Who Can I Be Now? 1974-1976"

September 30, 2016 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

David Bowie Who Can I Be Now Cover

Who Can I Be Now? asks the title of Parlophone's second in a series of elegant, chronologically-assembled box sets dedicated to the late David Bowie's oeuvre.  Indeed, Bowie might have made that query as he reinvented himself in fashion and music from album to album.  The twelve discs comprising Who Can I Be Now? span the brief period of 1974-1976 during which time Bowie was riding high on both sides of the Atlantic with his genre- and gender-bending brand of theatrical rock.  This set, every

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: David Bowie

Release Round-Up: Week of September 30

September 30, 2016 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

Rolling Stones in Mono Cover

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Rolling Stones, The Rolling Stones in Mono (ABKCO) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Rolling Stones in Mono captures, on 15 CDs or 16 LPs, the original mono albums released on both sides of the Atlantic between 1964 and 1969 including the exceptionally rare mono editions of Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967), Beggars Banquet (1968) and Let It Bleed (1969).  Exclusive to

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Emerson Lake and Palmer, Eric Clapton, Erroll Garner, Graham Parker, Herb Alpert, Jimi Hendrix, John Prine, Lalo Schifrin, Sting, Syreeta, Temple of the Dog, The Rolling Stones, Van Morrison, Yes

Human Nature

September 27, 2016 By

Herb Alpert Human Nature

Herb Alpert's new Human Nature looks to be an exciting set even by the high standards of the eternally youthful trumpeter.  His fourth album in three years, Human Nature features five original songs plus reworkings of Steve Porcaro and John Bettis' "Human Nature" (the 1983 Michael Jackson hit), Burt Bacharach and Hal David's "Alfie" and "Don't Go Breaking My Heart," and a world premiere composition from Bacharach and Elvis Costello, "Look Up Again."

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Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Jazz

The Second Disc's Week In Review

September 24, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

RGM 0531 Eddy Arnold Christmas Cover

For today's special feature, we're taking a look back at the big stories we shared with you over the past week at The Second Disc, just in case you missed 'em the first time around! Review: Fleetwood Mac, Mirage: Deluxe Edition Joe takes a look at Rhino's 4-CD/1-LP/1-DVD Deluxe Edition of the Mac's 1982 pop gem! This Could Be the Night: Shout! Factory to Release T.A.M.I. Show and The Big T.N.T. Show on Blu-ray Two classic concert films - featuring a galaxy of stars including The

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Black Sabbath, Chad and Jeremy, Crowded House, Eddy Arnold, Elvis Presley, George Michael, Gerry Beckley, Jack Jones, Micky Dolenz, Mitch Miller, Roy Orbison

Review: Fleetwood Mac, "Mirage: Deluxe Edition"

September 23, 2016 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Fleetwood Mac Mirage

When Fleetwood Mac entered the Château d'Hérouville studio outside Paris at the dawn of the 1980s, the band had one goal in mind: to create a commercial pop success in the mold of their record-breaking Rumours.  Not everyone in the quintet was sold on this goal, necessarily, especially after the quantum leap forward from Rumours into the beautiful madness that was Tusk.  But while Tusk sold four million copies, it couldn't help but be viewed as a disappointment after the world domination of its

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Fleetwood Mac

Release Round-Up: Week of September 23

September 23, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Bruce Springsteen Chapter and Verse

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, packed with heavy hitters! David Bowie, Who Can I Be Now (1974-1976) (Parlophone) 12-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 13-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada David Bowie - Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976), the second in the late artist's series of deluxe albums box sets, will contain the following albums plus a 128-page booklet in the CD edition (or 84 pages in the vinyl edition.  You'll find more details here, and watch

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Fleetwood Mac, Frank Zappa, My Chemical Romance, Pink Floyd, Randy Newman, Ray Charles, The Beach Boys, The Searchers, The Verve, Various Artists

57th and 9th

September 22, 2016 By

Sting 57th and 9th

Sting returns to the rock/pop world with 57th and 9th, a collection of all-new songs featuring his longtime collaborators Dominic Miller (guitar) and Vinnie Colaiuta (drums) plus drummer Josh Freese (Nine Inch Nails, Guns n Roses), guitarist Lyle Workman and the San Antonio-based Tex-Mex band The Last Bandoleros.  Available on deluxe and standard CD, DD and LP.  Links to the deluxe CD edition can be found below!

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Rock

Daybreak For Dolenz: Micky's "MGM Singles" Expanded For CD Premiere

September 21, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Micky Dolenz MGM

Last July, the 7a Records label debuted with a limited edition vinyl release of Micky Dolenz's The MGM Singles Collection.  Since that auspicious release, the all-things-Monkees label founded by Iain Lee and Glenn Gretlund has enriched Micky, Peter, Michael and Davy's discography with numerous other releases on both vinyl and compact disc.  On October 7, the label will be going full circle with the first-time CD release of The MGM Singles Collection in a lavishly expanded edition featuring the

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Pop Tags: Christian Nesmith, Circe Link, Micky Dolenz, The Monkees

Good to Me: Otis Redding's "Dictionary," Complete Whisky A Go Go Recordings Due Next Month

September 20, 2016 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Otis Redding Live at the Whisky Complete

Fans of Otis Redding have twice the reason to celebrate this holiday season with the release of two separate products celebrating The King of Soul's output in 1966. First up, Rhino is reissuing Complete & Unbelievable...The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul as a double-disc set. Joe filled us in on this release back in August, but here's a refresher: This album, Otis' fifth and final released before his tragic passing the following year, is Memphis soul par excellence, recorded with an

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Otis Redding

The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 3

September 19, 2016 By

Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 3

The new Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 3 is another mini-tour through the Newman oeuvre and the songwriter's many sides, with 16 never-before-released tracks including "I Love to See You Smile," "Short People," "Mama Told Me Not to Come," "Love Story," "Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear," "You've Got a Friend in Me," and "Real Emotional Girl." Vol. 3 is being released on compact disc and digital download, and also as part of a limited edition 4-LP vinyl box set.  (A CD box edition will follow

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Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Pop

Out of Time: 25th Anniversary Edition

September 18, 2016 By

REM Out of Time

3-CD/1-BD Box Set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-CD Set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 1-CD Remaster: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 3-LP Set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 1-LP Remaster: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. R.E.M.'s 1991 classic is revisited as a 3 CD/1 Blu-ray set, a 2-CD set, a 3-LP set, a single LP of the original album and as a digital download as part of the band's new deal with Concord Bicycle Music.  The box includes the original album on Disc 1 followed by nineteen demo tracks on Disc 2. 

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

The Divine Miss M: Deluxe Edition

September 18, 2016 By

Bette Midler The Divine Miss M Deluxe

Prior to her her Broadway return in a revival of Hello, Dolly!, Bette Midler revisits her roots on a reissue of her debut album The Divine Miss M. The 1972 classic, with production by Joel Dorn, Barry Manilow and Ahmet Ertegun, features the original album remastered on the first disc together with a second disc of nine bonus tracks including five previously unreleased tracks.  The bonus cuts include four single versions, three alternate recordings of songs (the never-before-heard "Superstar" and

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Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Pop

The Wonder of You: Elvis with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

September 18, 2016 By

Elvis The Wonder of You

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD/LP Deluxe Box: Amazon U.K. This new collection follows the pattern of last year's chart-topping If I Can Dream, grafting vintage Elvis Presley vocals to newly recorded orchestral settings.  Produced by the same team of Don Reedman and Nick Patrick, with the Royal Philharmonic recorded at Abbey Road Studios, The Wonder of You features 15 songs from several of Elvis' preferred genres from

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

The Ultimate Collection

September 18, 2016 By

Roy Orbison Ultimate

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada TBD 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Legacy Recordings and Roy's Boys, LLC deliver a newly-remastered, career-spanning anthology for the late Roy Orbison.  The Ultimate Collection has 26 tracks drawn from The Big O's halcyon years at Monument and MGM as well as his final solo recordings and collaborations with The Traveling Wilburys.  Available on CD, DD and vinyl.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Pop

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